Chapter 1 Before the Game

Of course, Pierre knew that Chen Hero would start in this match. It wasn't a secret or anything unexpected.

So, how to deal with Chen Hero?

This season, Chen Hero has been in excellent form, which is also no secret. Pierre had studied Chen Hero's goal compilation this season and discovered a discouraging phenomenon: Chen Hero's off-ball running ability has improved a lot compared to last season, even to the point of a quantum leap.

This Chen Hero is more comprehensive than when the two sides met before.

This was his biggest headache.

How to deal with a super center with physique, technique, and good tactical awareness?

Serie A is recognized as a league known for its defense. If those Serie A powerhouses can't stop Chen Hero from scoring, can his Lyon stop him?

Pierre thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how to stop Chen Hero. Should he cut off the connection between Chen Hero and his teammates, just like before?

Now Chen Hero has played for Napoli for two and a half seasons, and Napoli's tactics are completely designed according to his characteristics. It is not easy to simply peel him as an individual from the entire Napoli tactical system. Perhaps there is a way, but it is definitely not something Pierre and this current Lyon team can do.

So, after thinking about it, he came to a helpless conclusion—it is absolutely impossible to beat Napoli away from home, because there is basically no way to stop Chen Hero from scoring. What Lyon should consider is not how many goals they will concede, but how many goals they can score.

Napoli's defense is worse than their offense. So Pierre planned to work on Napoli's defense. Napoli scores on us? It doesn't matter, we just need to score on Napoli too!

In short, it's an all-out attack!

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It was quite a bold idea to go head-to-head with Napoli at their home ground.

But Pierre obviously overestimated Lyon's form and attacking ability, and underestimated Napoli's energy at home.

When Lyon showed their posture for an all-out attack, Napoli's players keenly noticed the opponent's intentions and saw the gaps behind Lyon's defense.

They naturally knew what to do.

The camera lens always followed Chen Hero, and commentators from all countries were always talking about Chen Hero.

Chen Hero this, Chen Hero that, this is Chen Hero's first Champions League game this season, Chen Hero vowed to defend his title as the top scorer, Chen Hero's grievances with Lyon, his grievances with UEFA, his grievances with Platini...

If a TV viewer doesn't like Chen Hero, they will definitely hate him so much that they want to smash the TV.

But the commentators don't care what the audience thinks, they only know that the protagonist of this game should be Chen Hero.

The whole world is watching this game, and everyone is observing Chen Hero's performance with a magnifying glass, trying to find clues to see how Chen Hero's form is, and whether there is really hope to pose a threat to Messi, Eto'o, Gomez and others—even the most confident media do not believe that Chen Hero can win the top scorer, they all think that Chen Hero can at most threaten the above three people.

But they obviously underestimated how terrifying a starving bear can be!

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"Napoli launches an attack, Hamsik is dribbling forward... Hamsik, Hamsik... He passes to Sanchez! Sanchez chooses to cut inside... Intercepted! Lyon tries to launch a counterattack directly... De Jong!! Beautiful tackle! Napoli launches another attack, De Jong directly passes long! Hero!"

Chen Hero jumped high in front of the penalty area and headed the ball back to Arshavin, who was coming up.

Arshavin didn't stop the ball, but directly bumped the ball forward with his chest, and then ducked past the Lyon defender who was defending him!

"He's in!" the commentator shouted.

Lyon defender, Cissokho, quickly stuck to him, blocking the inside line and preventing Arshavin from having the opportunity to face the goalkeeper Lloris head-on.

Arshavin changed direction slightly and rushed towards the baseline. Lloris also moved quickly to block the near post.

Seeing that Arshavin's shooting angle was getting smaller and smaller, he suddenly crossed!

The ball went through between Cissokho and goalkeeper Lloris.

"Hero——!!"

Along with the commentator's loud roar, Chen Hero and Chris rushed to the goal!

What made all Lyon fans tremble with fear was that Chen Hero used his physical advantage and running advantage to firmly suppress Chris behind him.

Chris had no choice but to tackle from behind, even if he couldn't touch the ball, he hoped to interfere with Chen Hero's shot.

