“Hero—header! Oh! What a pity! Sigan lost in the battle for the header, but he headed the football wide…” Shirgejevsky held his head in his hands, looking even more regretful than Chen Hero.

“Chen Hero has finally returned to the Chen Hero we are familiar with, his headers are still sharp! He doesn't suffer at all in the aerial duel with Sigan! You know, Sigan is also a big guy at 1.92 meters!”

Sigan finally got up from the ground. He touched his collarbone, feeling some pain… This kid is really strong!

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“That's right, Hero! We just like to see you like this!” Some Zenit fans waved their arms and shouted loudly in the stands. Chen Hero’s previous performance made them feel confused and disappointed at the same time—they just wanted to see Chen Hero leap high, and smash any obstacles that dared to block him in the air with domineering force, and then slam the football into the goal.

“Fuck them over! Screw them to death!! That’s it! Oh yeah!!” A group of bare-chested fans in the wind and snow screamed hoarsely.

Football is a sport where they can vent their emotions wantonly.

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Chen Hero returned to normal—at least that's how it seemed to others—and Zenit's offensive power quickly became apparent.

In the heavy wind and snow, the ground was slippery and coordination was impossible. Zenit's offense was very simple: sending the football to the front of the goal through the two wings. Or a long pass from the backcourt, looking for Chen Hero, and Chen Hero heading the ball to his teammates, then he ran into the penalty area, preparing to meet his teammates' cross from the wing.

This style of play had no beauty in the eyes of the Spaniards. But now this rough and clumsy tactic exerted extremely strong power.

It was like two people dueling. One person's swordsmanship was fancy, the moves were exquisite, and the figure was unrestrained, dazzling the eyes, but his opponent only knew one move—forceful劈华山 (pī huà shān, splitting Mount Hua with a single strike)! Each strike was full of force, pressing down with the power of the whole body, and劈 (pī) down with the momentum of thunder. There were no fancy moves, and the figure was not unrestrained. On the contrary, it was a bit clumsy. But every strike could make the unrestrained master not so unrestrained, and embarrassed.

This is the so-called one force overcomes ten skills.

In today's weather and field conditions, the Spanish master's unrestrained figure and fancy skills could not be fully exerted, but Zenit's power was brought to the extreme.

“Arshavin crosses! Chen Hero! He jumped up again… Under Sigan's interference, he headed it high!”

“Zenit hardly dribbles through, they use quick passes to advance the football, and the number of passes each time they attack is not too many… Another long pass!”

When the backcourt directly made a long pass, Chen Hero would pull to the outside of the penalty area to head the ball. Sigan had to keep up, so there was naturally space behind him. So Chen Hero rubbed towards the space behind him, and Kerzhakov also tacitly inserted into that space.

The two of them stirred up a storm in Villarreal's penalty area.

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Soon Villarreal could no longer keep up with Zenit's sweeping rhythm…

Pellegrini looked a little anxious off the field. He couldn't care about shrinking under the bench to shelter from the wind and rain. He was now standing in the wind and snow, snowflakes falling on his head and shoulders, accumulating.

His eyes were always fixed on the court, on his own goal, ignoring the snow on his body.

There, Chen Hero jumped up, fell down, jumped up again, and fell down again… Around him, snowflakes danced wildly, disturbed by his aura and dared not approach.

That big guy became the only protagonist of this stage, and everyone else was his supporting role, and the best supporting roles were undoubtedly the two central defenders he arranged…

Chen Hero knew who Sigan was, a well-known French defender who had played for Arsenal before, and was considered to have some fame and strength, at least more famous than him. But now Chen Hero was very clear that this person could not stop him. He suddenly had a feeling of leveling up by defeating monsters—I am now an unknown pawn in the world football scene. On this stage of the UEFA Cup knockout stage, any character who appears is more famous and higher level than me. But so what? I'll blow them up one by one! I will just blow them up all the way, stepping on countless people who are more famous and higher level than me, and finally reach the top, sacrificing thousands of people to achieve one me!

—I am former Arsenal center-back Si…

Who listens to your nonsense, cut you down with one strike!

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Radko. Shir once again crossed. Seeing this kick, the Villarreal fans in front of the TV felt a pang in their hearts, because everyone knew that when the camera turned, they would definitely see that big guy jumping in the air and torturing our central defender…

Sure enough, when the picture switched over, everyone was not surprised to see Chen Hero.

He jumped up, but he didn't jump towards the goal… but leaned back!

The TV screen didn't explain just now, Chen Hero was originally rushing forward, but at the moment Shir passed the ball, he suddenly stopped abruptly, and his body jumped backwards.

