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Chapter 547 Are you ready?
On June 2018, 6, Yunjia Fengyun Stadium.

Since China successfully bid for the World Cup six years ago, as the first dedicated football stadium in China, Yunjia Fengyun Stadium has undergone many repairs, increasing its capacity to 7 people. At the same time, the addition of various modern facilities has made this stadium a modern stadium that is not inferior to any famous stadium in Europe. At the same time, in recognition of Yunjiatianyu’s outstanding contribution to Chinese football for more than 20 years, the Chinese Football Association has made this stadium the home of the Chinese team—that is, if the Chinese national team can win in the group. Full game!
This move has received widespread attention and huge controversy since it was announced. In the past, the main stadium of large-scale events held in China was located in BJ, either the Bird’s Nest or the former Workers’ Stadium. For example, in the 2000 Asian Cup, although Yunjia Fengyun Stadium was one of the eight stadiums that hosted the Asian Cup, the opening match and final final were still held in BJ’s Workers’ Stadium. The Chinese team games and finals of the 08 Olympic Games were also held in the Bird’s Nest.

Fortunately, due to the rapid development of economy, commerce, and tourism in the past 20 years, Yunjia City has transformed from an ordinary prefecture-level city into one of the best-developed medium-sized cities in the country.

In some respects, the Yunjia Tianyu club has changed the fate of Yunjia City. Originally, Yunjia’s landscape was not bad, but it was just a lack of gimmicks. After Yunjia Tianyu Club, a large number of fans came to Yunjia to watch the game every weekend. At the same time, the scenery near Yunjia became famous in China. There is some persuasiveness here.

On this day, the vicinity of Yunjia Fengyun Stadium is already crowded with people, not just today, a week or even half a month ago, Yunjia, a city located in southeast China, has become a place where fans from all over the world, especially Chinese fans flock to!
The host Chinese team, the Central and North American team Jamaica, the South American team Chile and the European team Slovakia are all members of Group A.

Naturally, this can be regarded as the weakest group in the World Cup as a whole. Of course, as the host, there is still this convenience. Being able to be assigned to a good group is very beneficial for the group to get No. 1 and stay in the local competition, and for the knockout round.

Although the opponent is weak, it can't extinguish the fire in the hearts of Chinese fans. On this court, the main character will of course be the Chinese team, and the other three opponents in the group will only be their supporting roles.

This is naturally somewhat unfair to the other three teams, but there is no fair thing in the world. As the host, the Chinese team will naturally have such a home court advantage.

"Dear audience friends, I am now in front of Yunjia Fengyun Stadium, the home stadium of Yunjia Tianyu Club. This stadium is the venue for Group A of this World Cup. The Chinese team will hold all three group matches here. From this perspective, this stadium will witness the start of the Chinese national team in this World Cup... If the Chinese team can qualify as the first in the group, then they will stay here and continue to play. From my personal point of view, of course I hope that the Chinese team can play in this stadium until the final. I believe this is also the wish of every Chinese fan. "

At the gate of Yunjia Fengyun Stadium, a young reporter held a microphone with the CCTV-5 logo and talked in front of the camera. There was a lot of noise around, so the reporter’s voice was also very loud when facing the camera. Several fans passing by heard his last words, suddenly stuck their heads out from the side, and shouted loudly: "Not only to reach the final! We also want to win the World Cup! We almost got it four years ago, and we will definitely get it this year!"

The young reporter was taken aback by the sudden sound, and the fans ran away giggling after shouting. The reporter also laughed: "Yes, our goal should be the championship. This was an unattainable dream 20 years ago, because we only entered the World Cup finals for the first time 20 years ago, but after 20 years of development, we already have enough and good enough players. The number of goals scored in the game depends on the performance of our double World Player of the Year winner Long Bisheng. In the past six years, he has been the best striker in Europe. He has scored more than [-] goals in various official competitions. If you count the goals he scored in China in his youth, he may be able to beat Romario's record of [-] goals... Four years ago, he was the top scorer in the World Cup. Will he be able to defend his title in this World Cup?"

Just when the reporter was talking about this, there was a burst of chaos around him. The reporter looked up and just saw a conspicuous bus driving into his sight.

