“Hero—a hat trick! The ball went in! Fantastic! A hat trick! He did it! His first game back, and he’s already scored a hat trick! There’s no better return than this! He’s announcing it to everyone—I, Chen Hero, am the one who scores the most goals!”

“Hero completed three goals in three different ways, it seems he’s putting on a show! He’s showing off to his opponents, and he’s also showing off to us—in the past two years, many of us have ignored him. When talking about the star players in the Champions League, it’s always Messi and Ronaldo. I think Hero himself must be very dissatisfied with this! Even though he scored a record-breaking thirty goals in the Europa League last season, there are still many voices saying that the Europa League and the Champions League are not the same level of competition, and it’s not a relevant comparison. Now Chen Hero is back in the Champions League, and he scored a hat trick in his first game! I think what he means is already very clear…”

“Hero has issued a challenge to the Argentinian Messi, who has won the Champions League Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons. The Champions League has only just begun its first round, and he already leads the scorer list with three goals!”

Chen Hero, who had completed the hat trick, was also very excited. He took off his shirt, revealing a body of solid muscle and a striking giant bear tattoo on his back. Then he ran to the camera, turned around, and let everyone see his tattoo.

The meaning was very clear—the bear has arrived, be careful!

Some commentators laughed when they saw Chen Hero’s celebration: “Such a celebration has really been unseen for a long time in the Champions League! Welcome back, Hero! This is the stage that suits you best! What Europa League? That’s just a warm-up!”

Although he would get a yellow card, Chen Hero didn’t care at all.

The green field entering the sea, this is Hero's stage!

Yes, this is my stage! I am the protagonist on this stage!

Chen Hero put on his clothes while running back to his own half of the field. The referee chased after him to give him a yellow card, but he didn’t even look back.

It’s just a yellow card. It’s worth it to use this as the price to vent the emotions he’s been holding back for two seasons!

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Chen Hero’s hat trick completely buried the hopes of Paris Saint-Germain, and the Paris Saint-Germain players were disheartened. They felt that no matter how hard they tried, even if their luck was explosive and they scored an own goal, helping them equalize the score, they couldn’t change the fact—as long as they encountered Chen Hero, they would lose!

This discovery was too discouraging. No matter how hard you try, you can't defeat the opponent in front of you, so what's the point of working hard? Who would do something that doesn't yield results after sweating?

Paris Saint-Germain’s morale quickly plummeted.

They were already thinking about scoring points against other opponents, and simply giving up when facing Liverpool.

In this situation, the most depressed were the Paris Saint-Germain fans. They watched hope arrive with their own eyes, and then watched hope leave with their own eyes. Now even the Paris Saint-Germain players seemed to have no fighting spirit… They hadn't surrendered yet, but the team they supported had already surrendered. So what was the point of their support?

In this situation, the ending of Paris Saint-Germain was already a foregone conclusion.

Finally, before the end of the game, Liverpool relied on Gareth Bale to score another goal, defeating Paris Saint-Germain with a score of 4:2.

Liverpool got off to a flying start in the new season of the Champions League, and they got it so easily that many people didn’t expect it.

The biggest contributor was naturally Chen Hero, who scored a hat trick in the game.

After the game, Chen Hero was surrounded by reporters.

Chen Hero was not modest at all: “It feels great to be able to score three goals. But this is just the beginning! One of the purposes of my return is to take back what once belonged to me!”

When he said this, everyone knew that Chen Hero had officially issued a challenge to Messi.

Messi had been the Champions League’s top scorer for the previous two seasons. Before him, Chen Hero had been the Champions League’s top scorer for two consecutive seasons.

Chen Hero said this, obviously wanting to get his Champions League Golden Boot back from Messi.

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The next day, the scene of Chen Hero pointing at the camera and saying, “One of the purposes of my return is to take back what once belonged to me!” appeared on many television news programs, and photos of him doing this could also be seen in many newspapers.

The media also used various headlines to attract attention.

“Hero Issues a Challenge to Messi!”

“Hero’s Strong Return!”

“Hero Returns!”

Under the reports and hype of these media, everyone knew that Chen Hero had performed well, and that wasn’t all, he was also going to compete with Messi.

In the first round of the group stage that had just ended, Messi scored one goal, two goals behind Chen Hero.

It seemed that Chen Hero really had the confidence to say this.

