Tony Clark looked at the dense crowd outside the Santa Lucia Stadium and turned to ask his companion Matt Dawn: "Didn't you say that every game is full of seats? I think a British Championship game is about the same.
This is the attendance rate..."
“It was a life and death battle between the two teams today,” Matt Dawn said.
“I’m afraid Argentinian fans don’t see it that way.” Tony pointed to the jubilant Argentine fans in the distance. One of them held a sign with a few words written on it in English:
“We are not good at table tennis, but we are good at football! You are good at table tennis, but you are not good at football!”
Matt also noticed the sign, grinned and made no comment.
"But there are quite a lot of Chinese fans. This is the first time I have seen so many Chinese people gathered together. I bet I have never seen so many Chinese people in Chinatown." Tony looked in another direction.
, there are all Chinese fans with black hair and yellow skin. In addition to their physical characteristics, another sign that makes them particularly easy to identify is that they basically wear red shirts. Even if it is not the Chinese team’s jersey, it is still red.
T-SHIRT.
“Perhaps all the Chinese in Europe are gathered here...” Matt was also shocked by the scene in front of him, and he murmured.
Although he has watched two Chinese team Olympic games, this is the first time he has seen such a scene. Compared with the number of Chinese fans he has seen outside the stadium in the past few days, today may be the first of those two.
sum……
He thought to himself, are these fans here to witness the Chinese team qualify?
Perhaps not?
Perhaps a lot of this is actually here to watch Mellie Banega play?
With Meili's reputation, it should not be surprising that he has a huge number of fans in distant China.
After all, even my little nephew likes Mellie...
While Tony was looking around and Matt was having random thoughts, they were caught by a pair of interview teams from China.
“Hello, we are reporters from China Central Television. Can we interview you?”
The reporter holding the microphone asked in fluent English with a smile.
Matt and Tony were both surprised: "Why do you want to interview us?"
The reporter explained the reason. He pointed to the Chinese team jersey on Matt: "To be honest, it is too rare to see a Chinese team fan here... Are you a Chinese team fan?"
Matt nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, I am, I am a fan of Hu."
After speaking, he turned around and showed the camera the number and name on the back of his jersey.
“That’s great. Uh, can I know your name?” the reporter asked.
"Matt." After speaking, Matt pointed to Tony Clark standing next to him, "Tony, my friend."
Tony Clark smiled slightly at the camera lens and said nothing.
The reporter just nodded to Tony Clark and then fixed his gaze on Matt: "Matt, did you know? In fact, you are already a celebrity on the Chinese Internet!"
“Celebrity?” Matt’s eyes widened, and Tony next to him also looked at him in surprise.
“Yes, as I just said, after all, a foreigner wearing a Chinese jersey is so rare... Can you tell us how you became a fan of the Chinese team?”
“Ah, it’s a long story!” Matt coughed, and then began to tell the Chinese reporter his story with Lai Hu and Hu Lai.
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“The above is the live report we sent back from outside the Santa Lucia Stadium..."
After the reporter at the front said this, the TV broadcast cut to the studio in the back, and the two hosts still had surprised expressions on their faces.
“I really didn’t expect that such a foreign fan would have such a connection with our Hu Lai, and be connected through a football game... This must be fate!”
“It was originally a character in a game, but now it has become a reality. It feels so dreamy! Oh my, I got goosebumps all over…” The female host showed her arms to her partner.
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“Aha, Tony. Did you hear what the reporter just said? I’m a household name in China, and now I’m a celebrity!” Matt said to Tony happily.
“I became famous earlier than you, Matt. Maybe every Chinese family will have a small statue of me!” Tony was not to be outdone.
“I can’t say for sure, Tony. None of us have been to China. Maybe we don’t have any little statues of you?”
The two people were bickering and walking towards the court.
On the road, Matt, who was wearing a Chinese jersey, was very eye-catching. After walking for a while, they were stopped by a group of Chinese fans, who strongly requested to take a photo with Matt.
