Chapter 7: Header!
Zenit St. Petersburg's youth director Kennedy **vic (gennady_popovich) shook his head.
"I don't see anything good about him...... The level is quite mediocre, Ruslan that guy is blind, right? He commented.
Just like countless times before, Chen Yingying's performance on the field was very average, his cooperation with his new teammates was not tacit enough, and his own ability was not bright at all.
"The body is very good, but unfortunately the technique is too rough on the feet. As soon as you press it, you can't even stop the ball...... "Another coach, Nikolai Verobchev (nikolay_vorobjov), is shaking his head. "The shooting technique is not very good...... I think it's a waste of time......"
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Chen Tao observed the expressions of the coaches from a distance, and when he saw several coaches shaking their heads one after another, his heart tightened......
When I came to Europe, I realized what the true level of my son who had always been my pride was. If you can play at home, you don't have to play in Europe. You must know that the level of European football is countless times higher than that of China, and his son is still a nobody in China......
Although he knows that his son's level may not be up to the requirements of Europeans, what can he do but play?
Because of this, he gritted his teeth and insisted that his son finish Europe - maybe a certain club would take a fancy to his son? He felt that what caused his son's level to be poor was definitely not that his son was not talented, but that the level of training his son received in China when he was a child was too low. As long as he can stay in Europe and receive high-level training, his son's level will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.
This father, who doesn't know much about balls, doesn't know that eighteen-year-old Chen Yingying has lost his best shaping period. Many of his technical moves are stereotyped, and the bad habits he has developed in playing football in China are so strong that they are too difficult to break, and in the eyes of those professional coaches, it is a pity that Chen Yingying has grown so big, but he can't return to exert the energy of this body.
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Ruslan Panchenko, the scout who brought Chen Yingying and his father to St. Petersburg, was also watching. So far, Chen Yingxing's performance has not been good. With these performances alone, it is certainly impossible to impress the team's chief scout, Panchenko.
He was even wondering if he had lost his eyes, could it be that the kid's header yesterday was just luck...... Wait a minute! Header?
That's right, it's heading!
He walked over to the coaches.
"Ah, you've come just in time, Ruslan. Look at the people you brought......" ** Vicky showed no mercy in his mouth, pointed at Chen Yingying and said to Panchenko, "I'm not surprised that the group of people in the CSKA look down on him!" ”
"I don't like him doing the way he does now." Panchenko surprised the people around him with a single mouth - was he also going to give up on this man and admit that he had lost his eyes?
But he continued: "So I have a suggestion for you – let the wide players of the team take the ball from the wing and feed him the ball high in the air. ”
"Is his header good?" **Vicky asked. "You know, big men don't always make good use of their heads." He pointed to his forehead.
"From what I observed yesterday...... He does have quality in terms of headers. I thought why not give it a try? ”
With that, he turned his attention to assistant coach Vladimir Borovecchia, who had not spoken all this time.
Borovecchia is the team's assistant coach and the head coach of the development team, and the real manager Frastimir Petzela (vlastimil_petrzela) is only in charge of the first team, and in many cases the entire Zenit team is in charge of the assistant coach. What's more, Petzera is now being upset by the media, who are hyping up his conflict with the club's hierarchy, which they have amplified infinitely when he attacked the club president a few days ago. Petezella's mind is not on the team at all.
Rumours have it that Zeni St. Petersburg FC has found a successor for the Czech coach, Dutch coach Dick Advocaat (**_advocaat).
Borovecchia was an assistant brought from the Czech Republic with Petezella when he took office, and if Petzela was dismissed, his fate would be similar. But as a qualified and professional assistant coach, as long as he is in this position for one day, he has to think about a day's work. Therefore, he is always worried about the introduction and management of the team.
Borovecchia said to Vic, who is in charge of youth and first-team training: "Let them change their tactics and focus on the wings, with wide crosses as the main tactics and more high balls. ”
Apparently, he believed Panchenko's words.
