Chapter 1 The Football

Those reporters who frequently cover football are right, but it has nothing to do with their experience and unique vision—just look at the swirling snow and the white expanse of snow on the field, and even a fool would know that the only way for this game to go is in the air...

In the past, people were used to saying that the football field was a "green field," which very vividly illustrates the green theme of the football field: green grass and white lines. But now all of this has been subverted. Now, the field is covered in white snow, and the lines have become sparse patches of yellow-brown turf.

Saying that football is a "black and white elf" also doesn't work here, because the football has been changed to orange-red.

No one can see where the black and white football is in this environment... Everyone can imagine that the football falls on the snow and cleverly blends in with the surrounding environment, and a group of players are like headless flies searching for the football everywhere on the field—this game should simply be renamed "Snowfield Football Search."

Playing a game in such heavy wind and snow is a rare experience for the Villarreal players from Spain—winters in Spain are very warm, and it rarely snows. Many people like to go to the beaches of Spain to enjoy the sun in winter.

They often fall to the ground inexplicably, and just a turn or an acceleration can cause them to lose their balance completely.

Although they have all changed into cleats with long studs to increase grip, those are for rainy field conditions, definitely not for icy and snowy weather...

Matías Fernández is a fast player who is good at dribbling, but today his characteristics are useless. Because when he kicks the football out, the football will not continue to roll forward, but will stop directly on the ground... This completely disrupts Matías' dribbling rhythm, and he almost tripped over the football he kicked out several times. When he rushed over and found that the football was still behind him, he quickly stopped and turned around, and then he fell...

Matías got up from the ground, his yellow jersey covered with dark brown stains. He angrily grabbed a handful of snow and threw it out. Usually, he would have a clump of grass in his hand. Now it has become a snowball fight...

While he was falling to the ground, the football was snatched away by right back Anyukov, who was lurking beside him.

Compared with the Spanish, Zenit Saint Petersburg players seem to be very adapted to such a venue and climate.

Their probability of falling on the field is much smaller than that of Villarreal players.

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Pellegrini frowned on the sidelines. This game is... Fortunately, he had the right attitude from the beginning and planned to consider a tie as a victory. Otherwise, if he relied on his strength and launched a large-scale attack, he didn't know how badly he would die...

Zenit Saint Petersburg fans in the stands are working hard to cheer for the team.

Their team completely occupies the initiative!

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"Ah, Villarreal has another passing error... The football is rolling very slowly on the snow, and the football was intercepted by Tymoshchuk in the middle!"

Shirgayevski called out happily.

Every time he sees possession transferred to Zenit's feet, he expects the football to be passed to the front of the goal, and then Chen Yingxiong will leap high to complete the header.

But today is a bit strange. Chen Yingxiong did not appear in front of the goal to compete for a header, but retreated outside the penalty area!

He was outside the penalty area, with his back to the direction of the attack, and then raised his hand to ask his teammates for the ball, and his hand was not habitually pointing to the sky, but... pointing to the ground!

The teammates are a little confused—Chen Yingxiong rarely does this, especially when we have the upper hand, he must be in front of the opponent's goal and won't come back, like a nail stuck there.

What's wrong today?

Did the coach ask him to frequently retreat to respond?

I haven't heard of it... Is he crazy?

Potter turned to look at Advocaat, and Advocaat shook his head: "I didn't give him any such instructions."

He was also wondering.

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Pellegrini's face was quite ugly, not because his players fell again, but because Chen Yingxiong withdrew from the penalty area, and the two excellent central defenders he placed in the penalty area for headers became decorations. Obviously, the opponent wanted to use this kind of running to pull the central defenders out, and then hit the space behind them, using their familiarity with the field to attack our gap!

In this way, how can my pre-match arrangements come into play?

Isn't this cheating!

He turned to look at Advocaat, thinking that this Dutchman was too cunning, taking the field conditions and weather conditions fully into consideration in his tactics...

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In fact, Pellegrini guessed wrong. No one asked Chen Yingxiong to do this. He just wanted to test the results of his month's training in actual games...

The teammates were not sure and didn't know how to pass the ball to him.

This time Chen Yingxiong raised his hand and pointed down, signaling everyone to pass the ball to his feet.

Arshavin did so, he thought of what Chen Yingxiong had told him about what he had been doing during this time.

Chen Yingxiong received the ball, then suddenly pushed the football to one side, and at the same time turned around and shot!

Losing his balance, he fell on his butt... The snow was splashed by his heavy body, and he fell on his back!

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Advocaat covered his face with his hands—he knew what Chen Yingxiong was singing today...

This kid is using Villarreal as an experimental field! He is testing the results of his month's training!

The question is, what valuable results can you test in such weather and field conditions?

