Chapter 1239: No. 1 in Asia (Second update, please subscribe)
“…After the successful construction of the “Berlin Wall”, East Germany’s leader Ulbricht announced: The completion of the “Berlin Wall” marked the A great victory was achieved in the struggle against the West..."
After hearing the news from the radio, Li Huitang, the president of the Nanyang Football Association, who was sitting in the car, was stunned for a moment, and then said He said in a mocking tone:
“Isn’t this a public sign of failure?”
“President, just declare victory.”
The driver's words stunned Li Huitang and said:
"Okay, you're right, just declare the winner. It's not a football game anyway, and whether you win or not doesn't depend on the score."
After saying that, he looked outside the car. Now the car was driving along "Highway No. 1". Soon the car drove out of the Shenshan Toll Station and drove towards the depths of the mountain. Almost an hour later, the car finally arrived at its destination - the Army's Kailash Training Base.
This high-altitude training base has always been a place for altitude training in the Nanyang sports community. Every year, professional athletes come here for altitude training.
Now the Nanyang National Football Team is training here. After the car passed the inspection of the guards and drove into the base, Li Huitang turned his attention to the troops in training. These fully armed soldiers were the same as in the past. , running and shouting slogans.
Although he is not a soldier, from the perspective of a sportsman, Li Huitang can see that all of these soldiers are very strong and have very solid muscles. This may be the biggest characteristic of Nanyang youth - during adolescence, they always Will deliberately exercise to make the body stronger.
In Nanyang, physical fitness has become the mainstream concept of men's aesthetics, and the formal literati atmosphere and the majestic official power have become derogatory terms. This is not only the influence of the modern Chinese people's ideological trend of "strengthening the country and strengthening the race", but also the influence of modern Chinese people. Influenced by German aesthetics.
The ideal male figure has strong chest muscles and a tight waist and abdomen. This kind of figure that "shows strength and savagery" has long become the mainstream aesthetics of society.
For this reason, confrontational competitive games are becoming increasingly popular, and football is still the most popular among the audience.
Football has always been the most popular sport in Nanyang. As the president of the Football Association, Li Huitang came to the Kinabalu Base this time to visit the team - the country that will represent Nanyang. The football team trains here.
Soon, the car stopped near a green lawn, where athletes were doing physical training. After the driver stopped the car, Li Huitang did not get out of the car immediately, but looked at what was going on through the car window. The team members are training. Under the sun, the athletes are training profusely with sweat. Perhaps because the weather is too hot, many of them are shirtless. Their dark complexions, knotted muscles and solid abdominal muscles are shining in the sunshine. Under the sun, the sweat is like olive oil, making the muscles reflect a dazzling light.
Seeing that the president was silent, the driver asked,
"President, do you think this time, can Nanyang advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup again?"
Facing the driver's question, Li Huitang was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
“There is no problem in qualifying for the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Our team itself is the best in Asia, whether it is physical fitness or technology. The Swedish World Cup in 1958 also proved that our team is not inferior. Against the top teams in Europe, the top eight... there is definitely no problem, but our goal is more ambitious.”
When saying these words, Li Huitang seemed extremely conceited. Next year's World Cup will be Nanyang's second time participating in the World Cup. There is a reason why Nanyang missed the 1950 and 1954 World Cups - Germans.
Because issues such as the head coach of the Nanyang country and the former Nazi status of some of the players have not been properly handled, after soliciting the opinions of the athletes, Nanyang twice announced that it would give up participating in the FIFA World Cup. Regardless of this, Both the coach and the players are extremely grateful.
After all, giving up two World Cups means that many football players will not be able to participate in the World Cup for life, but for the sake of their friends, they chose to give up.
It wasn’t until the 1958 World Cup in Sweden that the Nanyang national team entered the quarterfinals for the first time. Although it ended up in the quarterfinals, it also showed its level to the world.
What about next year?
Looking at the team members training on the sports field, Li Huitang thought darkly in his heart - Okay!
Next year, next year we must reach the semi-finals!
But there is still one game left before the World Cup!
Li Huitang is still very concerned about this game, not only because it is Nanyang's ticket, but also because the opponent is very special - the Japanese team.
And the location of the competition is also very special - Tokyo!
A game affects many people.
Although it was a game with a predetermined outcome, it still attracted the attention of all parties.
Nanyang VS Japan!
Although the game is not interesting, this game has surpassed the game itself.
Opponent: Japan!
Venue: Tokyo!
