Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 64 Goal Shortage?What is a goal drought?
"...Mr. Gasayev, may I ask if your team is ready for the match against Zenit this weekend?"

"Yes, we are ready. We attach great importance to this game. Zenit is not an opponent who can be dismissed casually..."

On TV, an interview with CSKA Moscow head coach Valery Gasayev is being broadcast.

CSKA Moscow's home game against Zenit St. Petersburg has been confirmed as a national live broadcast, and this game has attracted much attention.

There were more and more news programs about the two teams before the game, and an atmosphere of an imminent battle gradually became apparent.

"Mr. Gasayev, have you found a way to deal with Chen Yingxiong?" a reporter asked.

Chen Yingxiong, who was calling his father, was also attracted by the words on the TV, and he turned his gaze to the TV screen.

"I guess...it's no secret anymore?" Gasayev laughed.

The laughter of the reporters came clearly from the TV.

Laugh at your sister!
Chen Yingxiong cursed in his heart.

But he still said to his father: "...The weather here in Russia is cold, and it snowed a lot yesterday. I wanted to go out to play, but it froze me to death..."

It's normal for people from Sichuan to never see snow. The first time Chen Yingxiong saw snow, he wanted to rush in and play wild, but he rolled back to the house obediently in the cold.

"I also took a lot of pictures, the snow scene! It's so beautiful, let me tell you, Dad, you and Mom should really come to St. Petersburg to have fun... Oh, it's not cold, so I went out to be cold, the room has heating and air conditioning Yes, why is it cold? Oh, yes, Dad. We have another league match tomorrow. Who do you think the opponent is this time?"

Chen Tao was talking with his son on the phone while preparing to close the shop.

"Oh, come on! Which one is it?"

"CSKA Moscow! Hehe!" Chen Yingxiong laughed excitedly.

Chen Tao was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "Do you still remember being wordy?"

"Why don't you remember? Of course you must! Let me tell you, Dad, I still remember that account until now, and I finally found a chance to settle it."

"Ahem..." Chen Tao coughed. "You..."

"Don't worry Dad, revenge is limited to football."

Chen Tao had nothing to say.

After Chen Yingxiong turned off the phone, he continued to stare at the TV screen.

Now it is Zenit's head coach Advocaat who is on the stage. This news program broadcasts the press conference before the game between the two sides in the afternoon.

The topic still revolves around Chen Yingxiong.

Who told the media to be very interested in his sudden rise and sudden silence?
"Now that many teams have claimed that they have found a way to deal with heroes, what do you think about this?"

"No opinion." Advocaat shook his head and said.

"Then will you still place the hero in the starting roster? Tyke has made a quick comeback, will he play in tomorrow's game?"

"I will not disclose the team's starting list." Advocaat is very careful not to let others get the information. "You're going to get the list an hour before the game."

His answer, of course, disappointed the reporters.

Chen Yingxiong laughed.

Just now Edvocaat has announced the team's starting roster, just as Edvocaat promised him before, his name is on the list, and Tek is on the bench.

This question is now out of suspense.

The coach of the Central Army, you wait for me!

These days, more and more journalists are coming around the training ground, even far exceeding the previous match between Zenit and Spartak Moscow.

CSKA Moscow is currently ranked first in the league and has a good chance of winning the league title.And Zenit St. Petersburg has star players like Arshavin.

The duel between the two sides will of course be very eye-catching.

Chen Yingxiong was also interviewed by the media - although he slapped the St. Petersburg media in public before the game, they soon "reconciled".Chen Yingxiong needs to be famous, and the media likes this player who can always make some noise—who wants to report on those good men who honestly go home to accompany their wives and children after training every day?
Of course, these questions from the media still made Chen Yingxiong very upset... For example: "Excuse me, Xiongxiong, will you start the game against CSKA Moscow?"

"You didn't go to the nightclub during this period, is it related to not scoring consecutive goals?"

Chen Yingxiong cursed in his heart: Damn it, you say you go to a nightclub, and you say you don't go to a nightclub!

Although he continued to fail to score, Chen Yingxiong was still very tough in front of the media.

He put on a straight face: "Whether I score goals or not has nothing to do with whether I go to nightclubs or not. Nightclubs are my personal hobby in my spare time, and scoring goals is my job. Can you distinguish between work time and personal time?" ?”

His rhetorical question left the reporters speechless...

Chen Yingxiong had a dream that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't score a goal in the match against CSKA Moscow. He tried his newly learned long shot, and the football flew straight into the sky. After a while, the stadium A plane fell outside...

When he woke up, he still clearly remembered how he felt in the dream-when he found out that the first half was about to end and he hadn't scored a goal, he was so anxious.Fans in the stands are still calling him a "crap".Unwillingness and anger burned like flames, eventually engulfing him whole.

