"The game is over!! A new champion in the League Cup's history is born! Zenit Saint Petersburg from Russia has defeated the Glasgow Rangers, becoming the biggest dark horse of this League Cup!"

Although the English were a bit concerned about Chen Hero surpassing Alan Shearer, they couldn't say anything about Zenit winning the championship.

Although Zenit encountered some minor troubles in the second half of the game, they quickly used their strong overall strength to defeat the Glasgow Rangers.

Chen Hero's goal was crucial, allowing the entire Zenit team to stabilize and no longer be afraid.

As the record-breaking scorer, he naturally received a lot of media attention.

The television broadcast's cameras were constantly focused on him.

Chen Hero and his teammates were celebrating their victory and championship as much as possible. When the final whistle blew, Denisov took the lead and rushed towards Chen Hero, then jumped high and directly into Chen Hero's arms.

He wasn't the only one, Anyukov and Kerzhakov also rushed up, and the three of them jumped on Chen Hero, just hanging there.

Chen Hero still hadn't fallen!

After pushing them off his body, Chen Hero was hugged by captain Tymoshchuk.

"Well done, Piaoling!"

He became the most popular person. Because everyone knew that Chen Hero had made a great contribution to Zenit reaching the final, and he was absolutely indispensable. Without him, Zenit might have been eliminated in the group stage, or they might have gone home early in the match against Marseille.

It was because of him that the team was able to overcome obstacles all the way, defeating those giants or quasi-giants they could only look up to before, and enter the League Cup final.

In the final, when the team encountered difficulties, he still stepped forward and used a goal to appease the restless hearts of everyone.

Now that they had won the championship, of course, they had to thank the greatest contributor.

The only pity was that such an excellent player was about to leave them.

As the captain, Tymoshchuk did not reprimand Chen Hero for transferring early and leaving the team, as it would have a negative impact on the team. It was because he himself wanted to leave the team...

He and Chen Hero had the same idea: to go to a bigger stage.

This was the sorrow of Russian teams. Zenit's financial strength was one of the best in Europe, but no matter how rich they were, they were still a grassroots team in front of those European giants.

Any player with strength and ambition only regarded them as a stepping stone, not a team where they could play until retirement.

Winning the League Cup was already the most glorious moment in Zenit's history, but from this moment on, the fate of this Zenit team was doomed—they were about to be dismembered. These players had made all of Europe recognize them through the League Cup. It was believed that more players would follow in the footsteps of Chen Hero and Arshavin to pursue their dreams in the top league teams of Europe.

Saint Petersburg Zenit was too small to accommodate so many people's big dreams.

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Zenit's players only celebrated outside for a while before returning to the locker room.

There, they continued to celebrate wildly, each holding a bottle of champagne and shooting at each other.

Just like the Dai people's Water Splashing Festival, whoever got shot the most showed who was the most popular.

As a result, Chen Hero, the most popular junior in the team, was shot with champagne all over his face and body. But our Chen Hero belonged to the type who became more courageous with each setback, so if you shot him, he would definitely shoot back!

So he hugged the champagne and caught "Commander" Denisov, who had shot him the most fiercely, and poured it on him from head to toe.

"We don't hit our own people!" Denisov was pinned to the ground by Chen Hero and begged for mercy with his head in his hands.

"Damn! Why didn't you say we were your own people when you shot me just now!" Chen Hero didn't stop and poured a whole bottle of champagne on the commander.

"Okay, okay! That was friendly fire, friendly fire! The Eat, Drink, and Play Squad should be united against outsiders!"

In this way, under the commander's call, the members of the Eat, Drink, and Play Squad gathered together, forming a strong fighting force, sweeping the entire locker room, and shooting all the teammates who dared to resist until they fled with their heads in their hands.

Finally, when they could no longer see anyone who could stand unscathed in the entire locker room except for them, they had cleared all the enemies in the locker room. The few members of the Eat, Drink, and Play Squad stood in the center of the locker room, holding champagne, and laughed loudly. After laughing, they poured all the remaining wine in their hands into their mouths.

Then, they wiped their mouths and turned to go into the shower...

After making such a commotion, of course they had to take a shower and change clothes.

Zenit had specially prepared a set of golden T-shirts for this championship. When Zenit's players went out to receive the award in this T-shirt, how stylish would that be!

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After Chen Hero finished taking a shower and changing his clothes, he took out a stack of red cloth from his small bag. He unfolded the cloth, draped it over his back, and tied a knot around his neck to ensure it wouldn't fall off.

At this time, the full picture of this cloth was revealed.

It turned out to be a bright five-star red flag!

