Chen Yingxiong's goal ignited the passion of the Stadio San Paolo.

This goal was important and beautiful, and even the boos were much quieter this time, almost inaudible.

"Beautiful! Goal! Beautiful! This is Chen Yingxiong's sixth goal in this Champions League! He is only two goals away from Messi and Eto'o, who are in first place!"

"Naples is leading Inter Milan 2:1 at home! Mazzarri can finally breathe a sigh of relief!"

When celebrating his goal, Hero made a celebratory gesture that Brazilians were very familiar with, but it wasn't what the Brazilians thought it meant.

He stretched out his right thumb and little finger, and curled his index, middle and ring fingers.

Ronaldinho used to like to make this gesture after scoring a goal. In Brazil, this gesture symbolizes friendship and blessings.

But obviously, Chen Yingxiong, who has never been to Brazil in his life, didn't know this. The meaning of his gesture was quite simple, and any Chinese person could understand it—six.

This gesture means the number "six". Chen Yingxiong used this celebration to show that he had scored his sixth goal in this Champions League season.

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Mazzarri waved his fist. Although a 2:1 score was not safe, it was better than 1:1, wasn't it?

Of course, the next step was to continue attacking. Inter Milan would definitely not risk attacking again. For them, 1:2 was a completely acceptable result.

Sure enough, after conceding the goal, Leonardo, sitting on the coach's bench, simply leaned back. He didn't rush out of his seat excitedly like he did when they conceded the first goal.

He didn't care about this goal.

Only when Captain Zanetti cast an inquiring look at him did he stand up, walk to the sidelines, press down with both hands, and shout, "Keep defending! Hold on!"

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In the final moments of the game, it was almost a half-court attack and defense by Naples. Naples bombarded Inter Milan's half, trying to score another goal before the end of the game, so that Naples would have a much easier time in the second leg.

As for Inter Milan, they defended their penalty area to the death, with players almost using their bodies to block the shots.

Although it was very embarrassing, the effect was not bad. Until the end of the game, Naples was unable to break through Inter Milan's goal. They could only accept the result of defeating Inter Milan 2:1.

In any case, it was good to win, so when the final whistle sounded, the Naples players still raised their arms to celebrate the victory.

However, the Inter Milan players were not too frustrated either. Losing only one goal away from home, and with an away goal, there was no need to be sad. This was already a good result.

This score left people with many thoughts.

Having achieved an ideal result, what will Inter Milan's performance be when they return to their home court? Will this game be a key battle for Inter Milan to turn things around?

Naples seems to be in good shape at the moment, but is there actually a hidden crisis? This game may become a turning point in Naples' entire season...

With their own thoughts, the first match day of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals came to an end.

On this match day, two games were played. First, Naples hosted Inter Milan, and they ultimately defeated their opponents 2:1, continuing to defend their unbeaten home record.

At the same time, Real Madrid welcomed Tottenham Hotspur at home. The result and process of the game did not surprise anyone. Only four minutes into the game, Adebayor, who was loaned from Manchester City during the winter break, scored the first goal for Real Madrid.

Such an early goal disrupted Redknapp's plans. Then, in the fifteenth minute, Crouch committed a foul in the frontcourt and received his second yellow card, earning a red card.

With one player down after only fifteen minutes, Redknapp's plans were completely disrupted.

Next, the biggest dark horse in this season's Champions League suffered a rout.

In the fifty-seventh minute, Adebayor scored twice. In the seventy-second minute, Di Maria added the icing on the cake. In the eighty-seventh minute, Cristiano Ronaldo locked the score at 4:0.

Bale, who performed brilliantly against Inter Milan in the group stage, didn't have much of a decent performance in the whole game. And Lennon, who should have started, was suddenly removed from the starting list before the game, which also caused a lot of speculation. Some said he was injured, while others said he was intimidated by the atmosphere of the Bernabéu, completely lost confidence, and took the initiative to request not to play.

But in any case, it is an undisputed fact that the dark horse was beaten back to its original form by Real Madrid.

The English are all clear that Tottenham Hotspur is basically stuck in the quarter-finals, and they will definitely not be able to reverse the situation at home.

A day later, the remaining two quarter-final matches also determined the winners.

In the English civil war, Chelsea, playing at home, lost 0:1 to Manchester United, losing the initiative, and their chances of advancing became grim.

