Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 266 So Conflicted (Second Guaranteed Update)

"Arshavin crosses from the wing... He's too hasty! There's only La..."

The commentator was speaking when suddenly a figure leaped out from the TV screen, executing a diving header in mid-air and sending the football toward the goal.

In the blink of an eye, the ball flew into the net, leaving Roma's goalkeeper Doni with no chance to react.

Everything happened so fast that the Napoli fans who couldn't make it to the stadium and were watching the TV broadcast erupted in cheers.

But as they came to their senses, they saw someone getting up from the ground in the TV, with the number 9 on his back, and above that number was his name, "hero."

It was that Chen Hero they hated!

The person who pulled one back for the team and kept their hopes alive was the "public enemy" Chen Hero!

Some people's arms, raised high in celebration, hadn't had time to come down, and their joyful smiles were still frozen on their faces.

Their brains entered a brief "not responding" state.

They couldn't process the fact that the person they had just cheered for from the bottom of their hearts was the Chen Hero they hated.

This seemed to really fulfill that bastard's arrogant words from the beginning: "One day, I will turn boos into cheers!"

This fact was too hard to accept...

And the commentator on TV was still shouting, oblivious to the mood: "GooooooooooL! goLgoLgogLgoLgoLgoL!! Hero! Hero! He scored! A beautiful diving header! From more than ten meters away from the goal, he used a difficult diving header to knock the football in! He pulled one back for the team! Before the end of the first half, the score became 1:2, and the home team Napoli is only one goal behind! If Napoli really wants to reverse the situation, this is a very crucial goal! Fantastic!"

"Not fantastic at all!" the Napoli fans who came back to their senses cursed. But they quickly felt that this was too twisted and conflicted – their team had pulled one back, only one goal behind, so why were they saying it wasn't fantastic at all?

Logically speaking, they should be happy... And in reality, they were indeed happy. But after seeing that the goal was scored by Chen Hero, they felt that they couldn't be happy, they couldn't cheer for this bastard.

This was really too tangled. Should they cheer or not!

The same situation happened in the stands of the Stadio San Paolo. Because they were watching live, without the clarity of the TV, their cheers lasted a little longer. When they saw that person get up and run toward Arshavin, who had assisted him, they realized that the person they had been cheering for was Chen Hero!

The cheers were forcibly braked, and the result was... some people had already shut their mouths, while others were still cheering. Those fans on the opposite stands further away from the goal were still enjoying cheering for the goal.

The situation on the scene seemed a bit chaotic.

Should they cheer or not? Should we boo him at this time?

Boos and cheers rang out simultaneously over the Stadio San Paolo, leaving the visiting Roma players at a loss, not to mention Napoli's own fans...

Chen Hero had only scored one goal, and it had already tangled them up like twisted pretzels.

If he scored more, what would they do...

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Chen Hero hugged Arshavin tightly.

He thanked Arshavin for coming to his aid when he needed help and providing an assist like sending charcoal in the snow. This was what good friends were for!

Playing with him didn't require loud shouts or advance explanations. Their three seasons of cooperation at Zenit and those times they spent messing around in nightclubs had made their understanding far beyond that of ordinary people!

So Arshavin didn't have to look up to know when and how to cross. Chen Hero didn't have to look at Arshavin either, he could run straight to the open space and confidently make a diving header.

Everything was just like what they did at Zenit Saint Petersburg...

The commentator for Russian television shouted after the goal: "This is a familiar goal routine, but this is not a Zenit game! This is in Napoli!"

Two Zenit players in Napoli were embracing and celebrating a goal in different jerseys. It would really make those Russian fans, especially the TV viewers in Saint Petersburg, feel dazed, as if time and space were distorted.

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More Napoli players rushed up and overwhelmed Chen Hero and Arshavin. They were all cheering for the goal. Being able to pull one back before the end of the first half gave many people some confidence in the game. They thought, it's just one goal, and there are forty-five minutes in the second half, and this is our home field... Why can't we reverse the situation?!

Everyone was celebrating, except Lavezzi, who stood alone outside the crowd.

When Chen Hero suddenly headed the football into the goal, Lavezzi's hand was still raised in the air, but at that moment, that action only made him look like an idiot.

It felt as if he had already struck a pose, ready for a beautiful goal, but Chen Hero, who had suddenly appeared, had intercepted it and stole his credit.

