Zhou Zijing, who had just landed, saw the football fall into the goal from behind the US goalkeeper Todd, and he turned his head to confirm that he really scored.

Then he turned and ran towards the corner flag.

But because he was so excited, he even forgot that he should celebrate by kneeling.

He just ran wildly with his arms open, bouncing around, his whole body was like a starfish with its teeth and claws...

The action looks very uncoordinated and very funny.

But none of the fans in the nearby stands could laugh.

Because they are all American fans!

What does it mean when your team trails by three goals with 20 minutes left in the game?

They know it better than anyone else.

It may be difficult for the US team to comeback and win the championship.

Unless...unless the referee sent off four players of the Chinese Olympic team recklessly, resulting in insufficient numbers for the Chinese Olympic team and giving up the game.

But how could such a thing actually happen?

Even the most shameless Americans only dare to think in their hearts, and the remaining rationality still tells them that this is impossible...

In the last women's football final, the referee's practice of almost favoring the US team has attracted unanimous criticism from the world public opinion after the game.

At the same time, Li Qingqing almost became a world-class hero, because she single-handedly defeated the "evil and despicable" Americans.

This is a great comfort and encouragement to those third world people who are still resisting the hegemony of US imperialism.

The fierce criticism of the women's football final by world public opinion also made it unlikely that the women's football final will occur in this men's football final.

This is indeed the case. Compared with the last game, the style of this men's football final is much more normal.

The referee did not deliberately favor the host country, and the whistleblowing was basically quite satisfactory.

If the Chinese team does not perform well, the referee may be slightly biased towards the US team.

But the Chinese team performed so well, leading by two goals in the first half. Even if the referee had such thoughts, he probably dismissed it.

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After the game resumed, the American fans in the stands, who had been noisy for 70 minutes, were much quieter than before. Many people just sat in their seats, staring blankly at the stadium without saying a word.

As for the four American fans who were still holding "M.A.G.A" just now, their flags and flags died down at this time, and the sign was still there, but they were not lifted up, but leaned unsteadily in front of them.

The Olympic team with a three-goal lead played more and more steadily.

After the experience of the previous five games, the current Chinese Olympic team players are no longer country bumpkins who have never seen the world, especially the two knockout games with Spain and Argentina, which gave them infinite confidence.

Let them realize that as long as they play normally, they can also beat world-class teams.

So they are also about equal to a world-class team.

That being the case, what is there to be afraid of facing the host United States, which is not as powerful as Spain and Argentina?

Passing and controlling is actually a test of the player's mentality, because if someone's mentality is out of balance, either nervous or too excited, it cannot be a qualified part of the passing and controlling system-if the ball reaches his feet, he will lose it in all likelihood. How about this transfer control?

Many years ago, the Chinese national team also played pass control for a while, but they could only play pass control against teams weaker than themselves. Once you encounter a strong team, you will be caught blind.

It is because facing a weak team, the players have the upper hand in mentality, are more relaxed and confident, and naturally they can play better. Of course, the players of the weak team are poor, and they cannot press the players of the Chinese team, which gives them more space to pass and control, which is also one of the reasons.

When encountering a strong team, Chinese players are psychologically timid before fighting, and they are willing to lose. Coupled with the fact that the opponent is strong and dares to press, and restricts the space and time for the Chinese players to hold the ball, this pass and control will naturally not be able to play well.

The performance of the players of the Olympic team now allows people to see a certain transformation of Chinese players.

In the Madrid Olympics four years ago, whether it was the players themselves or the fans and spectators, they all felt that the Chinese team was a weak team, and they always felt uneasy. If you encounter some setbacks in the competition, you will be easily frightened—I always feel that it will be over, that it will be a black × minute, that there will be a tragedy, and that it will be scolded by the people of the whole country...

In the past four years, the Chinese national team has entered the World Cup and performed well in the World Cup group stage, drawing 3:3 with the former world champion Brazil.

