Chapter 1 The Previous

The Juventus with three center backs were previously said to be the most solid in their defense of the middle, and of course, this had been broken by Chen Hero, Gareth Bale, and Suarez. But in general, it was still the most solid.

Three center backs are generally used to defend the flanks and guard the center. So their weakness lies in the defense of the flanks.

If they go to defend the flanks, huge gaps will appear in the inside channels, which would be the most deadly.

So with three center backs, they will not hesitate to choose to defend the center and leave the flanks open.

Even with a configuration of four defenders, in defense, the flanks are not as important as the center. Everyone would rather give up the flanks than let the enemy break through the center.

Liverpool's last goal did not use the flanks, but went straight through the middle, and unexpectedly received good results. Will they go through the middle again this time?

No!

Sanchez did not dribble inside, but directly pushed the ball to the flank and accelerated past!

The flank!

Many people breathed a sigh of relief.

But they quickly realized that something was wrong—wait, why am I relieved? Chen Hero is in the middle!

If Sanchez goes to the flank, he will definitely pass the ball to Chen Hero.

So there is actually nothing to be happy about…

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Juventus players were also very clear about this, so only Barzagli went to defend Sanchez, while the other two, Bonucci and Chiellini, two big guys who are both over 1.9 meters tall, closely followed Chen Hero.

As for Suarez, they simply ignored him. They bet that Liverpool would definitely pass the ball to Chen Hero, not to Suarez.

If they really passed the ball to Suarez, Juventus could only admit that they were unlucky.

But it is obvious that Chen Hero is much more terrifying than Suarez.

So in the vicinity of Juventus's penalty area, there was such a strange situation—it was clearly three against three, and in theory, it should be one-on-one. But now Sanchez is facing Barzagli. Chen Hero is taking on Chiellini and Bonucci alone, and Suarez is completely unguarded…

"Pass the ball to Suarez, and Juventus will be finished!"

Some fans shouted excitedly.

At this moment, Sanchez crossed the ball.

He did not wait for Barzagli to come up to block him, then make a feint to get rid of his opponent, and then cross the ball or anything.

He took advantage of the fact that Barzagli had not yet come up to block all angles, and took the lead to kick the ball into the penalty area.

He was not afraid that the distance from the goal was too far and that Hero would not be able to head it well.

In Naples, in Liverpool, he had long been very clear about Chen Hero's abilities.

Even a header from outside the penalty area, Chen Hero can head the ball in!

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Seeing Sanchez pass the ball up, Chen Hero jumped high while sprinting.

At the same time, Chiellini and Bonucci also jumped up together, sandwiching him in the middle, one on the left and one on the right.

Although the two sandwiched Chen Hero, Chiellini did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

He turned his head and stared at the ball, while his hand grabbed Chen Hero's clothes.

On the other side, Bonucci also grabbed Chen Hero's shoulder.

If Chen Hero was willing to yell and fall to the ground at this time, I believe there would be a high probability that the referee would award a penalty.

But Chen Hero never dives, and he does not bother to use such methods to get goals.

Besides, he has seen a lot of two-man包夹(bao jia, sandwich), if he would fall down like this, wouldn't it make him seem too weak?

You guys包夹(bao jia, sandwich) me, I'm going to score a goal over your heads!

Chen Hero is not afraid of包夹(bao jia, sandwich), and a large part of the reason is that he jumps high.

Generally speaking, soccer players who are over 1.9 meters tall do not jump as high as those who are shorter than them, perhaps because their bodies are too heavy, which affects their jumping ability.

But such a problem does not exist in Chen Hero. He has added talent points! His jumping ability is not inferior to that of NBA basketball players.

So he not only has an advantage in height, but also an advantage in jumping ability.

The three jumped in the air, and everyone could clearly see that Chen Hero was the most prominent one. Chiellini was half a head shorter than him, and Bonucci was even less, only reaching Chen Hero's chest.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Hero stands out from the crowd.

Chiellini also realized that although he jumped up and stood in front of Chen Hero, he could not reach the ball!

Because Sanchez's ball was passed very high.

Because it was high, the speed was a little slower. Because the speed was not fast, Sanchez did not get close to the baseline before passing the ball, otherwise it would be directly picked off by the goalkeeper who came out.

This is why Sanchez crossed the ball so early.

Sanchez knows Chen Hero's jumping ability, so this kind of ball must be passed high, in order to give full play to his jumping expertise!

