Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 37 The First Confrontation Between the Hero and the Media
Of course, the head coach of Nalchik Sparta felt wronged-he didn't even know that there was such a role in Zenit before the game...

Could it be that he jumped out of a crack in the rock?

Originally, Nalchi Kparta's tactic was to defend and counterattack, shrink the defense, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.But now that Chen Yingxiong is at the forefront, constantly using the air superiority to bombard Nalchiksparta's goal, their shrinking defense has become a full defense, and as for waiting for an opportunity to counterattack... basically completely gone.Being able to stop conceding the ball is something to be thankful for. How can I think about offense?

Chen Yingxiong became the focus of the locker room during the intermission. Everyone congratulated him for his first goal, and Edvocaat also praised his performance.

However, Advocaat did not intend to let Chen Yingxiong play the whole game.

For the purpose of protecting novices, after all, this is only Chen Yingxiong's first game.Advocaat replaced him in the No.603 minute of the game.Panov finally got his chance to play.

Although Chen Yingxiong was not reconciled to being replaced so early, he still accepted the head coach's decision-he actually wanted to stay on the field because he felt that there was still a chance to score goals.Scored a goal in the first game, of course, but wouldn't it be better to score twice in the first game?The hat-trick is simply amazing, big four?That would wake me up laughing at night!

When Chen Yingxiong walked off the court, the Kirov Stadium burst into cheers and applause.Zenit fans are quite satisfied with Chen Yingxiong's performance, this is applause of thanks.

Although they didn't know who this person was before, after this game, I believe they will firmly remember the name "Hero".

"You did a good job, hero. But now you need to rest, don't use up all your energy in one game." Advocaat greeted Chen Yingxiong who came down, hugged him, and whispered in his ear The side explained the reason for replacing him in advance.

"Thank you, Mr. Coach. Actually, I am a perpetual motion machine!"

"Haha!" Advocaat was amused by Chen Yingxiong: "Go and celebrate with your teammates by high-fiving."

Chen Yingxiong walked to the bench.

Denisov couldn't wait to jump up from his seat. He held out his hand: "Come on, hero! Let's cheer for your damn goal! Yay!"

Chen Yingxiong walked over, extended his hand to give high-fives to all his teammates, and finally sat down beside Denisov.

"Hey boy, how does it feel to score goals in the Super League?" Denisov poked him.

"So handsome! So cool!" Chen Yingxiong gave a thumbs up.

"That's right, that's how it feels, haha!" After finishing speaking, Denisov lowered his voice again, and leaned into Chen Yingxiong's ear and said to him, "I said...to celebrate your first debut in the first team. The goal is also your first goal in Zenit. Let's have a celebration with the Eat, Drink and Play group? It was supposed to be the first event, so why don't we just merge it together? How about today? night!"

"Tonight? Can it work?"

"Yes! After the home game, the Dutch coach will start the holiday directly. Let me tell you, we will be free when we walk out of Kirov's locker room! No one cares about what we want to do!"

"Oh! Not bad!" Chen Yingxiong whistled.

"At that time... fine wine, beauties, delicious food, you can do whatever you want, fuck it, it's so exciting!" Denisov said with high spirits, and Chen Yingxiong was also fascinated by it—since he joined After Zenit, he practiced ascetic practice for almost two months, and practiced hard every day.Let’s not talk about the experience of hanging up the phone, he is willing anyway, in the Udeni Park training base, he is facing Yesenin every day, there are no beauties, and he doesn’t even have to look at the big hair, this life is really dull ah.

Today I finally have this opportunity, no matter what I say, I want to see the colorful world of the northern capital of Russia!
"It's a deal!" Chen Yingxiong stretched out his fist.

"You're a puppy!" Denisov stretched out his fist and touched Chen Yingxiong.

The two of them lowered their heads and kept discussing where to go to play at night, and they seemed to not care about the game at all.

However, Zenit's performance on the field was not as leisurely as the two men on the bench.After Chen Yingxiong went off the field, the pressure on Nalchi Kparta's defense suddenly eased.After Panov came on the field, he was the same as Chen Yingxiong at the beginning. He couldn't cooperate with the team.But Chen Yingxiong still has the obvious advantage of heading the ball. What does Panov have?He has Kerrzakov, and Kerrzakov is younger than him and knows his teammates better than him.

The offense was a bit chaotic, unable to continue to form pressure on Nalchik Sparta, and Nalchik Sparta's ambitions were just around the corner.Now they are only one goal behind Zenit. This is completely in the category of equalizing with a single effort. This is the easiest score for the trailing side to feel confident.

On the contrary, the leading Zenit looked very nervous.

I'm afraid that the lead that was finally obtained will disappear in a blink of an eye.

Then Advocaat had to make substitutions and make adjustments.

The 36-year-old Ukrainian midfielder Gorshkov replaced the winger Spivak, and the team changed into a formation of three central midfielders plus a frontcourt free man Arshavin.

This increases the interception strength of the midfielder.

Then Hyun Yong-min was replaced with Krizanaki to strengthen the defense on the back line.

After such a toss, Zenit, who played at home, finally stabilized their position. With their home advantage, they finally kept the score.

With Chen Yingxiong's goal in the No.209th minute of the first half, Zenit St. Petersburg narrowly beat Nalchik Sparta 1:0 at home.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Chen Yingxiong and Denisov ended their lively discussion, got up from the bench, and prepared to return to the locker room.

The TV camera gave Chen Yingxiong a close-up, and Chen Yingxiong also noticed that there was an extra cameraman with a camera beside him.

He made a gesture of pointing at his back towards the camera lens, signaling the other party to take a picture there.

