Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 76 The sequelae of returning from St. Petersburg (the first guarantee)

The reason why Zenit St Petersburg fans cheered for Chen Yingxiong's goal so generously may have another reason besides their own emotional reasons.

That is... they knew that even if Chen Yingxiong equalized for Naples, he would not be able to prevent this team from losing away!

In the 79th minute, Denisov scored the second goal for Zenit St. Petersburg, turning the score into 2:1, and Naples fell behind again.

But this time, Naples has no chance to equalize and prevent a defeat.

Because Chen Yingxiong was replaced in the 76th minute.

Before he left the field, Zenit St. Petersburg's offensive was wave after wave, and Naples's letting go was faltering and could lose the ball at any time.

Mazzari, who had seen the crisis in Naples, directly replaced Chen Hero and replaced him with a defender, San Croce.

But despite this, he still can't change the fate of losing the ball.

This goal made Mazzari realize that it is impossible to change his fate here, so he simply surrendered, replaced Cassano and Maggio separately, and gave up to continue the attack.

In the end, Naples lost 1:2 away to Zenit St. Petersburg with invincible home-court advantage and experienced their first defeat in the Champions League.

At the press conference after the game, Mazzari seemed helpless: "This kind of weather, this kind of venue, this kind of... away trip, my players have tried their best, I am proud of their performance. But. Everyone knows that a team cannot always win. In fact, I was ecstatic about our performance in the first three group matches, so...this defeat may have come at just the right time. "

After losing to Zenit St. Petersburg in the away game, the Naples team took a private jet arranged by De Laurentis overnight and returned to Naples.

It's really hard to toss... Mazzari called Mr. Chairman directly, with a very serious tone. During the phone call, he asked De Laurentis to come to Russia to rescue his troops.

In this way, with a failure and a group of sick people, Naples fled from the icy St. Petersburg in embarrassment.

Chen Yingxiong doesn't know if he will have another chance to come to St. Petersburg to play games in the future, but this trip back to St. Petersburg will impress him.

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Although they lost the game, as previously analyzed, Naples did not lose the qualification to qualify for the group because of this defeat.

Lyon also won, so that Lyon ranked first in the group with nine points, while Naples fell to second in the group. However, for Naples, who participated in the Champions League group stage for the first time, their goal is obviously to qualify for the group. Before that, whether the group is the first or the second in the group is not what they care about.

It was Leon who suffocated his energy and wanted that group to be the first, because he could avoid the terrifying predators of other groups.

For Lyon, who can participate in the Champions League every year, qualifying in the group is simply not their goal. There must be a somewhat longer-term goal. The group rankings are largely related to how far they can ultimately go in the Champions League knockouts.

What surprised people was not the dark horse of Naples, but... the rapid degeneration of Liverpool.

The Naples were complacent because they were able to draw the Reds at Liverpool's home stadium at Anfield. But now they are not happy at all, because it is not worth showing off at all!

In the game on October 20th, Lyon had nearly defeated Liverpool at Anfield. Now they are back at home and beat Liverpool again to complete a double play.

As a result, Liverpool fell to fourth in the group and became the bottom. Zenit St. Petersburg relies on a terrifying home court advantage and has now accumulated four points, surpassing Liverpool, which has only two points. They are very hopeful to participate in the UEFA Cup knockout stage...

This is what everyone didn't expect after the grouping results came out.

Before everyone thought that this group, if not surprising, should be the two teams of Lyon and Liverpool joining hands to qualify, while Naples and Zenit St. Petersburg compete for a UEFA Cup qualification.

Unexpectedly, the four rounds of the group stage have passed, but the situation has undergone completely different changes...

Naples, the dark horse turned out, is currently ranked second in the group and has great hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

As for Liverpool, even their club board did not expect the team to perform so badly in the UEFA Champions League this season. At first, the fans thought that they had drawn a good lot, and they were happily looking forward to the reversal of AC Milan's victory in Istanbul in 2005.

How can I think of...

But the reality is so cruel, especially in the world of football, this cruelty will always be magnified a hundred times.

The rise of a new powerful person is at the cost of the complete degeneration of an old wealthy...

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Returning to Italy does not mean relief and rest for Naples.

On the contrary, everything they experienced in St. Petersburg still needs time to digest.

Hamsik’s fever has subsided, but his physical and mental conditions are very poor, so he has to rest for a few days. Therefore, he can not participate in the training of the team normally, even if his physical fitness is no problem, it is impossible to participate in the away game against Catania.

