NOVEL NEXT Heroes of the Restricted Zone
Chapter 14 Game 1
Chapter 14 The First Game
Whether it is effective to treat guests to dinner will not be known until the weekend game.In daily training, in order to allow Chen Yingxiong and the team more time to run in and increase the degree of tacit understanding, he even made Chen Yingxiong the core in training, and specially designed a set of tactics for him to play his role. strengths.
Although he only intends to give Chen Yingxiong more than 20 minutes of playing time, these 10 minutes may be crucial to Chen Yingxiong.
In training, Chen Yingxiong is still fully committed, and he will never be stingy when it is time to exert his strength.It is often the top teammates who are turned on their backs.
But as time went by, Popovich found that his guards had improved in terms of prevention and control, as well as physical confrontation.It's not obvious now, maybe they didn't feel it, but that's because Chen Yingxiong didn't practice with the team for a long time. If it takes a long time, the results will be obvious...
Time passed quickly, and a week of training passed in a blink of an eye. Chen Yingxiong worked hard, but in Popovich's opinion, it was not enough.Because the tacit understanding between him and the team cannot be developed by this week of training.The language barrier made it difficult for them to communicate on the field. Sometimes Chen Yingxiong turned around and ran to the middle, but his teammates passed the football to his previous position.Sometimes when his teammates pulled to the side, Chen Yingxiong thought they were going to make a pass, so he rushed into the penalty area, but his teammates hesitated when passing the ball, and he was offside... There are many other situations like this.
If there is a choice, Popovich would rather the coaches of the first team "forget" Chen Yingxiong for another two months. side game.
But it was clear that Edvocaat and that Potter couldn't wait.
Popovich guessed that Advocaat must be planning to clean up the team. Although Chen Yingxiong is considered a young player, the contract he signed is a professional contract, so it is naturally within the scope of being cleaned.
If the performance is not good...it is too easy to clean such a player with no power, no background and no background.
The eve before the game was very calm for Chen Yingxiong. His dormitory still lacked any entertainment facilities, so he followed the habit he had developed in the past few weeks, went to wash at 10:30, and lay in bed on time at [-] o'clock. After half an hour of music, I fell asleep with my headphones on.
Of course, he also has thoughts about tomorrow's game, but he just thinks about it, not to the point of tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
He actually didn't know that the head coach and assistant coaches of the first team would come to watch tomorrow's game. He just simply felt that if he performed well in the game, he would attract the attention of the head coach of the youth team, and his status in the team would be important. It will be higher, which will make his life at Zenit St. Petersburg easier.
He seemed so calm about this game that he didn't even call his parents in China to tell them that he was about to usher in his first official game in Zenit.
Anyway, they can't see this game, lest they worry about it.
The home court of the Zenit Youth Team in St. Petersburg is not in the Yudeni Park training base, but in the Sminna Football School in the urban area. There is an indoor football field, which is their home court.
It was the first time for Chen Yingxiong to play in this kind of indoor football field. It was a boxy building that looked like a large warehouse from the outside, but when he walked in, he found that there was something strange inside.
Stands, billboards and pitches, you name it.It's just that the turf here is not natural turf, but artificial turf.
In Russia, there are many such indoor football fields.Since most of Russia's land is located at high latitudes, it is almost impossible to carry out outdoor sports in winter, and football, a sport that is very dependent on the weather, can only be continued indoors.The weather is cold, natural turf is difficult to survive, and the cost of maintenance is too high. Even the outdoor courts of many Russian Super League teams are laid with artificial turf, and it is not surprising that indoor football fields are laid with artificial turf.
It's not that Chen Yingxiong has never played on artificial turf.Nowadays, many high schools and universities in China have begun to lay green artificial turf, which looks very good.However, compared with domestic artificial turf, Simina's artificial turf is much better, and it is already closer to the feeling of real grass.
There were some people sitting in the stands, and they were all fans who came to watch the game.There is also a group of children wearing uniform jerseys.It is estimated that they are the students of Sminna Football School.
