When the football drilled into Akinfeev's goal, Sergei Yevski could not restrain his excitement. He roared, "Goooooooooooooooal!! Chen! Hero!! A long shot! His long shot! It's his long shot!!"

The Zenit fans, though fewer in number, even at a disadvantage, roared along with the commentator. The sound shook the entire stadium, completely drowning out the boos of the CSKA Moscow fans.

In the instant Chen Hero unleashed his powerful long shot, he made a backward pushing motion. Rasimic immediately clutched his face and fell to the ground, hoping the referee would call a foul. But no one paid him any attention!

Ignashevitch lay on the ground, looking back at the goal. The football was already spinning there.

With only four or five minutes left in the match, they were behind once again…

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"God damn it!" Ratish couldn't help but curse.

Is this Chen Hero my nemesis?!

He really wanted to rush up and ask.

Gazzaev, who was next to him, looked even worse. Losing this match would drop CSKA from second place in the league, making their title defense this season even more difficult…

Next to them, Advocaat and Potter jumped out of their seats, raising their hands and cheering.

Zenit's substitutes also erupted, celebrating wildly.

Denisov whistled loudly, "Well done—well done, Hero!"

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"This 'Northern Giant' is truly terrifying! He has shown everyone—besides headers, I also have a powerful long shot! Truly beautiful! Facing CSKA Moscow once again, he has scored twice! It seems his revenge against CSKA Moscow will continue, and CSKA Moscow's hatred for him will only deepen!"

Sergei Yevski shouted excitedly. By defeating CSKA Moscow on their home turf, Zenit had overcome a difficult hurdle in their pursuit of the league title.

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Chen Hero watched the football fly into the goal, stopped by the net, and fall to the ground. He knew he had scored!

Victory from defeat!

Excited and thrilled, he didn't care about anything else. He turned and ran toward the edge of the field, stripping off his jersey as he went!

At this moment, he completely forgot about the ban that Coach Advocaat had placed on him—no removing your shirt to celebrate after scoring…

He didn't care about that now. At this moment, he wanted to vent his emotions. He wanted everyone to know—I am CSKA Moscow's bane! I will make you hate me for the rest of your lives! You want to defend your league title? Did you ask me?!

Luzhniki Stadium is not a professional football stadium. It also has a running track, making it a multi-purpose stadium. Around the field is a ring of advertising boards, behind which is a red synthetic track, and beyond that are the crowded stands.

The sprinting Chen Hero ran to the advertising boards, ignored the barrier, and jumped over them!

He ran onto the track, excitedly threw his jersey into the air, and charged toward the most concentrated section of CSKA Moscow fans!

There, countless banners and flags insulting him had been hanging, waving, and being held high since the beginning of the match. It was the section where CSKA Moscow's extremist fans gathered. Throughout the match, all the boos, curses, and insults directed at him originated from there, then swept across the entire stadium.

During the match, he fought against the CSKA players amidst the huge boos and curses, and he also fought against these extremist fans.

Now, it was time to settle the score!

He stopped, facing the stands from which debris was constantly being thrown, and raised his arms high.

Seeing his posture, a group of riot police, who had been standing by, rushed forward.

The police swarmed him like a tide, and he was like a magnet, attracting all the police to his side. Fully armed, they raised their shields and surrounded Chen Hero, separating him from the stands.

At this moment, a lot of debris was already being thrown from the stands. Lighters, coins, and other hard objects rained down on the shields, making a cracking sound.

Chen Hero was fearless, still raising his arms high. Then, he bent slightly, his arms still raised.

Everyone already knew what he was going to do.

"Hero is finally going to respond to the huge boos and curses that have accompanied him throughout the match!" Sergei Yevski exclaimed excitedly.

"It looks like the feud between Chen Hero and the CSKA Moscow fans is getting bigger and bigger…" Petrov said helplessly. It was a luxury to expect such a personality to be honest…

Faced with his raised hand, the CSKA Moscow fans greeted Chen Hero and his family with every dirty and vicious word they could think of. Their frantic boos and curses, their ferocious faces and raised middle fingers, were, in Chen Hero's eyes, just a dying struggle.

You can't change anything. We will defeat your team, and… I will slap you in the face in front of all of Russia… again!

When the decibels of boos and curses reached their peak, his arm swung down forcefully!

*Smack!*

A loud slap!

With this slap, even more frantic boos, curses, and debris poured down like a waterfall!

But Chen Hero had already turned around and, under the close protection of the riot police, returned to the safety zone. There, he was greeted by his excited and thrilled teammates. They took Chen Hero from the protection of the riot police and surrounded him.

"Beautiful, Hero!"

"I knew you would score a long shot, haha!"

"We're ahead! We're ahead!"

"Good slap, Hero! Haha, I've been unhappy with those bastards in Moscow for a long time!"

