long live football

The singing of "God Save the Queen" echoed in every corner of the Cape Town Stadium.

The flag of the red cross on a white background fluttered in the stands.

A black-haired, brown-eyed male fan faced the nearest camera lens and pulled down his jeans desperately. The black hair on his lower abdomen was exposed, and his underwear was almost... no, it was already exposed. He wore An England flag patterned underwear.

"Next game, next game! I'll be wearing nothing but paint in here! I love England! I love everything today!"

The camera turned away stiffly.

All the players of the Argentine team lined up neatly in the mixed interview area, and they walked into the player channel one by one.

No matter how the surrounding media called them, no one stopped, and no one was interviewed.

Messi walks in the middle of the team, he is undoubtedly the most attractive presence in the Argentine team.

All the reporters followed him the whole time, holding up their microphones and desperately trying to get close to him, while shouting Messi's name.

Maradona waved his arm to drive away reporters for Messi: "Go away! Messi does not accept interviews, don't harass us!"

When the Argentine team walked into the player tunnel, all the media were blocked by security in the mixed area.

The reporters were disappointed.

But their low mood was quickly made up for by another team that actively interviewed.

Joe Hart: "Goalkeeper? No, I think I'm a long way from the best goalkeeper in the world, but to be the best ever in England? I'm working towards that."

Rooney: "I love scoring goals. If I can score goals in the next game, I would be willing to endure another hair transplant operation!"

Welbeck: "I'm so excited, I'm so excited that I'm about to burn from the inside out!"

Beckham: "Since we have reached the semi-finals, why not go further?"

……

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!well done! — Ronaldo

We also easily won Ghana. Is this the rhythm of joining the finals? —— Boss Lars & Sven, I was eliminated, I wish you good luck in the future! — Thiago

I forgot to mention that they went to the night stadium for extra training after watching the game between England and Argentina, so our congratulatory text message is sent on behalf of everyone! — Lars & Sven I hate Bailey's crow's mouth! — Dante

Which box did you put the red tie you bought for me?I'm going to wear it to the semifinals. ——Boss Ronaldo, accept the results of my training for the past year and a half in the semi-finals! ——Portillo keeps working hard to help me make money! — Ferguson

Forget it, don't tell me.If Cassie and Ball ask me who I am cheering for by wearing a red tie, how should I answer?They have a good relationship with me at the club, support England?Will they be sad and support Spain?I don't want to lie. ——Ronaldo's game is very exciting. I will never say the phrase "the head coach of the national team is a job chosen by the elderly". You changed my mind. Maybe in a few years, I will find another job Try a job as a head coach. —— Mourinho just finished the interview in the mixed area, walked into the locker room and turned on his mobile phone. Carl's mailbox continuously popped out emails, and the reminder sounded for several minutes.

Looking up and looking around, Carl had a smile on his lips. He was not the only one who was constantly looking through the mailbox. Almost everyone in the England team was busy with their mobile phones.

At the same time, in the Argentine locker room, Messi, who had finished crying under the comfort of Maradona, was also sending text messages to his Barcelona friends Pique, Xavi, Iniesta and others: Help me avenge! QAQ - Messi

……

Prince William and Prince Harry visited the England dressing room together.

Before departure from London, the British media surrounded the princes of the British royal family at the airport and asked them: "Did you go to South Africa for the sake of bidding to host the World Cup in 2018?"

Prince William replied solemnly: "There are factors in this aspect, but I mainly went to cheer for England."

The British media laughed, and many people did not believe the prince's words.

But the reality is that Prince William attended every game of the England team, and he and his brother Harry perfectly interpreted what it means to be a "loyal and crazy England fan" in the stands.

The embarrassing photos of the two princes taken by the media in these 20 days are more than the sum of the past five years.

However, because they were worried about delaying the team's preparations, Prince William and Prince Harry decided to visit the locker room until after the big victory against Argentina.

They arrived at just the right time—most of the players had already washed off their sweat in hot showers, changed into fresh and clean jerseys, and gave out sweat to hide the smelly old jerseys in the hamper. I also sprayed a little perfume found in Beckham's closet in the air.

You know, 10 minutes ago, the air quality here was absolutely suffocating.Especially when the cleaners haven't taken away the laundry basket full of smelly socks.

Beckham is shaming the empty perfume bottles in his wardrobe.

The other players lowered their heads to button their buttons, and those who looked at their mobile phones looked at their mobile phones. Everyone did not look like a "perfume thief".

At this moment, the two princes opened the door and entered.

The atmosphere in the locker room froze for a moment, and then everyone got busy.

Those who picked their feet quickly put on socks, those who sprayed hairspray threw the bottle into the closet, those who looked in the mirror immediately turned around, those who hadn't put on their pants... covered the front with one hand and the back with the other.

