The latest FIFA Ballon d'Or had nothing to do with Chen Hero. Knowing the voting mechanism, he never thought he would be elected.

On January 6th, Napoli's second half of the season began.

They challenged Inter Milan away.

The treble winner from last season was having a miserable time this season.

Mourinho left, and Benitez, whom he disliked very much, took over the team. As a result, he offended the players and the club's top management because he was too eager to transform the locker room. It is said that he even forbade the club from hanging Mourinho's photos.

Then he lost the European Super Cup, completely shattering Inter Milan's dream of equaling Barcelona's six crowns. This result greatly disappointed Inter Milan fans, and from then on, even Inter Milan fans stopped supporting him.

Inter Milan was a mess under Benitez's leadership, and he was sentenced to death by the media many times.

Finally, after helping the team win the Club World Cup, he issued an ultimatum to the club owner: if the club could not buy the four players he needed, he would leave.

The result was... he left.

The new coach was the Brazilian Leonardo, who coached AC Milan last season. This result made AC Milan fans very angry, and Inter Milan fans didn't buy it either—they didn't like this former AC Milan player, staff member, and coach at all. Letting someone with deep-rooted enemies on his body coach the team, I really don't know what Moratti was thinking. Did he think this would hit the city rivals?

So at the beginning of the new year, Inter Milan was in the midst of internal and external troubles.

Even playing away, Napoli didn't think they would lose to Inter Milan.

But football is so fascinating precisely because of its unpredictability.

So unfortunately, Napoli lost 1:3 cleanly on the road.

Chen Hero scored a goal for the team in the game, but was unable to save the team from defeat. After all, he was just a player with limited energy.

But he was a little depressed.

He had never lost to Mourinho's strongest Inter Milan team, but instead lost to an exhausted Inter Milan team tormented by internal and external troubles.

He had a feeling of "I have nowhere to reason."

It wasn't just him who was depressed, but also Mazzarri.

At the post-match press conference, Mazzarri criticized the team's poor performance. He admitted that the loss was due to "underestimation of the enemy," but this reason was even more unpleasant to Inter Milan fans—since when did Napoli have the right to underestimate Inter Milan?

No matter how unhappy the Inter Milan fans were, that was the fact. Napoli was indeed in love. They thought they could easily defeat Inter Milan, who had been tossed around by the coaching change, even on the road.

But that's not the case. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Inter Milan gave them a blow to the head.

In fact, before attending the press conference, Mazzarri had already scolded everyone severely.

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The so-called knowing shame and then being brave, Mazzarri's scolding did play a role.

Three days later, Napoli welcomed Juventus at home. This time, they did not give Juventus any chance. They stood by at home and defeated the Old Woman 3:0.

Chen Hero scored a goal.

After entering the new year, he has scored in two consecutive games.

There weren't many goals, but the Italian media believed that Chen Hero was warming up.

Like a car, it is impossible to reach the fastest speed as soon as it starts. Even the best car takes time to accelerate from zero to one hundred kilometers, but the time is only short.

Now, with one goal per game, Chen Hero is just adjusting his state.

The Italian media is very optimistic, believing that when the Champions League knockout rounds start, it will be when Chen Hero accelerates to a hundred kilometers per hour. And from then on, his speed will only get faster and not slower.

The accelerator of this chariot will be floored.

Unlike the Catalan media's uglification and ridicule of Chen Hero, in Italy, Chen Hero has conquered these media with his crazy goals.

In the past, some media liked to go against Chen Hero. Not anymore, because they found that there was no good end to going against the protagonist... The Catalan media doesn't know this because they are far away in Spain and are not familiar with Chen Hero at all.

The Italian media has to deal with Chen Hero every day, and after being familiar with Chen Hero's temper and seeing Chen Hero's powerful strength, they all very wisely chose to lean towards Chen Hero's side. After each game, the Italian media presented a spectacular scene of praising Chen Hero.

This, of course, will make people who don't like Chen Hero very unhappy, but they can't help it. Because Chen Hero's performance this season is indeed impeccable.

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Perhaps the Italian media is right, Chen Hero is really adjusting his state.