Passing the ball to those fast players requires a lead, that is, passing the ball to a distance in front of him, giving full play to his speed advantage,甩开(shuai kai, throw off) the opponent, and receiving the ball.

Passing the ball to Chen Hero also requires a lead. But this lead is vertical, in the air! It must be high enough to avoid the opponent's defense and allow Chen Hero to head it!

The ball came, and Chiellini tried his best to jump up, but he was already in the air, how could he possibly exert force a second time?

Seeing that he was about to let the ball go, Chiellini was not reconciled. If Chen Hero had a finger on his body at this time, he would probably yell immediately, raise his hands high and fall down, and then the referee might blow a foul for pushing by the attacking side, invalidating the goal or something…

But Chen Hero raised his hands and did not touch a single hair on Chiellini.

Even if Chiellini wanted to fall, he couldn't find a reason…

He looked up and watched the ball fly over his head…

Chen Hero shook his head and attacked the goal!

His forehead slammed into the ball hard.

The ball changed direction and flew towards the goal.

Near the penalty spot, Chen Hero shook his head like a lion!

Goalkeeper Leali jumped up and pounced on the ball.

This time he was not able to continue his magical performance in the first half.

Although he pounced in the right direction, he didn't pounce far enough, and the ball headed by Chen Hero was very fast, and he couldn't keep up with the speed… In short, he was completely defeated in all aspects!

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"goooooooooooooAL! goAL! goAL! goAL!!!"

"Beautiful header!"

"Hero's most iconic way of scoring! He scored Liverpool's second away goal with a header! Now Juventus is having a hard time!"

"Hero scored twice! This is his fourteenth goal in the Champions League this season! He has just entered the first game of the knockout stage and he has already scored fourteen goals. What a terrifying efficiency! Even Messi can't catch up with him!"

Chen Hero, after scoring the goal, was the last one to fall from the air, which fully demonstrated his super air-stay ability! After landing, he pushed away Chiellini, who was blocking him, spread his arms and ran to the corner flag area, and then did a flying fish dive. The Bear-style bomber landed!

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Martin O'Neill stood up from the coach's seat and waved his fist vigorously.

That's what he wanted!

Nothing could be better than this!

Two away goals, plus a victory!

Liverpool are going to the quarterfinals!

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The Liverpool fans in the stands also jumped up from their seats and sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" to cheer for Liverpool's lead.

The Juventus fans were silent.

They conceded two goals and were behind in the score. This game will be much more difficult…

They were very unhappy, but what else could they do besides being unhappy? They were powerless. They watched this guy who insulted them as shrinking turtles before the game celebrate his goal so wantonly on their territory, but they could do nothing.

Some Juventus fans suddenly realized something—

Juventus proved with practical actions that they were not shrinking turtles, and they pressed forward to attack frantically. But precisely because of this, their defense line declared defeat twice.

They proved their courage, but lost the game…

Is this the result that Juventus fans want?

They reacted from their anger towards Chen Hero. Wasn't the previous Juventus so calm? Why did we never feel that Juventus was a shrinking turtle, but we became furious when Chen Hero said it? Hasn't Juventus always relied on stability to defeat its opponents? This is not actually a shrinking turtle, but our strength is stronger, right?

Some people began to react, they seemed to have been tricked by Chen Hero and Liverpool!

Okay… but this will not prevent us from continuing to boo that damn guy!

The Juventus fans were only silent for a very short time, and then immediately erupted with huge boos and骂声(ma sheng, curses) directed at Chen Hero.

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Leali stuck his ass out and retrieved the ball that Chen Hero had headed in from the net, and then kicked it with a big foot to the center circle, where his teammates were already waiting.

He shook his head in front of the goal.

He was still quite unhappy about this goal. But he was not as魂不守舍(hun bu shou she, absent-minded) as he was in the first half when he conceded a goal.

No goalkeeper likes to concede goals. But don't always be haunted by conceding goals, as that will hinder your progress.

This is the important thing that Leali learned from Buffon and Chen Hero in this game.

He has now calmed down and has to admit that Chen Hero is really not someone he can deal with now. But he is full of confidence in himself, and he believes that one day he will be able to gain the upper hand in the duel with Chen Hero and completely defeat him!

In order to be able to do it sooner, he will work harder and demand more of himself with this as his goal!

Thinking of this, he raised his head and turned to look off the field. He found that Buffon was looking at him with concern. He turned to the bottom and gave a thumbs up.

Buffon smiled when he saw him like this.

It seems that he doesn't need to worry about that kid…