In the past four years, many Chinese players such as Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, Xia Xiaoyu, Zhou Zijing have gone abroad to play in European football with a higher level and more intense competition, and gradually gain a foothold... No, not only standing Steady footing is even more sharp-edged, and it has also boosted the confidence of many Chinese players virtually.

They realized that the widely circulated saying that "Chinese people are not suitable for playing football" is nonsense. As long as they work hard, they can also wrestle with players from developed football countries.

The psychological changes brought about by this increase in self-confidence may be the most important progress in Chinese football.

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The game time passed quickly in the slow pass and control of the Chinese team.

Soon when the fourth official held up the five-minute stoppage time sign, there was a huge booing from the stands, and the American fans seemed to come alive again.

I don't know if their booing is because they think the stoppage time is too little, or they are dissatisfied with losing another gold medal...

"Five minutes of stoppage time! Although judging from the second half of the game, the stoppage time is at most four minutes... But it doesn't matter! We are leading by three goals now, even if they give the US team five minutes, what can they do? What?" He Feng said very proudly in the commentary booth.

As a Chinese commentator, he has never commented on such a safe game!

Yan Kang shouted excitedly beside him: "Ladies and gentlemen, audience friends! We are about to witness history! A brand new history of Chinese football and Asian football! Now we are only five minutes away from this history! In another five Minutes...the Chinese Olympic team will win the Olympic gold medal! And on August 21st, the Chinese women's and men's football teams become world champions at the same time!"

In front of the TV, Xie Lan, Hu Lixin and Li Ziqiang were already standing and watching the game.

Not just them, in the inpatient building of the Affiliated Hospital of Jincheng Institute of Physical Education, in the rented houses of Chu Yifan and Tang Xiuyuan, in the busy streets, in crowded squares, in restaurants, in the subway... in countless In front of a large and small screen, no one can still sit and watch the game.

Some excited people can't wait to start cheering and celebrating.

Many pedestrians on the street stopped and looked up at the large screen on the outer wall of the commercial building. Even the traffic on the road slowed down. The drivers turned their heads and looked out the window, and there was no car behind them honking their horns.

In the subway car, there was a notification sound for the arrival of the station, and the door of the car was open, but few people came out of the car, and no one stepped into the car.

Everyone inside and outside the car looked down at their mobile phones, motionless, as if they had been cast by some magic.

Different places, different crowds, different performances, some people are cheering, some people are too nervous to move...

Football + Olympics, the combination of these two elements touched the hearts of countless Chinese people at noon on August 22, domestic time in China.

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Hu Lai and Zhang Qinghuan, who had already been replaced, stood side by side with their substitute teammates. They hugged each other, stood on tiptoe, and looked forward to it.

The same is true for all members of the coaching staff of the Olympic team. Mai Zhaocheng kept raising his hand to look at his watch, and the team leader Ran Jiachang put his hands together by his mouth, closed his eyes tightly, lowered his head and his lips moved slightly, not knowing what he was muttering.

Compared with the excited and anticipating Chinese team, the coaching bench and bench of the American Olympic team next door were full of decadence. Some people were slumped on chairs, some squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and some people were on one knee. Kneel down and make the cross over your chest.

It seems to be praying to God.

But don't they know?

God can't control the Chinese who don't believe in evil!

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"Half a minute!"

He Feng reminded loudly.

After a while, he shouted again: "Twenty seconds left!"

"It's not far from that new world! I seem to hear... the footsteps of that world! It's coming! It's getting closer!"

When He Feng said this, his eyes didn't look anywhere, he just stared at the referee.

Until he saw the referee push his hands out from his chest, even though he hadn't heard the whistle, he couldn't wait to shout:

"The game is over! The game is over!! It's here! The world champion! The Chinese Olympic team defeated the host US Olympic team 3-0 in the final! It won the gold medal in the men's football event of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics! August 20, 2028 One day, August 22nd domestic time, this is the day of Chinese football, the men's team and the women's team became the Olympic champions at the same time! It is this day! Chinese football has opened a new page! It starts from this day! The history of Chinese football will be rewritten!"

