“Zenit St. Petersburg’s number 99, Hero, is clearly in trouble!” The local St. Petersburg TV commentator was providing live commentary on the game.

He wasn't wrong. Chen Hero was indeed in trouble.

The trouble was that he was being jointly pinned down by two tall center backs.

Since his debut, Chen Hero had gotten used to facing center backs who were shorter than him. He could easily overwhelm them in height and overpower them in strength.

But in this match, he discovered things weren't that simple. The physical strength he had always relied on wasn't working. Because that Booth was even stronger than him, and Khusin was experienced. He found it very difficult to deal with their center back partnership.

"Arshavin! A brilliant breakthrough!" The commentator exclaimed. The fans in the stands cheered, but Arshavin, after getting past his opponent, didn't continue his breakthrough. Instead, he crossed the ball directly!

Chen Hero judged the landing point well and jumped high, preparing to head the ball.

Just then, he was bumped from the side. Without looking back, he knew it was Khusin.

This bump made him miss the best opportunity to head the ball. If it had been those defenders he'd faced before, such a bump wouldn't have shaken him at all. But this time, his opponent was not in the same weight class.

Having missed the best opportunity, Chen Hero didn't give up and still tried his best to head the ball.

The result, of course, was that he headed it high without any suspense...

"Oh—this is Hero's fourth header in this game, but like the previous three! He's failed them all!"

"I believe Hero's headers in the past two games have left a very deep impression on everyone. His headers are quite excellent, but now he has encountered Booth, a defender who is equally good at heading. Hero, who is inferior in height and strength, is in big trouble!"

"Damn it... that damn baldy!" Denisov clenched his fists on the bench, anxious for Chen Hero.

He originally thought Soviet Wings was a relegation team and should be easy to deal with. With the help of the whole team, it wouldn't be too difficult for Chen Hero to score a hat trick.

Who would have thought that he would run into his nemesis—Soviet Wings' center backs were very good at heading.

In fact, the two center backs of Soviet Wings weren't that strong, but it just so happened that they were very strong in heading. They were tall but slow and slow to turn around. It should have been the time for Kerzhakov to take full advantage of his speed. But the team was now creating opportunities for Chen Hero, providing him with chances to score, which made Soviet Wings' defense seem unbreakable.

Even the commentator couldn't understand it: "Knowing that Soviet Wings' two center backs are excellent in aerial defense, why does Zenit still insist on playing high balls? I know Hero scored two goals in the previous two games, and they were both headers, which shows that Hero has strong heading ability, but it's clear that this game is not suitable for him to use headers... Besides, everyone knows that Hero, Denisov, Anyukov, and Kerzhakov were exposed in the news a few days before the game for going to nightclubs, so their condition must have been affected..."

The reporters in the media box were also watching Chen Hero fail against Booth again and again with a sense of schadenfreude.

"I said that kid's condition must have been affected. Think about it, partying every night, his legs must be weak, how can he compete with the 1.99-meter-tall Booth?"

"If I were Advocaat, I would replace him now! Even if the game has only started for fifteen minutes!"

But unfortunately, they weren't Advocaat. The Dutch coach sat on the bench, crossed his legs, and watched the game. Porter next to him was a little anxious. The team hadn't been able to break the deadlock for a long time. Now the teammates were passing the ball to Chen Hero, making it clear that they wanted to help him complete this hat trick.

Porter was anxious about this—which was more important, the hat trick or the team's victory?

He felt that the team had a way to score, but everyone was fixated on the hat trick, simply hitting the ball into the air, wasn't this exactly what the opponent wanted?

"Dick, shouldn't you go out and shout a few words?" He said to Advocaat. "Change the main attacking point to Kerzhakov and let the team play a fast ground passing tactic..."

"No." Advocaat shook his head firmly. "If I do that, Hero will have an excuse for failing. Since he has left me speechless, I will make him speechless too." Advocaat thought of his reaction when he heard Chen Hero say he wanted to score a hat trick in the office. This kid was really bold... He probably didn't know what kind of defense Soviet Wings had, right? Advocaat knew this very well. Soviet Wings' defense was simply Chen Hero's natural nemesis. He was going to score three goals in a game against such an opponent. He was really ignorant and fearless...

"But don't you consider the team's performance, Dick? If we let them be so willful, we are very likely to lose this game at home!"

Advocaat shrugged, looking indifferent: "Then use a home defeat to tell the whole team—discipline is more important than anything else."

Porter said in his heart: "Don't you think this price is a bit too high? Isn't it enough to send those four bastards to the reserve team to warn the whole team?"

