Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 254: Who Is in Favor and Who Is Against (Third Update!)

Chapter 254 Who agrees and who opposes (Third update!)

In fact, although Chen Yingxiong has never been selected for the national team, topics about him have always been the focus of discussion by the national team.

Everyone plays football, and there is no dispute at all about who is the strongest player in China.

Even the most confident and arrogant people have to admit that Chen Yingxiong is the most powerful active Chinese player.

They dare not even think about the "miracles" he created in European football, let alone do them.

Chen Yingxiong can do it, and it looks very relaxed and casual. It's hard not to accept it.

Therefore, every time the national team competes and trains, everyone will always discuss Chen Yingxiong's wonderful performance in the European arena.

So although Chen Yingxiong has never appeared in the national team, the national team is no stranger to him.

But everyone's understanding of him is limited to his performance on the court, and they don't know much about what he is like off the court. There are many reports about him in the media, many of which are contradictory. Therefore, in fact, no one knows what kind of person Chen Yingxiong is off the court.

When he came to report, he made such a big noise. For a while, everyone thought that this was a very famous person and might not be easy to get along with...

But they were both wrong.

After meeting, they discovered that Chen Yingxiong was very cheerful, lively, enthusiastic and talkative. He smiled and took the initiative to greet and chat with the new teammates whom they had only heard of but never met.

It may even cause these people to have an illusion - who are the old teammates of the national team? Why do we all think that he is the old-timer and we are the newcomers?

In fact, their feelings are almost correct. Chen Yingxiong did not regard himself as a newcomer, and felt like he was walking on thin ice. With his status in international football, the scenes he has experienced, and his self-confidence, it is impossible for him to be restrained in his performance for a national team.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he deliberately showed these things in front of these players. This is completely natural. This is the kind of person he is!

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After Chen Yingxiong entered the national team, he has been keeping a low profile. Apart from training every day, he rests in the dormitory. But unfortunately, his reputation is so famous that he can't keep a low profile even if he wants to. The originally deserted Xianghe training base suddenly became a "popular tourist attraction" because of Chen Yingxiong's qualification, with many fans from all over the country and reporters from all over the world coming.

These people are all here for Chen Yingxiong, and others cannot attract their interest at all.

Everyone paid great attention to Chen Yingxiong's first national team game.

This is a place that can be seen. In a place that no one can see, Chen Yingxiong still cannot keep a low profile.

After training every day, his dormitory is the busiest. Other teammates come here to see him one after another, just like envoys meeting the king. Chen Yingxiong only had to sit on the sofa in the room without even lifting his butt.

Although he didn't say anything harsh on the training ground, nor did he form cliques in the locker room, win over a group of people, attack a group of people... He didn't do any of the things that the big guys of the national football team often did in the past.

But invisibly, the people of the national team still make him the center, consciously or unconsciously - everyone gathers around him when eating, and follows him during training. In the locker room, Chen Yingxiong's words are always Most of the time, others just listen. In fact, they can't find a chance to interrupt to show their presence, because Chen Yingxiong talks about his experiences playing football in Europe, players who have studied abroad, There are some in the national team, but no one’s experience is as rich and legendary as his... Listening to Chen Yingxiong telling his experience is like listening to a story.

This made the national team's head coach Zhou Yonghua a little dissatisfied because he felt that his authority within the team had declined.

The national team should only follow his lead, so how can they listen to Chen Yingxiong?

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The warm-up match with the Vietnamese team came soon.

On the day of the game, fans from all over the country gathered outside the Workers' Stadium. They spoke with different accents, but they were all talking about the same person.

This is Chen Yingxiong’s first game in the Chinese national team.

Naturally, it attracts attention.

The media had told everyone before the game that Chen Yingxiong would definitely start in this game. Everyone's expectations for this game have reached their peak.

The red flags were fluttering in the stands, and as far as the eye could see, they were all five-star red flags.

When Chen Yingxiong followed his teammates on the field, he heard huge cheers from the stands.

This kind of cheering seems to be louder and louder than when he visited China as a Liverpool player before, and it seems to come from the bottom of his heart...

He raised his head and looked toward the stands.

The fans, whose faces were covered in oil paint, were yelling at him. What exactly they were yelling at was because the scene was too noisy and he couldn't hear clearly. But it didn't matter, he knew what they were yelling about.

He looked at the excited, crazy, and even tearful Chinese fans in the stands. Like him, they had yellow skin, black hair and eyes, spoke the same language, and ate with chopsticks instead of knives and forks. I like to eat Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Henan cuisine...Chinese cuisine. I was born and raised in this land. I have received the same education, and have similar thoughts and experiences.

There is one word to describe it - compatriots.

We are fellow citizens.

I'm here to play football for these people...

He slowly raised his hand.

Chen Yingxiong was the only one who saw the marching players raising his hand. The fans were slightly surprised and their voices softened.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Yingxiong. Everyone didn't know what he was going to do - this didn't look like a wave.

The answer was soon revealed.

After Chen Yingxiong raised his right hand high, he clenched it into a fist!

This action is not unfamiliar to Chinese fans at all!

After he raised his fist, the entire stadium burst into even louder cheers, and the fans went crazy and kept chanting Chen Yingxiong's name.

The fans in the entire stadium seemed to belong to Chen Yingxiong alone. They chanted Chen Yingxiong's name. Apart from this voice, there was no other sound in the huge Workers' Stadium!

Everyone in the audience couldn't help but look up at the crazy fans. Their eyes were full of surprise and fear.

Chen Yingxiong didn't. He lowered his head and just raised his right fist high.

I didn't let it go until I got on the court.

But the cheers did not disappear with his actions, and continued to echo over the Workers' Stadium.

