Football System: Penalty Zone Hero

Bonus Chapter #5 100-20 Power stones.

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To improve himself, Chen Yingxiong trained hard! In order to upgrade, he took the initiative to stay after normal training to practice more! In order to get back to the field as soon as possible, Chen Yingxiong sneaked into the training base at night after returning to the dormitory and trained under Yesenin's guidance...

For the sake of experience, he did everything he could to train, train, and train like crazy!

His crazy energy surprised Yesenin.

But in fact, Chen Yingxiong was also surprised by Yesenin - because he found that there seemed to be nothing that Mr. Aurora could not do.

He was a very good translator. No matter how complicated the words were, he could translate them so that you could understand them easily. 

His translation of Russian was very consistent with Chinese habits. He was also an excellent language teacher. Under his guidance, Chen Yingxiong's Russian had improved rapidly. Now he had become an excellent football coach. He trained with Chen Yingxiong every night to correct the bad habits he had developed in the domestic club and also put forward many useful suggestions. 

At present, the two people were conducting very simple and basic passing and receiving exercises. This kind of exercise does not require a large venue or any training facilities. It can be carried out with only two people. During the training with Yesenin, Chen Yingxiong was shocked by Yesenin's footwork - according to his understanding of the game, if Yesenin played football in the future, he would definitely be world-class in terms of passing and stopping skills...

Besides, he was also a good cook. The two of them lived together, and Yesenin took care of all the cooking. The food tasted quite good. Chen Yingxiong even thought it was better than what was cooked in some restaurants. Fortunately, there was no such thing as a heart-shaped fried egg that would make him sick, so he ate it without any psychological barriers.

When he was "hanging up" at night, Chen Yingxiong asked Yesenin. "Is there anything else you don't know, Mr. Aurora?"

Yesenin thought for a moment and said. "World peace."

Chen Yingxiong nodded. "Thank you."

"Why thank me?" Yesenin was puzzled.

"Luckily you didn't say 'China winning the World Cup'. That would have been a cliché."

"Hahaha!" Yesenin laughed.

Chen Yingxiong was very upset.

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In the blink of an eye, it had been almost a week since Chen Yingxiong was transferred to the first team. During this period, the blood transfusion of Zenit St. Petersburg's first team had not stopped. Advocaat brought three Korean players and promoted a Chinese player from the youth team to the first team. The result of Chen Yingxiong being transferred to the first team was that the original centre forward Robertas Poskus was loaned out. Poskus was loaned to Dynamo Moscow.

In addition, Zenit also loaned Fernando Ricksen, an all-around midfielder from Glasgow Rangers in Scotland.

Chen Yingxiong was a strong centre, but he was definitely not a fast and flexible one.

Therefore, Advocaat brought in a speedy striker, Alexandr Panov, from Torpedo Moscow. Panov played 33 times for Torpedo Moscow last season and scored 11 goals. However, he was injured at the beginning of this season and then lost his position and became a substitute. Transferring to Zenit St. Petersburg was an opportunity for him.

With such adjustments, Zenit St. Petersburg also ushered in another Russian Super League match - the 18th round of the league against Rostov.

Chen Yingxiong, who had only been selected for the first team for less than a week, was naturally not eligible to be included in the match list. But he was not idle either.

While his teammates were fighting fiercely against Rostov away from home, Chen Yingxiong was using the first team's training ground to train himself.

The training ground manager was surprised by the young Chinese man who came to the training ground and wanted to open the training ground for him to train. He had been working here for so many years, but this was the first time he saw a player coming here to train on a match day... At this time, the players who were not selected for the big list either went out to play or stayed at home to watch the live broadcast on TV. No one would come to the training ground to continue training - hadn't they trained enough in the past five days?

Although he was surprised, the administrator still opened the door of the training ground to Chen Yingxiong. The first-team players had the right to use the training ground, not to mention using the training ground for extra training... He could not find a reason to stop him.

This time, Yesenin and Chen Yingxiong were doing heading training, with Yesenin sending the ball to the front of the goal from various places on the wing, and then letting Chen Yingxiong shoot with his head.

There was no confrontation, mainly to let Chen Yingxiong find the feeling of the header. After all, in the past few days of training, Chen Yingxiong was a feint attacker when it came to headers. Yesenin and Chen Yingxiong knew very well that he couldn't always be a feint attacker, he had to be the main attacker. His body and ability made him the perfect choice for the main attacker.

Let him feint? What a waste of talent!

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While Chen Yingxiong was sweating profusely with Yesenin on the training ground, his teammates were enjoying the joy of defeating the home team at the Olimp Stadium.

Advocaat had an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw in three games since he took over as coach of Zenit St. Petersburg.

