Volume 1: Males Haunt, People Pay Attention to Chapter 189: Crowd Mocking

Chapter 189 Group mockery

The two UEFA Cup semi-finals between Zenit St. Petersburg and Bayern Munich are considered to be the most anticipated games of the entire UEFA Cup.

One side is the newly promoted in the European arena, and the other side is the "down and down" giants who have been reduced to the UEFA Cup. The collision of these two teams will definitely spark and shine.

After playing against Saturn, Zenit returned to St. Petersburg to prepare for the two semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

For Advocaat, these are two crucial games. Its importance even surpasses the final final - it is not yet known whether it will be able to enter the final, let's play the two games against Bayern Munich as the final.

In fact, in terms of opponent strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that the match against Bayern Munich is the final. Because the other two teams in the semi-final are Glasgow Rangers and Bayer Leverkusen. These two teams obviously cannot be compared with a giant like Bayern Munich.

Many media in Europe feel that there should be no suspense for Bayern Munich to advance to the final. Although Zenit St. Petersburg is very strong and is the dark horse in this UEFA Cup, they met Bayern Munich in the final...

"...It's such a pity! If it weren't for Bayern Munich, Zenit could even create the most glorious moment in team history. They could reach the final, and with their strength, it would not be unthinkable to win the final. But now, their fate has changed because of Bayern Munich..."

"It is too difficult for Zenit to beat Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga overlord is currently ranked first in the league, far ahead of the second place Werder Bremen. They have great hopes of regaining the Bundesliga title this season, and there is no suspense about returning to the Champions League. For them, the UEFA Cup is just a mistake. But since it has come, it is natural to take away a championship trophy!"

"In the Champions League, Bayern Munich are the favorites to win the championship. In the UEFA Cup, I am afraid they are the only team with hope of winning the championship..."

German media have touted Bayern Munich.

Some high-ranking reporters, while touting Bayern Munich, will also take advantage of the opportunity to praise Zenit for its outstanding performance. "If we hadn't met Bayern Munich..." People in St. Petersburg would feel happy after seeing this - you see, even the opponents are praising our performance!

There are also some relatively low-level German media who blatantly despise Zenit St. Petersburg and infinitely raise Bayern Munich. The consequence of this is that Bayern Munich does not need their infinite elevation, and at the same time they have successfully angered the Zenit fans.

In St. Petersburg, in Moscow, the press believed that Zenit's only advantage was... their schedule. First away, then host, there is still a chance, try to keep a tie in the away game, or win if you lose less, and then return to the home court to have a showdown with Bayern Munich.

I believe Villarreal, Marseille and Fiorentina have all experienced Zenit's home power.

So Zenit's head coach Advocaat's plan for the team is to keep a draw in the away game.

The absence of Krzakov due to injury will definitely affect the team's offensive strength, which in turn strengthened Advocaat's determination to ask the whole team to stick to it. At that time, in the away game, Chen Yingxiong will be left alone in front, whether it is Arshavin or Dominguez, they will have to defend. Not defensive? Then don't even think about playing!

So Dominguez lost the chance to start...

He was very lazy on defense in practice, not very involved in defense.

Chen Yingxiong doesn't participate in the defense either, but when the whole team needs to defend, he alone is enough. If there is one more person who doesn't come back to defend, what's the point? Besides, if Chen Yingxiong does not defend, he will not come back to defend. He can still carry out some counter-attacks or presses in the frontcourt, forcing the opponent to not calmly organize the attack in the backcourt...

Since Dominguez didn't cooperate, Advocaat decisively took him out of the starting lineup.

This made Dominguez a little unhappy, but what if he was unhappy? The head coach is the biggest on the team.

While Zenit was actively preparing for this away game, Bayern Munich was also preparing for the UEFA Cup semi-final. But for the players, they don't have the sense of urgency that the Zenit players have.

Isn't it easy to beat Zenit? This is the consensus of many Bayern Munich players.

Although coach Hitzfeld repeatedly reminded them that Zenit is a strong team. But during the training, the atmosphere was still very relaxed. Ribery, who just joined the team this season, was very enthusiastic about joking with everyone, making the training ground burst into laughter.

Zenit St. Petersburg?

They are really good and can reach the semi-finals. But their luck ended there. Because we Bayern Munich is the team to win the UEFA Cup!

Self-confidence is a double-edged sword. For wealthy families, self-confidence can easily become conceited.

And this speed is difficult to grasp as a head coach.

The captain of the team, Oliver Kahn, has announced that he will retire after the end of the season. This matter has been decided and announced long ago, so everyone has half a season to gradually accept this reality. As his teammates, of course everyone should give Kahn a parting gift for retirement.

What better gift than Kahn's last European trophy?

Defeat Zenit, enter the final, and win the UEFA Cup dedicated to "Lion King" Kahn. That's the whole story. And defeating Zenit is just the beginning of this story, a trick that is destined to die within a few minutes of playing.

