Opening the door and throwing the salute aside, lying quietly on the bed, listening to the familiar Chinese channels on the TV, Santhiago felt a wave of sleepiness strike again.

Unfortunately, however, he did not fall asleep as he wished, because Banega, who was in the same room, was not a master who could easily be stopped.

Rolling his eyes helplessly, Saint-Tiago couldn't afford to complain about the head coach Batista's policy of leading troops, if you want to say that each player has a single room, it is absolutely possible, but Battista wants to forcibly arrange for his disciples to live in a double suite on the grounds of cultivating tacit understanding, which is a headache. Fortunately, although Banega quarreled a little, he was at least the one who could talk about it, otherwise if he met a teammate like Bonanot, it would be too late to cry.

"O Saintie, my God! What the hell is wrong with you, you still have the heart to sleep! ”

Soon, Banega, who had hurriedly packed his luggage, ripped off the quilt that Santiago had just covered his body and exclaimed in disbelief. After arriving in Shanghai, the national Olympic team finally had half a day of free time, which was an opportunity for Banega to return to the mountains, and how could he want to miss it. At this time, Santi, who was already very tired, also remembered the half-day vacation after hearing Banega's reminder, so the two immediately went out together and ran towards the vast world outside the hotel.

After asking the volunteers about their surroundings in detail, the two made a decision on where to shop. Best Buy in Xujiahui, not far from the Huating Hotel where the Argentine team stayed, and you can see the electronic products that both of them are very fond of, and they are very interested in the latest popular PS3.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the two appeared in the mall without any staff and refused to be accompanied by volunteers, and after running to the electronic area, Banega showed a surprised look for the first time, because here Santiago turned into a China expert in a moment, and the communication with the locals was completely barrier-free.

Seeing this scene, Banega was strange at the same time, and finally knew why San Tiago refused to be accompanied by volunteers.

The sudden appearance of the two foreigners did not cause any fluctuations, and the frequent foreign faces and large sunglasses made it impossible for anyone to peek into the true identities of the two, compared to Messi, who also appeared here soon after, was much more bitter.

Messi showed up in the mall under the escort of two police officers who acted as bodyguards, as well as volunteers as his entourage. Of course, not everyone knows Messi, who doesn't seem to be a star enough, but they just think that this alarms the police and it should be a big name, so they stop to watch, and if you want to ask for Messi's autograph closely, you can't, it's allowed to take pictures from a distance. One girl recognized Messi, which alerted the onlookers, but she didn't stop because she claimed to be a fan of Barcelona's arch-rival Chelsea and didn't have much interest in Messi.

Maybe it was because it was inconvenient after revealing his identity, Messi hurriedly walked around and went home, so with Messi, who completely attracted the firepower, San Tiago and the two made a good purchase, and when the two returned to the hotel with a large bag, they simply filled their stomachs, and immediately threw themselves into the battle.

The FIFA2008, which started on September 25 last year, is the favorite of most young people who love football, and although EA has not been authorized by the Arab League, it has been separately authorized by Boca Juniors and River Plate, which also gives Santiago, who loves FIFA, breathe a sigh of relief. Although he was slashed once in the new version, and his ability value dropped from 84 to 72 points, he was quite helpless, but fortunately, Boca Juniors authorized it alone, which also allowed him to avoid the embarrassing situation of not being able to use himself in the next version after the transfer.

Of course, if he has the opportunity to get an invitation from EA for a special face capture, then he must ask himself what the better-than-nothing speed is! Anyway, I can be counted as a famous demon in the first two versions, how can I get stuck like this in the speed column! It looks like I'm going to have to find a time to send the video of my game to EA.

This is a big deal for the sake of honor.

After a relaxing evening, the rest of the game was in full swing, training, familiarising yourself with the venue, and the start of the game.

August 7, 2008, Shanghai Stadium, Argentina Olympic Team VS Ivory Dia National Olympic Team.

Since making his World Cup debut in '06, the young African elephant has been gathering strength in anticipation of another outbreak. In November 2007, another historic moment came, when the Ivory Coast U23 team defeated Zambia and won the ticket to the Beijing Olympics one round ahead of schedule.

With a group of geniuses such as Drogba, Kolo Toure, and Yaya Toure taking the lead in European giants, Côte d'Ivoire has jumped into the top ranks of African football in a very short period of time, and the limelight has even surpassed the traditional giants Nigeria, Cameroon, and Egypt. In fact, in the World Cup qualifiers two years ago, Drogba's team kept Samut Eto'o's Cameroon out of Germany, and in this Olympic qualifier, a new group of talents eliminated Egypt with a total score of 4-2 over two legs in the qualifying round.

In short, no one in today's football world dares to underestimate this African upstart, and people are expecting African elephants to create surprises at the Beijing Olympics. "I'm very excited that the Beijing Olympics are the most important sporting event in the world and will be the first time the Ivorian Olympic team will participate in the Olympic Games," said Kalou, a key striker at the team. I am eager to defend the honour of Côte d'Ivoire in Beijing, which is our highest goal for the Olympic Games. ”

The African Olympic Qualifiers schedule is to start with two qualifying rounds, and then the 24 teams will be divided into three groups, with the winners of each group qualifying for the ticket. Ivory Coast's first opponent, Lesotho, withdrew from the tournament and faced veteran Egypt in the second round, with the young Elephants drawing 1-1 in the first leg and advancing 3-1 in the second leg.

In the group stage, they were placed in a group with Zambia, Senegal and Zambia. The first round was not conducive to a 0-2 defeat to the top rival Zambia, but this defeat made the Ivory Coast boys wake up sharply, and then they sang all the way, scoring 13 goals in five games, especially the 4-1 hearty defeat of Zambia at home, and qualified for the Olympics one round ahead of schedule. What's more noteworthy is that while preparing for the Olympic qualifiers, Ivory Coast also sent a second-tier youth team to the Toulon Cup, where they lost to China on penalties in the semi-finals. With two youth teams in the same period, plus overage players, Ivory Coast has a wide range of soldiers.

The youth team of the Ivory Coast has inherited the characteristics of the senior team, with a number of strikers with strong individual ability, Kalou, who has played well at Chelsea, is the appropriate age player in the national Olympic team, and Kuwahi and Cisse are also very strong. The midfielders are generally delicate and have excellent ball control, and have dominated the field in the warm-up matches against the United States. Captain Jacopa was in defence. In short, Ivory Coast is an attacking team, and 13 goals in five qualifying games are the most convincing.

However, for the first time in the Olympic Games, Lady Luck was not on the side of Côte d'Ivoire. As in the World Cup two years ago, they were drawn again to be drawn in a group with defending champions Argentina, Serbia and Australia. But the elephants don't bow their heads, with coach Gili saying: "We are in Group A, which is a bit similar to the situation in the group stage of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. But the result of the draw has been decided, and we can only prepare seriously, hoping to speak with strength and win a place for ourselves. ”

Rome was not built in a day, and it takes time to establish tradition and heritage, as well as establish a place in international football, and it is clear that this group of Ivorian players has a difficult task ahead of them.