And poor Christian Maggio was not only affected mentally, but also did not escape physically. He was injured in the game due to the slippery ground. At first he thought it was nothing serious, but he didn't expect to return to Naples for training, only to find that the situation was more serious...After examination, he had a thigh muscle strain and had to rest for at least two weeks.

As Christmas approaches, the number of injuries to the team has also begun to increase. This makes Mazzari a headache, because the subsequent schedule will only become more and more difficult to cope with... The only thing that is gratifying is the team's Trident, who has not been injured yet and performed well.

Tired of Naples went to an away game to challenge Catania. This is not a strong team. Catania ranked nineteenth and second from the bottom. After the eleventh round of the league, only seven points were accumulated, only one win, four ties, and six losses.

This is such a team, if placed in the past, even in the away game, Napoli will have absolute confidence to beat the other side.

But this time, Naples, known for its super attacking power, failed to score a goal and shook hands with Catania 0:0 in the away game.

After two rounds of invincibility, Naples also dropped to sixth in the league ranking after this game.

Naples' lack of experience in coping with two-line combat and insufficient personnel reserves finally revealed its weakness.

Fortunately, Mazzari will have a time to adjust the rest immediately-after playing Catania, it is the one and a half week and a half of the international A-level competition day, the national team game will be the theme of the actual football during this time.

Fortunately, there are not many internationals in the Naples team, only Arshavin, Cassano, De Jong, Hamsik, Sanchez and others.

The most important Chen Yingxiong still does not need to participate in the national team game, which makes Mazzari the happiest.

He had known about Chen Yingxiong before, and knew that the reason why Chen Yingxiong did not participate in the national team competition was because he was **** by the Chinese Football Association!

At that time, Mazari found it incredible and legendary. If he were an official of the Chinese Football Association, no matter what Chen Yingxiong said too much, he would definitely be called to the team, because he played a vital role in improving the level of the Chinese national team.

But that was someone's business after all, and he couldn't control it. And... it is actually a good thing for Mazzari that Chen Yingxiong does not participate in the national team game. This means that Chen Yingxiong will get more rest opportunities, he will not be infected with the so-called fifa virus in the back and forth, and will not be injured in the national team game.

At this time, Naples needs a healthy Chen hero.

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Every time on the national team match day, the debate about whether Chen Yingxiong should return to the national team has been raging in China. But regardless of how your media and fans quarrel, the attitude of the Football Association is not to loosen up-they don't talk about the name Chen Yingxiong at all, as if there is no Chinese player named Chen Yingxiong in Naples.

Fans have already dubbed the Chinese Football Association as "the largest Chinese traitor organization at present".

But these are of no avail.

Whenever the national team match day, Chinese fans don't even want to see that arrogant big man in the national team.

Whether the Chinese team wins or loses, it always fails to make fans really interested.

How long will this situation last?

Nobody knows.

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When Chinese fans felt sorry that Chen Yingxiong was still missing the national team, Chen Yingxiong did not care about the national team's game at all.

Since he was expelled from the Football Association, he has not watched the national team's game, and has not understood what the current situation of the national team is.

He is following Inzaghi and Maldini in the dungeon for intense training.

There is no skill in practicing running without a ball. Practice makes perfect. Practice and practice again and again, repeat and repeat, use thousands of repetitions to turn it into an experience, and then transform the experience into the instinct of the body, so that it can be seen by outsiders Come on, it's like... a talent.

"Stop, hero! You have to pay attention to your surroundings... Didn't you run into the opponent's circle if you continued to run like this?"

"Very good, the position is right, but you ran early! This way you can't catch the ball at all!"

"Pay attention to your teammates, don't patronize the running positions, you have to pay attention to your teammates at the same time, watch their running positions and passing the ball, seize the opportunity!"

"Timing! Timing! Timing is the most important thing! You can't catch the ball half a second early or half a second late! You can't get the chance to shoot!"

"The time is too tight, what should you do if you don't have time to run away in the normal way? You can use some unconventional ways..."

"Don’t pursue beautiful moves when shooting, or you can be on the cover of a magazine. You have to remember that you are a striker and your only task is to score goals. As long as you can score a football goal, you don’t care about it. Any way, head, feet, legs, chest, butt... even hands, as long as you can prevent the referee from seeing it!"

Inzaghi's voice kept ringing in the virtual training ground copy.

Chen Yingxiong believes that Inzaghi in reality is definitely not like this, so this is really a teacher...Inzaghi in front of him is like a driving school coach, constantly yelling at him and correcting his mistakes.

But let alone, with such a teacher teaching himself, Chen Yingxiong feels that his progress is indeed much faster...

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ps, notice in advance, there will be an outbreak on Saturday the 24th the day after tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, two consecutive days, four changes every day~