Chapter 771

I wonder if Mr. Jiang Heping, who missed out on the English Premier League back then, feels regret now. But Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu, the commentators for the Serie A matches, were quite melancholy tonight.

Especially Liu Jianhong. Zhang Lu also has the task of commentating on a Champions League final. That match will be his official farewell to Chen Yingxiong.

After Liu Jianhong finishes commentating on this match, Chen Yingxiong's matches will no longer be his concern—Chen Yingxiong is not yet a member of the Chinese national team. Liu Jianhong, who specializes in commentating on Chinese national team matches, will naturally have no opportunity to commentate on Chen Yingxiong's matches for the national team.

While the program hadn't started, Liu Jianhong sighed.

Zhang Lu turned to look at him, "What's wrong?"

Liu Jianhong smiled wryly, "I suddenly realized that without Yingxiong's Serie A commentary... I might not be used to it."

After hearing his words, Zhang Lu also smiled wryly, "Aren't I the same?"

Having gotten used to commentating on matches with Chen Yingxiong, he realized that his definition of passion had changed. Ordinary matches were truly difficult to stir his emotions. But as long as Chen Yingxiong was on the field, he would involuntarily start to look forward to what his next move would be when commentating on the match? Would he score during his next attack? What kind of celebration would he have after scoring? Seeing him score, even if he had seen it thirty-six times in a season, he was still excited.

What about the future? It's gone. All of this is gone.

He felt like he was really getting old, and there was no need to persist in this kind of熬夜 (áo yè) [staying up late] work. Some matches that weren't important, he wouldn't come to anymore.

"Those local TV commentators, they must be laughing happily, right?" Zhang Lu asked.

Then the two looked at each other and smiled, rather bitterly.

They both knew Jiang Heping's evaluation of the Premier League back then, and they both felt that this leader was too taken for granted and spoke too little. It was almost comparable to the ignorant boss Song Zheng of 天盛 (Tiansheng).

If they had gritted their teeth and signed the Premier League back then, would there be so much melancholy today?

Now… now they can only hope that after three seasons, CCTV can sign the broadcast rights for the Premier League in mainland China. But by then, the price would probably not be one hundred million RMB. After all, the Premier League alliance is not stupid, they know what Chen Yingxiong means to the Chinese market.

But at that time, even if it's more expensive, CCTV will have to grit their teeth and buy it.

Who told them they were so blind before?

The two were still quite melancholy behind the camera, but everyone was used to appearing in front of the camera. When the program started, the two people who appeared on the TV screen looked as usual, introducing some background information about the match in a cheerful manner, such as the special significance of the last round of the league, the ownership of the championship, and that Yingxiong's previous thirty-six goals had broken Nordahl's record. Could he raise this record again in this last league match? Of course, Zhang Lu would naturally have to take out his best at analyzing the starting lineups of both sides...

While the two were analyzing, Chen Yingxiong and his teammates were sitting in the away team's dressing room at the New Alps Stadium, listening to coach Mazzarri's last pre-match speech in the league this season.

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"Before this match, we are two points ahead of AC Milan. After this match, we may continue to lead AC Milan by two points, or we may be tied by the opponent, or even... be overtaken by one point. So now is not the time to be happy, guys." Mazzarri spread his hands and said. "You need to know that our opponent in this match is not easy to deal with."

Yes, very difficult to deal with.

As of this round of matches, Juventus is ranked seventh in the league, three points behind Roma in sixth place. If they can beat Napoli in the last round of the league, and Roma loses to Sampdoria at home, Juventus will be able to surpass Roma and rise to sixth place by relying on their advantage in the head-to-head record. In that case, they can still get the opportunity to participate in the Europa League next season, otherwise the seventh place is just one place away from the sixth, but the seventh place won't get anything.

Juventus is playing at home, and their desire to win is unusually strong.

For Napoli, they are really not easy to deal with.

On the other hand, although AC Milan is also playing away, their opponent is Udinese. Udinese has already overfulfilled and completed its task ahead of schedule this season. After thirty-seven rounds of the league, Udinese is ranked fourth in the league with sixty-five points, eight points behind Inter Milan in third place, and three points behind Lazio in fifth place. Even if Udinese loses the match and Lazio wins, Udinese can still suppress Lazio through their head-to-head record.

So Udinese has already secured the fourth place in the league in advance, and also obtained a Champions League qualifying spot for next season.

They definitely have no motivation. Facing the high-spirited and powerful AC Milan, they may consciously放水 (fàng shuǐ) [throw the game deliberately]...