This football school has sent many excellent seedlings to Zenit St. Petersburg, the most famous of which is the midfielder Andrei Arshavin who is currently playing for Zenit's first team.These children obviously regard Arshavin as their goal and idol.
In addition to these children, there are quite a few people, some of them holding a poster and a sign with the name of a certain youth player.
Chen Yingxiong took a cursory look and found that there were quite a few people sitting in the stands, possibly hundreds of spectators.Unexpectedly, there are so many loyal fans in this kind of league... He was a little emotional.
When domestic clubs played youth team games, the stands were empty, and the few fans made the players lose their spirits.The stadium was so quiet that only their own shouts and the muffled sound of footballs colliding with feet could be heard.
If Chen Yingxiong can read and understand Russian, he will find that many of them are not hardcore fans, but relatives and friends of young players on the field...
In addition to these spectators, there were a few people on the sidelines who knew they were reporters at a glance. They were holding cameras and notebooks, and they were also sitting in the stands.
If you can score goals in the game, maybe you can become a news figure!
Chen Yingxiong looked at these reporters and thought.
Become a news figure, increase the exposure rate in the media, maybe it can attract the attention of the domestic media, and then my parents can see the news about me in their hometown in China... When Chen Yingxiong thinks about it, he thinks it makes sense .
Suddenly he saw the reporters turn their targets, they got up from their seats and ran towards the entrance.
Chen Yingxiong looked along... He saw two more people at the entrance.
He didn't know those two people. He turned his head to look at his teammates, and they also looked at these two people with confused faces.
Instead, their head coach Popovich greeted them and talked with the two visiting people.
Senior club official?
Still...a thought flashed through Chen Yingxiong's mind, and he was excited by his idea - the team's head coach!
Although he watched the World Cup, he hadn't watched the Korean team's game, so he didn't know Advocaat, who was the head coach of the South Korean team at the time, and he didn't even know his assistant coach Kool Porter.
If it is really the head coach of the team, what does that mean?It means that if you can score goals in the game and score more goals, you will be able to win the appreciation of the head coach!Maybe there is still a chance to be transferred to the first team!
Chen Yingxiong agreed that he should go to the first team. The youth team is just a springboard for him to get familiar with this new team. After he is familiar with this team and gradually shows his strength, he should still go to the first team.He didn't come to Zenit to be a youth player.
He didn't know if his teammates had figured it out, but he was ready.
Take every opportunity to climb up.To play in real professional league!Become a real professional player!goal!famous!victory!champion!Be the hero on the field!
Just like I promised my father.
Let my name be known all over the world!
He turned around to start warming up, and stopped paying attention to the mysterious visitor.
He didn't see, and when he turned away, Advocaat and Potter were looking at him.
Advocaat and Potter had no intention of hiding their identities, so they weren't surprised when the reporters surrounded them.
They came to see Chen Yingxiong's performance.
"Which one is he?" he asked Popovich.
Popovich pointed behind him: "He is easy to recognize, the tallest, with black hair and yellow skin."
The two cast their gazes at Chen Yingxiong.
Just looking at the body shape, it does seem to be the type full of strength.
"How tall is he?" Potter asked.
"1.9 meters two, 93 kilograms." Popovich replied.
Potter was shocked by this statistic, it was indeed considered strong.
After Popovich only showed Chen Yingxiong to them, he left, and he still had to arrange tactics.
And Advocaat and Porter were surrounded by reporters.
"May I ask Mr. Advocaat, when you came to the sideline of the youth team's game, did you take a fancy to any youth team player?"
"No, no...we're just here for a routine look..." assistant coach Porter helped Edvocaat out of the way.
"What are your thoughts on taking over Zenit halfway?"
"You brought three Korean players when you first arrived at Zenit. Will the team continue to sign in this summer?"
"Introduce three Koreans in one go, don't you worry about nepotism?"
All kinds of questions were thrown at Advocaat.These media reporters were originally here to report on the youth team league. It should be said that this game is not of much report value, and they are just a routine - so there are only five reporters present in total.Two of them are from the official Zenit website.
