Chapter 2200 1.5 billion and 46 million
After the players from both sides arrived, fans began to enter the stadium one after another.
But not all fans were waiting outside to greet the team.
There are always things that need someone to come in and do them in advance.
Such as arranging TIFO and hanging banners.
This is not an easy task.
In order to prepare for the TIFO of this game, Chinese fans started preparing overnight after the semi-final between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team.
Designing, drawing, coloring, and sewing, more than 300 fan volunteers worked all night long to finally complete it.
They want the Argentines to know whose home stadium this is.
Due to the competitive relationship between Hu Lai and Meili, the excitement of this game is actually not low at all.
The Chinese fans have been holding their breath for a long time and want to give the Argentinians a little shock.
Previously, the main battlefield for the competition between Hulay and Melly was in Europe, so although Hulay has the largest fan base in the world, these people are unable to go to Europe to fight for Hulay.
They can only watch the indistinguishable fight between the European Hu Lai fans and the Meili fans in China, and they are anxious at home - a bunch of weak chickens, if it were us, they would have crushed those Meili fans long ago!
Now the World Cup final is being held in China, and the two sides facing off are Hulay and Melli.
Chinese fans got their wish.
Their idol Hulay is going to beat Melly on the court, and they, the fans, are responsible for beating Melly fans off the court.
Before the players from both sides came out to warm up, Chinese fans and Argentinian fans were already competing with each other.
When the players from both sides came out to warm up, the battle became more lively.
Fans from both sides will cheer for their teams, but as soon as the Argentinian fans cheer, the Chinese fans immediately drown them with even louder cheers.
How could Argentinian fans not notice this very targeted approach?
But there is no way, there are few of them - although this game is the final between the Chinese team and Argentina, it stands to reason that many Argentine fans will buy tickets to watch the game.
But the Chinese team has the advantage of being at home after all. Putting aside the tickets for fans of the two teams, there are still a large number of tickets reserved for neutral fans.
Although they are said to be neutral fans, in fact, most of them are fans in China. These people are fans of the Chinese team.
After renovation, today's Workers' Stadium can accommodate 80,000 people.
At least 50,000 of these 80,000 people are Chinese fans.
Even if the remaining 30,000 people are all Argentinian fans, they cannot compete with the 50,000 Chinese fans.
So no matter how unhappy they are, they can only hold it in.
Then wait until the game starts and respond through Argentina's performance - when Argentina scores a goal, they will cheer desperately and see if the Chinese fans can still make a sound.
The Argentinian fans stopped playing, while the Chinese fans turned on full fire, making their voices heard all over the place when the players from both sides were warming up.
Head coach Lukas Feisel seemed to hear the thunder from before again on the sidelines,
He kept a solemn expression.
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Returning to the locker room after warm-up means the game is getting closer.
The decisive battle is coming.
And now is the quietest moment before the battle begins.
At this time, it is especially easy to get nervous.
The head coaches of both sides must find ways to boost morale and prevent players from wandering.
As soon as the Chinese team players returned to the locker room, head coach Qin Lin began to hand-draw their positions after taking the field, and took them to review the tactical arrangements.
"Ou Yangjin, you need to pay special attention to Melli. Although he is on the wing, he often runs to the middle during the game."
Qin Lin emphasized to Ou Yangjin while drawing.
Ou Yangjin looked at the tactical board and nodded vigorously to express that he had received it.
Qin Lin turned to Shi Wanqing again: "While Ou Yangjin goes to follow Meili, you have to be responsible for sweeping and shielding the middle. Of course, when you are defending, Xia Xiaoyu will also come back to assist you in defense. So in fact, when we defend, we still have two A fixed defensive midfielder... Chen Xingyi and Luo Kaiyi must also actively return to defense to reduce our defensive pressure.”
Every player whose name was called nodded, with a serious expression and no unnecessary movements.
After re-emphasizing the tactics he had trained before, Qin Lin paused briefly and then said to his players:
"Since reaching the World Cup finals, we have actually created miracles. It stands to reason that even if we lose the finals, we are already the ones who have gone the furthest in the history of Chinese football, and our achievements are already 'unprecedented'. But! I believe none of you would think so, right?”
Everyone nodded sullenly.