When he saw Chen Hero in the air, performing a diving header, he was also taken aback.

This desperate Chen Hero made him feel strange, not quite the same as the Chen Hero from the first half of the season.

His teammates rushed towards Chen Hero, only Gargano ran over to high-five him and celebrate the goal. But he found it all boring.

The sky above Mount Vesuvius was really about to change.

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When Chen Hero headed the football into the goal with a diving header that no one expected, Mazzarri raised his arms in place and turned around to hug his assistant coach Fabio Viviani who rushed out. The embrace of the two big men was so intense that Mazzarri's glasses almost fell off the bridge of his nose.

They had reason to be so excited, because just ten minutes ago, when Roma scored their second goal, the oppressive atmosphere throughout the Stadio San Paolo was like a boulder pressing on everyone's chest.

Everyone felt suffocated, being slaughtered by the opponent without any ability to fight back on their own home field... It was a disgrace.

Now the fire in their hearts had been released and was burning fiercely!

The only eyesore was that when the stadium announcer shouted "Goal scorer Chen Hero," the boos in the stands still dominated. The giant banner that read "You're not even worthy of shining Diego's shoes, you bastard!" was still there.

It seemed that conquering this picky city, these die-hards, was not an easy task.

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"Never compromise! Never compromise! Don't be fooled by his goal! We must continue to scold him! Let that bastard know what the consequences are for disrespecting Diego!!" The leader of the "Napoli ultras" fan organization was directing his fans to boo Chen Hero when he got the ball.

So what if Chen Hero helped the team score a goal? That couldn't offset his disrespect for Diego Maradona! Besides, it's not like he hadn't scored goals in previous games, but so what? Can he avoid being booed if he scores a goal occasionally? Isn't the team's performance still so bad? Isn't the team still behind? What's the use of your goal!

So when goal hero Chen Hero got the ball again, boos rang out from the stands...

Faced with this situation, even the commentator felt helpless: "Fortunately, the first half is coming to an end..."

Sometimes the commentator felt that the Napoli fans were too much. The guy had already explained that he wasn't targeting Maradona, and there hadn't been any excessive behavior after that. He had been working hard on the field to pursue goals. Even if they didn't like him, they shouldn't boo him like that... Did they want to force Chen Hero to leave completely?

The paranoia and fanaticism of the Neapolitans were sometimes both the pride and the burden of this team...

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When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score was temporarily fixed at 1:2. Although they were still behind, this score was much better than 0:2. It also allowed people to see hope and confidence, and feel that there was still a chance in the second half.

If it was 0:2, it was estimated that many people would have already been considering whether to leave early in the second half to avoid the traffic peak at the end of the game...

Now, many fans were jumping and singing non-stop in the stands, as if they were leading. But not everyone was doing this. In the area where the "Napoli ultras" gathered in the north stand, everyone seemed a little silent.

And the silence was very awkward. Obviously, their team's performance had improved, and everyone saw hope, but precisely because this goal was scored by Chen Hero, they couldn't cheer – what kind of thing was this!

The Napoli players walked off the field, and the TV broadcast lens was always on Chen Hero. To be honest, before this goal, his performance was not very good, but now the TV broadcast was only giving him close-ups. What did that mean? It meant that he would be the key figure in this game, and everyone was full of expectations and curiosity about his performance.

Chen Hero and Arshavin were shoulder to shoulder in the lens, talking and chatting all the way. It could be seen that he was in a good mood after scoring a goal.

But the commentators still didn't quite understand. Scoring goals was not a strange thing for Chen Hero. He scored six goals in the first half of the season, but he rarely showed such a relaxed expression...

They wouldn't understand. Chen Hero was finally no longer fighting alone. In this strange environment, he had his own teammates. After he, the MT (Main Tank, aggroing all the monsters), finally someone was healing him! (Explanation: A gaming reference; MT = Main Tank, the player character who takes the most damage, pulling aggro/attention from all enemies.)

What a gratifying and happy thing this was!

Having someone you can entrust and trust is such a fortunate and happy thing. When you are charging at the front, you can safely leave your back to others, and when you need it, support will arrive immediately. What a great feeling.

The T-90 has been filled with fuel, now... let's go!

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ps, there's another update at eight o'clock tonight, everyone look forward to it!