Lahm's strike put an end to Turkey's European Championship myth as they failed to reach the final.

Spain and Germany, the two traditional giants, meet in the final.

******

At the Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany, Thomas called Tang Zhenglong and invited him to do publicity together.

"Thomas, I'd like to ask, how did your octopus make predictions?"

The other party laughed.

"Of course, the octopus can't make their own predictions, we have a team, I can't say too many details, but trust me, we have the strength."

"It's not that cooperation can't be done, how much can you give?"

"Not a penny."

Tang Zhenglong was a little annoyed, playing with me?

The other party also seemed to know what Tang Zhenglong was thinking, and continued: "We won't give you money, but you will make a lot of money because of it, think about every World Cup and European Cup in the future, the media around the world will want to know how Tang Zhenglong and Paul predicted?" ”

"Don, you're so smart that you can think about it."

Tang Zhenglong frowned, this seems to be quite tempting, and Tang Paul is not an unacceptable nickname.

In this day and age, attention is money.

"So what do I need to do?"

"You don't need to do anything in particular, just mention Paul the Octopus in an interview."

"It's that simple?"

"Yes, marketing at the highest level is about doing nothing and the audience will think for themselves."

"Okay then."

*****

The European Championship final was held at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Gina, Shearer and Tang Zhenglong were rushing to the stadium.

On the way, Tang Zhenglong saw a toy store.

"Stop."

"What?"

"I'll go to the toy store."

"You...... Buying toys? ”

Gina looked at Tang Zhenglong's eyes as if she had seen a monster.

"Can't you?"

"Don, how old are you?"

"Don't ask so much, okay?"

Entering the toy store, Tang Zhenglong asked the staff.

"Are there any toys in the shape of an octopus?"

"You look at this?"

The clerk gave Tang Zhenglong a plush toy in the shape of an octopus.

"Is there a big one, a little smaller?"

The clerk gave Tang Zhenglong another basketball-sized.

"This one does."

Tang Zhenglong looked at Gina and said naturally, "Pay." ”

Gina was dumbfounded, but she didn't want to argue, so she had to choose to pay.

Back in the car.

Tang Zhenglong is very satisfied with the new toys he bought.

Gina smiled, "Don, don't you really hate reporters associating you with octopuses?" ”

"I've changed my mind."

When they came to the stadium, the reporters gathered around again, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Tang Zhenglong actually held an octopus doll?

Did he give up resistance?

"Don, you're friends with Octopus?"

Tang Zhenglong smiled: "I think the octopus is also quite cute." ”

"Don, you must have taken the money."

hit the nail on the head, and the scene was silent for a second.

"Holy, is it so obvious?"

However, this Tang Zhenglong can't admit that he was killed.

"Don't talk nonsense, or I can sue you for slander."

"Don, Paul's prediction for the final is that Germany will win, what about you?"

In order to make it clear that he had received money, Tang Zhenglong deliberately came in reverse.

"Then I'm bullish on Spain."

"Don, if you lose to Paul the Octopus, will it be very shameful?"

Tang Zhenglong shook the doll in his hand.

"No, I'm good friends with Octopus now."

******

European Cup final.

The game was a bit dull.

Generally, the more important the game, the more exciting it is, and the two sides care more about the result than the process.

Headquarters called Gina.

"Gina, the ratings are not good, let Tang Zhenglong tell a joke."

“……”

'It's the final of the European Championships.

"Yes, we spent a lot of money to buy the rights, and the decline in ratings is unacceptable."

"Usually the finals are like this, and I remember that the ratings for the World Cup final in Germany were also average."

"That's why we need Tang Zhenglong."

Gina was helpless.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Through the headset, Gina told Tang Zhenglong, "Don, the ratings have declined, tell some jokes to save it." ”

"What?"

Tang Zhenglong texted Gina.

"Make no mistake, I'm a professional commentator, I don't know how to tell jokes."

Gina has nowhere to fire, Tang Zhenglong, this guy is bright when he gives a little sunshine, he usually doesn't ask him, he runs the train with his mouth, and now he has a request for him, and he starts to pretend to be X.

"Dinner, okay?"

"No, I'm principled."

"What the hell do you want?"

"Unless you kiss me."

Burst!!

"Don, you're looking for death!!"

"I don't want to forget it."

Gina hated it, but she couldn't help it.

"Okay, I promise you."

“OK。”

"Hurry up and tell the story."

With 33 minutes played, Spain, who had been in possession all the time, suddenly came into play, and Torres overtook Lahm from behind to smash the ball into the back of the net before Lehmann could attack.

GOOOOOOAL！！

"1 to 0."

The Spaniards are very excited, Spain and England are almost the same, they are all Adou who can't be supported at a critical moment.

But this time Spain is a little different, and Spain, who have played the technical game to the extreme, has a very stable control of the game.

"Spain scored first, which is not good news for Germany." Shearer said.

"If the German team had a Tang Zhenglong, then everything would be different, but unfortunately they only have Podolski."

Shearer noticed that the German defence was too slow to catch up.

"The German defenders are not fast enough."

'Yes, I just noticed that even the chasing Lahm has passed his centre-back Mertesacker, which is so weird.

"Haha, I was passed by my own guard."

The audience in front of the TV was also smiling, especially the German audience.

"On the one hand, I wanted to spank Tang Zhenglong's ass, and on the other hand, I laughed so hard that I couldn't close my mouth."

Towards the end of the second half, the atmosphere was tense and 1-0 meant everything could be reversed at any moment.

Can unlucky Spain win the championship? Will the tough Germans be crushed again.

Tang Zhenglong also had no intention of joking.

'I want Germany to score because I've played in Germany.

In the final moments, the whole audience was almost on the side of Germany, probably hoping for a little more excitement, but the Spaniard had the last laugh.

"Congratulations to Spain, they've waited too long for this title."

"Congratulations Spain."

The European Cup is over, and the cooperation between Tang Zhenglong and Sky Sports has also come to an end for the time being.

When parting, Gina gave Tang Zhenglong a kiss.

"Don, although you have caused me countless troubles, I still look forward to our next cooperation."

"Really? Are you conquered by my handsome appearance? ”

Gina rolled her eyes widely.

"If you could brag a little less, I'd like you more."