June 12th.

0:00 Yanjing time, 18:00 Austria local time.

The mountain city of Salzburg is bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun, the temperature is gradually decreasing, the distant wind of the Alpis Mountain slowly blows from the foothills to send a burst of refreshment, the whole Salzburg looks golden and brilliant under the reflection of the golden fall, like the solemn palace of the Alpis gods.

Although the Three Lions' opening match of Euro 2008 will not begin until three hours later at the Ers-Sizenheim Stadium, the atmosphere leading up to the game has already made every Salzburg native.

The smoke has already begun to fill!

The Great War is imminent!

According to the statistics of the Salzburg tourism administration, as of the early morning of 12 local time, as many as 100,000 crazy English fans have poured into this beautiful tourist mountain town, this terrifying number is two-thirds of Salzburg's total population, plus a large number of Greek fans from afar, Salzburg's population has doubled on this day.

All because of football!

This is the charm of football, even the huge earth seems to choose to stop rotating at this moment because of the existence of this small football!

Since the afternoon of the 12th, the avid English fans who have poured into the streets have turned this beautiful town at the foot of the Alpis into an active volcano ready to erupt – the St George's Cross flag that can be seen everywhere in the streets...... The melodious tune of "God Save the Queen" wafting over the city...... A big man with a British flag painted on his face and chanting "Long live Her Majesty...... A blonde and blue-eyed beauty wearing the No. 7 or No. 10 jersey of the national team, holding the heads of David Beckham and Michael Owen in her hands...... All of this is an undisguised expression of the passion and confidence of England fans for Euro 2008!

Although the major European bookmakers did not rank England as the top seed to win the tournament, although Spain's striker David Villa overtook Michael Owen in the scorers' charts, and although England, who are now the originators of football, have not won a convincing result in international competitions for many years, they ...... The past has long since become history, and this pale history has become meaningless in the face of one man - this man is the madman Lee!

England's Bandaged God of War!

A man known as the God of the Football Field!

Because of the existence of this mysterious man from mythology, the British Isles had more hope for Euro 2008 than ever before, so fans in England and Salzburg held up portraits of Li Tongfan with his middle finger raised and shouted like the emperor's most loyal bodyguard...... Salzburg, Austria, on June 12, has become the home of the England team!

God's home field!

…… 12:00 p.m.

The sunset on the horizon had fallen again, and the golden light had turned into a fiery red halo.

The famous Duke of Semonsis estate on the outskirts of Salzburg!

The bus with the St. George's cross flag has stopped in front of the lobby of the Manor Hotel.

England staff are busy packing the players' luggage into the bottom of the bus, and in less than half an hour the team will be on their way to the Lsitzenheim Stadium to show the world how strong and invincible the Three Lions are.

Inside the lobby of the hotel!

The English media, who were fortunate enough to be allowed to cover the team, are surrounding Lee Tong-fan and assistant coach Vinables for the last interview before the first game.

The players of the team sat on the soft sofas in the lobby, or listened to music with headphones on, or leisurely flipped through the magazines in their hands. Except for a few young players with little experience, such as Sturich, who sat there a little overwhelmed, other players who had many major national team tournaments were deliberately adjusting their mood and state before the game in the way they were best at.

...... "Don't be nervous...... Just relax! ”

Team captain David Beckham appeared behind Sturich, patted the little guy on the shoulder with a smile on his face with the symbol of the popular girl, and pointed to the back of Li Tongfan, who was spitting on reporters in the distance: "With the boss, everything will be very simple!" ”

Skorić cracked a little dry mouth and smiled ugly, representing England for the national team for the first time, and it would be false to say that he was not nervous.

"Hey, Daniel, you really don't have to be nervous......" Joe Hart, who was sitting next to him, stretched out his fist and punched Sturidge in the chest, "Because you didn't have a chance to play today!" ”

Stanrich: "...... Your uncle's! ”

However, after being made so much trouble by the rough Joe Hart, Sturich was really not so nervous.

