August 31, 2017, 3:30 p.m.

There are still four and a half hours left before the game kicks off at eight o'clock in the evening.

Chen Guanghua was busy in the stands of the Wuhan Sports Center, he pulled out a stack of red T-shirts from his arms and put it on the back of the seat, tidied it up again, and turned the side printed with "Wuhan calls, the world responds" to the outside.

Then he moved to the chair next to him and repeated what he had just done.

The stadium now has 48 volunteers like him, who are responsible for filling the stands with 48,000 cheering T-shirts before the start of the game.

At that time, every Chinese fan who comes to cheer for the Chinese team will see such a T-shirt in their own position, and then wear it, turning the stands of the Wuhan Sports Center into a sea of red, so that the players of Uzbekistan can see at a glance that the world is still red except red.

Finally finished placing a row of stands, Chen Guanghua straightened up a slightly sore waist and saw the stands opposite.

A third of it was already covered in red.

He looked back at the stand he was in, and it was the same.

Red was slowly advancing row after row, and eventually they would meet up in victory somewhere in the middle of the stand.

Chen Guanghua fanned the wind with his hand, but it didn't work.

At the end of August, Wuhan was still worthy of the title of "furnace", looking up at the sky, the dusk sun hung in the air, not dazzling. But in the mist that shrouded the entire land of Jianghan, the temperature could not be dissipated, and there was no wind, making the whole Wuhan like a big steamer.

Surrounded by dozens of lakes, large and small, the Wuhan Sports Center is a steamer within a steamer.

Although the game was scheduled for eight o'clock in the evening, Chen Guanghua could fully imagine that the temperature would not be much lower than it is now, and the feeling of being hot and humid would probably not decrease at all.

"This weather! I feel like my lungs are covered with water! Not far away, another volunteer complained loudly, "I would like it to rain before the game, so that it will be a little cooler during the game." Otherwise, it would be too physically demanding to play in such an environment! ”

"It's hard to say, of course it's a disadvantage for us, but it's the same for Uzbekistan! Those of them from Central Asia are probably even more unaccustomed to this kind of hot and humid weather, right? I think it might have an even bigger impact on Uzbekistan! ”

Volunteers busy in the other row of seats responded to him.

The game hasn't started yet, but everyone is paying attention to this life-and-death battle.

Chen Guanghua did not participate in the discussion, he took a short break, and then bent down again to start his work.

The other volunteers did not continue to discuss the topic and continued their work.

At first glance, they look like farmers in a rice field, bending over to work and planting a touch of red into the field, hoping that they will be able to harvest the fruit called victory in the evening.

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An hour before the start of the game, fans were already entering.

When every fan comes in and sees the red stands, they can't help but exclaim: "Wow! ”

Then take out your phone to take a photo, post it on Moments, or Weibo.

"Today's Wuhan Sports Center has been dyed red! Come on, Chinese team! ”

"If there is a miracle with a color, it must be Chinese red!"

"I came to see Gao Zheng, but I didn't expect to be shocked as soon as I came in, the red color of the audience was really shocking! Come on, Gao Zheng! ”

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In the area where the volunteers rested, Chen Guanghua sat on the floor, with a boxed lunch and a bottle of mineral water between his legs.

He took his mobile phone and swiped the circle of friends.

Some of his friends also came to watch the game.

They took pictures of the red chairs and posted them on their friends.

But they certainly don't know that these are the fruits of their own labor......

Chen Guanghua showed the smile of the old farmer when he saw that the crops were growing happily.

It took him, along with 48 other volunteers, eight hours to get 48,000 red T-shirts where they should be.

When they were done, their waists were almost no longer their own.

The clothes on their bodies were wet with sweat again and again, and now everyone's chests and backs were covered with white marks, which were the skeems left after the sweat dried.

Even though he was tired, he felt that it was worth it to see the surprised looks on the faces of everyone who walked into the stadium.

He is just an ordinary volunteer who loves football and wants to do his part for the betterment of football in his country.

