Chapter 2199 Riding the Dragon and Breaking the Waves
At the dinner table at 6:30 in the afternoon, the men were drinking and chatting about how to play in the next finals.
While the women were concerned about how they would play in the final, they were also concerned about when Peng Hao and Yao Yuling would have children, and when was Chenchen's due date.
The TV in the living room is not turned off, but the volume is turned on very low so as not to disturb people's conversation.
Peng Hao looked at his cell phone, got up from the dining table, and walked to the living room.
His mother asked him: "Why are you going?"
"It's time for the Chinese team to leave for the stadium." Peng Hao said and walked to the TV.
Sure enough, he saw the live broadcast cut to the entrance of the hotel where the Chinese team was staying, and the eye-catching red bus was parked there.
The gate was surrounded by reporters and fans.
So Peng Hao used the remote control to turn up the volume of the TV.
The excited voices of the reporters at the scene were heard through the speakers from the living room to the dining room.
"... Audience friends! The Chinese team's 'Dragon' bus has just arrived! Through our lens, we can already see the Chinese team players waiting in the lobby. They have already assembled!"
Hearing this noise, many people eating at the table put down their chopsticks and ran to the living room to watch the live broadcast.
In the live broadcast, the scene was very noisy, and the reporter had to speak at the top of his voice. Of course, it may be that he was very excited.
Not to mention him at the scene, Peng Hao and the others in front of the TV were equally excited.
Especially after seeing the Chinese team players filing out of the gate, high-fiving every staff member, and boarding the bus.
The people in front of the TV cheered just like the people at the scene.
"I'm coming!"
"Set off!!"
"Oh oh oh!"
They have a strong feeling that they are living in history, and each of them is a witness to this legend.
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"Team China! Rise up!"
"Team China! Rise up!"
"Team China! Rise up!"
The setting sun was still hanging in the sky, and the remaining warmth of the earth after being exposed to the sun for a day was still lingering. The football field of Dongchuan Middle School was once again ignited by the enthusiasm of the audience.
When the images of Chinese team players boarding the bus appeared on the four big screens, everyone cheered.
It was very chaotic at first, everyone was shouting for their own things.
Later, they gradually became unified and became the uniform shouts they have now.
There were also people waving the five-star red flag in the stands.
This scene was all captured on camera by the CCTV camera crew.
The record of this period of history is not limited to the court.
More scenes worth recording are off the court, in every corner of the country.
So today CCTV sent multiple camera crews to different places in China to select representative scenes for follow-up shooting.
Dongchuan Middle School is one of them.
After all, three of the players who will represent the Chinese team in the World Cup finals are from this ordinary high school.
Even the stories about Chinese football over the years began to be written on the campus of this middle school in a third-tier city...
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Qin Lin was the last one to board the bus. He stood at the door of the bus and bowed his hands to the staff and enthusiastic fans who came to see off the team.
He did not make any grand speeches to the camera, nor did he pose beautifully for everyone to take pictures.
Just like that, he just handed over his hand and returned to the car.
The bus door slowly closed.
Accompanied by a clear whistle, the bus carrying the hopes of 1.5 billion people across the country started to move, exited the guest room department of the hotel through the reserved passage, and drove towards the real door of the hotel.
The police car opened the way with its lights flashing in front, leading the bus out of the hotel.
Traffic was controlled along the way and everyone paid attention.
At the same time, in another hotel, Argentina's sky-blue bus also turned onto the road carrying all the players and coaches of the Argentine national team.
There were also police cars driving the way, and there were also the attention and cheers of passers-by.
At this moment, the whole world's attention was focused on these two buses.
Commentators and hosts from various countries are also broadcasting to everyone in excited tones:
"Both teams left the hotel at the same time!"
"The buses of both teams are heading towards the Workers' Stadium, the venue for this final!"
"Let's go! The two teams competing for this World Cup championship are going!"
"There is a golden dragon on the Chinese team's bus! And there is an eagle soaring into the sky on the Argentine team's bus! This world-famous dragon-eagle battle is about to begin!"
"Argentina has won the World Cup twice in history, while the Chinese team has never participated in the World Cup finals. However, the Chinese team has a huge home advantage, and Argentina has to fight against 1.5 billion people! We can drive through the two teams' buses
This difference can easily be seen from the pictures of the stadium - the Chinese team's bus obviously received much more cheers along the road than Argentina..."
"This World Cup is finally about to usher in the final curtain! Now the protagonists are about to appear!"
In the picture, two groups of buses were spliced together, one on the left and one on the right, facing the telephoto lens of the camera, giving people a sense of oppression that a war is about to begin.
