Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 446 Before the lottery (second change, ask for a monthly ticket)
After the game, many Italian media and even the local media in Naples mentioned such a sentence in their reports: "Naple today has surpassed Naples in Maradona's era."

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

But today, nothing happens.

Yes, no one voiced their displeasure.

As if they didn't see this sentence, the Naples fans were talking about last night's game with great interest, but they didn't care about the media's "contempt" for Maradona.

Maybe they still don't want to admit it, but what Chen Yingxiong said at the beginning has always been in their hearts.It is constantly fermenting and eroding a little bit to change their thoughts.

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

Everyone began to look forward to what opponents Naples would meet in the quarter-finals. Although the list of quarter-finals has not been released at this time, this does not prevent the fans from fantasizing themselves.

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Real Madrid lost, the happiest person is Barcelona.

The next day, the Catalan media ridiculed and mocked Real Madrid with great fanfare, 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 can only be maintained by us Catalans! So just wait for us Barcelona to avenge you, Madrid people! Hahaha!"

"Even Naples can't figure it out, and they are ashamed to say that they want to win the tenth Champions League trophy at their home court? Real Madrid is really dizzy!"

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

For the ridicule of the Catalan media, Real Madrid fans were all gnashing their teeth, but in the face of the cruel reality, they were powerless 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 that they were eliminated because Naples is too strong, they still think that they lost.Because in these two games, Real Madrid did not play their normal level at all.

What is normal level?

联赛中客场4:1击败巴拉多利德是正常水平，主场3:2力克塞维利亚也是正常水平，客场5：1击败特内里费也是正常水平，主场6：2大胜比利亚雷亚尔是正常水平……唯独在这几场比赛中夹杂的两场和那不勒斯的欧冠比赛，不是正常水平发挥。

It seems to be true, because Real Madrid played really badly in these two games. They didn't have any decent offense at all. The players were like headless chickens on the court, bumping around everywhere.

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

The media in Madrid can only sigh in this way in the end.

They also admitted that Naples is really not a difficult opponent, and losing to Naples is really a humiliating defeat.

Since the team itself did not perform at its true level, who is responsible?

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

"It is rumored that Mourinho is likely to take over the 'Chilean engineer' next season as the helm of the Galacticos..."

"After the game, it was said that there was a violent clash in the dressing room of Real Madrid. Manuel Pellegrini has lost control of this team, look at the performance of the team on the field, I have no idea what the coach is. What did you do, and what role did you play in these two games..."

……

Look, it really is the head coach's fault!
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"The Curse of the Quarterfinals Continues to Haunt Real Madrid!" "

"The biggest dark horse in this year's Champions League - Naples! "

"Post-Maradona Era Naples Returns Strongly! "

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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, was fascinated by the repeated names in these newspapers.

Naples...

I didn't expect them to beat Real Madrid in the quarter-finals!
You must know that the current Champions League final is held at the Bernabéu Stadium, and Real Madrid has enough reasons and motivation to hit the Champions League final.

Unexpectedly, they fell at the gate of the quarterfinals again... This is really ironic.

But well...

Platini was already very dissatisfied with the gold dollar policy implemented by Florentino's Real Madrid.Last summer, they spent 900 million euros in one week to buy Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, which became active news.In the eyes of Platini, this news is indeed a serious impact on the order of European football!
He believes that it is the likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea that have undermined the purity of football and given this beautiful game a commercial stink.

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

Who has the best business idea in Europe?Of course it is Barcelona, ​​and La Masia has become a model for European youth training.Such a team won the championship, which is more conducive to promoting the football image and philosophy he hopes.In the past, people always said that "good-looking football can't win the championship", "offensive football is not equal to the championship", "winning fans depends on offense, and winning championships depends on defense". He wants to change this backward view in the whole of Europe and even the world.Today, beautiful offensive football and artistic football can win the championship!
Only when the team thinks this way, can the exciting and beautiful football flowers bloom all over the European continent again.

This is Platini's great ideal.

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

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

People like Mourinho must be killed in the cradle.

But I didn't expect that he broke through Chelsea's blockage and successfully entered the quarterfinals...

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

His dislike of Mourinho can also rise to the level of different football concepts, 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.Chen Yingxiong's arrogant and rampant celebration is still replaying in his mind over and over again, it is not so easy to forget.

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

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A week later all eighth matches of the Champions League are over.

The Champions League quarter-finals followed, they are: Bayern Munich, Lyon, Arsenal, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Naples, Barcelona, ​​Sevilla.

The eight teams will draw lots to determine the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

In this week, Naples played a league game, and they drew 1:1 with Fiorentina at home.Chen Yingxiong, who ended the suspension period, returned and scored a goal in the game.However, his goal still did not help the team win. Naples was tied at home. Fortunately, Palermo lost, otherwise Naples would lose its fourth place in the league.

The only good news is that this time Chen Yingxiong's competitor Di Natale did not score, and Chen Yingxiong regained the top scorer list with [-] goals.

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After the quarter-finals were released, UEFA organized a draw ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland. This time the draw ceremony did not invite the head coaches of the participating teams, but some representatives came. They were not even club presidents, but there were many media present. Watch the lottery ceremony.

The lottery ceremony is also very simple. Please invite a lottery guest, and then draw all four teams in one go.

Before the draw, Napoli fans were left guessing who they would face in the quarter-finals.In view of the good memories of the group stage, everyone hopes that Naples can draw with Lyon again. Naples has a psychological advantage, and defeating Lyon is not a problem, so that they can reach the semi-finals.

Of course, the opponent no one wants to meet is... Barcelona!
Judging from the match between this team and Stuttgart, there is no team in European football that can stop them from advancing.

This kind of longing and speculation is not only circulated among 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 fine, anyway, the strength is not strong! This is the safest way!"

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

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

Chen Yingxiong sneered at them: "You worthless people! How can you be timid before a fight? We have even eliminated Real Madrid, and are afraid of other teams? If you want me to say, we simply fight with Brazil..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was rushed to the ground by a group of teammates, and everyone hurriedly covered his mouth.

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

"We must not let him say that name! He has a crow's mouth!"

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

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

But when the teammates got up from the ground, they were surprised to find that it wasn't a towel stuffed into Chen Yingxiong's mouth, but... long socks from someone...

Everyone was frightened.

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

"You bastards! Die!!"

"Wow! Run! The hero is angry!"

"Hero, spare your life!"

"I didn't do it..."

The teammates dispersed one after another, and the locker room was filled with smog...

Before the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Napoli's players did not feel nervous at all.

(End of this chapter)