Chapter 1119: Make 1.5 billion people happy
The happy time of going to the Panda Base is always short-lived. The four teams participating in the China Cup still have to return to the normal rhythm of preparations.
After all, they still have a game to play.
On the afternoon of March 31st, Wednesday, Poland and South Africa, who lost in the semi-finals, will play a game for third place. Then at 8 pm, the Chinese team will welcome Mexico at the Provincial Sports Center. The team will compete for the first China Cup championship.
The two games are not scheduled to be played at the same stadium.
The match between Poland and South Africa was still held at the stadium in Liucheng District.
In order to prevent no one from watching the game, the stands would be too empty and deserted, which would make it difficult to save face. The organizer of this game gave away a large number of tickets, so more than 20,000 fans still went to watch the game.
Still thanks to Tojule, the Polish team with Dominik Laski still received the support of many Chinese fans at the scene.
Poland's overall strength is also higher than that of the South African team.
So with the cheers of Chinese fans, the Polish team won three games in a row within half an hour.
Lasky scored a goal in the game, helping the Polish team defeat South Africa 3:0 and win third place in the first China Cup.
In fact, the fourth South African players also received a commemorative medal after the game. It can be said that as long as they participate, everyone will get a medal.
At the same time, all participating players also received a cute panda doll.
It's just that these players were speechless looking at the panda dolls that were exactly the same as the ones they bought at the Panda Base - if I had known that everyone had one of these, we wouldn't have bought so many at the Panda Base!
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After the match between Poland and South Africa ended, everyone's attention was focused on the Provincial Sports Center located outside the North Third Ring Road of Jincheng.
The finals are about to begin!
In fact, before the third or fourth place finals were over, many fans had already arrived at the Provincial Sports Center.
Two hours before the game, when the stadium began to let fans in, enough people had gathered in the square outside the stadium.
Regardless of whether they have tickets or not, everyone gathers here.
The tickets for this final were all sold out three days ago, the day after the match between the Chinese team and the South African team. Now it is difficult to get a ticket on the market, and you can't buy it no matter how much you pay.
But for Qin Lin, there is no problem if he wants to bring his wife and children to watch the game.
He has complimentary tickets.
"It's so spectacular..." Qin Qi stood in the box and looked out through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The stands were crowded with people. In the stands behind the goals on both sides, fans were setting up TIFOs, which they would display before the game started. .
The live radio is playing warm-up music, which are all popular pop songs, so that fans can sing along and create an atmosphere.
It's not that Qin Qi has never come to watch the game live, he has also watched a lot of Flash Star games.
But no matter how many times I have watched it, I still have to say that only the Chinese team’s games have a completely special atmosphere.
Seeing this scene, he thought of what his father said to him yesterday.
The Flash Star club where his father works hopes to sign him. If he agrees, then after finishing this national competition, he will leave Jiaxiang High School, say goodbye to the school, become a professional player, and embark on the path of professional football.
In fact, Qin Qi had already prepared for this matter. He was trained to play football by his father since he was a child. Is it really just for him to play football for fun?
But yesterday, his father still asked him to think about it seriously and not to rush to reply to Flash Star Club.
This made Qin Qi a little confused - he thought his father would urge him to sign a contract with Flashing Star.
"This is a crossroads in your life. The choice you make when you are seventeen will affect your future life and your whole life. I don't want you to make such an important decision because of me. I think Let yourself think about it and start from your own heart. If you choose to give up your studies and play professional football, it will be because you want to go, not because 'my dad wants me to go.'" His father said to him at that time. Such words were said.
Qin Qi wanted to say at that time: "I have already thought about it, Dad, I just want to go, I want to go!"
But Qin Lin didn't let him say what he said. Instead, he said: "Don't worry, it will be after the national competition anyway. Let's go to the province to cheer for the Chinese team tomorrow."
Now standing in the box, although separated by a glass window, the box was not completely sealed. He could clearly hear the singing and shouting at the scene and saw the crowded scene.
He once again confirmed that idea deep in his heart:
I want to play professional football, I want to put on the national team jersey, I want to win glory for the country, and I want to play in the World Cup with Brother Hu and the others!
This is not for my dad, this is for myself!
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Yan Yan and Chu Yifan threw the two large bags they were carrying on the ground with a muffled sound.
Just from the sound, it can be inferred that the contents of these two bags must be quite heavy.
"Brothers, let's get it together!"
Yan Yan shouted, and a dozen people following him came up and took out the contents of the first bag, which was a folded and tied banner.
They first took apart the banners, then stacked them together on the railings, and then carefully hung them down. Then someone fixed the banners, and someone began to tie the banners to the railings with ropes.
Some people ran to the stands below to observe the effect of the banner hanging.
"The left side is too low! Lift it up a little!"
"More to the right...good, good!"
Soon, a banner that read "One school with four national footballers and two three-time Tigers - the 'cradle of national football' Dongchuan Middle School cheers for the Chinese team!" was hung on the railing of the second-floor stand.
Chu Yifan looked at the dense crowd around him and sighed: "Fortunately, we booked the tickets a week in advance, otherwise we would not be able to complete the task assigned to us by Principal Zhai..."
This banner is the task that Principal Zhai gave to Yan Yan and the others - to go to the scene and hang the banner highlighting Dongchuan Middle School in the stands, so that the prestige of Dongchuan Middle School can be spread throughout the world through television broadcasts!
