champion light

Chapter 1133 Win glory for the country
"Damn, there are so many people! They are all from us!" Zhang Shunfa's son was walking on the road leading to the Khalifa Stadium. Around him, there were people in red clothes like him. "Hmph, this time we must let Little Japan know how great we are!"

He shook his fist.

Zhang Shunfa didn't make a sound beside him, he carried a five-star red flag and walked silently, because he didn't walk fast, the flag hung down.

At this time, he opened his mouth and said to his son who was still looking around, "Help me pull up the flag."

The son obediently grabbed the hem of the national flag, and the two of them went one behind the other, and the hanging five-star red flag fluttered again.

In Doha, Qatar, outside the Khalifa Stadium, the five-star red flag is not only this side on Zhang Shunfa's shoulders.

Many Chinese fans came outside the stadium with national flags, and they wanted to let the Chinese flag float on the stands of the stadium.

However, these people, including Zhang Shunfa, encountered some trouble when entering the arena.

Stadium security does not allow them to bring the flagpole into the field.

In fact, in normal times, it is allowed, but this game is different.

Because the two sides of this game are the Chinese team and the Japanese team.

The Qatari police made up for all kinds of grievances and grievances between China and Japan, both in football and in history.

Someone specifically reminded them that the football match between China and Japan will be very hot, and the reaction of the fans needs to be closely monitored.They also specially went to read some news reports on the Asian Cup held in China in 2004. As long as there was a Japanese team game, there would be non-stop boos and curses in the sky above the stadium.

In the final final, because the Chinese team lost to the Japanese team, angry Chinese fans burned the Japanese flag after the game, and several riots occurred, causing some injuries and vehicle damage.

Therefore, this final will be a severe test for the Qatari police. It is necessary to strictly prevent the fans of the two teams from making trouble before and after the game. They must also be isolated in the stands to avoid large-scale conflicts.

For this reason, many things that were previously allowed to be brought into the stadium are now not allowed to be brought in.

Flagpoles are one of them.

Whether it is soft or hard, metal, plastic, wood, foam...all are not allowed to be brought in.

The flagpole is not allowed to enter, which makes it difficult for those Chinese fans.

How can the flag be waved without a flagpole?

Is the national flag brought from China so useless?
The Chinese fans are very depressed, but they must abide by the security requirements of the stadium, otherwise they will not even be able to enter the stadium, and they will not be able to watch the game live.

Reluctantly, everyone took out the national flag on the flagpole, left the flagpole outside the ticket gate, and went in with the national flag.

Zhang Shunfa and his son did the same.

After all, entering the stadium to watch the ball is the most important thing.

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When the Chinese team boarded the bus at the hotel, many Chinese fans and reporters gathered outside the hotel.

Many of these Chinese fans failed to buy tickets in the end. They had already given up their plans to go to the stadium to watch the game, so they came outside the hotel to send off the team.Since you can't cheer for the team on the spot, let's do it here.

They waved the five-star red flag and shouted: "Come on, Chinese team!"

After seeing this scene, a reporter sighed with emotion: "It was nothing more than that when the team went out to fight against Japan..."

The players waved and gave the fans a thumbs up through the windows after boarding the car.

Some players were infected by the emotions on the scene, and patted the five-star red flag on the chest of their sportswear with their hands.

This of course drew warm cheers from the fans at the scene.

Except that the Chinese fans are so enthusiastic.The hotel where the Chinese team stayed also specially prepared a banner for the Chinese team to go to the finals and hung it outside the hotel lobby, with Chinese and Arabic writing on it: "I wish the Chinese team a triumphant return!"

The Chinese team has lived here since they came to Doha. During this period, three other teams lived with them, but they were all eliminated.

In the end, only the Chinese team remained.

The hotel has provided them with services for more than half a month, and it is somewhat emotional.Naturally, they also hope that the Chinese team can win. In this way, they will be the hotel where the Asian champions stay.

Amidst the loud cheers and the sound of the shutter of the camera, the red bus on which the Chinese team was riding closed its doors and started slowly.

On both sides of the car body are printed cheering slogans prepared by the AFC for each participating team. The slogan of the Chinese team is: "Eternal Oriental Dragon".

When the reporters saw the bus going away, some people said with emotion: "For the first time, the slogan on the bus really fits the current situation of the Chinese team..."