Because of Advocaat's arrival, these reporters surrounded them like a pack of hungry wolves.They have the opportunity to get opportunities that others have no chance. You must know that during this period of time, many media wanted to interview Advocaat, but he was shunned by him because he was too busy. Now they are blocked by the side of the court and let him run away. ?
Advocaat answered a few questions helplessly, and then told the reporters that the game is about to start and he wants to watch the game. If they have any questions, they can ask him after the game. Let him have a quiet space now...
The reporters let him go.
Zenit St. Petersburg's opponent today is the Tom_Tomsk youth team (Tom_Tomsk).In the first group of youth leagues, Zenit is currently first, Dinamo_Makhachkala is second, and Tomsk is third. The points of the three teams are 42, 41 and 39 points respectively. .
Chen Yingxiong stood on the sidelines and formed a circle with his teammates, with head coach Popovich in the middle.
Borovikia and Petzera were standing next to the coaching bench, and behind them were reporters who were always ready to discover the news—they all knew that the head coach of the first team suddenly came to the sideline of the youth team match, there must be something wrong purpose.Maybe it's a player from the youth team that he's taken a fancy to?Ready for an in-depth investigation.So is there anyone in the youth team who is worthy of such a mobilization?
With the head coach of the first team by his side, all the players stood up straight and listened carefully to Popovich's tactics.
Popovich is writing and drawing on the tactical board, explaining the tactics of this game to the players.
The tactics of the youth competition are relatively simple, mainly based on encouragement, to encourage everyone to perform at a normal level, and to show their talents and abilities to the fullest.Unlike senior team games, there are so many tactical confrontations.
Youth games rely more on the brilliant performance of a certain talented player to determine the outcome of the game. The media pay attention to youth games, and they will never praise a certain youth team head coach for his superb tactics, but will praise a certain young player. How well they performed in the weekend game, because of the appearance of Edvocaat and Porter in this game, the players of the youth team must work hard to express themselves in the game.
While arranging tactics, Popovich raised his head to look at Chen Yingxiong, and found that this kid looked very excited, with an expression of eagerness to try.
This kid doesn't seem to be nervous at all...
(End of this chapter)
Whether it is effective to treat guests to dinner will not be known until the weekend game.In daily training, in order to allow Chen Yingxiong and the team more time to run in and increase the degree of tacit understanding, he even made Chen Yingxiong the core in training, and specially designed a set of tactics for him to play his role. strengths.
Although he only intends to give Chen Yingxiong more than 20 minutes of playing time, these 10 minutes may be crucial to Chen Yingxiong.
In training, Chen Yingxiong is still fully committed, and he will never be stingy when it is time to exert his strength.It is often the top teammates who are turned on their backs.
But as time went by, Popovich found that his guards had improved in terms of prevention and control, as well as physical confrontation.It's not obvious now, maybe they didn't feel it, but that's because Chen Yingxiong didn't practice with the team for a long time. If it takes a long time, the results will be obvious...
Time passed quickly, and a week of training passed in a blink of an eye. Chen Yingxiong worked hard, but in Popovich's opinion, it was not enough.Because the tacit understanding between him and the team cannot be developed by this week of training.The language barrier made it difficult for them to communicate on the field. Sometimes Chen Yingxiong turned around and ran to the middle, but his teammates passed the football to his previous position.Sometimes when his teammates pulled to the side, Chen Yingxiong thought they were going to make a pass, so he rushed into the penalty area, but his teammates hesitated when passing the ball, and he was offside... There are many other situations like this.
If there is a choice, Popovich would rather the coaches of the first team "forget" Chen Yingxiong for another two months. side game.
But it was clear that Edvocaat and that Potter couldn't wait.
Popovich guessed that Advocaat must be planning to clean up the team. Although Chen Yingxiong is considered a young player, the contract he signed is a professional contract, so it is naturally within the scope of being cleaned.
If the performance is not good...it is too easy to clean such a player with no power, no background and no background.
The eve before the game was very calm for Chen Yingxiong. His dormitory still lacked any entertainment facilities, so he followed the habit he had developed in the past few weeks, went to wash at 10:30, and lay in bed on time at [-] o'clock. After half an hour of music, I fell asleep with my headphones on.
