Chapter 1 After Chen Hero Kicked the Ball

Not long after Chen Hero shanked his shot, CSKA Moscow, playing at home, took the lead. In the nineteenth minute, they relied on a counter-attack in the frontcourt, successfully stealing the ball and launching an immediate attack.

Finally, center forward Jo scored.

"CSKA Moscow takes the lead! They are taking full advantage of their home field! They are much more familiar with this pitch than Zenit!"

"Jo! Jo!! A beautiful goal! At nineteen years old, he is already the main center forward for CSKA Moscow!"

"What a beautiful goal!!"

The commentators cheered.

In the press box, local Moscow reporters clenched their fists and shouted excitedly.

Although the top teams in Moscow often fight among themselves, they are very united when facing foreign enemies.

Currently, the foreign enemy that can motivate Moscow teams to take seriously is, of course, Zenit.

As the only representative team from Russia's second largest city, Zenit can even be said to represent all the top teams outside of Moscow. Therefore, this match is highly symbolic.

At the same time, St. Petersburg and Moscow have always had a long-standing feud.

Many Russians do not consider St. Petersburg a Russian city, and this is not a minority opinion. Moscow is the central city of the Russian people, while St. Petersburg? Relatively speaking, it is a foreign city.

The dispute over the status of these two cities naturally reflects on the football field.

Therefore, every match between St. Petersburg Zenit and a Moscow team is highly anticipated.

Seeing CSKA Moscow score the leading goal, many St. Petersburg reporters were silent at first.

At the opponent's home stadium, conceding a goal is not unexpected. But for the losing side, it is still a troublesome matter.

After a moment of silence, a St. Petersburg reporter began to complain: "I really don't understand why Advocaat continues to trust that Chinese guy!"

"Hero's header is excellent, but now it's clear that his characteristics have been thoroughly studied, so... why not use Panov? Otherwise, what did we buy him for?"

"Actually, as a tactical center forward... Hero isn't completely useless... it's just that the weather and the pitch prevent us from playing our ground game..."

In the end, the group could only shake their heads and sigh.

This match is really unfavorable for Zenit. Playing away, facing such terrible weather, and with the main striker Tek recovering from an injury only to get injured again after playing one match...

These unfavorable factors combined make it hard to see any hope of winning. Now they are just hoping to take a point away from home...

Chen Hero didn't believe in fate. Although he shanked one shot, he was determined to try long shots today. Since headers aren't working, he might as well use long shots to break the deadlock.

So he seized the opportunity and took another shot. The result was the same, this shot was too high again...

The jeers from the stands were very clear.

"Ooh, ooh, ooh..."

Chen Hero couldn't understand the specific meaning of it, he only knew that it was the home fans booing him. These things can happen on any football field, it's no big deal.

But Kerzhakov next to him frowned.

Chen Hero didn't hear it, but he knew what it meant.

This kind of sound means racial discrimination.

CSKA Moscow fans were imitating monkey calls.

They treat all races different from their own as monkeys, and Chen Hero is naturally a "yellow-skinned monkey."

In Russia, discrimination against foreign races is very serious. Take Jo, the Brazilian black center forward who scored the goal just now, he and his wife had coffee thrown at them by locals in Moscow when they went to McDonald's. Chen Hero, as an Asian, will naturally receive the same treatment.

This happened to his friend, and Kerzhakov couldn't accept it.

Chen Hero noticed that Kerzhakov frowned, and out of basic concern he asked: "What's wrong?"

"Uh..." Kerzhakov hesitated whether to tell Chen Hero what the sound meant.

In the press box, some St. Petersburg reporters frowned when they heard the sound.

They also knew what it meant.

To be honest, it is very bad behavior to constantly target a player with such sounds on the football field. The St. Petersburg reporters didn't understand why the CSKA Moscow fans were treating Chen Hero this way. So far, Chen Hero hasn't done anything out of line... Although he slapped these reporters in St. Petersburg before, once they left St. Petersburg and came to Moscow, everyone had to unite against outsiders—if you dare to be rude to our Zenit players, we will be rude to you!

Some reporters were already planning to write articles criticizing Moscow after the match, how can they tolerate racial discrimination appearing openly on the football field?

Of course, at this time they all automatically blocked out the St. Petersburg fans' racial discrimination against other black players...

Kerzhakov thought about it and decided not to tell Chen Hero the meaning of the sound. He didn't think it was a good thing, and Chen Hero definitely wouldn't be happy to hear it. So what was the point of telling him? To affect his mood and state?

"Uh, nothing." Kerzhakov shook his head and ran away.

Chen Hero looked at his back suspiciously.

In the following matches, as long as Chen Hero got the ball, there would be mocking "ooh, ooh, ooh" sounds.

This sound even aroused the dissatisfaction of commentator Yuri Petrov: "This is too much, every Russian knows what this sound means! Maybe only that Hero doesn't know..."

Petrov suddenly had a little goodwill towards this big guy, perhaps it was "sympathy for the weak"...

