Chapter 32: Referees and Fans
When Li Xuan and his team of referees rushed to the locker room, put down their luggage, and also came out of the field to check the specific competition facilities.
It was found that in fact, the players of the Huaxia Guoan team in this commercial game had already appeared on the field for training.
It's just that when Li Xuan and the others wanted to find the players of the Barcelona team again, they didn't find any familiar figures.
Li Xuan specially asked the staff on the pitch, only to learn that the official press officer of the Barcelona team said that their players, because they did not want accidents, a group of people were still staying in their own locker room, and were taking a brief rest, and they had not come out to meet some fans who arrived at the scene in advance for the time being.
Faced with such a slightly regrettable situation, Li Xuan and others had no choice but to return to the referee's locker room first, seriously carry out pre-game preparations, and temporarily let go of the little bit of star-chasing and watching excitement in their hearts.
However, Zou Liang was suddenly a little dissatisfied with this situation, and he had already started shouting: "Sure enough, in the past two days, some people have been saying that Barcelona is playing a big name, I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that there is still a little bit of it." Since it's a commercial game, some of the fans are there early, so why can't they just step on the pitch and show the fans like the players of the national security team?"
"I guess I'm worried that the players of the national security team will affect their training, and they will come out after the national security team has finished training, right?" Gao Yuan guessed himself.
Zou Liang immediately shook his head: "No, as far as I know, this group of Barcelona team members, not only did not come out today, but they also didn't take the children who were specially invited to the earthquake-stricken area to carry out goodwill activities yesterday, and they were quite uncooperative." In my opinion, they should have a strong resistance to this business competition, and may simply be reluctant to come out, and are planning to be perfunctory. ”
"Don't be cranky, they can't get out, it's none of our business, as long as the game starts on time and it doesn't affect our work. Gui Nan still doesn't care about such messy gossip.
But Zou Liang looked very unwilling, and put his arm around Li Xuan's shoulder and said: "Li Xuan, do you recognize what I said? Barcelona just don't want to come to China, they were forced by sponsors, and they will definitely not play seriously in today's game." ”
Li Xuan smiled at this: "I don't care if they take it seriously or not, anyway, I haven't officiated the game for almost a month, so it's just a good time." In addition, you, a Real Madrid fan, may be biased against Barcelona, I will not express my opinion. ”
"This has nothing to do with whether I am a Real Madrid fan or not, this is purely a matter of professionalism, yesterday I heard that there are many hardcore Barcelona fans who cursed on the scene and were dissatisfied with the team, which proves that Barcelona's attitude is indeed debatable. Alas, this is really the sadness of Chinese fans, who don't have their own real home team, and always have a hot face and a cold ass from a foreign country. Zou Liang seems to be a little reluctant, and he wants to raise his unhappiness to a higher height.
Li Xuan knew this guy and knew that he might have to think more about Chinese football, and he would continue to be angry, so he quickly sighed and interrupted: "It's still the same sentence, this has nothing to do with our work, at most, some fans feel that the idol halo is broken." Besides, today's Barcelona players have not yet appeared, maybe they were tired from the journey before, and they are deliberately recuperating for tonight's game. ”
"Oh, how do you say as much as you can for Barcelona?"
"I'm realistic. ”
"So we bet?"
"I don't have time to bet with you. ”
"Ah, you're so hateful, you wait and see, Barcelona must be fooling around twice tonight. Zou Liang became more and more sure of his opinion.
Li Xuan and the other two went with him, and they no longer deliberately accosted him, they had long been accustomed to the nature of this guy's words.
When Li Xuan and several members of the referee team were resting and preparing in the locker room, the audience in the Bird's Nest Stadium not far outside finally became more lively.
More and more fans rushed to the stadium one after another, filling the originally extremely vacant venue, making the entire stadium look less deserted.
Even though the fans may still not be able to fill the stadium, they are already trying to create some momentum to warm up for the game.
All kinds of uniforms of the Barcelona team, as well as various jerseys of Messi, Ibrahimovic and others, can be seen everywhere in the stadium, and everyone is talking and shouting enthusiastically, and there are still some different expectations for the game.
Of course, as the home team of Yanjing, Guoan's fans have also appeared a lot, and they are gathered together in groups, and they are still very loyal.
In addition, there is a situation that may surprise Li Xuan, who is still unaware, that among the fans at the scene, there are really fans wearing referee costumes, who should obviously come here specifically for Li Xuan!
When it was found that the fans were gradually about to arrive, a CCTV sports host specially invited by the game quickly appeared in the center of the competition venue and began to interact with the fans, as well as game activities, to further enhance the atmosphere of the game.
Perhaps the Barcelona official also understands that the fans should not be left out for a long time, and the players of the Barcelona team, under the continuous shouting and anticipation of the very lively fans, appeared in the grass one after another for a simple adaptive warm-up training before the game.
"Messi, Messi, Messi!"
"You're the best, Eevee!"
"Barcelona, come on!"
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In the face of the European football superstars who could only be watched in front of the TV in the past, the fans at the scene naturally became more enthusiastic and impulsive, and the support for the Guoan players was much stronger than before!
When they heard the bursts of enthusiastic cheers and shouts outside, Li Xuan and the others knew that there was really only a little time left before the game.
They have finished the final rest, and then successfully solved their personal problems, and then faced the clock, relaxed, waiting for the official arrival of the game.
It didn't take long for the tournament staff to come and inform them that they were ready to show up in the tunnel of the players.
Li Xuan and his members of the referee team immediately went to the Bird's Nest before the players' tunnel to check the game equipment of the players who were about to play on both sides, and to take them out of the tunnel and to the arena afterwards.
At this time, Li Xuan and the others finally saw the real Messi, Ibrahimovic and other Barcelona players.
However, out of the requirements of professionalism, they did not have any idea of chasing stars and watching lively fans at this time, but shook hands with this group of Barcelona players very professionally, as well as simple polite exchanges.
Naturally, this group of players also seemed to gradually recognize Li Xuan, and still showed a certain curiosity and friendliness towards him, obviously recognizing his performance in the World Cup final.
Then, Li Xuan and the other team, the national security team, shook hands and cheered them up, and each took a child by the hand and set off to the already hot game site together.