That night, because the national football team qualified for the World Preliminary Tournament and qualified for the World Cup in Brazil, the entire land of China fell into a carnival.

The national football players who returned home overnight were warmly welcomed by thousands of fans at the Capital International Airport.

Although the national football team had a poor record and image in the past few years, the entire football sport has become the object of ridicule and ridicule of the Chinese people.

But as widely regarded as the number one sport in the world, football itself is unmatched by the appeal and potential number of fans of other sports.

Especially after Cheng Hai was born, constantly conquered the European football world, won numerous group and individual awards, broke countless records, and led the national football team to win the Asian Cup and the Olympic team to win the Olympic gold medal, the status of football in the minds of the domestic people has been very different from the past.

Everyone is no longer ashamed of playing football and watching football games, especially among young people, the number of people playing and watching football has skyrocketed, making the entire football sport a popular sport in the country.

This time, the away defeat of South Korea and the early qualification from Asia for the first place in the group caused the celebration of fans across the country, and the grand occasion was not far behind the first qualification for the 2001 World Preliminary Championships.

Fans waved national flags in bars, squares, schools, neighborhoods, streets, and many other occasions to vent their excitement.

On the Internet, various websites were swiped by the news of the early qualification of the national football world preliminaries, and many old fans excitedly looked for news posts to support and like one by one.

"The national football team defeated South Korea 4-2 away and advanced to the World Cup in Brazil! 》

"With 18 points, the national football team locked the first place in Group A of the top ten Asian matches of the World Preliminary Tournament and qualified ahead of schedule. 》

"2014 Brazil World Cup, the Chinese team is coming! 》

"Three passes and one shot, Cheng Hai made all four goals of the Huaguo team to lead the team to advance to the World Cup in Brazil!" 》

"Black Whistle can't stop the Huaguo team, Cheng Hai led his teammates to conquer South Korea! 》

"The Chinese team qualified ahead of schedule and became the first non-host team in the world to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil! 》

Under the news of major websites, there are overwhelming hot comments from fans:

"We're out again!"

"With Cheng Hai here, it is definitely impossible to win, not a point, or a goal this time!"

"Cheng Hai will definitely help the Chinese team make history."

"I'm so happy, I'm glad I was young in '02, and now I've grown up."

"The speech upstairs is very connotative!"

"Yes, I was ignorant in 02, and now I am really happy to meet Cheng Hai who was born and led the Chinese team to the World Cup in Brazil."

"The Koreans are also fighting, compared with 02, but it's useless, they still can't stop Cheng Hai, and they can't stop the national football team from qualifying in advance."

In addition to the carnival of fans, in the capital market that ordinary people do not notice, the stocks of major sports-related companies around the world have risen sharply.

Because the Chinese team qualified for the World Cup, the orders for Chinese fans with a huge population base to buy sporting goods will definitely usher in a short-lasting increase.

If the Chinese team makes a historic breakthrough in the World Cup in Brazil, or even creates good results, then the orders of these sporting goods companies will last longer.

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The media around the world also reported a lot about the Chinese team's qualification from the Asian qualifiers, after all, this is the first team other than the host to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.

"Cheng Hai led the Chinese team to defeat South Korea 4-2 away and advance to the World Cup in Brazil! 》

"Golden Globe winner Cheng Hai led the Chinese team to qualify for the Asian World Preliminary Tournament in advance! 》

"The Chinese team became the first team outside the host country to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil! 》

"The Chinese team advanced to the World Cup in Brazil ahead of schedule, and we will see Cheng Hai's performance on the stage of the World Cup. 》

The media and fans of all countries around the world were not too surprised that the Chinese national team qualified for the Asian qualifiers and advanced to the World Cup in Brazil.

After all, the Chinese team has Cheng Hai, the number one superstar in world football today, and has won the Asian Cup and the Olympic Games, so it is unlikely that it will not even be able to qualify in Asia.

It's just a little surprising that they won so many rounds in advance and became the first non-host team to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.

But in any case, this is just a qualifier, or a qualifier in Asia, and European and American fans just pay a little more attention to Cheng Hai's fame.

In fact, the news of the Chinese team's qualification for the World Cup, outside of Asia, is not as hot as the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Later on the day when the Chinese team defeated South Korea and qualified for the World Cup in Brazil, the draw for the quarterfinals of the 2012/2013 Champions League was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

In the end, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid were drawn.

The four quarter-finals are Dortmund vs Malaga, Real Madrid vs Galatasaray, Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona, and Bayern Munich vs Juventus.

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund have little problem qualifying.

Although Malaga is full of dark horses, when it encounters the six-time champion Universe team led by the world's No. 1 superstar Cheng Hai, there is almost no possibility of continuing to stage a dark horse miracle.

However, Galatasaray, as a regular in the Champions League, has a lot of experience, and there may be a little probability of overturning Real Madrid.

As for the head coach of Bayern Munich and Juventus, his face turned black.

Without a doubt, this is the most anticipated strong conversation in the quarter-finals. For the team involved, it was a game that was not at all certain.

But whether happy or frustrated, the draw ceremony has been completed, the result is doomed, and everyone can only start preparing for the quarterfinals.

In China, he held a celebration party with his teammates, the Football Committee, and the leaders of the General Administration of Sports, and met with the media and fans to celebrate, which lasted for two days.

On March 29, before the start of the competition, Cheng Hai set off from Beiping to return to Germany, and he did not return to Dortmund, but flew directly to Stuttgart in the next round.

On March 30, 2013, in the 27th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund challenged Stuttgart away.

In this game, Cheng Hai rarely started again, but sat on the bench.

On the one hand, it is because Cheng Hai has just participated in the national team competition, flying from Germany to East Asia and back, and his long-distance flight energy is not good.

On the other hand, it is because the next game is the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Malaga, and it is also away.

With a huge lead in the league, Klopp naturally hopes that Cheng Hai will face Malaga in a more full mental state, rather than fighting fatigue in this league.

The reason why Cheng Hai was on the bench was just to let him come on the bench at the end to find a rhythm to cooperate with his teammates.