"Hero's gesture means he scored his tenth Champions League goal of the season! And it's a rare free kick! The ball went through the bottom of the wall, it's beautiful!"

It was past three in the morning, and He Ping's excited voice was echoing from many TV sets in China.

"This is the first time Chen Hero has led Messi in the Champions League scorer list this season! He has completed his overtake of Messi! From being six goals behind to one goal ahead, Chen Hero only used five games, five games!" He Ping was also excited, his voice was very loud and excited.

"In the history of the Champions League, no one has ever achieved such a performance! Hero is the first! Even Messi can't resist his terrifying goal-scoring ability!"

Inevitably, after this game, He Ping will be scolded by Barcelona fans as a "yellow dog" or something, but this kind of thing is commonplace for He Ping. In fact, in the eyes of Real Madrid fans, he is still a "Barca idiot"...

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Chen Hero's goal was replayed repeatedly on TV stations, and commentators analyzed endlessly how powerful the goal was.

Chen Hero's shot speed is an important factor, but his previous kick that knocked out Park Ji-sung was definitely not negligible—if he hadn't shown such a powerful force in the first kick, I'm afraid the Manchester United wall wouldn't have been so careful, giving him a chance to drill through.

That gap was actually not much of an opportunity at all. Many walls will jump, but why doesn't anyone specialize in the lower route? Because the difficulty is not small. First of all, the ball speed must be fast, secondly, it must be able to be suppressed, and the third point is accuracy, because not the entire wall will jump, at most one or two, two or three people will jump up, so the breakthrough points that can be used are only so small. If you don't shoot accurately and the football hits the feet of someone who hasn't jumped, all your previous efforts will be in vain. The fourth point is that everything must be perfectly coordinated in terms of timing, otherwise if people jump too early and your football comes over, they will have already landed, which is useless; if people have finished jumping and your football comes, and the opponent hasn't jumped to a suitable height, it's also useless.

So for free kick masters, kicking the football under the wall is not necessarily easier than bypassing the football over the wall.

Chen Hero made full use of his strengths in long-range shooting and seized this opportunity that wasn't much of an opportunity.

After finishing the celebration, when he ran back to his half of the court, he made a special trip to find Raul to express his gratitude.

"Thank you, Raul. Is this what you call an opportunity that isn't an opportunity?"

Raul smiled and gave him a thumbs up: "Haha! Great goal, Hero!"

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Ferguson's face was not good-looking, it started after Rio Ferdinand's foul, and his face has not changed throughout the whole process, which made people think that this was his experienced and calm performance. In fact, his heart had already gone through countless ups and downs.

It's just that his face can only show this level of dissatisfaction at most, but the anger in his heart is constantly accumulating, and when Chen Hero blasted the football into Van der Sar's goal, it reached the MAX state.

He was still chewing gum in his mouth, but every bite looked so forceful, really "gnashing his teeth"...

The only good news was that the team doctor came back and told him that after his examination, Park Ji-sung could return to the game. Hero's kick hit them in the face, but it didn't cause any sequelae.

In this way, at least he only needs to use one substitution spot...

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After the game restarted, Park Ji-sung ran back onto the field to the applause of Manchester United fans. He is indeed an ambitious player, and after suffering such a heavy blow, he returned to the field as if nothing had happened.

He is also a respectable man.

Ferguson also quickly made a substitution adjustment, replacing Hernandez number fourteen with Evans number twenty-three.

Hernandez was a little unwilling when he left the field. He felt that Rio Ferdinand's mistake should not be paid for by himself. But fortunately, he didn't show it directly.

It's just that the pace of leaving the field was a bit slow.

The Napoli fans in the stands immediately booed.

Everyone thought he was deliberately delaying the game, but they didn't know that he was unhappy about being substituted early...

In the following game, Manchester United, with one less player, did not immediately shrink their defense, but still entangled with Napoli in the midfield for a while, with both sides attacking and defending. Then they began to shrink their defense near the end of the first half.

And successfully maintained this tie until the halftime break.

The TV broadcast captured this scene—Ferguson didn't even wait for the whistle to end the first half before getting up and walking towards the tunnel alone, and quickly disappeared into the tunnel entrance.

