Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 301 This is the Promise (Guaranteed Second Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

The second goal for Napoli helped them lock in the victory. With just over ten minutes left in the game, and playing away, Inter Milan's strength was useless.

They had been completely submerged in the tidal wave of Neapolitan passion...

In the end, Mourinho had to accept a 0-2 defeat. Chen Hero, whom he had completely ignored before the game, scored the opening goal, opening the door to victory for Napoli. His controversial celebration after the goal made many Napoli fans feel great.

Don't think that the war of words between the two sides ended after the game. In fact, as long as Chen Hero and Mourinho were involved, things wouldn't calm down so easily.

The war of words continued after the game.

Zlatan Ibrahimović, who didn't score in this game, was challenged by Chen Hero on the scorer list. Now they are only two goals apart.

Before the game, he was dragged into the battle by Mourinho and compared with Chen Hero, so the reporters naturally had to ask him such questions.

"Zlatan, what do you think of Chen Hero, who scored in the game..."

Before the reporter could finish the question, Ibrahimović shook his head with an impatient look: "That person lacks basic politeness. I don't like his celebration after scoring—everyone saw that he almost caused a large-scale conflict, but he acted like nothing happened..."

In short, he just didn't like Chen Hero.

Everyone expressed their understanding. Ibrahimović's arrogant and conceited personality meant he had plenty of reason to look down on the arrogant and flamboyant Chen Hero, especially when the two of them were getting closer and closer on the scorer list.

Cambiasso, who received a yellow card in the conflict, also looked indignant.

"Obviously, it was a provocation. He should have received a yellow card, but nothing happened! It's not fair!" Cambiasso didn't dare to say more. He was afraid that if he continued, he wouldn't be able to help but swear at the referee, and that would be more than just a yellow card...

Mourinho was also collectively "besieged" by reporters at the post-match press conference. Everyone only asked him about Chen Hero.

"What do you think of Chen Hero's celebration?"

"Sorry, I didn't see it." Mourinho said, cocking his face.

"You really didn't see it?" The reporters were not so easy to deal with. Relentless pursuit was their specialty.

"Of course, it was very chaotic at the time. I didn't see anything."

Mourinho was lying through his teeth. Chen Hero was only thirty centimeters away from him at the time. There were no obstructions between them. Chen Hero was 1.93 meters tall and broad-shouldered. Unless Mourinho was blind, there was absolutely no way he couldn't see him. Even if the surroundings were chaotic, it wouldn't have interfered with the two of them. At that time, only the two of them maintained their original postures.

"In this game, Chen Hero scored a goal, while Ibrahimović did not. Do you still insist that Ibrahimović is better than Chen Hero?" The person who asked this question was obviously a Napoli reporter, deliberately rubbing salt in Mourinho's wounds.

Mourinho still had that expressionless dead face: "Yes, I still think so. Ibrahimović has already proven his ability at Ajax, Juventus, and Inter Milan. He is also a key player in the Swedish national team. His performance at the 2004 European Cup was also impressive..."

As a response to the Napoli reporter rubbing salt in his wounds, Mourinho also rubbed salt in the Italians' wounds. Ibrahimović scored a stunning "scorpion" goal in the 2004 European Cup in Portugal, breaking the Italian goal and causing Italy to lose the game, which was also the root cause of Italy's elimination.

"What does Chen Hero have? A UEFA Cup title? Oh, that's simply not worth mentioning!" Mourinho curled his lips, waved his hand, and pretended to be dismissive. "That UEFA Cup was the worst in terms of gold content. Only Bayern Munich wasn't in good shape. The Russian Premier League title and Golden Boot? Sorry, I don't know anything about this second-rate European league."

This was truly the ultimate in sarcasm and ridicule, completely disregarding Chen Hero. The UEFA Cup title could be ignored, did he have to win the Champions League to catch his eye?

Many Napoli reporters were indignant—unconsciously, they had been subtly influenced. They felt uncomfortable and angry because Chen Hero was looked down upon. Chen Hero's successive goals made them start to give him more cheers and praise... Of course, maybe he didn't care about these at all, but this was their job.

"Then, what do you think about losing this game 0-2 without any resistance?"

Another Napoli reporter stood up—this press conference had developed into a confrontation between the Napoli media and Mourinho. Mourinho was battling a crowd of reporters.

"It's normal. Even if we lose this game, we will still be the league champions." Mourinho continued to show his madman nature. Although Inter Milan's performance this season has been very good, currently six points ahead in second place in two competitions, it was still quite bold to say that their team would become the league champions when there were still five rounds left in the league.

Moreover, saying that they would be the league champions before the league had ended and before the champion had been truly decided was undoubtedly provoking the other nineteen teams in the entire Serie A league, completely disregarding their championship rivals and city rivals AC Milan, the Derby d'Italia opponents Juventus, and even their opponents in the subsequent five league rounds.

