Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 149: Third or Fourth? (Second Update Guaranteed, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 149 Third or fourth? (Second update guaranteed, please vote for me!)

Napoli's appeal was rejected by UEFA and the original decision was upheld, which was also the final penalty.

Of course, Barcelona's appeal was also rejected.

None of this is beyond everyone's expectations. This is a result that many people have thought of beforehand.

In fact, everyone can see that Chen Yingxiong and Napoli were cheated by UEFA. But UEFA did a great job this time. They also punished Alves for diving in the penalty result. This is equivalent to attributing all the responsibility to a momentary misjudgment by the referee on duty. Moreover, when the referee Adele was interviewed by the media later, he also said that he did not actually see clearly whether Chen Yingxiong really elbowed Alves. He was a bit far away, and there was no linesman near the sideline, so He could only judge that Chen Yingxiong had elbowed the opponent based on Alves's fall to the ground.

From this point of view, the referee is also the victim of Alves' diving.

Misjudgments are all too common in football.

When the matter turned into a misjudgment, it successfully blocked the mouths of many people - yes, the referee misjudged, Alves did dive, and we UEFA punished Alves for diving. Admit your mistakes and absolutely do not shirk responsibility. But we severely punished Chen Yingxiong because of his series of impulsive behaviors after encountering a misjudgment.

Misjudgments often happen on the court. Why can others accept misjudgments calmly, but you, Chen Yingxiong, are special and want to make a big fuss? After the misjudgment, he angrily scolded Alves and started a dispute between the two sides, then elbowed the innocent Butzquez, and then challenged the authority of the referee. After the game was over, he rushed to the sidelines and attacked the referee's seat after he had been ejected. At the same time, he had a conflict with Barcelona assistant coach Vilanova...

Shouldn't these behaviors be punished severely?

Therefore, our heavy penalty on Chen Yingxiong has nothing to do with whether he elbowed Alves. It is entirely because of his series of actions after receiving the red card...

Look, it makes sense and is impeccable, right?

Platini fully absorbed the lessons learned after the previous battle with Lyon. In the face of doubts from the media in that game, he insisted that the referee was right. As a result, he was embarrassed by the media and could only use the pressure of the UEFA president to suppress the matter.

This time he generously admitted that the referee made a penalty error.

But what does a mistake mean to a referee? Misjudgments are a common occurrence for referees.

If this problem is limited to misjudgment, the media will not be able to cause trouble. But if they decide that this is a conspiracy, there will be too much to discuss...

So UEFA's response this time was quite perfect.

After the fine was issued, no one paid attention to this except for a few media outlets discussing the impact that UEFA's heavy fine on Chen Yingxiong would have on Naples' preparations and recruitment for next season.

There are so many distractions in football right now.

For example, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 in the weekend's El Clasico and regained the top spot in the league.

For example, Hero scored twice in the match against Parma, and with 24 goals in the league, he was two goals away from the second-ranked Di Natale, basically securing the top spot in the scorer list.

These things deserve everyone’s attention...

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The Champions League has been eliminated, and the league championship is far behind in terms of points - after thirty-three rounds, Roma is now ranked first in the league. They surpassed Inter Milan with 67 points with 68 points.

Napoli currently ranks fourth in the league with 59 points. Palermo, in fifth place, has 54 points, five points behind the two sides. And what about Naples, who is third in the league away from AC Milan? Also five points. Roma are nine points away from first place in the league.

This gap is a bit big, and even if Naples goes all out, it may not be able to achieve any good results.

Not to mention that the leaky house happened in Naples even when it rained continuously——

On April 18, in the 34th round of the league, Naples defeated Bari 2:1 away from home. But the main center back Ranocchia injured his knee in that game. After a more detailed examination after the game, a bad result was obtained - Ranocchia's injury was a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee. For football players, this is an injury that is enough to change their career prospects...

Anyone who plays football knows what it means to be injured in this place.

Immediately some media lamented that Naples seemed to be possessed by a curse. First, Cassano suffered an inexplicable heart attack, then Chen Yingxiong was suspended for eight games in the Champions League next season, and then Ranocchia tore the cruciate ligament in his knee... Mazzarri's team's luck has simply declined.

Cassano has just undergone surgery and it is not yet known when he will be able to recover. What about Ranokia? This injury will definitely require surgery. Don’t think about surgery on this area until six months.

In other words... if Naples plays in the Champions League next season, they may be without three main players for half the season...