Yan Kang who was beside him shouted together with him: "We are the champions! We are the champions! Chinese football...is the champion! It is...it is...champion...champion, champion! Champion..."

Roaring until the end, I was so hoarse that I couldn't cry.

The former international football player washed his face with tears in the commentary booth. In the end, he couldn't even stand upright, so he could only lie down on the commentary booth and let his wailing sound be transmitted to thousands of households in China through satellite signals. .

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Another subway car entered the station, the door opened, the people in the car rushed out of the car, and the people on the platform rushed into the subway. They cheered and jumped in the car and on the platform, hugging and celebrating with people they recognized and did not recognize around them.

The cheers echoed in the underground space, drowning out the electronic prompts for entering and exiting the station, and then went all the way up the passage, and finally rushed out from the subway station entrance.

And the street on the ground has long been covered by endless cars and car horns.

The green light at the intersection came on, but no car started. Drivers honked their horns while sticking their hands out of their car windows and waving vigorously.

People on the sidewalk rushed onto the motorway to high-five and hug those in parked vehicles.

Someone rushed out of the shops in the streets and alleys, shouting to the outside: "We won! We are the champions!"

Someone in the company cubicle took off their earphones, or did not have time to take off their earphones, and cheered loudly: "Long live China!"

Yan Yan was shouting: "Hu Lai is awesome! The Olympic team is awesome!"

Meng Xi, Mao Xiao and others huddled together.

Among the cheering crowd, Chu Yifan grabbed Tang Xiuyuan's arm and asked, "Let's get married, Yuanyuan!"

Tang Xiuyuan threw herself into his arms with a smile: "Okay!"

In the inpatient building of the Affiliated Hospital of Jincheng Institute of Physical Education, the nurse's station was surrounded by cheering crowds. Some patients supported the wall with one hand and raised their crutches with the other. The patient was also hugged by the nurse...

Sun Juan screamed hoarsely: "Okay! Good! Champion! I have won the championship!"

With a smile on his face, Xie Lan raised his hand and kept wiping away his tears.

Hu Lixin and Li Ziqiang smiled at each other and patted each other's shoulders.

"Congratulations, sister Xie, Lao Hu!"

Li Ziqiang said from the bottom of his heart.

On the TV screen in front of them, a huge five-star red flag was pulled out from the Chinese team's bench, held high by the running Olympic team players, and "floated" onto the court.

Three months ago, when Hou Lai appeared in the La Liga final wearing the national flag, it was just a small spark.

And now, what appeared on the Pasadena Stadium in Los Angeles was a winding red dragon!

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The women's soccer girls in the stands were cheering, screaming and celebrating like normal fans.

Xu Wen hugged Li Qingqing and shouted in her ear: "We are champions! We are champions! We are all champions!"

Li Qingqing, who was hugged tightly by her, turned her head to look at the green field, and she easily found the figure running while pulling the edge of the national flag.

Instead of cheering, she was surprisingly calm.

She just thought of the evening when she first met Hu Lai, the clumsy but stubborn puppy-like boy.

Unexpectedly...he really walked from that corner where no one cares about to the Olympic podium...Although this is not the top of the world~lightnovelpub.net~, it is already close to the top of the world.

You did it, Holly!

We did it!

It's been great getting to know you!

Li Qingqing shouted loudly: "Hu Lai!"

She didn't say anything else, just called the boy's name.

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In addition, the story of the Olympics is finished. Starting from tomorrow, I will update it for four days. I will save the manuscripts. It happens to be the Ching Ming holiday. I may have to play with my children... For example, I recently bought a bicycle for myself and him. Every weekend I will Take him for a ride on the nearby greenway. You can’t go too far during the Ching Ming Festival holiday. You may take him to ride on the greenway in the park. On the one hand, it can enhance parent-child relationship, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as exercise for me …

Thank you for your understanding and support!