Volume 4 Chapter 9 The World Cup Begins
The Blue Armani, with the most expensive cheerleader in history, David Beckham, finally arrived at Johannesburg Airport after a tiring flight of hours.
As soon as the England national team got off the plane, they were greeted with enthusiastic cheers, most of which were England fans who arrived in South Africa ahead of schedule, and the popularity of David Beckham and Mackin also played a big role.
As the youngest Ballon d'Or winner, a supergiant under the age of 20, Mackin is more of an idol in the hearts of many young fans, while most of Beckham's attraction is of course female fans.
"I wish the World Cup in South Africa a complete success, and I also hope that our England can have a good time, and finally thank you so many fans for coming to the stadium to greet us", Capello, who walked in front, briefly accepted an interview with the media, and the whole England team cooperated with the media to take pictures, and got on the bus directly to the scheduled accommodation.
England's scheduled base during the World Cup is the Bamferken Sports Centre, just outside Rustenburg in South Africa's north-west province, which is located in South Africa's famous tribal kingdom: the Bamferken Kingdom.
About a two-hour drive from Johannesburg, it is already part of the African savannah region and is close to South Africa's famous tourist attractions – Sun City, Piranesburg National Park and Rustenburg Nature Reserve.
And the big scary here, the luxury is also scary, they can even drive out to hunt, the whole camp contains more than 60 five-star townhouses, two international A-level football training grounds, training facilities, recovery facilities and so on.
Their first group game against the United States was at the Royal Bamferken Stadium, just a 10-minute drive from the Bamforden Sports Centre. In addition, it is very convenient to Piranesburg International Airport, and all other competitions can be flown away.
The FA's entire logistical work can be said to be impossible to fault with in the first place, and once exposed, England's base quickly became the most luxurious base camp in the last 32.
"The sky is high and the clouds are light, the grassland scenery, the vast savannah, the rolling hills and mountains behind, the natural scenery of South Africa is really charming, five likes, I can't wait to start the game here", Mark Qin went to his villa to clean up, walked to the balcony and took a few photos and sent them out.
As a football superstar with the second largest number of followers on Instagram second only to Beckham, his every move has a huge impact, especially South African celebrities, who have forwarded it one after another.
"This is the best compliment to South Africa, I hope you enjoy it here and give a greater performance to the fans all over the world", Charlize Theron quickly retweeted.
As the most well-known beauty in South Africa, as early as in a show in the United States, she said that in addition to Beckham, her favorite football star is Mackqin, because he has the temperament of a sunny boy and is very clean.
Ernie Els, a famous golfer in South Africa, also joined the retweet army, "Mark, you're going to love it here, I promise, plus, come on!" ”
Genevieve Morton and Candace Swanepel are similar in age and bolder than Macklin, a well-known model of Sports Illustrated and a Victoria's Secret angel, who forwarded directly and brought a big red heart, "Come on, show the best of you to South Africa"
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"Wow Ka Wakka, Eh, Samina......", the theme song of the World Cup by Latin Queen Shakira, unsurprisingly began to play on all TV channels on a loop.
And Pique, who was far away in Spain, also made his grand oath to his teammates at this time, "I will definitely soak in this Latin queen Shakira!" ”
It seems that many Europeans and Americans don't particularly care about their female partners who are more than ten years older than themselves, such as Ibrahim, his wife is 11 years older than him, and even more terrifying is Fabregas, this little Zhengtai-like character, who is actually full of turmoil in his heart.
Not to mention secretly throwing Ferguson pizza, his wife is 13 years older than him, and when they met in Japan, his daughter-in-law was still a wife, and Xiaofa escaped a third party.
Of course, it won't take a few years for France's most inspirational president to knock them down completely, and this god-man soaked up the teacher who could be his mother when he was in high school.
So be kind to everyone who comes your way, and at any point he or she will break into your life in an unbelievable way!
After June 5, all 32 countries arrived in South Africa, which officially kicked off the World Cup, with more than 200 countries covering the whole process.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now behind me is England's resident Ban Foken Sports Center, we finally got Capello's permission through difficult communication, to be able to interview Mack Qin for half an hour, England's preparation for this training is extremely intense, and all players are prohibited from being interviewed before the game, this time to be able to get this interview, it can be said that it is very difficult", Duan Xuan and Sun Jihai appeared in the camera and said.
Passing through the luxurious gates, full of greenery and townhouses, not far away Mackin was already standing next to a pool and raising his hand to greet them.
"Brother Sun, Brother Duan, it's been a hard work," Ma Qin hugged the two of them, and then beckoned them to sit on a chair by the pool.
"Don't", Sun Jihai waved his hand and said exaggeratedly, "If we let the fans know that you call us brother in the later stage of the interview, you must not spray us to death", while Duan Xuan also nodded yes, joking constantly.
"Who called you old, haha", he laughed and said, in the past half a month, he has also been bad, except for training is a tactical class, not allowed to go out, now can speak Chinese with compatriots, feel more cordial.
