Chapter 333 The Rich Saudi Prince
When he saw the football flying into the goal, the on-site commentator was stunned for a moment, then he took a deep breath and shouted, "Zhuzhuo——!!"
"Goal! Goal scored! 1:0!"
"It's the 37th minute of the Asian Cup final. China Hong Kong striker Zhuo Zhuo scored the ball from the penalty area line, and China Hong Kong took the lead!"
The Saudi fans in the stands all stared blankly at their own goal. They could hardly believe their eyes. Some people closed their eyes tightly, and then opened their eyes to see that the football was still in the goal. The score on the scoreboard was also in reality. 1:0, China Hong Kong is indeed ahead.
They still didn't want to believe it, so they closed their eyes and opened them again, hoping that what they just saw was just a dream, but no matter what they did, they couldn't change what happened in reality--
Hong Kong, China, ahead!
On the field, Zhuo Zhuo jumped up from the grass and hugged Chen Zhaoji tightly. Immediately, other teammates rushed over and surrounded him.
Zhuo Zhuo hugged each other, and after that, he got up and ran towards the coach's bench, with a group of teammates chasing him.
Zhuo Zhuo ran to Wan Sheng all the time and hugged him, "Thank you! Thank you!" He was very excited, he thought he could have the performance he is now, and scored a goal in the Asian Cup final, and Wan Sheng's guidance was inseparable.
Wan Sheng patted Zhuo Zhuo's back and praised, "Zhu Zhuo, you did a great job!"
Zhuo Zhuo was even more excited immediately.
At the same time, the Chinese fans in the stands were all excited to celebrate. They cheered recklessly. Their voices filled the entire stadium. Those closest to the stands of Saudi fans shouted in that direction, saying 'in' and 'leading'. ','Goal''s voice was almost a direct challenge to the opponent, which made the Saudi fans very depressed.
Many media cameras also pointed in the direction of the Chinese fans, constantly filming the fans' celebrations.
"We can see that the Chinese fans present are very excited. These fans are not only Hong Kong fans, but also more than half of domestic fans. They all came to Indonesia to support Hong Kong, China."
In fact, the presence of so many Chinese fans at the scene is inseparable from China's "tradition". The Chinese are extremely powerful, and this power is reflected in "the grasp of the loopholes in the rules".
For example, in this game, in fact, the AFC did not allocate so many tickets to Chinese fans. In terms of numbers, Hong Kong fans in China and Saudi fans are the same, with only 10,000 tickets.
But after the arrival of a large number of overseas Chinese and mainland fans, they began to buy local 'scalper tickets' at high prices. Various fan groups will also organize acquisitions. Those fans who still cannot enter the stadium will think of other methods, such as 'bribery-bribes'. 'Look at the security personnel and staff, for example, jumping over the wall directly, making trouble at the back door to make room for others to squeeze in, and so on.
Before the start of the game, when the fans entered the stadium, the Jakarta police suffered a lot. In order not to affect the normal progress of the game, they could only turn a blind eye to the behavior of some fans. Anyway, the fans just wanted to enter. They are willing to pay the same amount of ticket money when they watch the game on the spot, and they have income and reduce trouble. Why not do it?
As a result, the number of Chinese fans in the auditorium far exceeds that of Saudi fans.
This is the power of Chinese fans.
In order to be able to support Hong Kong, China, they did almost everything they could think of, and now that Hong Kong, China is ahead of Saudi Arabia, they feel that everything they have done is worth it!
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At the moment when the Chinese fans were celebrating the goal, the two teams were already standing on the field, ready to start the game again.
Saudi coach Anjos was very helpless to the goal of Hong Kong, China, and he knew that it was caused by his own adjustment mistakes.
After making the wrong adjustment, the team's formation was a bit chaotic, and the play style became a bit chaotic, so Hong Kong, China seized the opportunity, and the opponent's striker performed well, so Hong Kong, China scored a goal.
The source of the goal was also that he put two midfield positions forward, which was very unwise.
Thinking of this, Anyos couldn't help but look at the coaching bench in Hong Kong, China. The Chinese was really amazing in directing the game. At least in the previous time, he lost a mess.
Wan Sheng seemed to sense Anyos's goal, turned his head and looked at Anyos, and then under Anyos' stunned eyes, he compared his fingers to him and shook it.