Prince William looked around, pretending not to see the small movements of the Three Lions players: "Where is Carl?"

Prince Harry picked up the camera hanging on his chest and took a close-up of the wardrobe closest to him.

The England players looked at the camera in Prince Harry's hand with horrified eyes, and tried to reply in a normal voice: "The boss is going to see off his friends in the stands. He said he will be back in a while."

Prince Harry waved to everyone: "Don't worry, I don't have a hobby of taking pictures of people with disheveled clothes."

Lampard, who was wearing only his underwear, and Joe Hart, who was in a celestial state, couldn't help but sigh.

Beckham and Owen are very thankful that during the years in Munich, they followed Karl and got used to the dressing skills of always wrapping themselves tightly.

At this moment, Carl, who had just gone outside to breathe fresh air, also came back.

"Carl!" Prince William turned around and shook hands with Carl.

With a "click", Prince Harry, who was a temporary guest photographer, took a photo of the two of them.

"Just now I had a strong intuition - I must take this shot." Prince Harry shrugged and said, "Maybe it will become very meaningful in the future, and it will be called the 'handshake of the century' or something."

Here's to wishing Karl and Prince William good luck for their future summits.

Prince William smiled and winked at his brother.

Prince Harry took a camera and took a photo with the England players who were finally fully dressed.

Prince William stayed where he was and chatted with Karl: "If you need my help, you must speak up. Maybe I can help persuade the FA to increase the team's bonus?"

After the World Cup in South Africa, FIFA will distribute a bonus of 500 million euros to the third and third place teams, the runner-up will get 650 million euros, and the final champion will get 50 million euros.

The prize money promised to the national team by national football associations varies greatly. Spain has the highest prize money of 60 euros. Argentina, which has been eliminated by England, ranks second with 51 euros. England is 47.5 euros, and France is 39 euros. , Italy is 24 euros, Brazil is only 18.

It can be said that England's winning momentum in this World Cup is the best since 1966, so Prince William thought that if he could persuade the FA to give the national team players the highest winning bonus in history, maybe they could really give England a second place. Cup of God?

"The more bonuses, the better." Carl thought for a while, "But if you really want to contribute, there is another thing that can help you."

Prince William was very helpful: "What is it?"

Carl smiled and said, "Let Pele bless Spain before the semifinals!"

How big is the magic power of God's prophecy and the crow's mouth?

Paul, the "prophet" octopus at the Oberhausen Aquarium in the Ruhr area of ​​Germany, predicted that the German team would win before the match between Germany and Ghana. After Germany really defeated Ghana 4:0, the Ghanaian fans were boiling.

Boiled Squidward, Grilled Squidward, Sliced ​​Squidward, and beat Squidward with boxing gloves... The sales of octopus food in Ghana hit a new high within a week after they were eliminated by Germany.

Many Ghanaian fans really believe that it was because of Brother Squidward's prediction that Ghana lost the game.

In contrast, many fans in other countries regard Squidward as the spokesperson chosen by God, especially German fans, who worship Squidward very much.

There is also the famous "crow's mouth" Pele in world football. Before the quarter-finals, he was very optimistic that Brazil could beat the Netherlands, winning all the way to bring the sixth Hercules Cup back to Brazil.

Then the Brazilian team was eliminated by the Dutch team 1:2.

Before the opening of the World Cup, he was also optimistic that the South African final would be played between Brazil and another African team... Now, it is absolutely impossible for the South African team and the Brazilian team to appear in the World Cup final.

There have been too many inexplicable incidents in world football, and the football environment is relatively closed. Old players and young players have passed down beliefs and persistence from generation to generation, so football people are more or less superstitious.

Players who survived the prophecy/curse will feel very lucky, while players who are hit by the prophecy/curse will more or less leave some shadows in their hearts-it is equivalent to the former automatically blessing the lucky state psychologically, and the latter automatically blessing the negative state. state.

The closer it is to the eve of an important game, the easier it is for a player's state to be affected by their mood.

After the semi-finals, every game will be a battle of life and death.

If you can add a psychological bumper to the team at this critical moment, why not do it?

"You are so bad!" Prince William winked at Carl: "But I like you!"

Carl straightened his tie solemnly: "You already have a girlfriend, I will never be a third party."

"..." Prince William: "Seriously, Karl, if you really achieved incredible results in South Africa, I would recommend the royal family to honor you—Sir Karl Alston, Sirkarl, doesn't it sound like that? Cool? And Grandmother has offered me to try to officiate an Honors ceremony within the next two years, and I'm really looking forward to being on the podium at Buckingham Palace with you."

