Chapter 38: Zenit St. Petersburg
Bayern Munich lost 4-0 to Zenit St. Petersburg, and when Li Guo saw the news on the Internet, he was in a calm mood, and just like in his previous life, Bayern received a heavy defeat in the semi-finals of the 2008 UEFA Cup. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This game means the curtain call for Kahn and the curtain down for Heathfield, but what Bayern fans don't know is that their upcoming season will be an even more failed year, and Klinsmann will become the most failed manager in Bayern's history.
Originally, this "old news" was just Li Guo's attempt to prove that crossing would not change everything, but a photo of the news scene made Li Guo's eyes shine, the photo was taken of two people on the Zenit bench, and the big card on the left was the Ukrainian star "Tymoshchuk" who later transferred to Bayern Munich.
Beside Timoshchuk, the one who was whispering was a stranger and looked like a Chinese face, but Li Guo was not sure if he was Chinese.
For historical reasons, the inhabitants of the Russian Far East are of the same race as the Chinese, so it is not surprising that there are "Chinese faces" in the Russian team.
But Li Guo is a coach who will never let go of any details, he immediately found Chen An and asked him to check who the person next to Timoshchuk was on the photo.
Soon, Chen An investigated clearly, the young man is indeed Chinese, born in 1989, his father is in the 90s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, that is, from China to Russia to do small business, later developed in Russia.
"What's your name and what's your position?"
"My name is Shen Rui, I have played winger, striker, and fullback, and I am not the main force in Zenit," Chen An replied.
"Well, buy me a ticket, I'm going to St. Petersburg."
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St. Petersburg, the city of heroes of Russia, this great city has a lot to do with the great Peter the Great in Russian history, and there are many monuments in the city, many of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
In addition, there is no need to say much about the amorous Russian girl, but Li Guo's eyes did not stop at the world heritage or look at the girl, but for a touch of blue, yes, that touch of blue is the color of Zenit's home jersey.
The best way to scout players is to watch the game, and it must be an official game, Li Guo has already bought a ticket, the match between Zenit and Lokomotiv Moscow.
After getting the tickets, Li Guo wanted to feel the football atmosphere of St. Petersburg, and the best place to go was definitely the local fan bar.
In Russian cities, the signs on the streets are all in Russian, and English is rarely used, but football is very simple, and you can distinguish it by color, for example, in Manchester, it is impossible to mix any blue in Manchester United-themed bars.
So as long as he finds that touch of blue, Li Guo believes that he can find the most enthusiastic Zenit fan bar.
Soon, in an inconspicuous place on the corner of the street, Li Guo found the purest blue, walked into the bar, a group of people were watching the game, closer to it, Li Guo found that it was the midweek League Cup game video, as the team's most solid supporters, such a game never got tired of watching, when Zenit violently headed the ball and smashed the first goal, the fans in the bar were as excited as when watching the live broadcast.
"Long live Zenit,"
A big Russian man shouted and kissed the team emblem on his jersey, and no one noticed Li Guo's arrival, except for the owner of the bar.
Perhaps to greet visitors from all directions, the boss speaks a little English, "Chinese friend? ”
Li Guo nodded.
When you come to Russia, you must drink vodka, Li Guo asked for a small glass of vodka, and the boss asked, "Is it pure?" ”
Li Guo made an OK gesture, took the vodka in the boss's hand, Li Guo drank it all, and the feeling was very strong, just like the Russian nation.
After drinking, Li Guo and the boss began to chat, the boss's name is Sergey, a native of St. Petersburg, and a die-hard Zenit fan.
"Beautiful game," Li Guo pointed to the LCD TV next to him.
"Yes, I didn't expect us to win against Bayern, I should say that before the game I thought it would be good as long as we don't lose too much, after all, the opponent is a giant in the Bundesliga."
"But this is football, and the victory or defeat of football is not purely based on strength."
"My Chinese friend, you also like football?"
"Understand a little bit,"
"That's great, let's have another cup, I'll invite this one," Sergei didn't wait for Li Guo to agree, he had already filled it up for Li Guo, and Li Guo still drank it all.
"I heard that Zenit has a Chinese player,"
"Yes, our number 7,"
"Our number 7?" Li Guo repeated this sentence in his heart, and he knew the meaning of this sentence, like Manchester United fans would say: "Our Rooney." ”
"He's amazing?" Li asked.
"He's not a Zenit superstar, but he can surprise us when it counts."
"What a surprise?"
"David Beckham was a surprise like that, that's why I said he was our number seven."
I see, then it seems that Shen Rui's free kick skills should be very good, and it is a banana ball like Xiaobei.
At this time, there was a cheer in the bar, it should have been Zenit who had scored, Li Guo turned his head and looked, Kahn's dazed look made people sigh, "By the way, since Shen Rui is so powerful, then why didn't he play in this game, not even a substitute." ”
Sergei smiled, and then said proudly: "Shen only plays when the game is not going well, he is a super substitute for Zenit, there is an interesting statistic, Shen must score goals in the game where he comes off the bench, but if he starts, Shen has few goals." ”
"Damn, Solskjaer, China."
Everyone knows Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is a famous super substitute in the history of world football.
In this way, Li Guo is looking forward to the weekend's game even more, and he will have to take a good look at Shen Rui's performance when the time comes.
On Saturday, at Petrovsky Stadium, a modern stadium with a capacity of just over 20,000 people, Li Guo found his seat and sat down, and when he sat down, he found that he was a Russian man on his left, but the seat on his right was empty.
Casually scan the surrounding situation, except for this one seat, there are really no empty seats in this stadium, at this moment, someone came over, and before Li Guo could raise his head, a familiar voice came, "What a coincidence, Coach Li Ranran, we meet again." ”
At this time, Li Guo saw the other party clearly, and four words popped up in his heart - "I'll take it." ”