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The lens is shaking, going from blurry to clear.

A young man wearing a jacket and a baseball cap appeared in the camera.

"Long time no see. I stopped updating for a while due to some personal matters. I think you won't mind, haha!"

"From Zagreb, Suker and Modric started a new journey. It's a pity that they can't be together forever, but because of this, they can each create their own excitement!"

"Two teenagers from Eastern Europe, they walked out of the haze of war, crossed the Alps, one went to the Apennine Peninsula, the other went to the British Peninsula!"

"The four years in Milan were a valuable growth process for Suker. In previous interviews, Suker also responded positively to his career in Milan."

"They will joke around like friends, Gattuso, Kaká, Pirlo, Inzaghi, and Maldini, whom we respect!"

"In the past four years, Suker has won many honors and finally made it to the La Liga stage."

"Now it seems that Su Ke's decision was correct. Since Su Ke left, Milan no longer has a strong fighting capacity."

Squeak!

The sound of brakes sounded, and the young blogger stepped out of the car and turned the camera over.

"Look! Where have I come?"

"This is the Football City Stadium in the Soweto district, southwest of Johannesburg, which was also the stage for the opening game of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa."

When the camera flips, you can see the desolate scenery around you.

The stadium stands in an open field with few buildings around it.

Garbage was tumbling on the ground, and weeds were growing thickly. It was obviously in disrepair.

The walls are even a little dry and cracked.

The young blogger stroked the wall with a nostalgic tone in his tone.

"I don't know why, but the 2010 World Cup was so unforgettable for me!"

"Perhaps there are too many regrets, or perhaps it is the wonderful and enthusiastic African people. Shakira's "WAKA WAKA" reminds me of those unforgettable years."

"I still remember that it was evening self-study before the college entrance examination. The class teacher organized us to relax for an hour, and during that hour, we watched the Croatian game together in the multimedia classroom!"

"It was also there that I met Suker and Modric for the first time. What I thought at the time was, Oh my god! They are so awesome!"

The young blogger suddenly knelt down and picked up an old brochure from the ground.

The brochure features the 2010 World Cup logo.

Although there is a piece missing in the east and a piece in the west, it is covered with mud and soaked by rain, and looks a little brown, dirty, and wrinkled.

But the young blogger didn't dislike it at all. He flipped through the brochure excitedly.

The first page of the brochure is an introduction to the Croatian team.

And the first one introduced by the players is.

Croatia, Suker, No. 9!

A strong wind blew, causing the pages to tremble.

One page of paper floated into the sky in the wind, flipping and shaking in the air.

In a daze, it seemed as if the world was spinning, the pedestrians around him were moving backwards, and time was also going back.

The broken road gradually gave off an oily sheen.

The weeds burrowed back between the cracks in the rocks.

The dense cracks on the wall are also slowly shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye until they disappear.

Noisy voices rang in my ears.

Cheers, slogans, and songs were intertwined.

[Get up when you fall and keep moving forward]

【oh! oh! 】

【Wake up! 】

【Shine! 】

[Because this is in South Africa! 】

【Waka! Waka! eh! eh! 】

Shakira's "Waka Waka" was heard in all directions through the speakers. In a square not far away, a group of men and women wearing African grass skirts were twisting their bodies and dancing to the faint melody and cheerful rhythm.

On the road, people were bustling.

Fans wearing jerseys of different national teams can be seen gathering together in twos and threes, excitedly discussing the upcoming World Cup.

On the free lawn on the left, children of yellow, white, and black skins, with different skins, were chasing the ball and running happily with their bare feet.

This is South Africa in 2010, the host of the World Cup.

As June approaches, the fiery World Cup wave is spreading around the world along with the World Cup theme song.

During this hot summer, South Africa has become the focus of the world.

From all over the world, national teams participating in the World Cup also arrived in South Africa one after another.

The arrival of every team will be warmly welcomed by the South African people.

City of Johannesburg, International Airport.

Journalists from all over the world and a large number of live broadcast vehicles gather here.

In the morning, the Argentinian Pampas Eagles team led by Maradona arrived at the airport, which made the whole city extremely excited.

Messi has become Argentina's most watched player.

But what is even more exciting is the news that at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Croatian team, the champion of the 2008 European Cup, will arrive at this international airport.

Now the entire media circle is in a panic.

Messi and Suker arrived one after another, which made them extremely excited.

I took pictures of Messi this morning.

I can shoot Su Ke in the afternoon.

All the long guns and short cannons were summoned, and they were all aimed at the exit, ready to prepare.

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"Out!"

The crowd suddenly became noisy.

Around the corner, the entire Croatian team, which had completed the security check, began to appear one by one.

The first is Bilic, the head coach, wearing a black suit with the Croatian flag printed on the chest.

Behind him, the Croatian players were also wearing the same clothes.

Modric, Rakitic, Srna, Vukojevic, etc.

