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Chapter 74: Key Battle [Second Update]

Who is the most nervous person in the Petrovsky Stadium right now?
That must be the security personnel on the scene.

They have seen that many Russians in the stands have tears in their eyes.

Their team is being humiliated unscrupulously by others.

Someone roared.

Someone grabbed the iron railing and roared angrily.

But they may have forgotten
They were the first to humiliate others with a contemptuous and superior attitude.

They forgot too.

They are not the only ones who can launch attacks.
But none of this matters anymore.

The sun has become the public enemy of Petrov Stadium.

The final moments of the game.

Zenit's players were also red-eyed.

Their movements are huge.

The referee can only control the situation by issuing cards.

But in the end, his two consecutive red cards failed to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.

Both sides were thrown to the ground.

Conflicts continued.

Fortunately, there is not much time left in the game.

Due to conflicts, goals and other factors, the game was delayed by six minutes.

However, the referee did not add the full six minutes.

He felt that if he didn't end the game.

Things could get even worse.
So he blew the whistle to end the game in the 94th minute.

It's obvious to everyone.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, an expression of relief appeared on his face, as if a burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

indeed.

No one thought of it.

An ordinary Europa League knockout match.

It actually evolved into what it is now.

"There were many things worth paying attention to in this game, such as Yang's four goals, and his 19 goals in a single Europa League season, breaking Falcao's record."

"But now, the only focus after the game is definitely on the conflict between him and the Zenit fans."

"This will definitely become the focus of media reports, even more than the game itself and Yang Guang's four goals."

"But in any case, after winning 5-1 away from home, Monaco no longer needs to think about the second round. Before the top battle against Paris, Monaco's main players can get a rest, and they can also smoothly advance to the quarterfinals of the Europa League."

In the commentary box.

The French commentator said, shaking his head slightly.

The Russian commentator now doesn't know what to say.

he knows.

As soon as this happened.

It's not just Zenit's reputation that's been damaged
The entire Russian national reputation may be damaged.

But there was nothing he could do.

Because in Russia, racial discrimination is too common - there are not even constraints such as "political correctness" and "Black Lives Matter" here.

There are frequent incidents of black players playing in the Russian Premier League being beaten by fans after games.

In big Russian cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The yellow-skinned Tatars are at the bottom of the contempt chain.

And the Russians who directly fought back like Yangguang were eye-openers.

"Excuse me, is this too radical?"

a Russian journalist asked in the mixed interview area.

"Ah? Did I overdo it? I thought I was very restrained. This was just a minimal self-defense counterattack. If this wasn't on the court, I would have done something even more extreme."

Yangguang clenched his fists, leaned down, stared at the Russian reporter and said viciously.

The Russian may not have seen this type of Chinese.

I was so scared for a moment that I didn't know what to say.

Even the Russians around were stunned.

Yangguang laughed, turned and left, leaving a group of stunned Russian reporters behind.

Those Chinese journalists who failed to squeeze past these Russians saw their Russian counterparts being humiliated.

I also felt like the sunshine had helped them vent their anger.

Even the Russian journalists who wanted to protect their son only dared to say that Yangguang's reaction was "excessive."

It can be seen that racial discrimination is something that everyone is condemning in world football.

No matter what people think in their hearts.

At least, on the surface, if you encounter such a thing, you must kill it with one blow.

Monaco players expressed their protest to the media when they were interviewed.

"We think this is a very egregious act."

"Racism must be removed from the stands!"

at the post-match press conference.

Even Zenit St. Petersburg head coach Villas-Boas criticized the behavior of the home team's fans: "This is a shame for the club, they have brought shame to our team."

And Jardim supported his disciple at the post-match press conference.

"His reaction was normal, he's still a child, he's only 18 years old. You can't expect an 18-year-old to remain calm after being besieged by such vile behavior for a whole game."

After the game, almost all media concluded.

Zenit St Petersburg will definitely be punished by UEFA.

really.

UEFA responded quickly in this matter.

They announced the result of the punishment the next day: Zenit had to play five European home games behind closed doors, and the club had to pay a fine of 300,000 euros.

UEFA cannot impose any substantial punishment on the fans - it is okay if it happens to one or two fans, but the key is that tens of thousands of fans in the stadium did the same thing.

You can't ban these tens of thousands of fans from watching the game in person for the rest of their lives, can you?
So it's just Zenit that's unlucky.

Fans act, teams get hurt.

What hurt more was naturally this crushing defeat.

Lost 1-5 at home.

Not many people even sympathize with Zenit
After the game.

Sunshine's response to racial discrimination during the game and his 19 goals in the Europa League this season have caused a sensation throughout Europe.

The headline of Germany's Bild newspaper: Fighting against racial discrimination, Sunshine's big four!
France [L'Equipe]: The best scorer in the history of the Europa League!
On the Internet.

Yang Guang also became the focus of discussion among young people, and many young people even imitated his gesture of raising the middle finger to the stands.

This move has earned him countless fans!
Before this, his fans, apart from Monaco, were mostly concentrated in China.

After this game
Sunshine has gone viral.

He is unruly, young and hot-tempered, and will fight back without hesitation when attacked.

He dared to confront tens of thousands of fans who were racist towards him.

He responded to those fans with continuous goals. These characteristics make him different from most football players.

even.

Now even his Chinese face has become the reason why young Europeans like him - he is different.

