Chapter 137: Moving to Johannesburg
Johannesburg and Rustenburg are just over 100 kilometres away, but they are like two worlds. Rustenburg is a small city of 300,000 immigrants, mainly of Dutch Boer and Indian descent, and the atmosphere of the city is calm and orderly.
Johannesburg is the capital of South Africa, the largest city in South Africa, a lively and culturally diverse city, with more than half of the permanent population of southern African aborigines, coupled with a large influx of unemployed displaced people, so for well-known reasons, Johannesburg's social security is quite poor.
The reputation for law and order has long been well known, and after the Chinese team arrived in Johannesburg, they were no longer allowed to go out alone, except for group training, all activities were only in the Hilton Hotel.
In fact, the rule that it is strictly forbidden to go out is 'aimed at' Zhuo Yang and the coaching staff, who have no language barrier and can't be idle, and others may not be too lazy to go out. Of course, Zhuo Yang will not have any complaints about this, and he did not come to South Africa to play.
In the two days since I came here, there have been several criminal cases of Chinese tourists being robbed, and there are knives and guns in people's hands, especially the fans who have come from the Chinese mainland.
While urging the South African police to solve the case as soon as possible, the embassy issued a clear announcement asking Chinese citizens to avoid going out alone, avoid walking in remote areas, and avoid exposing their money. On behalf of the national team, Zhuo Yang also made the same reminder to the fans of the expedition and expressed his condolences to the frightened fans.
Although he was 'grounded' in the hotel and couldn't go out, Zhuo Yang was not bored at all inside, and he met a lot of friends here.
The South Africa World Cup Organizing Committee is located in Johannesburg, and several departments of the Hilton Hotel are stationed in the organizing committee. One of the World Cup ambassadors, the singer of the opening ceremony "Waka Waka", and the Latin queen of Latin songs, Mebarak Shakira, is here, and Zhuo Yang and her are old friends.
said that it was an encounter, but in fact, Shakira was waiting for Zhuo Yang here. She is a big vase for the World Cup, and she herself needs more exposure, after all, she is still an entertainment star. However, it's the same everywhere, Johannesburg is the capital and the central city of the World Cup map, so Shakira didn't bother to run after the opening ceremony.
What's more, Zhuo Yang is coming soon!
Chinese football is on the periphery, but Zhuo Yang and China are in the spotlight, and Zhuo Yang and his Chinese team are even more popular in the media than the favourites to win the championship. It's not a hot time, because Shakira herself is also hot, but it is naturally a pleasant encounter with an old friend in South Africa.
On the day when the Chinese team moved to Johannesburg to prepare for the second round of the group match against Cameroon, Shakira asked Zhuo Yang to have a lively chat in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel.
"Zhuo Yang, it's just bad luck, don't mind." As soon as they met, Shakira, as a friend, of course, had to comfort Zhuo Yang, who lost the first battle. "I have a hunch that you guys will have good luck in the second game."
"Thank you, I borrowed your beautiful words."
In fact, before the match with Paraguay, except for the Chinese team and Chinese fans, others were generally optimistic about Paraguay, and the handicap opened by the stall was also a high water for China to receive a goal, or even a goal and a half. The result of the game also confirms the views of people all over the world, and it is reasonable for the Chinese team to lose.
Compared with the loss of the Chinese team, everyone is more curious that Zhuo Yang did not score, and compared to Zhuo Yang returned empty-handed, people are even more surprised that the four kings of today's football are all empty in the first round, and the performance cannot be said to be average, but there is nothing too outstanding.
After Zheng Dashi cried emotionally, although the Brazilian team won 2-1, they seemed to have no face compared to the Chinese team, because they were scored by North Korea, which has the lowest international ranking in the round of 32. Anyway, the performance of the Brazilian team is far less exciting than their female fans in the stands.
Ronaldo, Ronaldo and Adriano, who were looking forward to the World Cup, were all not in Dunga's eyes, and Pato duck was not selected for the squad, while David Luiz caught the last train at the last minute, wearing the number 16 shirt, he will be a substitute for club team-mates Tissi and Juan.
The No. 10 Kaka became the only core of Brazil in this edition, and was highly expected by Dunga and the Brazilian nationals. However, Kashao's form did not improve at all, and he looked very tired, and was replaced by Nirma in about 70 minutes.
Cristiano Ronaldo was not much better, the whole game was inactive, and Portugal was also drawn 0:0 by Ivory Coast. Speaking of the four kings of today, Messi performed better in the first round, creating several killing chances, but unfortunately there was no goal, Maradona's Argentina only won 1:0 against Nigeria with Heinze's corner kick. Can't blame Messi or Lao Ma, Higuain started the legendary career of the national team's soft-footed shrimp from this game.
The four kings did not receive anything, and there was only one assist from Zhuo Yang and a yellow card from Ronaldo in terms of data. In this way, Zhuo Yang's mentality is quite good, because they are all unlucky, and they can still live this life.
The so-called not suffering from poverty but suffering from inequality, if the three 'bangs' of others all come to a hat trick, you will see if his mentality is good.
The Four Heavenly Kings did not score, and the Six Musketeers only had the second brother open Hu in the first round, and Wen Wenmeng extended his hot season to the World Cup.
France and Uruguay turned into a red-yellow battle, with France losing to Uruguay's four-yellows and one-red with three yellows, including a reward from Scar, but the score was 0-0.
Butcher de Jong made a difference in the match between the Netherlands and Denmark, with the Netherlands dominating in the first half but the Danes being unusually solid and the scene was very anxious. Just 43 seconds into the second half, Van Persie played a pass down the flank, and the butcher forced Poulsen to clear the ball in a front-point duel, and the ball headed towards the goal and then met Agger into the net, and the first own goal of the tournament was born.
This is not the end, in the 83rd minute, the butcher improvised a long shot from outside the penalty area, the football smashed on the post and rebounded, and all the attacking and defending players at this time only Kuyt, who was always interested in making up for the empty goal, fell down, so the Netherlands opened 2:0.
Germany were the first team to show their winning appearance, beating Australia from Asia 4-0.
Captain Grandpa Mertesacker is doing very well, Pig Pig Master Schwein is also very good, Klose is old and strong in the national team as always, face brother Khedira, big-eyed Ozil, troll Gomez, they all perform very well. However, the most amazing thing is Erwa Muller.
Mu Erwa shot and passed two times in this campaign, and became famous in the international arena. Although there was a smile on his face, there was a murderous aura between his eyebrows, where to find the plague messenger, this was the second German baby.
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