“Before this pivotal battle, it's necessary to lay out the background—the current league standings are as follows—Zenit Saint Petersburg remains at the top of the table with eight wins and two draws, still undefeated, while CSKA Moscow has moved into second place because Spartak lost their last match, dropping them to third... So, this match is essentially a clash between the first and second-placed teams in the league. And with only three points separating them, this is a six-point game... or even more!"

The TV station was broadcasting a preview of the match.

All week long, the Russian media and fans were discussing this match—Zenit Saint Petersburg visiting CSKA Moscow.

An interview Chen Hero gave to the official website at the beginning of the season was dug up again, showcasing the long-standing feud between Chen Hero and CSKA Moscow. "...Now Chen Hero has the chance to slap CSKA Moscow in the face again! If CSKA Moscow had managed to keep Chen Hero back then, perhaps today's Russian football scene would still be dominated by CSKA Moscow!"

In addition, everything that happened at the Dynamo Stadium last season was brought up again, reminding everyone that clashes between these two teams are never lacking in drama and stories. "...CSKA Moscow has promised the Football Association that there will be absolutely no racial discrimination in this match... They are appealing to the fans, asking those who truly love CSKA Moscow not to tarnish the club's reputation... However, I have received the latest news that CSKA Moscow's extremist fans have prepared a large number of insults that do not involve racial discrimination to greet Hero... I think this will be a very difficult match for Hero!"

The Moscow Police Department also dispatched a large number of police officers to maintain order: "...In view of the last encounter between the two sides, we will send a large number of police officers to maintain order at the scene, and football violence will be completely isolated!"

However, these pre-match setups were not enough to watch.

"...According to well-informed sources inside the Kremlin, a split has suddenly occurred within the Kremlin, which represents the highest power in Russia!"

If European and American countries were to hear this news, they would be overjoyed. But in reality, it was not like that...

"President Putin and his good friend, First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, have had a disagreement over the weekend's match. As a CSKA Moscow fan, Putin hopes that CSKA Moscow can avenge their previous defeat and defeat Zenit Saint Petersburg on their home ground to seize the top spot in the league... But First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev supports his hometown team, Zenit Saint Petersburg!"

Yes, this was the biggest setup!

It was precisely because this match received such high-level attention that it was arranged to be held at the Luzhniki Stadium, which can accommodate more than 84,000 people.

The stadium allocated 70,000 seats to the home team, CSKA Moscow, and only 10,000 seats to the visiting team, Zenit Saint Petersburg, while the remaining seats were snapped up by social elites from the upper echelons of Russia.

After each training session, the sidelines of the training ground were crowded with media, and Zenit Saint Petersburg fans had gradually become accustomed to this scene.

In addition to Russian journalists, there were also a few Korean journalists and many Chinese journalists.

Chen Hero's brilliant performances in Russia were not enough to attract such attention from the Chinese media. His popularity soared after the rumors with Sharapova—it is said that the sports channel of China Central Television even made an eight-minute special in the sports news to introduce the rumors between Chen Hero and Sharapova to the audience.

And in Sharapova's other home, the United States, some people learned about Chen Hero through this rumor.

Whether Chen Hero was willing or not, and whether he admitted it or not, he became famous through this inexplicable "scandal" with Sharapova.

So when Chen Hero saw that his reputation bar on the webpage was still "unknown," he called Dekula in confusion to ask what was going on.

Dekula's reply was that this system only targets football and not other aspects. No matter how popular you are in other fields, you are an unknown in the world of football.

As the match approached, more and more information about the match appeared in the media. Players from both sides also began to use the media to engage in exchanges.

Chen Hero fired the first shot. He talked about CSKA Moscow when he was interviewed by reporters after the last match.

His words fully demonstrated his style: "When I left the CSKA Moscow training base, I once said that even if they found the main defense of the first team at that time, I could still score goals over their heads. The coach at the time was still laughing at me, but in the last match, I already let them see that I was not joking."

He did not directly say that he defeated CSKA Moscow's main defense, but that was what he meant!

CSKA Moscow's defense is at the national team level, and each player is an international and has been through many battles, not just a newly famous hothead.

