Wednesday, July 11, 2007, a day that was too ordinary.

It was midsummer, and the land of China was burning like fire, and people who were afraid of heat hid in the shade to escape the heat.

At 19:00 p.m., the afterglow of the setting sun still shone in the sky. The unresolute heat came to my face, and my whole body was filled with sweat.

At this moment, the most exciting thing is to drink a glass of cold beer and drink it in one mouthful. The feeling of being so cool and cool is so wonderful.

And on this hot summer night, what makes people feel more refreshing than beer is the only Chinese team game, especially a crazy sweep victory against mortal enemies.

Because there is a national youth team competition on the other end of the mainland, people who are good at football gather in groups of three or three to the bar, or make an appointment with a few friends to go home and turn on the air conditioner;

People who used to point fingers at Chinese football also turned on the TV at this moment, and the whole country seemed to have stopped activities just to watch this youth team game;

Because of the recent Asian Cup, CCTV Sports Channel has been warming up for football since June. In addition, there are no major national team events this year, the enthusiasm of Chinese people to pay attention has been partially mobilized;

Although Chinese football still has not improved well, we still have to scold what we should scold, but we will not be absent when we should pay attention. This also constitutes a special group of Chinese fans. They always say they want to "quit Chinese football", but their bodies are very honest.

Since the fight incident of the National Youth Team has been dealt with, media attention has decreased, and disappointed fans have turned their attention to the national football team. However, after the miraculous reversal of the National Youth Team in the final match of the group stage, the originally sluggish attention has skyrocketed overnight;

Tonight's game is facing Japan again. Everyone has no idea, but they still gritted their teeth and stubbornly cheered for the young men.

According to the effective viewing signal statistics of CCTV rating agencies, mainland China alone, the number of viewers watching the 1/8 finals of the World Youth Championships by 19:00 tonight exceeded 180 million;

The data of the youth team game was completely unsuccessful. The group match between China and Malaysia in the Asian Cup last night was 78.02 million viewers, even exceeding the ratings of some popular European events. In addition to the sharp rise in national youth craze, the emergence of Japan's old rival also accounts for an important reason.

Interestingly, last night's game, the Chinese national team also won by five goals, and the final score was 5:1, defeating Malaysia, one of the hosts.

This is also the first big victory of the national team in the competition this year. It has changed the recent decline in warm-up matches and has set a good start for the journey of this Asian Cup, and the fans are really excited.

Coincidentally, another national team also won a five-goal victory on the other side of the mainland, and the opponent was replaced by the Asian overlord Japan, which made the fans even more excited!

The National Youth Team has a halo since they formed the team. Because with the support of the 2008 Olympics, it has always been a focus of attention in China. Especially with the most hardcore achievement of qualifying for the Asian Youth Championship, they are far more energetic than the big brothers of the national team;

The national team has been unfavorable this year, and even lost 0-1 to Thailand in the warm-up match in May, casting a shadow on this year's Asian Cup journey, but finally started with a big victory, which somewhat alleviated the anxious public pressure;

The National Youth Team broke out a fight scandal before going to the expedition. After the handling, the mourning soldiers went to Spain and they simply defeated the host 1:5 in the opening game;

This has triggered doubts in China about the Football Association's "Olympics first" preparation plan, especially the National Youth Team, which is directly executor of the 2008 Star, has been firmly resisted by the Chinese people in an unprecedented manner.

Thinking of the Asian Youth Championship semi-final humiliated by Japan's 5 goals, for a moment, the number "5" has become an important weather vane for Chinese football in the passing years. Either they "fight" others or they are "covered".

Just like the pear blossoms blooming overnight, Chinese football, which reached its lowest point, began to rebound overnight.

First, the national youth broke through the strangle of the Czech Republic and advanced to the knockout stage inspiring the passion of the Chinese people;

Then the national team won a good start and wiped out the previous decline. Finally, the national youth revenges Japan and came to the place where they fell 22 years ago, which completely ignited the climax of the Chinese people's emotions.

With the frequent reports of two nights of good news, Chinese fans have become the happiest person in the world this week. Especially the Chinese team, which participated in the World Youth Championship for the sixth time, has entered the top eight, and there is also the possibility of rewriting the best results in the team history. It is really amazing. I am a great China!

Chinese football has a bad habit. The more you have the game your fans pay attention to, the more likely you will perform abnormally.

An obvious example is the local Asian Cup final three years ago. After finally seeing the national football team reach the final, the whole country is looking forward to the birth of the first championship;

But the unsuccessful national football team leader was beaten by the Japanese in front of the 1.3 billion Jiangdong elders and fled in panic. He had no power to fight back. The Chinese people instantly petrified and bunkered!

The mood tonight was very similar to that three years ago, and whether it was personnel, morale, status, or opponent's strength, the situation of the national youth team in front of me was much more dangerous than that national team, and everyone's nervous mood became more obvious;

Until a long time in the second half, the Japanese team sharply suppressed the Chinese team's attack, and the big stone in everyone's heart never fell. Although the Chinese team staged several beautiful counterattacks from time to time, this still could not relieve the fans' nervous hearts until the first goal appeared;

After the goal appeared, the ecstatic fans couldn't help but start to worry, fearing the past three-minute scenes, until they witnessed the appearance of goals one after another, accompanied by the host's already hoarse but still screaming with all his might;

Only after Ma Kang beautifully sent the ball into the Japanese team's gate for the fourth time, everyone was completely relieved and shouted with certainty. The arrival of the last goal directly made the fans' emotions high. The final whistle became the beginning of the Chinese carnival, and the entire Chinese land was completely boiling.

There are shouts of shouting everywhere, from the heavily guarded government agencies to active enterprises and institutions, from the distant frontiers to the prosperous cities, every community, every street, every alley, every alley...

It all turned into a sea of ​​joy. This feeling was like the whole country who listened carefully to Mao Zhe with a trembling Hunan accent to shout the world's world-renowned saying, "The Chinese people stand up!"

The Chinese tonight are the happiest people in the world. This feeling is only comparable to the Chinese women's volleyball team's five times that year. This feeling is brought by the biggest pain of the people in the country - football - and the atmosphere of happiness is becoming stronger!
Chapter completed!