Chapter 105: The Expedition Ceremony
After the match against Palestine, the national team took four days off, which meant that the one-month training camp ended.
After the holiday, the team will set off for Australia.
Although the four days were not long, Gao Zheng still took this opportunity to go home and gathered with his parents. This is also one of the few opportunities in a season to reunite with his parents.
The time of gathering is quite short, and four days are fleeting.
On the fourth day, Gao Zheng said goodbye to his parents and boarded the plane to Guangzhou. The Chinese team will set off from here to Australia.
In fact, the Chinese team originally planned to set off from Beijing, but because they didn't buy a ticket from Beijing to Sydney, Australia, so the whole team moved to Guangzhou.
Moreover, the expedition ceremony originally planned to be held in Beijing could only be moved to Guangzhou.
In fact, the Chinese team has never held such an Asian Cup ceremony before - it was done during the 2002 Japan and South Korea World Cup, but that was the World Cup, and the Asian Cup is still the only one.
Some people speculate whether it was because after Gao Zheng this time, everyone became confident about the national team's performance in the Asian Cup, so a deportation ceremony was held.
The Chinese team in the Asian Cup was really lacking influence. Apart from real fans, others were indifferent. In addition, the Chinese team has not qualified from the group for two consecutive times in the Asian Cup, and the poor performance is so poor, I really feel embarrassed to hold a big campaign to hold a ritual - I am afraid of being scolded.
But after Gao Zheng joined this time, there was a clear change. Not only are the fans who usually support the Chinese team and sports media paying attention to this Asian Cup, but even other media and Chinese people who are not fans are discussing the Asian Cup.
So the Football Association simply held a ceremony to sturdy the momentum.
The expedition ceremony was held in the studio of Guangdong TV station, and all the players were wearing formal attire and walking on the red carpet outside the hall.
When walking on the red carpet, many fans gathered at the scene, all of whom came to cheer for the Chinese team.
It is really rare for international players to treat this kind of treatment, so many people are still a little nervous when walking on the red carpet, and their performance is not natural enough, and they don’t look like stars who often “on TV” at all.
Of course, this does not mean that everyone is not familiar with appearing in front of the TV and the fans, but because they are always scolded, how could they think that one day they will become the target of the stars?
Although many people know that this is what Gao Zheng brought to them.
But looking at the Chinese fans waving the national flag, their posters, wearing their jerseys, and every Chinese national team player who walked through the red carpet, I still felt a lot.
Everyone feels that for these fans, they must do their best this Asian Cup. Just to be so popular when they return to China when the Asian Cup is over, rather than insults and boos.
Everyone is human, and no one’s heart is made of iron and stone. Who would like to be scolded and ridiculed every day? Who doesn’t want to be praised, praised, respected and welcomed?
And this time, they had a good opportunity to justify themselves and change the image of Chinese football.
"Brother Zhi!!Brother Zhi!!"
"Wu Lei! Wu Lei!"
"Come on, the Chinese team!"
These cheering sounds that they had heard on the court, but when they were in the current environment, everyone felt a lot of heavy on their shoulders.
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When Gao Zheng walked on the red carpet, the cheers and screams sounded at the scene were the biggest.
That sound really makes people think that some traffic star appeared.
Amid the huge cheers, Gao Zheng waved to the fans on both sides while walking across the red carpet.
Although he became famous very early, this was his first time representing the Chinese team in the Intercontinental Competition. This feeling is indeed very different for him.
He was in Sampdoria and Atletico Madrid, and the cheers he received might be louder than today, but the cheers and cheers were different.
As a football player who has been trained since childhood, almost everyone's dream is to one day be able to wear a jersey with a five-star red flag on its chest, representing China on the green field. Every football boy must have had such a dream.
But along the way, very few people can truly realize this dream.
He thought of his good friend Director Zhao.
He knew that Chinese football had a bad reputation, and he also knew that fighting for the country would put him on a lot of risks, but he just couldn't refuse this call.
Because it is not his own business to win glory for the country, he holds many dreams and expectations of people who have walked along the way with him but disappeared halfway through his shoulders.
Many people can’t even wear this jersey. What reason do they have to dislike this jersey?
The Asian Cup is just the beginning, and he will eventually help the Chinese team reach the World Cup finals, and that is the real stage.
Lao Zhao, then I will take you to Russia to watch the World Cup!
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This expedition ceremony in Guangzhou was broadcast live across the country through Guangdong Satellite TV.
Director Zhao sat in a rental house and watched the live TV broadcast of the Chinese team's departure ceremony alone.
When he saw Gao Zheng appearing in the camera and walking on the red carpet, he was wearing a formal outfit and the handsome Gao Zheng with the Chinese team's benchmark embroidered on his chest made him laugh.
"China National Men's Football Team, No. 9, Gao Zheng." He read out the subtitles on the TV screen.
Then he smacked his lips, as if he was savoring this sentence.
"So fucking handsome!"
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At the outing ceremony, the final list of the 23 people representing China in the Asian Cup was also announced.
It is no different from the list predicted by most media before the game. There is only one small accident, that is, central defender Feng Xiaoting lost the election, which still makes people feel a little worried about the national team's defense line.
As for Gao Zheng, he was on this list without any suspense.
If he loses the election, that's big news.
At the outing ceremony, Perrin said that the Chinese team's goal is not just to qualify in the group, but to qualify as the first in the group.
No one thinks he is bragging because this Chinese team has Gao Zheng. Even if this group has a strong team like Uzbekistan, which is now the fourth largest in Asia, it seems that the Chinese team has the strength to compete with it.
When Gao Zheng was asked by the host what he thought about this goal, he smiled and said, "I thought the head coach wanted to say that the goal was the Asian Cup championship."
After causing a burst of laughter from the audience, he continued: "I don't have a specific goal, I play well in every game, and I think the result will naturally not be bad."
"Champion?" the host took the opportunity to ask.
Gao Zheng shook his head: "I won't set a goal that sounds good. I'd rather pay attention to every game. For example, in our first group match, I hope to use a victory as a gift to the fans."
"Well said, I wish the Chinese team a victory, and I wish Gao Zheng the first Asian Cup goal!"
Chapter completed!