Montorivo noticed that Pazzini had been repeating a single action: pick up his phone, stare at it for a moment, then sigh and put it down. He thought it was strange.

"Gian-Paul, what are you doing?"

Pazzini put down his phone: "I'm wondering if I should call the boss (Zhang Jun) in the past, tomorrow is the game, and my mood is quite complicated." ”

Montolivo shook his head: "I advise you not to fight." At this time, you are more sensitive, and don't give them any psychological burden. ”

Pazzini looked at Montorivo and smiled: "You are very considerate of your opponent." ”

Montorivo scratched his head embarrassedly: "Habit, habit." I always think of him as our boss, and I always think about him. ”

Pazzini rarely continued to tease Montorivo: "Ricardo, tomorrow's game is about whether we can go further in this World Cup, you are our main striker, don't be soft when the time comes." I know you respect the boss, but it's a war between nations and nations. ”

Montorivo nodded and said nothing. And Pazzini suddenly found himself persuading Montolivo at the same time as he persuaded himself, so he threw his phone aside and stopped looking at it. Collapsed on the bed and chatted with Montorivo without saying a word.

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Tomorrow is the match day, and the Chinese team will have their last tactical lesson before the game.

Qiu Suhui is arranging the starting list for tomorrow, except for a few absolute main players, everyone else is very nervous, because Hu Li has said more than once that he will not play in the World Cup, and most of them depend on the state.

The names were reported from the goalkeeper and one after another, all from the last two games, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief - they thought they would be left out of the squad because of the draw against Mexico.

In order to seek stability, Qiu Suhui still did not use the lineup of the last two games.

But when it comes to reporting to the striker. Qiu Suhui said: "Forwards: Zhang Jun, Li Jie. Okay, that's it, everyone understands, right? Tomorrow's game ......"

Zhang Jun didn't listen to the latter words, because when he heard the name of "Li Jie" reported, he turned his head to look at Wu Shangshan and found that Wu Shangshan's whole person looked very low. It's like sitting in a chair as if you don't have a spine.

This blow...... An absolute workhorse in the first two games. Now reduced to a substitute. I can't stand anyone else, let alone the arrogant Wu Shangshan?

Li Jie looked excited. It was his first World Cup start, and he was always ignored as a substitute striker in the squad. However, unlike Wu Shangshan, he himself is quite low-key. Just training silently. Wait for the moment when the team needs to do it themselves.

Yang Pan whispered in Zhang Jun's ear: "The blow is too big, I don't know if he can survive." Qiu Zhi's substitution before such an important game is to make it clear that he has abandoned him. Alas...... He's not young! ”

"I want to talk to Qiu Zhi when it's over later." Zhang Jun whispered to Yang Pan.

Yang Pan thought about it, and then nodded: "Okay, but I don't think it will work." ”

When Qiu Suhui announced that the tactics class was over, everyone should go back early to rest. Zhang Jun sat on the chair and didn't get up, he watched his teammates walk out of the room one by one. After there were only him, Qiu Suhui and Hu Li in this room, Qiu Suhui spoke: "Zhang Jun, you didn't stay because you wanted to talk to me about Wu Shangshan, right?" ”

Hu Li immediately put away the tactical board and walked out of the room. Only Qiu Suhui and Zhang Jun were left in the conference room.

Zhang Jun nodded.

Qiu Suhui smiled: "I think you know this very well, Wu Shangshan's current mentality is not right, I can't guarantee his performance on the court, so I can only use Li Jie, who is in a more stable state." ”

Zhang Jun has his own questions: "I know the defenders of the current Italian national team better. He felt that Lee's characteristics were not conducive to his performance against Italy. Italy's defenders are now stronger than one another, and they are not afraid of strong centers at all, but it is Wu Shangshan who is a smart and speedy striker who gives them a headache, and the current Italian defenders are very weak in one-on-one. ”

"Isn't there still you?" Qiu Suhui continued to laugh. "In the past, when you and Wu Shangshan were on the court at the same time, they would sacrifice you and let you be a stump center to make the ball for others, because you are more comprehensive. Now that Li Jie comes up, you can be completely liberated, and I think you alone are enough to make the entire Italian defense line unsettled. ”

Zhang Jun wanted to refute, but he was interrupted by Qiu Suhui: "Okay, let's not study the tactical aspects. I know what you're worried about, don't worry, I didn't mean to abandon him, it's just that maybe it's better for him to be cold now. If the game against Italy is not optimistic, I will send him in due course. Wu Shangshan is a genius, even better than Li Jie, only inferior to you. But you have taken a different path, and I am afraid that he will fall prematurely this day. That's it, don't think too much about it, and prepare for tomorrow's game. We were two points ahead of Italy, but it was still a do-or-die battle. ”

Zhang Jun reluctantly returned to his room, but saw Wang Yu sitting on his bed helplessly, while Yang Pan next to him frowned.