Then he turned into a burning hellfire and razed the entire Dynamo Moscow stadium to the ground!
Then, under the sky reddened by the flames, he raised his head and laughed loudly: "Don't let me score? I will make you unable to even play the game! Hahahaha!"

Under his feet were screaming and running crowds, and he looked down at the group of ants-like wretches.He looked up to the sky and laughed again.

And then...then he woke up.

"This is such a fucking mess..." Chen Yingxiong shook his head.

However, when he found that the first half was almost over, but he hadn't scored a goal yet, his mood was so clear and real that he was still in a trance after waking up—after all, what he just had was a dream, Or is it a dream now?

Looking at the watch by the bed, it was basically time to get up.

Chen Yingxiong didn't bother to sleep, he got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face.

The dream was so unlucky that he decided to wash it away.

His roommate Denisov was still tossing and turning on the bed, uttering a dream or two from time to time.

In winter in Moscow, the nights are extremely long.

When Chen Yingxiong finished washing and stood in front of the window, the world outside the glass window was still pitch black.You must know that it was past eight o'clock at this time—it was eight o'clock in the morning, not eight o'clock in the evening.

The street lights are still on, illuminating every street brightly, and the buildings in the distance are also lit up.

The city is gradually waking up.

Against the backdrop of the lights, Chen Yingxiong found something floating past his window.

He climbed up and took a closer look, and found that it was... snowflakes!
Snowing!
He looked down again... He was talking about how the light of the street lamp was so bright, it turned out that it was reflected from the snow on the ground!

Snow has accumulated, indicating that the next time is not short.

Is it going to be a snow fight today?
Chen Yingxiong frowned. Although he had seen snow before, he had never played in snow.St. Petersburg is farther north than Moscow, and it has long since snowed.There have been two snowfalls so far, the second of which was particularly heavy.It is so big that when the team trains, it can only be carried out in the indoor training ground.

Playing in such weather is full of unknowns that he didn't know before.

For example, the condition of the venue, will it make my limbs stiff if it is too cold...

But one thing he was sure of.That is, even if there is hail in the sky, he will complete his revenge in this game!
The Dynamo Stadium, home of CSKA Moscow, is just ahead, and it is not clear in the night.Chen Yingxiong saw it during the day yesterday, and he stared in that direction.

Hope they haven't forgotten who I am.

"...This is the second snowfall in Moscow this year. It has been falling since last night, and it has been falling until this morning. Looking at it like this, it may continue to fall...Today's game is [-]% played in the snow... ..."

On the bus to the stadium, the local TV station was playing on the radio, and the host talked about today's game and the weather.But the tone didn't feel startled, and looking at the teammates around him, he also expressed his calmness about the weather.

It seems that Russian people are used to playing football games in the ice and snow.

The sky outside the car window was a bit dark, even in the afternoon, it was no different from the night... But speaking of it, the winter days in Moscow are inherently short, it dawns after nine o'clock in the morning, and it gets dark after four o'clock in the afternoon...

Chen Yingxiong was not used to spending the winter here at first.When it got dark, he always thought it was very late, but he didn't expect it to be only four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

This made his biological clock a little disordered, but fortunately he has adapted now, otherwise he would definitely feel hungry by now...

Although the snow was heavy, Chen Yingxiong still saw many fans along the way. They either drove or walked to the stadium.

Among these people are also those fans who are wearing thin clothes and holding wine bottles in their hands.

Wearing red CSKA Moscow jerseys, they sang loudly and gave them the middle finger when they saw Zenit's car approaching.

Judging from the reaction of the fans, this game is definitely not friendly.

But this has nothing to do with Chen Yingxiong. He came today to trouble CSKA Moscow and make trouble.

Fortunately, the snow was not too heavy today, and the snow on the road was not deep enough to seriously affect the driving of the car, so we arrived at the competition venue smoothly along the way.

Getting off the air-conditioned bus, Chen Yingxiong shrank his neck from the cold.

At the parking position, although the weather was very cold, there were still many reporters waiting for them. They were also tightly wrapped, but seeing the players getting off the car, they regained their vitality and rushed up one after another.

Advocaat, Arshavin and...Chen Yingxiong became the focus of the media.

Advocaat is the team's head coach, and Arshavin is the team's number one star. It is natural for them to be chased by the media.Chen Yingxiong is chased by the media because of his ups and downs performance curve.

"You haven't scored in four consecutive league rounds. May I ask if you have encountered a scoring shortage?"

Chen Yingxiong grinned: "Scoring shortage? What is a scoring shortage?"

　
(End of this chapter)