On 22 November, the entire Mainz team landed in St. Petersburg on a plane.

The plane door opened, and the broken-mouthed Ribery stepped out of the door: "It's finally ......"

The voice stopped abruptly, and a breath of cold air directly made Ribery choke and couldn't speak.

In the dim air, the snow rolled upside down.

St. Petersburg has been winter for almost a month.

Five days ago, Zenit St. Petersburg played the final game of the Russian Premier League season, beating Rostock 4-2.

Zenit finished sixth in the Russian Premier League and has lost its qualification for next season's European competition.

Therefore, the second half of the UEFA Cup season is the last European game for Zenit St. Petersburg in the first half of next season.

Due to the extreme weather, the Russian Premier League does not have a new year's eve, but they are used to playing in the bitter cold.

"Damn, how many degrees is this, it's so cold!" When Wang Zhen stepped out of the cabin, he felt a biting chill.

Coming from the warm French coast, Ribery shuddered: "So, it's two o'clock in the afternoon?" ”

The crowd descended the ladder and looked around.

Black, indescribable black.

Ribery looked at the southern horizon: "Is that the sun?" ”

The phenomenon of the polar night.

There is no city in Russia that has a real polar night, and that only exists in Iceland.

The dimensions of St. Petersburg are high enough, but in winter, the sun is always in a position where it is about to set.

The refraction of the atmosphere brings light to the sky.

However, people who are accustomed to living at lower latitudes are extremely uncomfortable with this light.

Since all matches are played at the same time, the time of the match will be in the morning. Predictably, it would be pitch black at that time.

Most people are more familiar with the name Leningrad or Petrograd.

For a long time in history, it was the political, economic, cultural, and religious center of Russia, and Moscow was just a rising star.

And Wang Zhen's memory of this city comes from a restricted song "Petersburg Suicide Notes" by Mr. Short, Da Tight.

In those camps, it was a holy place.

In later times, everyone unanimously chose to forget about Leningrad, and St. Petersburg was more representative of Tsar, Peter II.

And in this club, there is also a person who is called the Tsar, and that is Arshavin.

In Russia, no one even called Comrade Putin the Tsar, the tsar was Arshavin's firstname.

It means that this name is him, and there is no one else.

It's like, Huo Qubing is the champion Hou, and Spielberg must be the big director.

This is also the habit of the West, as if it were a declaration of sovereignty.

In Mainz, Wang Zhen is called the king, and if people talk about those kings in history, they will say, 'XX kings in history', and when it comes to kings, it means Wang Zhen.

It's an honor.

To this day, Wang Zhen is only the king of Mainz.

And Arshavin, the tsar of Russia, is recognized by Russia as a new generation of supernova seedlings.

Before the start of the competition, the German media gave the headline: "Third expedition to Russia." ”

The headline of the news article given by the Russian media read: "Second game of the defense of St. Petersburg." ”

St. Petersburg Daily: "The evil Germans are here again!" The evil Germans are here again! Here again with tank artillery! Hurry to Petrovsky Stadium to stop the German invasion! “

The St. Petersburg Daily sold a cute, and the Moscow newspaper had a more attitude: "In the league, every team in Petersburg and Moscow is a mortal enemy, but in the European competition, we unconditionally support St. Petersburg, three hundred years ago Peter II opened the window of Europe in Petrograd, since then Russia has been integrated into Europe, three hundred years later, can Zenit open the door to a new world and let Russian football integrate into European football?" ”

From the moment I got off the plane and got on the bus, there were Zenit fans throwing snowballs at the bus along the way.

"If the glass could really be broken, they wouldn't hesitate to throw bricks." Klopp looked back: "Get used to the weather." ”

This time, Modric didn't come, so Wang Zhen and Ribery were assigned a room.

Ribery kept rubbing his hands together and exhaled: "It's like there's no air conditioning." ”

"Ribery, you've got to be careful in this game!" Wang Zhen rarely called Ribery by his last name, rather than by his first name.

Ribery looked back: "What? ”

"In this game, you have an opponent." Wang Zhen was serious: "Arshavin." ”

"Arshavin?" Ribery was stunned: "Isn't he a front midfielder?" ”

'Arshavin is an all-round midfielder, he can play in all seven positions, and if the boss is not wrong, you have to meet him in this game, and he will go wherever you go.

"That's right." Ribery collapsed on the bed: "Let's think about how to train tomorrow without getting hurt, damn the weather." ”

The two countries are not only in a media rivalry, but it seems that the two enemies are very close.

Some of the biggest names in German football have also come forward to give their opinions.

Beckenbauer, in particular, though the German emperor was clearly not hyped in the media because of his ideas, but because of ......

"Wan Zhan's game should continue his strong performance in Europe, and to be honest, Bayern should have bought him a long time ago."

It's okay here, after all, many Germans can't call Wang Zhen's name accurately, and then, it's time for Bei Huang's funny moment: "Rebelry should also be extremely strong, he is the player that Bayern lacks, we should take him as soon as possible, more urgent than Wan Zhan." ”

After the media corrected, Beckenbauer also corrected: "Take Berry, Old Berry, Sabelli? Forget it, I'll call him Little Frank......"

The fact that Emperor Pei can't call the name of the Mainz double star can be regarded as a breath of fresh air in the tense media war.

The comments on the Russian side also became more and more tense: "This Mainz, like every German army in history, is well-armed and numerous, but the soldiers of St. Petersburg have the spirit of perseverance, tempered in the cold wind, and cannot tolerate any defeat." ”

In this atmosphere, Tsar Andrei Arshavin, one of Zenit's twin stars and the hope of the whole of Russia, stepped forward to express his opinion: "Although this Mainz team is strong, this is our home stadium and we will do our best to win." “

On the eve of the game, Wang Zhen lay in bed reading a Russian newspaper.

Ribery leaned over his head: "You still know Russian, you big pervert." ”

"Understand a little bit."

I know a little bit of fart, in fact, I bought a Russian translator in the FF system.

"I heard they use artificial turf?"

"It's okay to say artificial turf, I hope it doesn't snow tomorrow, otherwise it's over."

In St. Petersburg, it rains 1670 days a year, 40 of which are snowfall.

It's cold enough, the weather plus the turf is artificial, and if it snows again, it's a big problem.

It doesn't matter if it's a little snow, it's a big snow, and after stepping back and forth, it will form an ice shell, and it's very slippery to step on.

Even if the muscles are stretched relatively open during the exercise and do not get injured, it will affect the fluency of the game.

Mainz is a team that pays attention to fluidity, except in special cases, it is generally through passing to create chances, and only 30% of the goals scored are singles.

If it snows, it's a big problem.

On November 24, Zenit vs. Mainz!

(To be continued.) )