Chapter 319: National Attention
Ralph's worries are out of the way, not by the Chinese journalists, and not by the Chinese fans.
All Chinese who care about Lu Wenbin and the national football record are eagerly waiting for Lu Wenbin's national team debut.
Chinese media reporters even took the posture of live broadcasting, informing China of Lu Wenbin's whereabouts every day after the 12th round of the Bundesliga between Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg.
Some news websites can even send news about changes in Lu Wenbin's whereabouts several times a day.
On November 8, the day after the competition, Lu Wenbin accompanied Kate back to Dietford, and four or five news vehicles and more than a dozen Chinese reporters followed up and reported, which made Lu Wenbin feel helpless.
But he also knows that domestic fans and fans are eagerly waiting for all the news about him, and how much of his future commercial value depends to a large extent on the support of the huge number of Chinese fans.
Therefore, even if he was a little depressed by being tracked by reporters and losing his privacy, Lu Wenbin could only let reporters follow him and report his whereabouts to domestic fans.
This is a problem that celebrities will inevitably face after becoming famous, especially in the special football conditions of China.
After sending Kate home, on November 9, Lu Wenbin departed from Frankfurt to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
The first national team match Lu Wenbin participated in was China's away match against Lebanon in the third round of Group D of the 15th Asian Cup Qualifiers.
When Lu Wenbin's flight took off, the domestic media reported the news as blockbuster news.
"The European Golden Boot Lu Wenbin has departed from Germany and is flying to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon! 》
"Asia's No. 1 star Lu Wenbin set off for Lebanon, and the Chinese team is about to usher in a new era! 》
"All eyes on Lu Wenbin's Chinese national team debut is about to start! 》
"Lu Wenbin departed for Lebanon, the Chinese team is about to usher in a new core, a new captain, and a new era!" 》
No matter how many people hate the national football team, it is undeniable that football is still the world's No. 1 sport, and it is still the sport with the most fans in China.
From the beginning of live football TV to the 21st century, how many new and old fans has China accumulated?
In the 2004 Asian Cup final, China VS Japan, CCTV's ratings reached an astonishing 18.5% at the same time, with a market share of 47% and a viewing population of more than 200 million.
This is not only the highest-rated game of all the sports events broadcast by CCTV in the past ten years, but even higher than the average rating of news broadcasts in the past ten years.
Of course, the second most watched football match is also the football match, which is the 2002 World Cup China vs Brazil match, which is also higher than the average rating of the news broadcast.
As for the TV series, it is even worse, and those with an audience rating of 3% are all hits.
China's fan base can be seen.
Because of the poor performance of the national team, there are many people who dislike football and few people who talk about football, and many people regard talking about football as a shameful thing, but it does not mean that the number of fans in China is also small.
Even if many people shout that they will never watch the national football team from now on, once the national football team has any good news and good news about winning, they will still search and watch it with relish.
When there is a key battle of the national football team, everyone scolds and never watches the national football game again, but the countless examples of the national football game winning the ratings at the same time tell everyone that the vast majority of Chinese fans are very sincere.
Hating iron does not become steel, scolding while looking forward to the rise of Chinese football one day, is the mentality of the vast majority of Chinese fans.
And the appearance of Lu Wenbin has filled the wishes of all Chinese fans very well, and everyone has expectations for Chinese football.
In the past, Sun Jihai and Yang Chen could play in the five major leagues, and they could become the objects sought after by fans across the country, not to mention European Golden Boot and Triple Crown winners like Lu Wenbin?
Since the Chinese Football Association announced that Lu Wenbin has confirmed to join the national football team, become the new core and captain of the national football team, and is about to lead the team to participate in the Asian Cup qualifiers, the enthusiasm of domestic fans has been completely ignited.
Lu Wenbin's continuous scoring performances in the Bundesliga and Champions League in recent games have fueled such heated discussions, making fans look forward to Lu Wenbin's national team debut.
Even if the strength of the Chinese team players is not as good as Hoffenheim and cannot give Lu Wenbin too much support, with Lu Wenbin's strength to stand out from the crowd, it should be okay to lead the national football team to break out of Asia and enter the World Cup finals in Asia, right?
Just like Didier Drogba led Ivory Coast and Shepchenko led Ukraine to the World Cup finals, it is obvious that a superstar with outstanding strength will play a leading role in the national team.
Not to mention anything else, just Lu Wenbin's free kick skills and penalty kick ability, how many goals can he bring to the national team?
What's more, Lu Wenbin's off-ball running, physique, and shooting accuracy are the best in football, and there will definitely be no shortage of goals in sports battles.
With such an all-round ability in set-pieces and sports goals, Lu Wenbin will definitely bring a lot of victories to the national team.
Even if your teammates don't give you any strength, as long as you can get into the World Cup again, score a goal in the World Cup, get a point, or even win a game, don't go home without scoring a goal, scoring a point, or winning a game like in 2002.
Of course, the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in South Africa have already been eliminated, and the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in Brazil have not yet begun.
Now we have to watch the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers first, and first look at Lu Wenbin's national team debut.
Let's see if he can lead the Chinese team to the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup as he did in Europe and at Hoffenheim.
The huge demand of domestic fans is the mission of reporters, and Lu Wenbin's every move naturally cannot escape the fate of being tracked and reported.
You can't escape when you get on the plane, and it's the same when you get off the plane.
Even, when Beirut got off the plane, not only journalists, but also hundreds of fans picked up the plane.
There are still a few days before the Lebanon VS China match, but there are already domestic fans who have money, leisure and can't wait to rush to Lebanon to greet Lu Wenbin with the local Chinese and overseas Chinese.
They pulled several banners with slogans in support of Lu Wenbin to welcome Lu Wenbin's arrival.
Of course, seeing the fans, Lu Wenbin's mood is much better than just seeing reporters.
Escorted by airport security, Lu Wenbin was interviewed by reporters while signing several names for fans who were close.
However, I didn't dare to sign too much.
Lu Wenbin's current fame is not ordinary, staying too long will not only not sign all the fans, but will attract more onlookers, and it will not be good to be completely blocked in the end.
Escorted by airport security, Lu Wenbin quickly boarded the car that the national team came to pick up the airport and went to the hotel where the national football team stayed.
The Chinese national team led by Gao Hongbo had arrived in Beirut the day before, and Lu Wenbin flew directly from Germany to Lebanon because he was in Europe and did not have to go back to China.
Lu Wenbin is about to meet his national team coaches and teammates.
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