"Oh - Hero!! He's flying! Header!" Sergeyevsky shouted, "Beautiful!!! Oh! Beautiful! So beautiful! The ball goes in!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!"
Chen Yingxiong was thrown over after his header and crashed into Booth and Hussin sideways. The huge impact knocked all three of them to the ground.
But that didn't stop the ball from flying into the goal.
Although goalkeeper Roberts made a save this time, his reaction was obviously a beat slow. The situation was too stupid too predict... He jumped up only after seeing the football flying towards him, but it was already too late.
"Oh oh oh oh oh!" A huge cheer rang out from the stands, drowning out all other sounds, even the referee's whistle!
After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong jumped up from the ground and opened his arms to rush towards Anyukov who passed the ball to him. However, he was unable to run in front of Anyukov because when he was halfway through his run, he was pulled to the ground by Martin Skrtel and Eric Hagen, who then jumped on him!
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"This is incredible!" Seeing Chen Yingxiong being pressed down by his teammates, Sergeyevsky expressed himself as best he could. "Three goals in three games is already amazing, but I didn't expect him to score twice in the third game... For a young player who has just been promoted to the first team and is playing in the professional league for the first time, this string of appearances is simply dazzling!"
"If he continues at this pace, he will soon become the most anticipated new star in this league!"
The fans in the stands shouted Chen Yingxiong's name again
"Hero! Hero! Hero!!"
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"Well done - Hero! Only one more to go!! Come on!" Denisov on the bench was jumping up and down to cheer for Chen Yingxiong when he heard assistant coach Porter shouting at him. "Denisov -"
He turned his head and looked.
"Go warm up!" Potter waved his hand.
Denisov knew he was going to play!
Ahaha, now all the members of the Eat, Drink and Play group are here!
The team leader Denisov happily ran to the warm-up area.
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After celebrating the goal, Chen Yingxiong got up from the ground and hugged Anyukov to thank him for passing the ball to him.
Anyukov laughed. "When I saw you running out, I really didn't know what you were going to do. I didn't expect you to come up with this idea..."
"The two of them sandwiched me from the front and back, so there was no way I could get the ball. I might as well pull out and give myself some space to sprint." Actually, Chen Yingxiong had another plan. If he jumped from the spot, he would definitely not be able to beat the two opponents working together, but if he sprinted... he would be able to knock his opponents away and score a goal.
The "knockdown" talent was not for nothing!
"Come on, hero. Now we only need one more!" Anyukov encouraged him.
"Yeah!" Chen Yingxiong nodded.
The hat trick still needed to be completed.
He turned his head to look at the media seats, then stretched out his hand and raised two fingers.
Two!
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When the reporters in the media seats saw Chen Yingxiong turning his head to look over here, many people had this intuition - he must have been looking at them!
Sure enough, he stretched out two fingers. Previously he stretched out one finger, which was a normal action. But now it had changed. What did two fingers mean? When you think about the fact that he scored two goals, the meaning was clear.
He was demonstrating to the press box!
Because they had said before the game that Chen Yingxiong was not in good shape, he proved them otherwise with two goals.
These were two solid slaps on their faces!
The first goal can be said to be a stroke of luck, but what about the second one? Still luck?
Many journalists themselves didn't think so.
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Booth was unable to get up this time. He was hit hard in the chest by Chen Yingxiong's shoulder. He was unable to catch his breath and almost got a stitch in the side.
He and Chen Yingxiong had been physically fighting throughout the whole game. The two of them kept hitting each other and they were already covered in bruises. However, Booth was older, while Chen Yingxiong was still young, so Booth suffered more.
When Chen Yingxiong and his teammates were celebrating the goal crazily, the Soviet Wings' team doctor came up.
When the team doctor lifted Booth's shirt, all the onlookers gasped - his upper body was covered with bruises and scars from the violent collisions, especially on his chest. This was proof of his confrontations with Chen Yingxiong. Before, everyone saw Chen Yingxiong doing nothing under his control and thought he had easily contained this kid. Now they knew... it was all an illusion!
The team doctor pressed the bruises, and Booth, with his eyes closed, frowned and clenched his teeth.
Everyone gathered around Booth, watching him clench his teeth in pain, and remained silent.
The opponent scored two goals with the same player, and the central defender was injured. This game was done... Before the game, head coach Gadiyev said that as long as Chen Yingxiong could be contained, there would be hope of taking a point away from home. During the mid-term break, Gadiyev changed his mind. After watching the opponent's performance in the first half, he thought it would not be difficult to take three points.
What was the result? The score was now 0:2, and they were two goals behind.
When Booth was carried off the field on a stretcher, everyone knew that he could not continue. Sure enough, the Soviet Wings made a substitution soon and Booth was out.