These familiar stars began to walk out of the airport, which excited everyone.

The Croatian team that showed crazy performance in the 2008 European Cup is here!

"Modric! Look here!"

"Serna, can you be interviewed?"

"Mandzukic, can you tell me how you feel?"

"Rakitic."

Reporters rushed to hold out their microphones one by one, but the players smiled politely and turned away.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly burst into violent cheers.

"Suke! Come out!"

The originally enthusiastic reporters and fans became even more crazy.

Some South African fans kept screaming, looking at Suker with disbelief in their eyes.

They couldn't believe that they were so close to their idol.

Not long after, a chorus of shouts began to appear throughout the airport.

Suk! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

Suk! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

Suk! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

These South African fans spontaneously shouted Suker's name.

They all gathered here to see Suk.

Suk is also wearing a Croatian uniform-style suit. His slender figure is outlined by the suit, his hair is meticulously combed, and he is carrying a LV backpack.

Facing the camera, Suk smiled and waved, but also did not accept an interview.

Walk out of the airport along the passage built by the security personnel and get on the bus.

More fans began to arrive, and they surrounded the bus, making it unable to move.

These fans kept slapping the car and shouting Suk's name.

Although they couldn't see what was inside the bus, they knew that Suk was watching them.

Now, they are only separated by an iron sheet.

"Whose fans should you care about?"

Duimovich said sourly.

Suk turned around and said, "How about you go down and take care of it?"

Duimovic; "You're not a fan of mine, so why should I go down there?"

I saw Suk nuzzling his mouth toward the outside.

Duimovich looked over and was surprised to find that there were fans holding their own posters.

"Tommy fans?"

"Are you really a Tommy fan?"

"Tommy also has fans?"

Mandzukic, Rakitic, and Vukojevic leaned out one by one. They were more surprised than Duimovic himself.

A broken Russian league, but people actually watch it?

"They are probably national team fans, right?" Srna said with a smile.

Hearing this, Mandzukic complained: "There is something wrong with his eyes. He left Suk alone and did not pursue him, but he actually pursued Tommy. Planic is much better than him."

Planich narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"

Duimovic glared: "Don't scold my fans!"

My fans, I protect them myself!

Everyone turned to look over again and saw the fan throwing away the poster in his hand and taking off his jacket. Inside was the Croatian No. 9 jersey.

"pretty!"

"Reasonable!"

"He's not blind!"

Duimovich turned and pounced.

"I'll fight you!"

Finally, with the cooperation of the security personnel, the Croatian bus drove out from the crowd and headed to the hotel where they were staying.

The city of Johannesburg is also known as the ‘City of Gold’.

The Republic of South Africa, once a developed country, is known as the ‘Rainbow Nation’.

In 1996, native blacks overthrew the white regime and embarked on the road to independence.

But it was also from this moment that South Africa's economy began to stagnate or even regress.

South Africa has gradually become the most unsafe region in the world. It has the highest rates of robberies, murders, and rapes in the world, and it is also the country with the highest incidence of AIDS.

Driving on the roads in Johannesburg, it was relatively smooth, with almost no other private vehicles visible, which even made Suk wonder if traffic control was in place.

After entering the city center, the crowd began to increase and the atmosphere became extremely lively.

In front of the hotel where Croatia stayed, a large number of Croatian expedition fans gathered here.

The 2008 European Cup completely ignited the enthusiasm of the Croatian people.

This also led to the 2010 World Cup, when Croatian people from all over the world began to flock to South Africa.

Especially those fans who missed out on winning the European Cup in 2008, they are obsessed with the World Cup.

They believe that this group of young people will eventually do better.

Amid cheers, the bus drove into the hotel.

For safety reasons, the hotel is under closed management.

During the World Cup, the hotel was requisitioned and no one except members of the Croatian national team and some event-related personnel were allowed to enter the area.

This is also to better serve the World Cup.

After all, South Africa is not so peaceful now.

Suker and Modric were assigned to the same room.

The two of them walked into the room with their suitcases in hand.

This is a standard room with two single beds.

On the table were two player IDs and some gadgets exclusive to the World Cup.

However, neither of them paid much attention to these things. They quickly changed into training clothes and gathered on the first floor.

"Is everyone here?"

After Bilic counted the number of people, he waved his hand: "Let's go!"

Croatia's training base is located at a training ground one kilometer away from the hotel.

Although I really want to have closed training, it is the World Cup after all, and the organizers want to conduct some interviews, and they cannot refuse.

In the end, Suker, Modric and Srna were pulled over for interviews.

Watching these three people go to be interviewed, Duimovic said sourly: "If you don't have the Champions League with you, you are not qualified to be interviewed?"

Mandzukic: "Is it possible that your image is not good, so..."

"I'll tear your mouth apart!"

The two started to fight again.

From the sidelines, Vukojevich smiled and watched the two men having fun while doing stretching exercises.