This Mourinho was truly arrogant to the extreme.

But it was precisely this kind of him that made the media both love and hate him.

The Napoli media hated him with a vengeance, but the Milan media praised him to the heavens. Their praise of him had not stopped since Christmas. With the stability and rise of Inter Milan's performance, his personal reputation was also being highlighted in Italian football.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two sides was getting more and more intense, the press officer simply announced the early termination of the press conference.

Mourinho got up very simply, didn't say a word, and left the press conference very coolly.

Leaving behind a group of Milan reporters who admired Mourinho's style, and the Napoli reporters who were still indignant.

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That's why you shouldn't offend reporters. Because their pen can turn the dead into the living, and the living into the dead and then back to life.

Chen Hero was initially pushed to become "Naples' Public Enemy Number One" because he didn't understand the Italian media enough.

Now these Napoli media were using their special skills again, describing Mourinho as a "tycoon spokesman symbolizing the evil northern financial tycoons who despise the poor people of Naples." This was not just a matter of one person saying a few words, it was a confrontation between two classes.

Why had Napoli always been mortal enemies with the northern giants? Wasn't it because of this kind of class opposition? AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Juventus were all teams controlled by wealthy people. Inter Milan's owner, Moratti, was a famous Italian oil family. AC Milan's owner, Berlusconi, was the Italian prime minister, media mogul, and extreme right-winger. Juventus' owner was the Agnelli family, which owned the famous Italian car brands Fiat, Maserati, and Ferrari.

Napoli, which claimed to be the representative of the poor, naturally had to fight to the death with the evil capitalists. At the same time, Napoli was actually a bit left-leaning in politics and was relatively radical.

The conflict between the two sides was thus completely irreconcilable.

With the media's promotion, the feud between Mourinho and Napoli deepened.

However, just doing this was not enough. The topic had to continue to ferment in order to have a sensational effect.

So, some reporters took Mourinho's evaluation of Chen Hero and went to his door.

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After training, Chen Hero was blocked by reporters on the sidelines. They had only one purpose—to hear what Chen Hero thought of Mourinho's evaluation of him.

"He really said that?" Chen Hero's opening remarks were the same as when he first heard that Mourinho had ignored him.

"Of course! You don't know, Hero. What was his attitude at the post-match press conference? So arrogant!"

Although the Napoli media were praising Chen Hero in their respective positions, not all Napoli media could get the opportunity to interview Chen Hero. So, the people blocking Chen Hero now were all reporters from China.

Even if those Napoli media wanted to eavesdrop from the side, they couldn't, because they were communicating in Chinese...

After Chen Hero recovered his scoring form, he gave the club's press officer, Baldari, a list and told Baldari that he would not accept exclusive interview requests from any media on this list.

Of course, Baldari knew that these media were the ones who had severely criticized him, ridiculed him, and distorted his words in the past. Now Chen Hero was taking revenge...

Holding this list, Baldari could only shake his head and smile bitterly—he had seen this player's personality... He had seen people who dared to openly list media blacklists, but those were all head coach level, and they had to be superstars, like Ferguson. What ability did Chen Hero, a small player, have to do this?

But he really did it.

And he had insisted on it until now. None of the media that had offended him in the past had been able to obtain his exclusive interview rights. Not only that, but those reporters couldn't get Chen Hero's answers in ordinary interview opportunities. Just like Mourinho treated the Chen Hero in front of him as air, Chen Hero also treated those reporters as air.

Baldari also had a full understanding of Chen Hero's grudges...

After Chen Hero listened to the Chinese reporters' relay, he smiled.

"I wish Inter Milan will win the league championship, so the team that I double-kill next season will be the defending champion, not some unknown junior!"

Next season, double-kill the defending champion!

Chen Hero made such an agreement with Mourinho.

But the media present were shocked—Mourinho had announced five rounds in advance that the league title was in hand, even though the team had not yet won the title, which already made people think he was very arrogant. Who would have thought that there was someone more arrogant? Chen Hero simply made an appointment in advance to double-kill Inter Milan next season!

What kind of team was Inter Milan? Starting from the 2005-2006 season, the league champion that season was originally Juventus, but due to the "Calciopoli" scandal, Juventus was stripped of the championship that season, and the championship trophy was awarded to Inter Milan.

Starting from that season, and continuing until the 2007-2008 season, Inter Milan had won the Serie A title for three consecutive seasons. And although Mourinho was arrogant, if there were no accidents, the 2008-2009 season league title would most likely be theirs as well. This would be four consecutive league titles!

Four consecutive league titles. In today's Italian football, that was a well-deserved behemoth, a team that Napoli needed to look up to.

Chen Hero opened his mouth and said he would double-kill them. Was he really stupid or really ignorant?

No one knew, but the media knew one thing, and that was... they had a good show to watch again!

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