Little did he know that Chen Hero didn't need "sympathy" at all.

Chen Hero wasn't a fool, he quickly realized what the "ooh, ooh, ooh" sound meant.

When he was fighting for a header in front of the goal with Berezutski, he landed and saw the CSKA Moscow fans behind the goal, making "ooh, ooh, ooh" sounds with their mouths pursed, while constantly pounding their chests with both hands, imitating monkey movements.

He immediately understood what the sound meant...

They were saying he was a monkey!

This is racial discrimination!

This is the legendary racial discrimination!

Unexpectedly, he had encountered it himself!

You motherfucker!

Chen Hero cursed inwardly.

You asked for it!

Chen Hero tried harder than anyone else to find opportunities to shoot and score, constantly impacting CSKA Moscow's defense and putting pressure on the CSKA defenders.

Now his body is his greatest weapon, and he must use it to the extreme.

But he isn't as simple-minded as he looks from the outside...

After constantly impacting CSKA Moscow's defense and putting pressure on their defenders, CSKA's defensive line obviously shrank into the penalty area, preventing Chen Hero from heading the ball in from the closest distance to the goal...

So when the match reached the thirty-eighth minute, St. Petersburg Zenit got an attacking opportunity.

As everyone was familiar with, Arshavin did a two-on-one with Radimov on the wing, broke through on the wing, and prepared to cross to the bottom line.

Generally speaking, at this time Chen Hero would definitely rush into the penalty area with his arms raised, fighting to the death with any defender who dared to stop him.

But this time, when Ignashevich, Berezutski and others were ready to jump up and fight Chen Hero to the death in the air, they found that they had no opponent!

Kerzhakov was in front of the goal, but how could a striker who is 1.75 meters tall, not good at headers, and has an average jump, require CSKA's "national team level" defense line to take him so seriously and go all out?

Everyone turned their attention to the missing person, and even commentator Yuri Petrov was surprised: "Arshavin crosses, in front of the goal... uh, Hero isn't in front of the goal!"

So where is he?

Chen Hero was standing outside the penalty area, and then... he raised his hand!

"He's asking for the ball!" Petrov shouted.

Asking for the ball outside the penalty area? Is he planning to head the ball directly from outside the penalty area?

"He must... be crazy..." On the sidelines, Lattish was also surprised to see this scene.

And Arshavin turned his head and saw Chen Hero raised his arm, and he was also stunned for a moment.

But he didn't hesitate for too long, and immediately passed the ball out.

Kerzhakov suddenly moved forward at the moment Arshavin crossed, reaching the front, while Chen Hero remained outside the penalty area.

And the football... didn't fly straight to the front of the goal, but after drawing an arc, it turned towards the outside of the penalty area!

Arshavin really passed the ball to Chen Hero!

This is the opportunity he has been waiting for!

"Is he going to shoot directly?" Someone in the media box asked.

No one answered him, because everyone was focusing on the field, closely watching what might happen next...

The football flew very fast, and arrived in front of Chen Hero in an instant.

Chen Hero jumped up, but not for a header, but to stop the football with his chest!

Seeing his action, many people who were full of expectations before felt disappointed - they were thinking of seeing a beautiful worldie... who would have thought it would be a chest stop...

"Hero... stopped the ball! He has now lost the opportunity to shoot!" Petrov said regretfully.

Chen Hero had indeed lost the best time to shoot, because when he stopped the football, a CSKA Moscow player rushed over from behind him.

He was being marked.

What to do when facing tight marking?

Some people choose to pass the football out, some people choose to take a hasty shot, some people are simply at a loss and have the ball stolen...

Chen Hero chose to - go head-to-head!

Rushing up from behind him was Bosnia's defensive midfielder, Elvir Rahimic, who is 1.91 meters tall and is also good at physical confrontation.

He rushed directly to Chen Hero, hoping to use his body to interfere with his shot.

The football was falling from chest height.

Chen Hero didn't try to control the ball further, but clamped his arms to protect the football in front of him, and then directly... stuck his ass out!

Rahimic, who rushed towards Chen Hero, was knocked away by Chen Hero's ass!

Everyone only saw Rahimic rush up, and then be bounced away... then Chen Hero swung his right leg!

After knocking away Rahimic, there wasn't a single CSKA player around Chen Hero. He swung his right leg, and at the same time the football happened to fall to the right height!

Chen Hero swung his leg and shot at the football!

When his foot touched the football, some people even saw a flash of light flashing through it, fleeting.

Immediately afterwards, the football was like a missile, accelerating forward from a complete standstill, whistling towards the goal!

The heavy snow seemed to be frightened by the energy generated by this shot, and they fled in all directions, looking panicked.

Akinfeev obviously underestimated Chen Hero's shooting power. When he saw the football flying over and made a save... it was too late!

The football roared past his hand, changed direction slightly, and then bounced into the net...

The "ooh, ooh, ooh" sound that had been ringing since Chen Hero received the ball stopped abruptly at this moment!