The camera is shaking, from blurry to sharp.

A young man dressed in a jacket and wearing a baseball cap appears in the camera.

"It's been a long time, because some personal matters have been suspended for a while, I don't think you will mind, haha!"

"From Zagreb, Suker and Modric started a new journey, and unfortunately they haven't been able to stay together, but because of this, they can create their own wonderful!"

"Two teenagers from Eastern Europe, they came out of the haze of war, crossed the Alps, one to the Apennines, the other to the British Peninsula!"

"Four years in Milan have been a valuable growth process for Suker, and in previous interviews, Suker has also responded positively to his Milan career."

"They'll be joking like friends, Gattuso, Kaka, Pirlo, Inzaghi, and our esteemed Maldini!"

"In these four years, Suker has won a lot of honors and finally moved to the stage of La Liga."

"Now it seems that Suker's decision was the right one, and since Suker's departure, Milan no longer have a strong fighting force."

Squeak!

The brakes sounded, and the young blogger got out of the car and flipped the camera over.

"Look! Where have I been? ”

"This is the Soccer City Stadium in the south-west of Johannesburg, in the Soweto district, which was also the stage for the opening match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa."

When the camera flips, you can see the desolate scenery all around.

The course stands in an open space with few buildings around.

The ground is full of garbage, and the weeds are luxuriant, apparently in disrepair.

The walls are even more cracked.

The young blogger stroked the wall, his tone tinged with nostalgia.

"For some reason, the 2010 World Cup was so memorable for me!"

"Maybe it's because there are too many regrets, or maybe it's too exciting, the enthusiastic African people, Shakira's "Waka WAKA" reminds me of those unforgettable years."

"I still remember that it was an evening self-study near the college entrance examination, and the head teacher organized us to relax for an hour, and in that hour, we watched the Croatian game together in the multimedia classroom!"

"It was there that I first met Suker and Luka Modric, and the thought was oh my God! They're amazing! ”

The young blogger suddenly crouched down and picked up an old brochure from the ground.

The brochure features the logo of the 2010 World Cup.

Although there is a lack of a piece in the east and a piece in the west, it is covered with dirt and soaked by rain, and it looks a little charred, dirty, and wrinkled.

But the young blogger did not have the slightest disgust, he excitedly flipped through the brochure.

On the first page of the brochure is an introduction to the entire Croatian team.

And the first one of the player introductions is.

Croatia, Sook, No. 9!

The wind blows, blowing the paper book and hunting and shaking.

One of the pages drifted into the sky with the wind, flipping and shaking in the air.

In a trance, it seems that the world is spinning, the pedestrians around are going backwards, and time is also going back.

The broken road gradually glows with oil.

The weeds burrowed back into the cracks in the rocks.

The dense cracks in the walls are also slowly retracting at a speed visible to the naked eye until they disappear.

Loud human voices rang in my ears.

Cheers, slogans, and singing are intertwined.

[Get up when you fall and move forward bravely]

【Oh! Oh! 】

[Wake up! 】

【Shine!】 】

[Because this is in South Africa!] 】

【Waka！ Waka！ eh！ eh！ 】

Shakira's "Waka Waka" is broadcast through a loudspeaker, and in a nearby square, a group of men and women in African grass skirts are writhing and dancing to a faint melody and a cheerful rhythm.

On the road, the crowd is bustling.

Fans dressed in the jerseys of different national teams can be seen, gathering in groups and groups to excitedly discuss the upcoming World Cup.

On the free lawn on the left, yellow, white, black, and children of different skins are running barefoot, chasing the ball, and running happily.

This is South Africa in 2010 and the host of the World Cup.

Approaching June, the fiery wave of the World Cup spread to the world along with the World Cup theme song.

In this scorching summer, South Africa is in the spotlight of the world.

Around the world, the national teams participating in the World Cup have also arrived in South Africa one after another.

The arrival of each team will be warmly welcomed by the South African people.

Johannesburg City, International Airport.

Journalists from all over the world, as well as a large number of live broadcast vehicles, gathered here.

In the morning, the entire Argentine team of Pampas Eagles led by Maradona arrived at the airport, which made the whole city extremely boiling.

Messi became Argentina's most watched player.

But even more exciting is the news that the Croatian team, winners of Euro 2008, will arrive at the international airport at 3 p.m.

Now the whole media circle is fried.

Messi and Suker arrived in quick succession, which made them extremely excited.

Filmed Messi in the morning.

In the afternoon, you can shoot Suk.

Long guns and short cannons, all greeted, and they were aimed at the exit together, ready for battle.

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"It's out!"

The crowd became noisy.

Around the corner, the entire Croatian team, which had completed the security check, began to appear one by one.

First of all, Bilic, as the head coach, wore a black suit with the Croatian flag on his chest.

Behind him, the Croatian players were dressed in the same way.

Modric, Rakitic, Srna, Vukojevic and many more.