In any case, such an opponent and such a location have a certain special significance.
"...And the Japanese team has to face the powerful Nanyang team. This is a huge challenge for us..."
East Tokyo, when the North Japanese national team faced When the reporter answered this, the Nanyang national team had already embarked on the journey. From Chang'an to Tokyo.
In fact, it’s not that far away, and it’s only a few hours away. On this point, Ma Bo, a member of the Air Force’s “Red Hunters” and the national team’s goalkeeper, has a say. After all, the Air Force once bombed Tokyo, and it was still B24 that was used. bomber.
In a word, they had a special plot in mind for this competition.
East Tokyo is not the capital of Japan, its capital is Sapporo, but this does not prevent Kita Japan from placing this game here.
“East Tokyo is Japan’s window to the outside world.”
When the plane flew over Tokyo, people on the plane could clearly see the city through the window. From the air, the west side is still filled with a large number of shanty towns, and the dilapidated buildings are gray and look like slums, but on the other side to the east, there are high-rise buildings.
The two sides formed a sharp contrast.
“Unlike in Germany, where East Germans ran from East Berlin to West Berlin, here in Japan, people ran from West Tokyo to East Tokyo.”
Listen to the reporter’s words , Wu Mingwei on the side said:
“But the Japanese are more willing to go to Nanyang, haha!”
Although he is of German descent, Wu Mingwei, a second-generation immigrant, said Speak Mandarin fluently. In fact, even immigrants of the first generation can now speak Mandarin.
"Yes, Nanyang is the country of paradise in their eyes."
If there are Japanese in the cabin, they will never deny it. In fact, even in East Tokyo, there are people who fled to West Tokyo, just to be able to go to Nanyang from there.
Although North Japan was regarded as a face-saving project by the Soviet Union and the ticket system was abolished, except for special stores that serve a small number of people, most ordinary stores are empty, and even basic daily necessities are still in limited supply.
But even so, for the Japanese in southern Japan, northern Japan is still like paradise - at least in northern Japan you can eat and find a job, unlike southern Japan, where unemployment and hunger are the normal.
So, in the past ten years, millions of southern people have fled to the north. Of course, this has been widely publicized by the Soviet Union and called a "victory".
As a showcase of the superiority of the Eastern world, East Tokyo is naturally a key area for construction. It is full of modern high-rise buildings and people live a prosperous and happy life - at least in the eyes of the Japanese in West Tokyo.
East Japan is like heaven!
However, for the members of the Nanyang National Football Team and reporters from Nanyang, this place seems to have nothing to attract attention - the airport is simple, and its scale is not only smaller than the large airports in Nanyang , it seems that the scale is at most about the same size as the common general airports in Nanyang.
When the national team members left the airport and transferred to the bus, they unexpectedly discovered that they were using a Foton bus made in Nanyang - there was no way around it. Until now, the Soviet Union has not solved the problem of on-board air conditioning. On such a hot day, we can't let distinguished guests from afar take a bus without air conditioning.
So, even in the Sudong Group, Futian buses and Jinlong buses are their first choice when entertaining foreign guests. After all, they have better shock absorption performance and are equipped with air conditioning.
When the bus was traveling in East Tokyo, a reporter who had been to Tokyo introduced:
“You see, this is the characteristic of East Tokyo—the streets are wider, the blocks are larger, and there are sidewalks and sidewalks on the roadside. There are street trees, but in comparison, the streets in West Tokyo are very narrow."
When he finished speaking, the forward Zhao Shiliang said:
"This is a characteristic of Soviet urban planning. , they adopt the design of wide streets and large roads, pursuing grand momentum, wide roads, tall buildings and large squares. This kind of view from a high altitude is good, but it is not conducive to life..."
Although Zhao Shiliang is a member of the national football team , but he is a student who graduated from Dongning University majoring in urban planning. He was once the main player of Dongning University's Ocean Team and now the main player of Dongning Glacier Club.
He is definitely an expert in urban planning. While explaining, when he looked at the street scene in East Tokyo, he focused most of his attention on the flags hanging on the telephone poles. The flag of Northern Japan was hanging on the other side - the gear wheat ear. The red flag flutters in the wind.
On the wall by the roadside, there are large propaganda posters. Having gone to Moscow to participate in competitions when he was in the school team, he can clearly feel the similarity in the painting styles of the two countries.
In addition to powerful characters, it also has eye-catching, calling and passionate text titles.
This is northern Japan...
(End of this chapter)