Football System: Penalty Zone Hero

Authors note: We quickly reached the power stone (25/10) milestone for bonus chapter #1; and even bonus chapter #2 which I'll post tomorrow. Thank you for your support! 

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Chen Yingxiong's goal left everyone speechless. Many people hadn't even reacted yet - what did they just see? A big fool rushed directly towards the opponent's defender, and then the two jumped towards each other, and then the opponent's defender was knocked to the ground! And the big fool headed the ball into the goal...

This scene is so shocking!

However, there was a person in the stands who seemed very indifferent to this. He was dressed like an ordinary person in a T-shirt and jeans and was a little overweight. He would be hard to find if he were thrown into the crowd.

The man's face flashed a colourful light that was barely noticeable, and then it disappeared in an instant. Looking at the boy who was screaming with his head raised, he smiled.

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The referee was the first person to react. He blew the whistle, but not to indicate that Chen Yingxiong's goal was valid, but to call for an offensive foul!

"Timing!" The referee raised his arm, signalling the defending side to take a free kick in the backcourt.

Chen Yingxiong just now was proudly shouting to the sky, fully venting his emotions. Who would have thought that he would get such a result, which made his previous celebration look like a clown... Stunned, he then angrily questioned the referee. "Are you kidding me? Did you see me hit someone!! " He was so anxious that he didn't even speak English but Chinese...

He rushed to the referee, leaned forward, opened his mouth wide and questioned as if he was a beast that wanted to eat the referee.

The sharp and piercing whistle sounded again, and the referee raised his hand and gave Chen Yingxiong a yellow card!

Chen Yingxiong was so angry that he didn't realize how inappropriate his behaviour was. He didn't deserve the yellow card. He was definitely given a yellow card for talking back to the referee after being called for a foul.

However, he didn't think that his action just now was a foul at all. He just thought that the opponent's defender was too vulnerable!

Just as he was about to continue questioning the referee, he was hugged by his teammates.

Three teammates rushed over and dragged him away.

"That's enough, Hero! That's enough..."

"Are you crazy?! Do you want to be punished?"

They were shouting in Russian, and Chen Yingxiong didn't understand a word. But he understood his situation from this - it was really dangerous just now, if his teammates had come up a little later, he would probably have been waiting for a red card.

Impulse is the devil... Although his father told him not to be impulsive, sometimes he still couldn't control his emotions, especially when he was extremely excited, such as after scoring a goal.

However, my teammates were so supportive, he wondered if the meal had an effect.

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When Chen Yingxiong was yelling at the referee, Popovich was really worried - he was afraid that this kid would get a red card and be sent off, which would mean his debut would be a complete mess... Being sent off with a red card after only four minutes on the field. Could this be considered the fastest red card record in this year's youth league?

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his teammates dragging him away.

This kid was really worrying...

He turned his head and glanced at head coach Advocaat next to him, wanting to see his reaction.

What he saw surprised him greatly—Advocat's face was filled with excitement!

"What a good centre!" he praised.

Popovich thought he had heard wrongly.

The assistant coach Porter also thought he had heard it wrong.

Advocaat continued, listing all of Chen Yingxiong's strengths. "He's tall, has bounce, has strength, and has excellent heading skills!"

Potter tried to refute. "But his temper seems a bit impulsive..."

Advocaat shook his head, disagreeing with his assistant's opinion. "It's normal for a young player to have an impulsive temper! Compared to his temper, his physical fitness and heading ability are more interesting!"

But Porter still has something to say.

"Even so... I don't see how he can break through five people alone... And no matter what, he committed a foul on this ball. As long as he doesn't score, it doesn't mean anything."

Popovich glared at Porter. He didn't know what this man was thinking. Why did he have to deny Chen Yingxiong? Did he have a grudge?

Advocaat shook his head. "That's meaningless. He can knock the ball past five people. It doesn't make any difference. As long as he can score a goal, that's all. From what I've seen so far, I think he has the ability in this area."

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Just as Advocaat was praising him, Chen Yingxiong on the field also calmed down.

He admitted that he was very angry that such a beautiful goal was whistled off by the referee, but as long as he stayed on the field, he would have a chance to score again.

He just didn't believe that he couldn't impress the head coach and assistant coach of the first team on the sidelines - he didn't know that he had already impressed Advocaat with just this one "invalid goal".

