Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 178 Scalding Red! (Bonus Chapter for 3700 Monthly Tickets)
His goals also helped St. Petersburg Zenit beat Moscow Spartak 2-0 at their home stadium, leaving the Moscow media, who had clamored for revenge before the game, as if they had been slapped in the face, and they could only cover their swollen faces and say nothing.
St. Petersburg Zenit's opponent in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup has been drawn, and they will face Fiorentina, a veteran powerhouse from Italy.
And if they can get past Fiorentina, their opponent in the semi-finals will be the winner between Bayern Munich and Getafe—which is almost a no-brainer, Bayern Munich will definitely eliminate Getafe and advance to the semi-finals. So it can be announced in advance that Zenit's opponent in the semi-finals is Bayern Munich.
This is the most terrifying team in the top eight of this UEFA Cup, a real "European Champions League" level giant. Many people even think that the champion of this UEFA Cup is no suspense, it must be Bayern Munich.
The Bundesliga giants have the strength to win the Champions League, so isn't it like playing around to condescend to play a UEFA Cup?
Speaking of Bayern Munich participating in the UEFA Cup, it was really their own mistake—in the 06-07 Bundesliga season last season, Bayern Munich disappointingly only finished fourth. According to the Bundesliga's points in European competitions, the top three in the Bundesliga can qualify for the Champions League. The third place has to participate in the qualifying round, and the fourth and fifth places can only participate in the UEFA Cup.
At the same time, Bayern Munich was very upset about the Champions League qualification, so they had to prove themselves in the UEFA Cup. It would be too embarrassing if they couldn't even win the UEFA Cup...
But their performance in the group stage was not very good. In the first game, they narrowly beat Red Star Belgrade 3:2 away, then returned to their home stadium and were tied 2:2 by Bolton, and tied Braga 1:1 away. In the last home game, they regained a bit of the domineering style of Bayern Munich. They swept Aris from Greece 6:0 at home, and finally won the group qualification.
Entering the round of 32, Bayern Munich seemed to have not found their form in the first game. They tied Aberdeen, a team from Scotland, 2:2 away. Back at home, the Bundesliga overlord finally broke out, defeating Oberding 5:1 and advancing to the top 16 with a total score of 7:3.
Bayern Munich's performance in the round of 16 was also unstable. They can defeat Anderlecht, a strong team from Belgium, 5:0 away, and they can also lose 1:2 to the same team after returning to their home stadium.
But anyway, although this road has been a bit bumpy, and they only occasionally showed their dominance, they finally made it into the top eight smoothly. They are only five games away from the final and the championship.
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The UEFA Cup opponent has been decided, and Chen Yingxiong has no intention of caring about this at all. Anyway, studying the opponent and collecting opponent information is something for the coaches to do.
His current energy is used to do two things, one is to train like crazy in the dungeon, hoping to level up as soon as possible and improve himself, and the other is to pursue goals more frantically in the league.
In order to complete this almost impossible task, he even neglected Sharapova.
But he couldn't care about that. At this time, football was obviously more attractive to him than women.
Scoring two goals in the first game was a good start.
Before the first leg against Fiorentina, there are two more league games to play. They are an away game against FC Moscow and a home game against Rubin Kazan.
Chen Yingxiong's goal is not only to score goals, but also to score more goals.
In fact, after the first round of the game, many media outlets devoted a lot of space to reporting on Chen Yingxiong's two goals in the game against Moscow Spartak.
It is not uncommon for Chen Yingxiong to score twice, but the meaning is different in a game like against Moscow Spartak.
Moscow Spartak is the runner-up of the league last season, and it is a traditional powerhouse in Russian football, and it is not a degenerate powerhouse like Dynamo Moscow. Being able to easily score twice against such an opponent is enough to show Chen Yingxiong's strength.
"At this rate, it is no suspense that Chen Yingxiong will win the league title again!"
"...Last season, Chen Yingxiong said in the pre-season promotional video that he wanted to become the league's top scorer, and everyone laughed at him for daydreaming. As a result, after a season, he slapped all the doubters in the face. Now, no one dares to laugh at him anymore!"
"If Chen Yingxiong continues to play like this, it will not be difficult for Zenit to defend the league title..."
The media racked their brains to send Chen Yingxiong all the words of praise they could think of.
They soon regretted it...
Because they didn't know what words to use to praise Chen Yingxiong next!
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"goooooooooooooL!! Yingxiong! He scored his third goal of the season! Zenit is leading FC Moscow 1:0 away!"
"Header, another header! His signature header reappears! He scored twice! Scored twice!"
