Chinese champion

Chapter 91: Christmas Eve: Watching the Battle

On the brightly lit street, there are bustling people everywhere. The shops on both sides of the street are full of smiling shop assistants wearing Christmas hats, and there are even quite a few shop assistants dressed as Santa Claus standing outside the shops. Distributing Christmas gifts to some children.

In the distance, fireworks kept rising into the sky, and then exploded with a "bang" when they reached the peak, turning into a brilliant firework and falling slowly, dressing up the dark night sky in colorful colors.

As night falls, rainbow-like lights across Oxford Street, Piccadilly Avenue and Regent Street reflect the bustling shopping crowds and the Christmas snowflakes and discount words in the windows, creating a strong festive atmosphere.

"Wow, it's so beautiful. The atmosphere of Christmas here is indeed much stronger than in China." Zhu Jun exclaimed.

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Pei Wei said, "Christmas is a foreign festival. There was no Christmas in China before. In China, only young people celebrate it. In Britain, Christmas is equivalent to our Spring Festival. ah."

Wu Qi asked Li Min: "How is it? Where are you going to take us to play? You are also a half-landlord, right?"

Li Min replied mysteriously: "Don't worry, I'm ready, now we have three choices, it depends on what you want to do."

Pei Wei and others surrounded him when they heard the sound, and Zhu Jun was the most impatient: "What choice, tell me!"

"It's not the busiest time yet. It won't be until after 11 o'clock. It's still early, so I've arranged a few programs for your reference."

Several people looked at him with hopeful eyes, Li Min cleared his throat: "First, go back to the hotel, I prepared a set of mahjong, brothers, play a few rounds, and come out after 11 o'clock..."

Before the words were finished, several other people had already kicked him in the air: "Fart! How many of us came here from all over the world to play mahjong with you? You gambler, let the British police catch you later!" What should we do? Then we are honored to be a typical example of the London Royal Police’s arrest of gambling.”

Li Min couldn't avoid it: "Slow down! Don't do anything first, then let's talk about the second one. Shall we go ice skating?"

Zhu Jun was a little moved, but Wu Qi resolutely refused: "I won't go!" Hu Yong also said: "Don't go skating, what if you get hurt? It would be bad to affect the game. It's not good."

Zhu Jun sighed: "It's a pity that my young master is still planning to meet some British girls at the skating rink. Now there is no hope..."

"Cut!" The other six people stretched out their middle fingers to despise him.

Zhang Qi knocked Li Min on the head: "What are you doing, you have prepared these things for so long? I really doubt your ability to do things! Bai has been here for half a year, and there is nothing interesting about it. do you know?"

Li Min shrugged his shoulders: "Then there is only the last item, how about finding a private room and we go to karaoke?"

Pei Wei asked suspiciously: "Are there any Chinese songs in the private KTV room here? I can't sing English songs."

Li Min looked like an idiot: "Don't you know that this street is Chinatown? Tell you, there are all kinds of songs, whether they are Chinese or British. You can sing to your heart's content."

"Then why are you still standing here? It's too boring. Go!" Zhu Jun said impatiently.

"OK! Come with me!"

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"My future is not a dream, I live every minute seriously..." Wu Qi sang hoarsely while holding the microphone, and several others hid in the box near the wall, covering their ears to resist Wu Qi's "magic sound" ".

Finally, after Wu Qi finished singing, the six talents put down their ears one after another, and began to attack mercilessly.

"Oh my God, are you singing? It's murder!" These were Zhu Jun's words.

"Especially when you are completely out of tune and so loud, you are completely basing your happiness on our pain!" This is what Pei Wei said.

"Don't speak all the five-tone sounds. Your 'Xiangfan Putonghua' is really ugly. Please, don't embarrass the Chinese people, okay?" These are Zhang Qi's words.

"Don't say you know us when you go out later, you can't afford to lose that person!" This was what Du Wei said.

"Come on, I said I wouldn't sing, but you insisted on me singing, and now you're calling me a brother?"

Li Min made a bitter face: "It's over, the boss here knows me, you guys pat your ass and leave, I will stay here for a few more years, I will be laughed at now!"

Wu Qi, who ran away, rushed over and wrestled with Li Min. The other guys who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic had no intention of persuading the fight. Instead, they whistled and booed to cheer for both sides.

Slowly, the few people got tired of teasing, and let go of their hands weakly, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly they burst into laughter together.

"Damn, we're all grown-ups now, and we're still like children. Alas, I'm so tired. It's more tiring than playing a game." Pei Wei reluctantly crawled from the ground to the sofa and sat down, panting and said, "My waist ah……"

Li Min took out his mobile phone and checked the time: "Well, it's almost 11 o'clock, let's go out, London will be very lively tonight."

