Chapter 2131 Misstep
"For us, tomorrow's game is a World Cup quarter-final, of course it is important, but nothing more. My teammates and I will give our best in the game, just because we want to pursue victory. I think everyone in the World Cup will aim to win, right?”
Pete Williams spoke to the camera.
"Yes. We are considering cooling down the game, but the English people hold press conferences normally, and it seems that we are afraid of them..."
Seeing the news on the TV screen, Chinese team assistant coach Ding Gaoyi folded his arms and complained to the two people around him.
Team leader Hong Renjie said nothing - mainly because he didn't know what to say.
It was he who suggested that the players not be allowed to attend the pre-match press conference, lest malicious reporters deliberately dig holes for the Chinese team players and cause trouble.
Logically speaking, his suggestion is reasonable and very consistent with the reaction of Chinese leaders when encountering such foreign-related incidents.
Therefore, his suggestion was adopted by the national team without any controversy.
This is not a problem, and at the press conference, a British reporter did ask Qin Lin whether he thought the Chinese team's victory by dishonorable means four years ago would greatly enhance the current England team's ability to face China. The team’s fighting spirit and determination to win?
It shows that Hong Renjie has predicted the British media's saucy manipulation.
Unexpectedly, England allowed players to participate in the press conference and answered sensitive questions raised by reporters...
Of course, what the England team did was a normal operation, but they were afraid of comparison.
This comparison shows that England is a "gentleman and magnanimous", while the Chinese team is a "villain hiding a chicken"...
A very normal suggestion has turned into the Chinese team having a "guilty conscience" and not daring to face the public. It seems that the Chinese team knows that it is wrong and knows that it did the wrong thing four years ago...
Sure enough, after the pre-match press conference video of both sides was played, there were many voices mocking and criticizing the Chinese team on the Internet.
Many others used this pre-match press conference to set the pace.
Various headlines have emerged one after another:
"The Chinese team admits it! Chinese football has a dark history that can never be erased!"
"The official tone sets the tone! The Chinese team knows it is right!"
“Although it’s late, it’s time for the Chinese team to finally apologize for its evil deeds four years ago!”
"Faced with the questioning from the English reporter, Qin Lin was speechless..."
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Articles and short videos like this are rampant on various online platforms.
It really aroused the interest of those who do not pay attention to football and have not watched the content of the Chinese team’s pre-match press conference, making them really think that the Chinese team admitted that the method of eliminating England four years ago was despicable and shameless.
In fact, Qin Lin responded to the British reporter's rude questions in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
He first denied the "disgraceful" statement and believed that it was part of the football game. Secondly, he did not continue to entangle with reporters, but looked forward to tomorrow's game, believing that not only England would be full of fighting spirit, but the Chinese team would also have an extraordinary persistence in winning.
However, self-media, marketing accounts, and some people with ulterior motives still have something to say:
What you said is so high-sounding. We all understand that some things cannot be said directly. But the fact that you dare not allow players to attend the press conference is enough to illustrate your attitude.
"As everyone knows, look at what a person is thinking, don't look at what he says, look at what he does. The same applies to the team."
This shit pot can't be removed.
Unless...
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"...I don't think it was a disgraceful means. Wang Guangwei committed a handball foul during the game. He and the team have paid the price...Tomorrow's game is the World Cup quarter-finals. The importance of this game is not It goes without saying that each of us will do our best to win this game..."
"Fuck! I feel so bad!"
Watching the head coach Qin Lin restrained and calmly answer the British reporter's difficult questions on the TV news, Zhou Zijing cursed unhappily:
"If I were to go, I would ask them directly: Did they give you a penalty kick? If I gave you a penalty kick, why didn't you score it? What a weak monster!"
His words made the other Chinese team players laugh, and the slightly solemn atmosphere in the restaurant just now dissipated a lot.
Lin Zhiyuan pointed at him and shouted: "Now, this is why Team Leader Hong didn't let us go to the press conference!"
Zhou Zijing retorted: "If you don't let me go, you can let someone else go. Let someone who is stable go."
Ou Yangjin called out: "Team Wang is steady!"
Zhou Zijing didn't dare to answer.
If Wang Guangwei really dares to go to a press conference, he will probably be extremely angry.
"Actually, we can let Brother Hu go. With his ability as a master of yin and yang, he will definitely make those British reporters speechless." Xue Ming said.
