Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 25: Internal Conflict (Erupts!)

Chapter 25 Internal Conflict (Eruption!)

"The boos disappeared? Wishful thinking!"

This is a banner hanging outside Naples' Castel Volturno training base. It is Naples fans' counterattack against Chen Yingxiong.

Just after the last round of the league, Chen Yingxiong said in a post-match interview that he would continue to score goals and use them to make Naples fans stop booing him.

This was the answer he got.

Naples fans have a clear distinction between love and hate, and they are not people who will forgive Chen Yingxiong so easily. So they felt that Chen Yingxiong was completely delusional in thinking that he could bribe them by scoring goals.

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After Chen Yingxiong scored his first Serie A goal, the Chinese media cheered and instantly praised Chen Yingxiong to the clouds. It seems that Chen Yingxiong can completely get rid of the current predicament. Hat tricks, scoring twice, and four goals are easy for him and can be completed without any effort.

There are also some media outlets that are extremely sensational, saying, "When Chen Yingxiong stood high, his hair and clothes fluttered in the wind amidst the wild boos of the Naples fans. He shook his head and pushed the football into the goal... At this moment, we seemed to have known each other. , but I haven’t seen you for a long time—the giant bear in Russia has woken up from hibernation!”

But the cruel facts told them that the giant bear just woke up accidentally during the long hibernation process and fell asleep again soon.

In the next away game against Lazio, Chen Yingxiong started the game, but did not score. In the 72nd minute, he was replaced by Sarayeta.

But this time the focus of the media is not on him, but on the conflict between Naples fans and Lazio fans.

Lazio's extreme fan organization "the irriducibilii" (the irriducibilii) and Naples' extreme fan organization "Napoli Ultras" clashed in the stands. The two sides threw flaming flares at each other, tore down seats and threw them at each other. Burning the opponent's flag.

The conflict even interrupted the game for ten minutes before it could be restarted. A large number of police officers intervened and arrested many people before the game returned to normal.

Chen Yingxiong did not score in this game, and the entire Napoli team failed to score. They lost to Lazio in this chaotic game.

The league dropped to eighth place, having previously been fifth.

Next, Chen Yingxiong performed in Naples like a drowning man struggling to survive in the water. Sometimes he rose up, sometimes he sank, splashing with water, and the Chinese fans and Chinese media who watched him were anxious. .

On October 23, in Naples' first UEFA Cup group match, Chen Yingxiong still started, but still failed to score. Napoli shook hands with Hertha Berlin 0:0 away from home.

However, in the ninth round of the league on October 29, when Naples defeated Reggina 3-0 at home, Chen Yingxiong scored a goal. In the corner kick, he scored again with a header. Scored his second league goal of the season.

After the game, some media commented that Chen Yingxiong seemed to be playing a "tug of war" with Rhea. Whenever Rhea was about to give up on him, he would use a goal to regain his position. After all, Chen Yingxiong is a player bought by the club owner himself. As long as he can still score goals, Rhea will find no reason to put him on the bench...

And when he scored, everyone began to cheer for his recovery, but he lost the accuracy of his shot again.

The ups and downs of state are the best summary of Chen Yingxiong's performance during this period.

Maybe that half of the season in Russia was too crazy. Some media have complained that Advocaat is completely squeezing Chen Yingxiong's residual value, letting him fight on two fronts and starting almost every game. In this way, Chen Yingxiong is in a crazy state, but after the madness, he will collapse... He will make himself crazy. The form stayed at Zenit St. Petersburg, but he brought his exhausted and exhausted body to Naples, so damn if he could be in good form.

On November 2, Naples challenged AC Milan away from home. Chen Yingxiong started the game and was substituted after playing 75 minutes. His state has fallen into a slump along with the entire team. Hamsik, the core of the midfield, received a strange red card in the last game against Reggina and was suspended. He has lost his core and is out of form. Naples failed to score a single goal and lost 0:1 in the away game.

In the UEFA Cup, Naples lost 0:2 at home to Galatasaray, and their qualifying situation was in danger.

Back in the league, Naples lost to Atlanta 1:3 on the road. Lavezzi helped the team score a goal, but it didn't help. Chen Yingxiong entered the squad for this game, but did not play. The reason Rhea gave was still rotation.

Just when everyone thought Chen Yingxiong was in a slump again, he suddenly broke out unexpectedly. On November 23, in the thirteenth round of the league, Naples faced Cagliari at home. The score of this game was 2:2. Naples' results still showed no improvement, but Chen Yingxiong performed very well - he scored twice in the game!

Of course, both goals were scored from set pieces. But it doesn’t matter how he got in, as long as he got in.

In terms of team cooperation, Chen Yingxiong is still not as good as Lavezzi and others, but he still wants to score goals, what should we do? Set pieces were his only recourse. In set kicks, Rhea arranged for him to be the main attacker, so he could only try to seize every opportunity for set kicks to fight for his own interests and status.

