Chapter 385 Football Match (6)
This goal was undoubtedly a blow to the British team and all the foreigners present. Because the score was once again widened to two goals, the foreigners' hopes that had finally rekindled were shattered again. Several people didn't want to watch anymore and got up and left the stadium.
The worst thing is Huo Bilan. He just returned to the VIP stage and before he could stand firm, the British team lost another goal. Naturally, officials from the Ministry of Industry came to question him. Huo Bilan couldn't help but sweat. At this time, he could only hold on and insist that the game was not over yet. Everything could happen. He believed that the British team would win in the end. The officials of the Ministry of Industry could not say anything else.
At this time, the game started again, but the British team was obviously not as powerful as the first half. The loss of the ball just started in Bijing had a big blow to their morale, and some players felt that no matter how hard they tried, it was difficult to catch up with the score. On the other hand, the time traveler was full of momentum and attacked the British team frequently. At the same time, he was determined to be in the tactics of Wang Hailong, no longer pursued degree, but the success rate, making full use of the width of the court and the gap in the British team's defense line, passing the ball back and forth, looking for opportunities, or shooting hard long shots at the front of the penalty area, or forming a breakthrough through local cooperation, which only made the British team's goal-in-the-goal sound and dangerous.
In the 10th minute, Tang Qufei broke through on the left and made a cross. Huang Taisong scored a shot, but failed to control the touching position and missed the baseline. After 5 minutes, Chen Zhuowei cooperated with Wang Xiaoyu on the right to break through the British team's defense line, cut inward and passed the diagonally to the goal. Xie Mingfeng caught up and headed the ball, and missed slightly.
In the 22nd minute, Wang Xiaoyu got the ball on the left, and after a strong breakthrough, he passed the ball across the ball to the front of the goal. Goalkeeper Hilton attacked, but under the interference of Huang Taisong, he failed to get the ball. Chen Zhuowei, who caught up at the back point, easily pushed the ball in the empty goal, and scored the ball in 4:1.
Only 3 minutes later, Wang Xiaoyu took the ball and broke from the left and pulled the ball back to Huang Taisong 4 or 5 meters in front of the top of the penalty area. Huang Taisong shot the ball and hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal, 5:1.
When the second half of the game was only a little more than half, the Time Travelers continued to expand the score and led the British team with a 5:1 advantage. At this time, even if anyone who is optimistic and who has strong confidence in the British team will not believe that the British team still has the ability to save the game.
At this time, the Chinese audience was completely excited. Everyone stood up from their seats, clapped their hands, stomped their feet, shouted loudly, cheered, and their excitement was beyond words. After all, in the past few decades, the Chinese have not seen foreigners defeated by Chinese under their noses like this. Although they were foreigners defeated by overseas Chinese, the Chinese at this time had basically recognized that overseas Chinese were also Chinese, so the victory of overseas Chinese is that of China.
Although this is just an ordinary game, it is a battle in front of the Chinese audience. What's more, before this game, the concession also intended to increase the momentum of this game and lead the game to the two countries' competition, which naturally aroused the Chinese people's strong interest. And he also saw that foreigners were defeated by overseas Chinese on the court. For Chinese people who are accustomed to bullying, oppression and humiliation, it does have a sense of pride, so everyone exudes their emotions to the fullest.
At this moment, I don’t know who took the lead and shouted the slogan: “Revitalize China and strive for self-improvement.” It was not long before it spread throughout the audience. Almost all Chinese people shouted in unison, "Revitalize China and strive for self-improvement", and their spirits spread throughout the mountains and rivers, and their voices were heard throughout the night, and they were endless for a long time.
It turned out that this was the time traveler arranged in the audience in advance. He saw the opportunity to make the Chinese audience feel excited due to the victory of the game, and guided the audience to shout these two slogans. Of course, these two slogans were discussed in advance by Qin Zheng and others. They could not only use the victory of this game to greatly boost the national sentiment of the Chinese, but they would not stimulate the foreigners and the Qing court too much, but also establish a tall and positive image of the time traveler in the hearts of the Chinese in Shanghai.
The foreigners present were also a little shocked at this time. Most foreigners could understand a few Chinese words, and those who didn't understand could listen to other people's translations. Therefore, they naturally knew what the Chinese were calling? Most foreigners understood people, and of course they knew that the eight words "revitalizing China and constantly improving themselves" were definitely not a good thing for foreigners. And no one expected that the Chinese who usually looked honest, weak and bullied would actually shout in unison with such a momentum and courage. Many foreigners felt a sense of inexplicable fear, and the overall situation of the game was determined, so they stood up and left the stadium.