"This is the Chinese team's bus! One hour before the start of the game, they came to the scene first! Now there is still one hour before the opening match of the 2018 World Cup!" Regardless of being overwhelmed by the frenzied crowd, the reporter still stubbornly faced the camera and said excitedly. Then he turned around and squeezed in the direction where the bus stopped.

The security guards and policemen at the scene used their bodies to block a passage. The two sides of the passage were crowded with excited fans, but they were calm and did not keep pushing forward and causing accidents. They just yelled things like cheering for the Chinese team, or shouted the names of their favorite stars.

Among these names, the two most famous stars of the Chinese team are naturally the twin stars Messi and Long Bisheng from Newcastle.

The door slowly opened. The head coach of the Chinese team led the Chinese national team to break the No.02 record in the history of the 3 World Cup. Ding Yu, who broke into the final of the last World Cup, took the lead. He has been the head coach of the Chinese national team with the longest coaching time in the past 20 years.

Ding Yu was unanimously cheered by the fans. Obviously, Ding Yu was in a good mood. He turned around and waved to the fans frequently. In the last World Cup, he was controversial because he put Adriano on the bench, but the runner-up result of the World Cup proved that he was right.

Next came the captain Messi. This Argentine striker has always been the king of popularity in the hearts of Chinese fans. Although he is 31 years old, he still maintains his peak form. He is the double captain of Newcastle and the Chinese national team.

Next came Dai Guangming, Hu Gandang, Wu Bufan, Li Jie and other main players who played in Europe. After Li Fang, Chu Ran and other old players quit the national team, they have become the backbone and veterans of the national team. They also won huge cheers from the fans.

Long Bisheng was the last one to come out. He is too big. Whether he is in Newcastle or in the national team, he always sits at the back of the bus. This is his habit.

"Now the top scorer in China is Long Bisheng! He has now scored more than 22 goals for the Chinese national team! Although this number is not particularly large, you must know that he represented the Chinese national team for the first time at the age of 70. He has only participated in more than 21 international A-level matches. His scoring rate of almost one goal per game has made him the well-deserved top scorer of the Chinese national team! This is something that even Messi can't compare to... Although he played in Europe very early, his experience is completely counted. He is a late bloomer, he really played in the top European league at the age of 24, and joined the giants Newcastle at the age of [-], but after joining Newcastle, he quickly became the most deterrent striker in Europe, the top scorer in the Bundesliga twice, the top scorer in the Premier League three times, the European Golden Boot four times, the top scorer in the Champions League twice, he is the most terrifying shooting machine in the eyes of opponents, and the most reliable shooter in the eyes of teammates!"

The young reporter boasted Long Bisheng a long series of words in one breath, and then squeezed through with all his might, shouting to Long Bisheng who was walking at the end.

"The dragon must win! The dragon must win! Today is the opening game of the World Cup. What do you think of today's game?"

Long Bisheng stopped and looked back at the reporter.

He recognized that this reporter had interviewed him before, so he smiled: "Today's game? We want to win and lay a solid foundation for qualifying in the group."

"Does the Chinese team have any goals in this World Cup?" the reporter asked, racing against time.

"Is it a goal? Let's go beyond the results of last year. How can we say that we are also at home, and we should perform better."

Long Bisheng’s tone was a bit arrogant, but the reporter thought it was a matter of course. Since the day when they lost to Argentina in the final of the World Cup by one goal and finished runner-up, all Chinese fans have been looking forward to this game. In the eyes of Chinese fans, if they can win the World Cup runner-up in Brazil and return to China, not winning the World Cup championship is a failure.

"Four years ago you missed a chance to equalize in the final..."

As soon as the reporter said this, he saw Long Bisheng's face darken, and he immediately shut his mouth obediently. For Long Bisheng, who has always been very good-tempered, he was always very kind when he was interviewed, but there were two things that he couldn't say - one was about why he was living with two women, and the other was the chance to score goals that he missed in the 14 World Cup final. Once he said this, he would immediately turn his face.

Just when the reporter was about to change the topic, Long Bisheng spoke up.

"I won't miss any chance this time. It was my fault last time. This time I came here for atonement... I won't let victory slip away again!"

After speaking loudly and loudly, Long Bisheng shut his mouth, and strode into the player tunnel, leaving only a firm back in the eyes of the reporter.

