As he was surrounded by reporters, to satisfy their curiosity, Chen Yingxiong was the last one in the team to return to the locker room.
When he returned, head coach Advocaat was not there anymore. He had already rushed to attend the press conference.
At the post-match press conference, the reporters obviously would not let the Dutchman off easily. They were like little kids, with a million questions to ask Uncle Advocaat.
As soon as Chen Yingxiong returned, he was pulled aside by Denisov.
"I've already spoken to both Alexanders! They're now members of the Zenit St. Petersburg Eat, Drink and Fun Club!"
Chen Yingxiong quickly stretched out his hand to shake hands with the brothers "Welcome to the club!"
"Okay!" Denisov clapped his hands. "To celebrate the first goal of Hero's career, and to welcome the new members Alexander Anyukov and Alexander Kerzakov! I decided to go to the Oriental Restaurant for dinner tonight, and then go to the Northern Pearl Nightclub to have some fun!"
Chen Yingxiong and Kerzakov raised their arms and shouted. "Hurra!"
Unexpectedly, Anyukov frowned. "Pearl of the North? That place is too low-class, Igor! It's an old nightclub with very old decoration..." Then he turned to Chen Yingxiong.
"But that's the most representative nightclub in St. Petersburg!" Denisov interrupted, "Of course you have been there, but Hero hasn't. Naturally, I have to take him to see the most famous place. Just like tourists will go to the Winter Palace when they come to St. Petersburg."
"I think we should go to Katyusha..."
"Are you the commander or am I the commander?!" Denisov glared at Anyukov, who raised his hands in surrender.
"Okay! The captain has the final say!"
Chen Yingxiong was watching them arguing and found it interesting. He suddenly asked, "Anyukov, you are not a local, right?"
Anyukov shook his head.
Denisov explained. "This kid just transferred here last season, and it only took him half a season to explore all the fun places in St. Petersburg. He can find them with his eyes closed."
Anyukov sniffed triumphantly. "I have a dog's nose!"
"Bullshit, you clearly just marked all the locations on a map and memorised it!" Denisov said sarcastically.
"You're the one who led me astray. When I first arrived in St. Petersburg, I was so pure..."
Denisov raised his middle finger to Anyukov. "Do you know what pure even means, Anyukov? If you are pure, my 88-year-old grandmother is a virgin!"
…
While the Zenit St. Petersburg eating, drinking and partying group was bickering over the evening's itinerary, Advocaat was being bombarded by reporters at the press conference.
Not surprisingly, almost all the problems are related to Chen Yingxiong.
"Can you tell me more about the No. 99 player who scored the goal? We only have some basic information."
"I don't have much more information than you do." Advocaat spread out his hands.
In reality, he knew a lot, such as the story of how Chen Yingxiong came to the club.
But in order to protect his player, Advocaat didn't want to talk too much about Chen Yingxiong. The media's intensive attention would bring him endless pressure, which would affect his performance. Moreover... he was worried that Chen Yingxiong would lose his way if he became famous too early. He had seen too many stories of young geniuses who became famous and eventually became ordinary people.
He was even considering increasing the intensity of Chen Yingxiong's training after tomorrow so that he could focus all his energy on training and not have time to think about other things.
"That's impossible, Mr. Advocaat! You are the head coach of the team, how could you not know your men?"
"That's actually the case. I took over the team halfway through. Before I came, Hero was already in the youth team. As for how he came... I think you have to ask the former head coach Petzera..."
The cunning Advocaat kicked the ball out of his court. Petzera had been fired by the club and returned to his hometown in the Czech Republic. In other words, if you reporters want to get to the bottom of it, go to the Czech Republic!
But he underestimated the reporters' brains. They quickly found the keyword in this answer - "youth team". That is to say, before this, Chen Yingxiong was in the youth team! The youth team coach must know about Chen Yingxiong, right? They don't have to go to the Czech Republic thousands of miles away. They only need to go to the other side of the Yudeni Park training base and find the youth training director Kennedy Popovich to find out about Yingxiong.
"After Tekke got injured, you arranged for a new player who was just transferred from the youth team to start. Wasn't that a bit risky?"
"I admit it, but I won the bet!"
