Chapter Seventy-Three: May God Bless Them, Amen
ββ¦β¦ God seems to be on our side! Because since Naples came to St. Petersburg, this heavy snow has not stopped! Before that, St. Petersburg had always had blue skies and white clouds, and the weather was sunny. It wasn't until the day Naples left for St. Petersburg that the sky suddenly changed...... That's how weird things are, so I think it's God helping us St. Petersburg Zenit! β
Sports were playing on the TV in the hotel room, and the host of the program in St. Petersburg was thanking God in Russian. Most of the Napoli players didn't understand these words, but Arshavin, who was standing in front of the window at this moment, smiled wryly because he understood.
The TV set was behind him, and the words of the show host amused a group of people at the show scene, and laughter came from the TV set. The glass window in front of Arshavin's eyes reflected his frowning expression.
Outside the window is a hazy sky, and endless wind and snow...... The goose-feathered snow was drifting diagonally, and it was obviously very windy outside.
Such weather...... If he had been a member of Zenit St. Petersburg, he would have been happy. But he's not, he's a Napoli player now. If you think about it from Napoli's point of view, this game is really ...... for Napoli It's too hard to fight!
In another room, Chen Yingying's mobile phone rang and rang, text message after text ().
Chen Yingying is arguing with his former teammates on his mobile phone.
Commander: "Hahahahaha! β
Chen Yingying: "Don't laugh, regiment leader!" Such weather is nothing to us at all! β
Leader: "Do we mean you and Shava?" β
Anyukov: "Welcome to St. Petersburg!" Behold, God is welcoming you, heroes. Thank you for the good luck you have brought us, ha! β
Captain: "You Italy boast that Napoli's home stadium is the home of hell, now let you see what the real home of hell is!" Aha! β
Anyukov: "It's nice today, isn't it?" Hero? I hope the weather will be so nice by race day! β
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At first, Chen Yingying returned it, but then he was silent, because he really didn't know how to fight back.
There was a knock at the door: "Boys, it's time for us to go!" β
St. Croche, who was in the same room as Chen Yingying, wailed: "God, save me! β
He was frightened by the sight outside, which looked like the end of the world......
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For the Napoli players, the sky was so dark that it was only two o'clock in the afternoon, all the street lamps were lit up, the buildings on both sides of the road were also illuminated, and the low dark clouds pressed on everyone's heads, making people seem to be breathless, and the wind that whistled and whistled away, and the snowflakes that felt like knives in the face, but not as gently as described in literature......
They think that the end of the world is nothing more than that.
Of course, how can you forget the average temperature in St. Petersburg at minus 5 degrees Celsius?
And this is not the coldest time, after all, this time can barely be considered "daytime...... In order to take care of the live TV plan, tomorrow's Champions League match will start in the evening, by which time the sun will completely sink below the horizon and the temperature will be even lower.
On the bus, Mazari was comforting his teammates: "What I heard from the locals is that the average temperature in St. Petersburg in November is not so low, mainly because the continuous strong winds have cooled down in the past few days, and the weather is bad, and the temperature has plummeted...... So, uh, if the weather gets better tomorrow, actually...... It's not as cold as everyone thinks......"
In the end, even he felt that it was not convincing, so he simply ended it hastily.
It snowed for two days in a row, and the weather forecast said that it would have to continue tomorrow, so he now wanted to go to a bigger point, and simply go straight down to a night where the snow was not even a meter deep, and then UEFA canceled the game, and then everyone went to a neutral country to replay...... However, Mazari himself felt that this was completely impossible.
Almost every Napoli player trotted all the way from the bus into the dressing room, and then spent half a day in the air-conditioned locker room before being driven back to the pitch by assistant coach Viviani.
Only Chen Yingying and Arshavin behaved normally.
In order to convey his confident and optimistic mood to his teammates, Chen Yingying also took a sharp breath of cold air, and then looked intoxicated: "Ah-St. Petersburg! It's a lovely chill! β
As a result, instead of boosting his teammates' self-confidence, they only wanted to beat him up as a show-off guy......