But Chen Hero, who was already starving mad, finally saw the fat meat on his lips, how could he spit it out?

Chris knows how to tackle, and so does he!

Taking advantage of Chris's tackle from behind, he did not try to maintain his balance, but tackled down with him.

Sliding tackle!

"Almost no suspense... Hero! Hero!!! goooooooooooooooooooL!!!"

"Goal!! The goal scorer is Chen Hero!!"

"His first Champions League goal this season!!"

"He said before that he would defend his title as the Champions League top scorer this season. I don't know if he can really do it, but look at this goal! He has already issued a challenge to Messi, Eto'o and Gomez!"

Chen Hero scored, and the commentators collectively climaxed, shouting hoarsely.

"Goal! Goal! He really scored!! This is Hero's first Champions League game since his comeback, and he really scored!"

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Chen Hero pushed away Chris's leg that was pressing on him and got up from the ground, but he didn't run wildly with his arms open. Instead, he lifted his jersey, revealing a white sleeveless T-shirt he was wearing underneath.

There was a sentence written on it: "I'm hungry, really."

At the same time, he raised his right arm high, holding up a finger, meaning—this is the first goal!

"Hero celebrates his goal in this way... There's something written on his chest... I'm hungry? Hahaha! What a creative idea. Yes, yes, he was banned by UEFA for eight games, he is indeed hungry. What can feed him? Goals! More goals!"

Chen Hero, showing the words on his chest, was soon hugged by his teammates.

"Oh oh oh! The first one! The first one, Hero! You are so damn awesome!"

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The Napoli players' goal celebration ended, but Chen Hero's celebration was not over yet.

When running back to his own half, he raised his arms high, making the movements of a bodybuilder. He showed his muscles to the fans in the stands, but he was also demonstrating to his competitors.

The blue giant bear fans in the west stand pointed excitedly at the banner below. As expected, the live broadcast immediately gave it a shot, so the whole world saw such a sentence.

There were also commentators who understood Italian who translated the sentence: "Let them tremble and fear for your return... I don't know if 'they' all trembled and feared, but I think the Lyon people must have been afraid and trembled, because Hero's goal reminded them of some bad memories... Ha!"

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When Mazzarri saw Chen Hero shovel the ball into the goal, he jumped up from his seat. He was very excited, really, not pretending.

This goal shows that Chen Hero is in very good form, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Viviani leaned over and shouted excitedly next to him: "I already feel that we can go to the quarter-finals. Lyon is not our opponent at all!"

Mazzarri replied: "I knew this after the draw..."

Viviani laughed.

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"Napoli fans must have breathed a sigh of relief, because Hero scored. If Napoli wants to go further in the Champions League, a Chen Hero who can continue to score is very, very important!"

On the TV screen, there were cheering Napoli fans.

However, those Napoli fans who can't go to the stadium to watch the game may not all agree with the commentator. Napoli fans who hate Chen Hero still exist, and the number is not low.

But they had no choice before, now it's different. Since Cavani came, he has already scored two goals for the team in two games. Many people have seen an excellent center gradually rising.

Hmph, it doesn't matter even without Hero, because we already have Cavani!

Chen Hero has been in the team for more than two years, and no one has created a song for him. But Cavani has only played two games and scored two goals, and some fans have already started writing songs for him.

This is the difference...

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Pierre was not surprised or annoyed by Chen Hero's goal. This is very normal.

He didn't think his tactics could trap Chen Hero.

He only hopes that the team's attacking lineup can perform.

Even if we concede a goal, as long as we can score a goal, we can not only equalize the score, but also get an away goal.

If the final score is 2:3, and we lose the game, as long as we have two away goals, we have a great chance of winning when we return to the home court.

Pierre calculated in his mind.

This is the best result.

Behind the away team's coaching bench is the west stand. A burst of cheers suddenly erupted, coming from behind him.

"forzA_hero!!!"

This sudden cheer startled Pierre.

He couldn't help but look back at that stand. He realized that behind him, the mountains and plains were full of Chen Hero's portraits and various cartoon images...

Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind, and then it became unstoppable.

Can we ensure that the guy only scores one goal? Can we ensure that Napoli only scores a maximum of three goals?

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