Reborn on Top of Football

On June 6, the sun was like fire. The cool sea breeze can't dissipate the heat above Bahrain. A large number of Chinese fans rushed to the Bahrain Stadium. At 7:30 in the evening, a quarter of the Chinese were seated in the stands.

Lao Gao sent a 451 lineup with Wang Ai as the forward, Chen Tao as the forward, Zhu Ting, Hao Junmin as the double forward, Zhao Xuri, and Zhou Haibin as the double back, Luo Tongliang, Li Weifeng and Li Weifeng as the double central defender, Sun Jihai, Zhang Yonghai as the double defender, and Zong Lei. The goalkeeper's lineup faced the Bahrain national team.

Zheng Zhi was put on the bench because of a minor injury.

Wang Ai played for an hour and was replaced by Gao Lin. At the same time, Li Weifeng was replaced, Feng Xiaoting was replaced, and Chen Tao was replaced by Mao Jianqing.

This list of substitutions was later evaluated as a symbol of "the 85th generation taking over the national team."

The result of the game was 4:0. Wang Ai easily completed the hat-trick in the first half of the game. In the Asian battlefield, let alone someone can block him, it would be difficult for him to create greater difficulties, unless he is not in good shape. good. But before he came, he had only played two games in Italy within a month, and he was in just right form.

A header in front of the goal was scored, an inbound kick was added, and a direct free kick was added. The Chinese fans who watched were hoarse, and even the Bahrain fans applauded him.

Bahrain has been eliminated, there will be a large number of Bahraini fans to watch the game this evening, and it is Wang Ai. Four months ago, when Wang Ai got the first "World Footballer" in Asia, he especially thanked him in Arabic, which won him a huge favor in the entire Arab world.

There are more than 400 million Arabs, but only a few terrorists? But ordinary people are still inevitably affected.

So even if Wang Ai simply defeated the Bahrain team, each of his goals would still attract the cheers of the Bahrain fans, and the Chinese fans on the scene were puzzled.

After the game, in order to express his gratitude for the warm hospitality of the Bahrain Football Association, Wang Ai attended the press conference. After expressing his praise and gratitude to the host, he also answered many enthusiastic questions from Arab journalists.

That night, the national team did not stay in Bahrain, but chose to cross the sea overnight to reach neighboring Qatar, preparing for a direct flight from Doha to Beijing the next day.

At the same time, Wang Ai himself has another task, which is to accept an interview with Al Jazeera TV, which has become famous in recent years. During the Beijing Olympics last year, foreign media coverage of the Olympics was as full of discrimination and prejudice as before. Many Chinese athletes won the championship not broadcast at all, or played with the gold medal list and medal list to make themselves appear stronger than China.

In short, the morality of the Western media broke the ground.

However, Al Jazeera, known as CNN in the Middle East, one of the world's three largest media, and the top spot in the Middle East, is fair, at least not taking a stand. Although some of the former BBC employees did not perform very well, the pure Arabs were okay and even argued with Western views many times.

Therefore, the task of the superiors this time is to hope that he can use his great affection in the Arab world to give back to the Arab world, give back to Al Jazeera TV, and by the way enhance the image of Chinese and China in the Arab world.

It's good at first, but it can be better, and it doesn't hurt. At least it will provide some indirect assistance to Chinese-funded enterprises in contracting projects in the Arab world.

After answering the call from the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Ailuo thought about it and agreed. It is good for the country and good for himself.

The next morning, Wang Ai arrived at the headquarters of Al Jazeera Sports Channel and was personally received by the famous host and producer Jajida. After the greeting, Wang Ai arrived at the studio accompanied by the counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Qatar.

Al Jazeera now has an Arabic channel and an English channel. The host can speak Arabic and English, but Wang Ai only speaks a few words in Arabic, so this time I accept an interview in English.

But before the start, Wang Ai simply thanked the host and the audience in Arabic, and the moment he thanked the Zurich Opera House appeared on the background screen in a timely manner.

"Wang, this is the picture we Arabs are most familiar with this year!" The host Jiajida laughed.

"Thank you, thank you." Wang Ai smiled: "The Arab region is a part of our Asia, and a large part of it. Arabic is one of the six major working languages ​​of the United Nations, so I learned a little temporarily. Um, it will be that little."

"You are the first World Footballer to express our gratitude in our language. We like you!"

Jajida stretched out his hand, and Wang Ai stood up and shook hands with him, then took his seat again.

"What do you think of the Iraq war?" Jajida asked suddenly after taking his seat.

Wang Ai was taken aback, and looked at him subconsciously. The corner of Jajida's mouth curled up, and then his expression became serious. The counselor accompanying Wang Ailai frowned out of the camera. There was no such sensitive content in the previous interview outline!

Subconsciously, the diplomatic soldier was about to come over to interrupt the show, but stopped at the last minute, because he saw Wang Ai shook his head gently.

If it weren't for the joke that "Wang Ai should be a spokesperson" circulating in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he would really be untenable.

"Your question reminds me of the Asian Cup two years ago." Wang Ai said in a low voice: "I am very impressed with that Iraqi team."

Speaking of this, Wang Ai raised his head and looked at the host: “I heard that they can’t even find a training ground and they have to seek help from neighboring countries to carry out training. But even under such difficult circumstances, they still kill in an unprecedented way. Entering the finals, I showed the demeanor of the Iraqi athletes and the Iraqi people in front of all of Asia and the world. I admire them and I am willing to praise them. They are amazing."

Jajida seemed to be touched by the emotion in Wang Ai's words and nodded frequently.

"You ask me what I think about the Iraq War." Wang Ai took a deep breath: "I am not a spokesperson for the Chinese government. I cannot represent China's position. I can only represent myself. I think that there is no doubt that this is a Tragedy. Decades ago, China also fought a war for almost half a century. Many war traumas are still there. I feel the same about the suffering of the war. I hope that this war will end soon and the Iraqi people will return to peace as soon as possible. Life brings peace to Iraq. The Arab world has hard-working people, rich resources, and a splendid culture. I believe that as long as there is no war, the life of the Arabs will be better."

Jajida nodded to Wang Ai. Wang Ai thought that this terrible thing had passed. Unexpectedly, after two seconds of silence, Jajida asked again: "What do you think of Al Qaeda?"

The cold sweat on Wang Ai's head came out!