The commentator joked: "I think he went back early to scold Ferdinand. Poor Rio, it's not easy to bear the wrath of the hairdryer alone..."

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In fact, Rio Ferdinand was indeed scolded by the furious Ferguson during the halftime break. But it wasn't a separate scolding in the locker room in advance, but after everyone came back, he was scolded in front of all the players.

Poor Ferdinand is already a thirty-two-year-old veteran, and he has played for Manchester United for eight seasons. In front of so many teammates, there are still many people who came to Manchester United later and are much younger than him, but he was scolded by Ferguson so that he couldn't lift his head and didn't dare to breathe.

The influence of the old Sir in the Manchester United team is evident.

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The second half began with both sides changing sides to fight again.

In the first ten minutes, Manchester United was still able to compete with Napoli. But the disadvantage of having one less player was still reflected.

Because Mazzarri's team plays fast-paced football, which requires a lot of physical fitness, the performance of Napoli has declined under the double-line battle, and it is not just a matter of lack of experience.

Napoli's rhythm is fast. If Manchester United follows them, they will be led by the nose unconsciously, which is very detrimental to Manchester United, which has one less player.

In fact, the physical condition of Manchester United players may not be much better than that of Napoli.

After all, Napoli is a Serie A team, and Serie A teams have a half-month winter break, and they can get some rest. Manchester United is a Premier League team, and the Premier League schedule is the most and most dense, and there is no winter break. During the Christmas holidays when everyone is resting, their schedule is the most devilish... So physical strength is also a luxury for Premier League teams.

Ferguson saw what Mazzarri wanted to do. He wanted to rely on his physical and speed advantages to drag down Manchester United.

I won't play with you!

I have an away goal, even if the final score is 1:1, I will take advantage. Why am I so anxious?

So Ferguson waved his hand, and the team adjusted its tactics. Shrink the defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack! If there is no chance to counterattack, Manchester United doesn't mind defending like this all the time...

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It is normal for Manchester United, with one less player, to shrink their defense and launch a counterattack. Napoli, on the other hand, went all out to counterattack.

Chen Hero is still the team's bridgehead and vanguard.

Especially when it is necessary to attack, his role cannot be ignored.

When the game reached the seventieth minute, the Manchester United team began to have physical problems. Their running on the field was no longer active, and sometimes they seemed powerless—obviously it wasn't that they didn't want to fight, but their physical strength didn't allow them to fight like this.

Especially Giggs. At the age of thirty-seven, the intensity of the Champions League semi-final is a bit too much for him.

So in the seventy-fifth minute, Ferguson finally used his last substitution spot—this was really not what he wanted. The second substitution spot was used at the beginning of the second half. Although Park Ji-sung could continue to persist in the game, he was hit in the head by Chen Hero, and there were still some sequelae. His mind was not too clear, and sometimes his performance on the field was very confused. So at the beginning of the second half, Ferguson replaced Park Ji-sung with Anderson.

Both substitution spots were forced out because of Chen Hero. Ferguson's impression of Chen Hero is really unforgettable.

With the last substitution spot used, Ferguson really has no cards to play.

But just at this time, the players continued to have cramps.

Mazzarri replaced the aging Raul with Cassano to continue attacking Manchester United's defense.

This is Cassano's first appearance in the Champions League this season, and his appearance also means that he may participate in the final held at Wembley Stadium—if Napoli can finally eliminate Manchester United and reach the final.

But this is always good news.

The Napoli fans in the stands all stood up from their seats and applauded to welcome Cassano. The on-site broadcast also shouted passionately: "Let us welcome... Antonio—" He deliberately lengthened his voice, and the fans would take over for him.

"Cassano!!"

The momentum was amazing.

Cassano embraced Raul and ran onto the field in the enthusiastic cheers of the fans. He has indeed been away from the European Champions League arena for too long...

All the fans stood up and applauded to welcome him. Chen Hero has never enjoyed such treatment in Napoli.

But Chen Hero doesn't care. If some people want to hate him all the time, then let them hate him all the time, and see who is unlucky in the end. He, Chen Hero, is not someone who can't function without a group of extreme fans.

Watching Cassano come on the field, he also smiled and stretched out his hand to high-five Cassano who ran over.

"Welcome to the most glorious stage!" He also pretended to be a host and delivered a welcome speech.

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