Yan Yan was beside him proudly: "I told you that the Chinese team will definitely make it to the finals, so I asked you to buy your tickets in advance. Wu Yue and those Jiaxiang fools didn't think about buying tickets until after the semi-finals. It's too late!" Haha! After all, they still have no confidence in their own team!”
Meng Xi grinned: "That's right, no one can compare to our Yan team's confidence in Hu Lai..."
"Hey! Is it called 'The Chosen One' for nothing?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
After laughing, Yan Yan called to his teammates: "Here, hang up their Jiaxiang banner, and hang it under our banner. Since they are begging us, we still have to help them... and then let them Jiaxiang You owe us a favor for a year!”
Everyone pulled out the banner from another bag, tore it open and hung it up.
This time they didn’t see what was written on the banner until it was hung up:
"Andong High School football hegemon Jiaxiang High School pays tribute to Wang Guangwei!"
"Oh!"
A group of people from Dongchuan Middle School exploded when they saw the content of this banner.
"Jiaxiang's Turtle!"
"So this is what their banner said! No wonder they never told us!"
"Damn, I've been tricked!"
"Japan, Jiaxiang High School has the nerve to claim to be the football overlord of Andong High School in front of our Dongchuan Middle School?!"
Yan Yan waved his hand: "Don't panic! Put our banner down a little!"
So the banner of Jiaxiang High School became:
"女小冋屮疋土水土狠丬丬冋屮勋土兀丨力土乂目乂"
Yan Yan clapped his hands with satisfaction: "Perfect."
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When the Chinese team players ran out of the tunnel to warm up, the first climax was set off.
Fans cheered and sang loudly as the players made their first appearance.
Before the game even started, some fans couldn't wait to chant the slogan "Come on Team China".
Those fans who had not yet entered the stadium heard this shout and thought they had seen the wrong time and the game had already started...
Then the Mexican players also came out to warm up.
As if to put pressure on the Mexican players and show off their power, the Chinese fans sang louder in the stands.
The game hasn't started yet, but the Provincial Sports Center really has the atmosphere after the game starts.
Jorge Dillon stood on the sidelines for a while, taking in the whole scene, then turned and returned to the locker room.
Behind him, the enthusiasm of Chinese fans has not diminished at all.
When the Chinese team players finished their warm-up and left the field, the enthusiastic singing gradually subsided.
Fans also need to stop playing and take a break to recharge their batteries and regain their voices for the next official game.
Those who should drink water drink water, those who should take throat lozenges take throat lozenges, and those who should go to the toilet go to the toilet...
Then just wait for the game to start.
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In the locker room, the gray-haired and slightly fat Jorge Dillon stood near the door with his hands on his hips. In front of the three walls in front of him were Chinese players who were changing clothes.
He didn't speak, just looked at them quietly.
Instead, his assistant coach walked around the locker room, working with translator Yu Jintao to constantly remind the players of things to pay attention to.
After all the players who were going to start had changed their clothes, shoes and socks, Dillon winked at his assistant, who silently stepped aside.
The translator Yu Jintao stood next to Dilong.
"Today is the national team match day arranged by FIFA, but because of the 'China Cup', it becomes a little different - I think you have rarely seen friendly matches with such enthusiastic fans, right?"
Dillon pointed to the closed locker room door.
After listening to what Yu Jintao translated, everyone looked along the head coach's hand, as if they could see through the door and wall, all the way to the court.
"After the last game, you went to interact with the fans in the stands, and those fans were singing. When you were warming up today, those fans were also singing. I also saw a lot of people in the stands joking... To be honest , at that moment, I felt as if I was at a grand party, and the audience was waiting for the show to start.”
When Dilong said this, he stopped to wait for Jin Tao to finish translating his words.
Yu Jintao did not extract any central idea on his own initiative, but followed the original translation and even translated the tone.
Ensure authenticity.
His hard work restored the expressions of the Chinese team players who understood.
Because they also felt the happiness and enthusiasm from the Chinese fans in the stands, this made them more excited than usual and couldn't wait for the game to start.
The head coach was right, it was really like celebrating a festival, the festival atmosphere was very strong.
"You are the Chinese national team. The Chinese flag is on the chest of your jersey. You represent this country. Your job is very simple, which is to bring hope and joy to the people of this country. Just like the last game and today." Dillon patted his heart and said - he is wearing the training jacket of the Chinese team today, and there is a five-star red flag on the left chest.
"Mexico is very strong and was in the top 16 of the last World Cup. But Brazil, who was almost overthrown by you in the World Cup, was the runner-up in the end. Who is stronger? Brazil and you all can't fall behind, so what does Mexico mean? Remember that I started as a runner-up. I have emphasized to you from the beginning - you are very strong, and you must have a strong team mentality, because you are indeed very strong!”
Dillon's voice was rising and his gestures were becoming stronger.
Yu Jintao also raised his voice and accompanied it with body movements.
It was like he was copying Dhillon.
"So, why can't we defeat Mexico at our home court, bring back a championship and bring happiness to the 1.5 billion people in this country? Fighting for 1.5 billion people is a huge pressure, but it is also extremely stressful. Brilliant glory. There are only a handful of people in this world who can shoulder this kind of responsibility, and you... are the luckiest people! Do you know how much others will respect you if you tell this? People feel happy! Is there anything more amazing in this world? ”
"After the semi-finals, a song sounded in the stadium. I asked too much and found out that it was your second national anthem. It is only sung when you win, and only after important victories. So I make a request to you now - —I hope I can hear that victory song again after today’s game!”
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(End of chapter)