The day after their warm-up match against France, the Chinese team took a direct flight to Durban, South Africa, at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, where their first World Cup group stage game will be played at the city's Durban Stadium against Germany, the third runners-up of the last year's German World Cup.

The time they arrived in Durban was 2 p.m. local time on the 6th of South Africa, and as soon as they stepped into the airport, they heard the 'click' of countless reporters and the cheers of Chinese fans who came to the airport in advance.

Of course...... These people have only one goal, and that is to interview the Chinese team members who arrived in South Africa.

And Iro, who has just returned from injury, has naturally become the most important object.

The original Chinese team is no longer the focus of the world's media, but with the perfect return of Iello from injury, the world's media had to temporarily change the focus, among which the most people who came to Durban International Airport were the Chinese domestic media, who came to Durban in advance according to the schedule to 'pick up the wind and wash the dust'.

Among them, many local Chinese held up slogans and banners to welcome the arrival of the Chinese national team in Durban, and wished the Chinese team the initiative to qualify from the group by defeating the German team in the first World Cup group game.

Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei, who followed their teammates in front of them to the exit, walked at the end of the team, and said enviously: "Hey, superstar is the advantage of superstar, you see...... Almost all of them are interviews with Ai Ge! ”

Wu Lei smiled, pushed the luggage rack and looked at Ailuo, who was being interviewed by reporters, and said with a smile: "Don't be envious, when we play our own games, I firmly believe that we will be able to become the darlings of the media in four years!" ”

Zhang Xizhe nodded and stopped talking.

"Huh? Isn't that Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe? ”

"It's really young and promising!"

"They played in both warm-up matches for the national team, which was great!"

Just when the two of them were envious of Arlo, the Chinese fans who came to the pick-up gate also shouted loudly to Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei, who were walking last, and the two also felt a sense of pride from the bottom of their hearts! Even if there are only a few of these fans, they believe that one day, they will be the center of attention like Iro!

I don't know if it's a coincidence, Iroh just smiled and waved to the media and fans to walk towards the pick-up bus, and those unsatisfied media suddenly turned around and rushed to the international pick-up gate again, making a lot of noise, so Iro, who was pushing the suitcase, instinctively looked back.

Originally...... Spain, the favourites to win the tournament, is here.

However, since all his teammates have gone, Iroh is embarrassed to let everyone wait for him, take two steps faster, anyway, everyone's first group game is in Durban, there will always be time to meet and chat or something.

It is worth mentioning that every time the international competition comes, in addition to the protagonist of the competition has become the focus of attention of the media and fans, the wives of various countries participating in the World Cup have also become the focus of everyone's attention, the most eye-catching of which is still the England wives group, all the models and stars have attracted countless eyeballs.

Ello's girlfriend, Taylor Swift, will most likely not be able to make it to the schedule due to work reasons, as she has been with Ello for too long in the days when she was seriously injured......

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There was such a joke in the 2006 World Cup in Germany: China is the only country that has not made the national team into the World Cup finals and can still invest a huge amount of media attention to the World Cup.

So when China had the right to participate in the finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Chinese media went crazy and began to plan their itinerary carefully last year, especially after Iroh's perfect comeback, and the interview team became more numerous, especially online media, such as New Wolves, Penguins and Sohu......

Of course, the largest interview team is CCTV 5.

Professional football commentators Huang Jianxiang, He Wei, Zhan Jun, Liu Jianhong, Duan Xuan and Shen Fangjian were all on standby in South Africa, followed by more than a dozen reporters, large and small, not including other work and logistics personnel.

Almost all of them revolve around the preparation of the Chinese team.

Just when the Chinese team left Durban International Airport and boarded the hotel to the station, the assistant director of the CCTV interview team received a call from the airport commissioner, so the assistant director who urgently coordinated the interview materials hurriedly asked the staff to take their places, and the interview task after the arrival of the Chinese team was Huang Jianxiang, the first brother of CCTV who had a good relationship with Iro.

The reason for choosing Huang Jianxiang as the interviewer is very simple, he has a good personal relationship with the number one star of the Chinese team, Iro, and the assistant director believes that the next interview will be very smooth.

Huang Jianxiang stood in front of the camera, and his background was the front of the hotel where the Chinese team was about to stay, and he said excitedly: "I just got the news that the Chinese team has arrived at Durban International Airport and is taking the airport bus to the hotel, and the hotel behind me is the Chinese team is about to stay in a four-star hotel......"

