Chapter 385: Football Match (6)
This goal was undoubtedly a blow to the British team and all the foreigners present, because the score was once again stretched to two goals, which shattered the hope of the foreigners who had finally rekindled it, and several people did not want to watch it anymore and got up and left the stadium. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
And the worst thing is Huo Bilan, he just returned to the VIP stage, his ass has not yet sat firmly, the British team has lost another goal, naturally an official from the Ministry of Industry came to question, Huo Bilan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, at this time he can only insist that the game is not over, anything can happen, and he believes that the British team will win in the end. So that the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Bureau could not say anything more.
At this time, the game restarted, but the momentum of the British team was obviously inferior to the first half, and the goal conceded by Bi Jing just started the game was too big a blow to their morale, and even some players felt that no matter how hard they tried, it was difficult to catch up with the score. On the other hand, the traverser is like a rainbow, frequently attacking the British team, and at the same time resolutely accustomed to Wang Hailong's tactics, no longer pursuing speed, but playing with a success rate, making full use of the width of the field and the gap in the contraction of the British team's backline, passing the ball back and forth to the foot, looking for opportunities, or shooting vigorously at the front of the penalty area, or forming a breakthrough through local cooperation, only to make the British team's goalkeeper noisy and dangerous.
In the 10th minute, Tang Qufei broke through on the left side and crossed. Huang Taisong grabbed the spot to shoot, but failed to control the part that touched the ball and missed the bottom line. Five minutes later, Chen Zhuowei cooperated with Wang Xiaoyu on the right side, broke through the defense of the British team, cut inside and passed diagonally to the goal, Xie Mingfeng caught up with his head to attack the goal, and it was slightly off.
In the 22nd minute, Wang Xiaoyu took the ball on the left side, crossed the ball to the front of the goal after a strong burst, and goalkeeper Hilton attacked, but under the interference of Huang Taisong, he failed to get the ball.
Only 3 minutes later, Wang Xiaoyu took the ball from the left side and broke through the bottom, and returned the ball to Huang Taisong who was 4 or 5 meters in front of the arc of the penalty area, and Huang Taisong met the ball and shot angrily, hitting the crossbar and bounced into the goal, 5:1.
Only a little more than halfway through the second half, the Travelers continued to extend the score to a 5-1 lead over the British team. And at this time, even those who are optimistic and have strong confidence in the British team will not believe that the British team is still capable of saving this game.
At this time, the Chinese audience was also completely boiling, everyone stood up from their seats, clapped their hands, stomped their feet, shouted loudly, cheered, and the excitement was overflowing. After all, in the past few decades, the Chinese have not watched the foreigners being defeated by the Chinese under their noses, although they are foreigners defeated by the overseas Chinese, but the Chinese at this time have basically agreed that the overseas Chinese are also Chinese, so the victory of the overseas Chinese is also the victory of China.
Although this is just an ordinary game, in front of the eyes of the Chinese audience, this is a battle, not to mention that before this game, the concession side also intends to raise the momentum of this game, and lead this game to the competition between the two countries, naturally it also arouses the strong interest of the Chinese, and personally witnesses the foreigners being defeated by overseas Chinese on the court, for the Chinese who are used to being bullied, oppressed, and humiliated, there is indeed a feeling of raising their eyebrows, so everyone vents their emotions to the fullest.
At this moment, I don't know who took the lead and shouted the slogan: "Revitalize China and strive for self-improvement." It didn't take long for it to spread throughout the audience, and almost all the Chinese were raising their arms in unison and shouting "Revitalize China, Unremitting Self-improvement".
It turned out that this was the person who was arranged in the audience in advance by the traverser, and saw the opportunity to promote the emotions of the Chinese audience because of the victory of the game, and guided the audience to shout these two slogans, of course, these two slogans were also discussed by Qin Zheng and others in advance, which can not only take advantage of the victory of this ball game, but also greatly boost the national mood of the Chinese, but it will not stimulate the foreigners and the Qing court too much, and at the same time, it can also establish a tall and bright image of the traveler in the hearts of the Chinese in Shanghai.
Most of the foreigners who were present were also a little stunned at this time, most of the foreigners could understand a few sentences of Chinese, and those who did not understand also listened to other people's translations, so they naturally knew what the Chinese were shouting? Most foreigners understood people, and of course knew that the eight words "rejuvenating China and making unremitting self-improvement" were absolutely not a good thing for foreigners, and no one expected that the Chinese, who usually look honest, weak, and easy to bully, would shout in unison with such momentum and courage. Many foreigners felt an inexplicable sense of fear, coupled with the fact that the overall situation of the game was now decided, so they got up and left the court.