In the following games, his number of goals and performance were not very stable, which was in contrast to the rapid surge in the first half of the season.

Of course, this issue is a matter of opinion. The Italian media said that Chen Hero was adjusting his state, while the media in other countries could question whether Chen Hero's state was declining.

On January 15th, in the twentieth round of the league, Napoli drew 0:0 with Fiorentina at home, and Chen Hero did not score.

On January 23rd, in the twenty-first round of the league, Napoli beat Bari 2:0 away. Chen Hero scored a goal. However, this game earned him his fourth yellow card of the season, and he was automatically suspended for one game.

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Just as the league was in progress, Bigon's work also made progress.

He first bought the frustrated left-back Dossena from Liverpool, which made up for the weakness of Napoli's defense on the left, and it was no longer just Criscito who was holding on. This transfer deal cost Napoli four million euros in transfer fees.

However, Dossena is obviously not the main target of Napoli's winter transfer offensive.

On January 25th, Napoli announced that they had taken center Cavani from Palermo on a loan-to-buy basis.

After half a season of loan, Napoli will buy out Cavani for sixteen million euros in the summer.

This transfer transaction did not attract much attention from the media, nor did it make the fans feel strange. In fact, the previous state was strange, because Chen Hero did not have a true substitute in Napoli.

Zalayeta ended his contract with the club at the end of last season and left Napoli. Since then, although Napoli has introduced Raul, it is obvious that Raul and Chen Hero are not the same type of striker, and he cannot play Chen Hero's substitute. In fact, this is the case. In the domestic league, Raul often starts with Chen Hero and plays his favorite second striker.

So Chen Hero has never had a true substitute. What if Chen Hero can't participate in the game? Then change the tactics and play the set of tactics in the Champions League, pushing Raul to the center position, but Napoli's tactics are completely different from when Chen Hero is there, and they go more on the ground.

Fortunately, Chen Hero is in excellent physical condition and has excellent stamina. He has never experienced physical exhaustion or injury. Otherwise, once injured, Napoli would definitely not be ranked first in the league.

No one thinks there is anything wrong with buying Cavani. The Uruguayan must be here to be Chen Hero's substitute. Chen Hero should also need a substitute. Who can guarantee that he will not have physical problems or be troubled by injuries for the entire season?

It's just a pity that Chen Hero is in such good condition, his substitute will be tragic. There will be very few appearances, and he will live in his shadow...

But Cavani himself doesn't seem to care.

In an interview after transferring to Napoli, he said that he was very satisfied with the transfer.

"...I am a fan of Hero, I am serious. I like the way he plays, very direct and powerful. He is so young and can score so many goals, which is amazing. He is my goal to learn..."

No one would have thought that Cavani's arrival was paving the way for Chen Hero's departure. But Chen Hero himself knew that Napoli was preparing for his future departure. He would definitely finish this season, but after this season, it was hard to say whether he could continue to stay in Napoli.

And this half season can just give Cavani time to adapt and gradually integrate into the team. It is indeed a very safe way.

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Cavani just transferred to the team and immediately played for the team.

On January 30th, in the twenty-second round of the league, Napoli played against Sampdoria at home. It happened that Chen Hero had accumulated four yellow cards and was automatically suspended for one game. In this game, Cavani started and replaced the suspended Chen Hero.

As a result, Cavani's debut for Napoli was perfect.

In his first appearance for Napoli, he scored a goal for the team, helping the team win 4:0 against Sampdoria at home.

His excellent performance relieved both Mazzarri and Bigon—buying Cavani was a gamble. Now it seems that they gambled right.

If this trend continues, Cavani can perfectly fill the void left by Chen Hero's departure.

In this way, even if Chen Hero leaves Napoli after this season, Mazzarri has nothing to worry about. At least the scoring ability is a little worse, but it is enough for Napoli...

It is said that Chen Hero is already a giant-level center, and Cavani is only a first-class one, but Napoli is not a giant at the moment, so using a Cavani is just right, and Cavani has potential and will grow in the future, and Napoli will also grow, growing with the team.

Perhaps from this point of view, Cavani is the center that is really suitable for Napoli?

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