Of course, he also has thoughts about tomorrow's game, but he just thinks about it, not to the point of tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
He actually didn't know that the head coach and assistant coaches of the first team would come to watch tomorrow's game. He just simply felt that if he performed well in the game, he would attract the attention of the head coach of the youth team, and his status in the team would be important. It will be higher, which will make his life at Zenit St. Petersburg easier.
He seemed so calm about this game that he didn't even call his parents in China to tell them that he was about to usher in his first official game in Zenit.
Anyway, they can't see this game, lest they worry about it.
The home court of the Zenit Youth Team in St. Petersburg is not in the Yudeni Park training base, but in the Sminna Football School in the urban area. There is an indoor football field, which is their home court.
It was the first time for Chen Yingxiong to play in this kind of indoor football field. It was a boxy building that looked like a large warehouse from the outside, but when he walked in, he found that there was something strange inside.
Stands, billboards and pitches, you name it.It's just that the turf here is not natural turf, but artificial turf.
In Russia, there are many such indoor football fields.Since most of Russia's land is located at high latitudes, it is almost impossible to carry out outdoor sports in winter, and football, a sport that is very dependent on the weather, can only be continued indoors.The weather is cold, natural turf is difficult to survive, and the cost of maintenance is too high. Even the outdoor courts of many Russian Super League teams are laid with artificial turf, and it is not surprising that indoor football fields are laid with artificial turf.
It's not that Chen Yingxiong has never played on artificial turf.Nowadays, many high schools and universities in China have begun to lay green artificial turf, which looks very good.However, compared with domestic artificial turf, Simina's artificial turf is much better, and it is already closer to the feeling of real grass.
There were some people sitting in the stands, and they were all fans who came to watch the game.There is also a group of children wearing uniform jerseys.It is estimated that they are the students of Sminna Football School.
This football school has sent many excellent seedlings to Zenit St. Petersburg, the most famous of which is the midfielder Andrei Arshavin who is currently playing for Zenit's first team.These children obviously regard Arshavin as their goal and idol.
In addition to these children, there are quite a few people, some of them holding a poster and a sign with the name of a certain youth player.
Chen Yingxiong took a cursory look and found that there were quite a few people sitting in the stands, possibly hundreds of spectators.Unexpectedly, there are so many loyal fans in this kind of league... He was a little emotional.
When domestic clubs played youth team games, the stands were empty, and the few fans made the players lose their spirits.The stadium was so quiet that only their own shouts and the muffled sound of footballs colliding with feet could be heard.
If Chen Yingxiong can read and understand Russian, he will find that many of them are not hardcore fans, but relatives and friends of young players on the field...
In addition to these spectators, there were a few people on the sidelines who knew they were reporters at a glance. They were holding cameras and notebooks, and they were also sitting in the stands.
If you can score goals in the game, maybe you can become a news figure!
Chen Yingxiong looked at these reporters and thought.
Become a news figure, increase the exposure rate in the media, maybe it can attract the attention of the domestic media, and then my parents can see the news about me in their hometown in China... When Chen Yingxiong thinks about it, he thinks it makes sense .
Suddenly he saw the reporters turn their targets, they got up from their seats and ran towards the entrance.
Chen Yingxiong looked along... He saw two more people at the entrance.
He didn't know those two people. He turned his head to look at his teammates, and they also looked at these two people with confused faces.
Instead, their head coach Popovich greeted them and talked with the two visiting people.
Senior club official?
Still...a thought flashed through Chen Yingxiong's mind, and he was excited by his idea - the team's head coach!
Although he watched the World Cup, he hadn't watched the Korean team's game, so he didn't know Advocaat, who was the head coach of the South Korean team at the time, and he didn't even know his assistant coach Kool Porter.
If it is really the head coach of the team, what does that mean?It means that if you can score goals in the game and score more goals, you will be able to win the appreciation of the head coach!Maybe there is still a chance to be transferred to the first team!
