On June 3, the Chinese team took a charter flight directly from BJ to Rome, the capital of Italy, with a plane full of food and daily necessities.

In addition to officials from the Football Association and Sports Ministry, there were also family members of some players.

The security situation in Italy is much better than that in Mexico, so the families of the players naturally followed them there.

At this time, the players who can be selected into the 23-man roster in China, except for the mascot-like new No. 1 pick, basically have enough money to spend on family travel.

Zhou Yurong may be the only poor guy in the team. The reason why this kid is so cared for by the small group is indeed because his family conditions are relatively poor.

Among the talents that Chinese football has unearthed in the past ten years, only Ren Zhihui comes from an ordinary citizen's family. The rest are either from military families or from various second generations.

This new No. 1 scholar was born in a single-parent family. His father died of illness when he was young, and his mother had to take care of three children alone. As the youngest child, he was basically left alone, and his family environment was really bad.

If it were in the original plane, Zhou Yurong would probably have dropped out of school early in the morning and spent his whole life in a state of confusion.

But in this dimension, his life was changed by football.

Zhou Yurong's physical talent is outstanding. Even though he lacked nutrition when he was young, he still stands out among children of the same age.

Therefore, when he was in elementary school, he was chosen by the football team, and he quickly stood out among them. He was recruited and trained by the local sports school when he was less than 10 years old.

During this period, many sports schools directly under the municipal level have not only had the funds to cultivate good talents due to the foreign exchange contributions of Wu Jie and other players in Europe, but they are also willing to cultivate talented players belonging to their own cities. After all, as long as they cultivate one, then

It may be a major achievement worth millions of dollars in foreign exchange.

Although Zhou Yurong's family conditions were not good and he lacked nutrition such as meat, eggs, and milk since childhood, he was less than ten years old when he was discovered by the sports school, and his physical foundation was not damaged.

After that, he was trained by the state. Naturally, he no longer lacked meat, eggs, and milk, and his body soon became stronger and stronger.

At this time, domestic youth training was becoming more and more professional, and Zhou Yurong's potential was quickly tapped. Basically from the time he entered the sports school, he became the best among players of his age every step forward.

Even though he was later recommended to study at the Alien Football School, when faced with geniuses of the same age from all over the world, he was still the most dazzling one. Finally, at the age of 17, he defeated the geniuses from all Asia and won the League A title in one fell swoop.

The title of champion.

And the night he was awarded the No. 1 pick, invitations from major European clubs were sent to the Football Association, each asking for at least one million U.S. dollars. Some wealthy teams even directly offered a sky-high price of two million U.S. dollars.

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Zhou Yurong's talent is obvious to the naked eye, so there is no need to worry about not being able to play.

But Wu Jie and others admired this little guy in their hearts. In addition to his outstanding talent, they were also proud of the role played by the small group.

Zhou Yurong has been able to get here all the way, not only because of his own talent, but also because of the excellent environment they created. Otherwise, no matter how talented he is, there will be no stage for him to show off.

The appearance of this person is the best feedback for their ten years of hard work.

As the biggest tycoon in Big Brother, Lin Yaodong directly paid for Zhou Yurong's family's round-trip air tickets and accommodation expenses, and then lent him US$10,000 at a super high interest rate of 36% per year for his family's consumption in Italy.

That's right, he covers air tickets and accommodation. This is fulfilling the responsibility of a big brother and does not require anything in return.

But I don't care about your family's consumption. Of course, if you borrow money, there will be interest and you have to sign a contract.

This is the experience he learned from Wu Jie. Over the years, he has donated many university libraries, computer buildings, and many hope primary schools.

But except for direct donations to disaster-stricken areas and some charitable foundations for congenital diseases, he has basically never donated money directly. Instead, he has tried to find ways to establish some factories that can allow them to work.

For example, he owns a rather high-end chain restaurant brand, where only deaf-mute waiters are hired; he also has a computer training school that he plans to open across the country, where tuition is waived for all congenital diseases.

This means that it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach them how to fish; it is better to give relief to people than to help them through work.

After arriving in Rome, this group of Chinese teams composed of benevolent people barely made any stops before heading to Turin, the third largest city in Italy.

This is the city where the Chinese team will compete during the group stage, and their competition stadium is the "Del Alp Stadium" specially built for this World Cup.

This new stadium will also be the home court of Juventus in the new season, so Zhou Haowen, the new core of Juventus, will naturally become the guide of the Chinese Legion in Turin.

The citizens of Turin welcome the Chinese team very much, after all, they have a core midfielder from China.

Moreover, it is said that their team has already made a sky-high price quotation contract for the new top pick of the Chinese League, intending to build a set of China's golden midfielders.

This is not groundless. In the eyes of small groups, Zhou Yurong is basically a Fan Zhiyi who has strengthened his skills in all aspects.

This kid has strong physical fitness, excellent defensive skills, strong mental attributes, and even has powerful individual breakthrough and long-range shooting skills.

This is obviously a defensive midfielder who can attack well and defend well. His only shortcoming is that he is not as smart as Zhou Haowen in passing organization, and he is not flexible enough in small-scale dribbling breakthroughs.

But it is perfect for him to partner with Zhou Haowen. This "biweekly combination" with a similar age difference does have the potential to grow into a golden midfielder.

Therefore, in the group stage, local Turin fans can be regarded as half of the Chinese team's home fans.

But Zhou Haowen, the host half, is somewhat lonely, because he can only sit on the bench in this team. After all, who can he defeat, Chen Haonan or Wu Jie?

Unless the Chinese team plays a three-midfield formation, Ren Zhihui and Wang Yuanlin, the two sharp wings on the wing, have always been the double arrows of the Chinese team's offense, so it is impossible for him to start no matter what.

