Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 56: After the Champions League (First Update, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 56: After the Champions League (first update, please vote for me!)

When the game ended, Naples' home stadium, the Sao Paulo Stadium, became a sea of ​​joy. Naples fans threw the paper tapes in their hands onto the court. The field near the two goals was almost covered with white paper tapes. Throwing paper tape is a special scenery of the Sao Paulo Stadium. You can hardly see it in other Serie A stadiums. It has a South American style.

The more tapes are thrown, the more excited these fans are.

The live radio was shouting: "This is the first victory in eighteen years! Cheer as much as you like!"

So the fans responded to him with waves of cheers.

The Naples players also seemed very excited, after all, this was their first victory in the Champions League. And the winner was still Lyon, the top Ligue 1 team in the previous group!

In another group match that ended at the same time, Liverpool was tied 2:2 by Zenit St. Petersburg in an away game.

As a result, Napoli jumped to the top of the group. Their current four points are the highest in the group.

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"This is a great victory!"

The local newspaper "Morning Post" published the next day used this headline on its front page.

This is actually just an ordinary Champions League group match. For those teams that often participate in the Champions League, victory is gratifying, but there is no need to rise to the level of greatness.

But for the people of Naples, this ordinary Champions League group stage victory is of great significance. Because after eighteen years, this is their first victory in the Champions League.

This means that the process of Naples' Phoenix Nirvana has reached a very critical node. The Champions League will be the stage where Naples can truly return to glory. Only by achieving excellent results in the Champions League can their revival be convincing.

Otherwise, it would just be a good performance in the Champions League group stage and then go back to the domestic league. What's the point in that? Many teams are ecstatic after entering the Champions League and have no intention of making a difference in the Champions League. There are also some teams that start selling off their meritorious players after reaching the Champions League to cash out and make money.

Naples is different from them. This is a team with a championship heart. Naples in the Maradona era was once all-powerful, sweeping Serie A, Inter Milan with the German Troika, and AC Milan with the Dutch Three Musketeers. , and the traditional strong team Juventus has competed, and has also achieved brilliant results in the European competition.

Now they are just like a tiger falling in peace, and they are definitely not willing to be bullied by a dog for the rest of their lives.

The victory in this game will naturally be interpreted with many other meanings.

After all, the glory of the Maradona era has passed for too long, and everyone in Naples is eager to re-create their glory so that they can be proud again in Italian football and European football.

The media was excited, but the Napoli team was relatively calm.

Since there was another game on the weekend, Mazzarri only gave the team half a day off.

When they regrouped, the coach's first words were: "Forget yesterday's victory, let's start over."

Naples fans and media can give that Champions League group match a lot of meaning of one kind or another, but for Naples players and coaches, it is just an ordinary game. Of course it's worth being happy to win, but there's no need to be happy for several days and rely on those ninety minutes of joy for the entire week.

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After the game against Lyon, Naples will go to an away game against Roma.

Because they had just experienced a game with Lyon, three games in six days, the whole team was exhausted, and this time it was an away game. Mazzarri thought about it. Although the game against Roma is the highlight that many Naples fans care about, he still decided to rotate.

Most of the players who have played in the Champions League have not even made the squad this time.

But Mazzarri remembered this time, and asked Chen Yingxiong if he wanted to rest.

"Of course not!" Chen Yingxiong answered simply: "I don't need to rest, coach. I can fight 24/7!"

Mazzarri smiled: "You are not a robot. Okay, I will take you there, but I may replace you at any time."

Like Chen Yingxiong, the person who chose not to rest is Cassano - for this player who played for Roma for many years but finally parted ways with Roma, it is very exciting to be able to return to the Olympic Stadium in Rome. .

He is not excited to be back among the fans who love him and pay tribute to his favorite team - he is excited because he has the opportunity to slap the Romans in the face!

When Cassano left Roma, he had a falling out with almost everyone. Many people laughed at him and attacked him. Now that he has found his place in Naples and regained his youth, he naturally can't wait to slap Roma in the face. Now, let them see that the bad boy who once fled Rome with his tail between his legs is now living a good life!

Therefore, he was unwilling to take a break and insisted on starting with Chen Yingxiong.

"The game against Roma has special meaning for me, I have to play!"

In this way, in the game against Roma, Chen Yingxiong and Cassano joined forces and continued to start.

But the two of them failed to score, and the team failed to win.

Naples, which rotated most of the starting players, lost 1:2 to Roma in the away game.

Chen Yingxiong was very tightly defended in this game.

This is not unexpected, because last season Roma was the first to see Chen Yingxiong’s brutality. They were scored four goals in one breath by the sudden burst of Chen Yingxiong at the Sao Paulo Stadium. Chen Yingxiong’s career The first great four joys were born among the Romans. The Romans were so impressed by him, how could they not think of some way to contain Chen Yingxiong?

Without the support of his teammates, Chen Yingxiong, who only had Cassano as his partner, had very few opportunities and did not play his due role.

What about Cassano? He seemed to put all his energy into competing with the Roma fans who were booing him. In the 69th minute of the game, he also received a yellow card for contradicting the referee.

At that time, he heard the roar of laughter from the fans in the stands. Cassano, whose blood was rushing to his head, instantly lost his mind. He applauded and gave him a thumbs up at the referee who gave him a yellow card, but the referee gave him another yellow card. A yellow card, then a red card, pointing to the sidelines, signaling Cassano to leave.

Mazzarri was so angry on the sidelines that he yelled at the court: "What the hell are you doing, Antonio!"

