He was surprised when he was told by assistant coach Graham Potter to include Chen in the squad for the youth league this weekend.

You know, the hero has only been training with the team for two weeks, and it has been less than three weeks. Coupled with the language barrier, it is impossible to talk about the tacit understanding between him and his teammates. Just to put him on the pitch, what can he show?

Of course he knew what the request was for.

It must be Advocaat who wants to see the strength of Chen Yingying, so as to judge whether the former signed player has the strength to stay in the team, if not enough...... Just rent him out, enough for the two-year contract to expire, and if the contract is not renewed, Chen Yingying will naturally get out.

But to use the competition to test Chen Yingying's strength so early, he feels that it is completely unfair.

To be honest, Vicky doesn't have a very good impression of Potter because of his "smirk".

He even suspected that the assistant coach had come up with the idea. He had wronged Potter. Potter doubted Chen's strength, but it was head coach Advocaat who came up with the idea.

"I can't agree with that." Vicky shook his head and shrugged. 'He's been with the team for less than three weeks and he's got very little time to train with his team-mates. As a central striker, he is very dependent on the midfielder and has high requirements for tacit cooperation with his teammates. Now you put him on the field and you can't see anything! ”

Potter was noncommittal to Vicky's words.

"If he's as good as you say, then I think he can solve the game on his own, and scoring goals alone shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Vicky took Potter's words as a taunt at him, and his face immediately collapsed.

He wanted to refuse outright, but after thinking about it...... If Chen Yingying could really give this old man a slap in the face during the game, he really wanted to see the expression of this person at that time.

After two weeks of training, Vicky felt he had an idea of Chen's heading ability. At this level of the youth team, his header should be said to be outstanding.

Zenit Youth Team is the top team in the Russian Youth League under 18 years old, and the team's backline is quite good, and this backline can also represent the highest level in this group of youth leagues.

But in training, he was still repeatedly beaten by Chen Yingying with his head.

This should be able to explain the strength of Chen Yingying's header.

Thinking like this, **vic nodded: "Okay, I'll send him in the youth league at the weekend, but I have the final say on the playing time." ”

As an assistant coach, he is not weak at all as a youth director.

He has the final say in everything in the youth team, and I don't want you as a new assistant coach.

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When Chen Yingying learned from head coach Vicky that he would be playing in the league at the weekend, he was first surprised, then happy.

I'm going to play?!

Chen Yingying, who has only been in the team for three weeks, did not expect his first official game to come so quickly. He thought he would have to train with his teammates...... Although he really wanted to participate in the competition, until now, the translator and language teacher that the club promised to find him have not been in place, and the language communication is not smooth, and the tacit understanding between him and his teammates has always been a big problem.

Although he has a decent relationship with his teammates in the team right now.

As a newcomer, he didn't behave very low-key, on the contrary...... He was very high-profile.

He was very active in the locker room, and if he didn't speak Russian, he spoke English, and he even spoke with gestures. The most important thing is that Chen Yingying always has a smile on his lips, he speaks loudly, and he is enthusiastic, not at all. This is particularly flattering.

He doesn't mind making jokes about him, and he also jokes with others, so he's a very good person to get along with.

Although he abused his teammates before he was in the team, and he abused them again in training. But he was smart enough to ask each teammate for a drink and it was solved.

This kid is quite good at buying people's hearts...... This is how Vicky feels as a bystander. Sometimes it really doesn't look like an eighteen-year-old......

"Uh, I have a request, Mr. Coach......" In addition to being happy, Chen Yingying said to ** Vic.

"Well, you say."

"Can you please inform everyone...... I'm in for dinner in the evening! ”

Vicky was stunned for a moment.

"A treat? Why? ”

"Hey, celebrate my selection to the squad for the weekend league!" Chen Yingying said.

"If you're selected, you're in for a treat? Won't you have to treat yourself every day from now on? "Vicky was amused, and that reasoned ......

"No, it's the first time. The first time is very important and commemorative, and I would like to invite everyone to have a meal and commemorate it! ”

Vicky glanced at him - he didn't think Chen Yingying really planned to commemorate his first selection in the squad.

This is his first time playing for the team, and before that he and his team-mates did not have enough tacit understanding on the pitch, and he is the type of player who relies on his teammates to cooperate, if he doesn't have a good relationship with the players, once he is isolated in the game, he doesn't want to show anything......

** Vicky felt that Chen Yingying must have made this decision out of this consideration. But what made him strange was that he didn't tell him what the weekend would mean to him, and how did he know to do well in the game?

Did he just use the youth team as a springboard in the first place? Or is it the same idea that he thinks every game – to try to score goals and perform well?

Vicky didn't dig deeper, and after training, he announced the decision in public.

