Chapter 1 Chen Hero Continues His Hatred for Juventus

Chen Hero scored twice in the match against Juventus, continuing his hatred for Juventus as a former Napoli player.

However, he didn't help his team win the game.

Near the end of the match, Juventus finally scored a goal through continuous and persistent attacks.

This goal was scored by Juventus captain Chiellini, who had been suffocated by Chen Hero during the game. In a corner kick, he overpowered Carragher and headed the ball into Reina's goal.

In the end, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

Although it was a draw, the performances of the two sides were completely different.

Despite conceding a goal at the last moment, the Liverpool players didn't have any dissatisfied expressions on their faces. On the contrary, they were very happy. At the end of the game, they even hugged and celebrated.

As for Juventus, they were very dissatisfied with this result.

Being forced to a 2-2 draw by Liverpool at their home stadium could only mean their failure. By allowing the opponent to score two away goals, Liverpool would be even more comfortable when they returned to their home stadium. They only needed to shrink their defense and counterattack as they did in this game. Even if they didn't score a goal, as long as they didn't concede, they could guarantee their advancement.

Juventus was in a more difficult situation. They had to attack with all their strength and try to score goals in the away game. But in doing so, they would definitely leave a lot of gaps in the back, which would give Liverpool a chance to counterattack. Everything would be the same as in this game.

Conte stood on the sidelines, looking at the somewhat frustrated Juventus players, and suddenly thought of Chen Hero's provocation before the game.

He realized that he seemed to have been fooled by Liverpool!

It turned out that their purpose was simply to make Juventus lose their minds, and to make Juventus press forward to attack... Even if they were calm, as long as they pressed forward to attack, there would always be gaps behind them. And that was exactly what Liverpool needed.

Football, to put it bluntly, is a game of competing for time and space. Some space can be won on the field through passing, running, and dribbling, while some space can be won before the game through psychological warfare... just like this time.

Conte turned his head and glanced at Martin O'Neill, who was cheering, and then looked at Chen Hero.

What a cunning old fox!

Now, the away game would be especially difficult for Juventus. They had to score goals without conceding any. If they were facing other opponents, Conte might still have such confidence. But think about it, Liverpool has Chen Hero in their lineup! With him around, you want him not to score? That's harder than climbing to the sky!

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After the match, the media's focus was still on Chen Hero.

Who told him to score two goals?

These two goals were his fourteenth goal in the Champions League this season. He is now the top scorer in the Champions League, five goals ahead of Messi!

Also in this round of knockout matches, Messi scored a goal, and he has also scored nine goals in the Champions League this season. If it were in the previous two seasons, such a performance would have made people worship him and look forward to whether he could break his own record of eighteen Champions League goals in a single season.

But this season, because of Chen Hero, Messi's nine goals are simply not enough, and they have not had any impact in the media.

Compared with the previous two seasons, the gap is simply huge...

It's only the first leg of the first round of the knockout stage, and Chen Hero has already scored fourteen goals. If he continues to play, how much more heaven-defying can he be?

In addition to these fourteen Champions League goals, Chen Hero has scored forty goals in the league this season, four goals in the FA Cup, four goals in the League Cup, and two goals in the European Super Cup.

Counting that way, he has already scored sixty-four goals this season. And there is still a third of the season left.

If nothing unexpected happens, Messi's record of seventy-six total goals in a season, which he created last season, will probably only last for one season...

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The number of goals scored in the Champions League is behind Chen Hero, and the total number of goals scored this season is also behind Chen Hero.

This made Messi feel unhappy.

But he didn't show it. He would respond in his own way. He would never make wild remarks in the media like Chen Hero.

He would use goals to respond to Chen Hero. When he catches up and surpasses Chen Hero in the number of goals scored, that will be the best response!

On the other hand, Messi's father and agent, Jorge, hated Chen Hero so much that he cursed Chen Hero to fall into a goal drought whenever he had the chance.

But his curses never worked...

Now Jorge especially hates Chen Hero, because Chen Hero scored two goals in the game, so what does that have to do with Messi? A group of reporters all came to ask themselves what they thought about it?

He forgot that at first, he cared a lot about this matter, and he was sure that Chen Hero and that group of damn English media would regret it, because they had angered Messi!

Now it seems that Chen Hero did anger Messi, but he still seems to be living well...

When he was besieged by reporters, who insisted that he talk about the fact that Chen Hero had already led his son by five goals, Jorge suddenly understood why Messi told the reporters that he didn't want to talk about Chen Hero.

Because it's really annoying! It's not enough that he hasn't scored as many goals as the other guy, but the reporters have to keep bringing it up and even bring it up in front of you. It feels like stabbing you with a knife and then asking you "how do you feel"... It's too stimulating.