Peng Hao, who was in front of the TV, was fascinated until Yao Yuling poked him in the arm: "Eat, eat, go eat first, the game hasn't started yet!"
"Oh, okay..." Peng Hao then turned and returned to the restaurant.
However, he did not turn down the sound of the TV. Everyone was eating in the dining room and could clearly hear the sound coming from the living room.
"... Let us temporarily switch our perspective to the outside of the Workers' Stadium, the venue for this final. Although admission has begun, there are still a large number of fans gathered outside the stadium. They are waiting for their respective national team players to arrive.
Cheer them immediately!"
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The final venue of this World Cup is the Workers' Stadium in the capital.
This is a stadium with a long tradition and history.
As you can tell from the name, this is a comprehensive stadium with a football field and a track area.
But in fact, after China successfully bid to host the 2034 World Cup, the stadium was renovated.
Today's Workers' Stadium is a truly professional football stadium.
There is no running track and the stands are adjacent to the stadium area.
Just because the name "Workers Stadium" is so famous in China, the name of the stadium has not been changed and is still called "Workers Stadium".
The evening final kicked off at eight o'clock. At five o'clock in the afternoon, three hours before the start of the game, all entrances to the Workers' Stadium had been opened to allow fans to enter.
However, at this moment, there are still a large number of fans gathered outside the stadium.
Some of them are people who don't have tickets and can't enter the Workers' Stadium to watch the game. Others are people who have tickets but are not in a hurry to go in.
The reason why I was not in a hurry to go in was of course to welcome my team outside the stadium.
Although the two teams' buses departed at the same time, due to different distances, Argentina's bus arrived first.
Those Argentine fans gathered on both sides of the road, waiting for their national team's bus to arrive.
When they saw the bus at the end of the road, they started cheering.
As the car approached, the cheers became even louder.
They waved Argentinian flags and scarves, and kept shouting and shouting at the bus.
Every time the Argentinian players in the car waved to them, they immediately elicited a response like a roaring tsunami from outside.
"Our bus has arrived at the stadium and our fans are very enthusiastic!"
The Argentine commentator saw this scene and said proudly.
"Come on Argentina! For your country and people!"
There was a hint of sobs in his voice.
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"Where have you gone?"
Han Shuyu asked Li Qingliang next to him while looking towards the end of the crowd.
Li Qingliang lowered his head and looked at the CCTV live broadcast on his mobile phone:
"Come on, come on! There's still one kilometer left!"
"There's still one kilometer left..." Han Shuyu was a little disappointed.
Then she looked around at the sea of red around her.
Everyone is here quietly waiting for their hero.
Not riding on colorful auspicious clouds, but riding on a dragon.
The one-kilometer journey actually didn't take too long when traffic control and police cars were in place to clear the way.
When Han Shuyu heard the cheers from the front, she knew that the Chinese team was coming!
"Coming, coming! They are coming!" Li Qingliang notified her at this time.
Han Shuyu raised the camera in his hand and said to Li Qingliang: "You still have to say it, listen to the cheers, Lao Li!"
The golden dragon on the red bus is painted in the evening sun, and every scale seems to be shining.
The cheers were like ocean waves, split apart by the bus, and sounded from far to near.
When it reached Han Shuyu, there was only deafening shouting in her ears, and no other sounds could be heard - including her own screams.
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Under the cheers of Argentine fans and the flashlights of the media, Melli and his teammates stepped off the bus and prepared to enter the tunnel.
At this moment, they heard what seemed to be a burst of rolling thunder from the horizon.
He couldn't help but stop, turned his head and listened.
Then he suddenly realized...
What rolling thunder? That’s the cheers of Chinese fans!
The other Argentine players were also shocked and stopped in their tracks.
At this time, Melli realized something was wrong. He quickly waved to his teammates and shouted: "Go! Don't stand here, go to the locker room!"
The Argentine players heard the captain's words and quickly followed him into the corridor.
But the thunder behind him seems to be catching up...
It wasn't until they entered the depths of the corridor that the rumbling sound weakened a lot and was almost inaudible.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Argentinian coach Feisol was the last one to get off the bus, and he also heard the noise from the other side of the stadium.
He did not leave in a hurry, but stood at the entrance of the corridor, looking back in the direction of the sound with a solemn expression.
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PS, I actually planned to resume two updates, although the game has not started yet...
However, I want to update as many chapters as possible in one day during the finals, so that everyone may feel better, instead of updating twice a day for ten days and a half...
Now we are working hard to save the manuscript with this goal.
So I'm sorry, the single update will continue for a few more days, and we will wait until the game officially starts before releasing the update.
