As the saying goes, no university is complete without the World Cup, just as bland and tasteless drinking Coke without ice. Because it is held in South Africa, there is a lot of time difference for us, so many of the games are held in the second half of the night, and it is almost the end of the night, and everyone has no classes, which gives the boys a very good reason and opportunity to stay up at night. The school naturally took this situation into account, according to the past practice, in order to ensure the order of the dormitory, the dormitory will delay the lights out time during the World Cup, and on the night of the final, it will be powered all night.

As a senior fan, Lin Ye cares about every game very much, and often stays up late at home to watch the game and then goes to class the next day to make up for sleep, which is also the state of the vast majority of fans. Sometimes Lin Ye will also pull Lao Zhao to simulate the World Cup with live evolution football, and integrate into the World Cup to a greater extent.

At that time, there was no developed mobile network, and I could only rely on the computer to watch the ball in the dormitory, although the lights were delayed, but at about 12 o'clock, the uncle also pulled the electric switch. After the power is off, the router and the broadband cat will lose their effect, and everyone will naturally not be able to watch the live broadcast of the game.

As the saying goes, as long as the mind does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties. The school has installed a campus network in each dormitory, which is still IPV6, 24 hours of uninterrupted power, and the fastest download on the designated website can reach 3Mb/S, which was simply the speed of light at that time. However, there are also a lot of shortcomings:Usually the Internet speed is very slow,If you browse a web page、Log on to QQ、Look at PPTV or something,If you play online games, you can be so angry that you can smash the computer,More importantly, Thunderbolt can't be used,So Lao Zhao They are not rare。 But fortunately, Eric and I handled the campus network, which also provided technical support for the subsequent World Cup.

The campus internet connection in our dormitory is right next to my bed, and when the lights go out, I just plug in the network cable into my laptop, and I can still hold on to the laptop battery for hours. In this way, we can enjoy the full game in the dormitory, although there are occasional stutters, but it does not prevent us from seeing the wonderful goals. During this period, people from other dormitories often came to us to play ball games, and even the dormitory manager who patrolled the dormitory also came to watch two games. It's a pity that I didn't realize that if we got some beer peanuts, we could open a dormitory bar. With the help of my and Eric's notebooks, we made it to the finals.

The final was in the early hours of Monday morning, when Spain played the Netherlands. Lin Ye invited us all to his house to watch the football all night, ready to drink beer and watch the football game together. Eric was extremely excited to learn of this, arguing that whoever didn't go was the puppy. Da Biao squad leader is also very happy at this time, it stands to reason that if there is no class, Da Biao squad leader will stay at home for a few more days, but I heard that Lin Ye invited us to go to his house to watch the finals, and I was really interested.

Actually, Eric and I are both pseudo-fans, and we like the World Cup entirely because of the surrounding environment, and we can't even tell who is on the pitch, let alone who is stronger. Still, whatever? It's good to be happy.

Lao Zhao and I went to Dale for a relatively late dinner, then bought some appetizers and beer and walked to Lin Ye's house. At the gate of Dale, we also met Da Biao, the squad leader who was carrying a bag of edamame and rushing to the road. Eric and Wawa also came over to meet us after dinner.

When we came to Lin Ye's house, he and his girlfriend had already cleaned up the house, and we put the wine and food on the table to eat while watching the game. Lin Ye, who had a tacit understanding, also prepared a lot of big green sticks, all of which were frozen in the refrigerator. But it was still very early before the start of the game, we were really a little bored, and the edamame brought by the head of the Da Biao squad just became the antidote for us to kill time. In this way, before the ball game even started, our drinking game began inexplicably.

As soon as I drank the wine, there was more talk, and the time passed unconsciously, and it was already the middle of the night when the game started. The appetizers we brought with us have almost been wiped out, so everyone simply watches the game seriously. The TV was in the bedroom of Lin Ye's house, and I felt a little embarrassed at first, but the enthusiasm of Lin Ye and his wife quickly eliminated my concerns. The girls sat on the bed, and the others sat on the floor, admiring the battle of the century together.

At the beginning, Lin Ye, Lao Zhao and Da Biao's squad leader were still discussing the state of the players on the field, but the first half was really boring, and the two sides were running around on the field, and there was no passionate moment. Lin Ye's girlfriend and Wawa couldn't hold on and fell asleep directly on the bed, with Eric following closely behind. The extremely long advertising time almost made me fall asleep. There was still no goal after the start of the second half, and it seemed that even the CCTV commentary was about to fall asleep. I was also a little sleepy, seeing that Lao Zhao was already lying on the floor, Da Biao's squad leader was also leaning against the wall and was drowsy, Lin Ye didn't know when he climbed into bed, and opened his eyes with difficulty in a corner.

I gradually lost consciousness, and it felt like the TV was a hypnotic trick that tempted me to keep closing my eyes. Just as I was about to fall asleep completely, there was a sudden whistle on the TV, and I thought I had finally scored, and when I opened my eyes, I looked: what, it's still 0-0, who fouled? Later, I found out that the second half was also over and extra time was needed.

At this time, Da Biao's squad leader and Lin Ye were already asleep, Lao Zhao's snoring sounded beside me, and I was the only pseudo-fan in the audience who was still watching TV. The sleepiness kept coming, and I could only keep suggesting to myself: score a goal and go to sleep! But I never expected that at the end of the first half of overtime, the result of the game was still 0-0. I couldn't hold on anymore and closed my eyes during the advertising break.

If there is still no winner in overtime, wouldn't it be a penalty shootout? Thinking about it, I suddenly felt a little more energetic, pinched my thigh, and forced myself to keep staring at the screen. At this time, there was already snoring around me, which also helped me not to fall asleep so easily.

The second half of extra time seemed to be much more intense, with some people being booked and cleared from the game. Later, there was another shot in front of the goal because it didn't go in, and the whole stadium began to enter a state of extreme excitement. And I really couldn't hold on, and when I was about to close again, the ball went in!

Someone needed to share it at this exciting time, but when I turned my head, I saw that they were all sleeping like dead pigs. My wish had been fulfilled, so I lay down on the floor and fell asleep.

"I'll go, the game is over, Spain won......" In a daze, I heard Lin Ye's voice, and when I opened my eyes, I found that the sky was already bright, and Lao Zhao had already woken up.

"Pretty good sleep, huh?" Lao Zhao proudly showed me his mobile phone, it turned out that after he woke up, he took pictures of our sleeping positions, "Look at you one by one!" ”

"Besides, you pseudo-fans!" I rubbed my sleepy eyes and replied, "I also said that I watched the game all night, and I was the only one who saw the goal......"

"Damn, awesome, you actually saw a goal!" Lin Ye cast an envious look.

"Seeing that you all slept so soundly, I didn't dare to call you."

"You can't blame us for that, who knew we didn't score in the final for half a day!" Lin Ye was a little remorseful.

"Come on, go back to bed, I'm tired from this night." Da Biao's squad leader didn't know when he woke up.

"Father-in-law (Wawa's affectionate name for Eric), let's go have breakfast, I'm hungry." Wawa woke up Eric, who was still asleep.

In this way, our group dragged our tired bodies out of Lin Ye's house, and went back to bed after breakfast. For this real fan to fall asleep, pseudo fans to watch the results of the game, I still feel funny when I think about it.