At Petrovsky Stadium, the assistant coach shouted: "Adapt to the weather, adapt to the snow!" You have to get used to it! Because that's where you're going to be tomorrow! If you don't adapt now, you'll be out of luck tomorrow! Remember, we are Naples! We're not cowardsβ"
The last sentence dragged out, which should have been a morale-boosting word, but it trembled at the end, and it immediately lost its momentum - the assistant coach was also shivering coldly.
Chen Yingying and Arshavin looked more relaxed, and he was excited to return to Petrovsky's stadium, running on the snowy pitch and feeling the force of the turf under his feet.
Yes, that's how it feels. He remembered that when he was playing at Zenit St. Petersburg, he played a game in the snow for the first time, and it was hilarious.
Arshavin also seemed to be deeply touched. He only came to Naples at the beginning of this year, and he hasn't been away from Zenit for a long time, but for some reason, he always feels like he's been out for years.
What kind of treatment will you get tomorrow in this stadium? Is it welcome? Or boo?
What will the fans do with themselves, the guy who was raised by St. Petersburg and eventually fled St. Petersburg?
His body trembled slightly, and he didn't know if it was because of the anxiety or the cold......
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While the team was training for acclimatization, Napoli coach Mazzari was wrapped in a thick sports jersey in the press conference hall to give an interview to reporters.
ββ¦β¦ The weather was certainly not good. But we're a professional team, and a professional team means you have to be prepared for any situation, you have to be able to deal with it. Snow soccer? That's nothing, it snows every winter in Italy......" "It is said that Hamsik caught a cold after arriving in St. Petersburg, will this affect his appearance in the competition? A reporter raised his hand and asked.
"He did have a cold, but it was only a small cold, he just sneezed a few times, I think he will be in tomorrow's game...... "Mazari said that you are quite well-informed as a reporter, but I won't tell you the truth!"
"Is the team's goal in this game still to win?"
Mazzari nodded: "Yes, every game in Napoli is fought for victory ()!" He was not ashamed to say this, but it was also a way to boost morale. Originally, the objective conditions were bad enough, and if the head coach said something more discouragement, there would be no need to play this game before kick-off......
"Heroes and Arshavin will be back to their hometowns, do you think that will spur them on?"
"Both of them are very good professionals and I don't think that question makes sense...... And I'm sure Zenit St. Petersburg fans will also be happy with the return of these two players...... After all, they are legends in the history of the Zenit team......"
"Last question, Mr. Mazzali. Did the bad weather really have no effect on the team's performance? β
"Yes and no!" Mazari looked at the reporter who asked the question categorically, and said with a resolute expression on his face, which made people look as if they would be invincible courage......
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Due to the weather, almost all of Napoli's acclimatisation training was not going on properly, and many of them slipped and fell to the ground frequently, and these funny falls would normally only be met with gloating laughter. But now it has made the coaching staff's hearts hang.
Because in the case of too cold weather, the warm-up is slightly inadequate, and the player can be injured in such a fall. At this juncture, if an important player is injured, it will be even worse...... Still don't let people live?
So the training for adaptation ended hastily after almost everyone had fallen and used their butts to get used to the hardness of Petrovsky's turf.
The quality of the acclimatization training was terrible, worrying assistant coach ViviΓ±a as he left the court.
Mazzari, the head coach sitting next to him, tilted his head and whispered in his ear: "Don't be so sad, Bio ()." It's bad enough for his mother...... You have to make the players see courage and confidence in you, in your every move! β
"Okay, Walter, I'll try to ......," Viviani replied reluctantly.
Mazari sighed softly.
He felt that his team's luck in St. Petersburg was really bad. Many players were exhausted by the aerial horror, and when they arrived in St. Petersburg, they encountered several days of snowstorms, which made the team's morale fall to the bottom.
If it goes on like this, how to deal with the home team that is waiting for work?
Mazari's head was as big as a bucket.
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While all the players of the visiting team Napoli were suffering from the weather, the Zenit training base in St. Petersburg, Yudney Park, was the light-hearted laughter of the Zenit players.
"I'm willing to bet Hero and Shava are definitely having a headache for their squeamish teammates! Hahaha! Denisov said to his teammates.
"I feel sorry for the hero and Shava, and I feel very sorry for both of them!" Anyukov also prayed with a reverent face. "May God bless them!"
"Me too, may God bless them with a few fewer losses!"
"Amen ......"
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