"Damn, there are so many people! It's all ours! "Zhang Shunfa's son walked on the road leading to the Caliphate Stadium, and there were people in red like him in front of him, left and right." Hmph, this time we must let little Japan know that we are awesome! ”

He shook his fist.

Zhang Shunfa was silent beside him, he walked silently carrying a five-star red flag, because he was not walking fast, the national flag hung down.

At this time, he opened his mouth and said to his son, who was still looking around, "Help me pull up the flag." ”

The son obediently held the hem of the national flag, and the two of them went one after the other, and the five-star red flag that hung down fluttered again.

In Doha, Qatar, outside the Khalifa Stadium, the five-star red flag is not just this side of Zhang Shunfa's shoulder.

There were a lot of Chinese fans who came outside the stadium with the national flag, and they wanted the Chinese flag to fly in the stadium stands.

However, these people, including Zhang Shunfa, encountered some trouble when they entered.

They are not allowed to bring flagpoles into the stadium by security.

Actually, in normal times, it is allowed, but this game is different.

Because the two sides of this match are the Chinese team and the Japanese team.

The Qatari police have made up for all kinds of grievances between China and Japan, both football and historical.

Someone specifically reminded them that the football match between China and Japan will be very popular, and the reaction of the fans needs to be monitored. They also went to see some news reports of the 2004 Asian Cup in China, but whenever there was a game by the Japanese team, there was a non-stop boo and scolding in the stadium.

In the final, because the Chinese team lost to the Japanese team, angry Chinese fans also burned the Japanese flag after the game, and several riots broke out, resulting in some injuries and damage to vehicles.

Therefore, this final will be a severe test for the Qatari police, and they must be strictly guarded, so that the fans of the two teams cannot make trouble before and after the game, and they must also be isolated from the stands to avoid large-scale clashes.

For this reason, many of the things that were previously allowed to be brought into the field are now not allowed to be brought in.

The flagpole is one of them.

It doesn't matter if it's soft or hard, metal, plastic, wood, foam...... No items are allowed to be brought in.

The flagpole was not allowed to enter, which made it difficult for those Chinese fans.

Without a flagpole, how can the national flag be waved?

Is it just that the flag brought from home is so useless?

The Chinese fans are very depressed, but the requirements of the stadium security must be followed, otherwise they will not even be able to enter the stadium and will not be able to watch the game live.

Helplessly, everyone pulled out the national flag on the flagpole, and then left the flagpole outside the ticket gate and went in with the national flag.

Zhang Shunfa and his son did the same.

After all, getting into the stadium and watching the game is the most important thing.

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When the whole Chinese team boarded the bus at the hotel, many Chinese fans and reporters gathered outside the hotel.

Many of these Chinese fans did not buy tickets until the end, and they had given up on going to the stadium to watch the game, so they came outside the hotel to see off the team. Since you can't cheer on the team on the spot, let's do it here.

They waved the five-star red flag and shouted: "Come on, Chinese team!" ”

After seeing this scene, a reporter sighed: "That's how the team went out to fight against Japan back then......

The players waved and gave thumbs up to the fans through the windows after boarding the bus.

There are also players who were infected by the scene and patted the five-star red flag on the chest of their sportswear with their hands.

This, of course, drew enthusiastic cheers from the fans at the scene.

In addition to the fact that Chinese fans are so enthusiastic. The hotel where the Chinese team stayed also prepared a banner for the Chinese team to compete in the finals, hanging outside the hotel lobby, which read: "I wish the Chinese team a victory!" in Chinese and Arabic. ”

The Chinese team has lived here since they arrived in Doha, and three other teams have lived with them, but they have all been eliminated.

In the end, only the Chinese team remained.

The hotel has provided them with more than half a month of service, and they are somewhat emotional. Naturally, they also hope that the Chinese team can win, so that they will be the hotel where the Asian champions will stay.

Amid the loud cheers and the shutter of the camera, the red bus in which the Chinese team was riding closed the door and started slowly.

On both sides of the car printed the AFC for each participating team to cheer slogan, the Chinese team's slogan: "Forever Oriental Dragon", English is but the English slogan translated as "soaring dragon" may be more appropriate......

When the reporters saw the bus walking away, some people sighed: "For the first time, the slogan on this body really fits the current situation of the Chinese team......

