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Chapter 548 A Living Legend
"When the opening ceremony of the World Cup ended, people were only admiring the brilliance of the opening ceremony of the World Cup held in China—the product of pure oriental culture, a magnificent large-scale performance. After the opening game of the World Cup, people were just lamenting the strength of the Chinese national team, which is the main force and even the core of the top five European league teams. They swept the Jamaica team with a score of [-]-[-] in the opening game. Witnessing the birth of a legend, the disappearance of three records that were thought to be almost impossible to break, and the wonderful feeling of a great history."

A few years later, a famous reporter who watched the entire World Cup wrote in his memoirs.

In the first game, Jamaica was swept [-]-[-]. The top scorer Long Bisheng scored twice, and the left attacker and captain Messi each scored a goal. This is a wonderful start for the Chinese team.

Of course, such a wonderful performance of the Chinese team has also attracted the attention of other teams. After all, such a strong host is not good news for all teams aspiring to win the World Cup.

Therefore, when the first round of the World Cup group stage ended and the second round of the Chinese team's match against Slovakia began, the number of scouts from various countries who had already been in the stands more than doubled, paying close attention to the performance of the Chinese national team and observing the performance of several important Chinese players.

However, when the starting lineup of the Chinese team appeared in front of them, everyone from all walks of life immediately stared dumbfounded-compared with the first group match, the starting lineup of the Chinese team changed eight players-almost changed all over, except for goalkeeper Wu Bufan and two forwards Long Bisheng and Messi, the other eight players were different from the previous game!
"Is Ding Yu insane?"

Not only the scouts were dumbfounded, but even the Chinese fans in the stands raised questions one after another. If Long Bisheng and Messi were not still on the field, the fans would have booed to express their dissatisfaction with Ding Yu.

The substantial rotation of the lineup in the World Cup without qualifying for the group stage seems to be explained only by brain damage.

However, the process of the game made all the scouts shut their mouths, and made all the Chinese fans happy-even though most of the lineup was rotated, the Chinese team still defeated Slovakia [-]-[-] without dispute.

The Chinese team, which has won two consecutive victories without conceding a goal, has almost won the first place in the group ahead of schedule. As long as they don’t lose to Chile in the next game, they will be able to qualify as the first place in the group.

Although they are in a weaker group, those who can enter the World Cup will not be good, but the Chinese team used two sets of almost completely different lineups, and won two consecutive victories coquettishly and romantically. It is so easy to win the World Cup finals. How can some old fans not be full of emotion.

In the past, I wanted to go out of Asia and go to the world. Now I play the Asian qualifiers as a warm-up match. In addition to being able to win, I also run in the team by the way; I used to try my best to win a game or even score a goal in the World Cup finals, but now I easily won the right to qualify in the group stage. The changes in the past 20 years are really too big...

On the night when the Chinese team only retained Long Bisheng as the main force, won the third victory in the group again, and took the lead in completing the group match, two old people who watched Chinese football go all the way gathered together.

The 67-year-old Xu Bing is already full of gray hair. He reached the retirement age seven years ago and now he has retired to the second-tier Football Association. Due to his poor health, he basically didn't care about anything. At the same time, he had a heart problem, so he didn't even watch the ball. However, after the start of this World Cup, he broke the doctor's ban and began to cheer for the Chinese team at home.

And that night, 54-year-old Pei Wei found his home with a wine bottle.

The age difference of 13 years is not considered a year-end friendship for people of their age, but considering the nearly 20 years of friendship between them, the two who became friends at the beginning can be regarded as a year-end friendship.

Looking at Pei Wei who was still full of black hair and full of energy, Xu Bing laughed sincerely: "You guy, you are still so energetic!"

"No, I used to dye my hair every two months, but now I have to dye it once a month!" Pei Wei said modestly, "Old Xu, if you dye your hair like me, people will think you are about the same age as me!"

"I love to hear that." Xu Bing laughed: "Why, you, a man of the European football world, why did you suddenly think of me, a retired old man, today?"

"You're not blaming me for not coming to see you, are you? It seems that you are living a lonely life..." Pei Wei opened the wine: "Why, can I have a drink?"

Pei Wei knew that he probably couldn't drink Xu Bran in the past, but this is a genius who can kill a bottle of "Martell" in one gulp.However, for people who are old and have heart problems, alcohol is probably something that cannot be touched.

