When Zhou Yi came to the restaurant to prepare for breakfast, he found that everyone was watching TV, and the TV was playing the picture of him being interviewed by the media yesterday afternoon.

"What are you doing? Don't eat breakfast and watch TV, do you understand?" Zhou Yi asked at the back of the crowd.

Everyone turned their heads when they heard his voice, and someone made way for him, so Zhou Yi saw the Portuguese translator of the national team inside.

Because the World Cup is held in Brazil, the common language here is Portuguese, considering that the preparation and training arrangements of the national team here, all need to contact a large number of locals, so the Football Association is specially equipped with two Portuguese translators for the national team, which are found from Brazil, one is an overseas Chinese who has been doing business in Brazil for many years, and the other is a college student studying in Brazil. After the Chinese team came to Brazil, their performance also proved it.

The interpreter who is now in the crowd is the young college student translator Geng Zhe.

He turned his head and saw Zhou Yi, and hurriedly got up: "Brother Yi, are you here?"

Although he is older than Zhou Yi, he has always called Zhou Yi like this, at first Zhou Yi felt awkward and didn't let him call him, but he insisted on calling him so, and said that calling brother has nothing to do with age, and those who are virtuous are his elders and seniors.

So at his insistence, Zhou Yi could only recognize this "younger brother......

"What did Brazilian TV say?" Zhou Yi asked Geng Zhe, pointing to the TV.

"The Brazilian Football Federation has just issued a statement saying that your remarks are a huge insult to Brazilian football...... They say the question is a sign of contempt for referees, FIFA is a world-class institution that has been established for a hundred years, and during this time, Brazil has never been to go out of their way, so please ...... Please, uh, respect the Brazilian Football Federation. Geng Zhe honestly translated what he said on TV to Zhou Yiting. “...... And your words also angered the fans in Brazil. When it's time for the game, as soon as you get the ball, you can hear a huge boo......"

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "Scared me, I thought I was going to be banned." ”

With that, he turned around and went to get breakfast, not caring about what was said on the TV.

The other players saw that Zhou Yi was gone, and they didn't have the heart to listen to Geng Zhe's translation around the TV, so they caught up with Zhou Yi one after another and expressed their worries about this matter.

"Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi, I saw that you also gave you a new nickname in the news, called 'Public Enemy of Brazil'......"

"What a broken nickname......" Zhou Yi expressed dissatisfaction with the name.

"The point is that when you play, you can be booed by the Brazilian fans, and that's a lot of pressure......

"Hey, what's the deal? I thought the egg grabbers...... I've long been used to boos or something, haven't I ever encountered boos when I play away from home in the league? Zhou Yi smiled. "I don't care about boos or anything for a long time, and there's no pressure or anything. ”

Zhou Yi is full of confidence, but there will still be people in the Chinese team who are worried about him, hoping that he will not play abnormally in the face of the madness of the Brazilian fans. He is the backbone of the Chinese team, and if he has a problem, the whole team will have a problem.

But Zhou Yi didn't take it seriously at all, he went to breakfast, sat down to eat, and chatted with other teammates.

Until the head coach Lippi came, he stood at the door of the restaurant, looked inside, and then walked straight towards the table where Zhou Yi was.

Everyone suddenly became nervous again, and the head coach suddenly came to find Zhou Yi, which was under pressure from the top?

Everyone is Chinese, and under the guidance of the official-oriented ideology, even if it is as strong as Lippi, it is impossible to completely get rid of the leadership and influence of the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports on the Chinese team.

If the Brazilian Football Association stabbed this matter to FIFA, FIFA put pressure on the Chinese Football Association, and finally the Chinese Football Association put pressure on Lippi to take Zhou Yi under knife?

Some players with fast brains have already thought about how they will face this result if Zhou Yi is taken by Lippi and the Chinese team loses to Brazil......

Just when several days had passed in the minds of these people, Lippi walked to Zhou Yi's side, then pulled out a chair and said to Zhou Yi in English: "I only knew what you said when I saw the news." ”

"That's not a big deal, is it? Besides, my worries are justified. Zhou Yi said. "In the opening game, Brazil vs Croatia, Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded them a controversial penalty, which was a chance for Brazil to overtake the score. ”

Zhou Yi said the truth, when Fred fell in the penalty area, Nishimura Yuichi ruled that Croatian player Lovren pulled down the Brazilian center, awarded Brazil a penalty, and gave Lovren a yellow card. But it's clear from the slow motion that Lovren just gave Fred a light touch on the shoulder, and there was a tendency to give up, but Nishimura still decided it was a penalty.