On the VIP stage, Qin Zheng and Li Sanjie were naturally very satisfied with the current scene, which completely achieved the expected effect. Although Li Hongzhang and others were a little surprised by the reaction of the Chinese audience, overall, this reaction was not harmful to the Qing court. The eight words "revitalizing China and constantly improving" were reasonable there, so there was no abnormal reaction, and some people even had the idea of "people's hearts are available".
But the mentality of foreigners is completely different. Because they are officials of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, everyone has a very serious expression, and even some people are facing a great enemy. The officials of the Ministry of Industry and Technology are elected by foreigners in the concession, but are still mostly British. Their bad mood is not because of the British team's defeat on the court, but the reaction to the performance of the Chinese audience. Britain has over a hundred years of colonial experience and has rich means to deal with various situations in the colony. The rise in national sentiment of the colony is considered to be one of the most dangerous things. If they are not dealing well, they will cause chaos and even cause war.
Now the national sentiment of Chinese in Shanghai is obviously aroused by this game. Although it has not reached the level of danger of life, there are strong overseas Chinese behind this. If Chinese overseas deliberately fan the flames and incite radicals among Chinese to cause trouble, or even lead the Chinese to cause trouble, the consequences will be extremely serious. After all, overseas Chinese have now used force to capture the Tianjin Concession and seized the two single countries' concessions of Weihaiwei and Qingdao. It is not impossible to seize the Shanghai Concession again.
The author of all this is of course Huo Bilan. It was his efforts to promote this game and it was also his desperate efforts to raise the meaning of this game. He only said that he wanted to use this game to suppress the spirit of the Chinese in the concession. But the result now has prompted the national sentiment of the Chinese in the concession to rise. As the whole audience shouted the two slogans "Revitalize China and strive for self-improvement". Everyone knows what it means. If China really revitalizes and becomes self-improvement, then the day before the concession will come.
So the officials of the Concession Bureau pointed all the fingers at Huo Bilan, not caring that the game was not over yet. There were Qin Zheng, Li Hongzhang and others on the VIP stage, questioning Huo Bilan, and they all blew their beards and stared at them, slamming the table, asking Huo Bilan to explain why such a result was caused.
But now Huo Bilan can explain it. He can't insist that the game is not over yet. He firmly believes that the British team will win. Therefore, facing the accusations of officials from the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, Huo Bilan was speechless, but he couldn't say a word. But he was like a needle and needle, and he just wanted to have a crack to let himself get in. At the same time, he regretted it. He shouldn't have returned to the VIP stand just now, so it would be great to watch the game below. At this time, he could take the opportunity to run away.
At this moment, Qin Zheng couldn't stand it anymore. After all, he was by his side, and Qin Zheng could basically understand the English they spoke. Therefore, Qin Zheng stood up and said in English: "Sorry, can you stop for a while? Listen to me."
After hearing Qin Zheng's words, everyone remembered that Qin Zheng knew English. Qin Zheng heard what he had asked about Huo Bilan just now, so he was a little embarrassed. After all, some words could not be spoken on the table. So they stopped accusing Huo Bilan and looked at Qin Zheng to see what he was going to say.
Qin Zheng said: "This is just an ordinary sports game. You can exchange football skills with each other and enhance friendship between athletes through the game. What is to strengthen the understanding between the two countries and create a good atmosphere for our negotiations? I think the Consul tried his best to promote this game, and it was also hoped to achieve such a goal. Therefore, it is normal for whoever wins and loses. What about you being too serious? This game is a bit more lucky, but I believe that the British team will definitely improve their level through hard training. Maybe the next game will be won by the UK. Can you not afford to lose like this?"
The officials of the Ministry of Works Department could hear that Qin Zheng was persuading them on the surface, but in fact he had something in his words, including injustice, damage and sarcasm. However, although the officials of the Ministry of Works Department were so angry that they bit their teeth and could not say anything, because Qin Zheng was so proud on the surface that he was still standing at the highest point of morality.
After everyone was stunned for a while, someone took the lead and snorted and left the VIP desk. When the others saw it, they all took the lead and left the VIP desk one after another. After a while, a large area of VIP desk was suddenly in the air. Among the foreigners, only consular personnel from various countries, officials from the Concession Bureau, and some merchants left the VIP desk.
The consular personnel of various countries have little to do with the Ministry of Industry, so there is no personal pain. Although they are a little surprised by the high mood of the Chinese audience, they don’t care too much. Many people are holding back their jokes from the UK. Huo Bilan is also a consul, so it is natural that it is difficult to leave. He can only continue to stay on the VIP stage in embarrassment and thank Qin Zheng, which makes him feel bored.
Chapter completed!