Heroes of the Restricted Zone

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Gennady_Popovich, director of youth development at Zenit St. Petersburg, shook his head.

"I can't see what's good about him... The level is quite mediocre, did that guy Ruslan miss you?" He commented.

Just like what has been staged countless times before, Chen Yingxiong's performance on the court is very average. He doesn't cooperate well with his new teammates, and his own abilities have no bright spots at all.

"The body is very good, but the technique at the feet is too rough. As long as you press hard, you can't even stop the ball..." Another coach, Nikolay Vorobjov (Nikolay_Vorobjov), also shook his head. "The shooting technique is not great... I think it's a waste of time...

Chen Tao observed the expressions of the coaches from a distance. When he saw several coaches shaking their heads one after another, his heart tightened...

It was only when I came to Europe that I realized the true level of my son who had always been my pride.Being able to play games in China may not necessarily be enough in Europe.You must know that the level of European football is countless times higher than that in China, and my son is still a nobody in China...

Although he knows that his son's level may not meet the requirements of Europeans, what else can he do besides playing football?

Because of this, he gritted his teeth and insisted on letting his son transfer to Europe-maybe a certain club would like his son?He felt that the cause of his son's poor level was definitely not that his son had no talent, but that the level of training his son received in China when he was a child was too low.As long as he can stay in Europe and receive high-level training, his son's level will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

This father who doesn't know much about football doesn't know that Chen Yingxiong has lost his best shaping period.Many of his technical moves have been finalized, and the bad habits he developed in China are so strong that they are too difficult to get rid of. In the eyes of those professional coaches, Chen Yingxiongbai has grown so big, but he can't return to his performance. The energy of this body is really a pity.

Ruslan Panchenko, the scout who brought Chen Yingxiong and his father to St. Petersburg, also watched.So far, Chen Yingxiong's performance has not been very good.If you rely on these performances alone, it is of course impossible to impress the team's chief scout Panchenko.

He even wondered if he had misread it. Could it be that the kid's header yesterday was just luck... Wait!header?

By the way, it's a header!
He walked over to the coaches.

"Ah, you came just in time, Ruslan. Look at the people you brought..." Popovich said mercilessly, pointing to Chen Yingxiong, and said to Panchenko, "I don't like the CSKA group. He, I'm not surprised at all!"

"I also don't like his current performance." Panchenko surprised the people around him as soon as he said it—could he also plan to give up this person and admit that he was wrong?

But he went on: "So I have a suggestion for you guys - get the team's wide player to get the ball from the wing and feed him the ball high up."

"Is he a good header?" Popovich asked. "You must know that not all big men are good at using their heads." He pointed to his forehead.

"Based on what I observed yesterday... he does have the ability to head the ball. I think why not try it?"

After speaking, he set his sights on the assistant coach Vladimir Borovekia who has been silent.

Borovekia is the assistant coach of the team and also the head coach of the reserve team. The real head coach Vlastimil_Petrzela (Vlastimil_Petrzela) is only responsible for the affairs of the first team, and many times the entire Zenit team This assistant coach is in charge.What's more, Petzera is now being disturbed by the media. The media are hyping up his conflicts with the club's top management. A few days ago, his criticism of the club's chairman was infinitely amplified by them.Now Petzera's mind is not on the team at all.

There are rumors that the St. Petersburg Zeny Club has found a successor for the Czech coach, that is, the Dutch coach Dick Advocaat (Advocaat).

Borovikia was an assistant brought from the Czech Republic when Petzera took office. If Petzera is dismissed, his fate is estimated to be similar.But as a qualified and professional assistant coach, as long as he is still in this position for a day, he has to consider a day's work.Therefore, he is still worried about the team's signings and management.

Borovikia said to Popovich, who is in charge of youth training and first-team training: "Let them change their tactics, focus on the wing, use the wing pass as the main tactic, and use more high balls."

Obviously, he believed Panchenko's words.

