Chapter 1 The Stadium

The Stadio San Paolo fell into dead silence, with only a few Roma fans cheering wildly, but their cheers clearly couldn't break the deathly silence weighing on everyone's chest.

The home team, Napoli's fans, gripped the railings tightly, feeling incredibly stifled.

This was their home, their home! But they could only watch their bitter rivals' fans cheer and sing in front of them, waving red flares in their hands, as if they were the protagonists of this stadium.

Before their eyes, the San Paolo Stadium's big screen displayed the score at this moment—0:2, with the home team Napoli first, and the visiting team Roma behind.

The stadium announcer listlessly performed his duty—announcing the goal scorer.

"The goal was scored by... Roma's Juan..."

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"For Napoli, could there be a worse situation? They are losing 0:2 to Roma at their home ground! The game has only been going on for thirty-two minutes, and they are already two goals behind. Judging from Napoli's recent form, it is almost impossible to complete a comeback... Is Napoli going to suffer two consecutive league defeats at home? You know, they have never lost two consecutive games in the league before!"

While Roma players celebrated their second goal, Napoli players looked lost or angry.

The TV broadcast gave close-ups of several key players to see their expressions at this moment.

In the close-ups, Lavezzi and Hamsik looked serious, while the new signing Arshavin looked slightly confused. Chen Hero? He seemed the most nonchalant, his expression was particularly calm.

"Hamsik and Lavezzi know that the team is at its most dangerous moment, but who can they rely on? Arshavin's cooperation with the team is not tacit enough, Chen Hero? I don't even think he looks like a Napoli player!" The commentator criticized.

Napoli fans in front of the TV booed and cursed: "I said he should get out!"

"That damn bastard!"

No one noticed, no one knew that the TV close-up only showed his face and not Chen Hero's drooping hands.

He was repeatedly clenching his fists hard, his knuckles turning white.

That was a symbol of his anger and unwillingness.

That was a sign of his imminent outburst.

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The TV broadcast gave another close-up of Mazzarri.

"Mazzarri looks... not worried? What is he thinking? Does he want the team to continue losing like this? Facts have proven that 3-4-3 is not suitable for Napoli!"

Mazzarri stood expressionlessly in front of the coach's bench.

Although he was prepared, he didn't expect to concede two goals in the first thirty minutes.

The problems with this team are more serious than he thought...

Arshavin has the ability, but he lacks the understanding with the team. After all, he has never played with these people before. This is still easy to solve. As the season progresses, he believes that Arshavin should be able to find the understanding.

The problem is on the other side—Lavezzi. Perhaps he is really not comfortable being a winger, he always wants to squeeze into the middle. When he gets the ball, his first reaction is not to pass, but to dribble. Chen Hero doesn't pull out to cover him, so his dribbling easily leads to dead ends...

In fact, other positions are fine, whether it is Hamsik who goes back to play as a central midfielder, or Maggio and others, they all feel very comfortable with this tactical system.

The problem is definitely not in the tactics... but in the players!

Looking at the headstrong Lavezzi, Mazzarri frowned.

"Ah! Thank goodness, his expression has finally changed, he frowned, it seems he is also dissatisfied with the team's performance? So, can I expect something?" The commentator said sarcastically.

Mazzarri was indeed considering how to change this situation.

Should he just accept losing this game?

Although he was prepared not to win any games in the entire month of January. But... if he can win, who wouldn't want to win? Losing this game at home would mean two consecutive losses, and the public opinion environment would be unfavorable to the team again.

But what to do?

He thought about it. Tactically, due to the flaw of Lavezzi, the team's offense was greatly interfered with, and it was unable to organize threatening attacks. But he had noticed this phenomenon—in these few games, when Arshavin's cooperation with the whole team was not tacit enough, he and Chen Hero created several chances. They are good friends and have played together for more than a season at Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Maybe he can use their understanding?

