When Chen Hero pointed to the five-star red flag on his chest, the fans in the stands were stunned, especially those who had been shouting the loudest.

Everyone watching the game knew what that gesture meant; it was definitely more than just telling them to look.

Many players liked to point at their team's badge after scoring to express their loyalty.

But pointing at the national flag clearly wasn't about loyalty to Liverpool, but to… this country.

"I will not change my nationality. Not in the past, not now, and I will never have that thought." Chen Hero's words when he refuted the rumors echoed in their minds.

They had thought Chen Hero was lying before, but now… they didn't believe he was lying anymore.

That gesture had said it all.

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"Fuck!" A young man in the stands suddenly threw away the sign in his hand, which originally read "Traitor, get out!"

After throwing it on the ground, he seemed to feel it wasn't enough and stomped on it hard.

After stomping, he jumped up and shouted, "Hero, well done!"

His actions seemed to infect others, and everyone followed suit, throwing away the banners insulting Chen Hero and cheering for him instead.

After all, they had loved Chen Hero deeply before, but a temporary misunderstanding had led them to misunderstand him.

Now that the misunderstanding was resolved, there was no need to continue hating him.

With the differences gone, what reason did they have to hate the person in front of them? They should remember how much joy he had brought them…

In a very short time, the entire stadium was transformed back to what it used to be, with everyone cheering for Chen Hero with all their might.

The fans in the stands in front of Chen Hero even surged down, crowding in the front row, reaching out as if they wanted to grab Chen Hero.

"Hero! We support you!"

"Hero, keep it up!"

"Hero! Hero!"

"You are the best player in China, Hero!"

"Sorry! Hero, we shouldn't have believed the rumors!"

"Sorry, sorry, Hero! You're the best!"

"Let the Football Association die!"

"Dissolve the Football Association! Give us back our hero!!"

"Recruit Hero into the national team! The Football Association publicly apologizes! The Football Association apologizes!!"

A regular feature of every national football game—in the end, it would definitely turn into a mass rally denouncing the Football Association.

Why were there rumors that Chen Hero was going to change his nationality? Wasn't it because the Chinese Football Association had never recruited Chen Hero? Always letting him hang out there, never representing the Chinese team in an international A-level match. Such an outstanding player, it was no wonder that the English Football Association and those in Italy and Russia wanted to do everything possible to get him to join them.

The root cause was the Football Association. Scolding? Scolding was a light punishment! Some people simply wished they could burn the Football Association to the ground…

From the outside, the National Stadium was brightly lit at night, emitting a red glow, as if it were on fire. But those in the stadium also felt this way, as if they were in a boiling pot, with even their blood burning!

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"What terrifying appeal…" A British reporter who had come to China with Liverpool couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw this scene. He was really frightened. When Chen Hero came on the field before, because there were still boos, the British reporter didn't think it was a big deal. Gerrard also had this kind of momentum when he came on at Anfield.

But now, all the boos and noise had disappeared, leaving only cheers. The cheers of 90,000 people at the same time were indeed more spectacular than Anfield, which could only hold more than 40,000 people.

"This is his home ground!" A Chinese reporter next to him said with particular pride.

The British reporter who had sighed nodded, "Yes, playing at the Bird's Nest is Hero's home ground…"

The Chinese reporter shook his head, "No, it's the whole of China! The whole of China is his home ground, because he is Chinese!" He said it very loudly, and thinking of the "nationality gate" that had been going on for several days, he said "because he is Chinese" with a particularly triumphant expression. He even had a sense of accomplishment like "we successfully protected a national treasure."

Many Chinese reporters had this feeling. Although some people wrote articles in newspapers supporting Chen Hero's change of nationality, and educated the people to learn to accept this reality, and to be proud of Chen Hero, Einstein was born in Germany, and he later became an American, and this would not hinder the Germans' love for him…

But more people still hoped that we would have a pure hero, not a yellow-skinned, white-hearted banana.

Now, their worries had been put to rest.

Of course, not everyone would applaud this scene.

Xie Liang sat in front of the TV, watching the game. He was certainly not a fan of Chen Hero, so he was definitely not cheering for Chen Hero while watching this game. He just wanted to see how far this "nationality gate" could torment Chen Hero, to see if he would be irritated and angered by the fans at the scene, and then make a very stupid and foolish move, cutting himself off from the people.

