Chapter 67: High Above

When the second half of the game started, the screeching sounds from the stands of Dynamo Stadium still did not disappear.

These fans were determined to fight Chen Yingxiong to the end.

Let this blind Chinese idiot have a taste of our power!

This was what many extreme fans of CSKA Moscow thought.

"I think the referee will definitely write this situation into the match report... CSKA Moscow is in trouble!" Some reporters from St. Petersburg said this after the start of the second half.

They originally thought that after the 15-minute intermission, those people would calm down a bit, but they didn't expect the situation to get worse.

If Hero was any other player, he would probably just go on strike and not play if he encountered such blatant racial discrimination.

The intensive sound of "wuwuwu" was proof that Chen Yingxiong had become the core of the team's offense. Because the football was always sent to his control range, he could always get the football. As long as he got the football, the stands would be filled with loud monkey calls.

Faced with such whining, other players might have stopped playing long ago - because in the minds of many people, such insults were simply unbearable. And those who knew Chen Yingxiong also knew that he was not the kind of person who could endure it.

But what surprised them was that Chen Yingxiong still held back!

He did not respond to the fans' insults. He just positioned himself, competed for headers, passed the ball, shot... just like any other ordinary game.

It was as if he couldn't hear the noises outside the stadium, or as if those fans were not mocking him at all.

Advocaat was surprised that he could behave so calmly, but of course, he also felt a little admiration after being surprised. A player always had to mature before he could develop.

No one knew what Chen Yingxiong was thinking, including Denisov, and he felt embarrassed because he didn't know.

He sat on the bench, holding the banana given by Chen Yingxiong.

The teammates around him looked at him in surprise.

"Hey, Igor. Are you...hungry?" Substitute goalkeeper Malafeev pointed at the banana in Denisov's hand.

"Only a fool would be hungry! I'm giving this to Hero!" Denisov replied unhappily.

"For Hero? Why does the hero need this? A frozen banana... He is not a woman..." The substitute Ivica Krizanachi on the other side immediately started to have rich associations.

"I don't know what he's going to do either..." Denisov muttered.

"Maybe he's going eat something to fill his stomach?" Malafeev guessed.

Denisov shrugged. "Who knows?"

Chen Yingxiong was not satisfied.

Although he scored a goal, breaking his four-game scoring drought, he was not satisfied. Not at all!

Because he still remembered what he said to the coach who tried to keep him when he left CSKA Moscow.

"I don't care who you are. Even if you call the main defense of the first team, I can score a goal over their heads!"

These words he said were so powerful that Chen Yingxiong still remembered them clearly until now.

So even though he scored a goal, it wasn't over the opponent's head.

This didn't count as complete revenge.

It stood to reason that scoring a goal was a great honor, a revenge. This was the case for most players.

But Chen Yingxiong didn't agree with this. Since he said he would score a goal over the opponent's defense, he really had to score a goal over the opponent's defense.

A gentleman's word is as good as gold.

What you say must be done, and what you do must be fulfilled.

Great heroes always do what they say, and he must also do what he says.

I'm going to score a goal over your heads!

Score a header over a group of defenders of similar height to you!

Anyukov was very happy now because the tactics had returned to what he liked. As a full-back, he had a clear direction when he participated in the attack. Chen Yingxiong was standing in the front, and he could see him as soon as he looked up, just like a ship seeing a lighthouse at night, he immediately had a clear mind.

In this way, he could boldly make assists without worrying that running forward would only waste energy or leave a huge gap for the opponent.

The snow was still falling and the field was very slippery, so his breakthrough seemed useless.

But he knew that his opponent's defense was also very difficult because of the same reasons!

Anyukov was very active on the wing, constantly shuttling back and forth, looking for opportunities to pass the ball.

Arshavin was active in the first half, and at the beginning of the second half, Anyukov became active.

The two flanks were the characteristics of Zenit St. Petersburg.

But in the previous few games, due to Chen Yingxiong's poor form and sometimes even not playing at all, Zenit St. Petersburg's flanks did not play well either.

Now that the lighthouse was back on, everyone had a direction to pass the ball - do you see the tallest guy in the frontcourt? Yes? Then pass the ball to him!

"Anyukov made a forced cross! Berezutsky blocked the ball!"

Anyukov climbed out of the mud and shook off the mud on his hands. The ball was not passed high enough and was blocked by the CSKA full-back just as he got up.

CSKA Moscow's defense was weird - their two center backs were not as tall as their two full-backs.

The central defender combination was Ignashevich and Sembras, of which Ignashevich was 1.86 meters tall and weighed 82 kilograms, while Sembras was 1.87 meters tall and weighed 72 kilograms.

What about the two full-backs? They were the Berezutsky brothers. Right back Vasily Berezutsky was 1.89 meters tall and weighed 83 kilograms. Left back Alexey Berezutsky was 1.90 meters tall and weighed 82 kilograms.

So if your cross could not bypass these two giants, it would be difficult to get directly into the penalty area.

