Zhen Shaolong was flying from Milan to Beirut, and when he flew from Madrid to Milan, he was still in a very relaxed mood, but after stepping on the plane to Beirut, his mood can be described as 'apprehensive'.

He was a little nervous.

There were only two waves of people in the first-class cabin, one was him, Jenny, Huzi and Marpello, who was an Arab translator he hired for this trip, and was very familiar with Lebanon.

The other wave is a family of three and a subordinate-style figure.

This is a family of the Arab world.

The little girl in the family of three frequently looked back at this side, her whole body covered with black cloth, and her veil was completely black, the standard Arab world women's dress code, completely covering her body.

Zhen Shaolong found the girl's big eyes under the veil very charming.

Her father sat on the side, looking like a wealthy Arab businessman, and made a prayer service before the meal, and then told the girl to do it solemnly, constantly correcting her movements, and his tone was very serious.

The girl whispered something pitifully, and her voice was a little ready to cry, but her father did not sympathize at all, but kept reprimanding her.

"He wants that little girl to be more pious when she prays." Marpelo whispered.

"What are they praying for?" Zhen Shaolong asked with interest.

"It's just Christ's pre-dinner ritual."

"Christ?"

Marpello nodded, "Half of Lebanon believes in Jesus. ”

"They are not Arab countries? I mean ***...... Looking at the way they're dressed, I mean, if it's a Christian believer, it should be much more open, right? Zhen Shaolong felt a little strange.

"You know, our destination is the Middle East." Marpelo shrugged his shoulders and said rightly, "So the political environment in Lebanon has always been fragile. ”

Zhen Shaolong finally understood.

Just a little.

Half of the people in the whole country believe in ***, half of the people believe in Christ, and the impact of sectarian conflict is too great.

After talking to Marpello for a few words, Zhen Shaolong was in a much more relaxed mood, and the main reason why he felt nervous was that he thought of flying to Lebanon.

That's not Saudi Arabia, it's not Israel, it's not UAE!

Zhen Shaolong felt that there were only three national security in the Middle East region, and other countries felt dangerous, and going there was like going to other worlds.

As for Lebanon......

He didn't even know where the country was on the world map.

When the family of three finished eating, the girl's father came over politely and said very politely, "Sorry to disturb you." You're Zhen Shaolong, right? You're more handsome than you are on TV, sorry to say that, my daughter is all hooked. ”

Zhen Shaolong subconsciously raised his head after hearing this, and saw the girl bowing her head shyly, he suddenly became a little embarrassed, and just smiled in place.

"Zhen, can you inquire? Why did you go to Lebanon, I just noticed, I really can't believe it, I looked at it for a long time before I was sure. The Arab father asked with interest.

"Going to play?"

"Playing games? What competitions are there in Lebanon? ”

"The Chinese team and the Lebanese team ......"

"That's a coincidence." The Arab father was very surprised, "Is it in the stadium in Beirut?" ”

"Probably right?" Zhen Shaolong said a little uncertainly.

"I know, I have a house near the Beirut stadium and I can see the game directly, and I will support you on the balcony of my house when the time comes! Of course, my daughter probably would. ”

The Arab father's words were somewhat incomprehensible, but he continued to say a few words about his daughter, "She has been going to school in England since she was a few years old, and I remember ten years ago, I always felt that Lebanon was not safe, so I let her go to Europe, she completely forgot about life in her homeland, and she didn't even believe in Christianity. ”

The Arab father shook his head in disappointment, "So I need to teach her something, of course, it doesn't matter, in fact, I want her to stay in Europe, which is much safer." ”

Zhen Shaolong understood something, he looked up at the girl again, and found that the girl lowered her head shyly, but this time she seemed to be braver, in a corner where her family could not see, she took off one side mask with her hand, Zhen Shaolong clearly saw the charming cheeks, and then she immediately turned her head to arrange the veil.

Next, Zhen Shaolong's mood improved.

The time on the plane passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, everyone began to sort things out, Zhen Shaolong didn't have to do anything, just sit in his position.

After the plane landed smoothly, the Arab family was about to leave the cabin, and the girl seemed to be very urgent, and she hit the tiger at the very farthest step.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Probably because Huzi looked a little vicious, the girl hid her face and said a few sorry, and quickly ran back behind her father.

The Arab father scolded him dissatisfiedly.

Zhen Shaolong found something strange, when the girl ran by, she just pulled a gray thing like a diary at his feet.

He picked it up.

When he was about to return it to the girl, he saw the girl wink at him vigorously, he looked down and opened the diary, and found a sentence written in it, "My English name is Elizabeth, and I studied law at Cambridge University."

Phone: XXXX-XXXXX. ”

Zhen Shaolong shook his head amusedly, looked up at the girl again, and still received the notebook in the backpack under the girl's expectant gaze.