"Have we come such a long way to be the runner-up? It doesn't matter if we didn't reach the finals. Now that we have reached the finals, of course we have to compete for the championship! No matter how strong or powerful the opponent is, we have to compete for this championship. !
"Some people say that 1.5 billion people support us, and at the same time, they will put huge pressure on us. If I am still in the semi-finals, these 1.5 billion people are not pressure, but motivation! They are the solid backing for us to go all the way to the finals! They are the ones pushing us forward! This game is the best gift we can give them!”
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"The game is over! The game is over! The biggest upset since the opening of this World Cup has occurred! The powerful Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia 1:2!"
The stadium was filled with cheers and Saudi Arabian flags were waving in the stands.
The cheers came from these Saudi Arabian fans.
The Saudi Arabian players on the field were cheering for victory, running, hugging, and celebrating their hard-won victory.
Melly, who lowered his head, Ramon Cantero, who looked up to the sky, and other depressed, painful and numb Argentinian players became the background of the Saudi Arabian people.
In the close-up shot of the TV broadcast, Melly had his hands on his hips. This time he did not lower his head, but his eyes looking straight out looked numb and insubstantial, and he didn't know where he was staring.
The video finished playing, and the voice of head coach Lucas Fissol came back: "This is the only game we lost in this World Cup. I posted this video specifically to remind everyone. We are Once stood on the edge of the cliff
"After losing to Saudi Arabia, I believe you must be very clear about how many voices scolded us and how many voices gloated about our misfortune, whether in traditional media or on the Internet. That period for us was like Darkest hour. But I think that failure saved us!
"After that defeat, we all picked ourselves up and got into the rhythm of the World Cup quickly. It was because of that defeat that we were able to get all the way to the final - and yes, I never thought we deserved to be in the final. That's right. It was that defeat, the loss to Saudi Arabia, that made us see ourselves clearly and became the motivation for us to move forward..."
This sentence speaks to the hearts of every Argentine player. Before playing against Saudi Arabia, the Argentine players really didn't take Saudi Arabia to heart. As the weakest team in this group, Saudi Arabia is not even used to gain points for the Argentine players, but to gain a goal difference.
The performance of the Saudi Arabian players in the first half also seemed to confirm the Argentine players' view that they were not aggressive enough against the Argentine players.
After that game, a video of the Saudi Arabian coach criticizing his players during halftime was posted online. The Saudi Arabian coach angrily berated his players for not wanting to take photos with a superstar like Melly.
This shows that Saudi Arabia did not cause Argentina too much trouble in the first half.
But the second half was different.
They gave the Argentinian players a head-on blow.
The failure of this game sounded the alarm to all Argentine players, telling them that this is the World Cup, there are no underdogs in the World Cup, and no one can definitely win.
Failure and being laughed at helped the Argentine players quickly correct their mentality, allowing them to play better and better, and finally made it all the way to the final.
"Today, before the finals, I will show you this video again to remind you not to forget how we got to the finals stage. Originally, I thought that doing this would focus everyone's attention and ignite their fighting spirit. . But on the way from the hotel to the stadium, I felt that this was not enough... Did you all hear that sound? It was like thunder?"
Faisal asked his players.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
They all heard it, and they knew what it meant.
But why does the head coach still ask?
Faisol continued: "You all know, right? That was the cheers of the Chinese fans. But... I ask everyone to recall, when you came to the stadium, what did you see? It was Argentina who came to welcome us. Fans, right?”
He looked around the field and made eye contact with almost every player.
Then he continued: "Look at them, look at them. They have traveled half the world to come here to cheer for you! I know there are always people in the media saying that the Chinese team has a huge home field advantage because they have ten 500 million people... They are right, China has 1.5 billion people and we only have 46 million people... our population is much smaller than them."
Faisal paced the locker room, waving his arms.
"In this month in China, you should be very clear about the gap between our motherland and China. You know what this gap is... Of course the Chinese team has the support of 1.5 billion people, and of course only a handful of people support us. Forty-six million, but you have to remember that only football can make me happy in Argentina now! The people of our country are proud! You are the only one in this country! The Chinese team has the support of 1.5 billion people, but their support is definitely not as good as what we have received, because we have 46 million Argentinian people. Give us all your support! Don’t let Argentina cry for us!”(End of Chapter)