As for Lavezzi, Mazzarri can't take care of him now. He has to ensure that he doesn't lose too badly at home. If Roma scores 0:3, it would be too embarrassing, and the pressure would increase sharply, and it would be difficult for him to explain to the higher-ups. Although De Laurentiis told him to let go and be bold when signing the contract, everyone in Italian football knows that this person is notoriously capricious.

Who knows when he will suddenly dislike you, and then you're screwed. Look at Reja, when Reja led the team to promotion to Serie A, he held Reja affectionately at the celebration ceremony and said, "You should stay in Napoli for the rest of your life." What was the result?

After figuring it out, Mazzarri called Hamsik over during a dead ball opportunity.

Then he told the team's midfield core, the brain, his idea.

Hamsik nodded after listening to the coach's idea.

After thinking about it, he also felt that using the understanding between Arshavin and Chen Hero to solve the problem was a good way for the time being.

After running onto the field, he told Chen Hero the coach's plan.

"Hehe." Chen Hero smiled. "This is good, this is good!"

"Go tell Arshavin."

Chen Hero nodded, turned and ran to find Arshavin.

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Lavezzi saw Hamsik being called over by the coach for instructions from a distance, and he knew that the coach was going to make adjustments. But what exactly were those adjustments? He was also very curious.

Would he be the one they were looking for? Lavezzi still had illusions about Mazzarri.

When he saw Hamsik turn around and run back to the field, but not come to him, he was a little disappointed. But when he saw that the person Hamsik found was Chen Hero, he was stunned.

The fantasy in his heart suddenly shattered like a bubble.

Hamsik patted Chen Hero on the shoulder, and Chen Hero ran to find Arshavin!

Lavezzi already knew that at the most critical moment, he was abandoned by the coach!

The coach chose to rely on Chen Hero and Arshavin, not himself!

He suddenly had such a thought—maybe he should consider going to a bigger team. This idea had appeared before, otherwise why would the Napoli media pay so much attention to the news of Lavezzi and the giants' rumors before last summer? There is no smoke without fire.

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On the somewhat depressing game field, no one cared about Lavezzi's feelings. Everyone had only one thought—they couldn't lose so aggrieved at their home!

Hamsik told the whole team about the coach's adjustments. When the game restarted, the ball was obviously concentrated on Arshavin.

Use Arshavin's breakthrough to create opportunities. And Arshavin has just landed in Serie A, and his opponents are not very familiar with his playing style, so even if Arshavin's cooperation with the whole team is not tacit enough, he can still create opportunities with his excellent personal breakthrough ability.

When the ball fell to Arshavin's feet, Chen Hero took the initiative to pull out of the penalty area to seek cooperation with Arshavin.

At this time, Lavezzi took the opportunity to approach the inside and raised his hand to signal to pass the ball to him.

But Arshavin only passed the ball to Chen Hero, and then he moved forward. Chen Hero used his body to protect the ball, and then turned around and passed the ball to the advancing Arshavin.

After doing this once, twice, and three times, Lavezzi found that he was isolated on the field...

He had good relationships with people in the team, but unfortunately, the coach arranged it this way, so everyone's first goal when they got the ball was Arshavin, not him, unless Arshavin's side couldn't pass the ball, then he would get the ball.

And he discovered a terrible fact—Arshavin, who has a good relationship with Chen Hero, is the main player, and Hamsik is the brain of the team. And the members of the Argentine gang who have the best relationship with him, Navarro is the substitute goalkeeper, and Gargano is the defensive midfielder.

The other side are all attacking players who can directly help Chen Hero in the attack. But on his side... he can only fight alone in the front.

He suddenly realized that the situation between himself and Chen Hero had been reversed!

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Just when Lavezzi realized that something was wrong, Napoli launched a counterattack.

After Gargano intercepted the ball, he originally intended to give it to Lavezzi. He was of course firmly on Lavezzi's side, he hated that Chinese man who disrespected Maradona. But he saw Hamsik waving at him, signaling him to pass the ball.

He certainly knew Hamsik's position in the team, that was the team's commander, the brain, and more than 80% of the offensive organization originated from him.