"Come on, I'm in good health recently." Xu Bing swallowed his saliva and nodded. It seems that under the control of the medical staff, this former Dionysus-level figure was very greedy for alcohol.

Naturally, what Pei Wei brought was not high-end wine, but a bottle of expensive red wine, which was immediately filled for both of them, and after touching each other lightly, they each took a sip.

Feeling the complex taste of red wine in his mouth, Pei Wei sighed: "After watching these three games, it's really not enjoyable... Think about 92 years, I smashed a TV, think about 98 years, I was so angry that I went straight to you and recommended Rafael as the head coach of the national team..."

Hearing what Pei Wei said, Xu Bing's eyes also began to become confused. Those hard and difficult days, 20 years of years, 20 years of hard work, 20 years of business, and some luck, finally let Chinese football complete the 20-year journey of world football in 100 years.

"Recalling the past, the years are thick." Xu Bing couldn't help but chanted in a long voice.

"Classmate Qia is young and in full bloom; he is full of scholarly spirit, scolding Fang Qiu, pointing out the country, and inspiring words, and the dung and dirt were thousands of households back then." Pei Wei also took it in time, and then laughed: "Have you ever remembered that the night of Jinzhou was full of tears and rain?"

"In the first match against Iran in the top ten match in 98, the entire Golden State was in tears... But now, in the World Cup, we all won so easily." Xu Bing said with emotion: "It was in its prime, it was really in its prime back then, but now, it's getting old."

"So what? We thought we would never see the chance of the Chinese team standing on top of the world in our lifetime, but now we are still alive and can see the gratifying changes with our own eyes. In this life, we are worth it!" Pei Wei said loudly: "Do you remember that sentence? Do you remember the famous saying of Paul Korchagin who encouraged us countless times when we were young?" The most precious thing in a person is life, and life belongs to us only once. Human life should be spent like this: When he looks back, He will not regret for wasting his life, nor be ashamed of his mediocrity in the past. In this way, when he is dying, he can say: My whole life and all my energy are dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world-struggling for the liberation of mankind. "Although we have not fought for the liberation of mankind all our lives, we have also contributed everything we can to the take-off of Chinese football."

"That's right, that's right." Xu Bing smiled: "We should be proud of the Chinese team's performance today."

"Cheers, Old Xu!" Pei Wei raised his cup: "Let's wish the Chinese team the championship of this World Cup! They are the strongest and the best, and they have one billion Chinese fans as their solid backing! Now I am looking forward to the end of this World Cup. I have a strong feeling that this will be a shocking World Cup!"

Pei Wei firmly believed that the Chinese team could win the World Cup this year, but even he did not expect that this World Cup is not only a shocking World Cup, but also a far-reaching World Cup that was regarded as the supreme classic by later fans!

This is a World Cup in which offense is popular, strong teams emerge in endlessly, and outstanding shooters can be seen everywhere.

Brazil's Pato, Argentina's Aguero, Italy's Balotelli, Spain's Bojan, England's Wayne Rooney, Uruguay's Suarez, France's Benzema, Germany's Gomez... This is a shooter's World Cup. Almost all the famous shooters are absent from this World Cup, and their performances are also exceptionally good!

Among these forwards, there are veterans and rookies. At the same time, they are also the main scoring points of these world-class teams. Only after the end of the group stage, these strikers have scored goals. Like Gomez, he continued the outstanding scoring rate of his predecessor Miroslav Klose in the World Cup. He scored four goals in three games in the group stage!

However, the limelight of these super shooters was overshadowed by Long Bisheng without exception—Long Bisheng scored a terrifying seven goals in the three group matches he participated in!In addition to scoring twice in the first two group matches, he didn't stay strong in the last game. Instead, he destroyed Chile's defense alone and scored a hat-trick!
He scored seven goals in the group stage—you must know that the total number of goals scored by Long Bisheng in the last World Cup was only this number, and this number made him the top scorer of that World Cup!
This is just the group stage!If the Chinese team can enter the final, who knows how many goals he can score?

Fourteen goals have been scored in the two World Cups. This number is only one goal away from the record of scoring fifteen goals in the World Cup final stage set by the talented Brazilian striker Ronaldo.

And after thinking about this, another almost-forgotten record began to surface quietly, that is, the "Fontaine record" that was mentioned before every World Cup before the 21st century, the super record of scoring [-] goals in the final stage of a World Cup!

