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 first play a game for third place. Then at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Chinese team will face Mexico at the Provincial Sports Center.
The team will compete for the first China Cup championship.
These 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 avoid not having too many people to watch the game, the stands were too deserted and it was difficult to save face. The organizers of the game gave away a large number of tickets, so more than 20,000 fans still went to watch the game.
It is still Tojule's blessing that the Polish team with Dominik Lasky 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.
Laski 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 player also received a commemorative medal after the game. It can be said that as long as everyone participates, everyone will get a medal.
At the same time, all participating players also received a cute panda doll.
It’s just that these players looked at the panda dolls that were exactly the same as the ones they bought at the Panda Base, and were very speechless. If they 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, 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 started to let fans in, enough people had gathered in the square outside the stadium.
Whether you have a ticket or not, everyone gathers here.
The tickets for this final were all sold out three days ago, the day after the match between China and South Africa. Now it is hard to get a ticket on the market, and you can’t buy it no matter how much you pay.
However, for Qin Lin, there is no problem if he wants to bring his wife and children to watch the game live.
He has a free ticket.
"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.
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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 like Qin Qi didn’t come to watch the event, but he has watched a lot of Flashing 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 a contract with him. If he agrees, he will leave Jiaxiang High School after playing in this national competition, bid farewell to school, become a professional player, and embark on the path of professional football.
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In fact, Qin Qi has been prepared for this matter for a long time. He was trained by his father to play football 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 carefully and not to reply to Flash Star Club in a hurry.
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 choices 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 it. Instead, he said: "Don't worry, it will be after finishing the national competition anyway. Let's go to the provincial gym tomorrow to cheer for the Chinese team."
Now standing in the box, although it was 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 crowd of people.
He once again confirmed the idea deep in his heart:
I want to play professional football, I want to wear 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, we can infer 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, stacked them together on the railing, 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!”
“Come a little further to the right...good, good!”
Soon, a banner that read “One school has four national football teams and two-time Three Tigers, the ‘cradle of the national football team’, Dongchuan Middle School cheers for the Chinese team!” was hung on the railing of the second-floor stands.
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 given by Principal Zhai to Yan Yan and others to 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 advance 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 greeted 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 saw what was written on the banner only after it was hung up:
“Andong High School Football Dominant Jiaxiang High School Pays Tribute to Wang Guangwei!”
“日OH!”
A group of people from Dongchuan Middle School exploded when they saw the content of this banner.
“Jiaxiang’s Turtle!”
“So this is the content of their banner! No wonder they never told us!”
“Damn it, I’ve been cheated on!”
“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:
勮宋土淺土楕䬬丬冋屮冋土兀丨力土乂词乂”
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 shout 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...
Following that, 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 same atmosphere as after the game started.
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 all finished their warm-up and left the stadium, the enthusiastic singing gradually subsided.
Fans also need to stop playing and take a break for a while to recharge their batteries for the next official game and to recuperate their voices.
Drink water if you need to drink water, take lozenges if you need to take them, go to the toilet if you need to...
Then just wait for the game to start.
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In the locker room, Jorge Dillon, who has gray hair and a slightly fat body, stands with his hands on his hips near the door. In front of the three walls in front of him are Chinese players who are changing clothes.
He said nothing, just looked at them quietly.
It was his assistant coach who 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 play had changed their clothes, shoes and socks, Dillon winked at his assistant, and the latter 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 is a little different. I think you have rarely seen friendly matches with such enthusiasm among fans, right?”
Dillon pointed to the closed locker room door.
After hearing what Yu Jintao translated, everyone looked at the head coach’s hand and seemed to be able to see through the door and the 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 and Jin Tao finished 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 the original taste.
His efforts to restore the situation also made the faces of the Chinese team players who understood it slightly change.
Because they also felt the happiness and enthusiasm from the Chinese fans in the stands, which made them more excited than usual and couldn't wait for the game to start.
The head coach is right, it was really like celebrating a festival, the festive 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 that he was wearing the training jacket of the Chinese team today, with 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. What does Mexico mean? Remember that I started as a runner-up.
I have emphasized to you from the beginning that 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 made body movements.
It's like he's 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 group of people! Do you know how much others will respect you when this is said? Because you can make 1.5 billion people
People feel happy! Is there anything more amazing in this world?"
"After the semi-finals, a song sounded in the stadium. I asked too, and I know that it is your second national anthem. It is only sung when you win, and only after important victories. So I now make a request to you.
I hope that after today’s game, I can hear the song of victory again!”
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PS, please give me a monthly ticket during the double period!!