"Mom, look, I see Dad."

"Mom, why don't we go to Brazil to cheer on Dad?"

"Because dad is going to play football and we're going to Brazil, he's going to be distracted."

"We can sit on the pitch and watch him play."

"Brazil is too messy, it's not safe, watch the game with grandma at home, and grandma makes you food."

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In front of the TV, Dong Qiudi, who was already 4 years old, was very excited when he saw Dong Fangzhuo appear in front of the camera, and his 3-year-old sister Dong Qing was very obediently holding a football and looking at his father intently.

"Mom, is Dad anorexic? Why does he just eat boiled chicken in plain water every time he eats? I think it's so unpalatable. ”

"Because my dad is a professional football player, I can't eat a lot of good food."

"Am I going to do the same? I want to be a soccer player like my dad in the future. ”

"You're different, you're still growing up, and when you grow up, then you can eat like your father. But you're going to have to train as hard as your dad. ”

"Oh, I see."

Dong Qiudi is very obedient, his immature voice is full of curiosity about Dong Fangzhuo, as he grows older, he wants to know his father more and more.

And the younger sister Dong Qing on the side also asked: "Mom, can I play football like my brother?" ”

This time, the nine-ball queen was a little speechless. Girls going to play football? This......

"You should learn to play billiards with your mother."

"I don't want it, I don't want it, I'm going to play football with my brother."

“……”

In the camera, Dong Fangzhuo is being interviewed by Chinese media reporters.

"What do you think about the first game against Ivory Coast?"

"Crowchen told us to fight whatever we wanted. Ivory Coast are a strong team, a strong team in Africa, and we have to win them in the first game. ”

"In case of a draw, the second game against Greece must be won, and the third game against Colombia should be troublesome, right?"

'If you just play with a draw mentality, it's going to be bad. However, I suggest that for these professional questions, it is more appropriate for you to interview Crouchen. ”

"This is your third World Cup, do you think you can bring home a Hercules Cup for the Chinese team in your national team career?"

Exaggerated, unrealistic question, Dong Fangzhuo rolled his eyes, "It's even more inappropriate to discuss this issue, the game has to be played one game at a time, as long as we finish the last game, we will know where we can go, I think your media should be more objective and rigorous when making news, and don't try to create some sensational news to put pressure on the national team." ”

"Nobody doesn't want to get good results, but once you put pressure on everyone, it may not be so easy to play."

In fact, the first game against Ivory Coast was really difficult to play.

The Ivorian team has risen strongly in recent years as a formidable force in African football. Under the leadership of European superstars such as Drogba and the Toure brothers, Ivory Coast reached the World Cup finals for the third time in a row and the third time in history.

The Ivory Coast team started playing from the second round of the World Preliminary Tournament in the African Zone, the second round is a group stage format, and only the group winners of the 10 groups can advance, and Ivory Coast is unbeaten in Group C with 4 wins and 2 draws, 5 points ahead of Morocco, the second in the same group. In the third round of the home and away two-legged match with Senegal, Ivory Coast won 3-1 at home and drew 1-1 away to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

Half of the black and hard in the team are stars, like Drogba, although he is old, but there is no problem at all to beat the back line of ordinary teams, plus there are stars such as Toure and Kalou in the midfield, and the Chinese team may not be able to win them.

Although Côte d'Ivoire's ranking is not high, its hard power is proper.

However, according to the latest news from the Chilean media "Football Media", the core of the Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure has not recovered from a thigh injury, and it is basically certain that he will miss the first game of the group stage against the Chinese team, which is very good news for the Chinese team.

Ivory Coast coach Ramucci also said: "We will do everything possible to help Yaya Toure reach a level where he can play, but until now he has not trained with the whole team and I will wait for his return until the final." ”

I don't know if it's a smoke bomb, anyway, before the game started, every team was basically telling lies and setting off smoke bombs.

Crouchen is also put, Feng Renliang is his smoke bomb, Feng Renliang, who started in this year's Champions League final, suffered a thigh strain, and has not participated in the team's joint training until now, Crouchen said in front of the media that Feng Renliang was determined to miss the first game with Ivory Coast, but in fact, Crouchen always conducts closed training, and Feng Renliang doesn't know how many times he has practiced with the team.

For the aging Ivorian 'golden generation' such as Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure, this tournament is their last chance to rewrite history. Ivory Coast's central axis is not small but seriously aged, with defensive stalwarts Kolo Toure and Jokola both 33 years old, Manchester City midfield Yaya Toure 31 years old, and striker Drogba 36 years old. However, their experience and physical superiority are very clear against the Chinese team. In midfield, the performances of Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure will be decisive for the performance of the whole team.

But the Chinese team is not weaker than Ivory Coast in terms of strength on paper, Dong Fangzhuo, Feng Renliang, Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, Zhao Xuri, Huang Bowen, Zhu Ting, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng They are the main players in the five major European leagues, but their health is a little worse......

Asian Champion VS African Champion.

China has also become the first Asian team to appear in the World Cup in Brazil, and the Chinese team will face African champions Ivory Coast in the small town of Recife in the northeast of Brazil.

The match was a crucial battle for both teams that was directly related to the promotion spots, with the Chinese team arranging to arrive at the venue the day before the match, while the Chinese fans had already arrived before the team. In addition to Brazilian fans, the streets of Recife are mostly Chinese fans wearing red team uniforms.

In Recife, a fan plaza near the beach is crowded with fans, while Chinese fans are also wearing red jerseys scattered among the yellow Brazilian jerseys. From Rio to Recife, there are nearly 10,000 Chinese fans, most of whom will go to the stadium on the 14th to cheer for the team, in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Chinese fans occupied South Africa strongly, and now Chinese fans are rampant in Brazil.