His teammates, like him, had prepared the flags of their own countries. For example, Tymoshchuk prepared the flag of Ukraine, Arshavin prepared the flag of Russia, and Domínguez wrapped the Argentine flag into a miniskirt.

Not only flags, but those players with children also brought their children. They would also bring their children to attend the award ceremony. Like Arshavin.

Although there was nothing surprising about showing off your country's flag after winning a championship, when Chen Hero returned to the field with the national flag draped over him, it still caused many Chinese reporters to exclaim in surprise.

Being able to see China's five-star red flag on this occasion was unprecedented - no Chinese player had ever been able to appear in the final of such a major event and win the championship. If you can't win the championship, no matter how many national flags you prepare, it's useless.

"Seeing this scene, will the Chinese Football Association continue to turn a blind eye?"

"The Olympic Games are just around the corner! Shouldn't we consider calling Chen Hero into the national Olympic team? Look at what the national Olympic team has been playing recently? It's like dog shit!"

"That's right, Chen Hero is also an eligible player. If he waits another four years, he will be overage..."

A group of people naturally associated the national flag with the national team.

When Chen Hero performed well in Russia, the Chinese Football Association remained silent, as if they didn't know Chen Hero at all. But this was impossible, because these media outlets had been working hard to introduce and promote Chen Hero to the country. His every goal could be seen in the Chinese media the next day.

So Chen Hero's reputation in China was absolutely impossible to be "ignored."

The Football Association had also been asked similar questions, and each time the Football Association used "not yet mature" to perfunctorily answer.

What's immature about recruiting a player from your own country to serve the country?

What they didn't know was that the Football Association's internal opinions on whether to recruit Chen Hero were very divided...

Now a group of people looked at the big guy waving the five-star red flag and running around on the court, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. They seemed to see Liu Xiang, who draped the five-star red flag after winning the 110-meter hurdles at the Athens Olympics and announced to the world, "Track and field, we Chinese can do it too."

Many people have said that Chinese people are not suitable for football. The reasons are nothing more than system problems, physical fitness is not as good as white people and black people, or that China does not have a football culture.

But now we have such a player who can score in the League Cup final and celebrate the championship with his national flag after the game.

Football, we Chinese can do it too!

It's just... we haven't found the right path yet.

But, one day, one day, we will return to the right path.

Nothing can stump the great Chinese people! As long as we want to do it, we can definitely do it!

After seeing Chen Hero and the five-star red flag, many people suddenly felt such a sense of pride.

Chen Hero gave some comfort and confidence to those engaged in football careers in the darkest days of Chinese football.

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After the runners-up, Glasgow Rangers, took the stage to receive their silver medals, Zenit's players took the steps one by one to the podium to receive the championship awards.

Arshavin carried his child on his shoulders, and Chen Hero followed behind him, carefully all the way, fearing that Arshavin would lose his balance and fall backwards, so he could support him.

When Arshavin walked in front of UEFA President Platini, he carefully bent down and squatted down, allowing Platini to hang the gold medal around his child's neck, and then shook hands with Platini.

It was Chen Hero's turn.

Platini was very interested in this best scorer who broke Alan Shearer's record and became the top scorer in the reformed League Cup, and he took a few more glances.

When awarding the gold medal, he specifically said in English: "Well done, young man."

As a result, Chen Hero ignored this big shot at all... After receiving the gold medal, in front of the television broadcast and in full view of the public, he bit the gold medal hard, blew on it, and then put it to his ear to listen to the sound, to see if it was a real gold medal!

The Chinese reporters, who had previously inexplicably gained a lot of confidence in the future of Chinese football because of Chen Hero, all covered their faces and were completely speechless... They especially hoped that Chen Hero had not approved the Chinese national flag when he came out to receive the award just now, so that everyone would not know which country he was from... This was too embarrassing!

As for Platini, who was next to him with his hand extended waiting for a handshake, his face was full of embarrassment and difference, and he was frozen in place like a wax figure.

In the end, Chen Hero still remembered Platini beside him, put the gold medal around his neck, and then stretched out his hand and shook hands with Platini.

But at this time, Platini didn't know what to say.

As soon as Chen Hero turned around, he hugged his teammates.

"Ooooooooooooooh! We are the champions!!" He cheered loudly with his teammates, not caring about the complex eyes of others when they looked at him...

When captain Tymoshchuk took the League Cup trophy from Platini and raised it high, dazzling fireworks shot up from the roof of the Manchester City Stadium, illuminating the night sky in eastern Manchester.

Exuberant music was played on the scene, and ribbons fell from the sky with the music.

A new champion was born!

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