Chapter 1 The Final Is About to Begin

As the players from Napoli and Barcelona walked out of the tunnel, a huge roar erupted from the stands of Wembley Stadium.

This was a welcoming ceremony for the two teams—the two main characters finally emerged after much anticipation under the spotlight!

The players of both teams stared straight ahead, not looking at the people beside them, showing full disdain and contempt for their opponents.

Barcelona's contempt for Napoli was somewhat justified. But Napoli's contempt for Barcelona… it seemed only Real Madrid had the right to do that, right?

"They're out! The final is about to begin!"

Everyone was excited.

This Champions League final was a clash of titans, not because the two teams were so evenly matched, but because the media had been hyping up the feud between the two teams from a year ago, so how could anyone not know what the selling point of this match was?

Napoli had been eliminated by Barcelona, and now they had the chance for revenge.

Similarly, several Barcelona players had grudges against Chen Hero. Alves had once used a dive to get Chen Hero a red card, Busquets had his nose broken by Chen Hero's elbow and still got a runny nose whenever the weather changed, and the feud between Messi and Chen Hero was even more well-known, having been hyped for an entire season… The whole world was watching to see who would be the top scorer.

Before the game, the two sides had already engaged in a war of words. For example, Barcelona player Busquets expressed his support for Messi to win the top scorer award, and he believed Messi would definitely become the top scorer. As for Chen Hero, he said he would never be friends with Chen Hero.

Chen Hero responded to this by saying: "Strange, did I allow him to be my friend? Who cares about being friends with him."

Pique indignantly ridiculed Chen Hero: "A player who doesn't respect his opponents will never improve."

Chen Hero pointed out that after the 5-0 victory over Real Madrid, that gesture of yours didn't seem like much respect for the opponent either. Before the Copa del Rey final, shouting secessionist slogans didn't seem like a high-quality move...

However, Chen Hero wasn't always on the defensive; he would also take the initiative to challenge. For example, Messi no longer mentioned Chen Hero's name at all, and refused to answer even when reporters asked. Since the other party didn't bring it up, Chen Hero took the initiative, anyway, mentioning Messi's name wouldn't kill him or make him pregnant…

On the 27th, when the team was training at Wembley Stadium to adapt to the venue, he was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines. Talking about the top scorer battle, he believed that although he was currently one goal behind, beating Messi wasn't too difficult. As for being one goal behind… "Just consider it me giving him a handicap, I've already given him a six-game handicap, one more goal doesn't matter. I've always been very generous." He also shrugged and curled his lips, looking like he didn't take Messi seriously at all…

These words made Barcelona and Argentina fans gnash their teeth, wishing they could swallow Chen Hero alive.

So, what was Messi's reaction?

Messi still didn't react.

The Catalan media said that Messi was gentle-tempered and didn't bother arguing about such boring issues, and that this was true generosity. In reality, Messi's temper wasn't necessarily gentle. He had often clashed with opponents on the field, even kicking a football that was already going out of bounds into the stands, causing public outrage.

He didn't say anything not because he was generous and gentle, but because Guardiola wouldn't let him speak. If Messi got involved in this, his form would inevitably be affected, and if he underperformed in the game, it would be a losing proposition.

Since Messi wasn't convenient to speak, someone had to stand up for him. As the head coach, Guardiola had to play this role.

He commented on Chen Hero's views on Messi.

"Hero is a very outstanding player. I have seen many players with his talent, but they have all been burdened by their personalities and have never been able to reach the peak of their careers. In comparison, Leo is a humble player who has all the qualities for success…"

Chen Hero responded to this: "Romario, Garrincha, Cruyff, Maradona never reached the peak of their careers then…"

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Overall, the pre-match war of words can be summarized as "MT Chen Hero single-handedly takes on Barcelona, engaging in a verbal battle with the masses!" This was a particularly unbalanced confrontation. On Napoli's side, there was only Chen Hero as the main force, while on Barcelona's side, the entire team was mobilized.

Chen Hero deserved to be a protection warrior (fang zhan) in World of Warcraft, able to steadily pull monsters after actively attracting hatred, using both single-target taunts and multi-target taunts with great skill. The entire Barcelona team locked onto him, and no one bothered the other Napoli players.

In this way, all the pressure was on Chen Hero. But he didn't care. What was pressure? He particularly enjoyed being besieged by Barcelona because the more frustrated the enemies were, the better it felt when he smacked them.

This was why he chose to play a protection warrior when playing games…

When the Shield Slam skill hit the monster, making a muffled and powerful "thump" sound, he felt great, his whole body was delighted. Now he was waiting to give Barcelona a Shield Slam that would make them dizzy!

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It was precisely because there were so many gimmicks and so many grudges before the game that this game was highly anticipated and considered full of highlights.

