Volume 1: Males Haunt, People Pay Attention to Chapter 160 Advancement

Chapter 160 Promotion

A 2-0 home win over Villarreal left the St. Petersburg media ecstatic, and they even began to think about Zenit's opponents in the quarter-finals.

According to the results of the previous draw, Zenit St. Petersburg entered the round of sixteen after winning the round of sixteen. who produce.

If they were playing against Sparta Moscow, St. Petersburg would have no pressure at all every day, because they are too familiar with each other. Everyone knows the strength of this team and its state recently.

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

Besides, we only "double-killed" them in the competition for the league championship and the league's top scorer last season. What is there to be afraid of our first loser?

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

Although the current Ligue 1 overlord is Lyon, as the former overlord, Marseille's strength should not be underestimated.

One thing may be proved-in the match between Marseille and Spartak Moscow at home that ended later, Marseille easily defeated the top giants of the Russian Super League 3:0 and was runner-up in the league last season.

Moscow Sparta, which can dominate in Russia, has no temper at all against Marseille, and there is no suspense about losing.

Now this Marseille has the former famous French international player Wiltord (sylvain ·

Arfa), Dutch veteran Zenden (boude)

), as well as the powerful goalkeeper Mandanda (Steve Mandanda), the promising midfielder Samir Nasri (Samir Nasri), and the striker Cisse who was kicked by Zheng Zhi and broke his leg (djibril cisse)...

Some of these players have been famous for a long time, and some of them can be regarded as players who dominate one side in Ligue 1.

The Marseilles formed by these people have great meaning to be revived.

Playing 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 don't want their team to become a stepping stone for the revival of the Ligue 1 giants-whoever wants to do this stuff will do it, and Zenit will not do it anyway.

Chen Yingxiong scored a beautiful and representative header in the Villarreal game, which made everyone happy, but not the same ecstasy as before. Especially the Chinese reporters-they are now used to Chen Yingxiong scoring goals one after another.

At the beginning, after Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in the domestic league, everyone was very excited. They felt that "the morale is too high!"

Such enthusiastic words often appear in the reports of the reporters, and the readers are naturally very excited and happy, and feel that Chinese football is really hopeful! Good job Chen Yingxiong!

But when Chen Yingxiong scored one goal after another, when they scored goals for several rounds in a row, they went from the initial ecstasy to a very calm happiness-ah, he scored again, which is great !

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

Just like what the St. Petersburg media said: It is not news that Chen Yingxiong scored a goal, it is news that he does not score a goal.

The Chinese media also think so, and the blind worship of Chen Yingxiong in China is gradually cooling down. In the past, everyone was particularly fond of this striker who can score goals, but with the deepening of media reports and the fact that many aspects of Chen Yingxiong have become familiar to everyone, many people have also changed their views. In China, there are many people who cannot accept Chen Yingxiong's rules and maverick style. They have gradually changed from liking Chen Yingxiong to hating him and hating him.

For example, I hate Chen Yingxiong's frequent hangouts in nightclubs, hate Chen Yingxiong's arrogant words and deeds, and even some people are disgusted with Chen Yingxiong's self-satisfied front and back tattoos, because it reminds them of street gangsters... Although tattoos are from ancient times. It became 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 gathered almost all the bad habits and bad habits of Chinese football players that we know and hate: clubbing, showing off wealth, gossip, tattoos, Arrogant, low quality, lack of upbringing, poor education, alcoholism, prostitution... now I don't know whether he smokes, takes drugs, gambles or not... I think it's almost the same, there is no difference between these three points. Such a person How can it be praised by some media as the hope of Chinese football? If the hope of Chinese football rests on such social dregs and scum, I think we should seriously consider canceling the proposal to develop football in China...Let such people become the national football team Hope? I can only despair more."

Of course, this article was written by Xie Liang... His unequivocal dislike of Chen Yingxiong has strengthened the confidence of many people who also dislike Chen Yingxiong. If such a famous person dislikes Chen Yingxiong, it 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 haters.

People who like him like it very much. They like and tolerate everything he does, and think it is good. And people who hate him can't hate him, no matter what he does, he can find a place worth blackening. Everyone can find something to talk about from Chen Yingxiong, whether it is scolding him or praising him, no one will have nothing to say.