** Vicky walked to the sideline and signaled to the coach who was the guest referee, Nikolai Larionov, to suspend the game and rearrange his tactics.
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Chen Tao saw that the game was suspended, and thought that this trial would end in failure again. He was a little depressed, the last glimmer of hope was already crumbling and could be extinguished at any moment.
Chen Yingying saw the referee blow the game off, and then another coach walked onto the court...... He thought that the opposing coach couldn't stand his performance, so he terminated the test early.
A huge sense of disappointment came over Chen Yingying, but it didn't knock him out. He just wasn't reconciled - the game had only been going on for ten minutes, so at least let me finish the game, right? After this game, you can come back to see my performance in 50 minutes, I am completely familiar with my teammates, and I will be able to show results after 10 minutes...... If I really had the ability, I wouldn't be here, I'll stay here in Feyenoord, Eindhoven, Udinese or whatever!
I've tried hard, give me a little more time, give me a little more time, I'm sure ...... I won't let you down! I believe I can score, I have the body, I have the header, pass the football through the air to me! He really wanted to shout at his temporary teammates like this, but unfortunately he didn't speak Russian, and he couldn't understand what his teammates were saying.
It's very helpless, Zenit obviously doesn't plan to give him such time.
He turned around and walked off the field. He didn't want to be driven off the field, and he had to go by himself if he wanted to go, so that he could walk with dignity.
Chen Tao saw his son walking towards him and knew that this time it was completely over.
He slung his large duffel bag on the grass and prepared to leave.
At this time, Larionov, who was temporarily a guest referee, stopped him: "Chinese! ”
Chen Yingying turned to look at him.
"Where are you going?"
"Isn't the game over?" Chen Yingying stretched out his hand and asked.
Larionov smiled: "It's just a pause." Now the game is about to start again, get back to your place! ”
Chen Yingying thought that he had heard it wrong, but looking at Laionov's gesture, it was indeed for him to go back, and he didn't know what kind of expression should be presented on his stunned face.
At this time, his father's voice rang out in the audience: "What are you still doing in a daze? Hurry back! ”
Chen Yingying looked back and saw that his father was waving at him and motioned for him to return to the field.
He then turned and ran to the front.
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The match restarted, and Chen Yingying soon noticed that the game had changed. Everyone was looking for ground cooperation with him to see how his footwork went.
But now, the ball is quickly distributed on the wings, and then two wide players take turns to play the ball.
When the ball takes off from the wing and flies towards the middle of the penalty area. Something suddenly came to Chen Yingying's mind clearly - such as the trajectory of the ball, its landing point, and when is the best time to grab the point...... Wait a minute.
Although when he used to play in domestic clubs, his header was his best scoring weapon. But he has never had such a clear concept of "competing for the top" - before he only relied on a very, very vague concept, and then jumped up intuitively, and if he could reach it, he would reach it, and if he couldn't reach it, he wouldn't reach it. Why can it be topped? Why didn't it reach the top? He didn't even know.
But now, he knows that if he does it, he can top up to football......
He was frightened by the sudden appearance of this sensation and didn't know what was going on. This is the first time he's been playing football for 12 years......
Although I know very clearly in my head how to top this ball. But Chen Yingying's body didn't move, he was completely stunned by the situation just now, so much so that he forgot what he should do.
The football was directly pushed out by the opposing central defender who jumped up, while Chen Yingying stood below, looking up, and there was no reaction.
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"Hey, Ruslan......" ** Vic pointed to the court.
Panchenko's face was expressionless and he did not say a word.
The other coaches didn't say anything. This is just an opportunity, it doesn't say anything, and we need to see more examples to draw conclusions.
The self-deprecating ** Vicky muttered, "Okay, okay, let's continue to enjoy ......"
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Chen Tao saw that his son did not go to the top, but was stunned below, and he was also puzzled.
What's wrong with your son today?
Now is not the time to get distracted on the field! This is really the last chance, if we can't seize it, we have no money and can only buy two tickets and fly back to China overnight......
