Chapter 380: Ten Thousand People Chorus
In Johannesburg, in the middle of the Soccer City Stadium, Zhang Huasong and the Freshlyground band stood on a central stage a little higher than the surrounding area, and when they were ready, the accompaniment of "bang-bang, bang-bang" mixed with drums and applause rang out.
As the rhythmic accompaniment sound sounded, countless fans who were familiar with the song immediately began to applaud and stomp their feet along with the accompaniment, falling into a carnival atmosphere!
Moreover, more and more fans joined in, and it eventually turned into a huge carnival where tens of thousands of people applauded along with the rhythm.
Ten seconds after the accompaniment began, Zhang Huasong began his singing as the lead singer at the opening ceremony of the World Cup.
The first few lines of the lyrics are sung in the form of rap:
“Buddy-you-are-a-boy-make-a-big-noise,”
“Playin'-in-the-street-gonna-be-a-big-man-someday,”
……
The essence of this song is all in the chorus, and the lyrics of the previous rap part are not sung by most people. And Zhang Huasong sings too fast, even if he knows the lyrics, few people can keep up with the rhythm.
Therefore, few people sang the lyrics in the first few lines with Zhang Huasong, and everyone waited for the arrival of the high-tide part of the chorus.
When Zhang Huasong finished singing the prelude and shouted the word "Singin" that was ready to sing the chorus, Zhang Huasong, the members of the band Freshlyground, and the tens of thousands of fans who would sing the song in the audience sang loudly together:
“e-ill-e-ill-rock-you! e-ill-e-ill-rock-you! ”
The high-tide part of tens of thousands of people singing a song together is indeed too shocking, and the voice of more than 1,000 people singing in the official MV previously launched by Zhang Huasong and the World Cup Organizing Committee is grander and more shocking!
That's not the high-end though! Because, there are still many spectators and fans at the scene who hear this song for the first time and can't sing it!
But the lyrics of this high-rise part are so simple that even those who don't know English can listen to them twice.
So when Zhang Huasong, the members of the band Freshlyground and tens of thousands of other spectators sang it once, the rest of the spectators and fans in the stands also remembered the simple lyrics.
So, when Zhang Huasong and the Freshlyground band began to repeat the lyrics over and over again, more and more fans joined in, and finally it became a chorus of 8'90,000 fans in unison!
Probably, except for those reserved politicians, all the fans are singing loudly this chorus part of the theme song of the South African World Cup with a carnival mood!
Viewers around the world who watched the live broadcast were also fascinated, shouting and shouting along with the huge applause and singing from the TV!
This is probably the most popular and popular theme song in the history of the World Cup!
Other theme songs may have more beautiful tunes and touching lyrics, but none of the lyrics of Zhang Huasong's theme song are simple, easy to remember, and have a distinct rhythm.
The accompanying drums and applause are also perfect for football matches, just listen to the crowd stomping and applauding along with the accompaniment!
The theme song was the last finale of the opening ceremony, and the opening ceremony of the South African World Cup came to an end in the chorus, applause and screams of tens of thousands of people.
After the opening ceremony was completed, the stadium was cleared, the goal ball net, the corner flagpole billboard and so on were set up, and the first official match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as the opening match was about to begin.
Zhang Huasong waved to the fans in the stands while exiting the field, causing countless fans in the stands to applaud and scream.
Returning to the actors' rest hall at the opening ceremony, Zhang Huasong hurriedly took a shower and changed clothes.
In the chorus of tens of thousands of people in the audience, Zhang Huasong roared very highly, jumped, jumped and sang, and sweated. But after the performance, the winter temperature in South Africa quickly cooled down the sweat.
Therefore, Zhang Huasong had to take a shower and change clothes quickly. Moreover, I will go to the VIP box to watch the opening match with the officials of the South African organizing committee later.
When Zhang Huasong was taking a shower and changing clothes backstage, commentators and guests from various countries after the live broadcast of the opening ceremony were also commenting on the opening ceremony.
The biggest highlight of the opening ceremony of this World Cup is undoubtedly the theme song "e-ill-rock-you" sung by Zhang Huasong and the Freshlyground band, and the scale of 8'90,000 fans singing in unison has never appeared in previous World Cups.
Zhang Huasong took the lead in setting a record for the number of choruses at the opening ceremony of the World Cup theme song.
After today, Zhang Huasong and his "E-ill-Rock-You" will definitely become classics again. In the field of music, Zhang Huasong's achievements are also increasing.
