By 1798, the war in Europe had completely subsided. Pen www.biquge.info Fun Napoleon finally secured the throne as King of Italy, and despite how unhappy the Austrians, British, and Russians were, it was unlikely that the situation in Italy would repeat itself. The Corsican had the support of a large number of Italian progressives, from the new Italian bourgeoisie and the small and medium aristocracy, and crucially he also had a new army of 100,000 well-equipped, which Napoleon's commanding talent was evident in the war, and began to be recognized and appreciated by military strategists in various European countries.

Also in 1798, Datang was dealing with the affairs of North India, Tianfang and Persia, and had a lot of spare time, and also held the first World Football Championship in Datang, referred to as the "World Cup".

Speaking of which, in this plane, Datang is the country that invented modern football, and football is also one of the most prosperous sports in Datang. Datang has sports facilities all over the country, and there are football fields in every primary and secondary school. Datang families can afford to buy a soccer ball for their child, and the children only need to put two bricks or school bags on the street to complete interesting competitions. Not to mention, Datang's first professional sports league is the football league. Datang's top professional football league has a history of more than 10 years, and its scale and influence have been expanding, completely forming a sports economy.

As one of the most popular sports of the Tang people, with the activities of the Tang army around the world, cooperation with many allies has also brought this sport to other countries. When the Tang people first helped South American countries become independent, Tang volunteers and soldiers spread football here, and almost in just a few years, South American countries developed a love for football. Later, the behavior of the Tang Army stationed in Europe to play football in their leisure time soon fascinated many friendly soldiers, and everyone regarded this sport as a good pastime for amateur.

Even, when comprehensively learning the secret of the strength of the Tang Army, the British believed that football had cultivated the soldiers' spirit of cooperation and ability, and at the same time emphasized strategy and tactics, and had enough competition and confrontation, and was a game that could temper the soldiers' spirit of cooperation and hard work. Therefore, the British actually introduced football to the British Isles a long time ago, and there is no place in the slightest, and the British in this plane are also full of dedication to football.

In London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and other cities, some football clubs have been established, although they have not developed into a professional league like Datang, but the football level of the British people has also improved very quickly.

From France to Germany, Poland, and even some Nordic countries such as Denmark and Sweden, football culture has also begun to enter these countries with the entry of Datang products. It was also on this opportunity that the Datang National Sports Bureau, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sent invitations to many countries, suggesting that they form a national football team and go to Datang to participate in this international event. In terms of fees, Datang will fund part of it, and Datang's civil aviation company will be responsible for sending teams from various countries to Datang.

Many countries are not enthusiastic about this kind of things that have nothing to do with the economy and the military, but Datang's face cannot but be taken care of. Very few countries would refuse Datang's invitation, especially those that belonged to the internationalist camp, and they all readily agreed.

Almost all the European powers that can be named agreed to participate, but Turkey, which is more or less a European country, was not interested in this kind of event and did not send a team to participate.

In addition to the first hosts, the Tang Republic, 15 other countries participated in the world's first World Cup, divided into four groups, with a schedule similar to that of the other World Cup. Group A includes Datang, Brazil, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic; Group B is the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Austria; Group C includes Germany, Spain, Colombia and Argentina (for a World Cup, Whiteface decided to change the name of La Plata to Argentina *-*); Group D is Italy, Peru, Sweden and the United States.

If it were a World Cup group in another plane, almost every group would be a group of death. However, after all, this is the World Cup at the end of the 18th century, and football has just become popular, and Datang has developed this sport for nearly 20 years before other countries, and has also established professional football clubs, while many of the so-called national teams in other countries are improvised and put together. For example, the Austrian team, the Austrian royal family casually found some nobles who had played football, anyway, Datang was in charge of traveling, and he had the right to travel to Datang. Austrians seem to care more about going to Datang openly this time than football, and collecting information. So their football team is more like a spy team, and after coming to Datang, they didn't participate in any adaptation training, but instead visited everywhere.

Of course, there are also teams in some countries that are more concerned, and King George III of England has been a fan since five or six years ago, and even formed a court football team. This time the British team is the British official after strict selection of outstanding players, George III even personally met with the British team before the "expedition to the Tang Dynasty", and expressed condolences to the team, hoping that they can achieve good results.

