Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 20 An invitation from the first team

Chen Yingxiong felt that his life was much smoother all of a sudden. With the "translator" Yesening, his communication with others was much better than before, and he could understand the articles in the newspaper. Later, under the translation of Yesening Only then did he know the content of the article: the reporters were speculating about Chen Yingxiong's origin, and since there was no name on the jersey, they didn't even know the man's name.

In front of outsiders, Yesenin is just a translator and Russian teacher of Chen Yingxiong.Chen Yingxiong found that the people in the club were not surprised by his appearance. It seems that this guy is not a fake guy, but he is obviously the incarnation of Aurora, so why did he become a translator and Russian teacher, and then he applied here? Chen Yingxiong didn't know it at all.

Most of the time, he is a Russian teacher, not an interpreter. After all, he has very little use as an interpreter now-Chen Yingxiong only needs to communicate with the coaches of the club, and if he communicates with his teammates in the locker room, the interpreter It is not allowed to enter, after all, there are many things in the locker room that I don't want outsiders to know.Now that he doesn't have access to the news media, he doesn't need to use a translator.

Although after the youth team league game, there were obviously more reporters on the sidelines of the youth team training field.But Popovich strictly prohibited Chen Yingxiong from being interviewed. He didn't want the media to disturb this promising player.He worried that Chen Yingxiong would be lost if he chased fame and fortune too early.His concern is justified. There are many young and talented players who have become famous too early, get lost in various accolades, and quickly fall.Popovich doesn't want Chen Yingxiong to become one of them.

Chen Yingxiong's current life consists of training during the day and studying Russian with Yesenin in the dormitory at night.

For some reason, he felt that he had made rapid progress in learning Russian.Is it because Russian itself is easy to learn?Or does Yesenin, the Russian teacher, have real materials?But Yesenin's teaching method is really interesting - he will combine newspapers and TV programs to teach Chen Yingxiong Russian.Especially Russian words in terms of football.

Of course, could it be the reason for the supernatural ability?Sometimes, Chen Yingxiong would think so.

Life began to go smoothly, and Chen Yingxiong seemed to have good luck in football.

The following weekend, he was selected again for the youth league squad.Having been selected to the squad for two consecutive games, Chen Yingxiong can feel that his position in the youth team is becoming more and more important...

Chen Yingxiong knows why he is important, because of his excellent header ability and physical fitness, as well as a good performance in the first game.

A good start is half the battle, he is well aware of this, so in the first game for a disallowed goal, he would impulsively argue with the referee and almost get sent off with a red card...

On August 26, the Zenit St. Petersburg youth team continued to sit at home and face their opponents.This time their opponent is the Komsomolsk Smina youth team.

In this game, Advocaat and assistant coach Porter once again came to the indoor court of Smyrna Football School to watch the game.

Of course, this time they can no longer attract the attention of the media.Outside the stadium, there were obviously more reporters gathered than in the previous game.

They all came to observe the legendary number 33.

Chen Yingxiong still wore the No. 33 jersey in this game, but he still did not start.

In the No.605 minute of the second half, he was replaced.

When he was on the court, the photographers off the court quickly pressed the shutter of the camera and took a picture of his strong and tall figure.

When Chen Yingxiong played, the score was already 4:0, and Zenit St. Petersburg, who played at home, led by a big score.

This result is quite normal, after all, their opponent is a semi-professional football club...

However, Chen Yingxiong didn't show mercy just because the opponent had suffered a disastrous defeat.

Seven minutes after he played, he opened the gate of Komsomolsk with his best header.

After the goal, Chen Yingxiong raised his arms and shouted.

The photojournalists off the field pressed the shutter again, freezing his passionate figure.

He came off the bench for two consecutive games and soon scored goals.Those professional football reporters are keenly aware that maybe a star of hope is rising!
Advocaat saw Chen Yingxiong scoring another goal from the side, and he became more and more determined to transfer him to the first team.

And Potter?There was nothing to say, Chen Yingxiong's performance blocked all his doubts.In front of such an absolutely dominant header, he didn't know how to refute.

Seeing Chen Yingxiong headed the goal, Yesenin, who was his interpreter, sat in the stands with a satisfied smile. No one noticed that there was a faint flash of colorful light on his face.

With the rise of Chen Yingxiong, of course he was not reconciled to ending the game like this.In the last game, he had hoped to score twice, but the referee called it out.This time he will do it no matter what!