After taking the photo, Matt proudly showed off to Tony: "Look what I just said? I'm a celebrity!"
Tony snorted: "You're just taking advantage of Hu's glory. Just like the reporter said, a foreign fan wearing a Chinese jersey is really rare."
“Heh.” Matt rolled his eyes at his friend, then turned around and gave a thumbs up to the Chinese fans who were watching them, shouting: “A!!”
Then, as expected, he won a lot of applause.
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“You don’t have to stay up late to watch today’s game.” Xie Lan said as she put the stewed vegetables she bought from the market on the coffee table. “The first two games were in the middle of the night. I really couldn’t stand it anymore...”
Hu Lixin suddenly said: "Then you don't plan to watch the women's football match in the middle of the night?"
Xie Lan was stunned for a moment, showing a painful expression, and seemed to be struggling internally, and finally said: "Forget it... the women's football team has qualified early, Qingqing will definitely not play in this last game... Don't watch it, don't watch it
."
Hu Lixin was amused by his wife's confused look. He shook his head: "You are really a hothead. You don't know the real situation, so you are just thinking about things here, and you are not afraid of wasting your feelings."
“What kind of emotion can this waste? People and media have said that our son and Qingqing are high school classmates.”
“High school classmates are high school classmates, will every high school classmate get together?”
“Oh, what do you, a grown man, know?” Xie Lan was too lazy to tell her husband.
"You... start worrying about his significant other now. After he finds a girlfriend, will he worry about when they will get married? After getting married, will he have to worry about when they will have children? After he gives birth to one, he will worry about the second child...
…”
"Go, go, go." Xie Lan waved his hand in disgust. "I don't worry about having children. Female football players, if they have children so early, how can they still play football? Give up their careers? That's not possible. They must wait until Qingqing retires.
Let’s talk about having children.”
“After retiring? How old are you?” Hu Lixin was surprised.
Seeing that he was so surprised, Xie Lan asked: "Hey, why are you worried about it?"
Hu Lixin has a constipated expression on his face.
Xie Lan covered her mouth and smiled happily.
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When Li Qingqing followed Xu Wen into the conference room, the TV in the conference room had already been turned on, and footage of the two teams warming up on the court was playing on the TV.
The Spanish narrator was saying something in jabber, but most people couldn't understand it.
Li Qingqing played football in France for a year and could barely understand the general meaning of some words.
The commentator seems to be talking about Hu Lai, perhaps praising him, because he seems to have said "very important".
Perhaps it means that Hu Lai is very important to the Chinese team?
In the last game of the group stage, will the Olympic team go home?
Although Xu Wen has analyzed the situation for her, it is already very good that Hu Lai and the Olympic team can perform as they are now. But deep down, Li Qingqing is still a little unwilling.
They promised to meet in the Olympics, but it turned out that they had never really met before, and they had to part ways...
Li Qingqing was unhappy.
How can this be done?
She has been looking forward to this Olympics since the beginning of the year.
The TV broadcast showed a close-up of Hu Lai who was warming up. He was playing a lap-grabbing warm-up game with his teammates.
Aren't you willing to give in, Hu Lai?
Li Qingqing looked at the figure on the TV screen and asked in her heart.
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The scene of the players warming up ended, and it cut back to the studio behind, where the host and commentators sat behind the table facing the camera.
"Okay, just now is the scene of the two sides warming up earlier. Now they have returned to their respective locker rooms and are making final preparations for the start of the game. So, what do you think of this game, Director Zhang?" the host said.
Next to him was a young guest commentator, the famous domestic football critic Zhang Rang.
Seventy-year-old Zhang Rang’s face is wrinkled, his hair is gray, and he has huge bags under his eyes, as if he hasn’t slept well.
But he is a TV football commentator that many Chinese fans are very familiar with. He has been a commentator on the CCTV platform for more than 30 years. Many Chinese fans must have Zhang Guidance in their memories of European professional football leagues.