The performances of other actors at the opening ceremony were also remarkable, allowing audiences and fans from all over the world to learn about Africa and South Africa through the opening ceremony.
However, it is not without slots. The most complained about by everyone is the cheering little horn prop "Vuvuzula" of South African fans in the stands, which is really noisy and everyone's ears can't stand it!
In the stadium, after Zhang Huasong took a shower and changed his clothes, he followed an official of the organizing committee who was waiting for him to the VIP box to meet with the officials of the South African World Cup organizing committee.
Officials of the organizing committee praised the theme song composed by Zhang Huasong, saying that it is the most popular theme song in the history of the World Cup.
The cooperation between the two parties is perfect!
After talking to each other for a while, the stadium has been cleaned and set up, and the opening match of the 2010 World Cup South Africa vs Mexico is about to begin.
Before the opening match, FIFA President Blatter and South African President Zuma delivered speeches respectively, Blatter emotionally announced that "the South African World Cup has officially kicked off", and Zu President Ma said that "the time for Africa has come!" ”
Subsequently, Blatter, together with South African President Zuma and Mexican President Calderón, met with the players of the two teams in the opening match and the members of the referee team who officiated the game.
At 16 o'clock in the afternoon of June 11 local time, the first official match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as the opening match of the host South Africa vs Mexico officially began.
Billions of fans around the world tuned in to watch the game live.
South Africa's Sabalala scored the first goal of the tournament to get the hosts off to a perfect start, and the South Africans rejoiced and the noise of Vuvuzzula was even louder.
However, South Africa's perfect start was unfortunately equalised by Mexico in the end, and they were unable to win.
However, the result was a 1-1 draw between South Africa and Mexico, extending the record of the hosts being unbeaten in their opening games in World Cup history.
There were goals, yellow cards, whistled goals, substitutions, strikers missing empty goals, key saves, and so on.
With the exception of the supporters of both teams, the opening match did not disappoint the neutral crowd.
The one-month World Cup in South Africa has officially begun!
During the World Cup, no one or anything in the world has a high level of attention to the World Cup!
After the opening match, Zhang Huasong rested in Johannesburg for two days and watched a few more matches before flying back to Europe again on June 14.
The 2010 season of the London Wimbledon is about to start on June 21, and Zhang Huasong will go to London for some adaptation training.
Although he won Wimbledon last year, he played on grass for the first time, and the semi-finals and finals were thrilling, narrowly beating Nadal and Federer 3-2 on aggregate.
After Wimbledon last year, Zhang Huasong did not continue to train on grass. Therefore, in this year's Wimbledon, Zhang Huasong had to rush to London in advance for grass adaptation training.
Due to the impact of the World Cup, this year's Wimbledon must have received serious attention, as can be seen from the number of media and fans chasing Zhang Huasong.
Although Zhang Huasong is now the seventh-ranked international superstar, the media that followed him through his pre-match adaptation training and the fans who asked him for autographs were not as large as when he arrived in London last year.
This is no way, this year's Wimbledon met the World Cup, even if Zhang Huasong's popularity is not the best, he was also hot for two days after the opening ceremony of the World Cup.
After the opening ceremony, everyone's eyes returned to the official matches and those football stars.
Which classic goals were born in the game, which superstar performed poorly, which newcomer rose, which team could become a dark horse, and which team could win the championship were the topics that the global media and fans paid the most attention to during the World Cup.
In the slightly insufficient attention, Zhang Huasong quietly carried out pre-game training.
This is the third Grand Slam of the year, and after winning Wimbledon, only the US Open Grand Slam remains!
The U.S. Open is a hard court, and Zhang Huasong is familiar with it, and he can almost certainly win the title. Therefore, the key to the second annual Grand Slam is Wimbledon, and there is no room for error.
Wimbledon is the only grass-court event in the Grand Slam and Masters, and Zhang Huasong does not participate in other low-level tournaments, so his grass-court experience is only last year's Wimbledon.
Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Andy Murray and others all know that this year's Wimbledon is the best chance to break Zhang's monopoly on tennis titles and prevent Zhang's second annual Grand Slam.
Except for Wimbledon, where Zhang Huasong has only one match experience, it seems that it will be difficult to defeat Zhang Huasong in other hard court and clay tournaments.
The birth of a great athlete is a blessing for a neutral audience, but somewhat tragic for other athletes of the same era.
