Chapter 57: An old era ends, and a new era begins (second update)

"Arshavin's biography—!"

The football soared into the air and flew towards AC Milan's penalty area.

Since it was a counterattack, there were not many people here. Apart from goalkeeper Dida, there was only one person involved in the offense in Napoli, while AC Milan had two defensive players, central defenders Carazze and Maldini.

Karaze had been shaken behind by Chen Yingxiong's sudden acceleration and forward insertion. Now only one person who could pose a threat to him was left.

This is a confrontation between Chen Yingxiong and the first person in the legend of Serie A in 20 years!

The two people jumped almost at the same time, and their judgment of the landing point was very accurate.

Maldini in front of him has the advantage of being stuck in position. He is likely to push the football out before Chen Yingxiong. He doesn't even need to push it too far. He just rubs the football backwards to change the direction and make Chen Yingxiong behind him lose.

Anyway, there was no Napoli player within a few dozen meters. This was a real counterattack. Hamsik made a long diagonal pass in the backcourt, giving an advance amount. Arshavin started from the side, relied on speed to throw away Beckham, and then drove the ball to a long distance to make a cross.

The process is very short. Except for him and Chen Yingxiong, no player in Naples has ever played halftime. Naples is now in this mentality, and the offense is left to the old friends Arshavin and Chen Yingxiong, and the others are determined not to go up and support them. This is to avoid letting AC Milan fight back once they lose the ball.

It was a bit challenging for Maldini to jump backwards, but considering that he only needed to interfere with Chen Yingxiong, the defense this time was not difficult.

But Dida's face changed in front of the door.

Because he saw that Chen Yingxiong was dancing much higher than Maldini!

He shouted: "Paul--"

Almost as he opened his mouth, a huge shouting broke out at the Sao Paulo Stadium. Neither AC Milan nor Napoli fans could suppress the shocking mood when they saw this scene. It all turned into sounds and erupted.

The sound suddenly came, like a storm, drowned Dida's scream.

Chen Yingxiong jumped forward during the sprint, and he jumped quite high!

This "quite high" happens to have a reference that allows everyone to see how high he is jumping intuitively - the top of Maldini's head that jumped back reached Chen Yingxiong's chest...

Generally, when two people compete for the top, the gap is only between one head and half head, and some are even between a slight slightest.

How could there be such a big gap like now?

When many people saw this scene, a sadness suddenly arose deep in their hearts - Legends also have the day when they grow old...

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Maldini suddenly felt a shadow on his head. He looked back and saw Chen Yingxiong's face! His gritted teeth and no matter how he looked, he seemed to be smiling at himself...

Chen Yingxiong lowered his head and rushed over his forehead, and the two of them happened to face each other.

Chen Yingxiong opened his eyes when he was hitting the ball. He also saw Maldini's somewhat surprised expression, and then he smiled.

It's like a bear's smile at its own food.

The meeting between the two was only a moment.

Because Maldini leaned back, he directly ran into Chen Yingxiong, and Chen Yingxiong leaned forward and pushed the football that should have been pushed away by Maldini towards the goal!

Near the penalty point, he pushed the ball towards the front of the goal. Dida jumped out, and his fingertips rubbed against the football, but he still could not change the header flight route, and the football flew straight into the goal!

"Security the victory! Napoli locked the victory! Chen Yingxiong scored twice in the game!!"

"Beautiful! Beautiful header! Chen Yingxiong has an overwhelming advantage in the air!"

Milan's commentator was helpless: "Paul is really old..."

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When the football flew into the goal, Chen Yingxiong and Maldini in the air also fell to the ground at the same time.

The difference is that Maldini fell directly with his back facing down, while Chen Yingxiong lay on him.

But Maldini did not feel the violent impact and oppression. He didn't even feel that he had a person of 1.9 meters and weighing more than 90 kilograms...

When Chen Yingxiong landed, his limbs hit the ground first, bent his elbows, buffering the falling force and his own gravity, and finally supporting his body without directly pressing on Maldini.

Then he jumped up from above Maldini and ran to celebrate the goal.

Maldini got up from the ground, looked at Chen Yingxiong's back and sighed.

It's really not okay if you don't accept old age...

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"Chen Yingxiong defeated Maldini! He scored a goal to lock the victory for the team! With less than ten minutes left in the game, AC Milan, who was two goals behind, basically lost hope of winning!"

Liu Jianhong's commentary made many Chinese Milan fans feel annoyed. Chen Yingxiong's Naples defeated AC Milan. They couldn't directly scold Chen Yingxiong, who was very popular in China, so they had to vent their resentment to the commentator.

For a time, the condemnation of Liu Jianhong on the Internet set off a new climax.

Zhang Lu analyzed the ball in detail for the audience.

