Chen Yingxiong devoted himself to practicing hard in the dungeon, improving himself, maintaining his condition, and preparing to give his "old friend" Barcelona another surprise.

At the same time, the number of goals he scored around the world is still being hyped by the media, and all the previous doubts about him have become insignificant - they can score 500 goals at a young age and score 102 goals in a single season. So why is it incredible to score 62 league goals in a season?

People really have this ability, but they have never taken some banned drugs. Otherwise... he has to take it every day during the season, and his body has collapsed long ago. Are all anti-doping institutions taking shit? Is it impossible to find out that a urinary sample in the past ten years?

So there is only one explanation, that is, Chen Yingxiong has never taken any banned medicine at all, just like he said.

He is innocent.

Not just an Anti-Doping Commission in England proved this, Italian, Russian, UEFA... all proved it.

In the face of such a huge achievement, no one made any disharmonious voices.

Even if there are still people who are dissatisfied and hate Chen Yingxiong to the core, they all learn to be smart. At this time, they don’t come out to confront Chen Yingxiong head-on, but avoid their edge. If they insist on jumping out and questioning Chen Yingxiong, Richard Jill’s fate will still be in front of everyone.

There are also those journalists and media who have been sued by Chen Yingxiong, who will face long and tossing lawsuits and a large amount of compensation...

Chen Yingxiong has never been a gentleman. If you hit him, he will definitely beat you, and he will beat you even more ruthlessly than you. If you scold him... he will still beat you and will not show any mercy.

Therefore, at this time, don’t come out and provoke Chen Yingxiong.

It is rare that Chen Yingxiong enjoyed the first comfortable space provided by the media. There is no criticism, no controversy, no slander, only praise, and a swarm of stingy praise and flattery.

Chen Yingxiong did not think there was anything wrong with these flatteries and praises. He just liked to listen to others praise him, but he just didn't like others criticizing him. He would never say pretentiously, "Your criticism is also the driving force for my progress"... bullshit! If anyone criticizes him, he will be unhappy, and someone will be unlucky. On the contrary, if he praises him, even if he flatters, he can accept it with a thick face.

Who doesn't like to listen to good things?

This is human nature, and it is definitely not the characteristic of Chen Yingxiong alone.

Everyone is praising him, and he is in a good mood and is more efficient in preparing for battle.

Martin O'Neal was also very happy.

He led the team to the Champions League final for the first time. Judging from Chen Yingxiong's condition, he still has a lot of hope to compete with Barcelona...

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While the media praised Chen Yingxiong, they did not forget that on May 22, there is another most important game in European football this season, a decisive battle to determine who is the real European king.

UEFA Champions League final.

This year's Champions League final will be held in the far north, St. Petersburg, the northern capital of Russia.

The host stadium is the new home court in St. Petersburg Zenit, which has been built for less than two years, - the Russian Gas Arena.

For Chen Yingxiong, this year's final is of extraordinary significance. Because he will return to the place where he debuted and return to the starting point of his career.

In St. Petersburg, there are still many Zenit fans who miss and talk about Chen Yingxiong. Every achievement that Chen Yingxiong has achieved will be conveyed to the fans of St. Petersburg through the media in St. Petersburg, so everyone can continue to pay attention to Chen Yingxiong and thanks to the founding consultation. They do not feel how far away Chen Yingxiong is from him.

This time when Liverpool beat AC Milan in the semi-final to reach the final, the happiest people belonged to St. Petersburg fans besides Liverpool fans and Chinese fans.

Because six years later, they can finally see Chen Yingxiong playing football again at their doorstep. The last time was when Chen Yingxiong was in Naples, representing Naples in St. Petersburg to play the away Champions League group stage. At that time, Naples and St. Petersburg Zenit were divided into a group.

Unlike the last time, Zenit fans don’t have to make a painful choice this time. They can support Chen Yingxiong wholeheartedly and support Liverpool. They will not hope Chen Yingxiong will perform well like last time, but they do not want Zenit to lose the game...

So when the tickets for the Champions League finals began to be released online, nearly 10,000 tickets left for local fans were sold out.

These people are fans of Zenit, St. Petersburg, and they all come to support Chen Yingxiong.

At that time in St. Petersburg, Barcelona will face a very difficult situation. They will find that even neutral fans in the usual sense are cheering for Chen Yingxiong. They will feel that Liverpool is playing at home, and they are the away game in an absolute way...

Who made Chen Yingxiong have a high status in the minds of Zenit fans?

Chen Yingxiong himself is also very clear, so after leading the team through AC Milan, he said in an interview that he was eager to return to St. Petersburg to play the game, and he was not going back as Zenit's enemy.

Because he missed the days he played in Zenit, St. Petersburg, where he had many good friends and many fans who supported him.

His speech resonated with Zenit fans, who also expressed their welcome to Chen Yingxiong home, and they would become the strong backing for Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool in the game.