"What do you think of Hero's goal?"
"It was beautiful and unexpected. To be honest, I didn't expect him to score a goal in the first game." This is the truth. Chen Yingxiong's goal surprised Advocaat... No one had been prepared in fact.
He thought that according to the general rules, a new player like Chen Yingxiong would be nervous and excited when he first played. In short, his emotions would affect his performance, and his activity would become mediocre. He replaced him in advance and it would not attract any attention. This game was supposed to give Chen Yingxiong a chance to experience the professional league, and then he would return to training and continue to work hard.
This was also the reason why he had arranged for Chen Yingxiong to assist Kerzakov.
Who would have thought that Chen Yingxiong would not play by the rules? He scored a goal on his first appearance and his first attack!
When the excitement was over, Advocaat suddenly realized how bad this could be.
This incident reminded him of the scene in which Chen Yingxiong arbitrarily tampered with his arrangements during training and scored a header.
He had a vague thought in his mind - maybe this kid would be hard to discipline in the future...
…
When Advocaat had done everything he could to get out of the press conference unscathed, he returned to the locker room.
After praising the players for their performance in the match, he announced the disbandment.
But he told Chen Yingxiong to stay behind alone again.
This was contrary to what Denisov had said, earlier Chen Yingxiong turned his head and looked at his friend.
Denisov didn't know what the head coach wanted to do. He gestured to Chen Yingxiong and lip-synced: See you at the hotel!
Then they withdrew.
Chen Yingxiong withdrew his gaze from the door.
Now he and Advocaat were the only ones left in the locker room.
"You did a great job, Hero. Scoring a goal in the first game is the start that many young players dream of."
"Thank you, sir." Chen Yingxiong had no choice but to accept the praise.
"But I hope you won't be complacent. After all, this is only the first game, and you still have a long career ahead of you. You may perform perfectly in this game, and everyone will praise you to the sky. Or you may perform terribly in the next game, and every newspaper you open will have articles criticizing you. This is the reality, and I hope you can keep your feet on the ground and be down-to-earth."
"I will, sir!"
"Okay. The team will have a day off tomorrow, have a good rest." Advocaat said to Chen Yingxiong.
Chen Yingxiong knew that the conversation was over, so he nodded and bowed to express his gratitude. "Thank you, sir. I will remember every word you said to me! Goodbye, sir!"
After saying that, he turned and slipped out of the locker room.
In fact, how could Advocaat not see what Chen Yingxiong was thinking? This kid wanted to go out and play... Look at how anxious he was. Anyone who was not an idiot could see that.
But it didn't matter. An 18-year-old kid had just experienced his first official professional game and scored a crucial goal. For this outstanding performance, he worked hard for two weeks.
There was nothing wrong with letting him relax and have some fun.
Just... don't overdo it.
…
The dim nightclub hall was filled with explosive music and the dance floor was full of people dancing wildly.
Denisov was dancing closely with a woman with a red afro and scantily clad clothes on the dance floor, holding a glass of wine.
Kerzakov next to him kept cheering. "Stick it up! Stick it up! Oh, oh, oh! Well done!"
Anyukov pushed Chen Yingxiong next to him and said, "Go ahead, boy! Feel the enthusiasm of Russian girls! Hahaha!"
As soon as Chen Yingxiong went down, he was dragged into the dancing crowd by a woman with long brunnete hair.
"Stop scaring my friends! Haha!" Anyukov waved at them.
They were all drunk. Chen Yingxiong was more drunk than his enthusiastic teammates. They had forced him to drink with the following excuse "To celebrate the Hero's first goal! Cheers!"
Glass after glass of vodka.
Chen Yingxiong had never drunk such a strong drink before, and his brain was almost on vacation. Everything seemed blurry.
He only knew that there was a heavily made-up woman in front of him, she smiled at him coquettishly, and then she pounced on him.
The final moment of clarity allowed Chen Yingxiong to still feel how soft and hot the woman in his arms was.
He moved his alcohol-smelling mouth closer, and his hands automatically climbed up to the slender waist.
The woman kept twisting her body in his arms, and her lower body rubbed back and forth against his sensitive parts, making him feel ecstatic.
Oh my god, this feels...so great!
I love Russia!