This was what he liked to see.

But when he saw Chen Hero pointing to the national flag on his chest, and then the fans in the audience changed their attitude and cheered for him in unison, he angrily threw away the cigarette case in his hand.

"Damn! A bunch of patriotic thieves! Pointing at the national flag can make you climax, you really deserve to be products of brainwashing! You deserve to be born in Tianchao!"

His conspiracy had failed, and he was completely angry, attacking the fans who were cheering for Chen Hero with the most vicious language. Why was he so angry? Because he despised these "patriotic thieves" from the bottom of his heart, he hated everything about this country, he would never make a gesture like pointing to the national flag, they were not the same kind of people at all!

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Ignoring a certain frustrated person, the cheers inside the National Stadium resounded through the sky.

This was just an ordinary goal, why did it cause such huge cheers from the fans? This made the Newcastle and Liverpool players on the field not understand very well.

But the cheers were so loud that it did have some impact on the Newcastle players.

Because after that, as long as Chen Hero got the ball, there would be cheers from the stands that soared into the sky, almost piercing the eardrums.

Under such huge cheers, the Newcastle players could hardly play the game.

They were under a lot of pressure.

Many of their players had been through hundreds of battles, but playing in such a fanatical atmosphere was still a rare experience for them.

Only Chen Hero was the most normal.

In such a heated atmosphere that could almost burn the air, Chen Hero was like a fish in water. Because this was his home ground! The fans around him were shouting in a language he could understand, without having to translate it in his brain. Looking around, all he saw were familiar square characters.

"Hero, keep it up!"

"You are my hero!"

"The people of Chengdu send their congratulations!"

"The people of Luoyang, Henan send their congratulations!"

"Hello, Hero!"

Such slogans suddenly became the most eye-catching things in the stands. And all the "traitors" and "Han traitors" had disappeared.

For foreigners, maybe even the air here was poisonous, and they had to wear masks to come here. But Chen Hero could breathe deeply, even though the air quality was not high, it was the familiar atmosphere. This was his country, his territory, and his combat power was maxed out here!

He was invincible!

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"Hero… Hero is here again! He shoots—goal! Goal! Goal!!!" He Ping raised his arms and shouted loudly. "This goal is so beautiful!! He received a pass from Suarez in the penalty area, then turned beautifully past the defender, and then shot… The whole movement was completed in one go! Liverpool took a 2-0 lead! I can say that this game has lost its suspense, because Liverpool has a hero who has returned home, but Newcastle doesn't!"

In the thirty-seventh minute, Chen Hero scored twice. This time, he didn't have to run to a certain stand to point to the national flag to prove his innocence. He turned around and hugged his excited teammates.

And the cheers from the stands were especially loud.

"Hero! Hero! Hero! Hero!!"

This was Martin O'Neill's first time leading Liverpool to play in China, and he was shocked by Chen Hero's popularity here. He looked up and around, everyone in the stands stood up, waving their arms and stomping their feet, chanting Chen Hero's name rhythmically—he couldn't understand it, but he heard this recurring word the most today, so he knew it must be the Chinese way to call Chen Hero's name. When facing each other, they all called him "hero"…

What a terrifying popularity…

Such a popular person with local fans has not been able to enter the national team, which is really strange…

If this kind of thing happened in a place like England, the Football Association officials would have been forced to step down long ago due to pressure…

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After embracing his teammates to celebrate the goal, Chen Hero raised his hand to thank his compatriots in the stands as he slowly walked back to his own half—he clasped his hands, raised his arms high, and cupped his hands. This was a typical Chinese gesture.

Thank you all for coming!

Many fans in the stands also returned a cupped hand gesture.

We should be the ones saying thank you, Hero!

Perhaps because they had misunderstood Chen Hero before, the fans in the stands that used to be the gathering place for opponents were now shouting the loudest and working the hardest, and many people had hoarse voices, but they were still cheering for Chen Hero desperately.

Even the hoarser they were, the harder they tried. As if only in this way could they feel better and reduce the guilt in their hearts…