Wang Guangwei stood up and interrupted everyone's discussion: "It doesn't make any sense to let anyone go. They are deliberately picking on you, and you will get slapped whether or not you wear a hat. I think Team Leader Hong's arrangement is right. If you have any questions, come to the field. Say, prove everything with results.”
His words were immediately echoed by others: "The Kings are right, as long as we win England, they will have nothing to say!"
Zhou Zijing sneered: "Think too much. With the English people's pissing habits, they will still find various reasons to say that you can't win."
Playing in England, he has seen many times how shameless the British media is.
These words made everyone fall silent.
Yes, what kind of virtue is England, they know it too well these days.
There was obviously no problem at all in that game four years ago, but it was hyped up by their powerful media as if the Chinese team was in the wrong, causing a group of "reflection monsters" to appear on the Chinese Internet.
This has to make people sigh. Britain is worthy of being the old maritime hegemon, and its offshore breeding technology is indeed far ahead.
As the atmosphere gradually cooled down, a voice stood out:
"Then win so beautifully that they won't be able to find fault with you."
Everyone followed the sound and saw that Chen Xingyi, Xia Xiaoyu and Zhang Qinghuan were all turning to look at the other person at the table.
Hu Lai.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Hu Lai added: "Don't think so much about what you have and what you don't have. Win first and then talk about it."
Wang Guangwei nodded in agreement: "Yes, let's win first. If we win England, we will be one step ahead than the last World Cup."
In the last World Cup, the Chinese team stopped in the quarter-finals.
And this time, if they can defeat England in the quarter-finals, they will go from the last eight to the semi-finals and reach the semi-finals.
When Luo Kai heard Wang Guangwei's words, he didn't say a word and just clenched his fists.
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"Darren Hunt."
Hunter heard his name being spoken by head coach Ryan Jackson. He raised his head slightly and couldn't help but glance in the direction of Pete Williams.
Although the starting lineup will not be announced until the last two hours before the game.
But that's external.
It doesn't mean that the team has to wait until the last two hours to know who will start.
So even though it's the eve of the game, England head coach Ryan Jackson has announced his starting lineup.
On this list, Darren Hunter is prominently included.
He scored a hat-trick in the last game against Serbia, so it was no surprise that he was selected into the starting lineup.
It's just that...only a few people know that Hunter's starting spot was not easy to come by.
It’s not like Hunter hasn’t thought about whether Williams was tricking him. After thinking about it, in the end he still didn't dare to really challenge the authority of the head coach.
He did control his mouth and hands before the game. He neither spoke in front of media reporters nor spoke on his social network account.
Although he kept his starting spot in the end, Darren Hunter was very unhappy inside. He always felt like he was being forced to bow his head.
As a talented player who has been on a roll since childhood, he is really not used to being treated like this.
He still insisted that Williams might have given the head coach such a bad idea out of some fear of Hu Lai.
After all, Williams was once teammates with Hu Lai, and the two have a good relationship. He is more willing to believe that Hu Lai is normal.
Now he looked at Williams in a silent demonstration:
I have now qualified to start the next game, and I will prove to you that those so-called "legends" are just rumors.
Even if it is indeed true, I will break it into pieces with my own hands tomorrow and show it to you.
Get rid of superstitions starting tomorrow!
Pete Williams noticed Darren Hunter's eyes because he had also been paying attention to Hunter.
Seeing Hunter looking at him, Williams had a calm expression on his face, as if he didn't notice Hunter's eyes.
He didn't care what Hunter thought of him, as long as he could win the game.
If Hunter is therefore full of fighting spirit and turns all his pent-up emotions into motivation in the game, that can be considered a good thing.
Even after winning the ball, Hunter ran up to him to show off his power, and he didn't care.
As long as you can win, anything is fine.
Hunter withdrew his gaze slightly proudly and heard the head coach say:
"...I want to remind all of you that in tomorrow's game, you are not allowed to chat with the players of the Chinese team and mention the game four years ago. Focus on tomorrow's game itself, not the history that cannot be changed."< br>
The expression on Hunter's face stiffened slightly.
Ryan Jackson continued with a sullen face: "Watch your mouth, football is played with your feet."
Hunter subconsciously felt that this sentence should be directed at him...
But he had already controlled his mouth before the game, so the boss probably wasn't talking about him.
At the same time, he thought in his heart:
I will let my feet do the talking in tomorrow's game! (End of chapter)