Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 123 Before the draw (second update, ask for monthly pass)

After the game, many Italian media and even local media in Naples mentioned this sentence in their reports: "Today's Naples has surpassed the Naples of Maradona's time."

If this sentence were made a year ago, it would have caused an uproar and would have led to protests and anger from countless Naples fans.

But today, nothing happens.

Yes, no one expressed their dissatisfaction.

As if not seeing this sentence, the fans in Naples were talking about last night's game enthusiastically, but they didn't care about the media's "contempt" of Maradona.

Maybe they still don't want to admit it themselves, but the original words of Chen Yingxiong have always been in their hearts. Constantly fermenting, a little bit eroded and changed their minds.

At least, many people now tilt their heads and think that Naples today can really be compared with Naples in the Maradona era, and this is not a derogation of Maradona.

Everyone began to look forward to what opponents Naples would encounter in the quarterfinals. Although the quarterfinals list was not released at this time, this does not prevent the fans from fantasizing themselves.

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Real Madrid loses, the happiest person is Barcelona.

The Catalan media ridiculed and ridiculed Real Madrid the next day, but this time they did not have a relationship with Naples.

They ridiculed Real Madrid like this: "...it seems that the glory of Spanish football is only upheld by us Catalans! So just wait for us to avenge you from Barcelona, ​​Madrid people! Hahaha!"

"Even Naples can't handle it, so I'm ashamed to say that I want to win the tenth Champions League trophy at my home court? Real Madrid is really dizzy!

"Owning Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka two superstars, but in exchange for six years of dreams, the cruel reality gave Florentino a slap in the face, telling him that football can not be played with money. Yes. The Barcelona model is the king of football!"

Regarding the ridicule of the Catalan media, Real Madrid fans gritted their teeth with hatred, but in the face of the cruel reality, they were unable to fight back, because they did lose, and they lost to Naples, which they thought could be easily handled before the game... …

Until now, they still don't think they were eliminated because Naples was too strong, they still think they lost on themselves. Because Real Madrid did not play a normal level at all in these two games.

What is the normal level?

It is normal to beat Valladolid 4:1 away in the league. It is normal to beat Sevilla 3:2 at home. It is also normal to beat Tenerife 5:1 at home, and defeat Villare 6-2 at home. Yar is at a normal level...except for the two Champions League matches against Naples in these games, it is not at a normal level.

It seems to be the case, because in these two games Real Madrid played really badly. They didn't have any decent offensive at all. The players were like headless flies on the pitch, crashing everywhere.

"...This Real Madrid superstar is gathered, even if it can only play half of its usual level, it is enough to knock out Naples all the way to the final... What a pity!"

Madrid's media can only sigh in the end.

They also admitted that Naples is really not too difficult to deal with opponents, losing to Naples is really a shameful failure.

Since the team did not perform to the true level, who is to blame?

"...The top of the Real Madrid club revealed to us that they are already looking for a successor for Pellegrini!"

"It is rumored that Mourinho is likely to take over the ‘Chile Engineer’ next season as the helm of the Galaxy Warship..."

"After the game, it is said that fierce conflict broke out in the dressing room of Real Madrid. Pellegrini has lost control of this team. Let’s look at the team’s performance on the court. I don’t know what the coach is. What are you doing, what role did you play in these two games..."

...

Look, it really was the head coach's fault!

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"The eight-final spell continues to haunt Real Madrid! 》

"The biggest dark horse in the current Champions League-Naples! 》

"Naples returns strongly in the post-Maradona era!" 》

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There are many newspapers on the table, all talking about the game last night.

Platini, who was sitting at the table, looked at the repeated names in these newspapers.

Naples...

I didn't expect them to beat Real Madrid in the eighth-finals!

You must know that this UEFA Champions League final is held at the Bernabéu Stadium, Real Madrid has enough reasons and motivation to impact the Champions League final.

However, they fell in front of the quarterfinals again...This is really ironic.

But it's okay...

Platini was originally dissatisfied with the gold dollar policy implemented by Florentino's Real Madrid. Last summer they spent 159 million euros in a week to buy Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, which became active news. In Platini's eyes, this news is indeed a serious impact on the order of European football!

He believes that it is teams like Real Madrid and Chelsea that undermine the purity of football and make this beautiful sport tainted with the smell of commercialization.

After spending so many years, Real Madrid still stopped in the eighth-finals for six consecutive years. Platini hopes to make the Real Madrid club realize that their business philosophy is completely wrong.