Twenty minutes later, the bus of the Chinese team arrived at the door of the hotel, and Huang Jianxiang hurriedly appeared in the background of the bus taken by the Chinese team and said the last sentence: "The bus of the Chinese team arrived at the hotel at about 2:50 pm local time in South Africa, and now everyone follows our camera to observe the physical condition of the Chinese team players up close......

Before the Chinese team had yet to stop at the designated location, a swarm of domestic media and reporters from other countries crowded at the entrance of the bus, apparently wanting to get first-hand information.

However, it is still the face of the CCTV interview team, when Huang Jianxiang came to the door of the bus in front of the camera, the reporters who were still crowded at the door of the bus just now subconsciously got out of the way.

The first to get out of the bus were head coach Gao Hongbo and other members of the coaching staff, followed by the players, who waved their hands to greet enthusiastic reporters or accept interviews, only the CCTV staff did not move, because the people they were waiting for had not yet gotten off the bus, and did not react until Ailuo, who was listening to the song with headphones, got off the bus.

As soon as Ai Luo got out of the car with his bag, he saw Huang Jianxiang with a smile on his face, and said hello with a smile.

The next process was very natural, Huang Jianxiang was the interviewer of CCTV, and Ai Luo was the interviewee, but the whole process did not last too long, only a few minutes.

After all, it has just flown over the whole of Africa, and not to mention physical fatigue, it will also suffer from jet lag.

The day after the Chinese team arrived in Durban, they had a simple restorative training session at the training ground provided by the organizers, and it is worth mentioning that they were also present at the training ground with their opponents in the same group, Germany, and two teams from Group H, Spain and Switzerland.

During the period between the preparation of the Chinese team and the first group game of the German team, CCTV and other domestic media followed the national team's every move, so that the fans waiting in front of the TV and the computer could understand the situation in South Africa at the first time.

As the clock ticked by, the day of the World Cup was slowly approaching, and Chinese fans, who had already planned to travel to South Africa last year, arrived in the beautiful city of Durban in batches.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon of June 11 local time in South Africa, the opening ceremony of the 19th World Cup kicked off at the Football City Stadium in Johannesburg.

Before the official start of the opening ceremony, the South African Air Force first performed a wonderful aerobatic performance, including the South African Mirage fighter formation, propeller aircraft formation, and other flight groups, they swept over the Johannesburg Football City Stadium at an ultra-low altitude, and the colorful smoke ribbons left traces on the blue sky, as if they were African pictures painted by South African artists.

It is worth mentioning that more than 300 world dignitaries and guests came to watch the opening ceremony at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa, including Chinese Vice President Xi Jingping.

Since this World Cup is the first time that the Hercules Cup has come to Africa and is an honor for the people of all Africa, South African President Zuma invited 52 African heads of state to attend the opening ceremony.

The whole process of the opening ceremony was very exciting, first of all, the big screen of the stadium played the cute girl Mo Jiaji with a smile, unfolding the picture of South Africa for the people of the world, from the lens you can see the beautiful scenery, wildlife, swirling mineral deposits and simple African people.

Then Mjiwa, the bearer of the South African hymn, called out to the world in the middle of the pitch: "Rejoice, Africa!" A group of 270 African women joined the crowd to create a beautiful picture of Africa, and the South African style of the opening ceremony was reflected from the start.

The crowd formed nine straight lines, pointing to each of the stadiums for the World Cup in South Africa and one to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, symbolizing the legacy of the World Cup.

Immediately afterwards, the famous South African singer Morey entered the venue and sang a song called "Hope", which was written by former South African President Nelson Mandela......

Due to the fact that the city where the Chinese team faced Germany for the first time was in Durban, and the distance from Johannesburg, where the opening ceremony of the World Cup was held, the Chinese team players did not go to the Johannesburg Football City Baths to watch the live broadcast, but only watched the live broadcast of the opening ceremony in the hotel conference room accompanied by Football Association officials and coaches.

It can be said that every performance project attracts attention.

However, it is a pity that the stands directly opposite the broadcast camera have a large empty seating, and the embarrassment of the empty stands in the opening match of last year's Confederations Cup.

The opening ceremony lasted about 33 minutes in total, and the most talked about after the opening ceremony was naturally the first match of the World Cup Group A group stage, the host South Africa and Mexico in the same group, and at this time the empty stands were slowly filling up, and there was a full house.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, both sides scored one goal each and ended the game with a score of 1:1.

Two hours later, Uruguay and France also drew in the other Group A group game, with France playing 0-0 with one more player, exactly what fans had come to expect.

It's just that these have nothing to do with Iro, and they have nothing to do with the Chinese team......