But he didn't say this, he knew that once Advocaat had his own plan, it was difficult to persuade him, just like when he insisted on transferring Chen Hero to the first team, no matter how much he opposed it, it was useless.

But okay, after this game, this kid will go to the reserve team!

Matthew Booth looked at the big guy in front of him strangely.

Before the game, head coach Gadzhiev had specially shown him this person's game video. From the video, he learned that this person was very strong in heading.

It was the same in the game. He experienced how strong this guy's heading was... But what made him strange was not this person's heading ability, but... Why was he trying so hard to compete with himself in the air?

As an experienced center back, Booth had a very clear understanding of his strengths and weaknesses. He knew that his strengths were excellent heading and good physical fitness, and his weaknesses were slow speed and slow reaction.

If the opponent used that Kerzhakov to charge at him, he might be very embarrassed now...

He couldn't figure out why that Hero wanted to go against him, wasn't this stupid?

In football, you should always try to hide your weaknesses and use your strengths to deal with the enemy's weaknesses. Booth understood this principle very well.

But what he didn't know was... For Chen Hero, he only had this one advantage in heading! Apart from using his head in aerial duels, he had no other way!

Chen Hero clenched his fists again.

Why was he so unlucky? He encountered such an opponent in this game where he had to score, and score three goals!

Their heading defense was very good, their cooperation was tacit, and he couldn't find a way no matter how hard he tried.

Was it over here? Give up the hat trick?

No!

Chen Hero absolutely would not accept this result.

I am Hero, Hero must do what ordinary people cannot do!

He now understood what Yesenin said that night.

Talent can only bring him so much—a super strong heading ability. The rest depends on himself. This hat trick really can't be completed with talent alone...

Damn it, but today this hat trick is something I must complete!!

If I don't complete it, I will go to the reserve team! The reserve team! I worked so hard to get to the first team, and I just became a regular, and I'm going to the reserve team, I don't want this reality!

Chen Hero didn't care about anything else. Anyway, his teammates supported him and passed the ball to him. All he had to do was fight Booth and that Khusin desperately.

Fight desperately?

A flash of inspiration struck Chen Hero's mind.

That's right, how could I forget?

It's fighting desperately!

No matter how good the opponent is, they look like they are not young. Isn't there a saying that the young are not afraid of punches? I am younger than them, and I must have an advantage in physical fitness? I don't believe I can't drag you to death!

I'm really going to fight you this time!

Chen Hero's strategy was actually very simple, which was to constantly attack the defense line of Booth and Khusin, using physical contact without mercy, even if it was a foul, he didn't care. He didn't believe that he couldn't break through the closed door!

When his teammates passed the ball to him again, he jumped high and rushed towards Booth. This time, he wasn't even rushing towards the ball, but towards the person... Of course, if he could hit both the person and the ball, it would be great to kill two birds with one stone.

This baldy always bumped me before, this time I'll try bumping you!

Although Booth had bumped Chen Hero before, he definitely didn't intentionally bump into anyone, it was just a normal action when competing for the header. Unlike Chen Hero now, who was completely deliberately bumping into people...

They collided in the air!

Neither of them headed the ball, and both of them lost their balance and fell to the ground.

There was an exclamation from the stands.

However, the referee did not whistle to indicate that Chen Hero had fouled. He felt that such physical contact was not enough to meet the standard of a foul.

Chen Hero, who had bumped into someone, got up and ran back, while Booth got up with a grimace...

This kid bumped really hard!

Of course, Chen Hero wouldn't just bump once and be done with it. When Zenit St. Petersburg attacked again, he came again.

Anyway, in terms of overall strength, Zenit St. Petersburg was stronger than Soviet Wings, so Zenit had more opportunities to attack than Soviet Wings.

Booth also discovered that Chen Hero seemed to be possessed, and kept challenging him physically.

Engaging in fierce collisions in the air again and again. He didn't seem to be afraid of getting injured at all...

This desperate style of play made Booth feel fearful.

This was just an ordinary league game, was it worth it to risk his life here? Soviet Wings did need to fight for relegation, but that didn't mean they were willing to get injured...

In his opinion, the Hero in front of him was like a raging brown bear, pouncing towards him.

An ordinary person would instinctively feel fear when facing an enraged bear, right?

When Chen Hero jumped up to head the ball again, he suddenly found that Booth had given way slightly...

Even Chen Hero was stunned for a moment, so he didn't head the flying ball well and it flew directly out of the crossbar.

There was another exclamation and regretful sigh from the stands, but after Chen Hero came down, he didn't hold his head in his hands like before, feeling regretful, but... surprised!

Doing it this way... there's hope!