Even if you didn't talk about the gap between the two teams, just talking about the grudges between Chen Hero and the Barcelona players could go on for three days and three nights…

Therefore, the first climax of this game came before the final even started—when the two teams shook hands, Napoli, who had drawn the away team, had to take the initiative to shake hands with the Barcelona players.

Chen Hero and his teammates went to shake hands with the Barcelona players.

So far, everything was normal.

But when he walked up to Busquets, he extended his hand, but Busquets pretended not to see it and ignored his outstretched hand!

His idea was—since you claim that you don't care about being friends with me, great, I couldn't ask for more, so there's no need for this handshake etiquette, right?

Chen Hero was briefly stunned, then returned to normal. But this scene was captured by the television broadcast.

Many commentators who feared nothing more than a peaceful world were excited: "Here it comes! Here it comes! The climax of this game has come so quickly, it's really unexpected!"

"Busquets refused to shake hands with Chen Hero! It seems the feud between the two of them is quite big…"

"Busquets didn't give Chen Hero any face, let's see how Hero will face it!"

"Oh, Busquets' approach is not very polite… Although he has his reasons, but…"

Seeing that Busquets didn't shake hands with him, Chen Hero turned and left, with no expression on his face, as if he hadn't been embarrassed by Busquets in front of the whole world.

He continued to shake hands with other Barcelona players. Even Messi touched him, although Messi frowned when he did so.

But what goes around comes around, Chen Hero had only taken a few steps when Busquets behind him met Arshavin. He extended his hand, intending to shake hands with Arshavin. He had a feud with Chen Hero, but he had no feud with Arshavin.

But Arshavin directly ignored him, walked past him, without even extending his hand.

Busquets was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what was going on.

Arshavin was Chen Hero's best friend. Chen Hero had been embarrassed by Busquets in front of everyone, how could he not get revenge for his buddy? So it would be strange if he paid attention to Busquets…

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"Hey, Hero!" Arshavin called out to Chen Hero in front. When the other party turned around, he pointed behind him, signaling Chen Hero to look.

Chen Hero turned around and saw Cassano extending his hand and walking towards Busquets.

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Rejected for a handshake by Arshavin, Busquets was a little embarrassed and wanted to find an opportunity to demonstrate. He turned his head and saw a savior—Cassano was stretching out his hand, walking straight towards him with a smile!

There were still good people in Napoli…

He also extended his hand, preparing to shake hands with Cassano.

Who knew that Cassano's eyes were fixed straight ahead, maintaining this posture, and walked past him… then grabbed the hand of Xavi next to Busquets.

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Seeing Cassano trick Busquets, Chen Hero and Arshavin laughed happily. Ignored by Busquets, Chen Hero didn't show anything on the surface, but in fact, he was very upset and uncomfortable. If he wasn't thinking that this was the final and he didn't want to be sent off before the game even started, he really wanted to punch that bastard's nose again, this time turning his face directly from 3D to 2D…

Now seeing his friend Cassano vent his anger for him, although he was still a little upset, it was enough to make him laugh out loud. And most importantly, he knew that the happier he laughed, the uglier Busquets' face would be!

So he almost collapsed on the ground laughing… Finally, he waited for Cassano to come up, and the three of them hugged each other's shoulders and ran back to their team, of course, with joyful laughter.

Whether it was at Wembley Stadium or the fans watching the game on TV, everyone was stunned when they saw this scene. They didn't expect that a simple pre-match handshake ceremony could be played out in so many ways by the players…

It seemed that the media's analysis before the game was correct, this game was really… too interesting!

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Xavi's face was now more embarrassed than Busquets', because Busquets was no longer embarrassed—he was angry!

You damn bastards!

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"Ah… uh, this… this is perhaps the most unfriendly Champions League final ever…"

"Busquets didn't shake hands with Chen Hero. In retaliation, Chen Hero's two good friends, Arshavin and Cassano, also treated Busquets like air…"

"This, the game hasn't started yet, and the atmosphere is already very tense… I think the referee, Hungarian Viktor Kassai, is going to have a headache…"

"In any case, I don't think either side's approach is good. Busquets shouldn't have refused to shake hands with Hero, and Arshavin and Cassano shouldn't have retaliated against Busquets like this… Both sides should be thinking about how to present us with a wonderful final, not… fighting each other!"

UEFA President Platini, watching the farce caused by Chen Hero in the presidential stand, had a livid face. In the highly anticipated Champions League final, in front of television viewers all over the world, these players' actions were simply a stain on football!

This was the Champions League final! The highest level of football competition in the world, what are you doing? Where do you put the authority and image of the Champions League?!

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ps, big update, asking for monthly tickets!!