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To be honest, Pavlov was completely frightened when Chen Yingxiong scored the goal just now. He didn't expect that the strongest central defender in his team would be completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with No. 33...

Fortunately, the referee blew the whistle for the goal, so it was just a false alarm.

But he soon discovered that this was not a false alarm at all - what was supposed to come would eventually come...

After the game resumed, Zenit Youth Team continued to attack Tomsk's defence. Their attack method was very simple, ridiculously simple, but extremely effective. The two wingers frequently kicked high balls into the penalty area, and the rest were just watching...

Chen Yingxiong jumped high and headed the ball again, overpowering Davydenko!

This time, goalkeeper Zvetkov made a save, and he pushed the ball over the crossbar. Although he saved Chen Yingxiong's header, he was not happy at all, because the next step was a corner kick...

Chen Yingxiong stood in front of the goal, in the middle, and raised his hands high, signalling his teammates who were taking the corner kick to pass the ball to him. Everyone's eyes were on him. After seeing his performance in the air just now, everyone was eager to see his next wonderful performance!

Davydenko and Raschitayev surrounded Chen Yingxiong tightly.

But it was in vain. Davydenko was physically unable to compete with Chen Yingxiong, and Raschitaev, who was not as strong as him, was even less able to do so...

The three of them jumped up at the same time, and Davydenko and Raschitayev were defeated one after another, and Chen Yingxiong got the chance to jump in!

Headshot.

The football went straight to the back point!

Zvetkov flew to save the ball, but this time he failed...

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The hundreds of people in the stands cheered loudly again, and many people clapped and whistled to express their excitement.

Before Chen Yingxiong came on the field, this was just an ordinary youth league match. Except for a few die-hard Zenit fans, most of the people sitting in the stands were the families of these young players.

The game was far from exciting. Apart from the two goals, the game was dull for most of the time.

But all this changed from the moment Chen Yingxiong came on the field. 

His explosive header in the penalty area ignited the passion of the fans in the stands. He showed off his body and header ability unscrupulously, knocked over the opponent's defender, and confronted the referee, which made the fans in the stands also surge with adrenaline.

Even his celebration after scoring a goal could get the fans in the stands excited.

Popovich turned his head and looked at the enthusiastic stands. The fans were standing in their seats, clapping, whistling and cheering. He had led a team in the youth league for several years, but he had rarely seen such a scene...

This kid really had the aura of a natural star!

He suddenly had a hunch - his youth team might not be able to keep this kid for much longer...

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This time Chen Yingxiong could celebrate the goal without restraint. No one fell to the ground, so naturally, there was no foul.

After landing, he jumped high and punched the ball to celebrate the goal.

The referee blew the whistle and pointed to the centre circle - the goal was valid!

This was his first goal for the Zenit youth team!

He had just joined the team two and a half weeks ago, and the fact that he scored his first goal so quickly surprised many people - including those who knew him best.

After seeing Chen Yingxiong's two consecutive jumps, Advocaat was more determined to support him. He just jumped up to compete for the header, and after landing, he jumped up again without stopping to celebrate the goal. The height of these two jumps was not low. This kid has a jumping ability that is completely inconsistent with his body...

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Chen Yingxiong's goal helped the Zenit Youth Team lead the Tomsk Youth Team 2:1.

If Chen Yingxiong had anything to be dissatisfied with about this goal, it was that this was just an ordinary youth team league, held in a closed and small indoor stadium, with only a few hundred people in the stands, maybe less than five hundred.

Their cheers weren't loud enough, and there was no radio on the scene shouting "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL" to cheer him on. Without a TV broadcast, there was naturally no commentator gushing and spitting, racking his brains to come up with all the compliments he could think of to praise his header.

Similar to: "...The hero's header was really beautiful! He flew in the sky like a heavy bomber! A shrill alarm sounded above the goal of the Tomsk Youth Team!... Under the hero's air advantage, Tomsk had no player who could fight against him! They could only run away!"

Chen Yingxiong likes this kind of passionate commentary very much.

However, all of this was not enough for him now. On the small stage of the youth league, he could only imagine it like this...

He looked up at the empty stadium stands and clenched his fists.

One day, I will celebrate a goal in front of a packed stand!

Soon!

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Authors note: Right now we're 25/30 power stones until bonus chapter #3 of the week. 

Bonus chapter #4: 40 power stones

Bonus chapter #5: 50 power stones