Chapter 1 Zenit St. Petersburg had to beat CSKA Moscow because they wanted to win the league title. And CSKA also had to win this game—currently ranked fourth in the league, they only needed to move forward one more place to qualify for the Champions League qualifying round next season.

Even just the qualifying round brought hope to the team.

But the reality now was that they had been dealt a heavy blow on their home turf!

"Wooo—wooo—!"

"When you hear this sound, you should know that Chen Hero has scored!" Yuri Petrov shouted.

Yes, when you hear this sound, you should know that Hero has scored!

Chen Hero spread his arms and flew at the Petrovsky Stadium!

After the air raid siren, the stadium announcer shouted, "The goal was scored by—"

The fans at the stadium shouted in unison, "herooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

"Yes! It's our hero!!"

The stadium announcer fully mobilized the atmosphere, and the entire Petrovsky Stadium erupted with huge cheers, like a volcanic eruption.

"The first half has only been going on for seventeen minutes, and Chen Hero has already scored the first goal for his team!"

"Before the game, the media were saying that Chen Hero would not be able to play in this game due to injury, or even if he勉强勉强 did, he would be playing with an injury, and his performance would be greatly reduced... Who would have thought, look at him now, where is there any sign of injury?!"

The commentators expressed their praise and surprise at Chen Hero.

But no one was as surprised as Gazzaev, who was sitting on the away team's coaching bench.

Chen Hero's goal just now was scored by leaning on Ignashevitch in the penalty area, then jumping up in place and heading the ball in!

Such a ball, without sprinting as a prelude, relying entirely on his own jumping ability, if he was injured, would he have such jumping ability?

This bastard... Could it be that he wasn't injured at all?

Gazzaev resisted this fact from the bottom of his heart, unwilling to believe that he had been played all along...

But the fact was cruel. Watching Chen Hero and his teammates celebrating the goal, it was too difficult to say that Chen Hero was just lucky.

Latish stared at Chen Hero all the time.

His guess was confirmed!

Chen Hero's injury was a lie from the beginning!

They successfully misled CSKA's pre-match arrangements. The original arrangements targeting Chen Hero were withdrawn, and Gazzaev planned to take three points in the opponent's away game to ensure that he could qualify for the Champions League next season.

This was originally a very risky way of playing. But you can only get rich through danger. If you don't take risks, how can you reap huge benefits?

Now it seems that this is not an adventure, this is completely suicide...

The open style of play gave CSKA many shooting opportunities, but it also gave the Zenit offensive line led by Chen Hero many opportunities. Previously, considering that if Chen Hero did not play, they would lack a center forward with impact in the penalty area, so even if the offensive was strong, it would not be able to withstand it. Who would have thought that Chen Hero seemed to have made an agreement with CSKA, and he still had to play in this game even though he was injured before...

Now it seems, what injury? He is healthier than anyone else!

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Chen Hero felt great!

Not because he slapped CSKA in the face again, but because he scored.

As long as he scores, he feels great. His thirst for goals will never diminish, and his feeling for goals will never be dull.

In the last round of the league, in the game against Kuban, Chen Hero did not score, and the gap between him and Pavlyuchenko was still one goal.

He has scored seventeen goals so far this season. He is far from satisfied.

Because only a dozen goals is too few...

He wants to score a lot of goals, at least break through the mark of twenty goals! Since the beginning of the new century, the Russian Premier League has not produced a top scorer with more than twenty goals in a season. Chen Hero's goal is this.

He not only wants to become the league's top scorer, but he also wants to become the top scorer who leaves his name in history.

The league's top scorer is not rare, one is born every year, but a top scorer with more than twenty goals in a season has not appeared since the new century!

"This is Hero's seventeenth goal of the season! Before the Moscow Spartak game has even started, he has already tied Pavlyuchenko! They are currently tied for first place in the scorer list! Is the top scorer this season going to be shared by two people?" Petrov said.

But Chen Hero wouldn't think that way—the top scorer can only be himself! He doesn't have the habit of sharing personal honors with others.

So he was not satisfied with just tying Pavlyuchenko's goal, and he would not stop there.

Score!

Continue to score!

Score more and more goals!

When running back to his own half, he did not forget to ridicule CSKA.

When passing by the CSKA bench and coaching bench, he spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and made a face at the CSKA coaching bench:

Sorry, you've been fooled!

Ah ha ha ha ha!

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Seeing Chen Hero's appearance, how could Gazzaev not know what it meant?

He was so angry in his heart!

Why is this kid so set on targeting his team? Logically speaking, he should have been humiliated enough after being ravaged twice, right?

No!

This kid's degree of holding grudges is simply outrageous!

He is also a well-known coach in Russia, and he has been humiliated by him face to face again and again!