Seven in three games, how many can be scored in seven games?

Although the football game is not a simple arithmetic problem, everyone can't stop thinking, can Long Bisheng do this?If he can really do it, then he will make all the fans all over the world crazy about it!
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Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Long Bisheng and the Chinese team began to continue the legend of this World Cup.

In the quarter-finals, the Chinese team faced Portugal. Long Bisheng opened the scoring for the team. Although Portugal once tied the score, Dai Guangming hit a world wave 30 meters away after receiving a wonderful goal from Messi. The Chinese team defeated Portugal [-]-[-] with difficulty and entered the quarterfinals.

After the game, many media expressed concerns about the state of the Chinese team. Portugal is no longer considered a top European team, but the Chinese team, which had no opponents in the group stage, played very hard. At the same time, although Long Bisheng scored a goal, it made his hope of breaking the [-]-goal record dimmed. Portugal obviously strengthened its defense against Long Bisheng.

Fans and the media who hold this point of view have overlooked one thing-in the previous World Cups, the teams aspiring to win the championship have always performed the worst in the first game of the knockout stage. If they can survive this level, their state will become better and better after deliberately adjusting!
For example, in 94, Brazil only beat the United States by one goal in the quarter-finals. In 98, France was almost dragged into the quagmire of penalty kicks by Paraguay. In 02, if it wasn’t for a controversial offside ball, Brazil might have fallen at the feet of Belgium.

Consciously suppress the players' state, let their state be gradually stimulated, and finally reach a peak in the final - although this approach is very risky, it is necessary, because few players can maintain a high level of state for four consecutive knockout games.

After breaking through the Portuguese hurdle, the state of the Chinese team began to get better and better.

In the quarter-finals, China met Germany. Germany, led by Marin, Ozil and Toni Kross, swept away the previous boring style of play in this World Cup and went all the way to the quarterfinals with aggressive offensive style. They are the strongest opponents that the Chinese team has encountered so far.

However, the Chinese team also played at a high level in this game, using excellent defense to prevent a group of talented attackers from Germany from breaking through the gate of the Chinese team. In the second half, Long Bisheng's lightning strike helped the Chinese team score the only goal and advance to the semi-finals!

When the news came, the Chinese fans were naturally rejoicing, but there were also many fans who cared about Long Bisheng sighing, scoring nine goals in five games, although this is also a terrifying number, it seems impossible to surpass Fontaine's record...

If it was not Argentina in the semi-finals, maybe Long Bisheng would not have done this, but in the semi-finals, the opponent of the Chinese team was the Argentine team, an opponent that Long Bisheng has been brooding about for four years.

The grievances that Long Bisheng accumulated over the past four years are quite terrifying. Normally, Long Bisheng seldom cared about anything in particular, but the loss to Argentina in the final of the last World Cup made him hold back for four years.

If other teams do not lack super shooters, then Argentina does not have a shooter with particularly good scoring ability, but they have a terrifying attack group-the trident composed of Aguero, Higuain and Tevez is the world's number one. Apart from Argentina, even Brazil may not be able to find so many super-class attackers. The last World Cup was able to win the World Cup on the territory of arch-enemy Brazil, and their attack group played the greatest role.

Trident's performance in this game is still excellent. They let the Chinese team's gate fall three times, but Long Bisheng's performance alone covered up their brilliance-a hat-trick and only tied the score.

Twelve goals in six games!what does that mean?
This result set a series of world records in the final held at Yunjiafengyun Stadium - the most TV stations broadcasting, the most people watching the game, the most people following this game... But these records were overwhelmed by Long Bisheng's performance in the final!
Another hat trick!Long Bisheng, who had completely shaken off the shadow of the defeat four years ago, was unstoppable in the game. He destroyed the entire defense line of Brazil by himself, [-] to [-]. His performance made the hard fight that was expected before the game easier!
"The first team outside of South America and Europe to win the World Cup, the first shooter to score [-] goals in a single World Cup final, the first shooter to score more than [-] goals in a World Cup final, the second striker to perform a hat-trick in a World Cup final... If this is not a legend, what is it? When Long Bisheng scored the third goal, I didn't realize what it meant. When the game was over, I thought about it, and then I exclaimed: 'My God! What did this guy do!'”

(End of this chapter)