Hero of the Penalty Area

The 214th chapter is separated by a net (the first guarantee)

The training base used by Zenit St. Petersburg in Manchester to prepare for the UEFA Cup final is called "Carrington Training Base", but it must be made clear that this is not Manchester United's Carrington training base, but Manchester City's. Although the two are close to each other, they must not be confused.

How close are Manchester United's Carrington and Manchester City's Carrington?

Once again, Sun Jihai kicked the football into the sky with a big foot in training, and went straight into the sky without a trace. The coach at the time, Kevin Keegan, yelled angrily: "Go to Manchester United to pick up the ball!"

Look, it's so close, just a big foot away.

However, compared to the next door, which is famous for its beauty and reputation, Manchester City's Carrington training base looks a bit dilapidated and low-key.

This team is currently not in a good position in the Premier League. After Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra acquired the team last year, he gave away money and prepared to follow the example of Chelsea boss Abramovich.

I didn't think I was caught in a lawsuit and wanted by the Thai government, so I could only get rid of it. As for the team that I acquired, it is naturally unintentional to operate. In addition, his overseas accounts have been frozen, and he can't afford to support the team.

So the rundown of this training ground is even more of the current dilemma of this team.

Zenit only borrowed Manchester City's training base, not their dormitory. Usually the team stays in the hotel in the city, the only Manchester Municipal Stadium and the Carrington training base.

Every day they take a bus to Carrington for training, eat at the training base at noon, and take the bus back to the hotel after training in the afternoon.

This kind of life will continue until August 13th. On August 13th they will go to Manchester Municipal Stadium for training to adapt to the venue, and the pre-match press conference will also be held at this time.

The Manchester City club lent the training base to Zenit, not to say that they will find another place on their own. In fact, there is only one training ground for Zenit, which does not affect the normal training of the Manchester City club teams.

In other words, the two teams are training under the same roof.

Zenit’s players got off the bus and then had to pass through the periphery of the Manchester City’s first-team training field before they could walk to their training ground-only a layer of barbed wire between the two sides. This distance is quite close, and being close allows the Manchester City players to look at them with a little curiosity, and they also look at the Manchester City players and the training base curiously.

Chen Yingxiong's knowledge of Manchester City is only that he knows that this team has a Chinese compatriot of his own-Sun Jihai's name is known to everyone in the Chinese football circle. Before him, he was the most successful overseas player in China.

Of course, now this title may have to be a little bit more convincing. There have been voices in China saying that although Chen Yingxiong has only appeared in our field of vision in less than two seasons, he is already China's most successful overseas player. At the very least, Sun Jihai has not won the top scorer in his league, and has not scored 11 goals in the UEFA Cup...

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"Hi, Sun." Teammate Dunne (richard_dunne) grabbed Sun Jihai's neck and pointed to the training ground next door. "Look at that person, is it your country?"

Sun Jihai looked over at his gesture. The target person was very easy to find. He almost saw the big black-haired man at a glance.

He nodded: "Yes, Richard, he is Chinese just like me."

Actually, you don’t need to look at it, Sun Jihai also knows who the other party is talking about. Chen Yingxiong, a kid who has been very popular in China's domestic media recently. Playing in the Russian league, he can score goals very well. The best thing is to score goals with his head. This is also known by his body.

In fact, Sun Jihai doesn't pay much attention to the domestic media. He knows that Chen Yingxiong's information is because his agent will nag this person in his ears from time to time. But knowing this person is because of the UEFA Cup.

The kid performed very well in the UEFA Cup, and the goal against Everton was reported by the English media. It's no big deal to score a goal in the UEFA Cup, as a defender himself has scored. But being able to score consecutive goals is amazing. Entering 2008, Sun Jihai discovered that news about this child in the European media began to increase gradually.

Until half a month ago, he performed a hat-trick in the semifinals with Bayern Munich, which shocked the whole of Europe. He realized that this kid was so awesome.

But such an awesome kid has never been favored by the Chinese Football Association. This makes him a little strange.

Isn’t Chinese football pursuing an Olympic strategy? They recruited almost all outstanding young players of the right age into the Olympic team. Why didn't they recruit Chen heroes? It stands to reason that he is also a player of the right age...

What Sun Jihai didn't know was that Chen Yingxiong was not registered with the Chinese Football Association at all... So to make him play for the country, he had to go through a lot of procedures, which is more troublesome. What's more, there is another factor that makes the Chinese Football Association worry about recruiting Chen Yingxiong-this kid's entire back tattoo!