Popovich walked to the sidelines and signaled guest referee coach Nikolai Larionov to pause the game and rearrange his tactics.

Chen Tao saw that the game was suspended, and thought that this trial training would end in failure again.He was a little depressed, the last ray of hope was faltering and might be extinguished at any time.

Chen Yingxiong saw that the referee stopped the game, and then another coach walked onto the court... He thought that the opposing coach must not be able to stand his performance, so he terminated the test early.

Huge disappointment hit Chen Yingxiong, but it didn't knock him down.He's just not reconciled - the game has only started for more than ten minutes, at least let me finish the game, right?After this game, you will come back to see my performance after five or 10 minutes. My teammates and I are completely familiar with each other. If I go up like this for more than ten minutes, I will have to produce results... If I really have this ability, I will not Here I stayed at Feyenoord, PSV, Udinese and whatnot!
I've worked very hard, give me a little more time, give me a little more time, I'm sure... I won't let you down!I believe I can score goals, I have the body, the header, the ball to me in the air!He really wanted to yell at his temporary teammates like this, but unfortunately he couldn't speak Russian, and he couldn't understand what his teammates said.

Very helpless, Zenit obviously does not intend to give him such time.

He turned around and walked down the field.He didn't want to be kicked off the field, he had to go by himself if he wanted to, so that he could walk with dignity.

When Chen Tao saw his son walking towards him, he knew that the game was over this time.

He put the big travel bag on the grass on his back, ready to leave.

At this moment, Larionov, who was the temporary guest referee, stopped him: "Chinese!"

Chen Yingxiong turned around and looked at him.

"Where are you going?"

"Isn't the game over?" Chen Yingxiong asked, spreading his hands.

Larionov smiled: "It's just a timeout. Now the game is about to restart, go back to your position!"

Chen Yingxiong thought he heard it wrong, but seeing Larionov's hand gesture, it was indeed telling him to go back, and he didn't know what kind of expression he should show on his astonished face.

At this time, his father's voice rang out from the audience: "What are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and go back!"

Chen Yingxiong looked back and saw his father waving at him, signaling him to go back to the field.

He then turned and ran to the front court.

The game restarted, and Chen Yingxiong soon discovered that the game had changed.Everyone was looking for ground cooperation with him before, and wanted to see how his footwork was.

But now, the football is quickly assigned to the wing, and then the two players from the wing take turns taking the ball.

When the football takes off from the wing and flies to the center of the penalty area.Suddenly something clearly appeared in Chen Yingxiong's mind - such as the flight trajectory of the ball, its landing point, when is the best time to grab the point... and so on.

Although he used to play in domestic clubs, headers were his best scoring weapon.But he has never had such a clear concept of "fighting for the top"-before he just relied on a very, very vague concept, and then jumped up with his intuition. up to.Why can it reach the top?Why didn't it reach the top?He doesn't know.

But now, he knows that if he does this, he can reach the football...

He was frightened by this sudden feeling and didn't know what was going on.He has played football for 12 years, and this is the first time this has happened...

Although I clearly know how to hit the ball in my mind.But Chen Yingxiong's body didn't move. He was completely stunned by the situation just now, so much so that he forgot what he should do.

The football was pushed out by the opponent's central defender who jumped up, while Chen Yingxiong stood below, looking up, without any reaction.

"Hey, Ruslan..." Popovich pointed to the court.

Panchenko remained expressionless and said nothing.

The other coaches didn't say anything either.This is just an opportunity, it can't explain anything, and we need to see more examples before we can draw a conclusion.

Popovich murmured, "Okay, okay, let's continue to appreciate..."

Chen Tao was also very puzzled when he saw that his son was in a daze below instead of fighting for the top.

What happened to my son today?
Now is not the time to be distracted on the court!This is really the last chance. If we can't seize it, we have no money and can only buy two tickets and fly back to China overnight...

Chen Yingxiong came back to his senses, and he patted his forehead, annoyed by his indifference just now.No matter what the situation was, it was always helpful to him.I don't have time to worry about why and how this situation happened now. He just needs to try his best to hit the football into the goal, and he has to prove his ability to the coaches on the sidelines.