"Hey hey" sound.
After being asked, Zhang Rang nodded first, and then said: "The strength of the two sides is very different, but I think the Chinese team does not have no chance. Although the three-back formation is conducive to Argentina's wing attack, it can liberate the two wings.
players, allowing them to invest more in the attack. But if we can be more active in the wing attack, maybe we can push Argentina's two wing-backs back, so that we can gain more numbers in the midfield.
Advantages... In addition, Argentina's defense has old problems. Their left center back Santiago Sweeney has a hot temper, is impulsive, and often makes some inexplicable mistakes. This is something he has learned while playing in the club.
It will be reflected at that time..."
After Zhang Rang's talk, he finally came to a conclusion: "I think the Chinese team should defend its counterattack after the opening, first withstand Argentina's offensive after the opening, and at the same time weaken the opponent's morale. Then wait for opportunities to counterattack, relying on the two wings.
With his speed and Hulay’s efficiency in the middle, he may not be able to compete with Argentina.”
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In the locker room of the Chinese team, Shi Wuyuan said to his players with a serious expression: "Argentina definitely hopes to get enough goal difference from us, so it is completely expected that they will launch a fierce attack on us after the game starts.
Offensive. In this case, there will definitely be a lot of space behind them, which is an opportunity we can take advantage of. If the time is right, we must counterattack resolutely. At the same time, when we counterattack, Du Wanqing, you have to move back to protect the defender.
Wire."
When his name was called, midfielder Du Wanqing held his head high and replied: "I understand, Shi Guidance!"
As the substitute midfielder of the Olympic team, Du Wanqing was able to play in such an important game because in the last game the Chinese team played against Belgium, the original main defender Zeng Chi was injured, and the results of the post-match examination were not optimistic.
He will miss a month due to injury, which means he bids farewell to the Olympics in advance.
In Hu Lai's system vision, a chain of light has appeared above Du Wanqing's head.
The last [Lingxi Card] in the Aoyun gift pack was used on him, and the other two were used in the last game.
In the last game, Shi Wuyunshi’s guidance made adjustments to the team’s lineup, and Hu Lai used two [Lingxi Cards] at that time.
Seeing that Du Wanqing did not show any nervousness, Shi Wuyuan nodded with satisfaction.
He turned to the other players.
In short, the Chinese team’s tactics after the opening can be summed up in two words: counterattack
Argentina cannot slowly deal with the Chinese team. On the one hand, they are stronger than the Chinese team in terms of strength, and the players cannot have that kind of mentality. On the other hand, they need more goal difference and have no time to compete with the Chinese team.
What kind of foreplay is the team waiting to do? In this way, when they attack, the Chinese team will hit them right behind. After all, the Chinese team has a speed advantage on the wing, whether it is Luo Kai or Chen Xingyi,
The speed is not slow.
After finishing the tactical part, he looked around the locker room, his eyes passing over the faces of every Olympic team player in turn.
Under his gaze, everyone looked at their head coach very quietly.
After just looking around, Shi Wuyin said: "In a few minutes, our last group match at the Olympics will start, but I don't want this to be our last game at the Olympics. At that time
When the grouping results just came out, both the media and the fans were very pessimistic about our future in the Olympics. But I don’t think so. I am very satisfied with the grouping results. What are we coming to the Olympics for? Are we here to travel?
?Of course not. We are here to compete against the world's top opponents on the stage of the Olympic Games, with real swords and guns. Some of these opponents may not even be invited by us with money. Even if we are invited, let's warm up.
Can the competition be compared with the Olympic Games? So, it is really lucky for us to be in the same group with three strong teams."
Having said this, Shi Wuyin spread his hands: "Through the first two games, I have seen your progress, and I believe you can also feel the gains. This kind of gains will definitely be helpful to your future career. Continue
There is another game next, against Argentina, a world-class team. I think this is also a good opportunity for us to learn from them. So in the next game, we will try our best to see how much we weigh in front of a world-class team.