Barcelona, who drew a good opponent, defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5:1 at home. Like Real Madrid, there was no suspense in their advancement to the semi-finals.

In this way, in this season's Champions League semi-finals, the Spanish national derby will be staged. Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet again. The century-old rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona, coupled with the grievances between Mourinho and Barcelona, these gimmicks combined together have become the most attractive two semi-finals.

UEFA will make a lot of money from these two semi-finals.

And for Real Madrid and Barcelona, this year will also be the year they meet most frequently. Because in addition to these two encounters in the Champions League semi-finals, they also have a national derby in the domestic league, when Real Madrid will be at their home stadium, the Bernabéu.

In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona and Real Madrid have both reached the final of the Copa del Rey, and will compete on April 20.

This is already four national derbies. Adding the two legs of the Spanish Super Cup before the start of next season, and a Spanish national derby in the first half of next season.

Seven games in one year, I really don't know if it will make the fans go crazy, make the TV broadcasters make a lot of money, or make everyone feel aesthetically tired...

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Regardless of the situation between Real Madrid and Barcelona, after the Champions League match between Naples and Inter Milan, the Italian domestic media had a good discussion. Before this game, not many Italian media outlets were optimistic about Inter Milan. They all believed that based on Inter Milan's performance in the Milan derby, they might lose 0:3 away against Naples.

Who would have thought that Inter Milan would only lose one goal in the end, and also get an away goal.

Such a performance had to be admired.

As for the tactics he adopted in the game, which made Inter Milan fans lose face, they became minor details, and no one paid attention to them.

Some media even called Leonardo a "tactical master", believing that his defensive tactics were very clever and effective.

Most of the media outlets were optimistic about Inter Milan because they only lost one goal and also got an away goal. Everyone in the football circle knew what this score meant. It seemed that Inter Milan had lost the game, but considering that the second leg was at Inter Milan's home stadium, Inter Milan still had the upper hand.

On the contrary, Naples was not favored.

"...Their easy elimination of Lyon in the previous two games gave us the illusion that Naples already has the strength to compete for the championship, but in reality, they are still far from it. The tenacity shown by Inter Milan in this game is the foundation for winning the championship. In my opinion, Naples lacks this tenacity..."

"For Naples, the quarter-finals are actually a very good result. They also stopped in the quarter-finals last season. But if a team can reach the quarter-finals for two consecutive seasons, it shows that their strength has been recognized. As long as they continue to develop in this way, Naples will definitely become a force to be reckoned with in the near future!"

"What does Naples need if they want to advance to the semi-finals or go further? Inter Milan gave them a good lesson in this game—defense. Without defense, you will not be able to win the game. And all along, Naples' defense has not been stable enough. They still have a long way to go."

In addition to not being optimistic about Naples, the voices against Chen Yingxiong also sounded again, and even faintly had the meaning of "becoming more and more rampant".

"...I said before, he can at most score goals against mediocre teams like Lyon. Once he encounters a real strong team, he will be silent. Such a striker is definitely not considered excellent..."

"I bet Hero must be regretting now that he didn't score more goals in the game against Lyon, because that was his only chance to score..."

"Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5:1 at home. In that massacre, the only regret was that our Messi was not able to score. But it doesn't matter, I think Hero has at most one more game to play, while Messi still has many games to play..."

Of course, the Naples media resolutely fought back against this.

"What? Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5:1 at home, and Messi didn't score?! Don't be surprised, because Barcelona didn't get even one penalty in that game..." This was a satire on Messi having to rely on penalties to make up his goal count.

If it weren't for that penalty, Messi would only be one goal ahead of Chen Yingxiong... This is not an insurmountable gap.

"I think it's strange, why is it that a striker who scored a goal in a game is considered by some people to be inferior to a player who didn't score in the game? Is it that when we compare which striker is better, we no longer look at the number of goals, but only at fame?"

"Hero scored a very beautiful goal in yesterday's game. The ball accurately passed over Julio Cesar's fingertips in the air, and then suddenly fell and rushed into the goal. This is his sixth goal in the Champions League this season. He has only played three games, and his efficiency of averaging two goals per game is the best in Europe! I firmly believe that if Naples can go further, he will definitely win the Champions League Golden Boot, even if he has played six fewer games than his competitors..."

Chen Yingxiong ignored the media's war of words.

He was immersed in the excitement of using his free kick skills to kick a world-class long shot.

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