This is too much!

But what can Gazzaev do besides cursing and venting his grievances in his heart? Now he should thank God if his team doesn't concede any more goals...

After the game continued, Chen Hero was looking for opportunities to score, his hunger would not be satisfied by one goal.

Before the end of the first half, he originally had a chance to extend the score. At that time, he had a chance to shoot in front of the goal, but the ball he shot was too straight and was blocked by goalkeeper Akinfeev...

"Ah! What a pity! If Hero scored this goal, he would have surpassed Pavlyuchenko on the scorer list!"

Gazzaev's heart was about to be scared out—if this goal was conceded, this game would be completely over.

Now there is still a chance to pull it back in the second half, only one goal behind...

He is now waiting for the halftime break to adjust the team.

Anyway, suppressing Chen Hero is not unfamiliar to the players. In the past two encounters with Zenit, the team has focused on how to suppress Chen Hero, and the players are very familiar with what they should do.

They were just stunned by the sudden appearance of Chen Hero...

In the end, the score in the first half was 1:0, with Zenit leading at home.

Gazzaev breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the real test was in the second half.

During the halftime break, he had to seize the time to arrange tactics for the players.

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On the other side, in the home team's locker room, the teammates congratulated Chen Hero on scoring his seventeenth goal of the season, and the members of the Eating, Drinking, and Merrymaking Gang had already gathered together to discuss where to go to celebrate Chen Hero's seventeenth league goal after the game...

Advocaat reminded the players with a serious face not to take it lightly.

"We caught them off guard in the first half. I don't believe they won't make any adjustments in the second half. Obviously, in the second half, they will return to the state we are all familiar with—marking Hero to death."

Everyone turned to look at Chen Hero.

"So we have to adjust slightly in the second half. Let Hero attract the opponent's defensive attention and create scoring opportunities for others. The midfielders must insert in time to support Hero!"

This sentence meant that Chen Hero's chances of scoring in the second half would be greatly reduced.

It wasn't that Advocaat didn't know what Chen Hero was competing for, but now he had to be careful. Knowing that the opponent would deploy heavy troops to deal with Chen Hero, why should he let Chen Hero be the main attacker and let the whole team rely on Chen Hero's goals?

Chen Hero curled his lips, wanting to say something, but Advocaat immediately interrupted him: "We'll talk about it after we lead by two goals."

Chen Hero knew that this was to focus on the overall situation. It would be safer to pursue personal goals after the team led by two goals. Even if he wasted a lot of opportunities in the end, or the team's offensive was suppressed, at least there was still a two-goal lead, and it shouldn't be a problem to win this game at home.

He closed his mouth and said nothing.

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In the second half, as Advocaat said, CSKA Moscow strictly marked Chen Hero, preventing him from scoring.

But in this way... Zenit's other players had a chance to take advantage of it.

It should be known that whether it was Kerzhakov, or Dominguez, Arshavin, these people were not to be underestimated, each of them was outstanding, and CSKA was so busy defending Chen Hero that the defensive pressure faced by these people was much smaller...

In addition, Chen Hero worked very hard to assist his teammates in scoring. Teammates scoring was like his key. As long as his opponents could score, he would have a chance to score. How could he not work hard?

When Gazzaev discovered that Chen Hero was not the main attacking point, he was already powerless. It wasn't that he was incompetent, but the current situation forced him to have no other choice. He was already one goal behind, and the opponent also had a very threatening center forward. Would you defend or not? If you don't defend, he will score. If you defend, other people will score.

Such a multiple-choice question gave Gazzaev a headache.

In the final analysis, the root cause of the dilemma lies in that No. 99 player!

Gazzaev glared fiercely at Chen Hero.

Under his glare, Chen Hero jumped high, and then... headed the ball back!

The following Kerzhakov obviously had enough understanding with Chen Hero. In fact, the understanding between the members of the Eating, Drinking, and Merrymaking Gang was indeed very good. This was not cultivated in training, but in the process of eating, drinking, and having fun together.

People often say that there are four ironclad relationships in life: fighting together, studying together, sharing the spoils together, and whoring together.

These people can now be considered to have whored together... The relationship is so strong, and the understanding is naturally very good. Usually, these people are very understanding when they joke and bury people, and this is also reflected in the training ground. Unexpectedly, the organization that eats, drinks, and has fun together can have such a role, which is something that many people did not expect...

When they seek cooperation on the field, they don't need to speak. As long as they make a "hehe, you understand" expression, they really understand...

So when Kerzhakov saw Chen Hero jump up, he knew where he was going to head the ball. He appeared in that position in advance, received Chen Hero's pass... and headed the ball!

Aerial relay!

"Goal—scored—!!"

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