Chapter 189 Group ridicule

The two semi-finals of the League Cup between St. Petersburg Zenit and Bayern Munich are considered to be the most anticipated matches in the entire League Cup.

One side is a newcomer in the European arena, and the other side is a "down-and-out" giant family that has fallen into the League Cup. The collision between these two teams will definitely spark and shine.

After playing against Saturn, Zenit returned to St. Petersburg and began preparing for the two semi-finals with Bayern Munich.

For Edvocart, these are two crucial games. Their importance even exceeds the finals. I don’t know if I can enter the finals yet, so I will play the two games with Bayern Munich as the finals.

In fact, in terms of opponent strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that the match against Bayern Munich is the final. Because the two teams in the other semi-finals are Glasgow Rangers and Leverkusen. These two teams are obviously not comparable to giants like Bayern Munich.

Many European media think that Bayern Munich should have no suspense in advance to the final. Although Zenit, St. Petersburg, is very strong and is the dark horse in this League Cup, they just met Bayern Munich in the final...

"...It's a pity! If it weren't for Bayern Munich, Zenit could even create the most brilliant moment in the team's history. They could make it to the finals, and with their strength, it wouldn't be incredible to win the finals. But now, their fate has changed because of Bayern Munich..."

"It's really difficult for Zenit to defeat Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga overlords are currently ranked first in the league and are far ahead of the second place Werder Bremen. They have a great hope of regaining the Bundesliga championship this season, and there is no suspense about returning to the Champions League. For them, the League Cup is just a mistake. But since it has arrived, we will naturally take away a championship trophy!"

"In the Champions League, Bayern Munich is a favorite to win the championship. In the League Cup, they are probably the only team that has the potential to win the championship..."

German media have praised Bayern Munich.

Some journalists with high ranks will also praise Zenit's outstanding performance while praising Bayern Munich. "If it weren't for Bayern Munich..." After seeing this, people in St. Petersburg felt happy - you see, even their opponents are praising our performance!

Some German media, who are not of standard, are nakedly despising Zenit, St. Petersburg, and infinitely raising Bayern Munich. The consequence of this is that Bayern Munich does not need their infinite elevation at all, and they also successfully angered Zenit fans.

In St. Petersburg and Moscow, the media believe that Zenit's only advantage is...their schedule, first away and then home, and there is still a chance, try to win and win away, or lose less, and then return to home court to compete with Bayern Munich.

I believe that Villarreal, Marseille and Fiorentina have seen Zenit's home power.

So Zenit's head coach Edvorkat made a plan for the team to guard a draw away.

Kerzakov is absent due to injury, and the team's offensive strength will definitely be affected, which will strengthen Edvokat's determination to demand the whole team to defend. At that time, Chen Yingxiong will be left alone in front of the away game, whether it is Arshavin or Domingos, they must defend. If you don't defend? Then don't think about playing!

So Domingos lost his starting opportunity...

He is lazy in defense during training and does not participate in defense much.

Chen Yingxiong does not participate in defense, but when the whole team needs to defend, it is enough to have him like him. If there is one more person who doesn’t come back to defend, that’s okay? Besides, Chen Yingxiong doesn’t come back to defend without defense. He can still do some counter-robberies or presses in the frontcourt, forcing the opponent to not organize the offense calmly in the backcourt...

Since Domingos did not cooperate, Edvocart decisively took him out of the starting lineup.

This made Domingos a little unhappy, but what if he was unhappy? The head coach on the team is the biggest.

Just as Zenit was actively preparing for this away game, Bayern Munich was also preparing for the semi-finals of the League Cup. However, for the players, they did not have the sense of urgency that Zenit players did.

Isn't it easy to beat Zenit? This is the consensus of many Bayern Munich players.

Although head coach Heathfield repeatedly reminded them that Zenit was a strong team, the atmosphere was still very relaxed during training. Ribery, who had just joined the team this season, joked with everyone very enthusiastically, making laughter in the training ground.

Zenit, St. Petersburg?

They are indeed very powerful and can reach the semi-finals. But their good luck ends here. Because we, Bayern Munich, are the teams that want to win the League Cup!

Confidence is a double-edged sword. For wealthy families, self-confidence can easily become conceited.

And it is difficult for the head coach to grasp this degree.

The team's captain Oliver Kahn has announced that he will retire after the end of the season. This matter has been decided and announced long ago, so everyone has been gradually accepting this reality for half a season. As his teammates, of course, everyone has to give Kahn a parting gift to retire.

What better gift than Kahn's last European Championship trophy?

Defeat Zenit, enter the finals, and win the League Cup to "Lion King" Kahn. This is the whole story. Defeat Zenit is just the beginning of this story, and it is a supporting role who is destined to die in a few minutes.