"What's wrong?" He asked curiously.

"I went back a little late, and he locked the door and wouldn't open it for me. I didn't listen to any calls, so I had to come to Yang Pan. Wang Yu said very aggrieved.

"This Wu Shangshan!" Yang Pan's tone was very unkind, "Tomorrow is the game, the girl is the main back, if the rest is not good, how to play?" If he continues to make trouble like this, does he want to be kicked out of the team halfway by Qiu Zhi? ”

Wang Yu raised his head, he was probably frightened by Yang Pan's words. Being kicked out of the national team during the World Cup, in China, basically means that your career in the national team will come to an end. That's not a matter of individuality, it's a matter of principle.

"Don't." Zhang Jun waved his hand, "I'll deal with it." Yang Pan, don't blame me for overstepping my authority, but I'm also the second captain, {isn't it the third?} What's more, it's the striker who has the problem. Girl, you will sleep on my side tonight, and the toiletries will be directly mine, and I will sleep over there. Hmph, I'll knock on the door, I'll see which one dares to open it! ”

After speaking. Without waiting for the two of them to come up to stop them, they turned around and walked out.

The two people in the room who hadn't reacted stared wide-eyed, and it took a long time for Wang Yu to get up with some hesitation: "I think I'd better go back, it's not good for Qiu Zhi to know about this matter......

Yang Pan grabbed him: "Don't go, let's not go." This matter is related to Zhang Jun, and he himself wants to solve this problem. Otherwise, we will not be able to be at peace in the World Cup in the future. You're going to sleep with me tonight. Anyway, Qiu Zhi doesn't know how to make rounds, what are you afraid of? ”

"But...... But...... Wu Shangshan is obviously angry now, I'm afraid that Zhang Jun will become a bitter master. In case Wu Shangshan can't control his emotions......"

"An, don't worry, Zhang Jun is now the second captain of the national team and the captain of Fiorentina. If you can't even do that. How could Fiorentina become the treble winner this season? Rest early. Leave it all to him. ”

Wang Yu had known about the relationship between Zhang Jun and Yang Pan for a long time, but he didn't expect that the two of them could trust each other so much. They are enemies of each other in the club, and they can still trust each other in this way. He was quite envious of the two of them.

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Zhang Jun knocked on the door, and when he saw that there was no response inside, he knocked again, and then shouted: "Fan, I know you're here, open the door." Today I slept on this side, and the bed over there was occupied! ”

There was a ringing inside. But still no one came to open the door. Zhang Jun was not afraid, he waited patiently, knocked on the door for a while, and then repeated the above words. More than ten minutes passed. There was a sound of water in the bathroom inside, but no one opened the door. Zhang Jun's stubborn temper also came up: "Fan! If you don't open the door today, I'll sleep outside. I do what I say! ”

And when he had finished speaking, he sat down on the carpet in front of the door. He is not afraid of being seen by Qiu Zhi, anyway, the coach and the players are not on the same floor, and Qiu Zhi does not have the habit of making room rounds.

Xiang Tao and Crewe's room was next door to Wu Shangshan's room, so they could hear Zhang Jun's words clearly. Just now, Wang Yu also knocked on the door outside for a long time, and even his grandfather called, but Wu Shangshan just didn't come out to open the door. If it hadn't been for Cruel pulling him, he might have gone out and kicked the door.

This time, Xiang Tao got up again, and Kru still wanted to hold him. Unexpectedly, Xiang Tao shook his head: "What are you doing?" I'm not going out to fight. Don't worry, I don't know anything. Looking at Crewe's eyes, which were still a little uneasy, he suddenly burst out with a foul language: "Day! Lao Tzu is older than your baby, is there no sensible instigation of your baby? ”

Crewe smiled and stopped pulling Xiang Tao.