After several consecutive attacks like this, Advocaat couldn't sit still and stood up from the bench.

He walked to the sidelines and shouted, "Yingxiong! Yingxiong!"

The wind was too strong, and Chen Yingxiong couldn't hear him.

He continued to experiment.

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Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Advocaat grabbed Hill, who was closest to him.

"Tell Yingxiong! If he continues to play like this, I will replace him immediately!"

Hill nodded and left.

Advocaat turned around and pointed Tekk on the bench: "Warm up, go warm up."

Tekk looked confused—the game had only started for twenty minutes, was he going to be substituted already? But if he could play, it would always be a good thing. He didn't ask what was going on, put on his vest, got up from the bench, and rushed into the wind and snow.

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"Yingxiong! Yingxiong!" Hill ran to Chen Yingxiong and stopped him.

"What?"

Chen Yingxiong frowned, his face not looking good. He was in a bad mood because the results of several consecutive experiments were very unsuccessful. He felt that he had wasted a month of training and made no progress at all.

"Uh, the coach said... said that if you continue to play like this, he will substitute you..." Hill pointed to the bench.

Chen Yingxiong followed his gaze and saw Tekk getting up to warm up...

He didn't want to be taken off the field after only twenty minutes of the game, that would be too embarrassing!

It's just a pity...

He muttered, "Okay, okay, I got it..."

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Advocaat did not return to the bench. He continued to stand on the sidelines, staring at Chen Yingxiong. He wanted to see the effect.

When Zenit won another attacking opportunity, Chen Yingxiong raised his hand high in front, this time his hand was pointing to the sky.

The other teammates who had been watching breathed a sigh of relief—this kid's brain has finally returned to normal!

So they happily passed the football from the air!

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Before, Villarreal's two central defenders felt that life was quite leisurely—our attack was weak, which was within our expectations. After all, this venue and this weather are very unfavorable to us. But Zenit's attack was not threatening, which surprised them. Especially that No. 99, who had been told many times by coach Pellegrini before the game to pay special attention to, kept pulling out of the penalty area and then taking the ball with his back to the direction of the attack...

At first, the two of them thought that the opponent was pulling out the gap behind them, so one went up to defend closely, and the other was very careful to protect the gap behind him. Who would have thought that the opponent was just pushing the ball, turning around, shooting, and then falling to the ground on his butt.

The two looked at each other—they couldn't understand.

What is that kid doing?

They had never had the chance to experience how good the header of this 1.92-meter tall guy was, or was coach Pellegrini just scared by the video?

If they haven't experienced it themselves, Xigan and Fuentes will not easily believe it.

Especially Xigan.

He is 1.92 meters tall, the same height as the opponent, but he weighs a little less—the official UEFA data has been updated, and Chen Yingxiong's weight on it has now become 95 kilograms. Poor Lescott...

But this data is still outdated, because Chen Yingxiong's current weight is 98 kilograms.

Xigan is 1.92 meters tall and weighs 87 kilograms. He feels that he should have no problem competing with this person. After all, weight is not a decisive factor, and his experience is definitely richer than the opponent's, which is an advantage...

After Chen Yingxiong pointed his hand to the sky, the football flew over from the air.

Xigan felt a burst of excitement—let me meet you, kid!

He greeted him.

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Chen Yingxiong looked up at the football. After judging the landing point of the football, he turned his head to look at the situation in front of the goal.

As soon as he turned his head, he was so dizzy that he almost lost his vision—a huge bald head rushed over in his field of vision, scaring him.

Despite this, the instinct of the body still led him to rise from the ground in this instant!

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Xigan collided with Chen Yingxiong in the air, and he didn't expect the impact to be so great. He was hit so hard that he opened his mouth suddenly, and a gust of cold wind followed and drilled in, directly pouring into his lungs, almost causing him to lose his breath.

Without this breath, his competition in the air naturally instantly fell into a disadvantage. His body tilted and he was about to fall.

Chen Yingxiong used his shoulder to hit Xigan's collarbone. He knocked Xigan away and shook his head to shoot!

However, his eyes were still a little blurry at this time—the funny bald head was too dazzling under the reflection of the lights and white snow...

He headed it off course!

"Yingxiong! Ah—it's a pity, it's off course!"

Shirgayevski shouted regretfully.

Zenit fans in the stands were also very sorry, they were all ready to imitate the air raid alarm...

Chen Yingxiong knew where the problem was. After landing, he glared at Xigan, who was kneeling on the ground—it's all this big light bulb's fault!

Xigan lowered his head, he opened his mouth wide and gasped for breath. The collarbone throbbed as the chest expanded and contracted sharply.

Now he knows how much this kid weighs...

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