…… Not far away.

Michael Owen sits quietly on a purple-gold velvet sofa, his gaze resting through the hotel's huge floor-to-ceiling windows resting on the snow-white and golden glow of Mount Alpis in the distance.

Since retiring from the 2006 World Cup in Germany, it will be the first time in two years that Michael Owen has been on the stage of the national competition...... Thinking about the game that will start in less than three hours, Owen is full of emotion in his heart: after two years, I thought I had said goodbye to the opportunity to win honors, but ...... At the European Cup, Michael Owen is finally back!

I will make everyone intoxicated by my performance!

…… Of the 23 English players, only one is the most idle - Wayne Rooney!

Due to the little fat man punching the Russian player in the qualifying away game against Russia for the sake of a teammate's fight, Rooney was suspended by UEFA for an additional five games, so at least the Little Fat Man of the Three Lions in the group stage will not be able to play.

In fact, many people in England had complained about Li Tongfan's insistence on bringing such a striker who might not be able to play at all, but Li Tongfan still resolutely put on Rooney, a player with a big surname like Rooney, he is needed in the knockout round!

What's more, Rooney threw his punches to protect his teammates, which is destined to be doomed even if Rooney is banned for 100 games, Lao Li will waste a place to bring the little fat man to Austria.

And Lao Li's decision obviously made the little fat man regard Lao Li as a reborn parent, and he was grateful to Dade.

At this moment, Manchester United's ace is helping the staff to carry luggage to the bus!

...... "Alright, guys, let's go!" ”

After accepting the reporter's interview, Li Tongfan turned around and waved his hand, and was the first to walk out of the hotel lobby.

Three minutes later.

When the bus started and slowly drove to the gate of the Duke of Simmonsis's estate, a burst of cheers exploded like thunder, and the white sea of tens of thousands of English fans waiting here instantly set off a furious wave, for these fans who did not buy tickets, this will be the last battle for them to send their heroes to the battlefield.

Less than 8 kilometres from the Ers-Sizenheim Stadium, the Three Lions sail to the 'battlefield' of honour with buses driving along the gentle road and the streets lined with cross-waving English fans!

…… Ers-Sizenheim Stadium!

This stadium, which looks like a silver-white square matchbox from the outside, has long been in a frenzied atmosphere, and the white English fan camp and the sky blue Greek fan camp in the stands that can accommodate 30,000 people are clearly distinguished, and the noisy atmosphere like waves has opened the game in advance!

“…… With just over an hour to go, the stadium is already full for England to face Euro 2004 winners Greece! Seist, the famous name of British national television, undoubtedly came to the scene to commentate, and he was partnered with Gary Lineker.

"This match will be the final match of the first round of the group stage of this European Championship and the first appearance of the Three Lions of Maniac Lee in this tournament...... At this time, the other two teams in Group D with England, Spain and Norway, are already competing at the New Tivoli Stadium in Innsbruck...... Hey Gary, let's give us an overview of the score! ”

Lineker naturally smiled and took Sester's words:

"It's not for nothing that Spain are named favourites to win the tournament, with Innsbruck scoring his first hat-trick of the tournament by the 75th minute of the second half, Matador striker David Villa...... There is no doubt that Spain will be the biggest opponent of Crazy Lee in the group stage! ”

The two commentators looked relaxed and clearly had no doubts about the victory.

At this moment, the cheers in the stadium suddenly exploded!

It turned out that the players of the England and Greek teams had already begun to warm up on the field.

......"The first appearance of the players of the two teams has detonated the atmosphere at the Les Sizenheim Stadium, and unfortunately we have not found Lee Tong-beom for the time being......"

Not far from the British commentary seat is a commentary team from China CCTV 5. The baritone with the melancholy surname of Brother Duan Xuan is broadcast through satellites, and it is now in the ears of every fan who stays up late to watch the game in China's 9.6 million square kilometers.