Xiang Tao walked to the door, stretched out his hand to open the door, and then stood at the door and stretched an exaggerated waist, why do you say exaggerated? Because he stretched his waist and made a loud voice, he could hear it in several rooms next to him, and then he pretended to be surprised and said to Zhang Jun, who was sitting at the door of Wu Shangshan's room, "Huh? How are you sitting here? Zhang Jun, why don't you go back to sleep? Tomorrow is a big game! ”

Xiang Tao's voice is very loud, and this voice is guaranteed to be heard by everyone.

Zhang Jun knew that Xiang Tao was here to help him, so he hurriedly cooperated and sighed loudly: "Hey, there's no way!" My bed was occupied, so I had to come here to sleep, but I didn't expect the fan to go to the toilet for so long, and I didn't come to open the door for half a day. ”

"My day! The fan can't fall into the pit, right? Tsk, fan, don't squat for so long in the toilet, be careful of hemorrhoids! It's not good to have hemorrhoids, you can't walk, let alone play. When the time comes, I can't sit and lie down, I can't eat well, I can't sleep on the ground, not to mention how painful it is. It is recommended that you buy some hemorrhoids suppositories, now it is no longer popular to apply the navel to treat hemorrhoids, and it is now popular to insert ** children to treat hemorrhoids. Alas, think about the perverts of those companies that sell hemorrhoid medicine, what method can't be cured, you have to use the method of inserting **, doesn't this make it clear that it is sodomy? Damn, the internal and external application has to be inserted, which is terrifying to think about. So you must not get hemorrhoids, otherwise you will leave a lifetime of shame, think about it...... As a man, I actually let a pill sodomize! Wow! What a disgusting thing that is! So, fan, don't get hemorrhoids, that's a stain on your life. ”

Xiang Tao's words were pulled, and even Zhang Jun was embarrassed to hear it, and scolded Wu Shangshan for being sodomized.

And Xiang Tao's voice was full of anger, and the whole floor heard it. Wu Shangshan, who was inside, couldn't sit still, after all, he was inferior to Xiang Tao than despicable. He slammed open the door and said to Xiang Tao, "What do you say?" You've got hemorrhoids! ”

"Huh? You don't have hemorrhoids? Why does it take so long to go to the toilet without hemorrhoids? ”

"I didn't go to the bathroom!"

"Huh? You didn't go to the toilet? Why didn't you go to the toilet and open the door for Zhang Jun? ”

Wu Shangshan, who asked Xiang Tao, was speechless, and he couldn't say directly: "Lao Tzu just doesn't want to open the door for him!" "Right? Doesn't this cause public outrage?

At this time, Zhang Jun also got up from the ground appropriately. Then he waved his hand to Xiang Tao: "Okay, won't the fan open the door?" Xiang Tao, go back and rest, I'm resting here. The spirit is not good, and tomorrow the game is wrong, you be careful of Qiu Zhi. ”

As he spoke, he squeezed into Wu Shangshandi's room.

Xiang Tao saw Zhang Jun enter the door, and he also accepted it when he saw it. Shake your head. Turned around and walked out of his room. Shut the door. He shrugged at Kru and spread his hands: "Look, it works well, right?" ”

Crewe smiled and didn't make any comments.

Next door.

Wu Shangshan saw that Zhang Jun had already come in, and he was embarrassed to drive away. Just went back to his bed by himself. didn't say hello to Zhang Jun.

However, Zhang Jun smiled and looked familiar, first finished washing in the bathroom, and then lay straight on Wang Yu's bed.

Wu Shangshan never set his eyes on Zhang Jun, just stared at the TV, but obviously his mind was not on the TV, because the TV was a financial program that he would never be interested in.

"Fan, are you investing in the stock market? Or futures? Why do you watch this kind of show? Zhang Jun deliberately found something to say.

Wu Shangshan sighed, then turned off the TV, got up and went to the bathroom to wash.

There was a sound of water in the bathroom, and Zhang Jun suddenly shouted at the bathroom: "I know you have an opinion about me." Because of my existence, you don't have a chance to perform. The sound of rushing water died down abruptly.

"Actually, I don't want to explain anything because I feel guilty in my heart because I feel so guilty in the national team. The same is true in Florence. I can feel that my former friends are moving away from me little by little, because my presence has made him very few opportunities to play. The manager likes me and I can't do anything about it, but I want you to know that we're partners on the pitch, not the other strikers, everybody else has to work for me. You assist me, and I'll tear up the opponent's defense for you. Regarding the fact that you didn't start this time, I specifically went to Qiu Zhi, and he said that he just wanted you to calm down, because your emotions are really wrong these days. We are now working as a whole, all working towards the same goal, and we can't let the whole team suffer because of individual problems. ”

Wu Shangshan walked out of the bathroom, he had already finished washing, looked at Zhang Jun, and finally spoke: "What's the use of talking about this now?" I'm a substitute anyway, and I don't have a chance to ...... anyway."

