Fox in the Penalty Area

"Audience friends! What you are seeing now is the picture of the Chinese National Men's Football Team preparing to set off at Shanhai International Airport...Through the camera, we can see that many fans have gathered outside the airport. They are wearing the jerseys of the Chinese national team , holding banners and posters, waving the national flag... and many media reporters came to the scene to conduct interviews and reports..."

On the TV, the on-site reporter Wang Shanshan introduced the scene behind her to the audience with an excited voice.

Outside the T1 terminal of Shanhai International Airport, there are huge crowds of people. In the previous reports, the audience knew that the fans who appeared here to see off the Chinese team were not only Shanhai locals, but also fans from all over China. Spectacular crowd.

They came here to witness the historical scene of the Chinese men's football team going to the World Cup and make themselves a part of this history.

Although traffic, security and other relevant departments have made plans, when this day really comes, everyone is still very frightened-not simply by the scene, but by the fact that Chinese football can also win in this country. Surprised by such huge love.

How could Chinese football have been treated like this in the past?

They all believed that this was the return of the Olympic champion... No, maybe the Olympic champion returned with honor, and I'm afraid they couldn't keep up with today's scene outside the airport.

Not only the fans who came here, but also the normal travelers, after seeing this scene, all took out their mobile phones, took pictures and posted them on the Internet.

"... I came to Shanhai International Airport today to take a plane and saw so many people... At first I thought it was a big star coming... But I saw so many people wearing Chinese team jerseys, I realized it was the national football team! come on!"

"I can't go to Shanhai, I can only work in the unit. I am very envious of my partners who can go to the scene. Help me to bring my blessings to the Chinese team! Come on!!"

"I have liked Chinese football for 20 years. For the first time, I feel that I can straighten my back and say that I like Chinese football..."

"Ditto!"

"+1!"

"+"

"+ my phone number!"

"+ China's GDP this year!"

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Faced with such a spectacular scene, the Chinese team also held a simple departure ceremony in the parking lot outside the terminal building.

In order to thank the enthusiastic fans, but also to show determination to the people of the whole country.

All twenty-three players of the Chinese team, wearing uniform suits and uniforms, stood in a row in front of the special bus for the Chinese team.

On behalf of the team, Yao Huasheng, the captain of the team, stood at the front, held a microphone, and spoke to all reporters and fans:

"All the players of our national team will definitely train hard during the World Cup, play seriously, and go all out! The level and style of the game! Never shame Chinese football!"

Xia Xiaoyu stood in the line, looking at the dark crowd in front of him and the flashing lights that kept turning on, his mind was still a little dizzy.

Although five days have passed since he knew he was selected into the 23-man list, sometimes he still feels that he is dreaming.

Unexpectedly, he actually defeated so many domestic players who were older and more experienced than him, and became one of the twenty-three players.

In fact, he knows that he can be selected to the 23-man list because Director Shi wants to bring some young players to experience the atmosphere of the World Cup. In all likelihood, he will not be able to get the chance to play.

But even so he was very grateful.

Being able to let him go to the World Cup to experience it, even if he doesn't have a minute of playing time, he feels that he can gain experience and help him grow.

He had a very obvious feeling of this feeling when he was in Flash Star, that is, Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Chen Xingyi went to the Olympics once, and when they returned to the team again, they felt that the whole person, whether it was confidence or The atmosphere has changed a lot.

The most direct effect of the improvement of confidence is to dare to make moves in the game.

This is really important.

After all, if you only look at the performance in training, almost everyone is the king of the ball. But when you are on the field, whether you can still do what you have in training under pressure, pressing and other physical confrontation situations, that is the biggest difference between an excellent player and a mediocre player.

Of course there are exceptions... For example, Brother Hu's performance in training seems to be normal, but when it comes to competitions, his performance is often more than one grade better than in training.

Such a person is simply born for the big scene, right?

Thinking of this, Xia Xiaoyu turned his head and looked at Hu Lai who was three people away from him.

What surprised him was that Brother Hu, who was "born for the big scene" in his mind, seemed to be... in a trance in front of this spectacular big scene.

After the initial astonishment, Xia Xiaoyu was relieved again.

At such a critical moment, many people, including him, were very nervous, but Hu Ge was not only not nervous, on the contrary, his mind wandered away... This shows Hu Ge's courage! As expected of a person born for big occasions!

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Hu Lai was actually not as calm and composed as Xia Xiaoyu imagined. He looked at the dense crowd in front of him, as well as the national flags and various slogans constantly waving in the crowd, and he was also emotional and his thoughts were racing.

This is the World Cup!

No matter which time and space it is, the World Cup is the World Cup!

Any child who plays football will have the idea of ​​"I will play in the World Cup when I grow up". Regardless of whether it can be realized when I grow up in the future, this is the common dream of all football-loving children.

And now, he finally realized this dream.

It has been almost seven years since he traveled to this world, and now he gradually doesn't think about whether this is a dream he had. He even almost forgot his identity as a time traveler, and he firmly feels that he is a part of this world. Indigenous people are originally from this world.

