Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty

The home game defeated Villarreal 2-0, making the St. Petersburg media ecstatic, they even began to consider Zenit's opponent in the eighth-finals.

According to the results of the previous lottery, Zenit St. Petersburg entered the round of 16 after winning the sixteenth final. The opponent in the eighth final will win the match between Marseille and Sparta Moscow.者generated.

If you play Sparta Moscow, St. Petersburg will not have any pressure every day, because they are so familiar with the team, what is the strength of this team, and how it is in the recent state, everyone knows the bottom line.

Who are their players, which players are the most threatening, and who we can ignore. We all know this!

Moreover, we only "double-killed" them in the competition for the league title and the competition for the league's top scorer last season. What's the fear of our first defeat?

What worries the St. Petersburg media is the Ligue 1 team Marseille.

Although the current Ligue 1 overlord is Lyon, as the former overlord, the strength of Marseille cannot be underestimated.

One thing may prove-in the match between Marseilles at home against Sparta Moscow, Marseille easily defeated the top giants of the Russian Super League 3-0 and was runner-up in the league last season.

Sparta Moscow, which can be the king in Russia, has no temper at all in the face of Marseille, and there is no suspense of losing.

Now this Marseille team has the famous former French international Wil Todd (sylvain www.ptwxz.com arfa), Dutch veteran Zenden (boudewww.piaotian.coma), and powerful goalkeeper Mandanda (steve mandanda). There is the promising midfielder Samir Nasri (Samir Nasri), and the forward Cisse (djibril·Cisse) who was kicked off by Zheng Zhi...

Some of these players have been famous for a long time, and some of them can be regarded as dominating players in the Ligue 1 league.

The Marseilles formed by these people have the meaning of revival.

To play with this team, you really have to be careful and careful. If you don't pay attention, you may be finished. The St. Petersburg media certainly does not want their team to become a stepping stone to the rise of the French giants-whoever loves to do it, Zenit does not do it anyway.

Chen Yingxiong scored a beautiful and representative header in the game against Villarreal, which made everyone very happy, but it was not as ecstatic as before. Especially the Chinese reporters-they are now used to Chen Yingxiong scoring one goal after another.

At the beginning, after Chen Yingxiong scored in the domestic league, everyone was very excited, and felt that "Too much morale!" "To fight for the face of the Chinese!" "Raise the prestige of our country!" "There is hope for Chinese football!"

Such enthusiastic words often appear in the reports of reporters, and the readers naturally read it very well, and then feel that Chinese football is really hopeful! Chen Yingxiong is so good!

But when Chen Yingxiong scored one goal after another and scored for several consecutive rounds, they went from being ecstatic at the beginning to a very calm happiness-ah, he scored again, it was great. !

That's it, there will be no such boring thoughts as "God finally sent an arrogant guy to save Chinese football".

Just as the St. Petersburg media said: Chen Yingxiong's goal is not news, it is news that he does not score.

The Chinese media also feel that the blind worship of Chen Yingxiong in China is gradually cooling down. In the past, everyone was particularly fond of this striker who was able to score a goal, but as the media reports deepened, as many aspects of Chen Yingxiong became known to everyone, many people also changed their views. In China, there are many people who cannot accept Chen Yingxiong's rules and maverick style. They gradually change from loving Chen Yingxiong to people who hate him and hate him.

For example, I hate Chen Yingxiong's frequent lingering in nightclubs, he hates Chen Yingxiong's arrogant words and deeds, and even some people who are disgusted by Chen Yingxiong's smug front-back tattoos, because it makes them think of street gangsters...Although tattoos are from ancient times It was very popular in China, and it became a popular fashion in the Song Dynasty...

Some people even put such a big hat on Chen Yingxiong's head-"... He has almost collected all the bad habits and habits of Chinese football players that we know and hate: clubbing, showing off their wealth, scandals, tattoos, Arrogance, low quality, lack of education, poor literacy, alcoholism, prostitution... Now I don’t know if he smokes, does drugs, gambling or not... I think it’s almost the same, there is no difference between these three points. Such a person. Can some media be touted as the hope of Chinese football? If Chinese football hopes are pinned on this kind of social scum, I think we should seriously consider canceling the proposal to develop football in China... Let this kind of person become the national football Hope? I can only despair even more."

Of course, this article was written by Xie Liang... His clear-cut dislike of Chen Yingxiong has strengthened the confidence of many people who also dislike Chen Yingxiong-such a famous person dislikes Chen Yingxiong, which shows that we are not that kind of minority. Well, our ideas still have a market!

The extremes of Chen Yingxiong's character are also reflected in his supporters and disgusters.

People who like him like it very much, he can tolerate everything he likes, and he thinks it is good. And people who hate him can't hate him, no matter what he does, he can find something worthy of being blacked out. Everyone can find a topic from Chen Yingxiong, whether it's cursing him or praising him, no one will be speechless.

