On race day, the first thing Mazari did when he got out of bed was to rush to the window, open the curtains, and see what the weather was outside.

It was cloudy, but there was no snow, only that there was no wind...... He didn't see it because of the lack of references. There was snow on the ground and on the roof, but there were no flakes in the sky like the previous two days.

He breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little relieved.

If the weather continues, there will still be a kick in this game.

As long as the snow stops, everything is fine.

But God seemed to be playing a joke on Mazari, and in the afternoon, the sky suddenly began to fall again!

Mazari looked up at the sky and couldn't help but curse.

He was just as frustrated by the weather as the Napoli players.

When the Napoli players saw the shirtless Zenit St. Petersburg fans on the side of the road on the bus, their bodies shook and some sneezed with empathy......

The radio station in the bus was broadcasting a local program in St. Petersburg, and the host was very excited and said: "God bless us!" Snow is falling in the sky again! ”

It is clear that the driver of the bus was also a Zenit St. Petersburg fan, and he listened to the radio station cheering Zenit so unattended, apparently because there were very few people in the Napoli team who could understand Russian.

Chen Yingying rolled his eyes after understanding what was going on on the radio.

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In the stands of the Petrovsky Stadium, there are Zenit St. Petersburg fans holding up the name and portrait of Chen Yingying, and these people still support Chen Yingying, even if he is no longer a member of Zenit St. Petersburg. But the glory and joy he brought to the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg is eternal.

When Chen Yingying gets the ball, there will be no boos in the stands, and there will even be some cheers.

For Chen Yingying, who has been booed by the home fans at Napoli for a whole year, it is rare to be cheered on by the Zenit fans.

But he didn't have the heart to feel such an honor now, and he was complacent.

His team is in trouble.

Twenty-five minutes into the game, Napoli were 1-0 down.

The man who scored for the home team was ...... Danny.

Portuguese Danny was brought in by Zenit following Arshavin's departure and has only just been added to the league this summer. He's here to fill the void of the team's lack of a core after Arshavin's departure.

Now he has gradually entered the form and has the support and affection of the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg.

Danny brought the goal to the team, which was somewhat ironic for Arshavin - his own *** man performed well in the game and scored, while his own Napoli team performed poorly and is currently behind.

This game was really not smooth for Napoli from the beginning, and the story before the game will not be told, lest everyone say that they are flooded to make up the number of words (). Just the game itself - before the game, the coaching staff finally determined that Hamshik would not play in this game, because Hamshik had a cold on his first day in St. Petersburg, and then the cold got worse and worse, and finally developed into a high fever...... He can even walk now, and he doesn't have the luxury of competing at all.

So Hamshik was removed from the starting lineup at the last minute.

And Christian. As for Maggio, he was obviously frightened by the wind and snow in St. Petersburg, and his performance in the past few days has not been normal, and when it comes to the game, he has played abnormally.

As for the goal conceded...... According to Chen Yingying's understanding, it is completely a thought. Captain Paul. Cannavaro had already stopped Pogrebniac's ball, but just as he was about to clear the ball with his big foot, his foot slipped and instead of kicking the ball out, he stabbed Zenit No. 10 Danny on the other side.

In the face of a big gift from the Portuguese, how can they not accept it?

Raise your foot and shoot, and the ball flew past the unprepared Napoli goalkeeper......

That's how the team fell behind.

Paul after conceding the goal. Cannavaro was very depressed and patted the slippery place under his feet - the edge of the penalty area, which was already a muddy pond due to the fierce competition between the two sides.

Petrovsky Stadium is not an artificial turf course, they use natural turf, and it snowed heavily for three consecutive days, which caused the turf of the court to become very soft, and it was easy to slip and fall when stepping on it, as if you were skating.

Usually Western European teams who go to Moscow to play CSKA or Spartak Moscow will always complain about the artificial turf at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, which makes them very uncomfortable, and they lose all because they play on the artificial turf that they are not used to.

But now, Mazari wishes there was artificial turf under his feet!

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"Napoli are very unaccustomed to playing in such a big snowstorm...... They can't even control the ball (). Only two of them were normal, one was Arshavin and the other was a hero. Both of them had played for Zenit St. Petersburg and were more accustomed to the weather in St. Petersburg at this time......

Arshavin broke down the flanks and looked for a passing opportunity, but it didn't help that he alone did a great job. He lacked the support of his teammates, so he had to go it alone.

