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Chapter 1162 One step away

The Chinese team's second warm-up match against Honduras is still in Wuhan.

This is good, lest the fans of the Chinese team go to the north and south of the river with the team, and have to change two cities for just two games, and the accommodation and travel expenses will have to double.

In fact, this has always been the case in the past. Every game has to change places.

Although on the surface, there are only seven home courts for the Chinese team, namely BJ's Workers Stadium, Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium, Wuhan Sports Center, Tianjin Olympic Sports Center, Changsha Helong Stadium, Shaanxi Provincial Sports Center and QHD Olympic Sports Center.

But in fact, in the past few years, the Chinese team's warm-up matches have spread all over the country.

This is because to host the match of the Chinese team, the organizer has to pay expenses including the hosting fee, security, venue rent, hotel accommodation, and local football association management fees. If it is a purely market behavior, cost recovery can only be achieved through two major interests: the box office and on-site advertising. Among these two interests, the box office is the lifeline.According to the current market situation, the cost of an ordinary international A-level warm-up match (non-European and American traditional strong teams) is about 200 million yuan. Excluding various free tickets, the number of real ticket buyers needs to reach about 2 people, plus some on-site advertising rights. The organizer can recover the cost.However, given the situation of the Chinese team in the past two years, it was not easy to actually sell 220 tickets in the football market. There was an example before that, a certain city hosted a friendly match, and the organizer invested 3000 million yuan, and more than [-] people attended to barely survive.

Because the performance of the Chinese team is really bad. They failed to make it to the top ten in two consecutive World Cup qualifiers. The expectations of Chinese football fans for the national football team have been reduced to the lowest level.

The cities where these seven stadiums are located are not willing to host the Chinese team's games, and the Chinese team can only move to second- and third-tier cities.

To be precise, 2008 was a turning point. In 2008, the Chinese team was eliminated in the top [-] of the World Cup qualifiers in South Africa. In the same year, the Olympic team's humiliating performance in the Olympic Games made the reputation of Chinese football completely stink.

Since then, the Chinese team has started a life of ups and downs.For every national team game, Ford Bao, which is in charge of the business of the Chinese team, needs to look around for places willing to take over the Chinese team's games.I often make countless phone calls, and others will give the Chinese team a soft nail. At that time, there is no need to talk about the hosting fee. Finding a place that is willing to take over the national team's game is a victory.

The development trajectory of Chinese football over the years can be seen only from the matter of hosting the venue.

In the hottest era of Chinese football, cities around the world would have to break their heads if they wanted to host the national team's matches. The staff of the Football Association and Fortebao Company didn't have to worry about no one else, they just had to choose the one with the highest bid.

But then they went around begging for help, begging grandpa to tell grandma, hoping that a city could host the Chinese team's game.

This gap is really unacceptable.

Things are looking better now.Because after the return of glory, the performance of the Chinese team has fundamentally improved. Gao Hongbo's team not only plays well, but also wins.Winning the Asian Cup championship was a turning point. Since then, the Chinese team's games have become popular again, and various cities are vying to host them.

Even the seven major cities stipulated in the past are now rushing to host national competitions.You must know that among the seven cities in the past, only Xi'an in Shaanxi and Changsha in Hunan were the most active, while Shanghai and BJ were the least active.

Now the Chinese team's football market is hot, and every game is full of popularity. The warm-up games in Kunming before the Asian Cup have shown signs of this.

Every warm-up match can attract fans from all over the country. Although the influx of these people will bring certain security and traffic pressure to the city hosting the match, it can greatly promote the prosperity of local hotel accommodation and catering in the host city.

The stands of the competition stadium were full, and the box office revenue surged. This also brought the merchants' enthusiasm for the on-site billboards, so the investment promotion work for the on-site billboards went very smoothly. Even for a billboard with a good location, several companies would spend money on each other to raise prices...

So now the undertaking fee of 200 million RMB is nothing at all.

The box office revenue and advertising revenue can make the organizer earn a lot of money.Not to mention the influx of a large number of fans will drive other income for the city.

This time Wuhan won the right to host two warm-up matches.

The sports center, which can accommodate 6 people, was full of seats in the first game, and the ticket revenue alone was enough for Wuhan to pay back.

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The second game against Honduras was still full.

Deborah and Wanda's President Wang watched the game in the VIP box.

Although Rongguang did not score in this game, he assisted two goals and helped the Chinese team beat Honduras 4:1.

Won two consecutive victories in the warm-up match.

After the game, the excited Chinese fans still refused to leave. They sang the national anthem and the motherland outside the stadium to express their love for the national team.