Zhang Jun looked at Wu Shangshan's tone when he said this, and remembered that when he was still in AC Milan, he lost his temper with Yang Pan because he couldn't beat the main force, and Yang Pan yelled at him in turn: "Who told you that you must be the main force?" Who told you you can't be a substitute? A player, even if he is a superstar, is not born destined to be a main player. He felt that Wu Shangshan was like himself at that time.

He sighed, "Okay, you go to sleep first, listen to me slowly." ”

Wu Shangshan took off his clothes and then got into the bed.

Zhang Jun turned off the bed lamp, and then began to speak slowly. "Think about it, how old was I at that time? Well, in 2005 I was twenty-three years old. If I'm not mistaken, Fan, you're twenty-three years old this year, aren't you? ”

Wu Shangshan snorted.

"Haha, so, we're really similar, not just the style of play, but also the temper." Zhang Jun turned his head to look, only to find that he had turned off the lights, and he couldn't see Wu Shangshan's expression clearly.

"At that time, I had just transferred from Warrendam to AC Milan, because I had always been the main player in Warendamm, but there was no way to guarantee my main position at AC Milan, so I was very annoyed, and there was a huge gap that I couldn't adapt to all at once. always lost his temper because of some small things, and later because of some other things, he broke the jar and broke it, and spoke ill of his best friend Yang Pan. It was a low point in my life and for the first time I began to doubt the right path I had chosen to pursue in professional football. Do you know, what did Yang Pan say to me? He said that no player is born destined to be a main player, and no player is born destined to be a superstar. Before they become absolute mainstays and absolute superstars, they have to sit on the bench and be substitutes. This is professional football. At first, this made me feel very uncomfortable. Now that I think about it, I was naïve. Really, Yang Pan is right. You see that I am now the absolute main force of Fiorentina, and I see that Qiu Zhi takes good care of me in the national team, and that is because I have relied on my strength for so many years in exchange for a little bit of remuneration. So, fan, today I also give you what Yang Pan said to me at the beginning: no one is born to be the main force. No one is born knowing that they are going to be big. Before you become a superstar, you just have to train honestly and play seriously. You are a genius, fan, but geniuses also need training. You need to work on it too. ”

Zhang Jun paused. I didn't hear Wu Shangshan's reaction. He called softly again: "Fan? Fan? Asleep? ”

Sure enough, there was a slight snoring from the bed next to me. Zhang Jun laughed self-deprecatingly, and his carefully prepared rhetoric turned out to be a lullaby. "Okay, sleep. Wake up early tomorrow and get ready, you don't know when you'll be playing. ”

After speaking, Zhang Jun also closed his eyes.

In the dark, a pair of eyes looked out the window at the night sky.

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"Zhang Jun and Wu Shangshan have contradictions, and now fools can see it, boss. Shall we hype it up? It's all about football, reporting on qualifying, and we don't have the slightest advantage compared to those big newspapers. I don't think it's as good as the sword going off the rails, and readers prefer to watch these tidbits. "When the sun rises in South Africa the next day. Journalists have gathered in front of the hotel of the Chinese team, waiting for the news of the new day.

One of the journalists was on the phone to his superiors.

"Well, you're right, there's indeed hype worth. So let's do it, I'll let another person do the match report, and you go to the door and be responsible for collecting the news of the conflict between the two of them, and I think the conflict between the two of them will definitely continue. Name...... It's called 'the scramble and alternation of old and new shooters'. Anyway, you prepare enough information for me, and I give you enough space. ”

"Okay, okay. I'll do it. The reporter hung up the phone, looked up at the hotel, and could already see the players walking out of the elevator one after another and heading to the restaurant. Zhang Jun walked together with Yang Pan, Klu, Xiang Tao and others, while Wu Shangshan was left behind alone, looking very unsociable. He smiled smugly, it seems that this month's bonus has a door.