"Turning shot...beautiful! Hat-trick! His first hat-trick of the season! The third hat-trick of his career!! The poor FC Moscow center back was squeezed aside by Chen Yingxiong, his strength is too strong!"
In the game against FC Moscow, he completed a hat-trick alone and helped St. Petersburg Zenit beat FC Moscow 4:1 away.
After this game, the Moscow media wailed everywhere. Although FC Moscow is not a strong team, being able to easily beat them 4:1 away is enough to show how strong Zenit is, and Chen Yingxiong, who staged a hat-trick in the game... That's just not human anymore!
First Moscow Spartak, then FC Moscow, Zenit and Chen Yingxiong have become absolute nemesis of Moscow teams. The Moscow media don't know what to say when facing Chen Yingxiong.
Now they increasingly hope that Chen Yingxiong will leave Zenit as soon as possible... It seems that only in this way can they have a chance to defeat this rising team.
Five goals in two games, but that's not the end.
Chen Yingxiong now feels that he is in very good shape.
The state of things is inexplicable. You can't explain why it comes, why it goes, and what kind of language to explain this thing, but you can feel it. It's like when you take the first shot of the game and it hits the frame, forcing the goalkeeper to make a wonderful and embarrassed save, you know that your state has come.
Now that he is in good shape, of course he has to score more goals while he is in good shape. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it when the state suddenly disappears one day!
It's like last season. If he had scored a few more goals when he was in good shape, maybe his single-season goals would have exceeded the 30-goal mark...
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"Air raid alert rings again! Chen Yingxiong!! The sixth goal of the season! This is only the third round of the league... It's just... unbelievable!"
Hilgayevski was also surprised. He didn't even dare to cheer for Chen Yingxiong's goal, because he always felt that all this was too terrifying, terrifying like an illusion, as if the bubble would burst when he was happy...
Hilgayevski didn't dare to cheer, but the cheers from the stands of Petrovsky Stadium shook the sky.
There have been rumors that Chen Yingxiong will leave St. Petersburg this summer, and they certainly hope that the team can keep this shooter at all costs. But now let us temporarily forget the annoying news and just cheer for the goal in front of us!
"Yingxiong! Wu——la——!!!"
The fans let out pleasant shouts.
Not only Hilgayevski, but also the reporters in the press box and Advocaat felt that scoring six goals in three games was crazy enough. They had never seen such Chen Yingxiong before. When Chen Yingxiong first debuted, he scored five goals in three games, which was already unbelievable. Then he fell into a goal drought.
Now he has improved his record by one goal, and... who knows if he will fall into a goal drought in the next round? If he continues to score goals... then he can only be described as "crazy".
But today Chen Yingxiong seems to be determined to make their brains crash.
Sixty-third minute...
"Woo——" The air raid alert rings again!
This time, Hilgayevski raised his hands high, but not to cheer, but to buckle down and hug his head with both hands...
"God... the seventh goal! The second brace! Scored two goals in three consecutive games... Crazy, he's really crazy!"
After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong didn't take off his clothes. He directly made a celebration gesture of shooting with a machine gun, and his teammates cooperated very well, covering their chests and falling to the ground.
The cheers from the stands are still very loud. Maybe after the game, when the fans calm down, they will feel how great Chen Yingxiong's achievement is, but now their adrenaline is rushing, and everyone's mind is full of cheering for the goal. There are no other thoughts. So the cheers on the scene were like thunder, impacting everyone's eardrums.
And Chen Yingxiong's unrestrained celebration after scoring the goal is also constantly impacting their hearts...
Advocaat hugged his head with both hands like Hilgayevski. He kept chanting a word: "Unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable..."
When Chen Yingxiong told Advocaat that he planned to try to lock the league's top scorer in eleven league rounds, he felt that this was not an idea that a normal person should have.
And he thought that this kid was just dizzy for a while, and after a few days when his mind calmed down, he would give up this meaningless attempt.
Who would have thought that he was really serious about trying, and... so crazy! Seven goals in three games!
He still doesn't believe that Chen Yingxiong can use eleven league rounds to win the honor of the league's top scorer, but deep in his heart, there is already a vague expectation. That is... let's be crazy, let me see if you can do it!
Hilgayevski's voice rang again, and he finally recovered from the initial shock.
"Seven goals in three league rounds! Chen Yingxiong's gun barrel is red-hot!! Continue... roar! Let's see how crazy you can be!"
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ps, well, came back early... I thought I would have to eat two meals.
I saw 3700 monthly tickets when I got home, I'm so happy!
Release the extra chapter immediately!
Chen Yingxiong's state is red-hot, and everyone's monthly tickets are also red-hot! Continue! Be crazy with Chen Yingxiong!