The next time, the next opportunity will never be missed!
So pass me the ball, guys!
When the football came to the sidewalk again, Chen Yingxiong raised his arms high.

His temporary teammate faithfully carried out Popovich's instructions, and after shaking the angle, he directly kicked the pass!
That feeling came to mind again!
Chen Yingxiong was sure that this was not an accidental phenomenon, and he didn't bother to find out why it happened, so he rushed to the best point according to the instructions of his feeling.

This time, when the central defender Alexandr_Korotkov (Alexandr_Korotkov) of the Zenit youth team was just about to take off and head the ball to clear the siege, he found that a huge monster had suddenly appeared beside him!
Chen Yingxiong is on top!
He almost flew!

"Wow—" Some of the coaches on the sidelines couldn't help exclaiming.

Panchenko, who had been expressionless before, smiled.

Chen Yingxiong thought he would encounter obstacles. When he jumped up, he was ready to smash all the obstacles in front of him. He didn't care if it was a foul or not. Anyway, if he dared to block Lao Tzu's way, he would die!
In the end, there was nothing, only the football in front of him.The opponent's central defender has just started to take off, and he is far from threatening him.

He shook his head almost instinctively...

He felt the frustration of hitting the football on his forehead, and the feeling disappeared in an instant.

The next second, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the football was already in the goal...

Zenit youth team goalkeeper Mikhail Kerzhakov made a save - he waved his arms as if to greet the football flying into his goal: "Hi, hello, Little ball!"

Popovich was not overwhelmed by Chen Yingxiong's header. He was dissatisfied with the performance of his players. He roared at the court: "Alexander! What are you doing? Defend! Defend him! "

Aleksandr Krotkov wanted to defend himself, not that he didn't defend, but that he had no time to defend - when he was still looking for the football's landing point, the opponent had already jumped up, just As if he had already judged the landing point, he went straight to the football...

He is too late!
But Popovich obviously didn't want to listen to his explanation, he waved his hands and shouted: "Don't let him jump so easily next time!"

But the situation has not improved as Popovich hoped.

When the football was passed high in front of the goal again, although Krotkov jumped up this time, he was stuck behind Chen Yingxiong-in terms of judging the landing point, Chen Yingxiong was obviously better than him up.

Being blocked by a behemoth with a height of 1.9 meters and a weight of 93 kilograms, it is obviously impossible to hit the ball unless... a foul.

But before he fouled, Chen Yingxiong shook his head and directed the football back!

This time the football did not fly into the goal, but hit the crossbar directly!

"哐!" A crisp sound hit the hearts of everyone present.

Some people even trembled involuntarily when the football hit the crossbar...

"Damn it..." Popovich was a little annoyed to see that the players he had trained were so weak.Now, in front of the assistant coach, I am ashamed of myself...

Seeming to be really dissatisfied with Krotkov's performance, Borovekia turned to Popovich and said: "Tell the players, strengthen the defense in the middle of the penalty area, and make trouble for him desperately. In addition..." He thought about it, added. "Allows and encourages the defense to stop him with fouls."

After the other coaches heard this sentence, they were stunned for a moment—they agreed to strengthen the defense. The defense of the youth team just now was really bad, maybe it was because they underestimated the enemy.But in any case, they should not make such mistakes under the nose of the assistant coach.But allowing and encouraging the use of fouls to defend...wouldn't it be too much?

Popovich didn't have any doubts about the decision, as he strode onto the court with a sullen face.

"Pause! The game is suspended!" He yelled at Larionov in a bad mood.

Seeing that Chen Yingxiong scored a beautiful header, and another header hit the crossbar, which missed the goal by a hair, Chen Tao clenched his fists happily off the court.

Well done, son!

The game was suspended again, but he was no longer worried that this was an early end of the test, and he drove the father and son away.

(End of this chapter)