No one will care about the fate of the actor, and no one will shed tears for the death of an actor who has appeared for a few minutes without even a line.

In the minds of Bayern Munich players and fans, Zenit, who came from St. Petersburg, is no different from a dead man.

When the Zenit squad arrived in Munich from St. Petersburg, they received a "warm welcome" from the local media at the airport.

The players were pestered by the media for interviews, and the topics were of course related to this game and their opponents.

"Is it a pity to meet Bayern Munich in the semi-finals? Your performance in this UEFA Cup is very good. It is not surprising that you finally won the UEFA Cup..."

As a Bayern Munich fan and the captain of Zenit St. Petersburg, Tymoshchuk's answer was quite polite: "Actually, I would rather meet Bayern Munich in the final. But we will also work hard to win. The charm of football games is that you never know what the result will be."

When it was Chen Yingxiong's turn, he didn't give Bayern Munich any face at all.

"Yes, I feel sorry for Bayern Munich, because they met us early in the semi-finals, otherwise they would have had a chance to reach the final. With their strength, um... winning the championship should not be impossible."

Standing in front of the reporters, he pretended to distort what the reporters said, leaving a group of German reporters stunned after they understood it...

After answering, Chen Yingxiong shrugged, turned and walked away.

These reporters are so cheap! How can anyone ask such a question? Isn't this a clear way to make us admit defeat? How can this work! The game hasn't been played yet, so you just say such frustrating words?

Tymoshchuk is the captain, and he has to take into account his personal image and team image. I don't need to have such considerations, so I will tell you what he dare not say!

The next day, his words appeared on the local media in Munich...

Zenit St. Petersburg arrived in Munich on the TV news.

In the picture, Chen Yingxiong stood in front of the camera and said arrogantly: "I feel sorry for Bayern Munich, because they met us in the semi-finals in advance, otherwise they would have had a chance to reach the final. With their strength, um... winning the championship should not be impossible..."

When the TV station broadcast Chen Yingxiong's remarks, they did not give any antecedents, which means that they never mentioned what the reporter asked Chen Yingxiong. Perhaps they felt that the reporter's question was normal and there was no need to point it out. Maybe it’s because they habitually misinterpret the meaning of the interviewees—this matter is not exclusive to the Chinese media, German media, British media, American media...the media all over the world are good at doing this kind of thing.

But in short, they successfully created the image of Chen Yingxiong who deliberately provokes the rich, has no respect, and is proud and conceited like a clown.

After the news was broadcast, many Bayern Munich fans scolded Chen Yingxiong as an idiot on the Internet.

The local print media in Munich also followed suit and contributed to the flames.

Chen Yingxiong's words are really indecent... The premise is that you don't know the cause. You don't know how the journalists in Munich contempt Zenit with polite praise - such contempt is more annoying than the naked contempt, because he gives you a slap in the face and nowhere else to vent. How enthusiastic and objective and fair they are! Fully praised Zenit's performance and recognized Zenit's strength. For example, look at the words "Your performance in this UEFA Cup is very good, even if you finally win the UEFA Cup, it will not be surprising" What a rare compliment!

It seems that after they do this, they can slander you unscrupulously.

And there is a market for such an approach. Many people think that this is fairness and objectivity, this is neutrality, and this is level. Even Zenit St. Petersburg has some people who think so.

But Chen Yingxiong felt uncomfortable no matter what he heard.

Our good behavior has nothing to do with what you say next. It is our business that we perform well. Since we performed well, why do you come to the conclusion that we will definitely lose to Bayern Munich if we perform well?

He just can't bear to see someone pretending to be aggressive in front of him, and when he sees such a person, he seems to say or do something to disgust the other party.

It's just that this kind of personality also makes him often push himself to the forefront. Just like this time, the local media and fans in Munich scolded him, thinking that a boy from the Russian league dared to speak wild words against Bayern Munich, and the Bayern Munich soldiers must clean him up on the pitch!

"...Hero Chen is the top scorer in the Russian Super League, and he even broke Viredenikov's record. But what level is the Russian League? How about getting the top scorer in a league of this level? There are top scorers in the Russian League every year. Has anyone heard of their names?"

"I can't imagine, where did this Chinese come from with the courage and confidence to say such a thing? Well, he successfully provoked the anger of the Bayern Munich fans. I hope he can also successfully provoke the anger of the Bayern Munich players, and then let all the suspense be ended in the first round of the game!"

"This player has a name that looks great-'hero', but it's ridiculous to give himself such a name! Does he really think he is a hero!"

His name spread throughout Munich overnight, and all fans knew that Zenit St. Petersburg had such an arrogant and annoying guy.

No wonder Chen Yingxiong chose to play as a warrior and become an mt when he played World of Warcraft.