Anyos didn't react for a while, and when he knew what the other party did, his anger was immediately picked up - this Chinese is too arrogant!
But Wan Sheng had already turned his head, Anyos could only grit his teeth in anger, but he could only see his back when he wanted to fight back.
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Anyos still did something in response to Wan Sheng's provocative behavior. He found the fourth official and explained Wan Sheng's behavior just now.
The fourth official glanced at Wansheng who was talking to the assistant coach, and then looked at the Saudi coach in front of him, he could only smile back to the previous sentence, "According to your feedback, we will find relevant evidence after the game. We will punish them accordingly.”
This completely official tone made Anyos even more annoyed.
evidence?
Looking at the arrogant appearance of the Chinese, what evidence is needed! ?
After the game?
Yes, everyone knows that it is impossible for this Chinese to continue coaching in Hong Kong, China. After the game, he will return to England. Is it still meaningful to make any punishment?
For such provocative actions, he should be punished now!
Anyos thinks so, but unfortunately other people don't think so. The referee can't send the head coach of Hong Kong, China off the field because of Anyos's statement. In addition, even if he directly sees the opponent doing that kind of action, he will not be able to do so. Just a warning, what else can be done?
If the opponent is really sent off, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction in Hong Kong, China. Almost all the media and fans will think that the penalty is too heavy. After the game, they will definitely say, 'The referee has affected the progress of the game', no one would be so stupid. thing.
For the Saudi head coach, the anger of an irrelevant Brazilian, there is no reason to do so, what's more, this guy's anger now is probably because his team is behind.
Saudi Arabia, the Asian hegemon, in the final of the Asian Cup, behind Hong Kong, China, one of the last Asian players... How interesting? ! !
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It wasn't just fans who came to watch the final.
The importance of the Asian Cup final is undoubtedly. In order to support Hong Kong football and reflect the importance of football development, Hong Kong Chief Executive Zeng Yinquan appeared on the rostrum of the stadium. Sitting with him was Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia was formally established in 1932 by the founding monarch, Abdulaziz Saud (Ibn Saud).
Abdulaziz-Saud has about 100 children and more than 30 sons. Counting the collateral royal family members, Saudi Arabia currently has more than 5,000 princes, of which 2,000 are core members.
These 2,000 core members hold the Saudi royal family's investment of up to $600 billion abroad.
Alwaleed is one of them, and a special one - he is the richest of Saudi princes.
Alwaleed, whose full name is al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud, many people call him 'Prince al-Waleed', is the son of the 21st prince of the founding monarch of Saudi Arabia, his father was Saudi Arabian Ambassador to France, mother is the daughter of the first prime minister of modern Lebanon.
Internationally, Prince Walid is an internationally renowned entrepreneur and investor, known as the Arab "Warren Buffett", and has the title of "Middle East Stock God".
Prince Walid's most famous investment case was the massive purchase of Citibank shares in the 1980s, and his unique vision also made him the largest individual shareholder of Citibank, and he was also the second largest investor in Murdoch News Corp. His companies include Citibank, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's, Disney, Motorola, Time Warner, Ford, Amazon, eBay, Kodak, Four Seasons Hotel and a series of internationally renowned companies. It is worth mentioning that he also owns more than one billion Bank of China dollar shares.
In 2005, Prince Waleed's total personal wealth was 23.7 billion US dollars, ranking fifth in the "Forbes" list, but many people believe that "Forbes" magazine underestimated Prince Waleed's assets, because he is in Saudi Arabia. In China, it also holds the largest Saudi Arabian United Commercial Bank, two oil fields, a Saudi football club and so on.
In short, the investment-savvy Prince Waleed... was rich and rich.
This time when the Saudi team entered the Asian Cup final, Prince Walid came to the scene in person and promised that as long as Saudi Arabia can win the championship, he will personally give out 6 million US dollars as a bonus for Saudi players.
So in this game, Prince Walid also came to the scene. Because of his economic and political status, he was arranged to sit with Zeng Yinquan.
From the beginning of the game, the two have been in constant communication.
Originally, Zeng Yinquan only planned to come to watch the game, whether he likes football or not, but his presence means that he supports the development of football in Hong Kong. of Saudi princes sitting together.