"In this match, we can't even think about whether the opponent will lose. We just need to ensure that we win the match. In fact, things are very simple. We don't need to rack our brains to calculate other people's scores, and we don't need to care about whether others win or lose. We just need to concentrate on playing this match in front of us."

"Thirty-eight matches, we are only one match away from the end. This season is very memorable for me personally, because we have many good memories... Most of the time, we have always been in the lead. They all say that the pressure on the leader is very high, and the person who leads from the beginning will definitely not be able to persist until the end. But we have proved this point to them with one victory after another—when Napoli wants to win the championship, no one can stop it!"

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"Napoli is playing away, which should be their disadvantage in theory. But I don't think so..." In the studio of Italian Sky TV, the host in the back is also introducing some highlights of this match to everyone. Chen Yingxiong is naturally a name that everyone can't get around.

"I think that without the boos from the home fans, Chen Yingxiong will be more relaxed. So for others, playing away is a disadvantage, but for Yingxiong, it may not be the case. If Yingxiong is in good shape, Napoli's performance will naturally not be too bad... Okay, the live signal is coming in, let's go back to the New Alps Stadium!"

With the host's words, the screen switched to the tunnel of the New Alps Stadium. Chen Yingxiong was standing with his teammates. Next to him were Juventus players, but there was not much communication between the two sides, because Napoli and Juventus can be regarded as deadly enemies.

Chen Yingxiong stared unblinkingly at the front of the tunnel, and did not look sideways at the Juventus players next to him.

However, among the Juventus players, there was one player who kept staring at him with hateful eyes.

Lavezzi, who was sold by Napoli to Juventus, will start in this match, and he will face his old club.

This is the tenth time he has started for Juventus this season. He has not gotten the position of absolute main player in this team. Most of the time, he can only play as a substitute.

This makes him even more resentful of Chen Yingxiong.

Back then, he was the absolute main player, core, and united Argentine players in Napoli. He also dreamed that one day he could become the second Maradona in this city. If there were no accidents, he felt that things were developing in this way.

But when Chen Yingxiong came to the team, everything changed.

Because of his frivolousness towards Maradona, Lavezzi was very dissatisfied. The two were at odds with each other.

He originally thought that the club would stand on his side in this conflict, after all, his performance after coming to Napoli was obvious to all, and fans and the media were also singing praises for him. Even Maradona came out and said, "In today's Napoli, if someone can wear my number ten jersey, I think that person is Lavezzi."

What high praise!

What does Chen Yingxiong have?

He just came to the team and offended all the fans in the city. His performance in the league was not satisfactory either. He only scored six goals in the entire first half of the season! Why should he compete with me with such performance?!

Who would have thought that the club would stand on Chen Yingxiong's side at the most critical moment, and even sell him out without hesitation!

It's not that he didn't want to go to a wealthy club, but he didn't want to go to a wealthy club in this way. Everyone knew that he, Lavezzi, was a loser in the struggle!

How could Lavezzi accept such a gap from being the proud son of the city of Naples to a loser who left in disgrace?

So his anger is understandable.

However, in a new environment, always trying to integrate into the environment with anger and revenge is not necessarily a good thing.

Although Lavezzi was very eager to make a name for himself in Turin, so that Napoli, who abandoned him, would regret it, and at the same time disgust Chen Yingxiong.

Who would have thought that he would be the one who ended up being disgusted.

Chen Yingxiong's storm-like performance made everyone who criticized him, questioned him, and ridiculed him shut up. He has won the Serie A Golden Boot for three consecutive seasons, and now he has broken Nordahl's historical record, and he is also in the limelight in the Champions League... With such a performance, Yingxiong has not been laughed at, but Lavezzi himself feels that he has been laughed at.

Now Chen Yingxiong is indeed doing much better than him. He is just a substitute player in Juventus, and what about Chen Yingxiong? He is the number one player in the entire Serie A!

But Lavezzi doesn't think that this is because he is more capable than himself. He feels that everything is because Chen Yingxiong squeezed him out, and then he had such an opportunity. If he could have squeezed out Chen Yingxiong back then, then he would also have Chen Yingxiong's achievements today. Yes, what I lack is not strength, but luck and opportunity, and these have been snatched away by Chen Yingxiong!

With this feeling, he got the opportunity to play against Chen Yingxiong in the last round of the league this season.

From the moment he knew that he was on the starting list, he had already thought about it—he must ruin Napoli's championship dream in this match!

The method is very simple, just try to win!

Don't you rely on Chen Yingxiong? Then let Chen Yingxiong save you!

Let's see how capable he is!

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