He wanted the ball from him, could he not give it?

He really hesitated for a moment and looked at Lavezzi. As a result, he saw Lavezzi in a very bad position, and with his footwork... he thought for a while and felt that he was not sure to accurately send the ball to Lavezzi's feet.

There was no time to delay on the field. Just as he hesitated, Roma's midfielder Daniele De Rossi rushed up and almost intercepted his ball.

Hamsik shouted anxiously, "Give me the ball!"

Gargano didn't dare to neglect and quickly sent the ball out. After passing the ball, he glanced at Lavezzi and muttered in his heart, "Don't blame me for not supporting you, Ezequiel!"

Because Gargano had delayed for a while, Hamsik didn't take the ball too much after receiving it, turned around, aimed at the direction, and made a direct pass!

The ball passed between two Roma players and gave it to Chen Hero! Chen Hero was forced by Roma's defender Juan and couldn't turn around, but he didn't need to turn around anymore. When he was forced out by Juan, he suddenly wanted to try something he had practiced so hard in the dungeon for so long. If it didn't have any effect, this dungeon would be too useless, right?

So he raised his foot and swung it fiercely at the ball, but instead of kicking the ball forward, he... knocked it backward!

Backheel pass!

The ball passed between Juan's legs without him reacting and flew straight to the empty space on the side of Roma's defense!

The Napoli fans in the stands had been booing after Chen Hero got the ball, but when they saw Chen Hero using his heel to knock the ball out, the booing stopped briefly... they were also stunned.

The commentators were even more stunned collectively before they reacted—Chen Hero's backheel pass sent the ball to an open space, and who was this open space prepared for?

"Arshavin—!"

Juan was pushing Chen Hero with both hands when he saw the other party suddenly turn around, stick to his body, and go behind him. When he turned around, he saw that Chen Hero had already rushed towards the penalty area! The speed was so fast... that he was surprised!

Chen Hero's pass gave enough lead. Arshavin chased the ball but didn't control it directly, but slightly detoured while running. His eyes were always fixed on the ball, and he didn't even look at the penalty area, or in front of the goal.

Lavezzi quickly advanced, entered the penalty area, and raised his hand, expecting Arshavin to pass the ball to him—at this time, he was the only Napoli player in front of Roma's goal—because he didn't pull out to seek cooperation with Arshavin just now, he rushed straight up.

To Lavezzi's disappointment, Arshavin didn't look up at the penalty area, so naturally he didn't know that he had arrived in front of the goal and was ready to wait for his cross.

Arshavin, who had been burying his head and staring at the ball, adjusted his pace, and then... crossed directly!

The ball drew an arc and flew into Roma's penalty area, flying towards their goal.

It seemed that if he had passed the ball to Lavezzi, he would have passed it too high, because Lavezzi was 1.73 meters tall and really not good at headers... If he had passed it to Chen Hero, he would have passed it a little too early, because Chen Hero hadn't arrived yet...

Just when the Napoli fans were regretting this attack, just when the commentators were saying that Arshavin was too anxious.

A figure suddenly jumped out of the TV screen, like lightning across Napoli's dark night sky.

"Chen Hero! Diving header!!" The fast-reacting commentator exclaimed!

The ball was headed right in the place where everyone thought it was impossible to be headed!

No one saw how he appeared here, everyone only saw him shoot out like an arrow, shoot into everyone's vision, and become the focus of everyone's attention!

When the ball flew into the goal, Roma's Brazilian goalkeeper Doni didn't even make a save...

"Ah... ah!! goooooooooooooooL!! gooooooooooooL! gooooL! goL! goL! goL! goL! goL!!!"

This time, the boos from the Stadio San Paolo didn't have time to sound before they turned into cheers—the fans saw the ball fly into the goal and reflexively jumped up from their seats, raising their arms and shouting.

Many people hadn't even seen clearly who scored the goal!

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ps, here it comes!

The goal is here!

Asking for monthly tickets, asking for monthly tickets!

The goal is here, can the monthly tickets not come?!