Chapter 13 The First Game ()

Whether the treats are effective during the weekend will not be clear until the weekend game. In daily training, in order to give Chen Yingxiong more time to work with the team and increase tacit understanding, Popovich even made Chen Yingxiong the core in training, and specially designed a set of tactics for him to play to his strengths.

Although he only plans to give Chen Yingxiong more than 20 minutes of playing time, these twenty minutes may be crucial to Chen Yingxiong.

During training, Chen Yingxiong was still fully committed and was never stingy when it was time to exert force. He often had his teammates who were on the verge of overwhelming.

But as time goes by, Popovich found that his defenders' abilities in prevention and control and physical confrontation have improved to a certain extent. It is not obvious now, and maybe they don't feel it themselves, but that's because Chen Yingxiong has practiced with the team for not long. If it takes a long time, the results will be significant...

Time flies, and a week of training passes in a blink of an eye. Chen Yingxiong works very hard, but it is not enough in Popovich's opinion. Because his tacit understanding with the team cannot be cultivated by this week's training. The language barrier makes them very hindered in communication on the court. Sometimes Chen Yingxiong turns around and runs in the middle, but his teammates pass the football to the position he was in before. Sometimes, his teammates pull the ball to the side, and Chen Yingxiong thinks they want to cross, so he rushed into the penalty area. As a result, his teammates hesitate when passing the ball, and he offside... There are many situations like this.

If you can choose, Popovich would rather the first team coaches "forgot" Chen Yingxiong for another two months. During these two months, Popovich will work hard to get Chen Yingxiong and the team together, training and playing at the same time.

But obviously, Edvorkat and that Porter couldn't wait.

Popovich guessed that Edvocart must have planned to clean up the team. Although Chen Yingxiong is considered a young player, the contract he signed was a professional contract, so naturally he was within the scope of being cleaned.

If you perform poorly... it is too easy to clean up such a player without power, power and background.

It was very peaceful for Chen Yingxiong on the eve of the game. His dormitory still lacked any entertainment facilities. So according to the habit he developed over the past few weeks, he went to wash at half past ten, lay on the bed on time at 11 o'clock, listened to the music for half an hour, and fell asleep with his headphones.

Of course, he also thought about tomorrow's game, but he was just thinking about it, and he was not yet able to fall asleep because of it.

He actually didn't know that the first team coach and assistant coaches of the first team will come to watch tomorrow's game. He just simply felt that if he performed well in the game, it would attract the attention of the youth team's head coach and his position in the team would be higher, which would make his life in Zenit, St. Petersburg smoother.

He seemed so calm about this game that he didn't call his parents in China to tell them that he was about to have his first official game in Zenit.

Anyway, they can't see this game, so as not to worry about them.

The home court of the St. Petersburg Zenit Youth Team is not at the training base of Udney Park, but at the Sminna Football School in the city, where there is an indoor football field, which is their home court.

This is the first time Chen Yingxiong has come to play football in such an indoor football field. It is a square building that looks like a large warehouse from the outside. When he walks in, he finds that there is a different world inside.

There are all kinds of stands, billboards and courts. However, the turf here is not natural turf, but artificial turf.

In Russia, there are many such indoor football fields. Since most of Russia's land is in high latitudes, outdoor sports are almost impossible to carry out in winter. Football, which is very weather-dependent, can only be carried out by moving indoors. The weather is cold, natural turf is difficult to survive, and the maintenance cost is too high. Even many Russian Super League teams have artificial turf on outdoor stadiums, so it is even more unsurprising that indoor football fields are laid with artificial turf.

Chen Yingxiong has never played artificial turf. Nowadays, large high schools and universities in China have begun to lay green artificial turf, which looks very good. However, compared with domestic artificial turf, Smina's artificial turf is much better, and it is closer to the feeling of real grass.

There were some people sitting in the stands, all of whom were fans who came to watch the game. There were also a group of children wearing uniform jerseys. It was probably the students of Smina Football School.

This football school has sent many excellent talents to Zenit, St. Petersburg, the most famous of which is Andrey Arshavin, the midfielder who is now playing for Zenit's first team. These children obviously regard Arshavin as their goal and idol.

In addition to these children, there are also many people, some of whom are holding posters of a young player and signs with names written on them.

Chen Yingxiong looked over briefly and found that there were still many people sitting in the stands, and there might be hundreds of spectators. Unexpectedly, there were so many loyal fans in this kind of league... He was a little moved.

When playing youth team games in domestic clubs, the stands were empty, and the few fans made the players unable to get excited. The stadium was quiet and could only hear their own shouts and the muffled sound of football colliding with their feet.

If Chen Yingxiong could understand Russian and could understand Russian, he would find that many of the people here were not really hard-core fans, but were relatives and friends of young players on the court...

In addition to these audiences, there were several people on the sidelines who knew they were reporters at first glance. They were holding cameras and notebooks, and also sitting in the stands.

If you can score goals in the game, you might be able to become a news figure!

Chen Yingxiong looked at these reporters and thought.