However, Chen Yingxiong himself doesn't care about these things. Others are in Russia and are not in the country. To be honest, he really doesn't care about the domestic attitude towards him. He also rarely goes online to see what the fans think of him. Unlike when he was just famous before, he also hopes to satisfy his vanity from the reaction of the fans to him. Now he doesn't even buy newspapers. At first, he bought every newspaper issue just to see how the media praised him and praised him. He could read all the succulent and praised articles with relish and complacency.

Now he doesn't do this because he doesn't care what the media think of him. His status and glory don't need to be praised by the media. He can get everything as long as he continues to score goals.

The second round against Villarreal was on February 21st a week later, and Zenit will go to the away game to challenge his opponent.

For Pellegrini, this is the last chance. They must make a comeback at home and beat their opponents by more than two goals to have a chance to advance to the top sixteen.

After losing the last time, Pellegrini had many excuses-the weather was bad, the temperature was too low, the court was too slippery, everyone was not in a state, the away game was under pressure, etc...

What about this time? He has no excuses, but the pressure is even greater. You can't lose because the conditions are so good. If you are stronger than Zenit, you should win! You must win too!

In the Love Song Stadium, the weather conditions are very good. Although it is a bit cold, for the yellow submarine that has experienced the cold of St. Petersburg, five or six degrees above zero is already considered "warm". In his home stadium, the fans must support him, and there is no such thing as a bad away atmosphere.

If you can't win this way...you go to death!

The murderous Villarreal ushered in the humiliation Zenit St. Petersburg at his home court.

They made meticulous preparations before the game. Pellegrini also tried his best to inspire fighting spirit. He did not hesitate to broadcast the video of their away 0-2 loss to Zenit St. Petersburg, in order to inspire the players' shame and competitiveness. , I want them to complete the seemingly difficult revenge at home.

But it was the visiting team Zenit St. Petersburg who advanced the goal...

"Andre Arshavin!! His beautiful long shot broke the hearts of the fans of Villarreal!"

"Zenit St. Petersburg has a 3-0 lead on the total score! This game basically lost its suspense, but the game time only passed 30 minutes..."

"Look at Pellegrini's expression, it's like a dead father! Two goals behind can still be pulled, three goals behind? Arshavin's goal gave Zenit fans a reassurance. If Villarreal wants to qualify, unless they win a 4:1 in this game, there will be nothing for them!"

The hope of winning 4:1 is very slim. Even if there are more favorable factors at home, the difference in strength between the two sides is not so big...

After conceding the ball, Villarreal threw himself away and attacked across the board. Zenit simply shrank and fought back.

It was not until the 74th minute that Villarreal was equalized by Mexican forward Guillermo Franco. After the goal, the Mexicans did not celebrate, nor did the players of Villarreal. The cheers from the stands of the Love Song Stadium rang out for a short time and then quickly fell back.

It took 74 minutes to score a goal, and many people's hearts were cold. There were more than ten minutes left, even if there were four minutes of stoppage time, it was only twenty minutes. In twenty minutes, he would score three goals in one breath. In addition, the opponent does not score... This is not an ordinary difficulty.

Therefore, after Franco scored, Hilgeyevski said happily: "I think Zenit has no problem reaching the top sixteen!"

The announcement after the opponent scored shows how excited Shirgeevsky, the St. Petersburg commentator, is.

Villarreal scored the second goal by Thomas (Joan Tomas) in the eighty-ninth minute, but it didn't help. They absolutely couldn't score two goals in the last five or six minutes.

Although hope is slim, the game was full of gunpowder at the end.

Chen Yingxiong didn't score a goal in this game because the opponent's defensive action was too great. Ed Wocart was worried about Chen Yingxiong's injury and simply replaced him when the overall situation was settled.

After the eightieth minute, the two sides made more and more moves, and red and yellow cards were flying all over the sky.

But what makes Ed Wocart very dissatisfied is-these cards are all against Zenit St. Petersburg!

In the end, Roman Shirokov received two yellow cards and was sent off, while Hill also received two yellow cards and was sent off. This made Ed Wocart furious off the court-his team was promoted, but lost two players, no one knows what impact this will have on the next round of the knockout round.

In this game, Zenit received eight yellow cards and two red cards. Looking at the statistics is more exciting than watching the game.

But in any case, Zenit finally successfully passed the hurdle of the Spanish strong team Villarreal and entered the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in the 16th final, and he now has three goals in the UEFA Cup. Ranked sixth in the UEFA Cup shooter list, not high. His hat-trick vow has not been fulfilled, and now he still has the opportunity to continue pursuing this goal.

Ed Wocart was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty after the game, but he did not dare to say too much because he was afraid that he would be punished-he was not a person like Mourinho.

He just expressed his anger euphemistically: "What else can I say? I can only say—fortunately we are promoted! This is the only good result!"