Who has the best business philosophy in Europe? Of course Barcelona, ​​La Masia has become a model of European youth training. Winning a championship with such a team is more conducive to promoting the image and philosophy of football he hopes for. In the past, people always said that "good-looking football cannot win the championship", "offensive football is not equal to the championship", "winning the fans depends on offense, and winning the championship depends on defense". He wants the whole of Europe and the world to change this backward view. Nowadays, beautiful offensive football and artistic football can also win championships!

Only when the team thinks so, that exciting and beautiful football flower can re-open the European continent.

This is Platini's great ideal.

He wants to make good-looking football the mainstream of world football, so he particularly hates the "negative football", "conservative football" and "utilitarian football" represented by Mourinho.

If someone like Mourinho is allowed to lead his team to win the championship, it would be a humiliation and a blow to the football concept he advocated. I am afraid that then the world football will have the upper hand in negative utilitarian football. , Everyone played defensive counterattacks.

People like Mourinho must be strangled in the cradle.

But he didn't expect him to break through Chelsea's block and successfully break into the quarterfinals...

Platini shook his head, he felt like he was thinking too much. It is not Mourinho's problem, but Naples' problem.

His dislike of Mourinho can also rise to a different level of football philosophy, and his dissatisfaction with Naples is completely personal.

He was very upset when he thought that the players of this team slapped himself in the face. The arrogant and rampant celebration of Chen Yingxiong was still replaying in his mind over and over again, and it was not so easy to forget it.

But... that's it, Naples, your good fortune is over!

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A week later, all the Champions League one-eighth matches are over.

The Champions League quarter-finals came into being. They are: Bayern Munich, Lyon, Arsenal, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Naples, Barcelona, ​​Sevilla.

The eight teams will be drawn to determine the quarter-final matchup and the semi-final matchup.

In this week, Naples played a league game, they drew 1:1 at home with Fiorentina. After the suspension period, Chen Yingxiong came back and scored a goal in the game. However, his goal still did not help the team win. Naples was drawn at home. Fortunately, Palermo lost the ball, otherwise Naples will lose fourth place in the league.

The only good news is that this time Chen Yingxiong's competitor Di Natale did not score. Chen Yingxiong regained the top spot in the scorer list with 19 goals.

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After the quarter-finals were released, UEFA held a lottery ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland. The head coaches of the participating teams were not invited to the lottery ceremony. Only some representatives came, not even the club chairman, but there were a lot of media presence. Observe the lottery ceremony.

The lottery ceremony is also very simple, invite a guest to draw, and then draw out all four groups in one breath.

Before the draw, Naples fans were speculating about which team they would play against in the quarter-finals. In view of the fond memories of the group stage, everyone hopes that Naples can draw with Lyon again. Naples has a psychological advantage and it is not a problem to beat Lyon, so that it can reach the semi-finals.

Of course, the opponent that no one wants to meet is...Barcelona!

Judging from the game between this team and Stuttgart, there is no team in European football that can stop them from moving forward.

This kind of vision and speculation is not only circulated among the Naples fans, but also exists within the Naples team.

"I think it's good to play against Lyon, but it's not good...Sevilla is also good, anyway, the strength is not strong! This is the safest way!"

"Why not Inter Milan? We both double-killed them in the league, and I think it is entirely possible to double-kill them in the Champions League!"

Teammates expressed their wishes for the result of the draw in the locker room.

Chen Yingxiong sneered at them: "You boring people! How can you be timid before a fight? We are even eliminated by Real Madrid and are afraid of other teams? Let me say, we just fight with Pakistan..."

Before he could finish speaking, a group of teammates rushed up and fell to the ground. Everyone hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Fuck! Don't let him speak out!"

"Never let him say that name! His crow's mouth!"

"Towel towel! Tuck his mouth! Tuck it in, yes!"

A group of people worked together to capture Chen Yingxiong and finally blocked Chen Yingxiong's mouth.

However, when the teammates got up from the ground, they were surprised to find that it was not a towel that was stuffed in Chen Yingxiong’s mouth, but...I don’t know whose stockings came from...

Everyone was frightened.

Chen Yingxiong obviously discovered this too. He tore off the stinky socks, like an angry giant bear, pounced on his teammates.

"You bastards! Take it to death——!!!"

"Wow! Run! The hero is angry!"

"The hero is spared!"

"I didn't do it..."

The teammates are doing bird and beast dispersal one after another, and the locker room is suddenly full of mist...

Before the Champions League quarter-final draw, the players in Naples did not feel nervous at all.