But if the ball was passed too high, the ball would be in the air for too long, which would give the CSKA defense more time to prepare. Everyone would be in position, and it would be more difficult for Chen Yingxiong to compete for the header.

"Deputy Commander!" Anyukov, who was thinking about what to do, heard Chen Yingxiong calling him.

Ever since he claimed to be the deputy leader of the St. Petersburg Zenit Food, Drink and Fun Group, Chen Yingxiong had called him by this nickname.

Anyukov turned around and saw Chen Yingxiong gesturing at him, winking and saying, "Pass the ball high, pass the ball high, the higher the better!"

"It's hard to aim if it's too high..." He frowned.

Chen Yingxiong seemed to know what he was thinking. He repeated his words again and said, "It's okay. Just pass the ball and leave the rest to me. If you can't get it, it's my fault!"

Chen Yingxiong said so, what else could Anyukov say? He nodded. "Okay!"

Chen Yingxiong certainly didn't only pursue headers; he also had long shots. After the start of the second half, he had already shot three times.

Two of the kicks hit the goal frame.

Chen Yingxiong found that his long-range shooting ability was getting better and better, even if the improvement was very slight.

An obvious effect was that his long-range shot caused CSKA Moscow's defense to waver in its defense.

Defense against long shots or headers?

This was really a problem for the players of CSKA Moscow.

When the ball was passed to Chen Yingxiong and Chen Yingxiong was outside the penalty area, the defenders of CSKA Moscow began to make such choices.

This time Chen Yingxiong did not take a direct long shot, but instead passed the ball to the wing.

After receiving the pass from Chen Yingxiong, Anyukov rushed to the baseline without hesitation.

This time he remembered Chen Yingxiong's instructions clearly.

A high cross!

The ball went right past the tall full-back Vasily Berezutsky, but in the eyes of others, it was too ridiculously high to be threatening.

According to its trajectory, the ball would definitely not land in front of the goal, but go straight to the back point!

Seeing Anyukov pass the ball, the stands suddenly rang with a humming sound again. The sound had just stopped, and the fans didn't even have time to catch their breath before they started to scream like monkeys again.

"Anyukov made a cross... but the quality of the pass was not very good... it was too high, making it difficult to compete for the header, and it gave the CSKA defenders ample time to prepare..." Commentator Yuri Petrov also felt that Anyukov must not have passed the ball well.

Ignashevich was originally standing in the middle. When he saw the height of the football, he knew that the ball could not land near him.

But he still wanted to see where Chen Yingxiong was first.

Not in the middle!

Chen Yingxiong was not in the middle either!

Just after Anyukov made the cross, Chen Yingxiong suddenly ran from the middle to the ribs and then entered the penalty area!

He wanted to appear at the back post!

Ignashevich, who finally found Chen Yingxiong, quickly judged his intention, so the Russian national team international took the initiative to retreat and turned to run to the back point!

At the same time, at the back point, Alexei Berezutsky, who was retreating into the air defense, was looking up at the football flying towards his area. He raised his arms to separate those who might come to compete with him for territory, and was ready to jump.

At this moment, Ignashevich saw Chen Yingxiong appear directly in the air!

He didn't even see how Chen Yingxiong jumped. Anyway, when this guy appeared in his sight, he was already in the air!

Berezutsky had his back to Chen Yingxiong, and he didn't see what happened behind him.

Ignashevich didn't have time to warn his teammates; he rushed forward!

Then, Berezutsky also jumped up on the spot.

Three people collided with each other!

The "wooooooo" sound suddenly increased in magnitude.

Hero was high above!

The one being pinned down by him was the miserable Berezutsky. Before he could fully jump up, he was pinned down by Chen Yingxiong.

Ignashevich was the only one who could compete with Hero in the air.

But he had his back to the ball and couldn't see where the ball would land.

It felt so good to be back in the air!

The wind blew through Hero's hair, and snowflakes flew towards him, trying to blind his eyes.

At the same time, the red football also arrived through the wind and snow.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Chen Yingxiong rushed towards the football and Ignashevich. As for Berezutsky under him, he didn't care at all that there was someone below him!

Chen Yingxiong in the air could hear the whining of the CSKA fans very clearly, and he knew that this was the group's death throes.

The sound was so loud, which showed how intense their despair was.

Chen Yingxiong liked this feeling.

He hit it mercilessly!

When Ignashevich and Berezutsky fell down, one on his back and the other on his back, Chen Yingxiong was still in the air, maintaining the posture of rushing forward to head the ball!

The football was no longer with him, but flew straight to the goal, in a parabola.

Akinfeev had originally blocked the front point, but he didn't expect that Chen Yingxiong's ball would swerve!

He stepped back hastily, then jumped up and reached for it.

As a qualified and excellent goalkeeper, during the save process, you must keep your eyes fixed on the football from beginning to end.

So he got the front row seat to seeing the football pass through his fingertips. It didn't hit the crossbar or the goal post, but just fell into the goal!

The wind was raging, the snow was flying, the ball went into the net, and high up in the air was a flying hero.