So Zeng Yinquan communicated with Prince Walid about investment issues in Hong Kong.
Prince Walid is still very interested in investing in Hong Kong. Last year, he joined several other investment companies and jointly purchased a US$2 billion stake in Bank of China. In June last year, Bank of China's H shares were listed in Hong Kong. There are also many assets.
So the two discussed it.
But sitting in the stadium was mainly to watch the game, and soon Prince Walid's topic shifted to the game. He talked about Wansheng, because he knew that Wansheng was in control of a very well-developed investment company.
"He's a very successful football coach and has done a good job investing," Prince Waleed said.
Zeng Yinquan smiled and said, "He is really good, so I invited him to coach Hong Kong, China."
"You invited it? I thought he was willing to come. To be honest, Hong Kong football can't afford such a big-name coach."
Zeng Yinquan nodded.
Wansheng's salary level is too high compared to Hong Kong football, and selling the Hong Kong Football Association is not enough for his annual salary.
The two talked about Wansheng. It can be seen that Prince Walid knew Wansheng very well. He talked about many things that Zeng Yinquan did not know, such as the purchase of Apple shares by Tagalwan Group and Tagorewan a few months ago. The group's massive sell-off in U.S. stocks.
At this moment, Hong Kong, China scored a goal, and Zhuo Zhuo helped Hong Kong score a goal!
Hong Kong, China leads!
The Chinese fans cheered and occupied the entire stadium, and the two of them couldn't hear what they said. Until the game restarted and the cheers slowly subsided, the two could continue to communicate.
Prince Waleed sighed, "I now think that as a football coach, he is much more successful than investment, and that Hong Kong, China can actually lead, I never thought about it before."
Zeng Yinquan smiled, he was very satisfied with the game.
If Hong Kong, China can win this game and get an Asian Cup, it will definitely promote the huge development of Hong Kong football.
"When the game is over, I really want to get to know this young man. He is very capable. Whether it is football or investment, I think we will have a lot of common topics."
Prince Waddle laughed.
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When the game resumed, Saudi Arabia clearly paid more attention to defense.
This was also emphasized by the coach Anjos shouting on the sidelines.
Anjos made a very unsuccessful adjustment before, which caused the Saudi formation and tactics to become chaotic. This situation will definitely not continue. There is not much time in the first half, so I will retreat to defend, and continue after making adjustments in the second half. Offensive.
Anjos seriously urged all players to pay attention to defense, so the Saudi formation retreated very strongly.
However, Hong Kong, China did not take the opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive. Their tactics were not to attack Saudi Arabia, but to play a steady defensive counterattack. After taking a one-goal lead, every Hong Kong player of China emphasized what Wansheng emphasized. More concerned, their idea is to resolutely play according to the designated tactics, no matter how the opponent adjusts, they will continue to do so.
So the game became very dull.
But when many Saudi fans were expecting Saudi Arabia to play, besiege Hong Kong, China, and rely on beautiful offensive football to try to tie the score as soon as possible, the game between the two teams became lethargic.
When Hong Kong, China has the ball, they will keep falling behind to kill time. When Saudi Arabia has the ball, they will no longer attack so forward. Instead, like Hong Kong, China, two people come up hastily. Attack and go back.
Both teams seem to be deliberately killing time, and the game is really nothing to watch.
Even the Saudi national broadcast commentator Rio Ri couldn't help criticizing Saudi Arabia, "I don't know what they are doing on the field. Now Saudi Arabia is behind the score, and the most important thing at the moment is to equalize the score!"
Saudi players also know how to attack, but when the head coach asks for defence, they have to follow the coach's command.
In such a game scene, time was consumed little by little, and a few minutes passed quickly. After the stoppage time, Saudi Arabia reluctantly attacked and wanted to make a wave at the last time, but Hong Kong, China's defense was very tight. , In the end, the first half of the game was over under the anti-aircraft gun of striker Yasir.
Players from both teams returned to the locker room with different moods.
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PS: To be honest, Xiao X originally wanted to write something else to try and broaden his mind, so he wrote the Asian Cup, but now I look at the miserable subscription, and I really regret it.
The Asian Cup is over soon, don't worry!
I just ask the book friends who are still reading this book to support the genuine subscription~~~ Thank you very much! ! ! (To be continued ~^~.)