At this time, it was already more than one o'clock in the middle of the night on the land of China, and the dark night shrouded the vast Shenzhou. However, the three words "Li Tongfan" in Duan Xuange's words were like magic spells, which shocked every fan who was drowsy in front of the TV or computer.

In addition to the live commentary, CCTV will host a four-hour European talk show "Chinese's European Cup" every night after midnight in the domestic studio hall by sports ace commentator Zhang Bing, focusing on the game of the England team led by Li Tongfan.

Prior to this, Sohu.com held a fan survey called "My Most Supported Team in the European Cup", and the results showed that because of the existence of Li Tongfan, the Three Lions undoubtedly surpassed popular teams such as Spain and Germany and topped the list with 89% of the votes.

“…… I'm an avid Torres fan, but I want England to win this European Championship...... Cause? Of course, it's because of Li Tongfan! ”

This netizen message best represents the voice of all Chinese fans. When the domestic league has become a stinky black quagmire, the existence of the madman Li is more like a sweet spring, like a powder lotus out of the sludge but not stained, nourishing and fragrant the true love of Chinese fans who yearn for football infinitely!

......" There is less than half an hour left, and this concern of hundreds of millions of Chinese compatriots is about to begin. Lee Tongfan's first opponent was Rehhagel, who created a dark horse miracle in the last European Championship and a Kaiserslautern miracle in the Bundesliga......"

In the studio hall of CCTV's "Chinese's European Cup", the fat host Zhang Bing talked eloquently: "In the face of this best coach in German history who has also created an incredible miracle, as a senior rice bucket, I wish the rice bucket good luck!" ”

…… Ers-Sizenheim Stadium!

England dressing room.

“…… For the next 90 minutes, our only goal was to win, to show our strength in front of the fans all over the world, so that any opponent in the next place could not help but tremble, fear, weaken and beg for mercy when facing us......"

"No problem, boss!"

In the face of Li Tongfan's request, more than 20 mouths gave a firm answer in unison.

…… Greece locker room!

“…… The tactics of the madman Li are as elusive as the mysterious and unpredictable military soldiers of ancient China...... However, as long as the right approach is found, the madman Lee is not invincible...... There is a Chinese idiom called "Yizheng Keqi", so what we have to do is to respond to all changes with the same......"

Miracle coach Rehhagel is laying out the tactics of the Greek team.

The 70-year-old man who created Kaiserslau and the 2004 European miracle always had a calm expression on his face, although the skin on his face had been wrinkled and old because of the ruthless carving of the years, but the dazzling light that flashed from time to time in those pair of sky-blue eyes still clearly told everyone - Otto the Great is not old!

Although the myth of the victory of the madman Lee is popular in Europe, in the football world of Greece, in this mythical country where the Olympic spirit was born, Rehhagel is the god-king Zeus who lives high on the holy mountain of Olympia overlooking the living creatures of the world, and is the only true god of the Greek team.

“…… Compared to the creativity and attacking strength of the attacking players in midfield, England is not as good as Spain...... And than the defensive ability...... It's not even as good as us! So as long as you don't get led by the strange tactics of that Chinese, the hope of capturing three points is very high. Let's go, the race is about to begin! ”

Rehhagel doesn't even need to use any slogans or enthusiastic words to motivate his disciples, because in the minds of the Greek team players, any word of this old man is a golden word to defeat the enemy, and any sentence is enough to make their fighting spirit burn!

…… Ten minutes later!

Smack-smack-smack-smack-smack!

More than 20 huge lights on the roof of the Ers-Sizenheim Stadium were turned on at the same time, and the slightly dim stadium suddenly became as bright as day!

The cheers that erupted from the stands were like thunder in the nine heavens!

Force~~~ The whistle sounds!

Circle in the middle of the course!

Under the watchful eye of hundreds of millions of win-hungry eyes, Three Lions' starting striker Michael Owen gently knocked the ball back to Frank Lampard behind him...... The competition has officially begun!

(To be continued)