Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 42 Mission Completed!



Chapter 42 Mission Completed!

Has anyone heard of jet lag when playing away games in your country's domestic league?
This is how it all happened in the magical land of Russia.

Although Chen Yingxiong and his teammates had no sleepiness, under the supervision of head coach Edvocaat and assistant coach Porter, all the players stayed in their rooms obediently and slept as required.

Denisov tossed and turned on the bed but couldn't fall asleep. The quilts in the hotel were made of hard and rough materials, and when he turned over, he would make a very obvious rustling sound.

He slept so long on the plane that he wasn't sleepy at all now.

The team arrived in Vladivostok after four o'clock in the afternoon. After arriving, the whole team went to the hotel to put their luggage, and then rushed to Dinamo Stadium (Dinamo) for training to adapt to the venue.At the same time, it is also to adjust the time difference and status of the players.

After all, there is a seven-hour time difference between Vladivostok and St. Petersburg...

St. Petersburg is almost at the westernmost point of Russia, on the Baltic Sea.Vladivostok is in the Far East of Russia, at the eastern end of the Asian continent.The distance between these two cities is almost like being in two different countries.

It was only when Chen Yingxiong came to this place that he realized that this place should be called Vladivostok. It used to be a territory of China, but it was later seized by Russia.Speaking of which, there is still a lot of hatred between Russia and China, but that is all a matter of history and has nothing to do with him.

Chen Yingxiong is just a football player. He played football from childhood to university. He knows nothing about politics or history.

But he also strongly hopes that China did not lose Vladivostok at the beginning, because in that case he would not have to fly here with the whole team to play an away game today, and was laughed at by the whole team.

All Zenit players survived their first night in Vladivostok half asleep.When having breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel the next day, everyone greeted each other with yawns.

"Hello—heh—"

"Morning—heh—good—ah!"

"I really want to continue to sleep..." Denisov put his hands on his cheeks, nodding his head.His breakfast was placed on the table below, and the tip of his nose kept moving back and forth a few centimeters above the breakfast.

But it was impossible for him to go back to bed and go to sleep.Because today is Friday, it is their last chance to practice before the game.

In the afternoon they were allowed to use the Dynamo Stadium for two hours of training.

The reason why I chose to fly overnight to Vladivostok on Wednesday night is because there are only regular flights on Wednesday and Saturday during daylight saving time from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok.Therefore, after they finished the game on Saturday afternoon, they had to go directly to the airport, take an evening flight back to St. Petersburg, and fly again for [-] hours, across seven time zones, and continue to experience jet lag after returning...

This kind of tossing back and forth really makes many people feel uncomfortable.

The Vladivostok Light Energy team can rank in the middle of the Russian Super League. Chen Yingxiong feels that the home stadium in this geographical location must have helped a lot...

The home stadium of Vladivostok Energia is called Dynamo Stadium.In Russia, this name is very common, only known in Europe are Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Kiev.In the former Soviet Union, the police teams were basically called Dynamo.So Dynamo is very common in the sports field.

The Dynamo stadium of the Light Energy team can only accommodate more than 1 people, which is a very small stadium.Much smaller than the Kirov Stadium, which can hold 8 people.

However, Chen Yingxiong has played in stadiums smaller than this one, so he didn't think it was a big deal.

Yesterday the whole team came to the Dynamo Stadium for training to adapt to the venue, and today they will continue to train on this court.The turf quality of the field is not very good.

Although the sponsor of the Light Energy team is LUCH, the largest independent oil production company in Russia, this stadium is not quite in line with the strength of this company.

Unlike Zenit St. Petersburg, when it was sponsored by Russia's largest industrial group "Gazprom", it was ready to start building a new stadium.

Of course, a small team in a remote area like this really cannot be compared with a big team in the "Northern Capital". Besides, Zenit's number one fan is Dmitry Ana, the first deputy prime minister of the Russian government. Tolievich Medvedev.In addition, it is said that a fan club of senior Zenit officials was established in Moscow, consisting of Patrushev, the head of the Federal Security Service, Gryzlov, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, and Serdyukov, the minister of defense.

Russia's top officials have a habit of supporting football.Although the current President Vladimir Putin is also from St. Petersburg, he does not support the team in his hometown.According to rumors inside the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin is not interested in Dynamo Moscow, which the government has been sheltering, but has a good impression of CSKA.As a result, during his administration, CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup in the summer of 2005, becoming the first team in the history of Russian football to win the honor of a European club competition.

