Chapter 144: Abroad War

"...Zenit could have beaten Nuremberg at his home court to completely end this suspenseful situation and take the right to go out, because before that, their ranking and situation were very good. But who would have thought that Chen Yingxiong missed this game because of a cold and fever, which led to the team being tied by Nuremberg at home... This time Chen Yingxiong regained the opportunity to play, so what kind of storm can he cause at the Goodison Park Stadium in Everton?"

If the St. Petersburg media still have any confidence, it must be from Chen Yingxiong. After all, he is the team's best scorer in the league, and has just broken Oleg Verjenikov's single-season goal record for the Russian Super League.

But the Moscow media don't think so. They believe that putting hope on Chen Yingxiong is destined to be without results, because - "Chen Yingxiong only scored one goal in the League Cup this season. He played so many games, many of which started and played for 90 minutes. What does this mean? The first time participating in the League Cup, the second season of his career, the first full season... Chen Yingxiong has serious lack of experience, he is just an inexperienced rookie! The madness in the Russian domestic league has caused many people to ignore this intentionally or unintentionally. But in the cruel European arena, his shortcomings are infinitely magnified... I hope he scores a goal in the game against Everton? He only scored a goal against Larissa, the weakest group. Everton's air defense ability is much better than Larissa!"

Of course, Chen Yingxiong knew the criticism of his inability to score in the League Cup, but he was just an in-depth striker who was a civil war and an in-depth foreign war.

If Edvorcart had not given a ban on the team and told them not to be interviewed before the game against Everton, he would have pointed at the noses and scolded the reporters who criticized him.

Now, he felt anger in his heart. Since he couldn't say it, then do it. He wanted to let those critics see through the game against Everton. He was born for the big scene! That little irrelevant small game... He doesn't want to score goals!

To score a goal, you have to score a goal in a life-and-death game like Everton!

Well, Chen Yingxiong was arrogant, but only scoring one goal did make Chen Yingxiong feel resentful, so he will definitely try his best this time. He didn't know how Everton would deal with him, but he was going to surprise Everton's people!

Chen Yingxiong also has another idea - Everton is a Premier League team, and this time it will be their home game, which will definitely attract a lot of attention. European scouts and media, paying attention to this game is much easier than flying to St. Petersburg, thousands of miles away. This will increase your exposure, he will be known to more people, and he will also have the opportunity to improve his reputation...

At the press conference before the game, Moyes talked about several threatening players in St. Petersburg Zenit. He believed that Zenit was a very powerful team and should not be underestimated. He did not agree with the view that this team could easily defeat at home.

However, the threatening players he mentioned did not include Chen Yingxiong.

Chinese media are obviously very dissatisfied with this.

Since this game was held in England and it was a key battle related to whether Zenit could advance to the knockout stage, many Chinese reporters came. They were all paying attention to Chen Yingxiong's game. If they won, they would continue to see Chen Yingxiong in the League Cup next year, otherwise... the attention would be reduced.

As Chen Yingxiong's compatriots, when facing outsiders, everyone naturally goes to their own family. So seeing that Moyes did not mention Chen Yingxiong's name, many Chinese journalists stood up for Chen Yingxiong.

They must let Moyes talk about his evaluation of Chen Yingxiong.

"Dear Mr. Moyes, do you know who the top scorer in the Russian Premier League this season?"

Being able to win the best scorer of the season and break the single-season goal record of the Russian Super League has always been a pride for Chinese media. There are many overseas players in Chinese history, but how many players can win the best scorer of their league? Before Chen Yingxiong, there was only one Dong Fangzhuo, who was also the best scorer in the regular season of the Belgian Second Division.

Chen Yingxiong won the top scorer in the top Russian league and the sixth-ranked European league. In this league, there are excellent centers like Pavlyuchenko and Pavel Pogrebnyak, but Chen Yingxiong won the competition with them. And it is not just a league's top scorer, he also broke the record in the Russian Super League.

This makes everyone feel that Chen Yingxiong's Golden Boot Award is very valuable.

But Moyes actually ignored a top scorer in the Russian league. It was really...too unreasonable!

Chinese media want to make a fuss about Chen Yingxiong.

"Yes, I know he is the best scorer in the Russian Super League this season. But I have never watched the video of him playing football in Russia... In short, he is also a very capable player and his physical fitness is very good. But we have two central defenders with equally good health..."

Moss's eyes were a little erratic when answering this question.

This shows that his mind is not on this issue, and his answer is completely subconscious and has not been carefully considered.

It also shows that he does not really value Chen Yingxiong.