Therefore, Federer, Nadal and others are holding back their energy, wanting to explode at Wimbledon this year to see if they can beat Zhang Huasong and interrupt his winning streak like Nadal did in Monte Carlo and Madrid last year.
On June 21, the 2010 Wimbledon Open officially began.
Although Zhang Huasong did not participate in the grass court event and did not have grass points, the Wimbledon tournament organizers still set Zhang Huasong as the No. 1 seed.
This is a recognition of Zhang Huasong's strength and status.
As the No. 1 seed, Zhang Huasong did not meet any strong players in the first few rounds, no one could win a set against Zhang Huasong, and even few people won a few games against Zhang Huasong in the process.
Zhang Huasong advanced to the top 8 with an overall score of 3-0.
In the quarterfinals, Zhang Huasong played against Djokovic.
Djokovic is indeed a tennis genius that even Nadal and Federer are not as good as Nadal, and if it were not for Zhang Huasong's birth, men's tennis would definitely form a three-legged situation of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal in the next few years.
After last year's Australian Open, Djokovic's style changed drastically, greatly reducing his off-court life, focusing all his energy on the court, and his strength improved quickly.
In addition to the Grand Slam and Masters tournaments because Zhang Huasong was too strong to win the championship, Djokovic won a lot of ATP 500 and 250 tournaments.
And at Wimbledon this year, Djokovic is also holding back his strength to defeat Zhang Huasong on this grass court with the least experience of Zhang Huasong.
As soon as the match began, Djokovic broke out in the best supernatural form of his career, winning the first set with a score of 7-6 against Zhang Huasong, leaving the audience in an uproar at the scene and in front of the TV.
Djokovic's fans and compatriots also immediately lifted their spirits and frantically cheered for him, hoping that he would create a miracle and defeat Zhang Huasong.
However, after a few minutes of rest, in the second set, although Djokovic was still in good shape, he was not as good as the supernatural state of the first set.
As a result, Djokovic was defeated by Zhang Huasong with a score of 6-4 in the second set.
In the next two sets, Djokovic failed to regain his supernatural form in the first set, and was defeated by Zhang Huasong with a score of 7-5 and 6-3 respectively.
In the course of the match, although Djokovic won many games against Zhang Huasong, he failed to create a miracle when he won the first set, and finally lost to Zhang Huasong with a total score of 1-3, failing to stop Zhang Huasong's way to advancement.
After the match, many media and spectators felt sorry for Djokovic.
failed to maintain the state of the first set, and was reversed by Zhang Huasong in three consecutive games in the good situation of winning the first set, and finally lost the game, which is a pity.
After reaching the semi-finals, the two semi-finals were Zhang Huasong against Nadal and Andy Murray against Federer.
Nadal failed to reach Djokovic's form and failed to win even a set, losing 0-3 on aggregate to Zhang Huasong.
In the other semi-final, Andy Murray, a native player of the United States, defeated Federer with a score of 3-1 in the cheers of his compatriots and reached the final.
At this moment, the people of the United States were suddenly excited.
Andy Murray is a native of the United States and often competes on grass, so he has a lot of experience in grass.
Moreover, Wimbledon is Andy Murray's home stadium, except for Zhang Huasong fans and overseas Chinese who came from abroad, most of the audience will cheer for Andy Murray.
Djokovic could win Zhang Huasong by one set, and Andy Murray could win Zhang Huasong in two or even three sets on the grass courts and in the atmosphere at home.
Andy Murray still has the potential to win his first Wimbledon men's singles title since 1936.
Just in the good expectations of countless Chinese people, the Wimbledon final began.
Andy Murray has indeed shown far more strength and form than usual, and if it weren't for Zhang Huasong, he could have won the first Wimbledon men's singles title since 1936.
However, it was Andy Murray's misfortune to encounter Zhang Huasong, who was in general BUG.
Despite the cheers of his compatriots, Andy Murray was in good shape to win two sets against Zhang Huasong, becoming the first person since the US Open to win two sets against Zhang Huasong.
But in the final score, Andy Murray still lost to Zhang Huasong with an aggregate score of 2-3, and Andy Murray failed to create a miracle on his home turf.
Zhang Huasong, despite a rare two-set loss, defeated Andy Murray in the end and defended his Wimbledon title.
In the four Grand Slams in 2010, Zhang Huasong is only one US Open away, and he is about to complete the second annual Grand Slam, becoming the first player in history to complete the annual Grand Slam twice!
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