On the VIP stage, Qin Zheng and Li Sanjie were naturally very satisfied with the current scene, which completely achieved the expected effect. Although Li Hongzhang and others were a little surprised by the reaction of the Chinese audience, on the whole, this reaction was not harmful to the Qing court, and the eight words "rejuvenating China and striving for self-improvement" were all reasonable there, so there was no unusual reaction, and some people even gave birth to the idea that "the people's will can be used".
However, the mentality of the foreigners is completely different, because they are officials of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, everyone's face is very solemn, and there are even some people who seem to be facing a great enemy. The officials of the Ministry of Industry were elected from among the foreigners in the concession, but the majority were British. They were in a bad mood, not because of the British team's defeat on the pitch, but because of the performance of the Chinese audience. Britain has more than 100 years of colonial experience, and has a wealth of means to deal with various situations in the colonies, and the rise of national sentiment among the colonists is considered one of the most dangerous things.
The national sentiment of the Chinese in Shanghai is obviously aroused by this game, and although it has not yet reached the level of danger, there are powerful overseas Chinese behind it, and if the overseas Chinese deliberately fan the flames and incite the radicals among the Chinese to make trouble, or even personally lead the Chinese to make trouble, then the consequences will be extremely serious, after all, the overseas Chinese have already captured the Tianjin concession by force, and then captured Weihaiwei. It is not impossible for Qingdao, the two single-country concessions, to seize the Shanghai concession again.
And the beginning of all this is, of course, Huo Bilan, who tried his best to promote this game, and he also tried his best to raise the meaning of this game, just to use this game to suppress the morale of the Chinese in the concession, but now the result is to promote the national sentiment of the Chinese in the concession, and the audience shouted out the two slogans of "rejuvenating China and striving for self-improvement", everyone knows what it means, if China is really revitalized and self-reliant, then the future of the concession will come.
So the officials of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession all aimed at Huo Bilan, and they didn't care that the game was not over, and there were Qin Zheng, Li Hongzhang and others on the VIP stage, who questioned Huo Bilan one after another, blowing their beards and glaring at their eyes, and even slapped the table loudly, asking Huo Bilan to give him an explanation why such a result would occur.
But now Huo Bilan can still explain, he can't still insist that the game is not over, he firmly believes that the British team will win, so in the face of the accusations of the officials of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, Huo Bilan opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word, but the whole person was like sitting on pins and needles, he just hated that there was a crack to let him get into, and at the same time he regretted it in his heart, he shouldn't have returned to the VIP stage just now, how good it was to watch the ball at the bottom, and he could take the opportunity to slip away at this time.
At this moment, Qin Zheng was also a little overwhelmed, after all, it was by his side, and Qin Zheng could basically understand the English they spoke, so Qin Zheng stood up and said in English: "I'm sorry, can you stop for a while and listen to me." ”
After hearing Qin Zheng's words, everyone remembered that Qin Zheng knew English, and what he questioned Huo Bilan just now was heard by Qin Zheng, so they were all a little embarrassed, after all, some words could not be brought to the table. So they all stopped accusing Huo Bilan and looked at Qin Zheng to see what he had to say.
Qin Zheng said: "This is just an ordinary sports competition, everyone can exchange football skills with each other through the game, enhance the friendship between athletes, and even strengthen the understanding between the two countries, and create a good atmosphere for our negotiations. This game is a little bit of our luck, but I believe that the British team will improve their level through hard training, maybe the next game will be won by the United Kingdom, don't you have so much energy, can't you afford to lose?"
The officials of the Ministry of Industry Bureau could hear that on the surface, Qin Zheng was persuading them, but in fact there was something in the words, and even the grievances and losses were sarcastic, but although the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau were so angry that they gritted their teeth, they couldn't say anything, because Qin Zheng was high-sounding on the surface, and he still stood on the highest point of morality and pretended to be innocent.
After everyone was stunned for a while, I don't know who took the lead and snorted, and left the VIP stage with a shake of his hand, and the others saw it, and they all took root one after another, leaving the VIP stage like a fish, and after a while, if the big VIP platform was suddenly empty, only the consular staff of various countries were left among the foreigners, the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Concession, and some businessmen left the VIP stage.
The consular staff of various countries did not have much to do with the Ministry of Industry, so there was no immediate pain, although there was some surprise at the high mood of the Chinese audience, but they did not care too much, and many people were holding back to watch the British jokes. Huo Bilan is also a consul, so naturally it is difficult to leave, so he can only stay on the VIP stage in embarrassment, and thank Qin Zheng, this greasy feeling in his heart.
The rest of the game was basically uneventful, the Traveler scored another goal, and in the first three minutes of the final game, deliberately released water to let the British team score another goal, so as to finally win the game with a 6:2 disparity.