Godfather of national football

Chapter 316 The Atmosphere Before the Final
Dozens of workers are working on a large square in the capital. Although they have worked overtime, the progress of the project is still too slow.

"Time is tight," complained the engineer.

"No way, the national team has reached the final of the Confederations Cup. No one expected it. The large LED screen is for the convenience of the citizens of the capital to watch the final, and it is also a temporary decision," the project leader explained.

"Well, it's also a rare event. This super huge LED screen is also the first in the world."

"I hope there will be no problems during the game. There will be 100 million people watching the live broadcast."

The engineer didn't answer right away. Such a large screen is very difficult, and it is common for there to be bad pixels. The most fearful thing is that the screen will go black, so he has been extremely nervous recently.

The project leader patted the engineer on the shoulder, "I know you're under a lot of pressure, so how about it, I'll invite you to watch the game here, and I'll treat you to a beer."

"Okay, it's a deal."

*****
In an open-air bar in Sanlitun, the owner came in and out, busy preparing for the night of the final.

"Xiao Lu, how is the drink ready?"

"Boss, I have prepared five times the usual amount, which should be enough."

"Probably not enough."

The employee Xiao Lu said: "Boss, if the Chinese team wins, then everyone will party all night. I don't think it is enough, but the question is is it possible?"

"Damn! Make others' ambitions, destroy your own prestige, believe it or not, I fired you."

Xiao Lu's face was full of black lines, thinking that the boss used to blackmail the national football team, how could he become a fan of the national football team now.

But Xiao Lu didn't care so much, "Why don't I buy some more beer?"

"Go ahead, I guess the national football team has something to do with it. I'm not doing it to make money, but you also watched the Uruguay semi-final last time. They won the game. Those old men had to drink until 8 o'clock in the morning. As a result, we ran out of beer, and they almost smashed the store."

Thinking back to that night not long ago, Xiao Lu still vividly remembered those crazy Chinese football fans, so he shrank his neck and hurried to buy wine.

*****
Inside the big CCTV underpants, a female anchor is putting on makeup. She is holding a stack of A4 papers in her hand while putting on makeup. She is about to record a football program, but she has been covering the NBA before, so she knows nothing about football.

But CCTV's "Wealthy Banquet" program needs a beautiful hostess. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she was temporarily borrowed for use.

Makeup artist Xiao Cao saw her nervous look, and comforted her: "It's okay, you are the host, isn't remembering names your best?"

"But I used to report on the NBA. Those names are not long, such as Kobe, Duncan, Ginobili, but this Spaniard's name is too long. Look at this, Fernando Torres, Azpili... Queta, Casey... Lias."

"God, kill me."

Xiao Cao chuckled, "I do know a little about football, but my husband is a football fan. How about this? I'll quiz you and help you review by the way."

"Yeah."

"Who is the head coach of the Chinese team?"

"Li Guo."

"team leader."

"Li Weifeng."

"No, it used to be, now it's Zhou Dun."

As soon as Zhou Dun was mentioned, the hostess immediately showed a nympho expression, "So handsome, the girl of my dreams."

"Okay, don't be an idiot."

"I'm sorry Xiao Cao, you continue."

"Who is the head coach of Spain?"

"Bosque."

"Who is the goalkeeper?"

"Casillas."

"Who is Xiaobai?"

"Crayon Shin-chan's dog."

Xiao Cao almost fell down on the spot, and said angrily, "Liu Yuxi, don't mess around."

Yes, this girl is the famous Squid Liu, but because of the outstanding performance of the national football team, she made her debut a year earlier.

Liu Yuxi pouted and said unhappily: "Forget it, stop making trouble. If it doesn't work later, I will ask Teacher Zhang Bin for help."

Xiao Cao was very angry and funny. He guessed that Liu Yuxi would have to go back to report on the NBA after the finals, and he had nothing to do with football.

"By the way, Liu Yuxi, which team's jersey are you wearing today?"

"Of course it's the Chinese team, so what's the point?"

If Li Guo heard this sentence, he would probably be scared to pee. There is a saying in later generations, I promise that I will never use squid Liu first, which shows how lethal it is.

*****
The rich feast program was created since the 2004 European Cup, and it is held every two years, that is, during the World Cup or the European Cup.

But this year is a special case, because the Chinese team participated in the Confederations Cup, so the feast of the giants was broadcast in 2013, a year without major football games.

At the beginning of the show, Zhang Bin deliberately joked with Liu Yuxi, pointing to Torres' profile picture and asked, "Who is this?"

Liu Yuxi memorized the text content by rote, and forgot the head portrait. She looked at the photos, left and right, but couldn't remember for a while.

The audience at the scene laughed, and someone reminded him in a low voice-Torres.

"Torres."

Zhang Bin said: "I heard the voice director reminding me below."

Liu Yuxi stuck out her tongue and pretended to be cute for a while, but everyone didn't care. Zhang Bin continued, "Then I have to ask the Chinese team."

Then he pointed to Zhou Dun's head portrait, and Liu Yuxi quickly blurted out, "Zhou Dun."

"Why don't you need a reminder this time?"

Liu Yuxi said: "Because it belongs to our Chinese team."

Of course Zhang Bin knew that was not the case, but because of the audience's applause, he didn't say anything.

Liu Yuxi felt proud for a while, "I remember all the handsome ones."

After gagging with the beautiful host, Zhang Bin and Zhang Lu began to chat about some professional topics.

"Zhang Lu guides you how to look at the final, there is a chance of winning."

Zhang Lu chuckled, "It's probably [-]%."

But obviously the audience was not so optimistic, everyone just laughed. After all, the opponents in the finals are different. Spain has won all the championships that can be won in the past 5 years.

Perhaps realizing that he was not reliable, Zhang Lu threw the "ball" back to Zhang Bin, "Teacher Bin, what do you think?"

"To be honest, I'm not as optimistic as you, but I feel that no matter what happens in the final, I'm proud of the current national team."

In fact, this is also the common thinking of fans. The Chinese team does not have an absolute advantage in this cup. Except for a win in Tahiti, everything else was a draw. It was a bumpy journey. It can be said that luck accounted for a large part, but the final was a peak duel after all.

Players in Brazil of course know this kind of public opinion. The most unconvinced one is Mu Fei. He directly swears, "This bunch of XX media."

(End of this chapter)