The outside world has expected this, but when you think about the fact that even Juventus' core midfielder cannot start in the national team, you can just say how scary the configuration of this team is!

At this time, the European media were using praising tactics to report on the Chinese team. In short, they were exaggerating and boasting!

This has caused European fans to have a dual emotion of fear and resentment towards the Chinese team. Many people have privately used the term "yellow peril" to describe Chinese football.

There was little movement from the North American media, because the United States and Canada both failed in the qualifying rounds, and they didn't even have the qualifications to be feared or hated.

At this time, Wu Jie knew what the Americans were doing. They actually wanted to open more "alien football schools" in the United States. Maybe they wanted to develop their own football youth training using a strategy of using one to conquer another.

In addition, the animated versions of "Capitol" and "Slam Dunk" have also appeared on the program playlists of major television stations in the United States.

This is no small matter. Chinese comics have long been available in North America, but animation has been broadcast on American TV stations for the first time.

This is because many Americans feel that China's three major sports are developing so rapidly, and these sports cartoons and animations have definitely played a big role. They must be introduced so that American primary school students can also experience childhood memories from the East.

What, you mean cultural invasion?

At this time, people were singing "The Internationale" everywhere on the streets of Bald Eagle. Some people even sang "Socialism is Good" by mistake, whether intentionally or accidentally.

Compared with these things, Chinese animation is not considered a cultural invasion!

The Asian media now has dual emotions of admiration and jealousy. Of course, there will be some resentment, which is normal.

As for Italy, no matter what they think in their hearts, they will not give the Chinese team any shoes to wear. After all, the next World Cup will be held in China.

The Chinese media can feel that the Italian side is obviously more considerate of the Chinese team, so that they can reciprocate politely in the next World Cup and not be retaliated against.

Therefore, the stupid and short-sighted approach of the original plane stick is really in line with their consistent national characteristics, and there should be a gesture here.

This time, the Italian organizers prepared a separate training venue for the Chinese team, which was the "Municipal Stadium", the original home stadium of Juventus.

This stadium will become Juventus' training ground next season, and the Chinese team is the first to experience Juventus' training ground.

But they only had a short two-day trip to Turin before starting low-key preparations for the competition. If they really want to travel, they should wait until they win the cup.

The world's media also gathered in Italy at this time, and naturally China was not the only one they paid attention to.

This year's World Cup has undergone many changes compared to its original format. The first is that the number of participating teams has changed from 24 to 32. This is the second expansion since the establishment of the World Cup, and it will also be the most important one.

Originally, the World Cup had always had 13-16 teams participating since its inception. It was not until the 1982 World Cup in Spain that it was officially expanded to 24 teams.

This scale would have lasted for four tournaments.

But even Wu Jie didn't expect that just two tournaments had passed in this dimension, and FIFA would once again expand its ranks.

The reason here is easy to guess, it must be the changes brought about by China.

In two consecutive World Cups, Chinese football has not only contributed immeasurable weight to Asian football, but also doubled the number of qualifying spots in the Asian division in less than ten years.

If there are still 24 teams participating in this tournament, then not only North America will be the victim, but the European region will also have to give up at least half of its quota.

Therefore, FIFA simply expanded the World Cup participation quota in advance, so that the European and South American divisions not only do not need to lose their quota, but will have one or two more quotas.

As a result, the number of participating places in Asia and Africa has also been increased. In the end, only Central and North America and the Caribbean were injured, because only 0.5 places were added here, and they must compete with the newly formed "Asia and Oceania".

The U.S. team was eliminated by North Korea 2:1 in the final play-offs, allowing this mortal enemy to step on its own corpse to enter the World Cup.

But they were more than depressed. When the Americans saw officials from the Chinese Football Association sitting next to the Italian Football Association at the opening ceremony of the World Cup on June 10, their depression naturally deepened.

It is obvious that this arrangement was deliberately made by Italy.

Not only that, the Italian side also invited Chinese singers, as well as Chinese dance troupes and bands to perform at the opening and closing ceremonies.

This is naturally to make good friends with the organizer of the next World Cup, and it is also a common practice in all previous World Cups, except for the 2002 in the original plane.

In the end, as expected, before the end of the opening ceremony, FIFA finally officially announced that the next World Cup will be held in China under the attention of the world!

This announcement is already late, but the result is finally settled.

At this time, Chinese sports fans felt as if they had won the World Cup on the spot, and the scale of the domestic celebration was no less than that of the successful bid to host the Olympic Games.

But fans outside China don't think this is a surprise. Everyone has long known that the only two countries competing for the finals of the next World Cup are China and the United States.

If the hosting of the World Cup is judged based on infrastructure, public security, and economic strength, then the Americans will definitely win the final victory.

But the problem is that hosting the World Cup is not just about these. On the contrary, as long as it can meet the minimum standards in infrastructure and public security, then what will be more important will be the strength of the country's football, the football atmosphere of the entire country, and the impact of hosting the World Cup in the country on the surrounding areas.

How effective will football promotion be.

Looking at it this way, Americans can't compare to China in terms of flattery. Even European fans are more supportive of hosting the next World Cup in China.

As for the Americans, let's first find a way to enter the World Cup again. After all, they haven't entered the World Cup in 40 years, right?

Wu Jie followed the team to watch the opening ceremony of this World Cup in the hotel. Their Group F match will not start until three days later.

Of course, this arrangement is because Italy does not want others to steal its own limelight. The Chinese team has too great a global influence.

Even if they are the host, if there is a conflict with the Chinese team's game time, it is estimated that many Italians will go to the Chinese team's game.
To be continued...