When the football was passed to the wing again, he raised his arm high in the middle. With his outstanding height and this arm, he raised it like a giant lighthouse on the coastline, which made people want to ignore Can't do it.

Originally, the teammates felt pity, and felt that they were already ahead of others by five goals, and it was only a semi-professional club, so there was no need to kill them all.

But if he didn't pass the ball, Chen Yingxiong didn't let go of his arm.And those fans who wanted to see Chen Yingxiong score more domineering goals also followed suit, shouting constantly: "Pass him! Pass the high ball!"

It made his teammates unable to pass the ball, so he had to kick the football to the goal...

With a huff, Chen Yingxiong stood up from the ground, high above everyone, surpassed everyone, and then shook his head to attack the goal!
Without any suspense, the football flew into the goal again.And the defenders of the Komsomolsk team even gave up on taking off... Just like that, they looked up and watched the No. 33 push the football into it.

Finally scored twice!
Chen Yingxiong took off his jersey excitedly, revealing the strong muscles inside. The eight-pack abs are well-defined and very obvious!

This body of muscle is his biggest asset.He rushed up to the group of photojournalists and did a bodybuilder move, highlighting his pecs and abs.Facing the camera, he brazenly showed off his body.

It caused screams from the stands.

Popovich laughed—the brat who loves to show off!

He knew that this was Chen Yingxiong protesting that he would not allow him to be interviewed by reporters...

After the game, Chen Yingxiong once again became the focus of the reporters - more than 1.9 meters tall, as strong as a bear, scored twice, and has a wild personality... These are simply good gimmicks hyped by the reporters!
But they were stopped by Popovich again.

"Please give my players some quiet space!"

"Then you should at least tell us his name!" a reporter shouted.

"No comment!"

"There is no comment on this? Is this still a secret?"

　
While Popovich was still fighting with the reporters, Chen Yingxiong was not dragged into the locker room by his teammates this time, but was called into another office by Edvocaat and Porter alone Here, he was accompanied by his translator Yesenin.

Originally, Advocaat planned to communicate with Chen Yingxiong in English, but he didn’t know how Chen Yingxiong’s language skills were, and there was an interpreter beside him, so he simply said to him in Dutch: “First of all, congratulations on your scoring in the game. Two fantastic goals, lad."

Advocaat held out his hand to Chen Yingxiong, his attitude seemed very kind.

Chen Yingxiong has a good impression of this head coach.

"Thank you, Mr. Advocaat." Although there was an interpreter, Chen Yingxiong expressed his gratitude in English.

Advocaat's eyes lit up when he heard him speak English: "You can speak English?"

Chen Yingxiong nodded: "It's not very good, but the daily communication is okay."

As a player, English is indeed a very important skill - in case you have the opportunity to play abroad, it will be very convenient to know English.So when he was in China, his father enrolled himself in an English class for him to learn English while playing football.It seems that since then his father has planned to let his son go abroad to play football...

"Let me introduce myself. I am the head coach of Zenit's first team, Dick Advocaat." Since both sides can speak English, there is no need for translation. Yesenin became a pure companion.

"I have long admired your name, Mr. Advocaat." Chen Yingxiong shook the hand holding Advocaat vigorously.

It is true that I have admired the name for a long time...but I have never seen it before.Otherwise, he wouldn't have missed it before.

"I want to ask you... would you like to play in the first team?"

Edvocaat's words were so direct that Chen Yingxiong didn't realize it. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that the opponent was planning to transfer him to the first team!

First team!

What does that mean?It means that you have the opportunity to participate in a real professional league - the Russian Football Premier League!

It means that I will appear in a game that attracts the attention of tens of thousands of spectators. It means that there will be TV broadcasts filming myself from different directions during the game. He will be surrounded by a lot of media after the end, and the coach can no longer stop himself from being interviewed...

Does this still require hesitation and consideration!
He nodded vigorously: "Of course I would! Mr. Advocaat!"

Advocaat was very satisfied with Chen Yingxiong's answer - if he was rejected by a youth team player, it would be a shameful thing...

He nodded: "Very good. I will talk to your coach, Mr. Popovich, after everything is settled..." He pointed to the assistant coach Cole Porter beside him. "Mr. Porter will notify you to report to the first team."

Porter stretched out his hand to Chen Yingxiong: "Hello, young man. I'm the team's assistant coach, Kool Porter."

From the smile on his face, you can't tell that he used to have prejudice against Chen Yingxiong...

(End of this chapter)