"You've got your supper done, boys!" He pointed to Chen Yingying and said. "Our Chinese hero is going to invite you to eat...... His hometown dish! ”

"Oh?! Is this true? Instructor! Someone was chanting, and the excitement was palpable.

There are more than 300 Chinese restaurants in St. Petersburg, and they are growing at a rate of two per month. But in fact, in St. Petersburg, there are only 5,000 Chinese, of which 3,000 are Chinese students. So many Chinese restaurants are definitely not only for Chinese, otherwise these 5,000 people will not be able to feed so many Chinese restaurants even if they eat every meal in Chinese restaurants.

In St. Petersburg, Chinese food is becoming more and more popular among young people. The revamped Chinese food has become a favorite of many Russians.

Chen Yingying didn't expect the head coach to propose to eat Chinese food...... But he didn't know anything about the local Chinese restaurant, and he looked at ** Vicky for help.

**Vicky patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I won't take you to high-end hotels like Beijing Hotel and Hong Kong Hotel, ha!" ”

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The hall is lined with red columns, red lanterns are hung high, the lucky boy on the poster looks at you with a smile, and even the bar counter is decorated with traditional Chinese cornices. It's really rare to have a restaurant with such a decoration in China, but it is still very attractive to Russians who have such a strong curiosity about Chinese culture.

Although this style of decoration is no longer popular in China, Chen Yingying's eyes are still hot when he sees these traditional Chinese elements - he is homesick again. It's been more than half a month...... No, it should be said that I haven't eaten a single Chinese meal for more than a month. At first, I thought it was fresh and delicious when I ate Western food, but after eating too much, I realized that I still like Chinese food the most...... Especially the home-cooked food cooked by my mother.

Back to the pot beef, potato beef stew, rotten meat vermicelli, lung slices, fat sausage...... Even the home-soaked diving kimchi is delicious.

Just thinking about it makes your mouth water.

But now looking at the "Chinese food" on the table, he didn't drool at all.

Not all of them choose to go out to eat in the evening, and many of them go back to their homes. But today, all the Zenit youth players gathered at this Chinese restaurant called Ruilongju to enjoy Chinese food.

His teammates thought the Chinese food was delicious, but Chen Yingying couldn't get used to the obviously modified "Chinese food" – it was too sweet and sour.

He held his chopsticks and tasted each dish, and when he found that all the dishes were like this, he gave up.

More often than not, he just drank beer - the youth coach ** Vic didn't come with him, it was all a place where the young people were, and with him as a coach, everyone couldn't play, so he went home to eat very interestingly - and it was very happy to watch his teammates eat.

All right...... Either way, his teammates were happy, and his purpose was achieved.

**Vicky actually guessed well, Chen Yingying's dinner is not to commemorate the first time he was selected for the squad...... It is to use this reason to strengthen the relationship of the players and to have a good relationship with everyone - the relationship was already good, and now it is a better relationship.

I had a good relationship before, but at least there was no conflict of interest. It's different now, what if in the game everyone just wants to show themselves desperately and don't pass the ball to him? As the saying goes, eat people with soft mouths, take people with soft hands, invite them to a meal yourself, at least in the game, so as not to make things difficult for me, right? It's not too difficult to get them to pass the ball to me, right?

Chen Yingying has such a small calculation, and his teammates may not know. Anyway, someone invited someone to eat Chinese food and drink to their heart's content, and everyone was very happy.

The wine table is indeed a place that can enhance relationships, and soon there are teammates who have drunk too much to pull Chen Yingying to chat. Although Chen Yingying couldn't understand the other party's Russian at all, he could guess the general meaning of what the other party said based on the other party's facial expressions, and then make the correct response......

"I'll tell you, hero...... We didn't choose the 'Beijing Hotel', which is already a mercy! "The guy who drank high was the team's main centre-back, Crotkov. When Chen Yingying showed his majesty in the air many times, he was a poor supporting role, Green Leaf.

But now that I've drunk too much, I don't remember those grievances.

Looking at the way he hugged Chen Yingying, it was as if the two of them had been friends for ten years.

Chen Yingying couldn't understand Krotkov's words, he could only smirk and accompany him.

At this time, someone came to relieve him.

"Are you Chinese?" A Mandarin with a distinctly northeastern accent sounded behind Chen Yingying, who had not heard Chinese for a long time and now seemed to hear the sound of heaven, he turned sharply and saw a middle-aged man standing behind his seat. He has yellow skin and black hair, and wears a pair of metal-rimmed glasses, which makes him look quite elegant.

"Ah...... Ah, I, I am, of course I am! You, you too? Maybe it's been too long since I've spoken Chinese to anyone, and Chen Yingying actually stuttered a little.

