Chapter 27 Preparations for the World Cup

Khan,I sent this chapter this afternoon.,I forgot to publish it.,Some book friends should know that there are two steps to the VIP chapter.,One is to upload and the second is to publish.,I passed it on and didn't send it.,I went to sleep.,It's really sleepy.,The brain is not good.,Come up at night to take a look.,There are book friends who say that I haven't updated the old ice.,Take a look...... Khan, I'm sorry guys.

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Group A: France, Senegal, Uruguay, Denmark;

Group B: Spain, Paraguay, Slovenia, South Africa;

Group C: Brazil, Turkey, China, Costa Rica;

Group D: South Korea, Poland, United States, Portugal;

Group E: Germany, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon;

Group F: Argentina, Nigeria, England, Sweden;

Group G: Italy, Ecuador, Croatia, Mexico;

Group H: Japan, Belgium, Russia, Tunisia.

The draw grouping of the 02 World Cup in history is quite weird, or it can be said that the entire South Korea-Japan World Cup exudes a weird atmosphere.

This is the first time in history that two countries have co-hosted the World Cup, and this is the first World Cup to be played in Asia.

The orange army Netherlands did not enter the round of 32 this year, which really gave this weird World Cup a good start, of course, the Dutch team because of the poor record in the qualifiers, but the lack of tulips of the uncrowned king to stir up the situation, it is really a bit regrettable for fans, and it also kicked off the prelude to regret 02.

As we all know, in fact, the schedule of the World Cup is very simple, A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. A2, and so on.

But 02 was different.

The host's protective policy has left the FIFA officials who set the schedule racking their brains!

Due to the early determination of the World Cup venues, especially the venues for the opening and final matches, which will be set up in South Korea and Japan, it is necessary to ensure that the host must be held on their own soil except for these two matches when the group draw and the schedule are arranged - of course, the opening match is definitely not a matter of South Korea and Japan, as for the final...... Who believes that there is something about the two of them?

For this reason, it turns out that the direction of the quarterfinals of the South Korea-Japan World Cup is very strange.

Senegal in Group A takes on Sweden, second in Group F, and Germany in Group E takes on Paraguay in Group B, which means that the top half and bottom half are now played together.

This has the consequence that normally, if two teams from the same group make it out of the group, they can only meet again in the final, and the new rule is that they meet in the semi-finals – Brazil and Turkey.

The host country has changed, the teams have changed, and more importantly, the seeded teams have changed!

I just talked about the host protection policy, so the host must be the seeded team, and there are a total of five Asian teams in this World Cup, so when it comes to grouping, the Chinese team is divided as the third pot team - because there are already two seeded teams.

And South Korea and Japan are not only unable to host the World Cup, but also have no qualifications, so in terms of grouping, FIFA's representative conference is fighting one by one.

The teams that substituted South Korea and Japan were the Netherlands and Peru, who were eliminated in the qualifiers, respectively.

Peru aside, the return of the orange tulip may be a good sign, after all, the World Cup will always feel like something is missing without the unique orange of the Netherlands.

It stands to reason that the Dutch team, as a seeded team, can be regarded as having this strength, but the selection of the seeded team is not based on strength, but on results.

As the new host, the Chinese team should be seeded and should not be in the same group as Brazil, and which group to transfer the Chinese team to has become a headache.

No one wants to be in a group with China, let alone a group against him in the quarterfinals.

Its own strength is already considerable, coupled with the terrible home advantage, Ronaldo claimed in an interview with reporters that he has no chance of winning against the Chinese team.

In the past two years, the Chinese team has made great progress.

Although Ling Feng has returned to China, it can be regarded as a low-key two years, but the news of Chinese players in international football is not uncommon, such as the Premier League assist Wang Yue Lingxiang, one of the two strikers of Inter Milan Ding Rui (the other is Ronaldo), Liu Dong, who has maintained 17 rounds of unbeaten in La Liga, has just debuted, and is known as the successor of the goalkeeper, Goyechea's apprentice, Francisco Li has created a record of 756 minutes of unbreached doors in nine rounds of games in the Eredivisie.

There are also left-back Zhu Yin, midfielder Zhu Yujian, several young players who stood out in the Confederations Cup and the Olympic Games, as well as the Asian Cup, and so on, these players are already people who can be called names in international football!

In other words, compared with the World Cup in France in '98, the Chinese team is younger, more energetic, and ...... More powerful!

It was fourth that year, and this year with so many players who have grown up, plus a terrible home field, plus the support of 1.3 billion people behind him...... To say that in 98 years, people only knew that there was a Ling Feng in China, and they were only afraid of the myth created by the legendary undefeated general, and what they were afraid of was that after encountering the Chinese team, even if they won, they would be a miserable victory...... So now, what the teams are worried about is whether they can win if they encounter such a favorite?

It's really hard for those people in FIFA, because Ling Feng really doesn't have much time - China will be determined to host the World Cup on April 21, and the World Cup will kick off on May 31, and FIFA has postponed the holding time to June 7, but it is only slightly delayed for a week.