Zenit did not seem to be affected by the change of coach. They were now ranked seventh in the league. If they wanted to qualify for the European competition next season, they still had to work hard.

When Advocaat returned with the team, the training ground manager reported to him what had happened over the weekend.

Advocaat already knew that Chen Yingxiong would practice on his own after the training, but he didn't expect that Chen Yingxiong would practice on his own even when he was not selected for the roster - he was very surprised.

His first reaction was not to praise Chen Yingxiong for his serious attitude but to worry that such excessive training would harm him.

He felt that he needed to talk to Chen Yingxiong - he thought Chen Yingxiong had stepped up his training in an unhealthy manner.

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Just when Advocaat was about to talk to Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong was staring at the computer screen and laughing.

The web page on the screen showed that he only had 5,000 experience points left to level up.

I've been training like crazy these past two days, and the rewards have been pretty good.

Moreover, training really kills two birds with one stone. Not only can you gain experience, but you can also improve yourself outside of this system.

He practised passing and receiving the ball with Yesenin every night, and now he felt that he had made significant progress in handling various passes.

Forwards, especially centre forwards, had very high requirements for receiving the ball, because they were in the penalty area, surrounded by enemies. If they stop the ball a little too far, the opponent may snatch it away, and they lose the chance to shoot and score. Forwards are not like midfielders and defenders, who can stop the ball five meters away and even pass the opponent.

Catching the ball has always been Chen Yingxiong's weakness. When he was in the domestic club, the coach did not deliberately ask him to train this ability. It was enough for him to catch the ball, and no one cared how well he caught it.

The intensity of competition in China was definitely not as strong as here. When playing in the youth team in China, it was okay if you were a little bit more sloppy, but here, as long as you dare to let the ball out of your control, you will be robbed.

In fact, Advocaat was not the only one who was worried about whether Chen Yingxiong's body could withstand such hard training. Yesenin was also worried. But, later, after seeing the actual results, he was no longer worried.

Chen Yingxiong had a very good body and recovered very quickly. Even if he tortured himself to exhaustion the day before, everything would be fine after a good night's sleep.

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Seeing Chen Yingxiong practising shooting alone on the field, Advocaat did not go up to him immediately but quietly observed from the sidelines. 

His translator, Yesenin, was also standing on the sidelines. When he saw Advocat coming, he nodded and greeted him.

"More shooting practice?" Advocaat asked Yesenin.

Yesenin nodded.

It seems that Chen Yingxiong's extra training is not just for the sake of extra training, but had a purpose...

Compared to his headers, his shooting was indeed very bad, which Advocaat had noticed during training.

After Chen Yingxiong had kicked out the footballs in front of him one by one, Advocaat shouted to him. "Hey, Hero!"

Chen Yingxiong turned around and saw that it was the head coach, so he quickly turned around and ran off the field.

"Hello, Mr. Coach," he greeted Advocaat in Russian.

"You've made good progress in Russian," Advocat praised. "I know you're working hard, but shouldn't you stop at a certain point?"

Chen Yingxiong shook his head. "Sorry, sir. I don't understand what you mean..."

"I heard from the administrator of the training ground that you also come here for training on Sundays?"

Chen Yingxiong and Yesenin looked at each other.

"Yes, yes. I feel that my foundation is weak and my strength is not strong enough, so I hope to improve my ability through training..."

After listening to Chen Yingxiong's explanation, Advocat nodded and said, "It's good that you have this idea, but you also have to pay attention to your body. You know, overtraining can cause physical injuries."

Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong grinned, then made a bodybuilder's pose and said to Advocaat. "It's okay, sir, my body can handle it!"

Advocat wanted to roll his eyes, but he held back - rolling his eyes in front of the players was too undignified. He regarded Chen Yingxiong's words as a kind of boasting, and he didn't think anyone's body could withstand such long-term training.

"Okay, I understand your passion for football, Yingxiong. But don't go to the training ground to train on weekends in the future. I will say so to the stadium manager. It's good to work hard, but you also have to pay attention to the method." He patted Chen Yingxiong on the shoulder, 

"When shooting, don't just think about exerting force again and again. Sometimes using all your strength may not be as effective as using only half of your strength. Relax all the muscles in your body and tighten the arch of your foot. You don't have to tighten your whole body."

After saying that, he turned and left the training ground.

Chen Yingxiong and Yesenin looked at each other and then turned their eyes to the back of the Dutchman.

"Do as he says, Hero."

Yesenin's voice rang out.

Chen Yingxiong ran back to the field, picked up the scattered footballs, rearranged them, and then prepared to shoot!

The sounds of shots continued to ring out, and even after Advocaat left the training ground, he could still hear the sounds coming from there.

He didn't know whether Chen Yingxiong had improved his shooting according to his requirements, but judging from the sound... this kid's shooting power was really too much!

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