"Hey, this is in the past", Sun Jihai said with a smile, "You don't know that the 'South Africa, I'm coming' you posted on the domestic platform a few days ago has been ranked first in the domestic hot search for several days, and now we don't dare to mess with you"
"Don't make fun of me, you'll have to come over dozens of people this time," Makqin asked.
"Hmm", Duan Xuan nodded and said, "The big troops are here, we are mainly responsible for tracking and reporting on you and England, how are you doing now, can you reveal it?"
Mark Qin pointed to the back of the townhouse, "Behind is the training ground, we are now in good physical condition, it is winter here, but the temperature is not low, but the humidity is a little high"
Then, he picked up what he could say, and introduced the training schedule in England, as well as the daily leisure activities, nothing more than playing cards, swimming, leisure sports, driving around the wildlife reserve, etc.
"You didn't play much in the warm-up game, England didn't play well, and in a few days against the United States, how are you preparing?" , Duan Xuan asked.
Mackin nodded and listened as he replied: "The style of the United States is actually very close to ours, including physical fitness, tactical play, they have excellent players on three lines, such as Howard, Oneu, Dempsey, Donovan, etc., it is not an easy opponent, but we are still confident that we can win."
"You'll start when the time comes," Sun asked.
"I can't really say this, and I don't know, we usually only know in the first few hours of the day", said Mackin looked at his watch, Capello has a strict sense of time, he doesn't want to look for trouble.
Duan Xuan also pinched it, and finally wished him a good performance in the World Cup, and after recording a greeting to domestic fans, he waved goodbye.
What is the World Cup? It's hard for anyone to say clearly.
For many players, this is the stage for overnight fame, and an excellent performance in the World Cup can make an ordinary player's value skyrocket and make him famous.
But for many superstars and teams, it is particularly vulnerable to the presence of Waterloo, huge expectations in the country, but there is only one champion, and most superstars will leave the stage from time to time with scolding and disappointment.
June 11 at 2 p.m., Wind and Sunshine, Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium.
This moment has really come, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa officially opened, African odes, non-American singers singing, shell lang, humming Zula made in China, a primitive style.
England's squad watched the opening ceremony of the World Cup from the VIP seats, with their match against the United States kicking off tomorrow, Sunday the 12th at 8:45pm local time.
"This is good", Mark Qin patted Rooney next to him and said, he came to see the opening ceremony just to listen to this song, he liked it very much in his previous life.
The whole song is very magical, and it will make people twist their bodies along with it, "Didi, hey, Didi, yes~, Didi, Didiva, Diva, hey......"
"Audience friends, audience friends, the World Cup has arrived, South Africa ......", Sun Zhengping's commentary sounded on CCTV, "Now it is Algerian singer Khalid "Didi", which is also a famous episode in "Highway"
“…… During the World Cup, we will be able to see many superstars fighting together, which is also the biggest charm of the World Cup, and of course, the Chinese superstar, Mark Qin......"
"Come on, dude", Makqin began to stand up and dance his body to the magic song of Africa, and most of the more than 90,000 people in the entire stand were standing, so it did not stand out.
Everyone in England was dumbfounded, they hadn't seen Mackin so wasteful, they saw this thing raised one hand, his left hand in his abdomen, and he kept twisting his waist and shaking his shoulders to the music, enjoying himself.
Capello has made the atmosphere of the team too tense for a while, quite like the posture of a senior class teacher, and he is also trying to liven up the atmosphere.
"Hurry up, how nice it sounds", Mark Qin pulled Rooney up, "You have gone to the nightclub so many times in vain", Rooney had to cry and laugh and twist up.
Slowly the atmosphere rose, Ashley Cole, Defoe and a few other people who were used to it quickly jumped up, "That's it, Didi, Didi, hey......"
Ka opened his phone secretly in a loud voice, took pictures and videos, "South Africa World Cup, we are coming, watch our dancing king, Mark Sho ......"
The more they jumped, the more they jumped, and slowly the fans around them spontaneously clapped and applauded them, laughing, Capello felt the movement, turned his head to look, pushed his glasses speechlessly, and turned around to ignore these two goods.
"Haha, how's that, Vane, easy, easy, you've been too serious lately, high", playing football is a happy thing, there is no need to be so serious.
The news of Ka's loud voice was instantly forwarded by countless messages, and was used as material by the media to make headlines in the UK that day.
The Times: It seems that the atmosphere in the England squad is very relaxed, which is a good thing for us to prepare for the USA, and Mark is doing a good job.
The Guardian: Mark's style is so special both on and off the pitch in England and we look forward to his first World Cup trip.
The noise was finally going to dissipate, and with the opening ceremony over, the entire England squad returned to the Bamfordken Sports Centre for final preparations.
On the first day of the match, South Africa and Mexico drew 1:1, Uruguay drew 0:0 with France, and Suarez made his first World Cup.
Then on the second matchday, South Korea beat Greece 2-0 and Argentina beat African eagles Nigeria 1-0, but the much-anticipated Messi did not score.
By the time the England squad had arrived at the Real Bamforden Stadium to begin preparations for their first group game, at 5pm, less than three hours before the game, and their boss Fabio Capello still had no starting XI.