The man smiled: "I'm the owner of this restaurant." The owner of the Chinese restaurant is, of course, Chinese! ”

When he met his compatriots in his hometown, Chen Yingying was very excited, he quickly stood up and shook hands with the other party: "Fortunately, I will be happy." ”

"Fortunately. My name is Ren Tianhua, a native of Harbin. What about you? ”

"Chen Yingying, a native of Chengdu."

After introducing himself, Ren Tianhua looked at the players of the Zenit youth team who were eating heartily: "I heard from the waiter that there were many people, and I was afraid that they would not be able to take care of them, so I came to take a look, but I didn't expect to see a compatriot in the crowd." To be honest, there are quite a few Chinese compatriots who come to me, but they are all repeat customers, you and I have never seen them, haha! "Ren Tianhua has the unique boldness and directness of Northeast people.

Chen Yingying scratched his head: "I only came to St. Petersburg three weeks ago...... Today is my first ...... Hi, this is the first time in two weeks to be in the city. ”

"Oh? What are you here for? Going to college? ”

"Well, no...... I'm here to play football. ”

Ren Tianhua was stunned for a moment.

It's not that he doesn't know about football, and he knows very well that there is a professional team in St. Petersburg. But for a time he could not connect the professional football team with a Chinese.

"Kicking a ball?" He asked rhetorically.

Chen Yingying nodded.

"Professional?"

Chen Yingying continued to nod. His contract is indeed a professional contract, although the package is only slightly better than that of the average youth team...... Thanks to the fact that he couldn't go anywhere for a few weeks, he had to take it with him in the dormitory, and he had nowhere to spend money. So in addition to keeping his salary for his own use, the rest was remitted to his family to help pay off his debts. After all, my father borrowed the debt for his own sake, so how could he turn a blind eye to it and only care about his own pleasure?

Ren Tianhua laughed: "That's really a rare guest!" He pulled Chen Yingying out, and the two of them stood in front of the bar and chatted. Chen Yingying is indeed a rare customer, and his restaurant has received many Chinese customers, most of them tourists, as well as Chinese students in St. Petersburg. But it was the first time to host a professional player from China.

"To be able to sign with a professional team, it must be a great level!" Ren Tianhua asked.

"Hey, it's okay!" No matter how modest he is, in fact, even a fool can see that he is not modest at all.

"Hah! Kick it well! Win glory for us Chinese! Do you hear that, do a good job! Don't let those old hairy people underestimate us Chinese! Ha ha! Good! It's really good, I didn't expect to meet a Chinese professional player today......" Ren Tianhua laughed. "So, what you are spending here today...... It's free! ”

Chen Yingying was taken aback. He didn't say anything, but this boss was so enthusiastic, how could he be embarrassed? The people of the Northeast are really as enthusiastic and refreshing as the legend......

Seeing what he was about to say, Ren Tianhua raised his hand to stop him: "Don't say anything, it's all fate!" This order is free, I'm the boss, I have the final say! That's right......" he snapped his head. "I mean, you can't even get used to this dish, right?"

Chen Yingying shook his head: "How can there be?" Accustomed to eating, accustomed to eating...... "People are exempt from their own orders, why are they embarrassed to say that the dishes are not to taste?"

How did you think that the boss glared: "Don't lie to me, how can a Sichuan person be accustomed to eating dishes with sweet and sour tastes?" I'll tell you......" he looked left and right, lowering his voice, "those dishes are made for the hairy people to eat, and they like the taste." But the Chinese are here, I cook authentic Chinese food, and I will never fool my compatriots in the motherland! You wait, I'll make a new one for you! ”

After speaking, without waiting for Chen Yingying to say anything, he ran to the back kitchen.

Looking at this enthusiastic Northeast man, Chen Yingying smiled, no matter what, the Chinese language is still pleasant, and the compatriots of the motherland are still cordial!

In the end, Ren Tianhua really gave Chen Yingying a free order, you must know that so many people eat a lot...... With a wave of his hand, he wiped it all out.

And when he was leaving, he pulled Chen Yingying and said, "If you want to eat hometown food, come to me!" Authenticity guaranteed! I have a chef invited from Sichuan here, and I will tell you that the Sichuan cuisine is made of leverage! He gave a thumbs up and raised an eyebrow at Chen Yingying.

Chen Yingying was amused by this enthusiastic Northeast boss, and he nodded vigorously: "Okay!" ”

Indeed, the boss finally gave him a guess that it was really authentic Chinese flavor. His Russian teammates took a bite and said they couldn't eat it, it was too spicy. So these dishes were all swept into Chen Yingying's stomach alone, and he ate very refreshingly.

In addition to the good food, he was also very touched by the enthusiastic boss. In a strange country, he felt very warm to be able to meet his compatriots, and to be such a warm and hearty compatriot.

Originally, I just wanted to further improve the relationship with my teammates, but I didn't think that I would also relieve my homesickness......

Chen Yingying felt that his decision to invite guests to dinner was really correct.

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