But many people also felt that Chen Hero’s actions would definitely anger Messi. When Messi took it seriously, Chen Hero might not be able to defeat Messi. Now that he had said these big words, wouldn’t he be laughed at if he didn’t succeed?

Moreover, he had now angered Messi, which increased the difficulty, and it was not good for him.

But those who were familiar with Chen Hero knew that he had been attracting hatred for more than just a day or two. If he was worried about increasing the difficulty because of this, he wouldn't be Chen Hero!

Think about the season when he and Napoli won the Champions League. He missed the entire group stage, a total of six games, allowing Messi to run ahead for six games. When Chen Hero started chasing, Messi was leading him by six goals. In this situation, many people should have retreated in the face of difficulty, and not even mentioned the matter of the top scorer. Chen Hero, however, seemed to be afraid that people would forget this matter, and jumped out every now and then to remind everyone that he wanted to defeat Messi and he wanted to win the Golden Boot.

At that time, he had played six fewer games than Messi, and had six fewer goals. Everyone thought Chen Hero was crazy.

But the fact was that Chen Hero managed to score thirteen goals in just seven games, surpassing Messi in the final and winning the Golden Boot!

The battle for the top scorer between the two in that Champions League was a classic.

It is still unforgettable and talked about with great interest.

So Chen Hero was not afraid of angering Messi at all—he had already angered him…

You can lose the game, you can lose the ball, but you can't lose your momentum. Regardless of whether you succeed in the end, you must muster your momentum and not let others underestimate you!

Moreover, by using the means of making big talk, he had pushed himself to the brink. In this way, apart from striving to win the Golden Boot, he had no other way to go.

This was Chen Hero’s method of self-motivation. It’s just that it is easily misunderstood as a "foolish act"…

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What was the attitude of Chen Hero’s opponent towards his provocation?

When Messi faced this question from reporters, he directly refused to answer: “Sorry, I don’t like answering questions related to that person.”

In fact, Messi’s temper is considered good in the circle. He rarely provokes people on his own initiative, and rarely falls out with people. Before Chen Hero, he just didn’t get along with Cristiano Ronaldo, but at most he just ignored him, and would never directly express his dislike for Ronaldo. Sometimes he even had to pretend to be polite.

Since Chen Hero appeared, his gentle and elegant image has been completely shattered. As long as the topic of Chen Hero is mentioned, Messi will become unable to calm down. Even if he refuses to answer questions about Chen Hero now, it is actually a very obvious expression of disgust. Such a performance had never been seen before.

Therefore, reporters often lament that Chen Hero, who can force Messi, such a well-behaved child, to this point, is really powerful enough…

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Messi refused to answer, but the English media would not easily let go of this good opportunity for hype. They said that the reason why Messi did not dare to mention this matter was because he actually had no confidence in his heart, and he did not know whether he had a chance of winning against such a strong opponent.

So he kept silent, and pretended to say that he was unwilling to answer this question because he hated Chen Hero. In fact, he was simply saying this because he had no confidence in himself.

The words of the English media were somewhat insidious, and they were very deceptive and inflammatory. Many people really felt that Messi was really afraid of Chen Hero.

Because before this, Messi had never won whenever he faced Chen Hero. Chen Hero had participated in the Champions League twice and won two Golden Boots, defeating Messi every time.

So Chen Hero should have a psychological advantage when facing Messi.

It was because of this history that everyone easily believed the words of the English media.

Moreover, as the saying goes, "many voices can melt gold". After everyone said this, even those most die-hard Messi fans began to suspect whether their idol was really afraid of Chen Hero in his heart…

Messi slapped a newspaper on the table—he had finally seen a report in a Catalan newspaper about him being afraid of Chen Hero and not daring to accept the challenge.

What does this mean? It shows that even his supporters are starting to doubt him!

That group of English media… they are really bored!

“Don’t pay attention to them, Leo.” Messi’s agent, who is also his father, Jorge, was comforting Messi.

Messi’s performance of being so out of control and so angry was not often seen even by his closest father, Jorge.

It seems that Chen Hero has really ignited Messi’s true fire…

You are playing with fire and burning yourself, Chinese!

Jorge thought to himself, he knew very well that his son might seem shy and like the boy next door at ordinary times, but once he really got angry… even he would be afraid!

You don’t know how terrifying a truly powerful Messi is! You are going to awaken that demon, you are waiting for bad luck! Messi will slap you in the face with practical actions!

When the time comes, you will regret that you angered him in the first place!