But those experiences before time travel...maybe it was the longest dream he ever had.

In that dream, as an ordinary fan, he felt the despair and pain caused by the failure of Chinese football to hit the World Cup again and again.

If it was really a dream, and the dream never woke up, what kind of person would he be.

Will he have cheats? Will you meet Li Qingqing? Does Dongchuan Middle School have a national competition to play? Will Chinese football get better after 2019? And most importantly... when will we make it to the World Cup again?

But thinking about it now is meaningless.

Regardless of whether that time and space is a dream or not, and what will happen. Today's Hu Lai is from this time and space. Chinese football has undergone tremendous changes in this time and space, and finally entered the World Cup for the first time!

So will Chinese football in this world be like that world, after experiencing the carnival of reaching the World Cup for the first time, nothing has changed, leaving only a chicken feather?

As a player, Hu Lai is limited in what he can do.

Only by doing our best can people see more hope...

As for how to do your best... Of course, you have to rely on the system to help!

System dad, come out to pick up... It's time to go to work!

Hu Lai entered the system space.

Because he scored 32 goals in the Premier League, won the Premier League Golden Boot, and completed two tasks issued by the system, Hu Lai was rewarded with a total of 620,000 points.

In addition, he also helped the Chinese team qualify for the World Cup, completed the tasks released by the system early, and received a reward of 500,000 points, plus a bottle of [Marrow Cleansing Potion] and a [World Wave Experience Card].

[Marrow Cleansing Potion] I drank it when I got the task reward, and [World Wave Experience Card] was useless.

Hu Lai still remembers that he was forced to fail by Li Qingqing's father in the Dongchuan Middle School team, and completed the test by relying on the card drawn by his character explosion. At that time, he was just a rookie who had practiced the basics for a month, and he could hit a beautiful barb driven by this card.

So one can imagine how strong this card is.

And although the point reward for completing the task of qualifying for the World Cup is only 500,000, it doesn't feel much more than the reward for the Premier League Golden Boot task, but with this [World Wave Experience Card], Hu Lai feels that this reward is very worthy The task is difficult.

He intends to save this card for the three group matches of the World Cup.

Best used when the team only needs one ball to win, to get the most out of this million dollar card.

Aside from this card, Hu Lai now has a total of 1.15 million points in his account-this is what is left after deducting the points he usually used to buy props in the Premier League.

It was richer than he had ever been.

Now Hu Lai, who is rich and powerful, is naturally not stingy - he used 300,000 points in one go to exchange for ten [Consonance Cards] stored in the system space, and planned to give them to his ten starting teammates before the first group match. .

In addition to redeeming items such as [Broken Bear Legguards], [Punched Bear Jersey] and [Lover's Red String], the remaining points can also be used to purchase more [Consonance Cards], Used on teammates who came off the bench.

In short, in these three group matches, Hu Lai must ensure that there are no dead ends and cover the Chinese team in all directions.

If it wasn't for props that could only be used by himself, he would have wished for a "three-piece set" of [Lover's Red String], [Broken Bear Legguards], and [Weared Bear Jersey]. As long as the strength of the Chinese team can be improved rapidly and good results can be achieved in the World Cup, Hu Lai has no psychological barriers to cheating.

Just when Hu Lai was arranging his props in the system space, he finally heard the long-lost Mo De's emotional voice:

"Task: Achieve outstanding performance in the World Cup. Task reward: Guaranteed points ×, other rewards depend on the final performance."

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After Yao Huasheng finished his speech, Shi Wuyin also spoke on behalf of the coaching staff of the Chinese team.

After the players and the coach have expressed their determination, this simple expedition ceremony is over.

Under the cheers of the fans and the cameras of the reporters, all the players of the Chinese team turned and walked towards the special channel specially prepared for them at the airport.

They will take a chartered plane with a large logistics team, Football Association staff, and official media reporters to Atlanta, USA.

Seeing the scene of them turning and leaving, an unknown number of people in front of the TV recited silently in their hearts, or simply shouted:

Team China, come on!

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Attached:

2026 23rd US-Canada World Cup Top 32 groups:

Group A: United States, France, Uruguay, South Korea

Group B: Brazil, Russia, Algeria, China

Group C: England, Mexico, Czech Republic, Egypt

Group D: Germany, Croatia, Ghana, Iran

Group E: Spain, Nigeria, Japan, Norway

Group F: Italy, Colombia, Poland, Australia

Group G: Argentina, Portugal, Cameroon, Costa Rica

Group H: Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Côte d'Ivoire

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PS, what a football feast for the fans tonight.

Zero points for Portugal against Hungary, two points for China against Syria, and three points for France against Germany.

Except for the last game, which couldn't be watched completely, the first two games happened to be seamless.

Since I'm going to watch it too, I'm just guessing.

There is no suspense for Portugal to win Hungary. Do you need to think about it? I reckon I won two goals.

France and Germany, I am optimistic about France, but the outcome may not be big, just one goal.