The familiar stars are starting to walk out of the airport, much to everyone's excitement.

The Croatian team that showed a crazy performance at Euro 2008 is here!

"Modric! Look here! ”

"Srna, can you be interviewed?"

"Mandzukic, can you tell us how you feel?"

"Rakitic."

One by one, the reporters scrambled to reach out for the microphone, but the players smiled politely and turned away.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly erupted in violent cheers.

"Suke! It's out! ”

The enthusiastic reporters and fans went even further.

Some South African fans continued to scream, looking at Suker with disbelief in their eyes.

They couldn't believe that they were so close to their idols.

After a while, neat shouts began to appear throughout the airport.

Sucre!!!!!!! ——

Sucre!!!!!!! ——

Sucre!!!!!!! ——

The South African fans spontaneously chanted Suke's name.

They all gathered here to meet Suke.

Suker is also wearing a Croatian uniform-style suit, his slender figure is outlined by the suit, his hair is meticulously combed, and he is carrying an LV backpack.

Facing the camera, Suke smiled and waved, but also did not accept the interview.

Walk out of the airport along the passage built by the security personnel and get on the bus.

More fans began to pour in, and they surrounded the bus with water and could not move.

The fans kept banging on the car and shouting Suke's name.

Even though they couldn't see what was inside the bus, they knew that Suke was watching them.

Today, they're just a tin sheet away.

"Whose fans, don't you care?"

Duimovich said sourly.

Su Ke turned his head: "Why don't you go down and take care of it?" ”

Dujmović; "I'm not a fan, what am I going to do?"

I saw that Suke was looking outside Nunu's mouth.

Dujmovic looked over and was surprised to see that there were fans holding up their posters.

"Tommy's fans?"

"Is it really a Tomi fan?"

"Tommy has fans too?"

Mandzukic, Rakitic, and Vukojevic leaned out one by one, and they were even more surprised than Dujmović himself.

A broken Russian league, is there really anyone watching?

"I guess it's a fan of the national team, right?" Srna said with a smile.

Hearing this, Mandzukic complained; "There's a problem with his eyes, he doesn't chase Suker, he chases Tommy, Pranic is much better than him."

Pranic narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean?" ”

Dujmović glared: "Don't scold my fans!" ”

My fans, I'm protecting myself!

Everyone turned their heads to look over again, only to see the fan throw the poster in his hand and take off his jacket, which was Croatia's No. 9 jersey.

"Beautiful!"

"Reasonable!"

"He's not blind!"

Dujmović turned his head and pounced.

"I'm fighting with you!"

Finally, with the cooperation of the security personnel, the Croatian bus drove out of the crowd and went to the hotel.

The city of Johannesburg is also known as the 'City of Gold'.

The Republic of South Africa, once a developed country, is known as the 'Rainbow Country'.

In 1996, native blacks overthrew the white regime and moved toward independence.

But it was also from this moment that South Africa's economy began to stagnate, even regress.

South Africa has become the most unsafe region in the world, with the highest rates of robbery, murder, rape and AIDS in the world.

The roads in Johannesburg were fairly smooth, and there were hardly any other private cars to be seen, which even made Suke wonder if there was traffic control.

It wasn't until we entered the city center that the crowd began to increase and the atmosphere became extremely lively.

In front of the Croatian hotel, a large number of Croatian expedition fans gathered here.

Euro 2008 ignited the enthusiasm of the Croatian people.

This led to the 2010 World Cup, when Croatians from all over the world began to flock to South Africa.

Especially those fans who missed out on Euro 2008 are obsessed with the World Cup.

They believe that this group of young people will eventually do better.

Amid cheers, the bus pulled into the hotel.

For safety reasons, the hotel is managed in a closed manner.

During the World Cup, the hotel was requisitioned and no one was allowed to enter the area, except for members of the Croatian national team and some people involved in the tournament.

This is also to better serve the World Cup.

After all, South Africa is not so peaceful right now.

Suker and Modric were assigned to the same room.

The two walked into the room with their suitcases in tow.

This is a standard room with two single beds.

On the table are two tournament ID cards and some gadgets exclusive to the World Cup.

However, neither of them cared much about these things, so they changed into training clothes as soon as possible and came to the first floor to gather.

"Everyone is here, right?"

After counting the number of people, Bilic waved his hand; "Let's go!"

The training base in Croatia is located at a training ground one kilometre from the hotel.

As much as they would love to train behind closed doors, it was the World Cup after all, and the organizers wanted to do some interviews, and they couldn't refuse.

In the end, Suker, Modric, and Srna were pulled over for an interview.

Watching these three people go for an interview, Dujmovic said sourly: "Without the Champions League, you are not qualified to be interviewed?" ”

Mandzukic: "Is it possible that your image is not good, so."

"Lao Tzu tear your mouth apart!"

The two began to pinch again.

On the sidelines, Vukojevic watched with a smile as the two played and were stretching.

