Golden Greenery

Many years later, the old Zhuo Yang and his wife were in love with the leisurely mountains and rivers. From time to time, he would still think of the dull feeling he felt at the Royal Banfoken Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa.

That day, including Zhuo Yang, all the Chinese people in the Royal Bamford Stadium were stunned for a moment, as if their breath was collectively frozen and their bodies were fixed.

On that day, all the Chinese people behind the scenes, including CCTV host Liu Jianhong, and all the Chinese fans were stunned at that moment.

Even Paraguayans couldn't believe their eyes.

At this moment, only the highly professional Mexican referee Ben Arjundia was not stunned. He quickly glanced at the assistant referee Canadian Vergara and decisively made a gesture to validate the goal.

Only 38 seconds into the game, Chinese team forward No. 9 Li Jinyu took the first shot of the game and broke through Paraguay's goal. The Chinese team led 1:0.

After Zhuo Yang, Li Jinyu and all the Chinese were stunned for three full seconds, and after Ajundia pointed to the center circle and blew the goal whistle, every Chinese suddenly realized: We have scored!

Li Jinyu suddenly roared hysterically, and Zhuo Yang also roared like a beast.

"ah"

All the Chinese team players roared towards Li Jinyu, like falcons returning home in the sunset, like swifts leaving their nests in the morning sun. When they hugged each other tightly, Li Jinyu, who was hugged by Zhuo Yang, was already crying like a clear boy.

The first goal of the World Cup that all Chinese fans were looking forward to came so suddenly, so fast that everyone had not had time to prepare for it. Its arrival is like a letter that suddenly appears. You have been looking forward to it for a long time, and you have been dreaming about it.

Score a goal; score a point; win a game! Eight years ago, the national team entered the competition in Korea and Japan with this goal in mind, but returned empty-handed amid jeers, failing to fulfill even the minimum requirements.

Today, eight years later, in the first 38 seconds, the lowest level goal was suddenly achieved.

38 seconds, this is the fastest goal among the 12 games since the start of this World Cup, and it also ranks ninth in the entire history of the World Cup.

Goal scorer, big fish!

Generation after generation of Chinese fans have been looking forward to this ball for who knows how long.

But Li Jinyu knew how many years he had been waiting. He clearly remembered that he had this idea when the Jianlibao Youth Team boarded the flight to Sao Paulo 17 years ago.

Since that day, this thought has been lingering in my mind and I can't let it go. It didn't dissipate the day the Golden State meltdown occurred, and it didn't dissipate when Nancy was freezing and shivering on the bench. It didn’t disappear when he was not selected for the 2002 World Cup squad, it didn’t disappear after the failure of the 2006 impact, and it didn’t even disappear when he was about to retire.

For 17 years, Li Jinyu has been persisting, even though sometimes he knows that his persistence has no meaning, but he still persists.

Just after the Spring Festival last year, Li Jinyu wanted to retire. He couldn't stand the high-intensity physical training before the season of the Chinese Super League club, and he no longer wanted to compete with the young forwards in the team. But that thought kept him from taking this step until Lee's call came.

"Big fish, you have to persist for one more year. Even if you are a substitute, even if you can't play, you have to persist for one more year and keep training." Zi said: "I will find a chance to tell Zhuo Yang that he has seen big People in the world must have vision. Zhuoyang's words will be more effective than anything else. If you persist, the opportunity will come. Don't forget what you said on the plane that year."

So, Li Jinyu's persistence came to fruition and the meaning of persistence came to fruition. When it came, Big Fish covered his face and burst into tears.

This is a goal destined to be recorded in the history of Chinese football!

It’s not an exaggeration to call Li Jinyu’s goal a ‘groundbreaking’ goal. Regardless of its value and significance, aesthetics, or football itself, this goal is a rare masterpiece.

Soaring through the clouds, he volleyed sideways and hooked the back corner of the goal that was out of sight. This was a combination of genius and luck. Zhuo Yang was amazed by it. To be honest, if he were himself at that moment, the probability of scoring a goal was really pitiful, and he basically had to rely on his luck.

Even Li Jinyu himself later said to Zhuo Yang: If I kick that ball a hundred times, I'm afraid I won't be able to score another one.

But whether it was due to persistence or perseverance, character or luck, the Chinese team's 1:0 lead became a fact. And through pre-match analysis, Paraguay is the most likely opponent to win in the group as determined by Zhuo Yang and Jieshuai.

Zhuoyang is coming to the World Cup for the first time, and he will never underestimate the heroes of all walks of life. Opponents in the World Cup and in the league are two completely different concepts. This difference is not reflected in absolute strength, but in the depth of the game and the national football heritage that brings together elites.

Through various intelligence analyses, everyone agreed that if we want to achieve as good results as possible in the World Cup, Paraguay is the most suitable opponent to win in the first game. Because compared to defending champion Italy and Africa, who can never figure out the lion Cameroon, Paraguay seems to be the best persimmon to pinch.

This view was also confirmed in a game that ended previously.

Before the start of the match between China and Paraguay, another match in the first round of Group F was played between Italy and Cameroon at the Cape Town Stadium. Eto'o and Meng Ergo each scored a goal to tie the two sides at 1:1.

In order not to disturb their minds, Zhuoyang and his teammates did not watch the live broadcast of the game, but according to Sforza, the assistant coach in charge of technical tactics and intelligence analysis, both Italy and Cameroon played at a very high level in the game. Italy's tactics are as robust as ever, and Cameroon's personal abilities are generally superb. According to the performance of the two top players in this game, it is difficult for the Chinese team to get an advantage in front of these two teams.

If the Chinese team wants to make a difference, Paraguay must not let go of its opponent. Grit your teeth and achieve your goals of scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game in one go in the first game. Then they competed against Cameroon in the second round, and no one had a longer nose than anyone else. Facing Italy in the last round, it is superfluous to say anything. Just let the battle go and leave the rest to God and Zhuo Yang.

Three games, one win, one draw and one loss, this is the Chinese team's wishful thinking.

If you are lucky enough, you can get a glimpse of the top 16 with 4 points. Zhuo Yang would feel very satisfied if he could advance with Italy and Mongolia as the top two in the group. If he could score one more goal along the way, Zhuoyang would be even more satisfied.

This is Zhuo Yang's wishful thinking.

But Meng Er didn't keep his word. He patted his chest and promised Zhuo Yang that he would defeat both Kaba teams. In the end, he expected Kaba to have 9421 points respectively. This was originally the second brother's wishful thinking, but the African Biaozi was not tied to death in the first battle.

However, it is indeed difficult for the second brother. Pirlo has not recovered from his injury, Italy is temporarily lacking a brain, and Buffon, the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, was injured after half a game. Even if Meng Er was rated as the best on the spot, if he didn't win, he didn't win.

Zhuo Yang decided to win Paraguay first, and then go to settle the score with his second brother.