The strongest winger

Chapter 814 The Opening Ceremony of the World Cup
On the second day after the warm-up match with the French team, the Chinese team took a direct flight to Durban, South Africa at Paris-Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Their first World Cup group match will be held at the Durban Stadium in this city. Their opponent is Germany, the third place in the last World Cup.

The time to arrive in Durban was [-]:[-] pm local time in South Africa on the [-]th. The moment they stepped into the exit gate, they heard the "click" of countless reporters and the cheers of Chinese fans who arrived at the airport in advance.

Of course... these people have only one goal, and that is to interview the Chinese team members who arrived in South Africa.

And Ai Luo, who had just returned from injury, naturally became the most important target.

The original Chinese team is no longer the focus of the world's media, but with Ai Luo's perfect recovery from injury, the world's media had to temporarily switch their focus. Among them, the Chinese domestic media came to Durban International Airport the most.

Among them, many local Chinese held up slogans and banners to welcome the Chinese national team to Durban, and wished the Chinese team the victory over the German team in the first World Cup group match, thus gaining the initiative to qualify for the group stage.

Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei, who followed their teammates in front of them to the exit, were at the end of the line, and said enviously: "Hey, superstars have the advantage of being superstars. Look... almost all of them are interviewing Brother Ai!"

Wu Lei chuckled, pushed the luggage rack and glanced at Ai Luo who was being interviewed by reporters, and said with a smile: "Don't be envious, when we play our game well, I firmly believe that we can also become the darling of the media four years later!"

Zhang Xizhe nodded and stopped talking.

"Huh? Isn't that Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe?"

"You are really young and promising!"

"They played in the two warm-up matches of the national team, which is great!"

Just when the two were envious of Ai Luo, the Chinese fans who came to the airport also shouted loudly towards Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei who were walking at the end, and the two also felt a sense of pride from the bottom of their hearts!Even if there are only a few of these fans, they believe that one day, they will become the focus of attention just like Ai Luo!
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence. Ai Luo just smiled and waved to the media and fans to go to the pick-up bus. The media who were still unsatisfied suddenly turned around and flocked to the international pick-up gate again.

It turns out... Spain, the favorite to win the championship, is here.

However, since all the teammates have already left, Ai Luo is embarrassed to ask everyone to wait for him, so let's go two steps faster. Anyway, everyone's first group match will be held in Durban, and there will always be time to meet and chat.

It is worth mentioning that every time an international competition is approaching, in addition to the protagonists of the competition becoming the focus of media and fans, the wives from various countries participating in the World Cup also become the focus of everyone's attention. Among them, the most eye-catching one is still the English wives, all models and stars attract countless attention.

Due to work reasons, Ai Luo's real girlfriend, Taylor Swift, will probably not be able to keep up with the schedule, because she was with Ai Luo for too long when she was seriously injured...

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In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, there was such a joke: China is the only country that does not have a national team shortlisted for the World Cup finals and can invest a huge amount of media attention to the World Cup.

So when China had the right to participate in the final stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Chinese media were extremely crazy. They began to carefully plan the itinerary last year, especially after Ai Luo made a perfect comeback, and the interview team became more, especially online media, such as: New Wolf, Penguin and Sohu...

Of course, the largest interview team is CCTV Five.

Professional football commentators Huang Jianxiang, He Wei, Zhan Jun, Liu Jianhong, Duan Xuan, and Shen Fangjian were all on standby in South Africa, followed by more than a dozen reporters, large and small, not including other work and support personnel.

Almost all revolved around the preparations of the Chinese team.

Just as the Chinese team had just left Durban International Airport and took the bus to the resident hotel, the deputy director of the CCTV interview team received a call from the airport commissioner, so the assistant director who urgently coordinated the interview materials quickly asked the staff to take their positions.

The reason for choosing Huang Jianxiang as the interviewer is very simple. He has a very good personal relationship with the top star of the Chinese team, Ai Luo. The assistant director believes that the next interview will be very smooth.

Huang Jianxiang stood in front of the camera, and his background was the front of the hotel where the Chinese team will be staying. He said excitedly: "I just got the news that the Chinese team has arrived at Durban International Airport and is taking the airport bus to the hotel. The hotel behind me is a four-star hotel that the Chinese team will be staying in..."

Twenty minutes later, the Chinese team's bus arrived at the entrance of the hotel where we were staying. Huang Jianxiang quickly appeared on the background of the Chinese team's bus ride and said: "The Chinese team's bus arrived at the hotel at around 10:[-] p.m. local time in South Africa. Now everyone follows our camera to closely observe the physical condition of the Chinese team players..."

