Before the game started, the roads leading to Helong Stadium were crowded with traffic, so that Changsha police had to implement traffic control at the main intersection around Helong Stadium. Fans who were driving had to park in the prescribed parking lot away from the stadium, and then came to the stadium on foot, and encouraged everyone to take public transportation to watch the ball.

Before the game, the media focused on shooting the fans' entry.

CCTV also set up cameras on high places to take pictures and overlook the panoramic view.

It's true that the pictures taken in this way are indeed better.

Looking down from the air, with Helong Stadium as the center, the streets around it were full of red people - in this game, the Chinese team played at home, they chose red jerseys, and Chinese fans naturally chose to wear red jerseys to watch the game, creating an atmosphere as warm as fire.

Think about it, nine years ago, when the Chinese team met the Japanese team in the Asian Cup final, the Chinese commentator also needed to call on the media to wear white lichens to cheer for the Chinese team and create an atmosphere - the Chinese team's home jersey was white at that time.

Now there is no need for media appeals. Everyone consciously knows how to cheer for their team.

In the past nine years, Chinese fans have become more and more international, but the level of Chinese football has not yet reached that level, and the situation has only improved in the past two or three years.

Looking at such a spectacular scene, CCTV's front reporter was very excited: "...These fans were like red dragons, singing songs and heading towards Helong Stadium!"

There is a special area outside the stadium. From the air, it is a small blue area. The backlog of red is like a boat in the wind and waves, and it may capsize at any time - those are Japanese fans who come to support their team.

The number of people is not very large, mainly Japanese students and some staff from Japanese-funded institutions in China.

Due to the grudges between China and Japan, the Changsha police also made careful arrangements. First of all, Japanese fans must act collectively and not leave the team alone, because it is inconvenient for police management and protection. Secondly, they are not allowed to contact Chinese fans, and they are isolated by human walls and iron fences. Third, there is a special passage for them to check tickets and enter a special stand area, surrounded by police and security guards, so they have to watch the game under such strict protection throughout the whole process.

Of course this is to protect them, but it also limits their number and creates a tense air for Japanese fans, making them afraid to speak out.

However, this is away games. As a fan of the away team, you naturally have to have the awareness of being a human being with your tail between them.

Fortunately, the Japanese are very disciplined, so they all seem very quiet under the protection. They just watch the passionate Chinese fans walk past them, singing songs they don’t understand, and their faces are filled with bright smiles.

They rarely see such a scene in Chinese fans, and they are somewhat strange and surprised.

Japanese fans may not be able to understand why Chinese fans have such expressions.

It is actually not easy to appear on the faces of Chinese fans - in the past, if Chinese fans were acting relaxed, they would probably be slapped in the face by the results of municipal competitions. Especially when competing with Asian strong teams like Japan and South Korea, everyone's reaction is more of a concern - worrying about losing the game. The pressure is huge.

And now, the performance of the Chinese team has given them confidence.

The advance qualifying for the World Cup finals gave many Chinese fans a reassurance. In addition, the advantages of the Chinese team and the Japanese team in the group stage rankings, even if the Chinese team tied in this game, they were still the first in the group.

This is the last game of the Japanese team in the top ten matches, and the Chinese team still has one, so the first place in this group will be relatively easy for the Chinese team.

Of course, Chinese fans have reason to relax.

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In addition to Chinese media reports before the game, many Japanese media also came to Helong Stadium for live broadcasts. The large number of Chinese fans brought great impact to Japanese journalists and Japanese fans in front of the TV.

For a long time, in the hearts of the Japanese, China is a great country. Where does a great country reflect? The most intuitive manifestation is population.

The host behind Japanese TV looked at the various scenes coming from the front and introduced to the guests present and the audience in front of the TV: "It is said that 60,000 fans will go to the scene to watch the game. The number of people watching the live broadcast in China is conservatively estimated to be nearly 100 million!"

The guests made typical "Japanese exaggerated" expressions and sighed repeatedly: "...so incredible! So awesome!"

Japan has a total population of more than 120 million, ranking tenth in the world. In this game, there is almost the entire Japanese population, which really shocks them.

"This is almost... the whole country watched it?" asked a guest.

"For Japan, that's it, haha!" the host joked.

"It's really unbelievable... China is truly a great country!"

"Yes, you know that even if 100 million people watch this game, it is only one-fourth of the Chinese population..."

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The bus on the Chinese national team arrived at the stadium one and a half hours before the game. It was already surrounded by fans.

As everyone walked over, they looked all over the Chinese fans in red. After seeing the Chinese team's bus, they would wave to them, cheer, raise the Chinese team's scarf in their hands to express their support for the team.

For Chinese players, this is simply the treatment of a head of state.

This kind of treatment was rarely enjoyed before.

The people who watched were excited.

Sun Pan almost pressed his face against the car window glass and kept waving to the fans outside. He said excitedly: "That's how the man should be! This scene, tsk tsk!"

"It's motivation, but it's also pressure..." Someone sighed after hearing him say this.

"What are you afraid of when you are stressed? It is normal to have stress!" Sun Pan was very excited - he is crazy. The more people he is, the more excited he is. The more excited he is, the better his condition is. So he is not afraid of pressure or people.

After the bus was very good at the designated location, the door slowly opened, and the cheers outside were amplified ten times and entered the car.

Assistant coach Fu Bo jumped out of the car immediately, then greeted the team members at the door, and loudly reminded them: "Don't delay, go to the locker room to change clothes and prepare to warm up!"

He had to increase his voice and shouted at the top of his lungs - he was afraid that the players would not hear it if they were less loud. The fans outside were too enthusiastic and crazy. Although there were armed police responsible for maintaining order, the armed police could only guarantee that people would not rush over, but they could not block the sound.

But let alone, such a vast momentum made him, the assistant coach of the national team, feel a little excited - such a scene is really boasting for the rest of his life!

At the greeting of the assistant coach, the players of the national team got off the car at one time. Some were wearing headphones and pretending to be cool, some waved to the fans frequently, and some felt pressure, and their expressions and movements were a little stiff.

However, they didn't stay outside for a long time, and everyone quickly disappeared from the fans and their sight, with only a few photojournalists from the media following them.

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Not long after the Chinese team arrived, the Japanese team's bus also arrived, and they did not have the treatment of the Chinese team. Apart from the media, fans did not care when the Japanese team would come.

Not long after the two teams arrived at the stadium, fans also began to check tickets and enter.

The Helong Stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 people, is quickly filled with little by little.

Chinese fans also learned from the "advanced experience" of foreign fans, made a huge TIFO, brought it into the stadium, and laid it on the south stands.

When the players of the Chinese and Japanese teams entered the court to warm up, the fans were still busy hanging TIFOs on the railings.

A burst of cheers sounded at the scene, which made them busy find that the players of the two teams were warming up. Many of them just looked back at the stadium and quickly accelerated the movements in their hands. This TFIO, which consumed countless people's hard work and time, must be prepared before the game begins. At that time, we will show the enthusiasm and talents of their Changsha fans to the people of the whole country.
Chapter completed!