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How many people don't know much about Lebanon, in fact, Lebanon is one of the safest countries in the Middle East, of course, provided that they are not in a period of conflict, their main problem is the fragile political situation, there will be a series of changes in policy, on ordinary tourists, people staying in the country for a short time, the impact is very small.

Zhen Shaolong was apprehensive at first because he was going to come to the Middle East, Marcelo introduced a few words, and after talking to his Arab father, there was nothing to worry about.

Lebanon is safe, even safer than anywhere else, and there are not even football hooligans --

There are not many fans in the whole of Lebanon.

The most profound sentence that the Arab father left on Zhen Shaolong was, "I know that there are a lot of seats at the Beirut Stadium, but there are a lot of people who can watch the game." In fact, most people feel that it is a complete waste of money to go to the scene to buy tickets to watch the game. ”

So.

This is a real football desert.

After Zhen Shaolong got off the plane, he also knew the significance of the football desert, his itinerary was not secret, there were only dozens of fans who came to greet him, basically all of them were Chinese fans, and the number of reporters was more than the fans.

Local fans simply can't see it.

"It seems that I don't have any influence in Lebanon." Zhen Shaolong suddenly felt relaxed, with his current world influence, often after arriving in a place, it will be very influential, and when he arrives in Lebanon, not many people come, but it has become a relaxed enjoyment.

Zhen Shaolong didn't have to worry when he got off the plane.

The national team specially sent a pick-up to the airport, and it was Gao Hongbo, an assistant coach of the coaching staff, who came, and then he arrived directly at the hotel where the national team was staying.

The Chinese team has been here for two days.

The current tournament is a qualifier for the 2011 Asian Cup, which will be played in Qatar, and the host Qatar team, the 2007 India-Malaysia-Thailand-Vietnam Asian Cup champions, runners-up Iraq, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, as well as the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup champion India and the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup champion North Korea, will automatically qualify for the Asian Cup finals.

In addition, the qualification will be determined by the group stage, where the 20 teams will be divided into five groups, and the first and second places in the five groups will advance to the main stage.

Group D, where the Chinese team is located, the other teams are Lebanon, Syria and Vietnam, and the strength of Group D is definitely not strong, and the Chinese team has little problem qualifying.

Of course.

The above is just a media analysis.

Considering that Syria has won three games and won three games, and has accumulated nine points strongly, the Chinese Football Association and the national team are undoubtedly facing huge pressure, and domestic fans cannot accept the loss of the Chinese team to Syria.

So.

Even if Duisevich thinks that the Chinese team can easily qualify without having to recruit Zhen Shaolong, Zhen Shaolong was finally included in the call-up list, because face is often very important, Zhen Shaolong joins the national team, the game will definitely be very face-saving, and it will become much easier to win.

Otherwise, what if something goes wrong?

That's scary!

The Chinese team was well prepared for the game, rushed to Lebanon four days in advance, and rented a medium-sized training ground for the players to train and adjust their condition.

On the first day of Zhen Shaolong's arrival, he was completely resting, and it was not until the evening that he saw his teammates who returned to the hotel.

Zheng Zhi, Hao Lin, Du Wei, Yu Hai, etc., all of them are acquaintances.

After a little greeting, Zhen Shaolong also participated in the preparation training the next day, he entered the national team for a short time, Duisevic did not expect him to have any tacit understanding with his teammates, his training with his teammates was completely based on the transmission of fixed routines.

These routines are more or less formulated by Zhen Shaolong, and there is only one purpose: to pass the ball to his feet.

It's not easy.

Even in the top European arena, Zhen Shaolong will be closely guarded by the opponent, let alone come to the Asian arena, the opponent will definitely focus a lot of defensive attention on him, and it is definitely not easy to receive a pass from a 'tacit' teammate in front.

Zhen Shaolong's philosophy to his teammates is, "No matter what, listen to me!" ”

"Give it to me when you have the chance!"

"Free kicks, penalty kicks, listen to me!"

Simple, straightforward!

Every teammate nodded cooperatively, no matter what they thought, they would not openly question Zhen Shaolong.

In the entire Chinese team, Zhen Shaolong has the worst qualifications, but he undoubtedly has more say than head coach Duisevich, his influence covers the whole world, and there is only one result of other people's conflicts with Zhen Shaolong-

Leave!

Regardless of whether the reason is right or wrong, it doesn't make any sense at all, because no player is on the same level as Zhen Shaolong.

Zhen Shaolong is the 'nuclear-weapon' of the Chinese team!

As ordinary weapons, they threaten the decisive nuclear-weapon, which will undoubtedly be destroyed humanely, and no one else will care about the reason at all.