The Chinese team took the bus and hadn't stopped at the designated location. A swarm of domestic media and journalists from other countries crowded at the bus entrance, obviously wanting to get first-hand information.

However, the interview team of CCTV still has a lot of face. When Huang Jianxiang came to the bus entrance facing the camera, the reporters who were still crowded at the bus entrance just now subconsciously moved out of the way.

The first to get out of the bus was the head coach Gao Hongbo and other members of the coaching staff, followed by the players. They waved their hands to greet enthusiastic reporters or accept interviews. Only the CCTV staff did not move, because the people they were waiting for had not got off the bus.

The first time Ai Luo got out of the car with the bag, he saw Huang Jianxiang with a smile on his face, and greeted him with a smile.

The following process was very natural, Huang Jianxiang was the reporter of CCTV, and Ai Luo was the interviewee, but the whole process did not last too long, only a few minutes.

After all, he had just flown across Africa, and he was jet-lagged, not to mention physically fatigued.

On the second day after the Chinese team arrived in Durban, they had a simple recovery training at the training ground provided by the organizer. It is worth mentioning that they also appeared on the training ground together with their opponents in the same group, Germany, and two teams from Group H - Spain and Switzerland.

During the period between the preparation of the Chinese team and the first group match of the German team, CCTV, like other domestic media, tracked and reported every move of the national team, so that the fans waiting in front of the TV and computer could learn about the situation in South Africa in the first place.

With the passage of time, the opening day of the World Cup is slowly approaching, and the Chinese fans who had planned to go to South Africa to watch the game last year also arrived in the beautiful city of Durban in batches.

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At 11:19 pm on June [-], local time in South Africa, the opening ceremony of the No.[-] World Cup kicked off at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.

Before the official start of the opening ceremony, the South African Air Force performed a wonderful aerobatics performance first, including the South African Mirage fighter formation and the propeller aircraft formation. They flew over the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg at ultra-low altitude. The colorful smoke trails left traces on the blue sky, as if they were African pictures painted by South African artists.

It is worth mentioning that more than 300 world dignitaries and guests attended the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa.

Since this World Cup is the first time for the Hercules Cup to come to Africa, it is a glory for the people of all Africa. South African President Jacob Zuma invited 52 African heads of state to attend the opening ceremony. It can be said that the opening ceremony is brilliant.

The whole process of the opening ceremony was very exciting. Firstly, the big screen of the stadium showed the cute smiling girl Mo Jiaji, showing the picture of South Africa to people all over the world. From the camera, you can see the beautiful scenery, wild animals, winding mines and simple African people.

Then Mjiwa, the descendant of the South African hymn, called out to the world in the center of the court: "Celebrate, Africa!" 270 African women entered the arena immediately, and together with the drummer they built a beautiful picture of African style. The strong South African style of the opening ceremony was fully reflected from the very beginning.

The crowd formed nine straight lines, pointing to each South Africa World Cup stadium, and one pointing to the Berlin Olympic Stadium, which symbolizes the inheritance of the World Cup.

Immediately afterwards, Morey, a famous South African singer, entered the venue and sang a song called "Hope", which was written by former South African President Nelson Mandela...

Since the city where the Chinese team faced the German team for the first time was in Durban, which was too far away from Johannesburg, where the opening ceremony of the World Cup was held, the Chinese team members did not go to Johannesburg Soccer City Baths to watch the scene. They only watched the live broadcast of the opening ceremony in the hotel conference room accompanied by Football Association officials and coaches.

It can be said that every performance project attracts attention.

But it is a pity that the stands directly opposite the broadcast camera have a large number of empty seats, which is embarrassingly empty compared to last year's Confederations Cup opener.

The opening ceremony lasted about 33 minutes in total, and after the opening ceremony, the most concerned event was naturally the first match of the World Cup Group A group stage, the host South Africa and Mexico in the same group. At this time, the empty stands were slowly filling up, and there was no empty seats.

After 10 and 1 minutes of fierce fighting, both sides scored a goal and the game ended with a score of 1:[-].

Two hours later, Uruguay and France also drew in another group match in Group A. The French team fought Uruguay 0-0 with one more player, which was exactly what the fans expected and was disappointing.

It's just that these have nothing to do with Ai Luo, and it has nothing to do with the Chinese team...

(End of this chapter)