Previously, the Chinese Football Association stipulated that players with tattoos and dyed hair were not allowed to be selected for the national team. Now this rule has been relaxed, and players with a little tattoo on their arms and hair that is not pure black have also begun to appear in the national team. But a tattoo with a large area like Chen Yingxiong is really eye-catching.

In today's China, there is still a relatively deep-rooted concept-tattoos are only made by local ruffians, rascals, and underworld. If you have a tattoo as a player, isn't that a gangster? Isn't this openly discrediting the image of the Chinese national team and spilling sewage on Chinese football?

Of course, in fact, everyone knows what virtue and image the Chinese players are...but this aspect of the face should always be paid attention to.

Dunn patted Sun Jihai on the shoulder: "I heard that he is very powerful. Now he has caught up with Alan Shearer in the UEFA Cup scorer list! This must be good news for your national team!"

Sun Jihai smiled bitterly: "He has not been selected to any national team."

It was Dunn's turn to be surprised: "Why is this?"

Sun Jihai shook his head helplessly: "I don't know..."

From the bottom of his heart, he certainly hopes that such an excellent forward can become teammates with himself, play for the country, and win glory for the country.

But based on his knowledge of the Chinese football circle and his personal experience in the national team, he knows very well that with the character of Chen Yingxiong, it is difficult to survive in the national team.

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The Manchester City players are looking at Zenit's players during the training interval, and Zenit's players are also looking at each other.

Chen Yingxiong found Sun Jihai in the crowd.

In the past, he could only watch it on TV. In the youth team, Wang Yongjun, who was listening to his teammates showing off the first team, had a conversation with Sun Jihai in the national team. At that time, the name symbolized the Chinese national team and represented a height that he could not reach.

Now, this person who could only be looked up to by himself before, is only separated from himself by a wall of barbed wire.

The fate is amazing.

When those elder brothers who showed off their relationship with Sun Jihai in front of them, they never imagined that they would be able to perform a hat-trick against Kahn, Lucio, Demichelis and Van Bommel, right? I never thought that my name could be put together with a legendary superstar like Alan Shearer who is higher than Sun Jihai and don't know how many ranks, right?

"Okay, don't look at it! What's so interesting? You are not here to visit and travel!" Assistant Coach Potter's voice rang. "Prepare for training——!!!"

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Sun Jihai will enter the arena and cast his sights on the training ground next door, and then pay attention to the tall compatriot.

He could not restrain his curiosity.

All he knows about this person is from the media or from other people's mouths. I heard that he can score goals very well, I heard that he performed well, I heard that he was in excellent condition...

He has never seen it with his own eyes, even the broadcast of his game.

He didn't know the man's style of playing and how he scored goals.

So he was curious.

In the training ground next door, Zenit was practicing set-kick tactics.

He found that Chen Yingxiong was the absolute core of set-kick tactics. No matter what tactics, the football must always be delivered to him. And his performance is also very eye-catching and lives up to expectations. Can always easily top the football goal.

It can be seen that his header is very good, which is the same as what he knows.

And different from what I do, this person has a very lively personality, and he gets along very well with his teammates. Unlike the average Chinese player, he is an alternative. He has seen a lot of Chinese players, who are big brothers in domestic football clubs, but when he goes abroad, he has to be taciturn with the rookie first brother who has never seen the world, and it is difficult to integrate into the team. The methods that allowed them to mix well in domestic clubs are completely unworkable in foreign clubs.

He didn't know how this hero Chen could get along with his teammates. He can also joke and chat with his teammates now, but that was the result of nearly ten years of working in England alone.

What a different kind!

When Sun Jihai finished training, Zenit's training was still in progress. He has already planned to watch the UEFA Cup final live broadcast at home midweek night.

You should cheer for your compatriots. There are not many Chinese players who can continue to stay in Europe. His contract expired in June of this year. The club is unwilling to renew with himself, and he does not want to go back. He also wants to go to other teams for luck.

It's not easy to get mixed up...

Just thinking about it, I heard a cheering from the training ground next door and turned to look. Chen Yingxiong scored again in the team training match.

Well, that's not right. At least this kid is better than us...

Naples... Serie A team... He couldn't get Manchester City's contract extension without so much effort, but this kid has already made a high-profile transfer to Naples, the Serie A team.

He shouldn't need to cheer himself up.

Just see with your own eyes where he is better than us, right? Why does he mix better than us.

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***, the first volume is about to end, including this UEFA Cup final, there are two more games to end.

In the new volume, Chen Yingxiong will go to the new map of Italy to open up territory. What kind of shock will a player with his unique personality bring to the Italian football?

At the same time, Naples will also be a place where he will be more known throughout Europe, and he will turn Europe upside down as a giant bear from the north!

In addition to the ball*** and recommended tickets!