The future Chinese football superstars who were in high spirits got up one after another, tidied up the clothes that had been crumpled due to teasing, and walked onto the street one after another.

"Sure enough, it's very lively. Who said there are many Chinese people, but I think there are also many British people!"

As soon as the seven people arrived on the street, they were sucked into the turbulent crowd and were almost scattered. Zhang Qi asked Li Min strangely: "These people don't want to stay at home, where are they going?"

Li Min smiled and said, "Of course I went to the downtown square! That's the focus of tonight!"

On Trafalgar Square in central London, the so-called tallest Christmas tree in the world was erected a few weeks ago. In Fargar Square, on the stage in the middle of the square, the presenter was passionately announcing the name of the show, and dozens of actors were standing by.

Zhu Jun asked Pei Wei: "Didn't you stay in Europe for three years? What's your Christmas like?"

Pei Wei smiled slightly: "I spent three years of Christmas in bars in Europe. Christmas is also the best time for bar business. After the bar is closed, I will go back to the dormitory and have a good night's sleep. Spend Christmas Eve peacefully."

He looked up at the huge lights on the Christmas tree: "I miss those days very much. Although it was very lonely, every day was very fulfilling. Now life is better than before, because it is as fulfilling as before, and I am no longer lonely, because I know that in Europe, I am not alone. Now you are fighting with me. Although we are not in the same city, I can feel that your company makes me no longer feel lonely. "

The six people were all moved by his words, Zhu Jun put Pei Wei on the shoulder: "That's right, although we are not in the same city, we are playing the same football under the same sky."

Wu Qi also put his hand up: "No matter what time it is, our 'Hubei Handsome Threesome' will always be of one mind!"

"Haha!" Zhang Qi also put her hand up: "Now it should be called 'China Tour Europe Handsome Guys Group'! Because there are four more of us, there is no geographical difference, because we are all from China!"

The hands of the seven people were tightly clasped together, feeling the deep affection between friends.

At this time, the voice of the host came to my ears: "Dear friends, the bell of the new year is about to ring, let us pray to the Lord and bless our friends!"

Tens of thousands of people in the square counted down neatly to the Christmas bells: "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! Merry Christmas!"

Ten huge fireworks exploded in the air, and countless colored strips and confetti flew into the sky. People in the square, whether they knew or didn’t know each other, wished each other loudly: “Merry Christmas!”

The seven of them couldn't help being immersed in the joyous atmosphere and blended into the happy crowd around them.

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People celebrating Christmas came and went quickly. Less than half an hour after the Christmas bell rang, the street that was still buzzing just now became deserted, leaving only confetti and ribbons all over the place.

The seven people slowly left Trafalgar Square and returned to Chinatown. They were still in good spirits after an afternoon of sleep. Instead of going back to the hotel, they took a leisurely walk in Chinatown, chatting about their feelings topic of interest.

They chatted excitedly and walked out of Chinatown unknowingly. Pei Wei, who was not familiar with the situation, did not realize that they came to another street, but Li Min, who was the only familiar with the terrain, was having a lively chat with Hu Yong. while ignoring changes in surrounding locations.

It wasn't until the bored Du Wei saw two blonde girls in heavy clothes winking at them that he felt something was wrong, and he poked Li Min quietly: "What place is this?"

Li Min then raised his head, looked around, and suddenly became very embarrassed: "This... seems to be Soho District."

"Soho?" Pei Wei asked, "What's the place?"

Li Min hesitated: "It's... the most famous Happy Street in London..."

"Isn't it?" The six of them asked in unison. After shopping on Happy Street, these guys really have character.

"Yeah!" Li Min said with a wry smile, "Turn around, let's go, it will be troublesome if you get entangled, the next street is Chinatown, let's go back quickly!"

The seven of them didn't dare to stay, and turned around quickly and ran away. Hearing the charming laughter of the woman behind them, they didn't even dare to turn their heads, and ran back to Chinatown in one breath.

Zhu Jun was still stubborn: "Even if it is Happy Street, what's the big deal? We didn't do anything, so we just walked back slowly?"

Li Min smiled wryly: "You don't know, London's Happy Street is very dangerous. London's Happy Street and Chinatown are next to each other, and they are probably the two dirtiest neighborhoods in London. Newspapers have reported that in London's In Happy Street, especially in small-scale pornographic establishments, shopkeepers almost rely on cheating customers to survive; especially Chinese tourists, once you enter and sit, a beautiful woman will come by and talk to you; within three sentences, the shopkeeper will bring you a cup Colorful drinks are given to beauties; for this drink, you should pay hundreds of pounds for drinks. If you don’t pay, but the drink list is clearly printed on them, you will be dumb if you give it. Such a powerful country, you foreigners have suffered and have nothing to reason about.”