Yang Pan laughed and asked him in Zhang Jun's ear: "How is Wu Shangshan?" ”

Zhang Jun shrugged: "I don't know, he fell asleep yesterday." Hey, look at his personal creation. I've said it all. ”

Yang Pan glanced back at Wu Shangshan, who was walking at the back and bowed his head and was silent, and said nothing.

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The Chinese team that had breakfast had to go to the stadium to familiarize themselves with the ground, simply warm up, and did not have a large amount of training.

There were a lot of fans waiting outside the stadium for a long time, and when they learned that the Chinese team was coming to warm up, they waited here early in the morning. When the Chinese team's bus appeared outside the stadium, the fans cheered and sent blessings and praises to their heroes, and of course Zhang Jun received the most praise.

After the warm-up, the Chinese team returned to the hotel, had a simple lunch, and they were free to move around and relax in the afternoon. Then wait until the evening to go to the pitch again. Some of the fans followed to the hotel, while others waited outside the stadium.

By five o'clock in the afternoon, more and more fans, mainly Chinese and Italian, had gathered in the square, and the two factions did not seem hostile, but they gathered to sing and dance and enjoy the leisure time before the big game. Lao Niu's Monkey King once again attracted the attention of the Italians, and a group of people surrounded him to take pictures and ask for autographs.

Li Yan and Sophie sat in the taxi and sighed: "In a few hours, I won't be able to see such a wonderful scene." By the time the game is over, I don't know which one is happy and which one is sad! ”

Sophie rolled down the window of the car, then raised the camera in her hand and took a lot of pictures of the fans partying, and she felt that it was not only the players and the game that were football, but also the fans who made the football more colorful and perfect.

Most of the players spent their free time in their own rooms in the afternoon, and Anke decided to never touch the pool cue again because he saw Crewe's billiards skills, but he soon found a way to save face. He found Wang Yu and Li Jie and ran to Xiang Tao's room and asked the two to play cards - fighting the landlord.

According to Xiang Tao later, Crewe lost badly this time. At first, it was because Crewe didn't understand the rules, and then after understanding the rules, Anke became a good worker. Xiang Tao also said that he didn't see that Anke had a lot of ways to cheat by playing cards, and there were many tricks. Zhang Jun knows. When I was in high school. When the college entrance examination is approaching, you can still see An Ke and Ren Yudi playing cards in the last row of the classroom all day long, and it is estimated that these things were practiced at that time.

Yang Pan's afternoon was spent reading in the room, but he didn't, Zhang Jun found that Yang Pan was reading "The Art of Managing the Land......

He felt like a failure. In the past, when Yang climbed the ground. He reads comics, and when Yang Pan listens to CDs, he listens to cassettes. Later, when Yang Pan changed to this kind of professional class, he only started listening to CDs when Yang Pan listened to MD.

People are really incomparable.

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The easy time is always short-lived, and before you know it, when Hu Li came up to tell the players to go down to the dinner venue, a group of people reacted: the game is coming.

Anke triumphantly showed off to Zhang Jun how he played cards in the afternoon and how to kill Crewe, and Zhang Jun asked, "How much did you win?" ”

Anke was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Fifty." ”

"Holy! Playing for an afternoon to win fifty? Are you the kind of boring old women who pass the time on the streets? ”

"you! Qiu specified a ban on gambling. But if you don't bring money, it's not interesting, naturally it's small, and we're only a dollar. ”

Zhao Pengyu, who was next to him, almost fell down when he heard An Ke's last sentence. "A dollar? Oh, my God! In the past, reporters always said that the national football team was a big money. Playing cards and losing tens of thousands of dollars in one night is trivial. Now it's really changing, and it's only a dollar for a handful...... Junior high school students gamble more than you! ”

Anke rolled his eyes, he wanted to show off his results, but he didn't expect Zhang Jun to successfully lead the topic to gambling funds, making him happy in vain.

Zhang Jun smiled next to him: "That's it, Anke, don't you like bets very much?" Let's make a bet, how about it? ”

"It depends on what you're betting on."

"Just bet on which two teams will qualify in our group tonight."

As soon as Zhang Jun's words came out, he attracted the attention of others.

Anke thought for a moment: "Okay, just bet on this." What if I lose? ”

"The loser listens to the winner, it's as simple as that."

"No problem, I bet that the Chinese team and Italy will join hands to qualify!"

Zhang Jun said with a smile: "I am eliminated from Italy." ”

"Are you so sure?" Anke asked.

"Definitely. Quite sure. Zhang Jun nodded and said categorically.