"Ahhh! Cassano's brain is short-circuited again!" the Italian commentator mocked. "He received two yellow cards in half a minute and was sent off!"

Cassano was very dissatisfied with the red card and was sent off. He wanted to talk to the referee for a theory, but was stopped by Blasi.

He pulled and pulled Cassano to the sidelines.

Naples, with one less player, was unable to compete with Roma and was ultimately defeated. It was not Chen Yingxiong or Cassano who scored a goal for Naples, but Datolo. This was also the first official game goal scored by an Argentine for Naples.

After the game, Chen Yingxiong comforted the depressed Cassano in the locker room: "Next time we will destroy them at their home court together!"

Mazzarri returned to the locker room and saw Cassano looking dissatisfied - he seemed even angrier than himself.

So the head coach couldn't get angry anymore.

"Forget it, Antonio." He comforted Cassano. "I know you didn't mean to get the red card. I hope you learn from this lesson and control your temper."

Cassano, who was still angry, said nothing.

Not everyone feels good about losing. Cassano lost the chance for revenge and instead became the laughing stock of Roma fans. He was very angry.

Chen Yingxiong was also in a bad mood because he lost 100,000 experience points...

The two depressed men went to a nightclub together in the evening, and spent the night in the nightclub hugging a woman and having a wild night. Only then did they get rid of the unhappiness of losing.

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Although he lost, Chen Yingxiong's popularity is growing day by day.

Last season's Serie A Golden Boot, this season's Serie A has only started seven rounds. He has already scored six goals and is the favorite for the Serie A Golden Boot. In addition, he scored two goals in two games in the Champions League and is in good form.

Chen Yingxiong attracted more people's attention.

Dracula said that he was very busy, but in fact he was not busy on vacation. He was handling all of Chen Yingxiong's business development alone. Vera was left in St. Petersburg to deal with the lawsuit and other matters, while he himself flew around the world to solicit sponsorships and endorsements for Chen Yingxiong.

The famous sports brand Nike also came to the door and signed a three-year endorsement contract with Chen Yingxiong. During the three years, Chen Yingxiong was able to receive 3 million euros from Nike, although this number was not comparable to Cristiano Ronaldo. , Messi, Kaka and other world-class superstars - every year Nike pays C. Ronaldo 6.5 million euros in endorsement fees - this is already the most expensive endorsement income signed by Chen Yingxiong since his debut. .

Nike hopes to continue to expand its influence in the Chinese market by signing Chen Yingxiong. Because the analysis report clearly told them that Chen Yingxiong, the most popular sports star in China, is the number one person. The influence of Yao Ming and Liu Xiang is not as good as before. Although Chen Yingxiong is rebellious and controversial, his temperament is quite consistent with Nike's slogan "just_do_it" (just do it if you want to do it).

In addition to endorsements for Nike, Chen Yingxiong has more and more endorsement contracts.

Dracula signed many endorsement contracts for him in one breath, ranging from clothing to food, from use to play.

In addition to Nike, he also endorses calvin_klein's men's underwear. ck underwear is accustomed to using male stars as endorsements, so it is very well-known. Chen Yingxiong has a strong figure, with well-defined muscles all over his body, and is full of wild aura. In particular, he likes to take off his clothes to celebrate after scoring a goal, which makes him even more famous for his figure.

It’s perfect to choose him as a spokesperson.

In his latest advertising photos for ck, he is shirtless, showing off his muscular muscles and his iconic giant bear tattoo. *** is only wearing a white ck triangle pants, between his legs. The thing that stood out was so conspicuous and huge... that many women drooled after seeing it.

This photo also caused a small controversy - some media questioned that these photos of Chen Yingxiong were post-processed because they looked too big... Their reason was ridiculous, "It is impossible for Asians to have such huge breasts." "The size", Chen Yingxiong responded: "If it is such a big size, they can pay a few women to try it on, and we can also do notarization."

This matter was really boring, so the media did not continue to follow up the hype, and Chen Yingxiong did not pursue it fiercely. It just became the talk of the fans.

In terms of food, he endorses an Egyptian cheese brand with an interesting name. It's clearly a product of Egypt, and it's a very Western food, but it has to be named... panda. Yes, "panda" brand cheese! Chen Yingxiong had never heard of this brand of cheese before, but the other party told him that it was very famous in Egypt. He thought he would find himself, maybe because he is Chinese, and pandas are almost another famous brand in China, so he chose himself?

But he doesn't care so much, as long as people give him money.

In addition, he also endorsed the Precor fitness equipment brand (precor), promoting Precor's new full set of strength fitness equipment. Chen Yingxiong is full of muscles and is known for his strength on the court. It would be a pity not to endorse fitness equipment. Therefore, this time, he signed a four-year contract with a price of 500,000 euros per year, also targeting China. market.

As a Chinese player, Chen Yingxiong is the only Chinese player with world-class reputation in football, the world's number one sport. Of course, he will be favored by many brands. In fact, it is not that he is favored, but that he is favored by the Chinese market behind him.

In addition, Chen Yingxiong also signed a football game endorsement. Serve as the spokesperson of ea_fifa_online2 in China. In fact, Chen Yingxiong originally hoped to get an endorsement contract for FIFA 10, but FIFA 10 had no promotion plan in China, and there were already other spokespersons in other regions, and their reputation was no less famous than Chen Yingxiong.

Therefore, Chen Yingxiong could only retreat and do the next best thing. It happened that a domestic game company represented fifa_online2, so they found Chen Yingxiong, and the two parties signed a two-year endorsement contract.

Chen Yingxiong's photo was posted on domestic game websites, and became a focus of reports on the Internet and the media.

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