Chen Yingxiong agreed that he should go to the first team. The youth team is just a springboard for him to get familiar with this new team. After he is familiar with this team and gradually shows his strength, he should still go to the first team.He didn't come to Zenit to be a youth player.
He didn't know if his teammates had figured it out, but he was ready.
Take every opportunity to climb up.To play in real professional league!Become a real professional player!goal!famous!victory!champion!Be the hero on the field!
Just like I promised my father.
Let my name be known all over the world!
He turned around to start warming up, and stopped paying attention to the mysterious visitor.
He didn't see, and when he turned away, Advocaat and Potter were looking at him.
Advocaat and Potter had no intention of hiding their identities, so they weren't surprised when the reporters surrounded them.
They came to see Chen Yingxiong's performance.
"Which one is he?" he asked Popovich.
Popovich pointed behind him: "He is easy to recognize, the tallest, with black hair and yellow skin."
The two cast their gazes at Chen Yingxiong.
Just looking at the body shape, it does seem to be the type full of strength.
"How tall is he?" Potter asked.
"1.9 meters two, 93 kilograms." Popovich replied.
Potter was shocked by this statistic, it was indeed considered strong.
After Popovich only showed Chen Yingxiong to them, he left, and he still had to arrange tactics.
And Advocaat and Porter were surrounded by reporters.
"May I ask Mr. Advocaat, when you came to the sideline of the youth team's game, did you take a fancy to any youth team player?"
"No, no...we're just here for a routine look..." assistant coach Porter helped Edvocaat out of the way.
"What are your thoughts on taking over Zenit halfway?"
"You brought three Korean players when you first arrived at Zenit. Will the team continue to sign in this summer?"
"Introduce three Koreans in one go, don't you worry about nepotism?"
All kinds of questions were thrown at Advocaat.These media reporters were originally here to report on the youth team league. It should be said that this game is not of much report value, and they are just a routine - so there are only five reporters present in total.Two of them are from the official Zenit website.
Because of Advocaat's arrival, these reporters surrounded them like a pack of hungry wolves.They have the opportunity to get opportunities that others have no chance. You must know that during this period of time, many media wanted to interview Advocaat, but he was shunned by him because he was too busy. Now they are blocked by the side of the court and let him run away. ?
Advocaat answered a few questions helplessly, and then told the reporters that the game is about to start and he wants to watch the game. If they have any questions, they can ask him after the game. Let him have a quiet space now...
The reporters let him go.
Zenit St. Petersburg's opponent today is the Tom_Tomsk youth team (Tom_Tomsk).In the first group of youth leagues, Zenit is currently first, Dinamo_Makhachkala is second, and Tomsk is third. The points of the three teams are 42, 41 and 39 points respectively. .
Chen Yingxiong stood on the sidelines and formed a circle with his teammates, with head coach Popovich in the middle.
Borovikia and Petzera were standing next to the coaching bench, and behind them were reporters who were always ready to discover the news—they all knew that the head coach of the first team suddenly came to the sideline of the youth team match, there must be something wrong purpose.Maybe it's a player from the youth team that he's taken a fancy to?Ready for an in-depth investigation.So is there anyone in the youth team who is worthy of such a mobilization?
With the head coach of the first team by his side, all the players stood up straight and listened carefully to Popovich's tactics.
Popovich is writing and drawing on the tactical board, explaining the tactics of this game to the players.
The tactics of the youth competition are relatively simple, mainly based on encouragement, to encourage everyone to perform at a normal level, and to show their talents and abilities to the fullest.Unlike senior team games, there are so many tactical confrontations.
Youth games rely more on the brilliant performance of a certain talented player to determine the outcome of the game. The media pay attention to youth games, and they will never praise a certain youth team head coach for his superb tactics, but will praise a certain young player. How well they performed in the weekend game, because of the appearance of Edvocaat and Porter in this game, the players of the youth team must work hard to express themselves in the game.
While arranging tactics, Popovich raised his head to look at Chen Yingxiong, and found that this kid looked very excited, with an expression of eagerness to try.
This kid doesn't seem to be nervous at all...
(End of this chapter)
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