After dinner, when he went back to the room to clean up his things, Yang Pan looked at Zhang Jun: "I didn't see it, you are such a cunning person." ”

Zhang Jun was very aggrieved: "I'm obviously a good person, how can I be said to be cunning?" ”

"You said which two teams to bet on, Anke honestly said that we and Italy, but you only said that Italy was eliminated, so that no matter who we qualify with, you win. You are not cunning, who is cunning? ”

Zhang Jun laughed: "That can only say that Anke is stupid!" ”

"That's right......" Yang Pan nodded, "He is indeed very stupid, and there is no string in his head." But if you're going to win this bet today, it's going to depend on his play. It's true that Italy's defense is not as good as it used to be, but their attacking power has not weakened. As long as Italy loses, they will definitely be eliminated. He looked at Zhang Jun, who was packing up his things on the side, "Anyway, we are also playing football in the league to make money, don't you think this result is a bit cruel?" ”

Zhang Jun looked at Yang Pan like an alien: "You can actually say such emotional words?" ”

Yang Pan tilted his head: "Actually, I want to say ...... Aren't you afraid that the Italian fans will retaliate against you in the future and let the team terminate your contract with you? Think of Ahn Jung-hwan eight years ago. ”

Jang Jun disagreed: "The Koreans are so angry because they won Italy by leading despicable means." We win the game openly and honestly, what is there to be afraid of? If there really comes a day, I see you as more dangerous than me, Florence is still a Chinese boss, and your boss is a seriously right-leaning ** element......"

Yang Pan raised his hand in surrender: "Stop." Stop. Let's not talk about politics, football and political insulation...... Although I don't like Berlusconi's silly fork ...... either."

"Now we are not South Korea, we will only rely on the so-called home advantage and the help of the referee to win, we have the strength to beat Italy, we have the strength to beat any strong team in the world, what are we afraid of?" Zhang Jun said that the arrogance is dry. Even he felt good about himself.

"Zhang Jun......" Yang Pan stabbed him next to him.

Zhang Jun is posing. He was a little impatient: "What are you doing? ”

"According to the character, I should be right about what you just said. Please don't steal my lines next time, okay? ”

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"This is CCTV5, CCTV5, and we're now sending you back live coverage in Galtobia, the administrative capital of South Africa, which is the highlight of Group G. The main event in deciding which two teams in this group will qualify! Challenge Italy by the Chinese team! The specific results we have analyzed too much for you in previous shows. Now look at the pomp and circumstance of the scene......" As soon as the camera turned, the square was full of people, Italians, Chinese, South Africans, and people from other countries, all coming to see the venue. At the same time, there are many television broadcasters who have their car parked on one side, and the camera is pointing at the other end of the road, which is the direction of the two teams' buses.

The six-lane road in front of the stadium has been restricted from traffic, and fans arriving by car will have to take another detour to the designated car park. This road is reserved for the team.

Along with the media, there are still many fans waiting on both sides of the road.

When a red bus appeared in sight, Chinese fans were boiling. They gathered on both sides of the road to chant the names of the players of the Chinese national team in unison, starting with the goalkeeper, shouting one by one, and finally shouting Zhang Jun, all of them raised their voices a few degrees. It can be fully seen that Zhang Jun is now irreplaceable in the hearts of Chinese fans.

Zhang Jun sat by the window, and he waved his hand, which immediately caused a scream outside.

Among them, there are many female fans, fortunately Sophie and Li Yan are not here, otherwise Li Yan would definitely make fun of Sophie about this again.

Looking at a girl kissing him outside the window, Zhang Jun retracted his head in embarrassment, and then smirked.

Yang Pan leaned back on the seat without crooking his head and said, "Don't hehe, be careful that I play you in front of Sophie." ”

Zhang Jun immediately looked serious and did not squint. Until the car pulls into the designated parking area.

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In the locker room, looking at the players who had already changed their clothes, Qiu Suhui paused, he didn't know what he should say at this time, he finished talking about the tactical arrangements in the tactical class yesterday.

Although the Chinese team temporarily topped the group with four points in this game, there are too many variables in this game, and the Chinese team may qualify first in the group, or the second in the group, or the worst case is that they can't even get out. Colombia, which was considered the weakest before the tournament, unexpectedly disrupted the entire Group G game.

If Italy beats Colombia and China beats Mexico, the game will be much easier.