But what shocked the world was the efficiency of the Chinese World Cup Organizing Committee!

Compared with FIFA, which almost started fighting for these things, the work efficiency of the Chinese World Cup Preparatory Committee amazed the world!

The first is the venue.

The venue of the World Cup is not something that can be used by pulling a stadium, the renovation of the turf, the safety of the stands, etc., all have to be strictly checked - the plan that Ling Feng implemented back then has finally been reflected, and more than 20 top stadiums have made the judges of the FIFA inspection team feel wasted - because they are not used that much!

Whether it is turf, modern conditions, stadium seating, safety facilities or drainage functions, all of them have reached the world's top level - which makes many experts sigh that Chinese are really rich!

Most of these stadiums are produced by the country, and a small part is produced by Siyue and various clubs - and the cost is not as astronomical as imagined - because there are people watching this matter, and it is impossible to make oil and water on a large scale!

Damn, the construction of these large stadiums is aimed at welcoming the 02 World Cup, and all the standards are required by Ling Feng according to the standards of the top stadiums in later generations, who dares to make money from the middle? If you get a tofu scum project, a fan will roar, and the stadium will tremble, look at Ling Feng and not pick his skin!

In the sports facilities alone, China has surpassed Mexico by too many points!

As for the requirements of various cities, now Chinese fans are no longer as greedy as they used to be looking at foreign games, not to mention anything else, the just held Club World Cup is definitely no less exciting than the World Cup - because the sixteen teams invited to participate in the competition are all top teams from all continents - of course, Asia is not to mention for the time being, the strong teams in Europe and the United States have feasted the eyes of fans.

Not to mention, even Brazil may not be much better than Florence in terms of star lineup - the Florentine guys run to China every day, this is not forced by Ling Feng, it is their own volition - because the authentic Chinese cuisine makes the group of hooligans move their fingers, and every time they come, they can't walk, and they make a table to pack and take back before leaving......

To capture a man's heart, he must first grasp a man's stomach, which Ling Feng has mastered in its essence - although he is also a man himself......

Secondly, the World Cup is not only about 32 teams to play football, but also about the logistics, such as the players' resting places, training venues, etc., of course, this is just a matter of drawing a few more people, and the Chinese fans have also been notified, just when some strong teams arrived, they organized a welcome, and they watched on the sidelines during training, and asked for autographs and photos at the end of training, but they did not harass the players.

From this point of view, Chinese fans have matured, and they are no longer screaming at the sight of the stars as before, especially a group of little girls who are excited to find the door (as was the case when Real Madrid came to China).

There are also tickets to the World Cup, which is very important!

Due to the sudden change of the host country of the World Cup, many tickets that were sent out in the past have become waste paper, and because South Korea and Japan were refused to participate in the World Cup, they have adopted a very bad uncooperative attitude towards the statistics, distribution and profit of tickets, which makes the work of tickets quite complicated.

The Chinese World Cup Preparatory Committee has worked overtime, first reprinting tickets, many stadiums in China are larger than South Korea and Japan, and tickets will naturally increase, and then the distribution work, all fans who have bought tickets before can exchange tickets for free, as for the economic loss, the compensation will be compensated, anyway, it will be slowly pulled off in the future, and the top priority now is not to discourage the enthusiasm of the fans.

Several major airlines have adopted the principle of overtime without raising prices, because China is very large, and several competition cities are relatively far away, so it seems unrealistic to let fans run back and forth by train, of course, you must know that air tickets are generally discounted, although they did not increase the price, but the amount of the discount is less, and it is the same money.

The health and epidemic prevention stations in various competition cities have also been enthusiastic, especially in the specific period of SARS, when the foreign population has increased sharply, and the health work is very important.

Many students – not including those preparing for the high school entrance examination – have also organized various volunteer associations, and many of the work of being tour guides, cleaning the city, etc., are undertaken by volunteers, who don't want money, but if you ask them what they want most, it is ...... The signatures of the players of the Chinese team.

Ling Feng said half-jokingly after the World Cup: "Holding a World Cup is equivalent to a national cleaning." ”

The most important thing is the issue of security, you know, there are a lot of football hooligans in Europe - in fact, to be honest, there are a lot of China, the two sides are going to fight is really difficult to clean up, within a month, a total of 3,000 special police officers conducted five large-scale exercises, and then dispersed to 12 host cities, in addition to the local armed police force has also been transferred, ready to deal with any emergency.

Foreigners are a little afraid of China's army troops, of course, the armed police are not the army, but they are also ground troops, seeing that during the exercise, an armed police soldier neatly threw a big man more than one or two meters high to the ground, and people who had a little troublemaking idea put away this idea - the explosion-proof police in foreign stadiums generally act together with several people, and use protective shields to suppress the troublemakers, how can there be such a Chinese kung fu fast?

There is also an important point, the opening ceremony of the World Cup!

