Chapter 142: Forward! Go ahead!

The group stage between the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia kicked off at 8 p.m. Beijing time on January 10.

However, in China, from five o'clock in the afternoon, the sports channel will enter the Asian Cup time.

CCTV reporters have already begun to report on the situation ahead, and CCTV reporters have been covering and reporting near the Lion's Roar Stadium in Brisbane and the hotel where the Chinese team is staying.

Interview Chinese fans who came to Brisbane and interview local fans.

The streets of Brisbane are full of Chinese fans wearing Chinese national team jerseys or waving national flags, and Australian media even exclaim that Brisbane has been occupied by the Chinese.

If there is no Jiang Chenxi, the expectations of the Chinese media and fans for this Asian Cup will definitely not be as big as it is now, and the general view is that being able to qualify for the group and reach the quarterfinals is the limit.

However, with Jiang Chenxi, the expectations of the Chinese media and fans for the national team have been infinitely magnified.

Some clubs in the Chinese Super League have even organized fans to come to Australia to watch the game.

According to local media statistics in Brisbane, more than 30,000 Chinese fans poured into Brisbane, which is quite a terrifying number.

Fans are coming to see Jiang Chenxi, this is Jiang Chenxi's second time to represent the Chinese team in the continental competition after many years, the last time he wore the national team jersey to participate in the continental competition was in 2008, when Jiang Chenxi helped the Chinese national junior team achieve good results in the Asian semifinals.

Therefore, to be precise, this Asian Cup is the first time that Jiang Chenxi has represented the senior team of the Chinese national team in an intercontinental competition.

This is enough to make Chinese fans excited.

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CCTV reporters also saw dozens of fans wearing Liverpool's No. 7 shirt outside Brisbane's Roar Stadium, none of them Chinese fans.

After the interview, I learned that most of these foreign fans are local Australian fans, because of the relationship with the British suzerain, the Premier League has a great influence in Australia, Liverpool has a lot of fans in Australia, and as Liverpool's number one star and the number one star of the Premier League, Jiang Chenxi has many supporters in Australia.

In the case that the Chinese team has not yet met Australia, many local Liverpool fans are naturally willing to support Jiang Chenxi.

Among these foreigner fans, there are even more than a dozen fans who came from Liverpool, which can be said to be the most die-hard supporter of Jiang Chenxi among Liverpool fans.

"We're conflicted." A fat Liverpool fan said, "We want Jiang to have a good performance, we hope that the Chinese team wins, but we also hope that he will return to Liverpool as soon as possible." ”

Saying that, this Liverpool fan also made a tangled expression.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were amused by this upright Liverpool fan, they understood the mood of these Liverpool fans, they hoped that the team's number one star could continue the hot scoring state, but they were very entangled, because Jiang Chenxi performed well, and if the Chinese team continued to win and move forward, this means that Jiang Chenxi will continue to postpone the timetable for returning to Liverpool, and as Liverpool fans, they desperately hope that Jiang Chenxi will return to the team as soon as possible and attack the city for Liverpool.

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The Chinese team had dinner half an hour earlier than usual, and then all the players of the Chinese team boarded the bus and rushed to the Brisbane Roar Stadium.

Outside the hotel, a large number of Chinese fans saw them off.

In the flash of the scene, amid the cheers of the fans, the bus of the Chinese team slowly drove away from the hotel.

"The Chinese team has set off!"

"Jiang Chenxi is waving to the fans."

In the shot, the bus opened its windows, and Jiang Chenxi waved to the fans, which caused huge cheers at the scene.

"This is definitely the most watched Asian Cup." In the studio, Duan Xuan said, "Maybe only the 2004 Asian Cup in China can be compared." ”

The camera followed all the way, and when the Chinese team's bus arrived at the stadium, it was greeted by the cheers of the Chinese fans who had been waiting at the stadium for a long time.

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Coincidentally, the bus of the Saudi team also arrived at this time.

Saudi Arabia coach Kosmin looked at the red flag display outside the stadium through the car window, his expression solemn.

"There are too many Chinese." Assistant coach Hussein said.

The Saudis were shocked that this was the Asian Cup in Australia, but they were shocked by the number of Chinese fans, it was almost as if it was the home of the Chinese team.

By the time the players from both sides arrived at the pitch to start their warm-ups, the Brisbane Roar Stadium had already begun arranging for fans to enter the stadium.

The camera gave a close-up of the stands, and now it is more real, the most conspicuous thing in the entire stadium is the red of the Chinese team, and the waving five-star red flag, which can really be said to be the home of the Chinese team.

"The stadium can accommodate 23,250 people, and according to the data we have obtained, there are about 15,000 Chinese fans who came to the stadium."

"This is still because the Chinese team only got more than 12,000 tickets, and the extra thousands of tickets were purchased by Chinese fans from the away Saudi fans, in fact, there are more Chinese fans outside the stadium, they don't have tickets, but they want to be closer to the team and cheer for the Chinese team outside the stadium."

The camera follows Jiang Chenxi, the superstar who has challenged Ronaldo and Messi in today's football, and is undoubtedly the brightest star during the entire Asian Cup.

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The Chinese team is warming up.

Zheng Zhen picked the ball and crossed, Jiang Chenxi's header was ferried, Wu Lei stopped the ball on his chest and shot, and the football hit the post.

Then, a figure rushed up.

Jiang Chenxi did not stop the ball, and directly turned around and volleyed the ball into the empty goal.

This drew a round of applause from the stands.

Subsequently, Jiang Chenxi practiced shooting, and with a burst shot, the football was saved by goalkeeper Wang Dalei, but he still resolutely moved forward and smashed it on the crossbar fiercely, making a muffled sound.

This muffled sound also made the fans of the Saudi team gasp.

What a shot it was, they all seemed to feel the tremor of the goal.

Jiang Chenxi is one of the top players in today's football, one of the three candidates for the World Footballer of the Year, and a star comparable to Ronaldo and Messi.

Saudi fans were frightened by Jiang Chenxi.

The Saudi players who were warming up also had solemn expressions.

Especially the two centre-backs Omar. Hausavi and Osawy. Hausawi, the faces of the two of them changed again and again, and the two of them felt a lot of pressure when they thought that their task today was to restrain this superstar.

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January 10, 2014, 19:50 local time in Australia.

Players from both sides play.

Chinese queue team.

The national anthem of the People's Republic of China was played at the scene.

The camera swept over the Chinese players as well as the stands at the scene.

The players of the Chinese team were singing the national anthem, and Jiang Chenxi put his right palm on the position of the national flag on his chest, with a serious expression, and sang loudly.

At the scene, more than 15,000 Chinese fans stood up.

The mighty singing resounded throughout Brisbane.

"Arise, you who do not want to be slaves...... We braved enemy fire...... Advance...... Advance...... Go ahead! ”