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Section 41 The first trip to Asia (2)

The lobby of the Capital Airport was temporarily in chaos due to the arrival of Inter Milan. Inter Milan players were surrounded by their respective FANSs and formed small circles. The idols that could only be seen on TV before now appear in front of them and smiled enthusiastically at themselves. How could fans let go of this scene that seemed to only appear in their dreams? They pulled the players to sign their autographs, take photos, and sign their clothes after signing the notebook. In the end, the fans even asked the players to sign their names. The clothes with signatures can be avoided. I wonder if the infatuated fans after leaving their signatures with the beloved star will not even be willing to take a bath.

"Morati!" "Masco!" Xiao Hua, who had been smiling and watching, finally couldn't escape the clutches of the FANS. Several screaming female fans surrounded him.

...I didn't expect that I also have FANS, but it's normal for me to be so handsome! Xiao Hua met the fans' autograph and photo requirements one by one with the unique smiles of the Apennine men. In fact, through CCTV's program, Xiao Hua's handsome appearance, elegant temperament, and prominent family background made him suddenly become the prince charming in the hearts of countless girls. It is no exaggeration to say that Xiao Hua's current popularity is not inferior to anyone in the team except Baggio, and his popularity among non-fans is even more at Baggio.

After more than half an hour of signature and interview, Inter Milan was able to leave the airport. At this time, Beijing was already shrouded in night. After boarding the bus arranged by the sponsor Volkswagen Group, Inter Milan headed straight to the hotel where they were staying.

After a day of flight and the fatigue of being at the airport just now, the players were leaning on their seats and couldn't wait to fall down. Only Wenger walked to Xiao Hua without any sleepiness and sat down, and asked in a daze: "Masco, is the Chinese team very strong?" He was very dissatisfied with this trip to Asia. At this critical period, he traveled thousands of miles to the far east to play these warm-up matches. However, he just counted at the airport.

I heard Chinese reporters tell him how brilliant Chinese football's record has been in the past year through professional training. They beat Sampdoria and drew with AC Milan. Last month, some club even beat this season's European Cup winner Arsenal. These introductions made Wenger interested. What he most desires now is to meet opponents with training value. He always thought that Asian teams were vulnerable. After such an introduction, it seemed that the Chinese team might be a good opponent.

Xiao Hua was shocked by Wenger who suddenly flashed beside him, and Wenger's serious and serious questions almost made him laugh out loud. However, after calming down for a while, Xiao Hua said a little confused: "I hope the opponent is really strong, then I will be happy for them." Although Chinese football is indeed ridiculous, Xiao Hua still has a beautiful desire in his heart. Since he has changed history, maybe Chinese football has also changed.

"Is that strong? I hope to see the opponent's game video tomorrow. Hey, blame me! I didn't make any preparations for this when I was in Italy." Xiao Hua's seemingly unscrupulous answer seemed to Wenger to say nothing, and then he thought of his mistake and suddenly blamed himself.

Looking at Wenger's annoyed expression at this moment, thinking of Chinese football, Xiao Hua suddenly realized that this professor-type coach who was usually extremely serious had his cute side, and said with a smile: "Okay, coach, you go lie down for a while, I don't think you are too worried about your opponent, just treat the No. 8 game as a Serie A game. As for the video, please ask Miss Yan to ask him to find a way for you." Serie A... Xiao Hua! Are you going to watch the Chinese team jokes...

The next morning, after the rest last night, the players came to the hall in high spirits and gathered together, thinking about where to visit. Westerners' curiosity about the East and the East began to occupy all the players' thoughts, and they all pulled Lombardo, the China-China who had come to China twice, and Ronaldo was also clamoring to see the Great Wall.

"Silence me! Are you here to travel or play?" Wenger's stern reprimanding made the players lower their heads and calm down.

"I will do the main lineup of this season through these games in Asia! Those who want to play the main team have gotten out of the car. Now we have to rush to the training ground for normal training."

The word "playing the main player" has a huge attraction to the players. Ronaldo, who was trying to go to the Great Wall, got into the car like a rabbit. Xiao Hua couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Inter Milan's team was temporarily divided into two parts. Under the leadership of Wenger, the large army rushed to the Xianghe training base outside Beijing to participate in normal training, while Xiao Hua took Baggio, Vieri and Lombardo to the booming metropolis Shanghai. In Shanghai, Xiao Hua and others will participate in a series of commercial and charity activities.