Is the scorer king of the Russian Super League necessarily very good? Moyes doesn't believe in these honor lists, he only believes what he saw with his own eyes. The fact is that he saw Chen Yingxiong in the League Cup with his own eyes, and his performance was really average.

If it is just a game, it can also be explained as ups and downs in the state, but almost every game is average, what does this mean?

This shows that he lacks experience in dealing with games like the League Cup.

It’s no big deal to go sideways in the domestic league. Moyes has seen many players who are both civil war and foreign war laymen.

Of course, Chinese journalists can hear what Moyes' subtext is.

But they could not refute Moyes's "slightness".

Because Chen Yingxiong performed bravely in the domestic league, he blocked the gods and killed the Buddhas. However, he really lacked the performance of making moves in the League Cup.

Just one goal, although it is a key goal, it seems like a bargaining no matter how you look at it...

Well, during the interview with Chen Yingxiong and him, they had gradually figured out the temper of this person. Moyes "looks down on" him so much, wondering what his reaction would be after learning about this?

All these Chinese journalists can expect now is that Chen Yingxiong can perform convincingly in this game to conquer everyone who questioned him, especially to make Moyes admit that he had taken a look. At that time, they will be happy to mention the name Chen Yingxiong to him at the post-match press conference.

If you want to say a slap in the face... These Chinese journalists have never seen any Chinese athlete who is better than Chen Yingxiong...

This Chinese player seems to have no "traditional virtues" of the Chinese. He is arrogant, arrogant, and arrogant... If these personality traits are taken out separately, there is almost no one who is likable.

But put together and put it together on Chen Yingxiong, a 19-year-old boy, when you stand on the same front as him, you will... like these Chinese journalists now, love him to death!

He provides a channel for those who usually look serious and need to be bound by various rules and regulations at all times to vent their true feelings.

Everyone will feel happy when they see him celebrating wildly after scoring goals on the court, hitting those who look down on him in the face, provoking hostile fans, and saying arrogant and unscrupulous words.

Because everyone has that kind of crazy idea in their hearts, but not everyone can show it without burden. Chen Yingxiong can. Those who cannot do so put their feelings on this big man.

Seeing him slap someone in the face, it was as if he slapped those people he didn't like, it was so cool!

"Hey, hero. Obviously, you are being looked down upon!" Inside the team, Eric Hagen, the Norwegian, pointed to the newspaper and said to Chen Yingxiong.

The newspaper was filled with content from Moyes attending a press conference the day before the game.

Moyes talked a lot about Zenit, and he talked about several players he cared about, Arshavin, Domingos, Timoshchuk and Scotter, among them. The only thing he didn't have Chen Yingxiong's name.

Chen Yingxiong curled his lips.

He also knew that his performance in the League Cup was unpredictable. Although he scored a goal, he did not get rid of the outside world's impression of him as "a civil war expert and an outside war expert".

But if the opponent's head coach despises him so much... Well, he suddenly felt that this was a good thing.

So he laughed.

"It's okay, Eric. I wish he would continue to look down on me now, so I'd just ignore me!"

"Ah?" The honest man Hagen didn't react.

Denisov, Chen Yingxiong's good roommate, understood his friend's thoughts. "Hero is now holding on to a lot of bad water and wants to embarrass the other party in the game, right?" He patted Chen Yingxiong on the shoulder.

Chen Yingxiong gave him a thumbs up and signaled that he was right.

"Have you thought about how to celebrate after scoring the goal? Could it be...slap in the face?" Scotter asked when he saw Chen Yingxiong looking confident.

"Of course not." Chen Yingxiong shook his head. "I want to go to Moyes to celebrate, I want him to not ignore me!" He pointed at himself with his thumb.

Arshavin was with other teammates. When he saw Chen Yingxiong's appearance, he smiled and said to Timoshchuk and Domingos: "Moyes did a great job. He successfully angered a giant bear! Haha!"

Domingos and Tymoshchuk also laughed.

His teammates never doubted what Chen Yingxiong's ability is, especially after he broke Verjenikov's record, everyone believed that this kid was definitely capable of doing anything he wanted to do.

Before the season, he said he wanted to be the best scorer and to create his own era, and was ridiculed. What was the result? In the league, he kept slapping people in the face, and every time he scored a goal, he drew twenty-seven.

He became the best scorer. As for his own era? Everyone believes that if it continues like this, the top centers in the world football world will really have his reputation in the future.

Zenit had to win in this game, which angered the hero and was beneficial to Zenit, but it was harmful to Moyes' Everton.
Chapter completed!