Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 391 Kick the Ball in My Head (Guaranteed First Update)
On the day of the game, the first thing Mazari did when he got up from the bed was to rush to the window and open the curtains to see what the weather was like outside.

It was cloudy, but there was no snow, only wind... He didn't see it because of lack of reference.There is snow on the ground and on the roof, but there is no snow flakes like the previous two days in the sky.

He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little relieved.

If the weather continues, there will still be games to be played.

As long as the snow stops, everything will be fine.

But God seemed to be joking with Mazari. In the afternoon, snowflakes suddenly started falling from the sky again!
Mazari looked up at the sky and couldn't help cursing.

Like him, the Naples players were also frustrated by the weather.

When the Naples players saw the shirtless Zenit St. Petersburg fans on the bus, their bodies couldn't help shaking, and some people sneezed empathetically...

The radio station in the bus was playing a local program in St. Petersburg, and the host said excitedly: "God has blessed us! There is snow in the sky again!"

Obviously the driver of the bus is also a Zenit St. Petersburg fan. The reason why he listened to the radio cheering Zenit so nonchalantly was because few people in the Naples team could understand Russian.

After Chen Yingxiong understood what the voice on the radio was, he rolled his eyes.

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There are Zenit St. Petersburg fans holding the name and portrait of Chen Yingxiong in the stands of Petrovsky Stadium. These people still support Chen Yingxiong, even though he is no longer a member of Zenit St. Petersburg.But the glory and joy he once brought to the Zenit St. Petersburg fans is eternal.

When Chen Yingxiong gets the ball, there will be no boos in the stands, and there will even be some cheers.

For Chen Yingxiong, who was booed by the fans of the home team for a whole year at home in Naples, it is very rare to be cheered by the fans of Zenit.

But now he has no intention of feeling such an honor at all, and he is complacent about it.

His team is in trouble.

The game went on for 25 minutes, and Naples in the away game fell behind 0:1.

The man who scored for the home team was... Danny.

The Portuguese Danny was introduced by Zenit after Arshavin left, and he just joined the team this summer.He is here to fill the vacancy that the team lacked core after Arshavin left.

Now he has gradually entered the state and has won the support and love of Zenit St. Petersburg fans.

Danny brought goals for the team, this scene is somewhat ironic for Arshavin - his successor performed well in the game and scored goals, while his Naples team performed poorly and is currently in the Backward position.

For Naples, this game was really difficult to save from the very beginning, so I won’t tell the story before the game, lest everyone talk about filling in words.Just talk about the game itself-before the game, the coaching staff finally determined that Hamshik could not play in the game because Hamshik caught a cold on the first day he came to St. It got heavier and heavier, and finally developed into a persistent high fever... He can't even walk now, so there is no extravagant hope that he can still participate in the competition.

So Hamsik was removed from the starting lineup at the last minute.

As for Christian Maggio, he was obviously frightened by the blizzard in St. Petersburg. His performance these past few days was not normal, and in the competition, he even performed abnormally.

As for the conceded goal...according to Chen Yingxiong's understanding, it's just a guess.Captain Paul Cannavaro had already blocked Pogrebnyak's ball, but when he was about to make a big clearance, his foot slipped and instead of kicking the ball out, he stabbed it to the other side. Zenit No. [-] Danny.

Faced with a big gift sent to their door, how can the Portuguese refuse to accept it?
He raised his foot and shot, and the football flew past the Naples goalkeeper who was caught off guard...

That's how the team fell behind.

After losing the ball, Paul Cannavaro patted the slippery place under his feet very depressingly - the front edge of the penalty area. Due to the fierce competition between the two sides, it has almost become a muddy pond.

The Petrovsky Stadium is not a stadium with artificial turf. They use natural turf. It has been snowing for three consecutive days, causing the turf of the stadium to become very soft. Stepping on it is like skating, and it is easy to slip and wrestle.

Usually those Western European teams who go to Moscow to play against CSKA or Spartak Moscow will always complain about the artificial turf of the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, which makes them very uncomfortable. All losses are due to the unsuitable artificial turf. play football.

But now, Mazari can't wait to have artificial turf under his feet!
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"Napoli seemed very unsuited to playing in such a big snowstorm... They couldn't even control the ball. There were only two normal players in their team, one was Arshavin and the other was a hero. Both of them had Playing for Zenit St. Petersburg, I am quite comfortable with the weather in St. Petersburg at this time..."

Arshavin broke through the wing, looking for opportunities to pass the ball, but it was a pity that he was the only one who performed well.He lacks the support of his teammates, so he can only choose to go it alone.