Newspapers, television, the Internet.

Sunshine photos and videos frequently appear in front of people.

Many young people began to take an interest in this guy who was completely different from the mainstream players.

"Sign him! We have to sign him!"

Nike headquarters.

the head of business development exclaimed.

Nike has a tradition of signing unique basketball stars.

They like this kind of guy with personality.
Even Yangguang himself didn't expect this.

Because this game didn't seem that important before.

His commercial value - referring to his commercial value overseas - actually began to rise sharply.

domestic.

The media also gave extensive coverage to this match and Sunshine's response to Zenit fans during the match.

Even many non-sports newspaper media and television programs have begun to pay attention to this matter.

Regarding Yang Guang's behavior of raising the middle finger in the face of racial discrimination.

It also received mixed reviews in the country.

Some people believe that if you are attacked you must fight back firmly.

Some people also think that Yang Guang's act of raising the middle finger was too rude and damaging to the national dignity - this kind of opinion is represented by Ma Dexin of [Sports Daily].

However, as soon as this kind of remarks came out.

He was immediately besieged by fans.

"Selling reflection papers, right?"

"Yangguang did the right thing. If someone attacks you, why are you still being gentle, kind, respectful, frugal and modest?"

"He's going to be beaten to death!"

The fans were unanimously supportive of Yang Guang's actions.

It is refreshing to see this sports idol who seems to be completely undisciplined.

Young people are more fond of this.
Away from home, they scored four goals and beat Zenit St. Petersburg.

Sunshine can naturally also take advantage of Zenit.

The most famous player in the history of Zenit St. Petersburg is none other than the Russian captain Arshavin, who later moved to Arsenal.

[Congratulations on obtaining Arshavin's "Tsar's Dance (Complete)" module! ]

[The Dance of the Tsar: Arshavin's dribbling is superb. What is most commendable about him is the change of rhythm during his dribbling, which is unpredictable.]

This module is useful for sunlight which lacks speed.

After returning from Zenit.

Although the 29th round of the league will be played at home against Caen in three days.

But Jardim still gave the team a day off - after flying from Russia to Monaco, the players were exhausted from the long journey and their physical strength had reached its limit.

Even in the 29th round of the league, Jardim rotated most of the main players.

Yangguang sat on the bench for this game as insurance.

Fortunately, Monaco's substitutes are very strong.

Playing at home, we defeated our opponent 1-0.

This gave Yangguang and other main players at least a week to rest and adjust.

This is of great significance to Monaco.

Because a week later.

They are about to go to the Parc des Princes to compete with Paris Saint-Germain.

Although there is still the second round of the Europa League quarter-finals in between.

But considering that we won 5-1 in the first round away from home.

Even if Jardim was cautious in this game.

It was impossible for him to send his main players to take risks.

The last game of the 29th round of French Ligue 1.

It is a match between Paris Saint-Germain and Angers at home.

This game.

Paris striker, Swede Ibrahimovic exploded as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

He headbutted and kicked during the match.

He scored two goals in each half, completing a hat-trick and helping Paris Saint-Germain to a 5-0 win over their opponents!
Maintain the points gap with Monaco at 1 point.

at the same time
Ibrahimovic also increased his goal tally in the league to 29!
Tied with the sunshine!
"At the end of the 69th round of the league, Monaco scored 68 points and Paris Saint-Germain scored 55 points, with a difference of only one point! Lyon, who ranked third, scored points, which is a big gap from the two teams! This season's French Ligue is a competition between Paris and Monaco."

In the commentary booth, Omar, the commentator of France 4 TV, said this after the game.

"And the top strikers of the two teams, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sunshine, have both scored 29 league goals after 29 league rounds! They are tied for first place in the scorer list! The competition between these two big men in the scorer list is as fierce as the competition between the two teams in the French Ligue standings this season!!"

With the end of the 29th round of the league.

The entire French Ligue 1 seems to be looking forward to the arrival of the 30th round.

The 30th round of the league.

Paris Saint-Germain will host Monaco at home. This match may be the most important, crucial and most watched match in the French Ligue 1 this season!
And before that.

Monaco actually found time to play the second leg against Zenit.

Just as expected.

Except for goalkeeper Subasic, Monaco's main players did not play.

They played a 0-0 draw with Zenit at home and successfully advanced to the Europa League quarterfinals.

On Friday, UEFA held the draw for the Europa League quarter-finals.

Monaco played against Manchester United, the favorite to win the Europa League, in the round of 32, and then traveled all the way to Russia for an away game in the round of 16.

The luck in the two consecutive rounds of draft picks has been bad.

As a result, when they reached the quarterfinals, Monaco had a burst of luck.

They drew the weakest opponent on paper among the quarterfinals: Sparta Prague from the Czech Republic.

Avoided teams such as Liverpool, Dortmund, Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal and Braga.

In the quarterfinals, we drew an opponent who seemed easy to beat.

Monaco seems to have no problem reaching the semi-finals.

And at this stage.

Jardim has to consider that Monaco really has a chance to win the Europa League - after all, if they really make it to the semi-finals, how can they give up?
I've played so many rounds.

Gave up in the semi-finals.
This is simply outrageous.

Of course, no matter what the results of the Europa League are.

The most important thing is still the league.

With the adjustment during this period.

Monaco is fully staffed, waiting for the most crucial battle in the French Ligue 1.

(End of this chapter)