"This ball... the hero jumped so high. He jumped in the forward rush, and what about Maldini? He jumped in the backward. The way the two people jumped directly determines the final result. But even so, the gap between the two people is not so big. No matter what, Maldini is also a defender who has been fighting for a lot of battles, so this is really caused by the decline in his own physical fitness... In front of Chen Yingxiong, who is young and strong, Paul Maldini is really old... But football is like this, and a generation of newcomers are replaced with old people..."

In fact, Zhang Lu sighed in her heart.

I remember when CCTV just broadcasted Serie A, I was a guest broadcaster of Serie A. Almost twenty years have passed, and I am still sitting in this position, but there have been many people around me. And those who are enough to carry his memories have disappeared one by one on the TV screen in front of him. After this season, Maldini is about to retire.

He didn't know how long he could work in this position. At the beginning, he thought so. He felt that he had been in one position for twenty years, which was long enough. Now CCTV has won the right to broadcast the Champions League, and sometimes he has to comment on the Champions League matches. He is old and has a poor spirit of staying up late, so he once wanted to leave this job.

However, the appearance of a person made him change his mind.

He wanted to continue his explanation and witness the struggle history of a Chinese player in Serie A with his own eyes.

This season, we send off Maldini, and this season, we welcome Chen Yingxiong.

An era ends, and an era begins.

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Chen Yingxiong was surrounded by his teammates, and his goals helped the team secure the victory. Now everyone doesn't have to worry. The advantage of two goals leads can allow them to play calmly until the end of the game.

The reverb of cheers and boos sounded again in the stands.

If you listen carefully, you can feel that the cheers are getting louder.

In fact, from the beginning of the game against Roma, the cheers dedicated to Chen Yingxiong in each game gradually increased. The organized fans were the ones who fought hard, and many "unorganized and undisciplined" fans began to reflect on their previous blind obedience. They felt that their actions were too unfair to a player who desperately helped the team score goals. Even if he had said too much to Maradona, he also explained that it was a distortion of the media. What is the need to hate him alone for so long?

So in every game, more people joined the team cheering for Chen Yingxiong.

This is a split within the fans. Those more neutral fans use their cheers to fight against the booing of extreme fans.

The Naples fan group, which had always been very united, was split because of a foreign player with a stubborn personality. I am afraid that this is something that many people did not expect at the beginning.

The city of Napoli once wanted to melt that arrogant guy and bury him completely in the anger of the whole city.

But unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong was like a stone in a pit, smelly and hard. Not only was it not digested, it became a stone in the hearts of all Napoli people, causing the city of Napoli to split.

It is not known whether this city can eventually change Chen Yingxiong, but Chen Yingxiong is already gradually changing the city.

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In the end, Napoli gave AC Milan a 3:1 at his home court, which made people involuntarily think of the game last season. Moreover, this game caused AC Milan's ranking to fall from fifth to sixth, and was one place far from the Champions League qualification. Is Napoli really going to become AC Milan's nightmare?

They vowed to take revenge, but unexpectedly, they were given a new revenge by the other party.

The Napoli seemed very excited, defeating strong rival AC Milan at home and getting a valuable three-pointer, one step closer to their European goal.

Chen Yingxiong was also happy because he took two goals in the contest with Maldini, and he thought this was a very memorable thing.

For this reason, after the game, he also found Maldini specifically and hoped to exchange jerseys with him.

Maldini, who lost the ball, was in a bad mood, but in front of Chen Yingxiong, he still maintained enough demeanor. After listening to Chen Yingxiong's request, he took off his jersey very readily and handed it to Chen Yingxiong.

After the two of them exchanged jerseys, they should have walked away like this. But Maldini suddenly said, "Are you interested in playing football in Milan, young man?"

Chen Yingxiong was stunned for a moment.

Seeing that the other person's expression was confused, Maldini thought the other person didn't understand, so he asked in English again.

Chen Yingxiong smiled: "Thank you for your kindness, but I won't leave here now."

Maldini felt strange. Isn’t his relationship with the fans very bad? Italian media are speculating that Chen Yingxiong may only stay in this team for one season and then switch to his team because of his relationship with the fans. No one can hold on for several seasons when he has suffered such huge boos at home.

"I thought your relationship with home fans would make you..."

Chen Yingxiong shook his head: "I haven't conquered this place yet!"

He grinned and smiled happily, as if a child had found a new toy.

After saying that, he raised the AC Milan No. 3 jersey in his hand and said to Maldini: "Thank you for your jersey, Maldini. I will keep it well!"

He turned and left.

Leave a Martini looking at his back with a complicated look.

What he said just now brought great shock to the retired veteran.

He has worked with countless players for more than 20 years, and has also fought with countless players. It can be said that he has seen almost thousands of players of all kinds.

But in his impression, he couldn't find someone as arrogant and rebellious as him... No, wait, maybe there is one?
Chapter completed!