Zhang Qi patted his chest: "It's so risky. Fortunately, we were not fooled. Fortunately, we are not very famous and no reporter followed us. Otherwise, when they saw us coming out of that place, they thought we had done something. When the time comes, we will report to you." Once it's in the papers, my God, we'll be discredited!"

After this false alarm, the seven of them no longer had the heart to play on the street, so they returned to the hotel where they were staying and had a leisure time in the playground underground of the hotel.

Pei Wei was bowling with Wu Qi, Hu Yong, Li Min and Du Wei, while Zhu Jun took Zhang Qi to play billiards. Zhang Qi was known as the "No. Invincible, and Zhu Jun's level is not bad, and he lost only a slight disadvantage in several fights with Zhang Qi. He was always unconvinced and seized the opportunity today, so he challenged Zhang Qi again.

The seven played until two o'clock in the morning before returning to their heart's content. Li Min returned to the team to participate in training the next afternoon. On the 26th, the six went to Southampton with Tottenham to watch Southampton's home game against Tottenham. Tottenham game.

"Wow! The Premier League fans are really fanatical, no wonder they have so many football hooligans." Zhu Jun's words made it hard to tell whether he was praising or sarcastic.

Fortunately, it was in the box. Otherwise, if the British fans knew about it, Zhu Jun would have lost a few parts even if he could walk out of the stadium safely.

In the Dell Stadium in Southampton, the fanatical home fans created a warm atmosphere, constantly singing the team's team song.

More than 3000 Tottenham fans who came with the team were not to be outdone. Fans from both sides began to challenge. If you are louder, I will be louder than you. Even the cold weather seems to be changing under the enthusiasm of fans from both sides. Gotta warm up.

As expected, Li Min started the game, and he was still playing the position of central defender, which he is best at.

The game started, and the Southampton team at home took the lead in launching a fierce attack. They are a typical British style of play, frequently lobbing the ball from the wings to the center, and creating opportunities for teammates through the high center forward Beatty's header.

Beatty is a new striker who has emerged in the Premier League in the past one or two years. He is tall, but his feet are also very delicate. In the first half of the season, he has scored [-] goals, second only to Arsenal. Henry, Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy and Newcastle's veteran Shearer, ranked fourth in the Premier League scorer list.

But Tottenham in the away game obviously didn't want to catch it without a fight. Li Min kept a close eye on Beatty. He was not inferior to Beatty in terms of height, physique and agility. For a while, Southampton's attack only bloomed, but failed. , and Tottenham's two strikers Sheringham's skills and experience and Robbie Keane's speed have caused a lot of trouble for Southampton's defense.

Seeing that the scene was at a stalemate, Hu Yong praised: "Xiao Lizi has made great progress in the past six months, whether it is man-marking skills or physical confrontation, he has improved to a higher level. It seems that the suffering on Henry is not in vain. .”

"But that Beatty can't be underestimated. His impact is really strong, and he doesn't suffer from Li Min's body, but the gap between them is still in experience." Pei Wei said.

Sure enough, in the 306th minute of the first half, Southampton took a corner kick. Another striker blocked Li Min's way. Beatty, who got rid of Li Min's stalking, rushed forward and hit a powerful lion shake. The goalkeeper couldn't make a save. 1:0, Southampton took the lead.

After another battle in a different place, Li Min was even more energetic, while Beatty seemed to be unable to keep up with his physical strength, and gradually lost his edge.

Tottenham, who had stabilized their position, began to counterattack. No.703 minutes, Li Min pushed Southampton's cross out of the penalty area. Tottenham midfielder Redknapp made a beautiful long pass. Keane received the ball Counterattacked and created a corner.

Redknapp took a corner kick, and Sheringham made a clever header to ferry. Li Min, who was inserted from the back row, leaped high, and with the help of the momentum, the header quickly flew into the net. The goalkeeper did not respond, and also took advantage of a corner kick, and Tottenham equalized the score.

"The Premier League team's set kicks are very good." Hu Yong sighed: "These two teams didn't have a few chances throughout the game. They just scored two goals by relying on corner kicks. The success rate of set kicks is very high."

"This is also the characteristic of the Premier League team. Good physical strength and tall stature are the characteristics of their players. You can see how fast their offensive and defensive rhythm is. The ball is flying back and forth on both sides. Their players rush up and down without getting tired. No wonder the Premier League players have good physical strength." Pei Wei said.

While a few people were chatting, the whole game ended, and finally the two sides fought 1:1, and everyone was happy.

After the game, they returned to London. After playing in London for a few days, the six of them returned to their teams one after another. The holiday is coming to an end, and they are also ready to start training. The new year is coming to them .

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