This beautiful talk is arousing people's daydreams - now there is momentum everywhere, and Putin also publicly supports his partner and friend Medvedev to run for president.If this is true, then Medvedev will have no opponents.Once he becomes the leader of Russia's polar bear, will his beloved Zenit St. Petersburg take off like CSKA Moscow?

When Zenit was training in the Dynamo Stadium, there were also three people sitting in the shadow of the stands.They are the head coach of the Light Energy team Sergey_Pavlov (Sergey_Pavlov) and two assistant coaches Yury_Shishlov (Yury_Shishlov) and Yury_Saukh (Yury_Saukh).

"That big man is No. 99 who scored against Nalchik Sparta?" 50-year-old coach Sergei Pavlov turned to ask his two assistants.

Assistant coach Yuri Shishlov, who is in charge of collecting and analyzing opponent data, nodded.

"Judging from his size...it should be him."

"But..." Pavlov frowned. "Judging from the training during this period, his level is very average?"

As a matter of fact, as long as there is no header training, Chen Yingxiong's performance makes people feel that he is completely unworthy of Zenit St. Petersburg's first team.Fortunately, his teammates are used to it, and everyone knows that Advocaat recruited this person, maybe it was aimed at his header.

But outsiders don't know.Therefore, anyone who has not seen Chen Yingxiong showing his header ability in training will be puzzled—is Zenit St. Petersburg really looking for some rookies like this because after Gazprom took over, there is too much money to spend? Wasting salary?

"Is there any video of Zenit St. Petersburg's last game?"

Shishlov shook his head: "There was no national broadcast of that game, so I'm sorry...no."

Pavlov watched for another 10 minutes, then stood up: "I don't think it is necessary to continue watching. The most threatening Zenit is Arshavin and Radimov, oh, and that Krzako Husbands also need to pay special attention. As for the number 99..." Pavlov shook his head, he felt that it was too mediocre.

According to the technical statistics of that game, player No. 99 scored a goal, and the technical statistics should not be wrong.But judging from this performance, the No. 99 player should just be lucky... A guy who represented the first team for the first time scored a goal because of good luck... From this point of view, although the No. 99 is tall Martha is big, but not to be feared.

Advocaat didn't need to look to know that the home team would definitely observe his team from the stands, so he didn't conduct any set-piece tactical drills.Unexpectedly, because of this, the opposing coach Pavlov misunderstood Chen Yingxiong's ability, thinking that he was not to be feared.

In fact, after knowing that the next round of the league will be a guest in Vladivostok, Advocaat adjusted his training plan and moved the set-piece training to Tuesday and Wednesday, which was done in St. Petersburg.After coming to Vladivostok, the team mainly conducted simple passing and shooting exercises.There is nothing secret about this kind of practice, and there is no fear of being spied on by others.

Although Chen Yingxiong has worked hard to shoot and has made some progress, there is still a certain gap between the requirements of an excellent striker.Naturally, Pavlov was taken aback.

After the afternoon training, the team took the bus back to the hotel where they stayed.After dinner, Advocaat held a tactical meeting.

According to the rules, of course the starting lineup will be announced at the meeting.That's the real deal.

When the starting list was announced, Chen Yingxiong was a little nervous and looking forward to it.

When the list was announced, he was as excited as if he was selected for the first time.But this time, he didn't forget to stand up from his seat and shouted "yeah".

He was once again named to the starting roster, partnering with Skittles member Krzakov as a striker.

After hearing his name in the starting list, Chen Yingxiong thought to himself——he has completed another task, and is one step closer to upgrading!
Now Yingxiong Chen is fully motivated, waiting to get a talent point after leveling up, so that he can continue to focus on the "knockdown" talent. 5% chance is not high enough, he wants to fill all five points.This requires another four upgrades... Before Chen Yingxiong thought the upgrade was fast, but now he thinks it's too slow...

Yesenin did not follow Chen Yingxiong to the away game. His Russian level has improved rapidly, and he can already communicate with teammates and coaches. He even accepted interviews with reporters, so Yesenin feels that he does not need to go to the away game.

Otherwise, Chen Yingxiong will definitely use his laptop to open the website after returning to his room to check his upgrade status.

He found himself addicted - addicted to the system, never tired of it.

(End of this chapter)


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