"... I kneel down on one knee to you, and you lightly tap my shoulder with a sword?"

"Yes."

"Then I refuse—no, don't put on a dirty face, I'm talking about temporary refusal. Kneeling on one knee is too sacred. I haven't done it in my life. I need to kneel to someone first, and then it's my turn. your turn."

Prince William:"……"

"Shut up that curiosity on your face! Really, you're the heir to the throne, Billy, don't laugh like an entertainment reporter!"

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"Who are you? What are you doing here?" The stadium security came back from the toilet and found a strange man standing at the door of the England locker room.

"I, I just came in to find a toilet." The ordinary-dressed youth stammered and replied, "I got lost."

"What happened?" Karl heard the commotion outside and asked as he pulled the locker room door.

He saw the burly stadium security first, and then the young man who was standing almost close to the door.

It was a tall, skinny young man with blond hair, eyes with old-fashioned black frames, and many freckles on his cheeks and nose.

Karl couldn't help noticing each other, because the young man had been looking at him with fiery eyes since Karl appeared.

"I found this young man secretly standing at the door of the locker room, and the door was not closed at the time, with a crack open." The security guard said dutifully, "I suspect that he is a reporter and wanted to take photos secretly. If you are also worried about this, I can take him back to the security room for questioning."

'The door is open?Perhaps Prince William forgot to lock the door when they left. ' thought Carl.

"I didn't take a sneak shot!" The young man retorted excitedly, "I've only been standing here for less than 3 minutes, and I didn't see anything, and I didn't bring a camera with me, so you can see for yourself!"

The security patrolled him suspiciously, and found no place to hide the camera, so he shrugged and motioned to Carl: This matter is up to your opinion. If you say strict enforcement, it will be strict, and if you let him go, let him go.

"England fans?" Karl asked.He noticed a small English flag embroidered on the other's coat.

"Yes, I'm also your fan." The young man said in a sleepwalking tone.

The two princes had been walking for a while, and the players were all dressed up and celebrating all the time, and they didn't say anything unspeakable. Karl thought about it and decided to let the fan leave by himself.

"Can I, can I take a photo with you?" the young fan stammered, and tremblingly took out a mobile phone from his jeans pocket.

"no problem."

So the security made a temporary cameo and took a photo of Carl and the fan.

After the photo was taken, Carl turned and walked into the locker room, and closed the door tightly.

For him, this is just one of thousands of small episodes of interacting with fans.

But for that "fan", it is a complex memory worth remembering for a lifetime, but it is both sweet and sour.

"Gary, did you catch it?" The editor-in-chief of The Sun called a few minutes later.

"What did you capture? The prince meeting with the Three Lions players? Or the England team changing clothes?" Gary Jeb pushed his glasses and said into the microphone: "No, there is no great shot, the princes have already left. There was security patrolling the locker room door, so I didn't get a chance to sneak in."

"So you got nothing?" The editor-in-chief was surprised: "I find it incredible, this is not like your style."

"I'm not God, and of course I'm not omnipotent."

After hanging up the phone, Gary Jeb's expression suddenly became a little downcast.

'Didn't recognize me, I don't blame him, but I have dyed my hair, why don't you look at me more?Could it be that the gold tone is not authentic enough? '

……

"Germany beat Argentina 4:1 to advance to the semi-finals, Rooney made a great contribution with a pass"

"The old horse lost and hugged his daughter and cried bitterly, Messi's locker room shed tears silently"

"Argentina don't cry for me tonight, see you in Brazil in four years"

"England crushed Argentina, the hatred added bloody scene"

"It is inevitable for Argentina to stop in the quarter-finals, the team needs to be rebuilt"

"Arab media blasts Tevez scolding teammates after the game: We are powerless to stop the counterattack! "

"The whole England team speaks loudly: the semi-finals are by no means the end"

"The President of FIFA is optimistic about the Three Lions: This is the strongest England I have ever seen"

"Bosque starts psychological warfare in advance: Spain will win the semi-finals"

"The "Crow's Mouth" Ball King Pele poured cold water on Bosque: I am also optimistic about Spain in the semi-finals" "Bosque: I am not superstitious, I don't believe in the ball king's curse at all"

"The World Cup stadium becomes a runway again, and Auston staged a fashion show on the sidelines"

"Auston science fans in the world: African winter should be dressed like this"

Outdoor cafe in Cape Town, South Africa.

After seven or eight female fans of different skin colors yelled at the newspaper: "So handsome and charming!", they were finally willing to check out and leave.

After they left, Ronaldo, wearing a hat, scarf and sunglasses, put down the newspaper in front of his face.

He flicked the photo on the largest page in the newspaper, and grinned with white teeth: "My Carl is just handsome!"