This is not good news for Barcelona.

However, when UEFA arranged the final venue, he didn't expect that Liverpool would definitely reach the final, and he didn't expect that after Chen Yingxiong left the team, Zenit's fans still loved him so much...

Isn’t he a very poor reputation?

This stadium may be more beneficial to Liverpool at that time, and Barcelona has no objection to this, because this matter is actually very ordinary. For example, those teams whose home courts are the venues for the finals and then they reach the finals. That is really at home. Can the opponent ask UEFA to change the location for the finals?

Guardiola's answer shows the confidence that Barcelona should have as a wealthy family.

"I don't care about the final venue and his relationship. Our opponent is Liverpool, not a person, or a certain court."

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With four days left before the final, the entire Liverpool team left their base camp and flew to St. Petersburg by plane.

Because of Chen Yingxiong and Scotter's relationship, Liverpool Club contacted Zenit, St. Petersburg, and asked them to rent Zenit's training base for pre-match preparations.

In fact, Barcelona also made this request.

But I can tell which proposal Zenit would agree to with his butt.

They rejected Barcelona's request and agreed to Liverpool, and did not charge a penny, so they would lend it to Liverpool for free.

Originally, the two sides did not have such a good relationship, but it was because of Scotter and Chen Yingxiong, two players who walked out of Zenit, especially for Chen Yingxiong's face.

In this way, Liverpool can come to St. Desburg four days in advance to adapt to the local weather and climate and venue.

Barcelona hit a wall at Zenit, St. Petersburg, but they didn't have to wait until the first day before the game.

They quickly contacted the CSKA Moscow.

In fact, it was not their contact, it was the CSKA Moscow that took the initiative to contact.

The grudge between CSKA and Zenit still exists after Chen Yingxiong leaves and is deeply rooted.

Since Liverpool and Zenit are getting close, they will naturally have to help Liverpool's opponents as Zenit. What's more, their hatred for Chen Yingxiong is still there. As Chen Yingxiong's mortal enemy, Barcelona will naturally do their best to help Barcelona. If Barcelona can defeat Liverpool, Chen Yingxiong, and win the Champions League trophy in the Champions League final, they will be as happy as if they won the championship.

If Chen Yingxiong knew about their thoughts, Chen Yingxiong would not be angry, but he would probably say with disdain that the CSKA Moscow had just made a little success...

In this way, the CSKA Moscow took the initiative to lend the training base to Barcelona for free.

Although it is not St. Petersburg, Moscow and St. Petersburg are both in Russia, so there is always something the same. What's more, Moscow and St. Petersburg are not far away. It's better to leave from Moscow to St. Petersburg than to fly from Barcelona to St. Petersburg when you are in front of you. At least you can minimize the impact of the journey's hard work on the team.

Barcelona readily agreed.

Therefore, the grudges between the two Russian domestic giants continued to be interpreted through this form.

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When arriving in St. Petersburg, the entire Liverpool team was warmly welcomed at the airport.

Because there are still four days left before the Champions League final, it is impossible for Liverpool fans to pick them up at the airport. They have to wait until the day of the game or a day in advance.

So almost all those who welcome them here are St. Petersburg Zenit fans.

It is said that they are here to welcome Liverpool, but in fact, they are more to welcome Chen Yingxiong and Scotter, and then welcome Liverpool...

They lined up in several lines at the exit of the airport, holding Chen Yingxiong's posters - these posters have been a bit old, because they still look like Chen Yingxiong when he was playing for Zenit.

Many fans came to the airport wearing Chen Yingxiong's jersey when he was at Zenit.

If it weren't for their Liverpool scarf and banners that welcomed Liverpool, I'd probably think they were welcoming Zenit to win the players.

Chen Yingxiong and Scotter walked at the front of the team. Seeing them coming out, Zenit's fans cheered like tsunamis.

Chen Yingxiong just raised his hand, and before he could wave it, the cheers suddenly increased.

"hero!!"

"Hero -!! Welcome back to St. Petersburg! This is always your home!"

"Hero! No matter where you are, we will always support you!"

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The Russian nation is a very xenophobic nation, so racial discrimination in this country is very serious, especially on the football field. Even world superstars like Robert Carlos and Etoo have been racially discriminated against.

But Chen Yingxiong can be loved and welcomed by so many Russian fans from the heart and this level of welcome. It has to be said that he is indeed different.

Chen Yingxiong finally waved his hand, and the cheers became louder, almost lifting off the ceiling of the high airport terminal.

Chen Yingxiong had a bright smile on his face, then turned his head to the head coach Martin O'Neal who was walking beside him, saying: "Boss, are you still worried that we can't beat Barcelona?"

Martin O'Neal, who had seen Chen Yingxiong's popularity here, smiled and shook his head helplessly. He really had nothing to say.

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Chapter completed!