So the cameraman turned around, and the capital letters of "HERO" appeared on the screen.

After giving Chen Yingxiong a close-up, the cameraman went around and continued to follow up. In the camera, he and his teammates who were leaving the field were high-fiving and celebrating the victory.But more often, his teammates came up and rubbed his hair, congratulating him on the goal that brought the team a victory.

You must know that this goal is not the kind of icing on the cake that is meaningless except for the stats. It directly determines the result of the game and brings the team a precious three-point goal. The gold content is completely different.

Professional players know what such a goal means to the goal scorer.Since then, his position in the head coach's mind has become more stable...

As long as he doesn't show ups and downs, the road ahead will be much easier.

"Nice job, hero!" Eric Hagen stepped up, and just as he raised his hand, he saw Chen Yingxiong hugging his head.

"What is this for?"

"You want to grab my hair too, right?" Chen Yingxiong looked at him warily.He has been frightened by these enthusiastic teammates who swarm up. Why do foreigners always like to pull their hair and rub it when they express their intimacy and enthusiasm?The camera is still at the side, and if it captures my messy hair or something, wouldn’t it be bad for my image?

The captain of the Norwegian national team laughed loudly, and then patted Chen Yingxiong on the shoulder twice.Chen Yingxiong grimaced.

Captain Radimov also came up to congratulate Chen Yingxiong on his debut: "Very successful debut, hero. I hope you will not be proud and keep this state!"

"Thank you Captain!"

Arshavin also came over.Although Radimov is the captain, Arshavin has even higher prestige in the team. He smiled at Chen Yingxiong: "What a remarkable change!" Bad performance in the middle, and then look like a lost dog.

Unexpectedly, he is now the "hero" who scored a goal in his debut and helped the team win.

Chen Yingxiong also gave him a thumbs up: "I was so excited when I scored the goal that I forgot to thank you. Your pass was awesome! If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have scored, ha!"

After seeing off Arshavin, Chen Yingxiong looked back and saw his translator and Russian teacher Yesenin.

Yesenin was standing at the exit of the distant stands.

Chen Yingxiong gave him a thumbs up, and Yesenin gave him a thumbs back.

A person suddenly put his arm on Chen Yingxiong's shoulder, it was Anyukov. "I said, don't make the reporters wait, our hero! Ha! Those reporters are waiting to interview you!" He yelled in Chen Yingxiong's ear.

It was only then that Chen Yingxiong remembered that he was going to be interviewed by the reporters.

He became famous only after being widely reported by reporters.

It's a pity that there are only Russian reporters here, and no Chinese reporters... Otherwise, my parents would be able to know about him in China.

But... let's take it step by step.Become famous first in Russia, then all over the world!
In the mixed zone, journalists huddled together.

Most of the time when players from both sides come over, they just ask one or two questions and let the other side pass.When Arshavin appeared, the reporters got a little excited.But no more than five questions were asked.

Everyone was waiting for someone, and they craned their necks to look at the mouth of the passage like ducks dropped from a pole.

Finally, the person they were waiting for came late, and the entrance suddenly went dark, and a burly and tall figure walked in.

"Number 99!"

"Hey! Big guy!"

"hero!"

"Hero! Hero!"

The reporters rushed to call out, hoping to attract Chen Yingxiong's attention.

Several South Korean reporters shouted at Chen Yingxiong in Korean, if this person is really a Korean compatriot, then he will definitely stop in front of them.

But Chen Yingxiong could only hear "Anni embraces Haser" in his ears, he didn't know what it meant, and the only thing he could understand was "Smecta".This let him know the identity of this group of people - Koreans!

He turned his head and smiled at the South Korean reporters.

The South Korean reporters thought that Chen Yingxiong was going to stop for an interview, and they were all overjoyed. They were the first to grab the opportunity to ask questions among a large group of reporters.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong just smiled at them, but didn't stop on his feet, and just walked past the South Korean reporters.

"It's too rude, Smecta!"

"Could it be that you didn't understand Smika?"

"Looks like it's not our Korean Smecta!"

Shocked, the South Korean reporters got together and discussed again.

When Chen Yingxiong walked to the core of the mixed zone, he was stopped by the reporters.

"Hero! Hero, can I ask a question?"

"No problem, just ask!" Chen Yingxiong stopped and smiled at the reporter.Just kidding, I wish for it!But he obviously underestimated the enthusiasm of the reporters...

The reporters who got Chen Yingxiong's permission were like a reservoir that opened the gates to release the flood. All the problems were engulfed by the torrential flood, rushing out, rushing towards Chen Yingxiong who was caught off guard.

"Is this your first official professional game?"

"The information shows that you were born in 1988, only this year, and your nationality is Chinese... We are really surprised... May I ask when did you join Zenit St. Petersburg?"

"Excuse me, are you really Chinese?"

"How does it feel to help your team score a goal in your first appearance?"

"I noticed that your header performance in the game is very good, but in other aspects it is relatively average. What is the reason?"

"May I ask how you joined Zenit?"

"Is 'Hero' your real name? As far as I know, Chinese...no, oriental people rarely have such a name..."

Various questions were thrown to Chen Yingxiong.

Listening to Russian and English with various accents lingering in his ears, Chen Yingxiong's head was getting bigger.

He raised his hand.

The reporters didn't understand what he meant, one or two fell silent and looked at him strangely.

"I'm sorry, mine, Russian, that, no, it's fine, so, you...speak slowly!"

This is the first appearance of Chen Yingxiong, the focus figure who will make the media like seagulls chasing fishing boats in front of the media in the future...

　
(End of this chapter)