A very strange situation occurred in Naples - Lavezzi scored in open play, while Chen Yingxiong repeatedly used set kicks to score with headers.

Chen Yingxiong still has not integrated into Naples' tactical system. He has not integrated at all. He just wants to use goals to demonstrate to the head coach, let's see who you choose!

For Rhea, this is really a very distressing thing.

Lavezzi is the star player of Naples and is known as "Maradona II". He cooperates with his teammates more tacitly and the whole team's tactics are related to him. But at the same time, Chen Yingxiong suddenly found his form and scored twice, showing an aggressive trend.

It stands to reason that for a head coach, it is a good thing that both forwards can score goals. Unfortunately, the relationship between Lavezzi and Chen Yingxiong was not very good, and the two almost never contacted each other on the court. At first, Lavezzi didn't pass the ball to Chen Yingxiong, and then Chen Yingxiong stopped passing the ball to Lavezzi. When the football came to their feet, they could shoot, break through, or pass it to their teammates, but they didn't pass it to each other who was close at hand.

This contradiction can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Italian media also reported on conflicts in the Napoli dressing room. It is said that Chen Yingxiong and the Argentinian gang did not speak at all in the locker room and had no communication. Both of them treat each other as if they are air.

The Argentine Gang is not just Argentinian. In addition to the two Argentine players, there is also a Uruguayan named Gargano. They all hate Chen Yingxiong because of his remarks about Maradona - they are all Maradona's fanatics.

Chen Yingxiong is a man who takes soft things rather than hard ones. Since the Argentinian gang wants to fight him to the end, he will not give in. During this period, Chen Yingxiong rented a house and moved to invite his teammates as guests, except for Lavezzi, Navarro and Gargano.

They were unhappy with Chen Yingxiong, and there was no need for Chen Yingxiong to rub his hot face into someone else's cold butt.

However, in this locker room "war", Chen Yingxiong is generally at a disadvantage. After all, Lavezzi has the support of his Argentine fellow Navarro and teammate Gargano. Moreover, he came to the team a season earlier than Chen Yingxiong. , the personal connections here are also more stable than Chen Yingxiong's.

Hamsik is the team's number one star and main core, although his relationship with Chen Yingxiong is not bad. But in this matter, he can only be neutral. After all, he and Lavezzi also have a very good relationship, and it would be inappropriate to help anyone or not.

He could only take the initiative to hug Chen Yingxiong after he scored. After Chen Yingxiong scored, no one from the Argentina Gang went up to hug Chen Yingxiong to celebrate.

This kind of conflict in the locker room will naturally affect the team's performance on the field. Although both parties may not be willing to cause such a result subjectively, the objective fact is that if a team is not united internally, it is impossible to talk about combat effectiveness. This has happened to many teams, even those giants are not immune. Real Madrid's performance plummeted in the years amid constant gang wars within Real Madrid. When Barcelona was in internal strife, their power was also given away. There are also factions within Inter Milan such as the "Argentine Gang", "Brazilian Gang" and "Italian Gang". Even a club like AC Milan, which has the image of a big family to the outside world, has internal conflicts. Kaká has been jokingly said to be AC ​​Milan's new football hegemon. ?

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On November 27, Naples ushered in its third game in the UEFA Cup group stage. They challenged Greek team Olympiacos away from home.

Since Naples had one draw and one loss before, their qualifying situation was in jeopardy, so they must win this game away from home to retain their hope of qualifying for the group stage.

Olympiacos is not a strong team - at least from the perspective of Naples fans, a victory can be expected.

Rhea also noticed the impact of conflicts within the team on results, so to be on the safe side in this game, he did not take Chen Yingxiong to the away game at all. In his view, even if Chen Yingxiong just scored twice in the league, he is still an unstable factor in the team and will only intensify conflicts.

In such an important game, for the sake of safety, let him stay in Naples...

The reason is of course still - "We want to rotate".

In addition to Chen Yingxiong, Rhea sent the strongest lineup he could to challenge Olympiacos.

As a result, the game was not what the Neapolitans expected from the first minute.

They fell behind in the first minute.

In the 16th minute, two goals behind.

In the 23rd minute, they were already three goals behind.

Although in the 32nd minute, center back and captain Paul Cannavaro scored a goal from a corner kick to regain the victory. But ten minutes later, Olympiacos scored another victory, 4:1!

The suspense of the game has been completely killed.

After losing this game, Naples has the last game left. With only one point, they have basically bid farewell to the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup ahead of schedule.

But all this has nothing to do with Chen Yingxiong...

While his teammates were suffering from a crushing defeat in Piraeus, Greece, he was sweating profusely in the dungeon. He is almost level 31 and will soon be able to obtain another talent point.

To this end, he is very motivated.

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***, I forgot to mention, Chapter 24 is the second guaranteed update~

I wish you all a happy reading. Chapter 26 will be posted later.

In addition, Chen Yingxiong’s depressing days are coming to an end...