Chapter 209: We Are the Champions
() When the Kuwaiti referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the entire stadium seemed to be detonated. There was an overwhelming wave of cheers, as if someone had ignited tons of TNT explosives.
In the crowded stands, countless fans kept waving the bright five-star red flags in their hands, and thousands of red flags flew in the wind, like red dragons rolling in the sea of people.
The carp of the Chinese team finally jumped over the dragon gate!
The live broadcast camera swept slowly, and countless fans had tears in their eyes. There are even some fans with more mood swings who have already cried and spent their faces. Tears stained the paint on the face, but no one found it funny. Everyone knows that these are tears of pride, tears of happiness!
From white-haired old men in their sixties and seventies, to toddlers in their fours and fives. They all stood in front of their seats in unison, cheering and celebrating to the rhythm of the scene.
The Chinese team finally won a championship, a weighty championship!!
"Champions, we are champions!" Zhan Jun had already put his glasses aside at this time, wiped his tears, and said into the microphone: "After tonight, we can proudly tell the world that we are champions!" ”
"Before that, there were countless predecessors who tirelessly pursued it for decades. Decades of foreshadowing finally come true tonight! ”
"Long live China! Long live the Chinese team! Long live the Chinese players! Long live Tang Wu!! ”
"Let us congratulate all the national players who have worked hard and paid for this, it is your perseverance that has made us stand on the top of Asia tonight, and all of you are the pride of Chinese football!"
"Especially Tang Wu. Get back on your feet in one save after another, and fight even if your arm hurts. Thank you to this young player, thank you to him for completely guarding the country for us! ”
"We would also like to thank Alihan and all the members of the foreign and Chinese coaching staff, without you working hard behind us, our international players would not have been able to solve all their worries. Now, an Asian Cup championship trophy is Alihan's best gift to all Chinese fans! ”
"Before the Asian Cup, there were still a lot of people who were skeptical about Alihan. But now, we have to admit his correctness. He is leading Chinese football to a broad road, and his football philosophy will lead Chinese football to go further and further! ”
"Finally, we would like to thank the 60,000 fans who came to the stadium and the hundreds of thousands of fans who waited outside the stadium, as well as the hundreds of millions of Chinese fans who waited in front of the TV and radio. You are the most solid backing of Chinese football, and you are the most inseparable part of Chinese football! So tonight's championship trophy is also due to you! ”
In the cheers of the mountain and tsunami, Tang Wu and Alihan were lifted by the players and thrown high into the air.
Tonight's game will always be remembered, and this battle will be firmly engraved in the history of Chinese football.
After Tang Wu and Alihan landed, they hugged the team members and staff around them one by one. When the two faced each other, Alihan hugged Tang Wu.
"Thank you, thank you!"
"No, coach, I should be the one who says thank you!"
"No, no, no! 🔥 If it weren't for you, the Chinese team wouldn't have come here, let alone won the championship! Alihan shook his head again and again, "My philosophy is still a bit radical for Chinese football, but with you, your personal skills and solid play have solved a lot of troubles and flaws for the team." Only in this case can the team play seven or eight percent of the offensive ability. This Champions Cup, your credit is the greatest! ”
Alihan's words were spoken in English, and through the translation, the players around him also understood the coach's meaning.
Zheng Zhi, in particular, kept nodding on the side.
In this Asian Cup, he has grown the most and gained the most.
But this alone is simply not enough to support the entire national football team's backline.
Only Tang Wu's stable and "super-god" play helped the Chinese team save the day again and again.
Especially the handball of the Japanese team today.
If this miscalculation is indeed successful, the consequences are simply unimaginable. With the state of the Chinese players at that time, even Alihan did not believe that the player would go to the next goal in such a "equalized" situation.
You know, the blow of miscalculation is huge for the players. Even if a misjudgment doesn't break the morale of the players, the pressure from the home fans will leave some players breathless.
But now, it's all in the past.
Hao Dacang and Li Ming and other veterans cried with joy, hugged each other, and wiped each other's tears.
They used to be the undisputed main players of the Chinese team, but as time went by, they were getting older.
After playing football for twenty or thirty years, in the end, a junior saved the team, and these veteran players still have some unbearable faces.
But if you think about it carefully, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the new people should beat the old people. Thinking about it like this, Hao Dacang and Li Ming's hearts felt much better.
"Lao Li, so that you can retire with peace of mind!" Hao Cannon patted Li Ming's shoulder and smiled.
"Yes, I plan to retire from the national team after the World Cup qualifiers." Li Ming took a deep breath, "What about you, Dong Hao?" ”
"Me? Hahaha! Hao Cannon smiled, "I still want to play for a few more years!" If I'm in good health and in good shape, I'd like to go to Germany in '06! ”
"Yo! I didn't expect our Hao Dong to have such ambitions! ”
"What do you say?" Hao Cannon raised his head, "Look at how stable our goalkeeper is, if you want me to say that it is not much different from those Toldo, Karn and the like, or even better than them!" With such a goalkeeper in the back, of course I can let go of the kick! Maybe I'll be able to score a goal in Germany! ”
"You, you! When I'm older, I still want to eat swan meat! Li Ming shook his head and smiled, "Let's not drag the young people back, if we really go to Germany at that time, do you think the team still needs our two old guys to score?" ”
"Hehe, who doesn't have a dream, isn't it?" Hao Cannon laughed again.
While the Chinese team interacted with the fans, the AFC was also ready for the final award ceremony.
Tang Wu won the best player of the final without any suspense, and this is the second time he has been voted the best player of the match after saving three goals in a row with Iran.
Villapan held the microphone and briefly introduced Tang Wu's record in this Asian Cup. Some fans suddenly realized that after Tang Wu played in the second group stage, neither regular time nor penalty shootouts allowed the opponent to score a goal!
After hearing that Tang Wu's number of goals conceded in the national team was still zero, the field broke out into thunderous applause again.
Finally, Villapan loudly announced that Tang Wu was elected the best player of this Asian Cup.
In the best lineup, Tang Wu, Zheng Zhi, Zhao Junzhe, Shao Jiayi, and Sun Jihai were all selected, occupying "half of the country". Of the remaining six, Japan has three, Iran has two and Bahrain has one.
When the award ceremony of the champion and runner-up ended, the national anthem was played again.
"Arise, you who do not want to be slaves..."
All the fans in the stands stood up in unison and sang in unison.
Not only inside the stadium, but also hundreds of thousands of fans outside the stadium also stood in place, singing the loudest song in their hearts with the high accompaniment.
The Japanese players with silver medals around their necks looked embarrassed, and such a uniform scene hit their hearts directly. Tonight's Gongti has become a nightmare for many players, and after they retired, they still remembered it.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, and tonight, the championship belongs to China!