After two months, the recovery is not bad.

However, I am still in recovery training and cannot exercise too vigorously.

The doctor said that it would take at least four weeks to fully recover.

In this regard, Vukojevich was also helpless.

All around!

A month!

The World Cup is coming to an end!

People are cheap!

When Suke wanted to shovel him, he wouldn't let him live or die.

Now I'm starting to regret it a little again.

Let Su Ke shovel himself in the first place!

The three of Su Ke's side were led by the staff to an interview location.

Soon a black presenter walked over.

He introduced in fluent English; "Gentlemen, you can call me Johnson, and I'm the host of this interview."

Johnson introduced himself briefly, but he could tell he was nervous.

After all, the three people in front of them are all Champions League champion-level players, and they are also very famous.

Interviewing three stars at once, including a supergiant of Suke's level, is naturally even more apprehensive.

"It's just a simple pre-match interview"

The three of Suker sat side by side in chairs, and Johnson sat in a swivel chair on their diagonal side, closer to Suke's position.

He felt that Suk should have been more talkative.

"Welcome to Johnson's pre-match World Cup talk show, today we have three Euro 2008 winners, Suker, Luka Modric and Srna," Johnson said, turning to the trio; "Say hello to them!"

Suke was the first to look at the camera and smiled; "Hello everyone, I'm Suke."

Sookh speaks Zulu, the language of South Africa's largest ethnic group, which is a bit of a closer.

Luka Modric and Srna are doing the same.

They had done some homework and preparation before the interview.

After saying hello, Johnson asked with a smile; "This is your first time in the World Cup, right? Do you have any special impressions? ”

The three of them looked at each other, and Suke directly gave Mike to Srna.

Srna reluctantly lifted Mike and said: "The World Cup is every player's dream stage, we are very excited to be here, and we are looking forward to playing even better in the game." ”

"Mr. Srna won the Champions League with Inter Milan this season, what is the difference between the Champions League and the World Cup for you?"

In response to the question, Srna pondered for a moment and said:

"The club trains and competes together all year round, and the tacit understanding is higher, just at the competitive level, the Champions League is definitely stronger, but the significance of the World Cup is heavier, and the game will also present more confrontations in different aspects, and there will be more unpredictability, so the games presented will be more exciting."

After Srna finished speaking, Johnson looked at Modric.

Modric naturally took Mike and said succinctly: "The World Cup is more significant, and the Champions League is more competitive!" ”

Finally, Johnson looked at Suker again.

Suke picked up the microphone: "I agree with them!" ”

"Can you tell me more?" Johnson felt a little cold.

Su Ke spread his hands and sighed: "Like you said, we are participating in the World Cup for the first time, and we are all rookies at the World Cup level, and we don't understand anything." ”

Srna nodded: "Agreed!" ”

Luka Modric: "That's right! ”

All three of them looked at Johnson, with an expression that the three of us were all World Cup novices and couldn't give any opinions.

Johnson scratched his head in embarrassment, and he could only change the subject.

"So what are your goals for this World Cup?"

Suke: "Qualify for the group stage!" ”

Srna: "Agreed! ”

Luka Modric: "That's right! ”

Johnson was even more embarrassed and felt like he couldn't talk anymore.

It took more than half an hour to talk about the whole awkward chat, and then Su Ke and the others were sent away.

"This is an interview with a rookie, right? Ask us how to play the World Cup, we know a ball! ”

Srna couldn't help but complain as she walked out of the interview room.

Luka Modric: "No way, it's the first time they've hosted the World Cup, and these hosts haven't had any special training, so of course they can't get to the point. ”

"Both sides are rookies, let's understand each other."

Suke said with a shrug.

For Croatia, the entire team has not played in the World Cup.

The only one with World Cup experience is Bilic.

From the moment they entered the national team, Bilic kept talking about his experience at the World Cup.

In this regard, Vansteak is also a rookie and has little say.

It was basically Bilic speaking, and everyone sat in a row below, listening quietly.

"The World Cup is different from club competitions, because there are fewer opportunities for the national team to train together, so it is similar to the European Cup, relying more on the super performance of 1-2 players, once the team has a strong point, this is a big bonus for the whole team!"

There are few opportunities for the national team to practice together, and there will be no weekly matches like clubs, or even two matches a week.

There are a lot of opportunities for running-in, and a better tacit understanding can also be formed in getting along day and night.

But at the national team level, there are too many distractions.

To this end, how to pay attention to the core combat power is the key!

For example, for Croatia, their biggest advantage is the super counterattack point of Suke!

There is also Modric's midfield control ability and the attributes of all players running undead!

"Optimising our own style and absorbing the best tactics from other teams, the World Cup is a continuous upward cycle, but also a process of constantly breaking ourselves, and when other teams are improving, we can't afford to fall behind."

Bilic said solemnly; "From now on, how to come out in better shape is the key!"

(End of chapter)