Nevertheless, they were still furious at Chen Hero's words.

"If he thinks he can, he can come and try again!" Ignashevitch, the main center-back of the Russian national team, said irritably after listening to the reporters' retelling of Chen Hero's words.

The Berezutsky brothers also felt that Chen Hero was too arrogant: "We don't like this kind of person... Yes, we don't like him at all!"

Chen Hero's answer made the two brothers go crazy: "Why should I get their liking? I'm not a gay."

Zhirkov, the winger from CSKA Moscow, also jumped out to express his dissatisfaction with Chen Hero's words: "A player should first learn to respect others."

"Keep scoring goals? He's just lucky. We all know that some players are in good shape, and everything they do works out. It's very inexplicable and hard to explain. So I don't think there's anything to worry about him..."

Chen Hero seemed to have poked a hornet's nest, and a group of CSKA Moscow players rushed out to accuse Chen Hero, arguing with Chen Hero through the media across hundreds of kilometers.

It suddenly felt like Chen Hero was taking on the entire CSKA Moscow team by himself.

As Chen Hero's friends, the Zenit Saint Petersburg eating, drinking, and having fun group certainly couldn't let their brother be bullied alone. Even though this brother had quietly hooked up with Sharapova, which was a bit unkind...

Denisonov, the head of the group, was the first to jump out to speak for his brother: "We all still remember what happened at the Dynamo Stadium last season."

He was reminding the people of CSKA Moscow not to forget who provoked it first.

Anyukov, the deputy head of the group, was also standing up for Chen Hero: "Hero told the truth, and some people can't wait to jump out and shoot themselves in the foot. Who can they blame?"

Even Arshavin did not hesitate to offend his teammates in the national team and came out to speak for Chen Hero: "There are many rumors about Hero from the outside world, describing him as an arrogant guy who is arrogant and thinks he is always right. But in fact, anyone who comes into contact with him will involuntarily like him. When he first came to our team, everyone felt good about him... I think his only problem is—he always tells the truth..."

In the end, the two head coaches had to come forward to cool down the suddenly heated atmosphere.

"This is just an ordinary league match. There are thirty such league matches in a season. I don't think there's anything great about it that needs to be hyped up? Last time? Before? Those are all things of the past and have nothing to do with this match," Advocaat said.

"There is only one thing worth paying attention to in this match, and that is the outcome. Everything else is not within my consideration. We will try our best to defeat them, but if we are unlucky and don't, it's not a big deal. The league is not even halfway through. We are currently ranked second in the league, and we still have plenty of opportunities, and our opponents are not just Zenit," said Gassaev, the head coach of CSKA Moscow.

Only Latysh was the most embarrassed because he was always frequently mentioned by the media about Chen Hero during this period.

"If your attitude had been better back then, would Chen Hero have stayed at CSKA Moscow?"

"What was your reason for thinking that Chen Hero had no talent?"

"How do you comment on Hero's performance at Zenit?"

"This weekend is the match between CSKA Moscow and Zenit. Can you reveal how you plan to defend him?"

"Are those things Chen Hero said in the interview all true?"

……

These questions had already bombarded him once when Chen Hero's first exclusive interview was just released. Now, the reporters were not only rehashing old news, but even asking the same questions again. This was deliberately trying to embarrass him!

However, Latysh knew that he had done something too much in the past, so he had to pretend to be silent now.

Because of this incident, an assistant coach was added to the CSKA Moscow coaching staff. There was only one assistant coach, but now there is an additional Vladimir Shevchuk, which is dividing his power. Obviously, the club does not trust him now...

Damn it!

It's all because of that bastard kid!

Latysh felt a surge of anger when he thought of Chen Hero's arrogant look of shrugging at him after scoring a goal at the Dynamo Stadium.

But what's the use of being sullen here?

If his team can defeat Zenit in the weekend's league match... he might be able to vent his anger.

But now, he still has to find out Chen Hero's weaknesses first, and then submit them to head coach Gassaev so that he can arrange tactics to deal with this aerial threat.

He stared intently at Chen Hero on the TV screen, his sharp eyes as if he wanted to penetrate him.