The match between China and Ivory Coast was played at 22 o'clock local time, which was almost the latest match between the start of the World Cup in Brazil. The reason for this arrangement is to take care of the time of the Chinese fans, the time difference between China and Brazil is exactly 12 hours, and it is 10 o'clock in the morning in China. The day of the match is Saturday, and Chinese fans can enjoy the team's first World Cup game on the weekend morning.

Unlike the early occupation of Recife by Chinese fans, the Chinese national team was a little unhurried, with the plan to arrive in Recife from their camp in Brazil the afternoon before the game, and after getting off the plane, the team would go directly to the venue for acclimatization. This means that the Chinese team will only have one training session at the match site before facing the Ivory Coast team.

In the Chinese restaurants in Recife, there are many Chinese fans eating Chinese food, most of them are full of confidence that the Chinese team can beat the Ivory Coast team, and some even believe that this game will determine the trend of the Chinese team in this World Cup. Of course, it will be the Chinese team that will win! The young man in the Chinese jersey spoke the hearts of most Chinese fans.

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With unprecedented ambitions, the Chinese men's football team came to Recife. Then Krauchen held a pre-match press conference.

Crouchen said with a relaxed expression at the scene: "Since I have come here from thousands of miles, I naturally want to achieve good results, and I can guarantee that the team will continue to grow, but success sometimes requires luck." ”

Grow?

After finishing third in the last World Cup, how will the Chinese team grow? To grow again is to reach the finals, and even win the championship.

Crowchen's edge is hidden in a few simple words.

However, compared to Crowchen's less obvious words, Feng Xiaoting, who attended the press conference with him, suddenly raised his profile.

"I hope we can play the full seven games."

"Why not?"

"Our Chinese team is just as hopeful, and I hope we can play with such ambitions."

Originally, the press conference was attended by Crouchen, Zheng Zhi and Dong Fangzhuo, but Zheng Zhi did not attend because he was a little uncomfortable, Dong Fangzhuo had so many interviews every day, and he was too lazy to come, so Feng Xiaoting, as the third captain, got the opportunity instead.

However, his remarks immediately caused an uproar in the audience.

Crowchen didn't say it explicitly, but Feng Xiaoting said it explicitly, the meaning couldn't be more obvious, China is here to win the championship!

After the press conference, the media of various countries seized on the words that had already moved to Inter Milan before the World Cup.

Brazil's Global Times: The Chinese team is aiming for the championship? So, what do Brazilian fans have to do...... Buy tickets together to cheer for the Chinese team?

Argentine newspaper Ole: If so, is Messi going to buy some Pepsi to sit in front of the TV and watch the game?

Brazilian star Romario couldn't help but complain, and when he was a guest on a show in Brazil, he joked: "I'll tell you a joke——— Chinese players said that the Chinese team will play seven games!" I say this is pure self-congratulation! I think China should think about qualifying first. Looking at the news, it is said that the probability of winning China's first game against Ivory Coast is only 45.6%, and the probability of qualifying in Group C is only 56%! Why? Because this is playing in South America, not elsewhere. I admit that the Chinese team had a pretty good result in the last World Cup, third place, but this time it is exactly the same, the South American teams will dominate the game, Colombia in Group C will definitely take the top spot, and the second place I think is Ivory Coast, Greece and China will have a hard time playing here. ”

Another Brazilian star, Ronaldo, supported the Chinese team in an interview, "I don't have the same opinion as Romario, I support the Chinese team because I know that Dong has any ability to decide the game. He can decide the game at any time, so, I have already placed 100 bets on the lottery website yesterday to win the game for the Chinese team. This is out of my confidence in China Dong. If you don't believe me, we'll see. If you believe the handicap offered by Spinach, then you have no money to make. ”

The European spinach company offered a draw for this game, which was quite a surprise.

Do bookmakers think Ivory Coast's players are more famous and physical?

Anyway, when this handicap came out, Chinese fans in China were frantically buying the Chinese team. No why, for so many years, as long as you buy the Chinese team, you have basically made a fortune, whether you are Ivory Coast or Brazil or Argentina......

From this point of view, Ronaldo's taste is the same as that of Chinese fans.

Yan Qiang, a well-known domestic football commentator, also commented in support of the Chinese team: "Although the Chinese team does not dare to say that it is a world-class team, it is also a second-rate team in the world. ”

"Africans, who have always been disunited, are definitely not impossible to win in the face of the united Chinese team, or we have to say no to a draw."

Huang Jianxiang, a well-known CCTV commentator, directly supported Feng Xiaoting: "In the eyes of many people, Feng Xiaoting said a joke, and many international friends are laughing at Feng Renliang and the Chinese team for not being able to do their best. But I want to say, what did Feng Renliang say wrong? We are here to fight for the Hercules Cup, we have this strength! We dare to say that, and we act the same way! ”

"Côte d'Ivoire? Greece? Colombia? Once we've qualified from this group, who are the opponents? ”

Another commentator, Zhang Lu, also stood up: "Why can't the Chinese team have dreams?" Does the champion have to be a traditional powerhouse? What doesn't our 2010 results say a lot? What does the Asian championship not say? If the Chinese team was in Group B, with the Netherlands, Spain, and Chile and then qualified, it is estimated that they would not say so. They should worry about whether their team will emerge from the group stage, at least I believe that there is nothing wrong with China. ”

When the Chinese team's bus arrived outside the stadium, more than 300 reporters once again surrounded the Chinese team.

This time, Dong Fangzhuo did not escape from the clutches, he simply took the initiative to take the microphone.

"Everyone has been hyping the Chinese team for the past two days,"

"But I want to tell everyone."

"Actually, that's what we think, what's the difference between a person without a dream and a salted fish?"

"Yes, that's what we're aiming for. We are hungry to play the full seven games. ”