But Chen Yingxiong himself doesn't care about these things. He is in Russia and not in the country. To be honest, he really doesn't care about the attitude of the country towards him. Now he rarely goes online to see what fans think of him, unlike when he was just famous, he still hopes to satisfy his vanity from the fans' reaction to him. Now he doesn't even buy newspapers - in the beginning he had to buy every issue of newspapers, just to see how the media praised him and praised him, and he could read with relish and be complacent about any amount of flattering articles.

Now he doesn't do this, because he doesn't care what the media thinks of him anymore, and his status and glory don't need to be obtained by the media's touting. As long as he continues to score goals, he can get everything.

The second leg against Villarreal is a week later on February 21, and Zenit will go away to challenge their opponents.

For Pellegrini, this is the last chance. They must make a comeback at home and beat their opponents by more than two goals before they have a chance to advance to the top 16.

After the last loss, Pellegrini had many excuses - the weather was bad, the temperature was too low, the field was too slippery, everyone was out of shape, the pressure of the away game was high, etc...

What about this time? He didn't have an excuse anymore, but the pressure was even greater. Because the conditions are too good to lose. You are stronger than Zenit, you should win! You have to win too!

At the Love Song Stadium, a venue familiar to myself, the weather conditions are also very good. Although it is a bit cold, for the yellow submarine that has experienced the coldness of St. Petersburg, five or six degrees above zero is considered "warm". At his home court, the fans must support him, and there is no such thing as a bad atmosphere in the away game.

If you can't win like this... you all go to die!

The murderous Villarreal ushered in Zenit St. Petersburg who once brought them humiliation at their home court.

They made careful preparations before the game, and Pellegrini also tried his best to encourage their fighting spirit. He did not hesitate to play the video of their 0:2 away game against Zenit St. Petersburg, so as to motivate the players to feel ashamed and competitive. , I want them to complete the seemingly difficult revenge at home.

But it was the visiting team Zenit St. Petersburg who scored first...

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

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

"Look at Pellegrini's expression, it's really like a dead father! Two goals behind and still able to pull back, 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, otherwise there is no chance!"

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

After conceding the ball, Villarreal went all out and attacked across the board. And Zenit simply shrank up and played a defensive counterattack.

Until the seventy-fourth minute, Villarreal was equalized by Mexican striker Franco (guillermo franco). After the goal, the Mexicans did not celebrate, and neither did the Villarreal players. The cheers in the stands of the Love Song Stadium sounded briefly, and then fell back quickly.

A goal was scored in 74 minutes, and many people's hearts were half-hearted-there are more than ten minutes left, even if there are four minutes of stoppage time, it is only 20 minutes, and three goals must be scored in one breath in 20 minutes In addition, the opponent must not score... This difficulty is not ordinary.

Therefore, after Franco's goal, Shirgeevsky said happily: "I think Zenit has no problem entering the top 16!"

Announcing this after the opponent scored a goal, it shows how excited Shirgeevsky, the St. Petersburg commentator, is.

Villarreal scored the second goal in the 89th minute by Joan Tomas, but it didn't help. It was absolutely impossible for them to score twice in the last five or six minutes.

Although there is little hope, the game was full of gunpowder in the end.

Chen Yingxiong didn't score a goal in this game because the opponent's defensive action was too big. Advocaat was worried that Chen Yingxiong would be injured, so he simply replaced him when the overall situation was settled.

After the 80th minute, both sides moved more and more, with red and yellow cards flying all over the sky.

But what makes Advocaat very dissatisfied is that these cards are all aimed at 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 with a red card. This made Advocaat furious off the court-his team advanced, but lost two players. No one knows what impact this will have on the next knockout round.

Zenit received eight yellow cards and two red cards in this game. 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 gate of the UEFA Cup round of sixteen.

Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in the 16th final, and his total number of goals in the UEFA Cup has now reached three. Ranked sixth in the UEFA Cup scorer list, not too high. His hat-trick vow has yet to come true, and now he has the chance to pursue it.

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

He just expressed his anger tactfully: "What else can I say? I can only say-fortunately we advanced! This is the only good result!"