Looking at Long Bisheng's back, the reporter suddenly had great confidence in the Chinese team's World Cup trip.

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Long Bisheng was walking in the player tunnel. He was pulled down by his teammates due to the interview with the reporter just now. Originally, with his stride speed, he could catch up with his teammates quickly, but he was getting slower and slower.

The reporter's last question brought back his sad past. The scene in Brazil four years ago seemed to have happened yesterday, and it was still so vivid.

Ding Yu’s decisive move to put Adriano on the bench strengthened the thickness of the Chinese team’s midfield. Long Bisheng was at the top, Messi and Dai Guangming were in ambush behind him, and the two veterans Li Fang and Gao Junmin flew together on one left and one right. This tactic gave Long Bisheng a steady stream of fire support, allowing him to find the feeling that he can get a lot of offensive opportunities in Newcastle.

Since the beginning of the group stage, the Chinese team has won consecutive battles. After getting enough goal difference from the other two opponents in the group stage, the Chinese team drew with Italy in the last round of the group stage and qualified as the top of the group. Long Bisheng scored four goals in the group stage, continuing his excellent state in the Premier League and the Champions League.

After entering the knockout stage, Long Bisheng burst out with strong fighting spirit and strong desire to score goals. In the quarter-finals, his goal before the end of the game helped the Chinese team beat Norway [-]-[-]. In the quarter-finals, it was his header ferry that helped the Chinese team [-]-[-] the bitter host Netherlands.

The Chinese team, which has broken through the curse of two consecutive quarter-finals, seems to stop their progress, because their opponent in the semi-finals is the host Brazil, which is fighting for the seventh World Cup championship.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team showed unparalleled courage to put pressure on Brazil. Long Bisheng's powerful header in front of the goal helped the Chinese team open the scoring. The ball made the Chinese team see hope again. Before the end, Long Bisheng blasted a shocking world wave 10 meters away from the goal, dragging the game into overtime!
In the overtime match, the Chinese team withstood the indiscriminate bombing of the Brazilian team for 10 minutes, and successfully dragged the game into a penalty shootout. The hero in the penalty shootout was the old goalkeeper Chu Ran. He was less than 1.8 meters tall and completely overwhelmed the old Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar who was also good at saving penalties. He saved two penalties and helped the Chinese team eliminate the host Brazil [-]-[-]!
Regarding this final, the unanimous comment of the media all over the world is that "the Chinese team let Brazil relive the nightmare of 1950!" In that World Cup, Brazil also lost the World Cup champion at their own home court. Although they have won the World Cup six times, they have never been able to win the World Cup in Brazil. If you want to bid for the World Cup again, you may have to wait 20 years.

This World Cup did not break away from the pattern of previous World Cups, which is that a European team has never won a World Cup outside of Europe-it is an Asian team and a South American team in the final, China and Argentina.

Before the end of the final, the score was [-]-[-], with Argentina leading. Messi created an excellent opportunity for Long Bisheng before the end. However, Long Bisheng, who saved the Chinese team in the previous game, failed to continue his magic.

Although the Chinese team created the best result in the World Cup in the end, Long Bisheng also won the top scorer with seven goals, but in Long Bisheng's own opinion, the last shot missed was undoubtedly the biggest mistake he made in his life.

Thinking back to this point, Long Bisheng clenched his fists, his nails were deeply embedded in his palm, but he didn't realize it.

Although he has won countless honors in the past four years, including two World Player of the Year and two Golden Globe Awards, what he is most looking forward to is this World Cup—it is best to meet Argentina again in the final and defeat them!

So even though they announced before the start of the World Cup that the goal of the national team is to be the champion, it will bring tremendous pressure to the team, but the whole Chinese team still did so. They just wanted to force themselves to show their best form, force themselves to win the World Cup, and wash away the shame of losing in the last final!

For them, the runner-up in the last World Cup is not an honorable record, but a shame!

"Aaron! Hurry up, I'm just waiting for you!"

Dai Guangming's shout came from far away, Long Bisheng smiled and quickened his pace.

The moment of your dreams has arrived!At this time, it's not time to think about other things, but to concentrate all your energy on the game!

Ding Yu watched Long Bisheng walk into the locker room, he coughed dryly.

"are you ready?"

(End of this chapter)