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"Hero, Hero… Hero!!! Long shot—goal!!"

The commentator's voice seemed to explode from the TV, filling the VIP box.

Medvedev jumped up from his seat and rushed to the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, waving his arms to celebrate the goal.

While CSKA Moscow's attacks were fierce, he had been worried about his team's defense. Putin, on the other hand, had been watching the match with a smile on his face. His expression was very similar to the one he wore when he was working—as if he had everything under control, whether it was the country or the match.

Who would have thought that Chen Hero's goal would shatter his confidence at the last moment—there were still things and people that were not under his control…

When the football flew into Akinfeev's goal, a look of surprise appeared on Putin's face. Obviously, he didn't expect Chen Hero's long shot to go in—which was normal, since his previous long shots had always been deflected, intercepted, or caught under Rasimic's interference.

Chen Hero's ability to shoot long shots while being challenged seemed to be insufficient.

Who would have thought…

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Prime Minister Medvedev appeared at the edge of the box, but this time, he was no longer the protagonist of this stadium.

His figure could not overshadow the radiance of the guy on the track who was naked to the waist, celebrating wildly with his teammates.

The cheers in the stands erupted at this moment for only one person.

"Hero! Hero! He-ro!!"

More than ten thousand Zenit fans waved their arms in unison, shouting these words. Their shouts soared into the sky, shaking the heavens. In the entire Luzhniki Stadium, there was no other sound but "Hero." Most of the CSKA Moscow fans were stunned, still unable to recover from the blow they had just suffered. A few extremist fans tried to disrupt Zenit's celebration with boos, but their voices were drowned out from the beginning by the crazy wave of "Hero"!

The Chinese reporters who had followed the team to Luzhniki Stadium were stunned by the scene before them.

In the past half-season, they had seen too many scenes of fans cheering for Chen Hero. But today, when they heard this sound and saw this scene, they couldn't help but get goosebumps…

Russia's xenophobia and racial discrimination are very serious, but now there is a yellow-skinned, black-haired, black-eyed person who has conquered them, making them willingly shout such cheers…

Chen Hero, his name matches his person!

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Zenit's wild celebration lasted for more than a minute. Finally, under the protest of the CSKA players and the intervention of the referee, they returned to the field.

Along the way, Chen Hero did not forget to wave his fist at the CSKA Moscow fans in the stands to show his power.

What the CSKA Moscow fans returned to him was, of course, endless boos.

But he didn't care.

In front of so many people, he had finally fulfilled his promise—I will slap you in the face! And more than once!

Seeing Chen Hero run back to the field, the referee greeted him and showed him a yellow card!

This yellow card was not for provoking the fans, but for taking off his shirt to celebrate…

Advocaat, who was off the field, remembered at this moment—this kid already had three yellow cards! One more… and he would be automatically suspended for the next game!

"This impulsive bastard! He'll be suspended for the next game!" Assistant Coach Potter said through gritted teeth.

Advocaat glanced at him. He was obviously also regretting that Chen Hero wouldn't be able to play, but… since when had he cared so much about whether Chen Hero played or not?

He smiled and said to Potter, "It's good to let him rest, Kurt. Also, we should give Tek a chance…"

Potter muttered, "This kid is too impulsive, too arrogant…" But besides these, he had nothing else to say.

In fact, when Chen Hero scored, he was almost the one who jumped the highest and shouted the loudest—being able to take down a tough bone like CSKA Moscow and continue to lead the league standings made him, the assistant coach, happier than anyone else.

Advocaat patted Potter on the shoulder. "The arrogance of our own people is what the enemy fears. Arrogance is good, Kurt. We are too old to be arrogant, but young people… should be a little arrogant, haha!"

Chen Hero's goal had basically sealed the victory. Advocaat was very happy to be able to win against CSKA Moscow and secure first place in the league.

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In the end, the match ended with a score of 3:2. After preparing for a long time, making a "must-kill" boast before the match, and having all the advantages of time, place, and people, CSKA Moscow, playing at home, lost to their biggest enemy on the road to defending their title, Saint Petersburg Zenit, by a score of 2:3.

Chen Hero, who scored twice, was named the best player of the match.

After the match, when asked by reporters whether his provocative celebrations towards the fans in the two consecutive matches against CSKA Moscow were a bit too arrogant, Chen Hero's answer was later regarded as the third provocation by the CSKA Moscow fans—

"Arrogant? Sorry, that's just my style!"

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ps, posting the bonus chapter for 1800 monthly tickets in advance. This time I really need to go to sleep. I've been staying up for several nights in a row, and I even got up to watch the game this morning. I've only slept for five hours. I can't take it anymore…

Also, monthly tickets, monthly tickets~ the increase in monthly tickets has been plummeting in the past two days… why is that?