And Rong Guang left Wuhan with Deborah and Sun Hai, and flew back to Manchester from BJ.

Chinese fans are looking forward to the next national team match day, and they can celebrate another festival-the current national team match day is almost like the Chinese New Year for Chinese team fans.

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Only two days after returning to Manchester, Rongguang played in the No.30 league round of the home team Sunderland.

If Manchester City can win this game, they will complete the No. 40 unbeaten streak in eight rounds of the league.

The only thing that can stop them is not Sunderland, but perhaps the FIFA virus.

City's internationals are bound to be fatigued after flying in from all over the world after just playing for their national team.Playing directly in the league without enough rest, the state can be imagined.

But what surprised people was that Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-0 at home. The suspense was gone in the No. 15 minute, because Rongguang had already scored twice at that time...

In the end, Rongguang scored twice again, and David Silva, Gareth Barry and Barnes scored one goal each.

They are just one game shy of Arsenal's unbeaten run of 49 league games.

The next round, a week later, Manchester City away to Liverpool.

All eyes.

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"...In the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Real Madrid's opponent was Manchester City. This team is in good shape. They have not lost 48 consecutive league games in the league. This performance is amazing. If they can remain unbeaten in the next round of the league, they can match Arsenal's unbeaten record of 49 league games. The performance in the league may affect the Champions League...because Manchester City's next league opponent is Liverpool. This is a team that wants to qualify for the Champions League next season. They will not let Manchester City easily. So is it more important not to lose to Liverpool in the league, or to fight Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League?"

The preview program of the Champions League is being broadcast on the TV, and the guests invited by the TV station are analyzing Real Madrid's opponent Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Every Real Madrid fan is no stranger to this team.

They were in a group with Manchester City last season. They thought it was a team that could be easily bullied, but they didn't expect it to be unforgettable in the end, and they will never forget it.

Real Madrid was double-killed by Manchester City at home and away, and they didn't even make it out of the group stage...

When Manchester City faced Real Madrid, they were truly merciless.

Also accumulated a lot of hatred of Real Madrid fans.

So this time Real Madrid met Manchester City in the quarter-finals, which is the game that all Real Madrid fans care about most.

This season, Real Madrid invited the famous coach Mourinho who led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown last season, and the team's performance has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Not only led Real Madrid to qualify from the Champions League group stage, but also broke the years of "Sixteen Lang's fate". In the quarter-finals, Real Madrid eliminated their long-term bitter master Lyon, 1:1 away in the first round, and 3:0 at home in the second round.

In the league, Mourinho's Real Madrid also performed well, with 31 points after 81 league rounds.With only eight rounds left in the league, the difference of eight points is the same as that of Manchester City and Manchester United in the Premier League. Almost no one is optimistic that Real Madrid can still win the league championship.

Under such circumstances, the Champions League has become Real Madrid's last battleground.

At present, Real Madrid has won nine European Champions Cups, and they are only one step away from the tenth, but this step has kept them away for nine years. Mourinho's Real Madrid has high expectations, and everyone hopes that he can lead Real Madrid to complete this last step.

Therefore, Real Madrid's desire to fight in the Champions League is very strong.

This is what City will face in the quarter-finals.

An opponent bent on revenge against Manchester City.

"The league match against Liverpool will definitely affect the Champions League match against Real Madrid. This is Real Madrid's opportunity...Now there is a survey by the "Marca" newspaper. More than [-]% of Real Madrid fans are optimistic that the team led by Mourinho will beat Manchester City at home and revenge!"

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The "North London Horn" cares about the match between Manchester City and Real Madrid more than it cares about Arsenal.

Because they realize that this may be the last chance to prevent Manchester City from tying Arsenal.

Manchester City have to travel to Real Madrid before playing Liverpool.

Real Madrid is full of anger and wants to seek revenge from Manchester City, so this game will definitely be difficult to play.But the "North London Horn" does not want Real Madrid to win too easily. He hopes that the two teams can be inseparable, and it is best to lose both.

In this way, whether Manchester City wins the game or loses the game, they will pay a heavy price. It would be better if someone gets injured or something.

In this way, when Manchester City, exhausted from fighting Real Madrid in the Champions League, faces Liverpool, who are determined to win and want to qualify for the Champions League next season, at Anfield, they may not even be able to keep a draw.

As a result, Arsenal's unbeaten record of 49 rounds of the league was preserved, and Manchester City once again fell before the finish line. At that time, the "North London Horn" will prepare a whole special issue dedicated to mocking Manchester City who is overwhelmed!
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