When this slogan first came out, some domestic fans and media ridiculed that the Chinese team might not be worthy of such a domineering slogan, because Chinese football has never been a dragon, but a worm.

But in this Asian Cup, the Chinese team's watch Xiàn proved that they are really a dragon, a dragon that soars into the sky, stirs thunder above the nine heavens, and changes the color of the wind and clouds!

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The Chinese players were still discussing the enthusiastic fans as they drove out of the hotel.

Such enthusiastic cheers, they didn't hear much before this Asian Cup. Although they also have a record of winning, compared to today's scene, it is all pediatrics.

They can see the frenzied light on every fan's face.

This light makes them feel like they are bathed in light, and they feel warm.

It's their fans, it's their supporters, and they're fighting for it.

The Chinese national football team, such is the meaning of saving zài.

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When the Chinese team arrived at the stadium, the venue was almost full, and when they went out to warm up, they were warmly welcomed by the Chinese fans, and there were cheers in their ears all the time, and they never stopped. I can't help but worry about whether the Chinese fans are still shouting like this now, and when it comes to the game, they will still have the energy.

The Japanese fans also cheered for their own team, but I don't know if it was an illusion, but I always felt that in terms of momentum, the Chinese fans were more popular......

When the Chinese team finished their warm-up and returned to the locker room, Gao Hongbo, as the team's head coach, was already waiting for them in the locker room.

On the white writing board beside him, Gao Hongbo wrote a sentence in a marker.

"Win glory for the country."

When the players entered the dressing room, he pointed to the four words he had written and said: "This is an Asian Cup final, I don't ask for the process in this game, I just want the result." Because everyone knows that Chinese football has never won the Asian championship. Since we were able to reach the finals, we certainly didn't go back to finish runner-up. So we have to win, we have to win the championship. ”

Gao Hongbo has been relieving pressure on the team before, including when he once talked about the Asian Cup in an interview with reporters, Rongguang had not joined the national team at that time, so Gao Hongbo's expectations for the Asian Cup were different from now. At that time, he said that the Chinese team would definitely use young people to play the Asian Cup, because the main focus was on the 2011 World Cup qualifiers.

He said at the time that the Asian Cup results were not important.

But now, at this moment, standing in the visiting team's locker room at the Khalifa Stadium, Gao Hongbo's words and attitudes are different.

He didn't tell everyone that the result of the game is not important, what matters is the process, enjoying the game, enjoying football or something. He did not relieve the pressure on the team, but put the pressure directly on the shoulders of the Chinese team players.

Why don't you decompress at this time?

Because Gao Hongbo is well aware that pressure is something that professional players must face, especially the players of the Chinese team. For a long time, people have believed that the reason why the Chinese team did not play well was because the players had poor psychological quality and poor pressure tolerance.

Therefore, since the Asian Cup is regarded as a training ground, learning to withstand pressure must also be part of their drills.

If you can't even withstand such obvious pressure, then how can the Chinese team impact the World Cup?

Moreover, everyone has seen what it is like when I was warming up outside the hotel and in the stadium outside the Asian Cup final. If you keep your eyes open and tell the players that the result doesn't matter, even if we lose the game, it doesn't matter, you have already exceeded your task by reaching the final...... So Gao Hongbo feels that this kind of lie, which can't even convince himself, can't really relieve much pressure for the players.

So it's better to tell them straight about how stressful they are.

Facing the pressure correctly and bravely challenging it, rather than running away from it, is a must-have for a mature professional player.

After Gao Hongbo finished what he had to say, he left a few minutes for the players, and he and the coaching staff all exited the locker room.

As soon as he left, Glory got up from his seat, and he wanted to say something.

Everyone also looked at him.

Although Rong Guang is not the captain of the team, everyone is willing to listen to what he says. It's not because he's the most famous and earnest in the team. It's because Rongguang used his strength and personality charm to conquer these teammates step by step in the process of training and competing with everyone.

"The phrase "winning glory for the country" is a bit big, but also a little empty." Rongguang said. "My understanding is that winning glory for the country is actually fighting for those Chinese fans. I'm sure you all saw how enthusiastic those fans were today, right? You've all seen their smiling faces, right? Are you willing to make them cry after the game? I don't want to anyway. The reason why I joined the Chinese team is to make those fans happy, I am fighting for them, and this game is a great opportunity. When I fight for them, I win glory for my country. ”I1292