In this way, it becomes easier to defend.

So Arshavin has not created any threatening shooting opportunities so far, and his own shots are often under the strict defense and interference of Zenit St. Petersburg players, and cannot threaten Zenit St. Petersburg's goal.

Not to mention Chen Yingxiong... He is the kind of center forward who needs the support of the whole team. Without the support of the team, he is nothing, so the team's performance is poor, and his chances of appearing on the scene are not much higher .

Until the first half, Naples failed to score a goal, and they should even be happy with this result, because Zenit St. Petersburg, who played at home, also failed to score.So the point difference between the two sides is still one goal, and it is possible to get it back in the second half-although judging from this first half, it is difficult.

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In the dressing room in Naples, the atmosphere was very dull, many people kept their heads down and said nothing.

It stands to reason that even if they lose this game, it should not affect their qualifying situation in the group. At present, they have two wins and one tie, with seven points, ranking first in the group, and second place is Lyon, which has two wins and one loss. point.Ranked third is Liverpool, with two draws and one loss, two points. No.4 is Zenit St. Petersburg, with one draw and two losses, one point.

In other words, even if Naples loses this game, they will at most lose the first place in the group, and the right to qualify for the group is still unshakable.Even if Zenit wins Naples, it will not be able to rank among the top two.And if Liverpool wins Lyon, Liverpool's points are not enough to rise to the top two, and if they can really beat Lyon, then it doesn't matter even if Naples loses this game, because they don't even rank first in the group. won't lose...

So it stands to reason that they should not be so depressed.But maybe the performance in the group stage was too smooth, Naples has already had the idea of ​​​​"we deserve to win", as if it is not normal not to win...

But actually?They all forget that they have not participated in the Champions League for 18 years. For today's Champions League, they are out-and-out rookies.

It was Chen Yingxiong who broke this embarrassing silence first.

"In the second half, we have to make a change, brothers! You all kick the football on my head in the second half!" He patted himself on the head.

Later, when Mazari walked in and began to arrange the tactics for the second half, his thoughts coincided with Chen Yingxiong.

"The poor field conditions made it impossible to organize our ground offensive, so in the second half we had to switch to the air. Everyone kicked the football into the sky, where the heroes are..."

He doesn't know if doing so can really help the team turn the tables, but it's the only possible effective way he can think of so far.

Always something to try...

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"...After the start of the second half, Naples adjusted their strategy. They frequently played high balls. Obviously they wanted to make full use of the hero's height and header advantages..." Shirgeevsky, a local commentator in St. Petersburg, was facing said the microphone.

"Watch out for his header!" Goalkeeper Malafeyev yelled at Chen Yingxiong more than once.

In fact, there is no need for him to do this at all. All Zenit players know to defend Chen Yingxiong's header.In the past two years in Zenit St. Petersburg, apart from his lust, the most impressive thing is probably his header...

De Jong chose to pass a long pass directly from the backcourt, and the target was Chen Yingxiong.

Although Chen Yingxiong had his back to the goal, he couldn't attack the goal directly. He had to ferry the football to his teammates, and then the teammates transferred the football to the side for a cross.

But it's better than attacking from the ground like in the first half...

Zenit's defenders are all teammates when Chen Yingxiong was there, and they know him very well.Even so, they lost out on the header...

Krizanaki originally planned to go around the front to defend and head the ball, but Chen Yingxiong was firmly behind him, and then suddenly jumped up, before Krizanaki threw the football to his teammate Cassano .

After completing this header ferry, Chen Yingxiong turned around and walked in, and Krizzanaki also hurriedly followed, not daring to neglect in the slightest.

Other teams defending Chen Yingxiong may occasionally lose their minds. They feel that it should not matter if they lose their minds once or twice in defense. It is impossible for him to seize such an opportunity to score a goal, right?

The players of Zenit St. Petersburg dare not think so at all-why do they say they know Chen Yingxiong so well?This understanding is not limited to the superficial understanding of how good his header is and how strong his body is. This kind of thing can be understood after watching Chen Yingxiong's games.

Their so-called understanding is their understanding of Chen Yingxiong's style of looking for scoring opportunities every second for nine to 10 minutes.

He has a very good physical ability, can support him to this point.At the last moment of the game, no one else could run anymore, and he was still the same as when he first came on the field.

So anyone who really knows him knows that he must not be distracted in the slightest, and he must not be given any chance, even if... the ball does not seem to be a chance, he still has to fight.

Therefore, defending Chen Yingxiong is very tiring.

(End of this chapter)