Chapter 163: Bumpy and tossing late
Huang Chengjun was late today, and when he arrived at the Moses Mabu Haida Stadium, the game had already started.
After watching the top 10 match between the Chinese team and Japan in Yokohama in February last year, Huang Chengjun packed his bags and returned to China, returning to his hometown where he had been away for seven years, and returning to the place where the ground is flat and the sky is sunny. After going back to adjust his mood for a few days, Huang Chengjun applied to teach in a primary school in a remote mountainous area, and stayed quietly with 18 children for more than a year.
Last week, the school had a summer vacation, and Huang Chengjun's volunteer teaching was over, and he couldn't wait to fly to South Africa, holding the ticket to the fourth 1/8 game of the World Cup in South Africa.
There is not much salary for teaching, and Huang Chengjun's current expenses are basically the money he saved from working in Japan for seven years, which is not much, so he has to save some money. But the flower still has to be spent, and it is Huang Chengjun's dream to see Zhuo Yang play in the World Cup.
Tickets for the group stage are hard to find, and they have been scrambled by Chinese fans for sky-high prices, Huang Chengjun didn't go to join in the fun, and the eighteen children in the school didn't have a holiday, and he couldn't walk away. But Huang Chengjun is a person who is good at analytical thinking, and he decisively booked tickets for this game in advance through his judgment of the grouping situation. Huang Chengjun is confident that Zhuo Yang will advance to the round of 16, but he is not arrogant, and he is sure that the Chinese team will finish second in the group.
Because the rematch situation is not clear before the start of the World Cup, the tickets are not very popular, and they always have to wait until the giants from all walks of life settle down before they become popular. Huang Chengjun's accurate judgment saved him a lot of money, and the reasonable arrangement of the itinerary in advance is just like his rigorous but bold character.
Huang Chengjun is not interested in the country of South Africa, he is not a person who likes to travel, and he has long heard of the poor social security in this country, so this time he traveled thousands of miles just to watch this game. Watch it when you come, and leave when you finish it.
But Huang Chengjun did everything, but he was still late, which made him quite helpless. But he also can't complain about him, the hosting of the World Cup in South Africa is very chaotic in many places, which makes Bender's local fellows who like to harm others and themselves find an opportunity to play tricks on Huang Chengjun.
The match was played at the Moses Mabu Haida Stadium, which was set a year ago, and it was written on the official World Cup website and Huang Chengjun's ticket. But when he arrived in Durban on time, he couldn't find the stadium.
Moses Mabhida, this is clearly a personal name. The stadium complex was built specifically for the World Cup, and it was named in honor of Moshe Mabheida, the former head of the Communist Party of South Africa.
Comrade Mabu Haida led the broad masses of workers and peasants in South Africa in an arduous struggle against apartheid and made outstanding contributions to the national reconciliation of South Africa. The Moses Mabu Al Haida Stadium is also one of the most beautiful and famous stadiums in all of Africa.
Less than a month before the start of the World Cup, FIFA suddenly informed the South African organizing committee that the World Cup venue does not allow names and brands that are not in FIFA and the World Cup sponsorship list.
So, Ellis Park can be called Coca-Cola, and the Bay Course in Port Elizabeth can be called Nelson Mandela, but Moses Mabu Haida can't be called Moses Mabu Haida. The people of Durban can be broken, but their arms can't reach their thighs, so they can only be very aggrieved and temporarily call it 'Durban Stadium'.
As a result, all the official announcements, advertisements, guides, street signs, etc., the stadium was changed to a new name.
Huang Chengjun had been doing teaching finishing work in the mountains before, and he had to appease the eighteen innocent children who were reluctant to give up on him, he didn't know anything about these rotten grains in South Africa thousands of miles away, and he hurried down the mountain without checking the information seriously, how could he have thought that FIFA would be so whimsical.
After arriving in Bander, there were still three hours before the game started, which was enough time for Huang Chengjun to get to the stadium. But when he asked the local townsfolk for directions, he received an unusually sincere answer: sorry, we don't have a football field called Moses Mabhida.
At that moment, Huang Chengjun thought that he had traveled to another world, or he had encountered a supernatural event. Steady down, Huang Chengjun tried to make his English pronunciation as standard as possible, but the answers he received were still very sincere and calm.
"No, not really, you must be mistaken." Sincere and concise, and there is no extra nonsense. I asked several locals in a row, and the answers were all the same.
The more narrow-minded and impoverished the person is, the more he likes to pose with a sense of superiority in front of outsiders. The more stupid people are, the more they like to play tricks on people senselessly, because it will bring a long drought of satisfaction to their barren brains. In this regard, China and other countries are the same, and this can be regarded as the same in the world.
Huang Chengjun saw the clues from the expressions of these serious but dark faces that could not be concealed, he did not go to be hypocritical with these locals, although he was still in a trance whether he had gotten off the wrong plane, but he still smiled and nodded and walked away.
The whole city of Durban is lit up because of the World Cup, and it is not difficult to find the stadium without asking for directions, just follow the flow of fans of all colors, and Huang Chengjun is behind the largest group of people, this is a group of Dutch fans.
The fans of the world are one family, Huang Chengjun found the opportunity to go up and talk to them, and finally learned from them about the name change of the stadium, and he couldn't help but be speechless to FIFA and the local people for a while. The Dutch fans warmly invited Huang Chengjun to travel with them, and he readily agreed.
Huang Chengjun has studied and worked in Japan for seven years, and his Japanese is naturally similar to that of the local people in the countryside of Yokohama, but his English level is very average, which is better than jumping words. In the communication with the Dutch fans, who are not very good at English, they half-understood each other's misunderstandings, so Huang Chengjun followed them to the big screen in the square prepared by the organizing committee for unticketed fans. In order not to cause excessive traffic congestion, the big screen and the Moses Mabheeda Stadium are separated from each other at opposite ends of the city.
finally figured out all the mistakes, and Huang Chengjun, who was ridiculous, could only hurry up and find a way to cross the entire city again, otherwise this trip would be in vain. Perhaps because of Rijkaard's connections, the Dutch fans were very friendly to Huang Chengjun, and a bearded Rotterdam man with orange and red clothes volunteered to ride Huang Chengjun over on his motorcycle.
When he finally arrived at Moses Mabhaida, the race had already begun. And when Huang Chengjun climbed up to the stand to which he belonged, as soon as he poked his head, there was a sudden loud cheer around him.
In the 18th minute of the first half, the first goal came by Alger Robben. The Chinese team fell behind 0:1.