Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Nine

The two UEFA Cup semi-finals of Zenit St. Petersburg and Bayern Munich are considered to be the most anticipated matches of the UEFA Cup.

One is a newcomer in the European arena, and the other is a "down-and-out" giant who has fallen into the UEFA Cup. The collision of these two teams will surely sparkle and shine.

After playing against Saturn, Zenit returned to St. Petersburg and began preparing for the two semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

For Ed Wo Carter, these are two crucial games. Its importance even surpasses the final finals-I don't know if I can make it to the finals. Let's play the two games against Bayern Munich as the finals.

In fact, in terms of opponent's strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that the match against Bayern Munich is a final. Because the two teams in the other semi-final are the Glasgow Rangers and Bayer Leverkusen. Obviously, these two teams cannot be compared with Bayern Munich's giants.

Many media in Europe feel that Bayern Munich's promotion to the finals should be nothing suspenseful. Although Zenit St. Petersburg is very strong and is the dark horse in this UEFA Cup, they met Bayern Munich in the final...

"...It's a pity! If it weren't for Bayern Munich, Zenit could even create the most glorious moment in the history of the team. They could make it to the final, and in terms of their strength, winning the cup in the final is nothing. Unbelievable things. But now, their fate has changed because of Bayern Munich..."

"It is very difficult for Zenit to beat Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga hegemon is currently ranked first in the league and far ahead of second place Werder Bremen. They have great hopes of regaining the Bundesliga title this season. There is no suspense back in the Champions League. For them, the UEFA Cup is just a mistake. But since it has already come, it is natural to take away a championship trophy!"

"In the UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich are the favorites to win, and in the UEFA Cup I am afraid they are the only team that hopes to win..."

German media have touted Bayern Munich.

Some high-ranking reporters, while praising Bayern Munich, will also praise Zenit for his outstanding performance. "If it weren't for Bayern Munich..." After seeing this, people in St. Petersburg felt very happy-you see, even our opponents are praising our performance!

There are also some relatively low-level German media that nakedly despise Zenit St. Petersburg and infinitely uplift Bayern Munich. The consequence of this is that Bayern Munich does not need their infinite uplift, and at the same time they successfully angered Zenit's fans.

In St. Petersburg, in Moscow, the media believe that Zenit's only advantage is...their schedule. Away first, then host, there is still a chance to try to keep a draw away, or lose or lose less, and then return to the home court and then play a showdown with Bayern Munich.

Zenit's home power is believed to have seen Villarreal, Marseille and Fiorentina.

So Zenit’s head coach Ed Wocart made a plan for the team to keep a draw on the road.

Krzakov's absence due to injury will definitely affect the team's offensive strength, which in turn strengthened Edwo Carter's determination to demand the whole team to defend. At that time, in the away game, Chen Yingxiong will be left alone in front, whether Arshavin or Domingos, both have to defend. Not defensive? Don't even think about it!

So Domingos lost his first chance...

He was lazy on defense in training and didn't participate much in defense.

Chen Yingxiong does not participate in the defense, but when the whole team needs to defend, it is enough to have him alone. If there is one more person who does not come back to defend, is it worth it? Besides, if Chen Yingxiong is not defending, he will not come back to defend. He can still conduct some on-the-spot counter grabs or presses in the frontcourt, forcing the opponent to not calmly organize attacks in the backcourt...

Since Domingos did not cooperate, Ed Wocart decisively removed him from the starting lineup.

This makes Domingos a little unhappy, but what can he do if he is unhappy? The head coach is the biggest on the team.

While Zenit was actively preparing for this away game, Bayern Munich was also preparing for the UEFA Cup semi-finals. But for the players, they don't have the sense of urgency that Zenit players have.

Isn't it easy to beat Zenit? This is the consensus of many Bayern Munich players.

Although head coach Heathfield repeatedly reminded them that Zenit is a strong team. But during training, the atmosphere was still very relaxed. Ribery, who has only joined the team this season, joked with everyone very enthusiastically, making the training ground burst into laughter.

Zenit St. Petersburg?

They are really good and can reach the semi-finals. But their good fortune will end here. Because we Bayern Munich are the team that wants to win the UEFA Cup!

Confidence is a double-edged sword. For the rich, self-confidence is too easy to become conceited.

And this degree is difficult to grasp as a head coach.

The team’s captain Oliver Kahn has announced that he will retire after the end of the season. This matter was decided and announced long ago, so everyone has half the season to gradually accept this reality. As his teammates, of course everyone should give Kahn a parting gift for retirement.

What better gift than Kahn’s last European Championship trophy?

Defeated Zenit, reached the final, won the UEFA Cup and dedicated it to "Lion King" Kahn. This is the whole story. And defeating Zenit is only the beginning of the story, a dragon set destined to die within a few minutes.