"This is the charm of a hero! This is the appeal of a hero! Climb up and shout, and thousands of people will respond!" CCTV commentator He Ping was so excited that his voice was trembling.

What a historic moment...

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Although it was very exciting at the beginning, when the game started, everyone quickly returned from the excited state to the cold reality.

This Chinese team does not seem to have received a qualitative improvement after having Chen Yingxiong. It's exactly the same as before, the tactics are chaotic and everyone doesn't know what to do on the court. It cannot be said that these players do not fight hard. Chinese football has been scolded for so many years, and the fighting spirit on the court should also be scolded. So it is still possible to fight hard, but... the players don't know how to fight, and it is easy to be too impatient.

Chen Yingxiong looked lonely in the frontcourt and lacked support.

The Chinese team's defense made another mistake.

The Vietnamese team, which insisted on a small and fast style of play, relied on a sneak attack more than 20 minutes into the first half to lead the Chinese team in the score.

The Chinese fans who were still cheering for every time Chen Yingxiong took the ball were no longer happy at this time.

After a brief silence, the traditional program - "Scolding the Football Association" - was performed in the stands.

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When the ball was lost, Chen Yingxiong was in the frontcourt - he had no habit of returning to the penalty area, so he witnessed the entire process of scoring.

He could only shake his head.

The team's defense is too poor, and the division of labor between the two central defenders is unclear. It stands to reason that one person should attack and the other person should be responsible for filling in behind, forming a strategic depth, so that the defense will not let the opponent's direct pass from midfield be penetrated...

He never thought that he would be the savior of the Chinese team or even Chinese football. This task was too difficult. With his understanding of Chinese football, he could not do it. But one thing he can do is to let the Chinese fans who are struggling and waiting in the dark temporarily enjoy some joy, even if it is short-lived, but after all they have had it. Let them no longer feel so painful and helpless while waiting for dawn.

He wants to do something.

Head coach Zhou Yonghua's tactics were wrong. He decided to kick the head coach off and do it himself.

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Until the end of the first half, the Chinese team was unable to equalize the score. Chen Yingxiong, who had high hopes, found himself fighting alone on the court because he lacked effective support. And he doesn't seem to be comfortable playing with the Chinese team.

All in all, his performance was unsatisfactory.

But there were no boos directed at him from the stands. Chinese fans have given Chen Yingxiong enough patience. Maybe it's because they feel that if even Chen Yingxiong can't do it, they will have no hope. So deep down in my heart, I still have to keep some hope for Chen Yingxiong.

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Back in the locker room, the Chinese team players seemed frustrated and anxious.

It is really a shame to be led by Vietnam at our home court.

What level is Vietnam at? What is the level of the Chinese team?

They have forgotten that actually the Vietnamese and Chinese teams have long been on the same level. It is normal for whoever wins and who loses...

Although this is a warm-up match that has nothing to do with the overall situation, the Chinese team does not want to lose to a team like Vietnam at its home court. Whether it is in terms of overall national strength or football, the Chinese have a sense of superiority towards Vietnam.

If they lose to Vietnam, let alone themselves, even the fans outside will not forgive them.

Zhou Yonghua planned to say something to boost his morale. Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, Chen Yingxiong stood up suddenly and spoke before him.

"If you want to win this game, just listen to me."

He said straight to the point.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at him in surprise.

Even Zhou Yonghua was taken aback and didn't know what this player was going to do, so much so that he forgot to stop him.

"You gave me too few effective passes in the first half. They were always meaningless passes. Apart from improving ball possession, they had no effect at all! So if you want to win in the second half, you have to give me I pass more effective passes! Don’t give the ball to me even if you look at me with my back to the direction of attack. I’m not just a header. I don’t always have to pull to the wing to make passes. As long as you have something at your feet. After reaching the frontcourt, you can pass the ball to me!" Chen Yingxiong said, waving his fist.

"When I'm on the wing, you can pass the ball to me, because that's still my shooting range! When I'm double-teamed in the penalty area, you pass the ball to me. In the air, those little dwarfs They are no match for me!"

He spoke with confidence and arrogance, but surprisingly, none of the dozen or so Chinese national team players in the locker room interrupted him. They just raised their heads and stared blankly at Chen Yingxiong.

"Your main task is not to lose the ball, and then pass the ball to me. No matter where you are, in the backcourt or in the frontcourt, you can pass the ball to me. Only when the football is given to me can I fly into the opponent's field. Go to the goal. So if you still want to win and don’t want the Vietnamese to run wild on us, then you have to listen to me! Now, I have finished speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

he asked, staring at everyone present.

For a moment, there was silence in the locker room, everyone looked at each other and did not dare to say anything.

Even Zhou Yonghua forgot that he planned to stop Chen Yingxiong...

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ps, I updated three chapters today, mainly because I feel that the first two chapters have not finished what I want to say, and the third update will be considered complete.

In fact, the hero joins the national team not so that the Chinese national football team can win the championship. I will only write about the Chinese team here, and I won’t write too much more.

I just want to give some comfort to the Chinese fans in the novel, just like what I said in the book: Who holds this fist?

Chen Yingxiong's right fist has been shaken by Liverpool fans, and I want him to shake it for his compatriots. He came back to satisfy his fans, it's that simple. It doesn't have much other meaning. So there is no need to guess whether the Chinese team will kill everyone after having Chen Yingxiong. I just want to tell everyone that he is back, so that the hard-working fans in China can have something to keep warm in the darkest time.

In addition, from the author's perspective...this book is coming to an end, and I have to find more opportunities for him to score more goals...

Finally, I haven’t asked for a monthly vote for a long time. Let’s give it a shout. Everyone will watch and vote. I will vote as much as you can!

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