According to the king's idea, he could not defeat the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield, but at least he could defeat the Tang Dynasty on the court, so that Britain would gain prestige. Only a handful of national politicians saw this, even if it may be insignificant, but after all, it was a victory, and the British badly needed a victory over the Tang Dynasty, which was enough to satisfy everyone.

Although there is no shortage of cultural activities in Datang, this World Cup is a major international event, which has received extensive attention from the media and people across the country, especially some fans, who have bought tickets early and are ready to watch the game. And the game with the participation of the Datang team is even more difficult to find, and many tickets have been fried for more than 100 Tang yuan.

Today is the opening match, and the host team of Group A, the Datang team, will face the Brazilian team in the same group at the National Stadium. Brazil is the undisputed powerhouse of South America, and even in this era, the talent of Brazilians in football was evident early on. Since this match is also the first match between national teams in history, it can be said that it witnessed a moment in history. Even though the Datang National Stadium was large enough to accommodate 80,000 people, all tickets were sold out, and the entire stadium was full.

Before the start of the game, fans and spectators entered the stadium one after another, and a handsome young man who looked a little thin stood in front of the stadium and waited for the sculpture money.

A young girl jumped out of the crowd with a smile on her face, clasped her hands cutely, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little late, have you been here for a long time?" ”

The young man said shyly and excitedly: "No, there are so many people today, it's normal to wait a while, let's go, let's go in quickly." ”

The girl stuck out her little tongue and said, "This ticket is very expensive, I heard that it is more than 100 yuan, I will go back and give you the money for the ticket." ”

The young man hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no." I usually don't lack money, this is what I bought with the magazine manuscript fee, our university is still a little preferential, there are special tickets to our school, I was lucky to get these two. ”

The girl smiled like a flower and said, "Yes, it's not easy." ”

The young man was a little embarrassed and said, "It's definitely not difficult for you, I seem to have done a little too much this time." ”

The girl stood closer to him, shook her head and smiled: "What's the matter, it's the first time that a boy has asked me to watch a ball game." I am happy! ”

The young man's heart was as sweet as honey when he heard it, and the beauty of the girl in front of him was so dazzling that even in the crowd, almost every passerby who passed by would pay attention to her. He didn't know whether he had eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall or what, but he actually made an invitation to this girl who was full of affection as soon as his head was hot.

"Let's go, don't stand here. There are a lot of people, let's get closer, don't get separated. The girl said, and gently grabbed the young man's sleeve. It's a gesture that is both intimate and extra careful. The young man's face became redder and redder, and he seemed to be able to feel the sweetness of the girl.

Immersed in the beautiful feelings of this young boy and girl, the young man felt that he was the luckiest person in the world. Unlike the talented and good-looking son of the newly elected student council president, he is just a penniless poor foreign boy, while the other party is a beautiful and noble princess.

The girl glanced sideways at the young man's hair, smiled and said, "Your new hairstyle is really much more pleasing to the eye." ”

The young man was a little happy and a little helpless, and said, "I'm afraid that when I return to my hometown, my father will break his leg." ”

However, he was afraid that the girl would think too much, so the young man immediately said: "I am returning to my hometown to visit relatives, and I will still work in Los Angeles in the future, and if possible, it is best to bring my parents here to live." ”

The girl was born with a seven-trick exquisite heart, and she understood the young man's thoughts very well, she just smiled slightly, like a hundred flowers blooming.

The relationship between the two is also wonderful, since that election event, the girl picked out some books about Datang values and culture to show him, and forced him to write after reading. The young man is really talented, and his thinking is also strong, and he soon formed an inexplicable pen pal relationship with the girl. His affection and admiration for the girl continued to improve, and he finally mustered up the courage to learn from other classmates, and made an invitation to her for a date, which was almost the goddess of the dreams of thousands of alumni.

The girl agreed without any excuse. She also has a good impression of this simple young man. Even though he was too ordinary at this point, the girl still thought he was better than those who held on to their own identities or were arrogant. It was indeed her first date, and it wasn't that there weren't no bold guys who had dated her, but she never thought about these things.

So in some ways, young men are extremely lucky. (To be continued.) )