He can't go on the pitch to fight for glory for China, and at the age of 25, he can't grow into a professional footballer.

So before today's life-and-death battle, let him do his best in this way.

If we do win in the end, then there should be a copy of me in the military medal, even if it is a very small one.

Chen Guanghua thought proudly.

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When the Chinese players and Uzbek players marched into the Wuhan Sports Center in a procession, they were also shocked by the red color all over the mountains.

Red is still red on top of red.

The red flag was spreading, and the shouting shook the sky.

The Chinese fans in Wuhan injected them with the most shocking way possible.

This is the last home game of the Chinese team in the round of 12.

It is a full stop for the Chinese team at their own doorstep.

They're going to round it off.

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Just two minutes into the game, Uzbekistan took the lead in completing the first shot of the game between the two sides, Shukurov shot from a distance, but failed to threaten the Chinese team's goal.

Since then, the Chinese team has launched a frantic attack.

Yes, crazy offense.

Because this is the home stadium of the Chinese team, there are 48,000 Chinese fans in the stands to cheer for them.

In the fifth minute, Li Xiaoting broke through on the side and sent a cross, and Wu Lei's stab near the penalty spot was slightly wide of the right post of the Le's goal.

Although this goal did not score, it opened the offensive curtain of the Chinese team.

In the ninth minute, Zhang Xizhe used his personal ability to create a killing opportunity, he forced a breakthrough to the bottom, inverted the triangle to pass the football back to the middle, Gao Zheng responded in the penalty area and shot low, the football was saved by Uzbekistan goalkeeper Nesterov!

In the fourteenth minute, Li Xiaoting cut inside after dribbling the ball, which was saved by Uzbekistan goalkeeper Nesterov, and the Chinese team won the first corner kick of the game.

In the eighteenth minute, Uzbekistan's player Bikmaev brought down Gao Zheng, and the referee showed him the first yellow card of the game.

There was a lot of boos.

The boos were all for the foul Bikmaev.

Because he put down Gao Zheng.

Although the Chinese team's offense has not scored so far, every time they shoot, they can welcome thunderous cheers from the stands.

It's not even just a shot, as long as there is a good pass, a beautiful pass, another successful defense, the cheers from the stands will immediately ring.

This is the home field.

Cheered on by nearly 50,000 Chinese fans, the Uzbek players played very restrained as if they had been tied hand and foot.

Even their goalkeeper Nesteroff began to deliberately stall in the 26th minute.

And received a yellow card for deliberately delaying time. It was the second yellow card of the game.

Twenty-six minutes into the game, the opposition goalkeeper was forced to risk his cards to delay the time. This shows how much pressure the Chinese team's offense has brought to Uzbekistan......

However, with a yellow card so early, he could no longer use delaying tactics in the next games, which laid a little hidden danger for Uzbekistan's defense.

China's offensive continues.

In the 28th minute, Zheng Zhi made a steal in the front court, and then gave the football to Wu Lei on the left. Wu Lei took the ball and cut inside, then shot with his feet, and Nesterov hit the football out with both fists......

"Nesterov is in good shape, it's not a good thing......" The commentator He Ping took the time to talk about a little worry in addition to being excited.

The Chinese team's offensive is very strong, which is a good thing. But he is also worried that such a fierce offensive of the Chinese team will bring out Nesterov's state, and when Nesterov is in a brave state, he can save any shot, won't the Chinese team have to cocoon itself?

The Chinese fans in the stands have no such worries, they are cheering for the Chinese team.

Chen Guanghua is also among them.

As volunteers, they can also watch the game from the spot, which may be a reward for their volunteering.

Chen Guanghua, wearing a red T-shirt, shouted loudly for every attack of the Chinese team.

Thirty minutes into the game, his voice was already hoarse.

But he didn't care, and continued to shout.

If his shouting can bring more good luck to the Chinese team, then it doesn't matter if the voice is wasted.