The opening ceremony originally held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium was moved to the renovated Beijing Workers' Stadium, of course, the location changed, the opening ceremony had to change, and even the day after Blatter announced that China would host the World Cup, the Chinese Football Association came up with a new World Cup logo and mascot.

It's been prepared for a long time!

There is no doubt that the logo of the World Cup must be changed, because the name of the host country is under the logo of each World Cup, and there is also a "KOREA&JAPAN" written under the logo of the World Cup in China?

The new logo is the image of a double dragon spitting a pearl, and the bead is connected to the bottom to form the shape of a World Cup - this is similar to the logo of South Korea and Japan, but the lifelike dragon has become a huge highlight.

Here is a line of words: "2002FIFAWORLDCUPCHINA"

The mascot is the cartoon Monkey King image, which symbolizes the spirit of overcoming obstacles and forging ahead on the football field.

There are two new theme songs, which were launched a week after Blatter announced the results, and the songs and lyrics are composed by Han Jing - Han Jing and Ling Feng Siyue have always been in contact, but she is someone who even knows the secret of Ling Feng's rebirth, and the conspiracy against the 02 World Cup will naturally not hide it from her.

So a year or two earlier, Han Jing did a good job of the song, and it took a year to revise it, although it was launched relatively late, but with its own charm and the popularity of Han Jing and the World Cup, it soon became famous all over the world.

The theme song of the World Cup is a major feature of every World Cup, such as "Italian Summer" in 90, this song has even become synonymous with the 90th World Cup, and when people talk about that World Cup, they will directly say "It is Italian Summer".

The '94 World Cup theme song didn't make any impression, and for the United States, football wasn't always a popular sport, and the song "Land of Glory" didn't have any passion at all.

Another example is 02 years...... What is the 02 World Cup called? Not impressed at all!

Ling Feng said to Siyue like this, it was really right to snatch the 02 World Cup! Because that's a shame at the World Cup, an absolute shame!

It's not just a black whistle, favoritism, and the World Cup that doesn't even know what the theme song is, kick a fart!

However, the theme song of 98 has been sung by fans for a long time, and the two songs "Cup of Life" and "Do You Care When I Play Football" have become eternal classics in the hearts of fans, and since 98 years, the theme song of the World Cup is not limited to one.

The name of Han Jing's song is "World Football", which is sung by herself, and the style is similar to "Do You Care When I Play Football", which is a theme song with a rather tender style.

And the lineup of the second song is quite strong, this song is plagiarism, Ling Feng's plagiarism, plagiarism of the previous life in 2003 when China SARS, fifty superstars from across the strait sang "Ambition Flying".

It's just to change the lyrics and remove some of the obscure parts of the original lyrics, and the song itself is a very inspirational song.

The singers are the same superstars from the two sides of the strait, but the lineup is more powerful, such a grand event, the stars of the entertainment industry will naturally not be idle, some come to participate in the chorus, and some sing by themselves, which is very lively for a while.

Both of these songs have received great praise, but some foreign fans prefer to listen to a song made by an unfamous group, humming "TRUSTME, TRUSTME......" there all day long

Portraits of Chinese players can be seen everywhere, and the topic of discussion across the country is now about the Chinese football team, but the discussion on the FIFA side has finally come to an end, and it has been decided not to regroup, but to draw three teams separately, China, the Netherlands and Peru.

China is seeded, meaning they are drawn between Groups H and D, while the Netherlands and Peru are drawn from the remaining two places.

In the end, China were drawn in Group D, the same group as South Korea, while the Netherlands were drawn in Group H and Peru was depressedly placed in a group with Brazil.

The order of the crossover in the finals remains the same, and the upper and lower halves are still crossed for the knockout round.

Now that everything is in place, it is just a little bit of east wind in time......

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This chapter is 5,000 words, and the following is free, I haven't talked to my brothers for a long time.

At this point, the brothers also saw that it was coming to an end. Indeed, after the World Cup, the book is over, and the finale, hehe, the finale is definitely free.

Some brothers said that the chapters were written in a hurry.,There's no way.,I can't write the game anymore.,If you write it again.,In the end, it's not written.,It's still full of energy.,Finally, there will be a climax and a big explosion!

As for some brothers asking Lao Bing about the new book, it is really embarrassing, and the new book has no clue until now.

Let's put it this way, Lao Bing, I was preparing a new book a few months ago, but I haven't done it well until now, and I have written a total of almost 500,000 words, in total, I have changed more than 20 ideas, and I have made more than a dozen beginnings, but none of them have succeeded.

It's very depressing, change the type, and suddenly I can't write well, hehe, but don't worry, at least from these failed lessons, Lao Bing I have also learned a lot, how to say, but also for Lao Bing's hard work and that strength to be moved.

Hehe, I was going to send a new book immediately after the end of the old book, but now it seems that it may not work, brothers, don't worry, within half a month, the new book will definitely come out, and I will notify you when the old book is over, brothers remember to continue to support Lao Bing!