Chen Yingying came back to his senses, and he patted his head, feeling annoyed by his indifference just now. Whatever the case may be, it's always helpful to him. He doesn't have time to dwell on why or how this happened, he just has to try to put the ball in the back of the net now, and he has to prove his ability to the coaches on the sidelines.
The next time, the next opportunity will never be let go again!
So, pass me the ball, guys!
When the football came to the side again, Chen Yingying raised his arms high.
His temporary teammate faithfully carried out the command of ** Vic, shook off the angle and went straight to the cross!
That feeling came back to mind!
Chen Yingying was sure that this was not an accidental phenomenon, and he didn't bother to delve into why this happened, so he rushed to the sweet spot according to the instructions of his feelings.
This time, when Zenit Juniors' centre-back Alexandre Krotkov (alexandr_korotkov) was just about to clear the ball with a jumping header, he noticed that a behemoth had suddenly appeared next to him!
Chen Yingying is on top!
He almost flew!
"Wow-" someone in the sideline coach couldn't help but exclaim.
Panchenko, who had been expressionless until now, smiled.
Chen Yingying thought that he would encounter obstacles, when he jumped up, he was ready to knock all the obstacles in front of him away, he didn't care if it was a foul or not, anyway, if he dared to block Lao Tzu's way, he would die!
It turned out to be nothing, only football in front of him. The opposing centre-back has just started to jump, and he is far from threatening.
He shook his head almost instinctively......
He felt the frustration of his head hitting a football, and it disappeared in an instant.
In the next second, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the football already in the goal......
Zenit youth goalkeeper Mikhail Korzhakov (mikhail_kerzhakov) made a save - he waved his arm as if to greet the football that flew into his goal: "Hi, hello, little ball!" ”
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Undeterred by Chen's header, he was unhappy with the performance of his players and roared at the pitch: "Alexander! What are you working on? Defend! Defend him! ”
Aleksandr Krotkov wanted to defend himself, not because he didn't defend, but because he didn't have time to defend - while he was still looking for a place to land, the opponent had already jumped up, as if he had already judged the spot, and went straight to the ball......
It's too late for him!
But ** Vicky obviously didn't want to listen to his explanation, he waved his hand and shouted: "Don't let him jump so easily next time!" ”
However, the situation did not improve as Vicky had hoped.
When the ball was once again passed high in front of goal, Krotkov jumped this time, but he was stuck behind Chen Yingying - in terms of judging the landing point, it was clear that Chen Yingying was better than him.
was blocked behind by a behemoth with a height of 1.92 meters and a weight of 93 kilograms, and it was obviously impossible to reach this ball, unless...... Foul.
But before he could foul, Chen Yingying had already shook his head and directed the football to the back point!
This time the ball did not fly into the goal, but smashed directly into the crossbar!
"Bang!" A crisp sound struck the hearts of everyone present.
Some people even involuntarily shake a little when the football hits the crossbar......
"Damn ......" Seeing that the players he has cultivated are so ineffective, ** Vic is a little annoyed. Now in front of the assistant coach, I am a disgrace......
As if genuinely unhappy with Krotkov's performance, Borovecchia turned to Vic and said: "Tell the players to strengthen the defense in the middle of the box and do whatever it takes to cause him problems. Also......" he thought about it and added. "Allow and encourage the defender to stop him with fouls."
When the other coaches heard this, they were stunned for a moment - to strengthen the defense, they agreed, the defense of the youth team just now was really bad, maybe because of the light enemy. But no matter what, they shouldn't have made such a mistake under the nose of an assistant coach. However, foul play is allowed and encouraged...... Wouldn't it be too much?
Vicky didn't have any doubts about this decision, and he strode onto the pitch with a gloomy face.
"Pause! The game is suspended! In a bad mood, he yelled at Lariov.
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Seeing that Chen Yingying scored a beautiful header and hit the crossbar with another header, which was not close to the goal, Chen Tao clenched his fists happily off the field.
Well done, son!
The game was suspended again, but he was no longer worried that it was going to end the test early and drove the father and son away.
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