This makes it easier to defend as well.

So Arshavin has not created any dangerous chances on goal so far, and his own shots are often under the tight defense and interference of Zenit St. Petersburg players, and there is no threat to the Zenit St. Petersburg goal.

Not to mention Chen Yingying...... He's the kind of center that needs the whole team to support him, and without the support of the team, he's nothing, so the whole team is terrible, and his chances of being on the screen aren't much higher.

Napoli were not able to score until the first half, and they should even be happy with the result, as Zenit St. Petersburg, who were playing at home, did not score either. So the difference between the two sides is still one goal, and it is possible to pull it back in the second half - although from this first half, it is difficult.

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In the dressing room in Naples, the atmosphere was dreary, and many people kept their heads down and said nothing.

It stands to reason that even if they lose this game, it should not affect their group qualification, they currently have two wins and one draw, and they are in top of the group with seven points, and the second place is Lyon, who have two wins and one loss, with six points. In third place is Liverpool, with two draws and one loss, two points. The fourth place is Zenit St. Petersburg, with one draw, two losses and one point.

In other words, even if Napoli loses this game, they will lose the first place in the group at most, and the right to qualify from the group will still be unshakeable. Even if Zenit wins against Napoli, they will not be in the top two. And if Liverpool win against Lyon, Liverpool won't have enough points to move up to the top two, and if they can really beat Lyon, then it doesn't matter if Napoli loses this game, because they won't even lose the top spot in the group......

So it stands to reason that they shouldn't be so depressed (). But perhaps it was the performance in the group stage that went too well, and Napoli already had the idea that "we deserved to win", as if it was not normal not to win......

But in reality? They have forgotten that they have not played in the Champions League for 18 years, and they are true rookies in the current Champions League.

It was Chen Yingying who broke this embarrassing silence first.

'In the second half, we have to make changes, brothers! In the second half, you all kick the football on my head! He patted his head.

Later, when Mazzarri walked in and began to lay out the second-half tactics, his desire coincided with Chen Yingying.

"Poor field conditions made our ground offensive unorganised, so in the second half we had to switch to the air. Let's kick the football into the sky and kick it to where the hero is......"

He didn't know if it would actually help the team comeback from defeat, but it was the only thing he could think of so far that might work.

Always a try......

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“…… At the start of the second half, Napoli adjusted their strategy, and they frequently played high balls, obviously trying to take advantage of the hero's height and header......" said Shirgeyevsky, a local commentator in St. Petersburg, into the microphone.

"Watch out for his headers!" Goalkeeper Malafeev yelled at Chen Hero more than once.

In fact, he didn't have to do it at all, all the Zenit players knew to defend Chen Yingxing's header. During his two years at Zenit St. Petersburg, the most impressive thing was probably his header, apart from his lustfulness......

De Jong opted for a long pass directly from the back, and the target was Chen Yingxing.

Although Chen Yingying had his back to the goal and did not attack the goal directly, he had to ferry the football to his teammates, who then transferred the football to the side and crossed it with his feet.

But it's better than attacking from the ground like in the first half......

Zenit's defenders were all teammates of Chen Yingying's time, and they knew him very well. Despite this, they were defeated in the battle for headers......

Krizanacki was going to go around the front defense to top the ball, but Chen Yingying was firmly behind him, and then suddenly jumped up and gave the ball to his teammate Cassano who was following in front of Krizanacki.

After completing the header ferry, Chen Yingying turned around and walked inside, and Krizanacki hurriedly followed, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Other teams defending Chen Yingying may occasionally have a distraction, and they feel that it shouldn't matter if they are distracted in defense once or twice, and he can't just seize such an opportunity to score a goal, right?

The players of Zenit St. Petersburg did not dare to think so at all - why do they know Chen Yingying very well? This understanding of Russia is not limited to a superficial understanding of how awesome his header is and how strong his body is.

What they know very well is the understanding of Chen Yingying's style of looking for scoring opportunities every second of the 90 minutes.

He's got a lot of fitness and can support him to get to where he is. At the end of the race, everyone else couldn't run, and he was still on the field.

So those who really know him know that they must not have the slightest distraction, and they must not give him any chance, even if it is ...... It doesn't look like a ball of chance, and you have to fight for it.

Therefore, it is tiring to defend Chen Yingying.