It took two months and I recovered pretty well.

However, it is still in the process of recovery training and cannot carry out too strenuous exercise.

The doctor said that it would take at least four weeks to fully recover.

In this regard, Vukojevic was also helpless.

All around!

One month!

The World Cup is about to end!

People are just mean!

When Su Ke wanted to tackle him, he refused to do so.

Now I'm starting to regret it again.

It would have been better to let Su Ke shovel him!

The three people on Su Ke's side were led by the staff to an interview location.

Soon a black host came over.

He introduced in fluent English; "Gentlemen, you can call me Johnson. I am the host of this interview."

Johnson briefly introduced himself, but it could be seen that he was a little nervous.

After all, the three people in front of them are all Champions League champion-level players, and they are also very famous.

Interviewing three stars at once, including a superstar like Su Ke, naturally made people feel even more uneasy.

"Just a simple pre-match interview"

The three of Su Ke sat side by side on chairs, and Johnson sat on a swivel chair, diagonally to their side, closer to Su Ke's position.

He felt that Su Ke should be more talkative.

"Welcome to Johnson's pre-match talk show for the World Cup. Today we have invited the three heroes of the 2008 European Cup championship, Suker, Modric and Srna." After Johnson finished speaking, he said to the three people; "Fight with them." Say hello!"

Su Ke was the first to look at the camera and said with a smile, "Hello everyone, I'm Su Ke."

Suk spoke Zulu, which is also the language of the largest ethnic group in South Africa, which brought us closer.

Modric and Srna are also following the same example.

They had done some homework and preparation before the interview.

After saying hello, Johnson smiled and asked, "Is this your first time participating in the World Cup? Do you have any special feelings?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Suk directly handed the microphone to Srna.

Srna reluctantly raised his microphone and said as a representative: "The World Cup is every player's dream stage. We are naturally very excited to be here. We also look forward to performing even better in the game."

"Mr. Srna won the Champions League this season with Inter Milan. For you, what is the difference between the Champions League and the World Cup?"

Faced with the question, Srna pondered for a moment and said:

"The club trains and competes together all year round, and the tacit understanding is higher. In terms of competition, the Champions League is definitely stronger, but the World Cup means more, and the game will also present more confrontations in different aspects, and there will be more unpredictability, so there will be more The games coming out will be more exciting.”

After Srna finished speaking, Johnson looked at Modric.

Modric took the microphone naturally and said concisely: "The World Cup is more meaningful, and the Champions League is more competitive!"

Finally, Johnson looked at Suk again.

Suk picked up the microphone: "I agree with them!"

"Can you say more?" Johnson felt a little cold.

Su Ke spread his hands and sighed: "As you said, this is our first time participating in the World Cup. We are all rookies at the World Cup level. We don't know anything."

Srna nodded: "Agree!"

Modric: "That's right!"

The three of them all looked at Johnson with expressions that said the three of us were World Cup novices and couldn't give us any opinions.

Johnson scratched his head in embarrassment and could only change the subject.

"Then what is your goal in this World Cup?"

Su Ke: "Qualify the group stage!"

Srna: "Agree!"

Modric: "That's right!"

Johnson was even more embarrassed and felt like he couldn't continue the conversation.

The whole awkward chat took more than half an hour before Suk and others were sent away.

"This is an interview with a rookie, right? Ask us how to play in the World Cup, we know a lot about football!"

Srna couldn't help but complain as he walked out of the interview room.

Modric: "There is no way. It is also the first time for them to host the World Cup. These hosts have not experienced special training, so of course they can't ask for ideas."

"Both sides are rookies, let's understand each other."

Suk said with a shrug.

For Croatia, the entire team has not participated in the World Cup.

The only one with World Cup experience is Bilic.

From the moment they entered the national team, Bilic kept talking about his experience in the World Cup.

In this regard, Van Stryak is also a rookie and has little say.

Bilic basically spoke, and everyone sat in rows below and listened quietly.

"The World Cup is different from club events because the national team has less opportunities to practice together. Therefore, it is similar to the European Cup. It relies more on the strong performance of 1-2 players. Once the team has a strong point, it will have a great impact on the entire team. The bonus is huge!”

The national team has few opportunities to practice together, and it does not have games every week like the clubs, or even double games a week.

There are a lot of opportunities to get along, and a better tacit understanding can be formed by getting along day and night.

But at the national team level, there are too many interference factors.

For this reason, how to focus on exerting core combat strength is the key!

For example, for Croatia, their biggest advantage lies in Suker's super counterattack point!

There is also Modric's midfield control ability and the ability of all players to run without death!

"Optimize your own style and absorb the excellent tactics of other teams. The World Cup is a continuous upward process and a process of continuous self-breakthrough. When other teams are improving, we cannot fall behind."

Bilic said seriously; "From now on, how to get into a better state is the key!"