This South African international, who had fought against Chen Yingxiong for 75 minutes and was the only central defender who was taller and heavier than Chen Yingxiong, left the battlefield with his bruised and battered body.
His war war over, but Chen Yingxiong's war continued...
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Just scored two goals, one more goal to go!
This was Chen Yingxiong's only thought now.
He didn't have much time left, it was almost the eighth minute.
After the game resumed, Denisov was substituted in, replacing Li Hao.
After coming onto the court, Denisov gave Chen Yingxiong a thumbs up - the captain is here to help you, Hero!
Chen Yingxiong replied with a thumbs up - Thank you, Captain!
After Matthew Booth left the court, Chen Yingxiong's pressure was slightly relieved, but Hussin was transferred to defend him, so he still faced a lot of pressure.
Despite this, nothing could stop Chen Yingxiong from pursuing the goal.
He charged! He shook his head! He tried to score! He used his header ability to the fullest, hoping to score a goal in the next minute...
Commentator Shilgeyevsky also noticed. "Although he has already scored two goals and there is not much time left in the game, Hero is still looking for opportunities to score. He doesn't seem to be satisfied with this at all... Is he going to perform a hat trick? If so... it would be even more incredible! In the third official professional league game since his debut, performing a hat trick! What would this mean?"
The more Shilgayevsky talked about it, the more he felt that all this was...exciting. He was extremely excited when he talked, and he didn't even know what he was excited about, but he was very happy to see such a scene - Chen Yingxiong completing his first hat trick in the third game of his career! What a dream!
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Falling behind by two goals, Soviet Wings knew the game was over, so they had no energy to fight back. Zenit St. Petersburg began to besiege them, and Chen Yingxiong got more opportunities. However, Hussin was still very tough and did not back down in a one-on-one match with Chen Yingxiong.
Perhaps it was his partner's situation that stimulated him, and he became even more excited.
This hat trick was really difficult!
But... if a hat trick was not difficult, how could it be meaningful?
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Ten minutes passed quickly, and when it was almost ninety minutes, Chen Yingxiong still hadn't scored a goal.
The fans of Zenit St. Petersburg were singing and dancing in the stands, as the score was enough to ensure that they would win.
But many Zenit players, including Chen Yingxiong, were not happy at all. They did not seem to slow down the pace when they had already won the game.
They were constantly looking for opportunities to attack, and their offensive methods were simple and crude - just passing the ball directly into the penalty area and letting Chen Yingxiong compete for the header.
But Hussin tried his best and used all means allowed to stop it from happening.
Chen Yingxiong was determined not to back down, and the two of them started to become malicious.
The fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines indicating four minutes of injury time, meaning there were more than four minutes left before the end of the game. During these four minutes, Chen Yingxiong had to score a goal.
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In the 91st minute, after Denisov got the ball in the midfield, he did not pass the ball slowly in the midfield, but directly made a long pass to the wing. After Arshavin beautifully stopped the ball with his chest, he pushed it inward and then kicked a cross! This was a half-high ball, about waist level.
This kind of ball was not suitable for heading. After Arshavin passed the ball, he knew that the quality of his pass was not high...
Unexpectedly, this kick shook the Soviet Wings' defence line.
Andre Hussin was originally preparing to jump up to challenge Chen Yingxiong, but just as he adjusted his centre of gravity, he saw that the football was a half-high ball!
He quickly readjusted his centre of gravity, then swung his leg and prepared to kick it out!
At this moment, Chen Yingxiong rushed over. He was originally trapped behind Hussin, but at the moment when Arshavin kicked the ball, he suddenly rushed forward! He held Hussin's jersey with one hand and opened the other hand to maintain balance...
Hussin saw a person appear at his waist, with his back to him. The number and name on his back were very conspicuous...
But his foot had already been swung up, and he couldn't stop it, nor did he want to stop it, so he just swung it up!
Chen Yingxiong only had eyes for the football and didn't notice what Hussin beside him was doing.
The football flew over and he headed it with all his might. When he headed the ball, he did not forget to shake his head to make sure that the ball was headed into the goal frame.
Then... when the football had been headed, he saw a leg coming right after it!
With a whoosh, it even made a sound of wind!
Damn it!
Chen Yingxiong knew what the consequences would be if he was kicked, but he had no way to avoid it. He could only rely on his strong waist and abdominal strength to twist his body slightly in the air and tilt his neck at the same time.
Hussin's kick hit his shoulder...
But Chen Yingxiong didn't care about all these. After he fell down, he looked directly at the goal.
Where's the ball?!
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"The ball goes in!!!" Shilgeyevsky shouted again. "Hat-trick! Hat-trick! Hat-trick!!"