He raised his arms and shouted loudly to the reporters, "I'm sorry, I refuse to talk about that person! Thank you! Please don't ask me any more questions about that person! I am Messi's agent, I am Messi's father, I have nothing to do with that person, and I don't know anything about his situation. I think you might as well go ask his agent and himself..."

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Messi's father's days of being besieged by reporters were not easy, and Messi himself was under a lot of pressure. Within the team, everyone was still enthusiastically discussing Chen Hero's goal count, and then discussing how to help Messi surpass this damn guy.

But now, fewer and fewer people are talking about this topic. It's not that they're not interested in this matter, it's that they don't dare to mention it.

Because it's obvious that Chen Hero is leading Messi by too much, and mentioning it all the time will only make Messi more embarrassed...

Isn't this slapping him in the face?

In order to avoid Messi getting angry, everyone can only pretend that they don't remember the competition between Chen Hero and Messi.

But this did not reduce Messi's pressure.

In fact, Messi knows very well why everyone doesn't mention this matter. In fact, he hopes that everyone will mention it, just like before, discussing this matter during training and in the locker room, everything as usual.

What does it mean to be like this now? It means that they all think that Messi's chances of surpassing Chen Hero are not high.

In other words, even Messi's teammates don't believe that he can win Chen Hero in this battle for the top scorer...

What could be worse than this?

His own people don't believe in him anymore, which is almost like being betrayed by everyone.

This reality made Messi very unhappy.

He couldn't blame his teammates either, many of whom were still his good friends. They were only being kind by not talking about this matter.

So Messi can only vent all his anger and dissatisfaction on Chen Hero.

The aggrieved has his head, and the debtor has his master. Chen Hero is the culprit who caused Messi to fall into his current situation! If he doesn't go to him for trouble, who will he go to?

Messi swore in his heart that no matter what the cost, he would never allow Chen Hero to take the top scorer award in front of him!

In the first game of the knockout stage, he only scored one goal, but he gave his teammates two assists.

He felt that he would not be able to win against Chen Hero if he continued like this.

Chen Hero never passes the ball to others, he is extremely selfish. But this selfishness is really effective in this battle for the top scorer.

It seems that he should be a little more selfish too...

The competition with Chen Hero is not only related to the ownership of honor, but also related to his own face and status. In fact, it would be better if the opponent was Ronaldo. But it just so happens to be Chen Hero. He can lose to anyone, but he doesn't want to lose to that annoying Chen Hero!

He has never hated a person so strongly before. Chen Hero made him do it.

If he loses to him, he can't even imagine what kind of ridicule and humiliation he will suffer.

In order to defeat Chen Hero, he must be a little more selfish.

However, selfishness is not something he can decide alone. It requires the tactical support of the entire team.

First of all, Messi has to get the support of coach Guardiola.

He went to Guardiola to talk about this matter alone.

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Guardiola once announced a season ago that he would not renew his contract with Barcelona and left the position of Barcelona coach. However, he only rested at home for a year, because Barcelona, led by Vilanova, was completely suppressed by Mourinho's Real Madrid, so he had to come out again to coach Barcelona and fight against Mourinho's Real Madrid.

So far, everything is fine. The two teams are chasing each other in the league, refusing to give in to each other. Real Madrid has a slight advantage, but they have not completely shaken off Barcelona. If they are not careful, the top spot in the league will change hands.

In the Champions League, Barcelona's momentum is also good.

Although Xavi is old, Iniesta has grown up, and Messi is also more mature than before, plus Fabregas, who is replacing Xavi.

Such a Barcelona team is still a strong team that makes the whole of Europe feel terrified.

Of course, the biggest contributor to Barcelona's success, besides himself, is Messi. It is his goals and assists in the game that have repeatedly helped the team overcome difficulties. He is now famous. Many times, Barcelona's opponents will be frightened and weak when they just see Messi in the starting lineup, and they don't know how to play the ball. There are also some teams that regard Messi as an idol. Being able to play with an idol, they are willing to lose...

Sometimes, a good reputation is really a good thing.

Subduing the enemy without fighting is the best strategy for Barcelona to win.

In Guardiola's view, that Chen Hero is just a clown who is trying to gain popularity. Messi is the number one player in football today. What else can Chen Hero do besides scoring goals? Can he dribble beautifully? Can he assist his teammates more than ten times in a season? Is his image as positive as Messi's? Is his commercial value higher than Messi's? Does he have as many honors as Messi?

Who would have thought that Guardiola had so much confidence in Messi, but Messi came to him to complain...