Sigan jumped with him, but he jumped up and down on the spot, and Chen Hero used a backward lean to open the distance! Fuentes was being restrained by Kerzhakov and dared not come to help easily. Sigan could only duel with Chen Hero.

But whether it was a one-on-one duel or a group fight, Chen Hero was not afraid.

He leaned back in the air, and the strong strength of his waist and abdomen played a role in staying in the air. When the football flew over, his body had not yet fallen down, so he didn't have to worry about heading the football high…

Sigan jumped in the air and found that Chen Hero was an arm's length away from him. He couldn't threaten the opponent at all, and a trace of despair flashed in his eyes…

At this moment, Chen Hero leaned back and甩头 (shuǎi tóu, flicked his head)! The waist and abdomen maintained the body's balance, relying only on the strength of the neck, the ball that was headed out flew towards the back corner of the goal like a bullet!

Villarreal's goalkeeper Diego Lopez was blocked by Sigan, and when he saw the football flying over, it was too late for him to react… He could only watch the ball hit the far post and then bounce into the goal…

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“GoooooooooooooL!!” Shirgejevsky roared.

“Thirty-first minute! After waiting for so long, Chen Hero finally scored! This northern giant bear is in his element in the wind and snow of minus ten degrees!”

“A center forward made a beautiful fadeaway jumper! Zenit leads 1:0!”

After heading the ball out, Chen Hero lost all his balance and fell face up into the snow. What splashed up was not white snowflakes, but dark brown mud—this area in front of the penalty area had long been trampled beyond recognition by both sides.

Huge cheers erupted from the stands of Petrovsky Stadium, and the snowflakes falling in this area were scattered and fled by this sudden burst of cheers.

“Woo—woo—woo—” The air raid siren that Zenit fans were familiar with and happy about sounded again, scaring the Villarreal players, fans and coaches. They looked up at the sky in confusion—what the hell is this sound?

Shirgejevsky laughed: “Hahaha! You don't usually hear this sound, do you? This is the tradition of Petrovsky Stadium! It's reminding you—be careful of your heads, be careful of the danger from the air! Hero is coming, people pay attention!”

Chen Hero rolled over and climbed up from the mud, his entire back covered in mud. He didn't care. He opened his arms and rushed to the sideline, then he jumped up and did a dolphin dive forward, playing a dive landing…

Now, even the jersey on his chest was unrecognizable.

“Oh oh oh! Our Tu-95 bomber has completed its bombing and is landing in a dive! Welcome back, ace pilot Chen Hero!”

Other teammates also landed in a dive, landing next to Chen Hero, a group of people lay on the ground hugging each other to celebrate.

“The St. Petersburg Squadron of the Russian Air Force has completed another bombing mission. They successfully destroyed the target. The Yellow Submarine was hit and is sinking!”

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When the players of St. Petersburg Zenit were celebrating the goal, Sigan stood on the ground with his hands on his head. In front of the young and strong Chen Hero, he suddenly felt that he was aging rapidly… At the age of thirty-three, he lost miserably in the contest with the nineteen-year-old Chen Hero…

Faced with such a goal, the entire Villarreal team was a little frustrated. The weather and field conditions had already lowered their morale, and this goal made it impossible to defend—when Chen Hero headed back, Sigan, who jumped in front of him, was like a background, useless. Of course, who would have expected Chen Hero to suddenly head back?

The sharp siren made their hearts palpitate even more.

Icy and snowy weather, strong winds and blizzards, unreasonable muscular tactics, those bare-chested fans who kept roaring at them throughout the game, and this sudden, terrible air raid siren—this away game made them want to cry but have no tears!

They now suddenly understood the feelings of Napoleon and Hitler—this country that survives in extremely harsh environments is really… difficult to conquer!

Pellegrini looked at the players on the field with blank expressions and waved his fist angrily.

This damn weather has affected the team's morale and dropped it to freezing point!

There are still sixty minutes left in the game, how can such a team finish this game?

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Advocaat would not care about Pellegrini's troubles. He was hugging and celebrating with his colleagues.

That's right. Although he asked Chen Hero to become a comprehensive and real center forward, in this game, it is clear that heading is the most useful, so why not use it if it is useful?

He is not the kind of rigid coach. Whatever tactics are useful, he will use those tactics.

Spanish teams generally have poor air defense capabilities, and he wants to use air strikes to defeat them.

Try to get as many net wins as possible in your home game, so that the risk of the next round will be much smaller.

Chen Hero lived up to expectations and scored a goal in his most proficient way, giving the game a good start, and it will be much easier to play next.

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