Defeated 1-5 away, won 4-1 at home, and 5-6 on aggregate, Napoli lost to La Liga giants Barcelona over two legs and missed out on the Champions League semi-finals.

There was a sigh of relief from the Napoli fans, who were just one step away from the semi-finals of the Champions League, a goal difference.

Pity! It's a pity!

The entire São Paulo Stadium fell silent, and the Napoli fans stood there in a daze, not speaking or leaving, their distant eyes full of loss.

In the center of the court, Jiang Chen crossed his hands on his hips, lowered his head, and stared at his toes in a daze.

At the back of Napoli, Hamsik fell to his knees with his head bowed and his hands hanging down naturally, like a statue.

On the sidelines, Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

This year's Champions League for Napoli is over!

Napoli's Champions League journey this season is over!

Jiang Chen's first UEFA Champions League in the real sense has also come to an end, and this is not a perfect ending.

The whole of Naples was plunged into endless sorrow at this moment.

The UEFA Champions League is over, but the league is not over, life is not over, and the days will go on.

Maurizio Sarri walked into the pitch, walked up to the Napoli players and comforted his players one by one, it wasn't the end of the world, not this season, next season they will make a comeback.

To tell the truth, Napoli team's performance in the Champions League this season Sarri is still very satisfied, after all, Jiang Chen has only joined the Napoli team for one season, and has not fully integrated into the team, after this season of running-in, Sarri firmly believes that next season, they can go further in the Champions League, and even win the championship.

Surrey walked in front of Jiang Chen, he stared at Jiang Chen who was low, he didn't speak, he just looked at Jiang Chen quietly, for a while he stepped forward and patted Jiang Chen's shoulder, and said, "Let's go!" We'll start all over again next year! ”

The Neapolitans were so sad that the Barcelonans were unusually happy, jumping up and shouting excitedly.

They were a little lucky to qualify today, and if the game had been a little longer, they Barcelona would have been finished, and it might not have been them.

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde looked up at the Napoli players with deep eyes.

Valverde's heart was full of joy at this time, he felt that the strength of the Napoli team was strong, and the Napoli team will be stronger next year.

Valverde couldn't help but take a closer look at Jiang Chen, and sure enough, this guy was even more powerful than he thought.

Valverde was firm at this time, and the idea of taking Hamsik away from the Napoli team was definitely not able to watch the Napoli team continue to be strong, otherwise the Napoli team will be their biggest enemy of the Barcelona team next year.

Of course, at this time, Valverde also wanted to take Jiang Chen away, he was very optimistic about Jiang Chen, hoping to bring Jiang Chen to Barcelona, in that case, Barcelona's strength would be stronger, and at the same time strengthen his weakest forward link, after all, Messi and Suarez are old, and the time to fight on the field is running out.

However, Valverde also knows very well that it is very difficult to introduce Jiang Chen, but he still decided to give it a try.

Speaking at his post-match press conference, Valverde said: "Napoli are very strong, better than we thought, this is a difficult opponent to play against, they will be especially difficult to play against next year, and I am sure that Napoli will do better in the Champions League next year. ”

Valverde added: "Napoli have Hamsik and Jiang Chen in the squad very strong, we are very interested in Hamsik and we hope to bring him back to Barcelona this coming summer. ”

Hearing Valverde say this, Sarri's face was very unpleasant, and now he hates hearing this kind of thing the most.

In recent seasons, Barcelona has been seducing Hamsik, and at the beginning of this season, Hamsik almost left the Napoli team, which made Sarri very unhappy, and now when he heard this, he almost got angry.

However, Valverde's words made Sarri even more angry, Valverde said: "And Chen's strength is also very good, even more powerful than I imagined, if he can join our Barcelona team, our Barcelona team's attacking means will be more abundant, our combat power will be doubled, at that time, I don't think anyone dares to fight against our Barcelona team." ”

Hearing this, Sarri's lungs were really about to explode, you used to just seduce Hamsik, but now it's okay, you even have to bring Jiang Chen.

Want to bring in Jiang Chen? Dream!

Maurizio Sarri grabbed the microphone to interrupt Valverde's words, and he immediately said: "Here I repeat again, Hamsik is the banner man of our Napoli club, and Chen is the cornerstone of our Napoli rise, no matter what, we will not sell these two, I persuade some people to break that unrealistic idea." ”

Seeing Sarri's angry look, Valverde only smiled slightly, and did not react excessively.

Maurizio Sarri continued: 'We were in good form today but a little bit less lucky, we played better, we created more chances, we created more threats, but we didn't qualify, it's a shame. ”

Maurizio Sarri continued: 'My players have been fantastic, I'm proud of them, we didn't have a good end this season, but we don't have to be discouraged because we can build a better future next season. ”

Seeing that Sarri had finished speaking, Valverde continued: "In this game, our players are actually out of shape, my players are too tired, it affects their form, so this game, we lost, but fortunately we qualified, which is the most important thing. ”

Messi, the captain of the Barcelona team, naturally accepted an interview with media reporters after the game, he said: "We did lose this game, our state is indeed not as good as the opponent, the strength of the opponent is also very strong, especially the striker Chen, he is a very strong young player, I look forward to one day to be able to work with him and become teammates, I think that by that time, our Barcelona team will be invincible." ”

(End of chapter)