At Shanghai Airport, Xiao Hua and his group were once again enthusiastically welcomed by local fans. After a brief meeting at the airport, Xiao Hua and others rushed to Shanghai Volkswagen Group located in the outskirts of Shanghai under the shooting of many media. They visited the factory and production lines in the group to create momentum for their sponsors.

After leaving Shanghai Volkswagen, everyone rushed to the center of Shanghai to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly opened Nike China flagship store. Under the flash of many reporters, Baggio and Xiao Hua cut the red ribbon as representatives, and then held a two-hour signature clothing sales event. Although the price is as high as 200 RMB per piece, more than 1,000 of Inter Milan's uniforms were sold in just two hours. Xiao Hua sighed on the side that not all Chinese people like to buy pirated versions. Many times they actually want to buy genuine versions and have nowhere to buy them. Now through cooperation with Nike, Chinese fans finally have a window to buy genuine Inter Milan products. This should be the only genuine equipment of a big-name club that Chinese fans can buy in China.

During one day in Shanghai, Xiao Hua and others were extremely busy scheduled. After leaving Nike Store, they immediately came to Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute again after leaving the Nike Store.

After getting off the car, Xiao Hua and his group accompanied the welfare home to a children's room. Everyone took out the snacks and toys that had been prepared and distributed to the cute children. Of course, the children did not know that the foreigners in front of them were famous stars, and they surrounded them "unscrupulously". Several lively children climbed onto the shoulders of Baggio and others. Several players also liked these cute Chinese children very much. Vieri also enthusiastically played a game of throwing handkerchiefs with the children. This scene full of affection made headlines in the newspaper the next day, adding a little bit to Inter Milan's impression among the Chinese people.

At the end, Xiao Hua also told Chinese reporters that he would donate all the 150,000 US dollars of appearance fees obtained from the match against the Chinese team to the Shanghai Children's Court to fund orphans in Shanghai.

At 7:30 p.m. on August 8, the Chinese team's match against Inter Milan at the Beijing Workers Stadium officially kicked off. After analyzing before the game, Chinese media believed that the Chinese team still had a chance in this game. Beijing defeated the winners' Cup champion Arsenal in this field last month, once again proving that the unbeaten by Workers' Sports was not accidental, but that Chinese football has indeed made progress after professional training. Today, the Chinese national team is waiting for the far-reaching Inter Milan team at home, it should be said that they still have a certain physical advantage. If they can focus on the opponent's offense in the first half, the Chinese team's chance will come after the opponent's physical strength declines in the second half.

The enthusiasm of Chinese fans for Chinese football is incomparable in the future. There are still some time when they leave the court, countless fans have gathered on and off the court. Many fans who do not have tickets can only accept the exploitation of the scalpers. Whether this fan supports Inter Milan or the Chinese team, they can only get this knife with their eyes closed.

In the stands, Xiao Hua was accompanied by old friend Shi Xuping from CCTV, senior executives of Volkswagen Group and Nike Group, as well as Xu Fang, the full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association at the time.

Fans who are older should have a profound impact on Xu Fang. He was the first to shout out: "I want to send the referee who collects money to the procuratorate." He is also the most courageous chairman of the Chinese Football Association in the past 10 years. Villapan dared not challenge him. Unfortunately, such a capable manager died early in 1996. Thinking about the several managers he took over after his death, Xiao Hua and even all Chinese fans were furious.

Thinking of this, Xiao Hua couldn't help but come to Xu Fang and chat with him. After deliberately trying to induce the other party to say that he has a hobby of drinking, Xiao Hua repeatedly said that one person should not drink too much wine. People in Italy and Europe are just right for alcohol, and joked: "There is a Chinese saying that the body is the capital of revolution. Drinking too much wine will hurt the body, and then there will be no capital to develop football."

Xu Fangdao didn't think the other party was trying to get him badly, so he readily agreed that Xiao Hua would drink less in the future and hoped that Inter Milan would come to China more to contribute to the development of Chinese football in the future.

I hope he can escape the disaster next year. In this case, I can also contribute to Chinese football. Think about which Yan Head Xiao Hua will not be angry in the future. I hope he will never take the position where Xu Fang will be.

Today, there was no Baggio in Inter Milan's main lineup. Because he was too tired from flying around in the past two days, Coach Wenger had to place him on the bench.

After the game started, the Chinese team took advantage of the momentum to suppress Inter Milan in the first 10 minutes. Fan Zhiyi, Hao Haidong and others were still very active. After the Chinese team attacked the goal post, the atmosphere in the whole game reached its climax.

However, this is also the last climax of the Chinese team in the game. Xiao Hua had already told Wenger before the game that he would not have any reservations during the game to try to play to show the real Italian football to Chinese fans.