Cassano is not here, and Sanchez can step in. But without Ranokia, who will take over? Where is Chen Yingxiong? He can play in the league, but not in the Champions League. The team must either adjust its tactics and develop a set of tactics specifically to cope with the Champions League, or buy another forward for the Champions League...

Mazzarri felt like his head was pounding—how could his luck be so bad!

The main central defender is out for six months, and Naples can't even hope to compete for the league championship. Their defense is not very good to begin with, and the league championship relies almost entirely on defense.

As a result, Naples' only goal this season is to maintain fourth place in the league.

In fact, they can also climb up one position. After all, after the thirty-fourth round of the league, Naples has 62 points, while AC Milan has slowed down. They have 64 points, and the two teams are only two points apart. .

But Mazzarri calculated with his fingers that he could not really surpass AC Milan and take third place in the league.

According to the Champions League rules, the top three teams in Serie A can directly participate in the main match, while the fourth place has to play two qualifying matches.

So if Naples really participates in the main match directly... Chen Yingxiong will have to wait until the quarter-finals before playing.

Naples, which lacks Chen Yingxiong, may still be able to qualify from the group stage, provided that they don't get drawn into the group of death... But if they enter the knockout round, they may be in danger.

What's the point if Naples is also eliminated when the hero's suspension expires?

So now it seems that Naples' best option is to play in the qualifying rounds. Only in this way can two qualifying matches be used to offset the two suspensions, and the remaining six games will all remain in the group stage.

For the first time, Mazzarri had the idea of ​​"why Italy is not a second-tier league in Europe." In this way, Naples can play a few more qualifying matches. It would be best if they could directly defeat the football supervisor in the qualifying matches.

Now Mazzarri is really facing the most complicated situation in his coaching career. On the one hand, we can't let Palermo, Sampdoria and other teams behind us catch up, and on the other hand, we can't accidentally overtake AC Milan... This is really neither winning nor losing.

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Mazzarri's struggle is his own, and Chen Yingxiong's goal is very clear.

Naples is almost destined to miss out on team honors this season.

Chen Yingxiong can also pursue some personal honors.

The Serie A top scorer trophy is waiting for him to win it for the second time.

After the thirty-fourth round, Chen Yingxiong did not score a goal, but Di Natale only scored one, so the Udinese striker was still one goal short of tying Chen Yingxiong.

There are four rounds left in the league, and a one-goal gap cannot make Chen Yingxiong feel safe. He staged a huge comeback in the final round last year, defeating Ibrahimovic and winning the league's Golden Boot. This season, he doesn't want to become a tragedy reversed by others.

He wants to be the top scorer this season, and he wants to be the top scorer again.

The words spoken at the Serie A Oscars were no joke.

After the thirty-fourth round without scoring, Chen Yingxiong and Di Natale competed.

Now he has 24 goals, Di Natale has 23 goals, the third-ranked Inter Milan shooter Diego Milito has nine goals, and the fourth-ranked Miccoli has 16 goals. They are the same as the first two. There are a lot of differences.

Therefore, the battle for the top scorer this season, if nothing else, will only happen between Chen Yingxiong and Di Natale.

In fact, Di Natale is quite miserable. Since his debut at Empoli, he has always been a half-red but not black player, and has always been considered a second-rate forward in Italy. His annual salary at Empoli was only 350,000 euros. After moving to Udinese, his current annual salary is only 650,000 euros, a fraction of that of superstars such as Ibrahimovic and Kaká. Neither is enough.

This season is his closest to the Serie A Golden Boot.

But he met Chen Yingxiong.

Late bloomers who are over thirty years old and young players who are not yet twenty-two years old are competing fiercely for the top scorer list in Serie A.

There are still four rounds left in the league, and the competition for championship, relegation, and European qualification... have all entered a fierce stage.

The same goes for league shooters.

Both shooters began to pick up speed and start sprinting.

Starting from the 35th round of the league, spectators can easily smell the smell of gunpowder in the air.

In the 35th round, Naples was tied 1:1 by Cagliari at home. Chen Yingxiong scored Naples' only goal. And when Cagliari finally scored to equalize the score, Mazzarri breathed a sigh of relief, because... In the earlier game, AC Milan lost to Palermo 1:3 away from home... Naples The draw in this game prevented them from surpassing AC Milan and ranking third in the league. Now the two teams are only one point apart...

At the same time, Di Natale also scored a goal in Udinese's 4:1 home victory over Siena.

The two sides were still only one goal apart.