Chapter 1,145 Hope

Tuodong Stadium in Southern Yunnan is a blessed place for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team has played six international matches here before, including two World Cup qualifiers. The Chinese team has achieved a record of 4 wins and 2 draws.

With the level of the Chinese national team, even if the opponent is not strong, it is not too much to call it a blessed land if it can achieve such a record. Therefore, the Chinese Football Association and sponsor Fubao Company also postponed the first game of the World Cup qualifiers for the Chinese team early. Here it is.

The game was held at 8 pm on September 2, but in the morning more than 10,000 anxious fans came to Tuodong Stadium to watch the national football team training.

Of course, the reputation of the national football team and the strength of its opponent Singapore cannot attract such fans to watch their training. Chinese fans mainly come to see Gao Xiaodong, the World Footballer.

This is the first time that Gao Xiaodong has been selected for the national team. In order to see Gao Xiaodong wearing the Chinese national team uniform and playing football for the first time, thousands of fans waited around the Tuodong Stadium for a whole day yesterday. Unfortunately, Gao Xiaodong did not Arrive the day before the game.

Fans and reporters were very disappointed. Many people went online to vent their dissatisfaction. There were a lot of gossips on the Internet that night. Some said that Gao Xiaodong did not come back the day before the game and might not participate in this game; some said Gao Xiaodong may not have reached an agreement with the Football Association and will not play for the national team for the time being; others say that Gao Xiaodong does not take national honor seriously and only thinks about the interests of the club. It is okay not to want such a player.

Complaints are complaints, criticisms are criticisms. Early in the morning on September 2, more Chinese fans came to the Tuodong Stadium to wait for Gao Xiaodong. They believed that as long as Gao Xiaodong plays this game, he will definitely come this morning.

In the stadium, the players of the Chinese national team are training. Although there are so many fans watching outside the stadium, their emotions are not high because they know that these fans are not here to see them.

"Brother Feng, it's already here and he's still not here, does it mean he won't play in today's game?" Zhang Xin, the midfielder of the Chinese national team, asked in a low voice Li Feng, the former captain of the national team and now the vice-chairman of the team.

Li Feng knew that 'he' was referring to Gao Xiaodong, and said coldly: "Who the hell knows whether he can fight or not."

Huaguo team goalkeeper Yang Zhidao said: "With the importance the Football Association and the coach place on him, as long as he can arrive before the game, he will probably be allowed to play."

Zhang Xin sneered and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrive if I haven't come yet. If I arrive in the afternoon, have a strong dialogue, fly for more than a day, and then compete again, it will be great."

Li Feng glanced at Camacho standing in the distance and said: "Whatever, if he doesn't come, we will beat Singapore to death and let the fans and coaches see it.

Without him, we will still slaughter Singapore. If he comes, everyone will fight normally. "

Zhang Xinyin smiled and said: "When the victory is determined, we must also give our Mr. Golden Ball a chance to 'perform', so that fans across the country can see the 'style' of the world's number one player."

Li Feng said calmly: "I'm afraid that because of their high level, you won't be able to trouble them even if you give them problems."

On the other side of the court, Gao Xiaodong's friend Yu Debao also said anxiously to Yang Fan: "Yang Fan, what's going on with Xiaodong? If you don't come now, can you still catch up with the game?"

Yang Fan spread his hands: "Who knows, maybe the plane was delayed. Otherwise, if we didn't arrive last night, we should have arrived this morning."

Yu Debao said: "So many fans are waiting for him. If he doesn't come today, he will probably be drowned in saliva."

Yang Fan said: "It can't be helped by drowning. Who told him to come here immediately after playing the game and stay in the UK for one day?"

Yu Debao said: "Maybe he thinks his opponent is too weak. He just needs to arrive today. He didn't expect the plane to be delayed."

Yang Fan said: "Okay, stop being so idle and train hard. Look at so many fans, they are all here to see him. The coach and the Football Association treat him as a treasure. What will happen even if he doesn't come today?" In this way, as long as Xiaodong comes back, he will be the captain and the core, and we will have to fight for the starting position."

When the time reached 11 o'clock in the morning, Gao Xiaodong still didn't come. The fans who were watching were anxious. They just talked in low voices at first, and then started chanting Gao Xiaodong's name. The momentum was so great that it even affected the team's training.

Camacho frowned, because the opponent was very weak. In order to please the fans these days, he had adopted an open training method. Unexpectedly, the fans' behavior affected the team's training.

"Leader Jingwei, why hasn't Gao Xiaodong arrived yet? Have you contacted him?"

The translator told Jing Wei, who shook his head and said, "I can't get in touch. I can't get through on the phone. I guess I'm still on the plane."

Camacho shook his head and said: "So he will definitely not come in the morning. Even if he comes in the afternoon, how will the game be played in the evening? Should he be allowed to play?"

Jingwei smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't we let Xiaodong play? Anyway, these people in China can win Singapore."

Camacho said displeased: "I know we can win Singapore without Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong's appearance is of great significance. Listen, listen..." Camacho pointed to the fans in the stands, "They are all waiting. Gao Xiaodong plays! If Gao Xiaodong doesn’t play, even if he wins, the fans won’t be satisfied!”

Jingwei smiled bitterly and said: "It rained heavily in the Magic City yesterday. It may be that the flight was delayed. God has no mercy. There is nothing we can do about it."

Camacho waved his hand unhappily, "He could have returned home overnight after the game, but he stayed in Manchester for another day."

Jingwei also believed that Gao Xiaodong should not stay in Manchester for a day, but he did not want Gao Xiaodong to give Camacho a bad impression before he arrived, and eventually create a estrangement, so he explained for Gao Xiaodong: "It should be Xiaodong's opinion. This game is not important, just deal with club affairs. If Jordan and Iraq were replaced, even a chartered flight would arrive early."

Camacho snorted and didn't say anything else, but he was thinking about how to give Gao Xiaodong a beating to make him understand some rules and not to take the national team's games lightly.

At the end of the morning training, Gao Xiaodong did not arrive. The nearly 20,000 fans and 400 to 500 reporters were very disappointed, but they were more worried about whether Gao Xiaodong would be able to catch up with the game.

Singapore is not an opponent, but fans have been looking forward to Gao Xiaodong's return to the national team for two or three years. Even if Gao Xiaodong does not play, as long as he sits on the bench, Chinese fans will be satisfied. In the hearts of Chinese fans, Gao Xiaodong is the savior. He bears all the hopes that Chinese fans have for the national football team.

Gao Xiaodong was indeed in trouble. He was supposed to arrive in southern Yunnan the night before the game, but he encountered heavy rain when he got off the plane in Shanghai. The rain was so heavy that the plane could not take off.

It rained heavily all night, and it didn't clear up until 9:20 a.m. the next day. By the time Gao Xiaodong got on the plane and rushed to Changshui Airport in southern Yunnan in a hurry, it was already 3 p.m. The team's World Cup qualifiers are only five hours away.