The decision made the Croatian side very unhappy. Because if it was a penalty, then Alves's action of knocking down Croatian striker Olic in the box should also be judged as a foul and Croatia should be given a penalty.

But Yuichi Nishimura didn't say anything, and the Croatian players argued with him for a long time.

After the game, Croatia coach Mateo Kovac spoke specifically about the controversial decision: "If anyone here thinks it's a penalty, please raise your hand. But I'm not going to raise my hand, everybody knows it's not a penalty. That penalty is ridiculous, it wouldn't be a penalty in any game, and if that kind of ball is a penalty, then we might as well play basketball......"

In the rules of basketball, physical contact is forbidden under the basket, and as long as there is physical contact, the referee can award a foul as a matter of course.

But football doesn't have such a complete ban on physical contact. That's why the Croatian coach has such complaints.

Kovac also continued to blast Nishimura: "Will playing the host country in the opening game affect the performance? The referees of the opening match need to be more professional and advanced...... It's normal to meet away from home in football and I don't want to criticize the referee, but the referee is ridiculous......"

Although Brazil and Croatia, one is a South American team and the other is a European team, it is normal to find an Asian referee to officiate this game. But in the minds of those with a little conspiracy theory, the arrangement of this judgment is also very interesting - there are a large number of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, and the descendants of Japanese immigrants, about 1.5 million people. Relations between the two countries are very good, both at the non-governmental and governmental levels.

Japanese soccer devoted itself to learning Brazilian football, and finally became the samba faction of Asian football, and even gained the reputation of "Asian Brazil".

So in this opening match, there were so many non-South American and European referees to choose from, but in the end, a Japanese referee was chosen......

I can't help but think of conspiracy theories.

Coupled with Yuichi Nishimura's controversial penalty in the game, it is even more imaginative.

Lippi nodded: "It's not a big deal. The only problem is the pressure you're going to face. I didn't expect the Brazilian Football Federation to issue a special statement...... Kovac said those words, and I didn't see the Brazilian Football Federation make a statement, and I think they are probably doing this to put more pressure on you and cause you a little more trouble. Since that match against Spain, the whole world knows how important you are to the Chinese team. ”

Zhou Yi smiled: "Haha! Maybe it's because I was unfortunate to say it? Don't worry, coach, I don't have pressure, and the boos can't cause me any trouble." ”

"I know, I know you're a man with a big heart. From Zhou Yi's smile, Lippi felt that Zhou Yi's composure was not pretending, but really didn't take it seriously.

He stopped talking, patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder, got up and left his seat, and went to find breakfast to eat.

As soon as Lippi left, the other players surrounded him, wanting to inquire about what Lippi and Zhou Yi had talked about.

The two of them used English throughout the whole process, and not all the players in the Chinese team spoke English very well.

"Hey, nothing. You all look so nervous......" Zhou Yi waved his hand. "We talked about the referees in Brazil and we all thought that Brazil was really taken care of by the referees. For example, the opening game ......"

As soon as Zhou Yi said this, everyone also thought of the media report on the controversial penalty of that game after the opening game, and suddenly became nervous: "Fuck, Brazil won't be bad in our game, right?"

Zhou Yi waved his hand again: "I don't think it's very likely." The Brazilian Football Federation has issued a statement, and the words are so absolute and so magnificent. If there is another thing like the opening game in the game, won't it be a slap in the face? So don't worry, since their Football Association has spoken, I think the game should be a normal game by then. ”

Lippi was worried that the Brazilian Football Association's statement was causing trouble for Zhou Yi, but in Zhou Yi's view, the Brazilian Football Association's statement helped the Chinese team, at least the game could definitely be played in a relatively fair environment.

He said that at the time, in fact, he was not sure whether Brazil would be taken care of by the referee, just to get vaccinated in advance and say ugly things in front.

The result was unexpectedly good, because the Brazilian Football Federation did not sit in charge and issued an official statement directly.

When the Chinese team played against the Brazilian team, it was like holding the sword of Shang Fang.

This is probably something that the Brazilian Football Federation never expected......