No one cares about the fate of a supporting role, nor will anyone cry for the death of a supporting role who has not even had a line for a few minutes.

In the minds of Bayern Munich players and fans, Zenit, the supporting role from St. Petersburg, is no different from the dead.

When Zenit's team arrived in Munich from St. Petersburg, they were "warmly welcomed" by local media at the airport.

The players were entangled by the media for interviews, and the topics were of course related to this game and their opponents.

"Is it a pity to meet Bayern Munich in the semi-finals? Your performance in this League Cup is excellent, and it is not surprising that you will win the League Cup championship in the end..."

As a fan of Bayern Munich and captain of St. Petersburg Zenit, Tymoshchuk's answer was quite polite: "Actually, I would rather meet Bayern Munich in the final. But we will also strive to win. The charm of the football game is that you will never know what the result is."

It's Chen Yingxiong's turn but he won't give Bayern Munich any face at all.

"Yes, I feel a pity for Bayern Munich, because they met us in the semifinals in advance, otherwise they would have had the chance to reach the finals. With their strength, well... it shouldn't be impossible to win the championship."

He stood in front of the reporters and pretended to distort the reporters' words, which made a group of German journalists stunned after they understood...

After answering, Chen Yingxiong shrugged and turned around and walked away.

These reporters are so naughty! How can we ask questions like this? Isn’t this clear that we want to admit defeat? How can this be done? Before we can play the game, just say such despicable words?

Tymoshchuk is the captain, and people have to take into account their personal image and team image. They don’t need to take such considerations, so I say what he dare not say!

The next day, his words were spoken to the local media in Munich...

The news of St. Petersburg Zenit's arrival in Munich is playing in the TV news.

In the picture, Chen Yingxiong stood in front of the camera and said with an arrogant look on his face: "I feel sorry for Bayern Munich, because they met us in the semi-finals in advance, otherwise they would have had the chance to reach the final. With their strength, well... it should not be impossible to win the championship..."

When this TV station played Chen Yingxiong's words, it did not give the reasons, which means they never mentioned what reporters asked Chen Yingxiong. Perhaps they felt that the reporter's problems were normal and did not need to point them out. Perhaps they were habitually misinterpreting the meaning of the interviewees - this matter is not the patent of Chinese media, German media, British media, American media... media all over the world are good at doing things.

But in short, they successfully created the image of Chen Yingxiong deliberately provoking the wealthy family, being disrespectful and proud and conceited like a clown.

After the news was broadcast, many Bayern Munich fans criticized Chen Yingxiong as an idiot online.

The local print media in Munich also followed the flow and helped fuel the fire.

Chen Yingxiong's words are indeed quite slapped... The premise is that you don't know the cause. You don't know how the reporters in Munich despise Zenit with a polite and praise attitude - such contempt is more annoying than that naked contempt, because he lets you get slapped in the face and has nowhere to vent. How enthusiastic, objective and fair are they! They fully praised Zenit's performance and acknowledged Zenit's strength. For example, look at "You have performed very well in this League Cup, and it is not surprising that you will win the League Cup championship in the end." Such a rare compliment is such a saying!

It seems that after they do this, they can slander you unscrupulously.

And this approach is very marketable. Many people think that this is fair and objective, this is neutral, and this is level. Even some people in Zenit, St. Petersburg would think so.

But Chen Yingxiong felt unhappy no matter how he heard it.

Our performance has nothing to do with your next words. It is our business for us to perform well. Since we perform well, why do you come to the conclusion that we will definitely lose to Bayern Munich?

He looked down on someone pretending to be in front of him. When he saw such a person, he felt like he said something or did something to disgust the other person.

However, this personality also made him often push himself to the forefront. For example, this time, the local media and fans in Munich were scolding him, believing that a kid from the Russian League would dare to speak wildly against Bayern and Munich. At that time, the Bayern Munich soldiers must be fined him on the court!

"... This Chen Yingxiong is the top scorer in the Russian Super League and broke Verjennikov's record. But what is the level of the Russian League? So what if you win the top scorer in a league of this level? There are top scorers in the Russian League every year. Has anyone heard of their name?"

"I can't imagine where this Chinese man got the courage and confidence from and said such words? Well, he successfully aroused the anger of Bayern Munich fans. I hope he can also successfully arouse the anger of Bayern Munich players, and then let all the suspense be ended in the first round!"

"This player has a very powerful name - 'hero', but it's ridiculous to give himself a name like this! Do he really think he is a hero!"

His name spread throughout Munich overnight, and all fans knew that Zenit, St. Petersburg, had such a very arrogant and annoying guy.

No wonder Chen Yingxiong chose to play a warrior and become an MT when he was playing World of Warcraft. There is a reason for this - group ridicule!
Chapter completed!