No one cares about the destiny of Long Tao, and no one shed tears over the death of a Long Tao who played for a few minutes without a line.

In the minds of Bayern Munich players and fans, the dragon set Zenit from St. Petersburg is no different from the dead.

When Zenit's team arrived in Munich from St. Petersburg, they received a "warm welcome" from the local media at the airport.

The players were entangled by the media for interviews. Of course, the topics were all related to the game and their opponents.

"Is it a pity to meet Bayern Munich in the semifinals? Your performance in this UEFA Cup is very good, and it is not surprising that you eventually won the UEFA Cup..."

As a fan of Bayern Munich and the captain of Zenit St. Petersburg, Timoshchuk replied quite politely: "Actually, I would rather meet Bayern Munich in the final. But we will work hard to win. The charm of a football game is that you never know what the result will be."

It's Chen Yingxiong's turn to give Bayern Munich no face at all.

"Yes, I feel a pity for Bayern Munich, because they met us in the semifinals ahead of time, otherwise they would have had a chance to reach the finals. With their strength, um...it shouldn't be impossible to win the championship."

Standing in front of the reporters, he pretended to twist the words of the reporters, leaving a group of German reporters dumbfounded after they understood...

After answering, Chen Yingxiong shrugged, turned and walked away.

These reporters are too cheap! How can such a question be asked? Isn't this clear to make us admit our failure? How does this work! The game hasn't been played yet, just say such frustrating words?

Timoshchuk is the captain, and people have to take into account the personal image and the image of the team. I don't need to have such consideration, so I will say what he dare not say!

The next day, his remarks went to the local media in Munich...

The news of Zenit St. Petersburg’s arrival in Munich is being broadcast on TV news.

In the picture is Chen Yingxiong standing in front of the camera lens, arrogantly saying: "I feel sorry for Bayern Munich, because they met us in the semi-finals ahead of time, otherwise they would have had a chance to reach the finals. Strength, um...it shouldn't be impossible to win the championship..."

When this TV station broadcasted Chen Yingxiong's remarks, it did not give an antecedent, which means that they never mentioned what the reporter asked about Chen Yingxiong. Perhaps they think that the reporter's question is normal, and there is no need to point it out. Perhaps it is because they habitually misinterpret the meaning of the interviewees-this is not the patent of the Chinese media, the German media, the British media, the American media... The media all over the world are good at doing things.

But in short, they succeeded in portraying the image of Chen Yingxiong who deliberately provokes the wealthy, has no respect, and conceited like a clown.

After the news was broadcast, many Bayern Munich fans have criticized Chen Yingxiong as an idiot on the Internet.

The local print media in Munich also pushed the tide and contributed to the situation.

Chen Yingxiong's remarks are indeed quite unreasonable...The premise is that you don't know the cause. You don’t know how the Munich reporters contempt Zenit with a polite manner of praise-such contempt is more annoying than that naked contempt, because he makes you slapped and there is nowhere. vent. How enthusiastic and objective and fair they are! Fully praised Zenit's performance and recognized Zenit's strength. For example, you see, "Your performance in this UEFA Cup is very good, even if you win the UEFA Cup in the end, it is not surprising." What a rare compliment it is!

It seems that after they have done so, they can slander you unscrupulously.

And such an approach is very marketable. Many people think that this is fairness and objectivity, this is neutrality, and this is level. Even Zenit in St. Petersburg would think so.

But Chen Yingxiong felt uncomfortable no matter how he heard it.

Our good performance has nothing to do with your next words. It’s our business that we performed well. Since we performed well, why do you come to the conclusion that we will definitely lose to Bayern Munich if we perform well?

He is not used to someone pretending to be in front of him. When he sees such a person, he feels like saying or doing something to disgust the other person.

It's just this personality that makes him often push himself to the cusp of the storm. Just like this time, the local media and fans in Munich all criticized him, thinking that a Russian league kid would dare to speak wildly to Bayern Munich, and that they must let all Bayern Munich soldiers on the stadium. He tidied up!

"... This hero Chen is the top scorer in the Russian Super League and broke the record of Villezhnikov. But what is the level of the Russian League? How about getting the top scorer in this level of league. The top scorer in the Russian league is held every year. Has anyone heard of their name?"

"I can't imagine where did this Chinese come from with the courage and self-confidence to say such things? Well, he successfully provoked the anger of the Bayern Munich fans. I hope he can also successfully provoke the Bayern Munich players. Anger, and let all suspense be ended in the first round of the game!"

"This player has a very powerful name-‘hero’, but it’s ridiculous to give himself such a name! Does he really think he is a hero!"

His name spread throughout Munich overnight, and all fans knew that Zenit St. Petersburg has such a very arrogant and annoying guy.

It's no wonder that when Chen Yingxiong was playing World of Warcraft, he would choose to play as a warrior and become an MT. There is a reason for this-group mocking!