When this slogan first came out, some domestic fans and media ridiculed that the Chinese team might not be worthy of such a domineering slogan, because Chinese football has never been a dragon, but a worm.

But in this Asian Cup, the performance of the Chinese team has proved that they are really a dragon, a giant dragon that soars into the sky, stirs thunder in the nine heavens, and changes the color of the situation!

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The players of the Chinese team were still discussing those enthusiastic fans when they drove out of the hotel.

Such enthusiastic cheers, they didn't hear much before this Asian Cup.Although they also had a record of winning games, compared with today's scene, it was all childish.

They can see the frenzied light on every fan's face.

This kind of light makes them feel very warm as if they are bathed in the light.

It's their fans, their supporters, and they fight for it.

Such is the meaning of existence of the Chinese national football team.

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When the Chinese team arrived at the stadium, the venue was almost full. When they went out to warm up, they were warmly welcomed by the Chinese fans. There were always cheers in their ears, and they never stopped.I really can't help but worry that the Chinese fans are shouting like this now, whether they will still have energy when the game comes.

And the Japanese fans also cheered for their own team, but I don’t know if it’s an illusion. I always feel that the Chinese fans are more prosperous in terms of momentum...

The Chinese team finished warming up and when they returned to the locker room, Gao Hongbo, as the team's head coach, was already waiting for them in the locker room.

On the white writing board beside him, Gao Hongbo wrote a sentence with a marker.

"Glory to the country."

When the players entered the locker room, he pointed to the four words he wrote and said to them: "This is the final of the Asian Cup. I don't ask for the process of this game, I just want the result. Because everyone knows that Chinese football has never won the Asian championship. Since we can enter the final, it is definitely not for the runner-up. So we must win and win the championship."

Gao Hongbo has been decompressing the team before, including when he talked about the Asian Cup in an interview with reporters. At that time, Rongguang had not joined the national team, so Gao Hongbo's expectations for the Asian Cup were different from what he is now.At that time, he said that the Chinese team will definitely use young people to play in the Asian Cup, because the main focus is on the 2011 World Cup qualifiers.

He said at the time that the Asian Cup results were not important.

But now, at this very moment, standing in the locker room of the visiting team at Khalifa Stadium, Gao Hongbo's statement and attitude are different.

He didn't tell everyone that the result of the game is not important, what matters is the process, enjoy the game, enjoy football or something.He also did not decompress the team, but put the pressure directly and nakedly on the shoulders of the Chinese team players.

Why not decompress at this time?

Because Gao Hongbo knows very well that pressure is what professional players must face, especially the players of the Chinese team.For a long time, people have believed that the reason why the Chinese team did not perform well is because the players have poor psychological quality and are not able to withstand pressure.

So since the Asian Cup is regarded as a training ground, learning to withstand pressure must also be part of their drills.

If they can't even bear such obvious pressure, how can the Chinese team hit the World Cup?
Besides, for games like the Asian Cup final, everyone has seen what happened outside the hotel and when warming up in the stadium.If I keep my eyes open and tell the players that the result is not important, even if we lose the game, it doesn't matter, you have already overfulfilled the task by reaching the final... Then Gao Hongbo feels that such lies that he can't convince himself can't really relieve the pressure on the players.

So it's better to just tell them how stressful they are.

Facing the pressure correctly and bravely challenging the pressure instead of evading it are the necessary qualities for a mature professional player.

After Gao Hongbo finished speaking what he wanted to say, he left a few minutes for the players, and he and the coaching staff all exited the locker room.

As soon as he left, Rong Guang stood up from his seat, and he wanted to say something.

Everyone also turned their attention to him.

Although Rong Guang is not the captain of the team, everyone is willing to listen to what he has to say.It's not because he's the most famous and earns the most on the team.It's because Rong Guang conquered these teammates step by step with his strength and charisma in the process of training and competing with everyone.

"To win glory for the country is a bit big, but also a bit empty." Rong Guang said. "My understanding is that winning glory for the country is actually fighting for those Chinese fans. I believe everyone can see how enthusiastic those fans are today? Have you seen their smiling faces? Are you willing to let them turn into crying faces after the game? Anyway, I don't want to. The reason why I joined the Chinese team is to make those fans happy.

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