There is a dream called football

Chapter 295 The Enthusiastic Host
When we came to the venue, there were a lot of stars, and basically all the big names in football from all over the world came. The World Cup, this is a grand event in the football circle every four years.

Li Qiao was dressed in a neat suit, and he walked into the venue with Zhu Guanghu and his teammates. Because there are quite a lot of Chinese officials in the AFC now, I have to greet them occasionally.

After sitting in their seats, everyone began to quiet down. A middle-aged man in a neat suit walked into the venue. He is the current director of FIFA's public relations department, Hiegler, and he is the host of the draw.

He is partnered with German supermodel Heidi Klum. This is also the practice of each lottery, that is, FIFA officials are matched with a supermodel from the host country. What is more special this time is that the secretary-general of FIFA is not present.

Hiegler and Heidi walked onto the stage. Heidi looked glamorous in a royal blue dress today.

"You know, I don't have many German friends, are Germans really serious?" Hiegler laughed.

Heidi shook her head, "That's a very stereotyped impression, Germans can also be very enthusiastic."

The audience burst into applause.

"Okay, so do you usually watch football?"

"of course."

"What club do you like?"

"I like Dortmund."

"Not Bayern Munich?"

"I'm not a Bayern fan."

The scene shot was immediately shown to Beckenbauer, and everyone laughed. He is now the chairman of Bayern.

"Then let's welcome the distinguished guests tonight first."

The shots were taken of German politicians - German President Koehler, female Chancellor Merkel and former Chancellor Schroeder.

Then there are some big names in football, Rummenigge, Beckenbauer and so on.

There are also football stars outside Germany, such as Havelange, Cruyff, Pele and others.

In the end, of course, Blatter, the head of FIFA, played. He played together with German President Koehler, and the stage was handed over to him.

Li Qiao is very clear about Blatter's fate later, but he has to say that this old man's ability is first-rate. It can be said that without him, the commercial value of the World Cup would never have reached this level.

Blatter first showed off his language skills and greeted everyone at the scene in German.

Then there is the defending champion, the Brazilian Football Federation President Teixeira, who holds the Hercules Cup that has been preserved for 4 years. According to the regulations, the gold cup must be returned. He reluctantly handed over the Hercules Cup to Blatter

The latter handed over the Gold Cup to the German Football Association Chairman Wallfeld. This is a four-year handover, which indicates that the World Cup has officially entered the German moment.

Protracted applause rang out again, and then the venue fell silent, and the promotional video of the top 32 was played live.

Introducing the mentality of the top 32 to advance to Germany, Li Qiao saw the Chinese team, in the heavy snow, the Chinese team defeated Trinidad and Tobago, and advanced to the World Cup.

The promotional video lasted about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, but everyone watched it with enthusiasm. The top 32 present were all selected to enter the World Cup. They are the best 32 teams in the world.

Then there is another promotional film, this time showing the host country Germany, which focuses on the representatives of the three stages of German football history-Eckel, Beckenbauer, and Klinsmann.

The Germans at the scene were very proud. In the football world, the Germans can be proud. In the end, history came into reality. The new generation of German leader Michael Ballack entered the venue. The football on his feet was the star of the 2006 World Cup team.

This is a fusion of the past and reality. It has to be said that German football is currently in a weak stage, but the Germans have never given up on becoming stronger. Li Qiao knows that this is just the darkness before the dawn of German football.

Ballack handed over the football to Blatter, and at this point, the introduction of the top 32 and the hosts was over.

Then there was theatrical performance, first a quick magic show, the wonderful performance of the magician from Holland made everyone pleasing to the eyes.

Then the popular Latin singer Juanez performed the song "Black Shirt".

Li Qiao couldn't understand this song anyway, and he never knew there was such a person, but considering that among the countries participating in the World Cup, there are many teams from Latin America and the Caribbean, so maybe this one is very popular in the Spanish-speaking world, just like Andy Lau's status in the discourse world.

Finally, FIFA News Director Siegel appeared on the stage, and the draw ceremony officially began. The beautiful hostess Heidi and Siegel first introduced the process of the draw.

FIFA divides 32 teams into 4 pots, and Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and France are identified as the seeded teams.

Pot 2 consists of Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Tunisia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Australia.

Pot 3 consists of Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

The fourth tier is Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, the United States, South Korea, and China.

Serbia and Montenegro are special tiers, that is, X, because there are too many European teams, so there will definitely be a group with two European teams.

There is also the principle of drawing lots that at most 2 European teams can be in the same group, and teams from other continents cannot be in the same group.

Therefore, Serbia and Montenegro, which is listed in the special file, can only be in the same group as Brazil, Argentina or Mexico.

Germany is pre-assigned to A1, while Brazil is assigned to F1.This guarantees that the two teams can compete in the three largest stadiums in Germany. If the two teams qualify as the top group, they can only meet in the final.

This is also the prerogative of the host and the defending champion. There is nothing to say. Don't think that FIFA is a fair organization.

After the process is determined, then it will be a lottery guest. This time, each continental football association will choose one person.

Therefore, the guests participating in the lottery are relatively average.

Representatives of each continent and the next host, South Africa, are Pele, Cruyff, Matthaus, Mira, Kobe Jones, Masashi Nakayama, Karembu, and Radebe.

Among them, Masashi Zhongshan represents the AFC. China is still at a disadvantage. Li Qiao also hopes that through the efforts of his generation, Chinese players can represent the AFC in the future.

At this point, everyone retreated, including the beautiful German supermodel, and only Siegel and the guests who drew lots were left on the stage.

The most exciting moment is coming, the first step is the return of host Germany and defending champion Brazil.

There is no need to draw lots for this link, the computer automatically resets, and then there is the initial suspense, that is, who is B1, and the team in Group B will face Germany in the knockout round. Of course, the premise is that the German team will qualify, but it seems that the Germans are not worried.

As a result, B1 is England, which means that theoretically, there may be a battle between England and Germany in the quarter-finals.

(End of this chapter)