After a long pause, Qiu Suhui asked a very stupid question: "Are you nervous now?" "I regretted it immediately after asking, even if someone is not nervous and is asked by him now, they must be nervous.

Sure enough, someone turned their heads to look at his neck, which looked very stiff. He was about to say something light to divert everyone's attention, when Xiang Tao spoke.

"Nervous about what? Isn't it Italy? We didn't kick those guys when we were in Italy, nothing to be afraid of! Now Italy is no longer good! No more! He shook his head exaggeratedly.

Zhang Jun also nodded: "I think it may be Italian who is nervous now." Because a lot of people in the squad know them well and we're in a better position than them at the moment. ”

Quite a few nodded in agreement.

Qiu Suhui saw that most people still didn't have much nervousness, and his heart also relaxed. "Well, I should have said it all yesterday, and you all know what to do later, right?"

"Yes!"

"Excellent! Go out and warm up and come back later to get ready for the game! ”

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"Wenwen! Come on! The game is about to start, what are you doing? Anke's mother was greeting He Wen's voice from her room: "Don't worry. It's still an advertisement! Then he ran out of the room, pointed to the TV screen and said, "Look, the ad is so annoying!" Even though he said this, he still sat on the couch, picked up a pillow, and watched the boring advertisements on TV. Wait for the game to start.

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Sophie was already in place behind the billboard behind the goal. Li Yan was also in the press gallery. Chatting with Kalyani and waiting for the game to start.

Mom called her just now, saying that she was with her dad and aunt and was going to watch the broadcast of this game.

She thought that Mr. Liang Ke must have stayed up all night in front of the TV now, waiting to watch this game.

Both players were still warming up on the pitch, but for the first time she was so desperate for the game to start immediately.

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Fifteen minutes later. The warm-up is over. The players went back to their dressing rooms to make final preparations. This Group G highlight is about to kick off.

After another fifteen minutes, after He Wen complained about countless damn nasty advertisements, Yang Pan wore the captain's armband and led the team out of the passage with his head held high. Suddenly, the atmosphere of the whole stadium reached its first peak. Fans on both sides kept calling for their heroes, and their voices completely overshadowed the World Cup theme song "Monentofglory" played on the live broadcast.

Italian captain Yang Panke is no stranger to his teammate at AC Milan, Alessandro Nesta. Nesta's expression was very serious when shaking hands, and it seemed that Zhang Jun was right, the Italians were much more nervous than the Chinese. As the seeded team in this group, if the group does not qualify. One can imagine how he was treated after returning home.

The fans in Italy are not much worse than the fans in other countries, and everyone is afraid of being aggressive. Think of the assault on referees at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the endless off-field brawls, racial discrimination......

Yang Pan was going to say a few light greetings. Let the atmosphere ease a little, but I didn't expect to see Nesta's face on the ground, and he swallowed his words hard to the edge of his mouth. Since the other party doesn't give a good look, he doesn't want to take the initiative to show weakness in front of others. What about Italy? What about a team with a lot of friends? hindered his own progress and swept them all aside.

Yang Pan won against Nesta on a coin guess, and he opted for serve.

He shook hands with the three referees and asked his teammates to take their positions and prepare for kick-off.

Zhang Jun looked at Li Jie, who was standing opposite him, and he remembered Wu Shangshan, who was still sitting on the bench. Li Jie was a member of the Athens Olympics, but Zhang Jun did not participate due to injury, so he rarely had the opportunity to cooperate with Li Jie and only played a few games in the Olympic qualifiers. After so many years, Li Jie still stays in China to develop, and he feels a little strange from each other. Hopefully this game will work well together.

"I'll dial it to you, and you will pass it back?" Zhang Jun pointed at Li Jie and then at the back.

Li Jie nodded.

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Sophie's camera is always focused on Zhang Jun, who is standing in the middle of the court, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle before pressing the shutter in her hand.

She believes there are many others waiting like her.

Indeed, countless people in the stands held up digital cameras......

"Toot!"

In the stands, the flashing lights behind the billboards suddenly flashed into a dazzling piece.

"The referee's whistle! The highlight of Group G of this World Cup - the match between the Chinese team and the Italian team has kicked off! Wearing a red jersey and red shorts, attacking from the left side of the screen to the right is the Chinese team! Wearing a blue jersey and white shorts, it was the Italian team that attacked from right to left. The narrator shouted excitedly. This match will be about the teams that qualify from this group, and the suspense will be revealed for us in 90 minutes! ”