Becoming a news figure and increasing the exposure in the media may attract the attention of domestic media, and then his parents can also see their own news in their hometown in China... Chen Yingxiong thought this way and felt it made sense.

Suddenly he saw the reporters turn their targets, they get up from their seats and run towards the entrance.

Chen Yingxiong looked over... He saw two more people at the entrance.

He didn't know the two people, so he turned his head to look at the teammates at hand, and they also looked at the two people with a confused look on their faces.

But their head coach Popovich greeted him and talked to the two visitors.

Senior club official?

Or... A thought flashed through Chen Yingxiong's mind, and he was excited about his thoughts - the team's head coach!

Although he watched the World Cup, he had never watched the Korean team's game, so he didn't know Edward Carter, who was then the head coach of the South Korean team. As for his assistant coach, Coul Porter, he didn't know him.

If it is really the head coach of the team, what does that mean? It means that if you can score goals in the game and score more goals, you can win the appreciation of the head coach! Maybe you still have a chance to be transferred to the first team!

Chen Yingxiong unanimously believed that he should go to the first team. The youth team was just a springboard for him to be familiar with this new team. After he became familiar with this team, he should still go to the first team after gradually showing his strength. He did not come to Zenit to be a young player.

He didn't know if his teammates had guessed it, but he was ready.

We must seize every opportunity to climb up. We must play in a real professional league! Become a real professional player! Scoring goals! Becoming famous! Win! Champion! Becoming a hero on the court!

Just like what I promised my father.

Let my name be known to everyone in the world!

He turned around and started to warm up, not continuing to pay attention to the mysterious visitor.

He didn't see it, and when he turned around, Edvocart and Porter turned their eyes to him.

Edvorcart and Porter had no intention of hiding their identities, so when the reporters gathered around, they were not surprised at all.

They are watching Chen Yingxiong's performance.

"Which is him?" he asked Popovich.

Popovich pointed behind him: "He is easy to recognize, the tallest one, with dark hair and yellow skin."

The two of them cast their eyes on Chen Yingxiong.

If you only look at the body shape, it really looks like a type full of power.

"How tall is he?" Potter asked.

"One meter ninety two, ninety-three kilograms." Popovich replied.

Porter was frightened by this data and was indeed considered strong.

After Popovich only showed Chen Yingxiong to them, he said goodbye, and he still had to set up tactics.

Edvorkat and Porter were surrounded by reporters.

"Mr. Edvorkat, when you came to the sidelines of the youth team, did you like a player from which youth team?"

"No, no...we're just a routine look..." Assistant coach Porter helped Edvorcart block.

"What do you think about taking over Zenit halfway?"

"You brought three Korean players as soon as you arrived in Zenit. Will the team continue to sign ups this summer?"

"Are you not worried about nepotism in introducing three Koreans in one go?"

Various problems were thrown at Edvocart. These media reporters were originally here to cover the Youth League, but this game was not worth much reporting. They were just routine - so there were only five reporters present in total. Two of them were from Zenit's official website.

Because of Edvorkat's arrival, these reporters surrounded them like hungry wolves. They had the opportunity to get the opportunity that others didn't have. You should know that many media outlets wanted to interview Edvorkat during this period were shirking him because he was too busy with work. Now they are blocked by them on the side of the court. Can he still let him run away?

Edvorkat had no choice but to answer a few questions, and then told the reporters that the game was about to begin and he was going to watch the game. If there were any questions, they could ask him after the game. Now, give him a quiet space...

The reporters let him go.

Today, Zenit's opponent in St. Petersburg is Tomsk Youth Team (tom Tomsk). In the first group of youth leagues, Zenit is currently the first, Makhachkala is second, Tomsk is third, and the three teams have 42 points, 41 points and 39 points respectively.

Chen Yingxiong stood on the sidelines and formed a circle with his teammates, surrounding head coach Popovich in the middle.

Borovikia and Petzera stood next to the coach's seat, and behind them were reporters ready to discover the news at any time - they all knew that the first-team head coach suddenly came to the sidelines of the youth team, and it must have been a purpose. Maybe it was because he was interested in which youth team players? He was preparing to conduct an in-depth investigation. So who in the youth team is worthy of their mobilization?

Since the first team coach was next to him, all the players stood straight and listened to Popovich's tactics very carefully.

Popovich is writing and drawing on the tactical board to explain the tactics in this game to the players.

The tactics of youth competitions are relatively simple, mainly based on encouragement, and encourage everyone to perform at a normal level and show their talents and abilities. Unlike the game of adult teams, there are so many tactical confrontations.

Youth games rely more on the flash performance of a talented player to determine the results of the game. The media pays attention to the youth game and will never praise the coach of a youth team for his superb tactics. Instead, they will praise a young player for his outstanding performance in the weekend games. Because of Edward Carter and Porter in this game, the players of those youth teams must work hard to show themselves in the game.

Popovich looked up at Chen Yingxiong while setting up tactics, and found that the boy seemed very excited and looked eager to try.
Chapter completed!