When Shirokov subconsciously blocked the football out of the baseline, goalkeeper Malafeev became anxious. He climbed up from the ground, clapping his hands loudly and shouting, "Be careful of their attack!"

The current situation was completely different from what the coach told them during the halftime break. During halftime, Advocaat told Zenit's players that the Glasgow Rangers players would definitely defend in the second half, and then wait until after seventy-five minutes before trying to counterattack. So Zenit's players didn't expect to defend in the first half of the second half at all.

Who would have thought that the opponent would launch a series of threatening offensives right from the start, leaving Zenit's players somewhat stunned.

Now they couldn't care less about continuing to suppress Rangers in attack. Just like goalkeeper Malafeev shouted, they should first stabilize their defense and be careful of the opponent's attack...

"Zenit dominated the first half, their attacks were sharp, and they threatened the Glasgow Rangers' goal many times. As a result, goalkeeper Neil Alexander became the most photographed person. At the beginning of the second half, there was a major reversal. Glasgow Rangers launched a large-scale counterattack and took the advantage on the field, while Zenit's defenders and goalkeepers became the busiest people..."

Rangers fans in the stands cheered loudly to cheer for the team. They watched the first half of the game with extreme frustration, and now it was finally their turn to stand up and be proud!

They cheered especially loudly because they wanted to release all the frustration they had suffered in the first half!

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Goalkeeper Malafeev asked everyone to pay attention to defense, but Chen Hero felt that we should attack. So this time he did not return to the penalty area to defend, but stayed in front with Arshavin. Arshavin was at the very front, while he was between Arshavin and his own penalty area.

He gestured to Arshavin—we still need to attack.

Arshavin replied: I know.

The Rangers attached great importance to this corner kick, and their two central defenders all rushed to Zenit's goal, waiting for a header.

They only left a fullback and a midfielder in their backcourt.

The corner kick was not headed in by the Rangers players, but was cleared by Križanac. After the football fell, it reached Chen Hero's feet. Chen Hero turned around and didn't continue to control the ball, but lifted his foot and passed the football to the front, where Arshavin was!

"This is Zenit's counterattack!" Yuri Petrov became excited.

Finally, a threatening counterattack!

"Arshavin! Shakes off Whittaker! Goalkeeper Alexander attacks—shakes off the angle! Shoot!"

Arshavin did not completely shake down the goalkeeper. He shook open an angle to shoot and directly lobbed into the empty goal!

At this time, the cheers of Zenit's fans finally overwhelmed the Glasgow Rangers fans.

"This is a great opportunity—" Petrov lengthened his voice, ready to follow with a shout of goal.

Who would have thought that the football was kicked out by Papac, who was chasing back on the goal line!

The cheers stopped abruptly, and then a louder cheer rang out again—this time from the Glasgow Rangers fans.

But it's not over yet. The football kicked out by Papac landed in the midfield and was stopped by Chen Hero, who rushed forward to meet it, with his chest.

He saw that the goalkeeper had not had time to return to defense, so he directly lobbed a shot!

It's just that he didn't master his footwork well, and the football flew directly to the stands behind the goal...

He held his head in his hands, very regretful.

"Chen Hero's lob shot! Very imaginative! But imagination can't make up for his terrible footwork..." the English commentator ridiculed.

They were very happy to see Chen Hero unable to score a goal. This meant that Alan Shearer's name would not be ranked second. Although it was tied for first place, it was better than not being able to keep even the tied for first place, right?

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Originally, I thought it would be an easy final, and it would definitely be easier than the semi-final, but who would have thought that it would develop into a bitter battle. More than sixty minutes into the second half, the two sides were still entangled together, and no winner had been decided.

The final is indeed different from all other games.

Seeing that the stalemate was still unable to be broken, Advocaat planned to make a substitution and adjustment. He called Kerzhakov up from the bench and asked him to warm up.

Kerzhakov quickly put on his vest and ran out.

After missing a month of the team's games due to injury, he finally recovered before the game. But his condition was uncertain, so he was arranged on the bench. He really wanted to play. Chen Hero and his teammates worked so hard to get the team into the final, how could he be absent?

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The Glasgow Rangers' momentum was so strong that the Scottish fans in the stands were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Their singing was louder than the last, and it had completely suppressed the momentum of the Zenit fans.

Chen Hero's ears were now full of these people's singing, and he couldn't hear his familiar voices at all.

This made him very unhappy.

In fact, the reason for his unhappiness was not the cheers of the Glasgow Rangers fans, but the current game situation—the score was still 0:0, and Glasgow Rangers seemed to have a better chance of scoring than Zenit.

If Zenit, which was widely favored before the game, was besieged for dozens of minutes, but finally let the opponent score and lost the game, how embarrassing would that be...

What should we do to打击the opponent's arrogance?

Score their goal!

The best way to shut up the opposing fans is to score. As long as you score, these annoying sounds will disappear. Just like in the first half.

Glasgow Rangers are now pressing relatively high, and there are a lot of gaps behind them, but this also makes Chen Hero further away from the goal, and he cannot use his header skills. Because that would be offside.

Zenit can only use quick counterattacks to hit behind the opponent. Arshavin is quite good at this kind of play, but Chen Hero... He is not slow, but his dribbling is not flattering. Who is to blame if he loses the ball while dribbling? The hard-won counterattack opportunity, losing the ball will affect morale, right?