After spending the three tricks of the Chinese team's opening game, Inter Milan began to take the lead, and the players began to show their superiority to fans and opponents across China.

The delicate personal skills, the exquisite fighter cooperation, and the dazzling short pass penetration made the Chinese team immersed in the dream of unbeaten by the Workers' undefeated dream. In just 20 minutes, Inter Milan gained a 2:0 lead by relying on the goals of Ronaldo and Berti.

"Inter Milan is really amazing!"

"So this is the world's strong team!"

"Ah Four, look at that Ronaldo. He played this ball, and he was almost as skilled as a sprinter. Hao Haidong is not one or two levels different from him!"

"Xiao San, didn't you say a few days ago that Hao Haidong is not worse than that of Ian Wright, Arsenal a few days ago?"

"Hey, that's what I'm talking nonsense. I guess Wright was too tired to climb the Great Wall before the game, so he didn't have the energy to run during the game. Look at Ronaldo today, I'm really shocked. The taste of Inter Milan playing is that the Chinese team can't catch up with it!" In the stands, Chinese fans in front of the TV were talking, and Inter Milan's performance can only be described as stunning in their hearts!

Inter Milan, which led 2:0, seemed to have no intention of stopping. In the 40th minute of the first half, Inter Milan won a free kick 30 meters away. Carlos showed his specialty to fans in China. After running, he directly shot hard. The ball flew towards the goal with a strong arc like a shell. Ou Chuliang did not make any response at all, but could only watch the ball enter the net.

"Damn! This foot... Fan Zhiyi is probably not half his foot."

"Xiao San, you are here again. Last time you said that if Fan Zhiyi went to play football abroad, he might become a world star. Why is it not as good as others today?"

"This...I have always been a frog in the well before today. Ah Four, don't hit me..."

The two sides entered the second half with a score of 3:0. At this time, the Chinese team members had no fighting spirit. Before the game, they were confident enough to regard their opponents as vulnerable as those foreign strong teams before. Unexpectedly, they met an opponent who had tried their best today. The Chinese team members' already extremely fragile mentality was completely collapsed at this time, and they just hoped to end the game as soon as possible.

In the lounge, Wenger once again emphasized that he would use these games to examine the main lineup of the new season. In order to make the main position, Inter Milan players did not relax at all and continued to use their full strength. The result was that the Chinese players suffered.

In the 10th minute of the second half, Vieri forced his jump to defeat Fan Zhiyi, who was defending himself, received a cross from his teammate and scored a header, 4:0.

In the 20th minute, Inter Milan cooperated with a series of short passes in the middle and backcourt. Costa, who took the ball in front of the penalty area, made a straight pass like a scalpel. Ronaldo easily scored directly against the goalkeeper, 5:0. In this attack, Inter Milan did not let the Chinese team players touch a ball for 20 consecutive passes for 3 minutes.

"Inter Milan plays well, let these guys see how the ball is played." Inter Milan's skills showed completely conquered the fans, and many fans cheered for Inter Milan. The cheering voices shouted by the fans who were still cheering for the Chinese team also became: "In, enter one!"

The weakest part of the Chinese team may be psychologically. They are not anxious to see them perform at all. On the court, the players were still playing slowly like in the first half, and they did not see them trying their best to regain their face. Maybe they think it is a friendly match, and if they lose, they will lose. The weakness of the Chinese team made Inter Milan players on the court feel a little embarrassed to play, and slowly slowed down the pace of the offense. Everyone is playing football. Although the chairman said he would not give face, the players on the court think that they should give face.

In the last 10 minutes, Wenger replaced Baggio. Amid the tsunami of cheering fans, Baggio, as the deputy captain, shouted a few words to the players. Under his guidance, the Inter Milan players cheered up and launched an offensive again.

Baggio, who received the ball from the backcourt, touched the ball for the first time, surpassed the Chinese team's three defenders in the frontcourt and directly entered the Chinese team's penalty area. The goalkeeper calmly pushed the ball.

6:0 Baggio scored another goal, Inter Milan led 6:0.

"Inter Milan is really amazing. In the game against the Chinese team, each of the players on the court looks like Maradona. Whether it is the main player or the substitute, they seem to be at ease in front of the Chinese team. Each of the six goals is beautiful and easy. I think through this game, we have been using to comfort ourselves. The unbeaten worker should be thrown into the trash can. In the face of a real world team, we are still so vulnerable! Although professionalism has been going on for one year, objectively speaking, our Chinese football level is not objectively the level of Chinese football.
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