The teammates are very clear about Chen Hero's strengths and weaknesses, so they only give through balls to players like Arshavin. Chen Hero can only desperately chase in the middle during the counterattack, hoping to catch up in front of the goal, and then meet his teammates' passes.

Every time he chases so desperately, he swears in his heart that he must work hard to practice dribbling skills in the copy after he goes back!

I also want to be a hero like Guan Yu, who can fight alone and pass five passes and kill six generals!

But now... he can only honestly follow behind people and chase.

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From the seventieth minute, Glasgow Rangers' offensive clearly intensified. This was the timetable set by their coach Smith for them. From the seventieth minute, they would intensify their offensive and strive to score while the opponent's physical strength declined.

They pressed up even more, and naturally there were more gaps behind them...

In the seventy-third minute, Zenit had a chance to counterattack.

Tymoshchuk directly made a long pass to find Chen Hero in front. Chen Hero knew that he was not good at dribbling, so he did not choose to stop the ball, but headed the football to Domingos, who was plugging in to meet him, and then Domingos distributed the football to Arshavin's feet on the wing.

After heading the ball, Chen Hero turned around and ran forward. He didn't care how Arshavin would handle the ball, it was always right to rush to the goal.

After receiving the ball, Arshavin crossed from the bottom!

The football hit Papac's leg and bounced out of the baseline.

Corner kick!

Papac's defense was very successful. He did not allow Zenit to make a quick counterattack and only gave the opponent a corner kick. This made the Glasgow Rangers fans in the stands very happy. They sang loudly in the stands, which seemed very noisy.

Hill ran to take the corner kick, while Chen Hero stood in front of the goal, next to David Weir.

This one-meter-ninety-one central defender has always been against Chen Hero in this game, but the person who prevented Chen Hero from scoring was not him, but goalkeeper Alexander. The thirty-eight-year-old Weir is obviously not as good as Chen Hero physically, and it is difficult to ask him to fight Chen Hero physically.

But Chen Hero just likes to play hand-to-hand combat with him, and because of his duty, he can't escape, so he can only grit his teeth and bite the bullet.

When Chen Hero stood in front of him again, he simply stretched out his hands and hugged Chen Hero...

Being hugged from behind by a big man is not what Chen Hero likes. He twisted his body to break free from the opponent's "embrace", but he did not expect the opponent to hug him again quickly.

"Damn!" Chen Hero cursed, it's endless.

Do you think you can stop me with such an action?

Ridiculous!

He simply ignored Weir's "quasi-foul" action and focused on the football.

At the moment Hill kicked the football out, he slammed backwards!

Weir was caught off guard, raised his head and was hit on the chin, which hurt him so much that he almost bit off his tongue...

His hands were released, of course.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Hero rushed out like a bear out of a cage.

Soaring high to meet the football!

In front of him was the Rangers' other defender, Carlos Cuéllar. This one-meter-ninety Spanish central defender also has excellent heading ability.

But at this time, he was facing away from Chen Hero and did not know what had happened behind him.

He was focusing on the football, and suddenly felt like he had been hit by a big truck or something. His body leaned forward suddenly, and he didn't hit the football!

Chen Hero knocked away Weir and Cuéllar one after another. All of this happened in a flash, very fast. Everyone's focus was on the football, and no one noticed what happened in front of the goal.

When he was soaring high in the air, Yuri Petrov shouted: "No one can stop him anymore!"

Zenit's fans also cheered enough to overwhelm the Rangers' fans.

"Hero—!!"

Alexander saw Chen Hero soaring high in front of him, and then shaking his head to attack the goal.

At that moment, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the pressure reached its maximum. He made a save reflexively, and when he felt himself return to normal, he had already fallen to the ground, and what about the football?

He twisted his head into the goal.

The football was lying quietly in the goal behind him, wrapped in the net.

"Goal—in—!!"

This cheer was like a thunderclap, exploding in the sky above the City of Manchester Stadium!

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ps, It's the end of the month, everyone is opening a single chapter to ask for monthly tickets, which makes my heart itch. In fact, I really want to open a single chapter to ask for monthly tickets. But there are not many manuscripts left, only eleven chapters... At the current update speed, it will be gone in two days...

So I can only be a person with my tail between my legs. Haven't you seen that I haven't dared to ask for monthly tickets these two days?

This new book has achieved good results, and the momentum is good in terms of subscriptions and monthly tickets. If I still had 200,000 words of manuscripts in my hand, I would dare to fight for it in the last few days to see if I could move up one place or something...

Unfortunately, now I can only watch others celebrate the New Year.

I'm afraid that there will be no manuscripts left and I will owe debts again.

Well, this is my fault, there are too few manuscripts. I was too busy in October. Although I rushed as hard as I could, the number of manuscripts became less and less.

I'm really sorry... I have seen everyone's enthusiasm for voting these two days, and I will remember it in my heart and dare not forget it. It's just a pity that I have too few manuscripts and I don't dare to ask for monthly tickets with confidence.

I'm afraid that everyone will vote high at that time, but I will have no manuscripts left, and I will owe debts like in the previous book.

Even so, I still have to say—thank you for every vote, every reward, every subscription, every recommendation ticket, and every message and click.

Thank you, even without monthly tickets, you are the source of motivation that supports me to continue to move forward and write more and better stories!