The opening of the highly anticipated World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar has attracted worldwide attention. Chinese media also flocked to the event. I thought Qatar was a strange and mysterious country, far from the tropical desert. I didn't expect to find so many Chinese elements here, except for the soccer team.
What is the Chinese soccer team busy with? The latest report is that on November 17, the second round of the 2022 season of the China Football Association Cup, Gansu Jingchuan Wenhui 7︰5. Beijing Guoan was eliminated and advanced to the top 16 places. The yearly paid professional players lost to the county team. Netizens joked that the future of Chinese soccer is in the county team, they don't eat sea cucumbers, they don't ask for much, the potatoes are filling, and the cost performance is superb, which won people's hearts. Some found a pedestal for Beijing Guoan, pointing out that Beijing Guoan fielded a substitute and youth team and did not take the FA Cup match seriously at all. Jingchuan Wenhui is not a so-called miscellaneous team, but a team with some strength. As a matter of fact, this power is absolutely strong. It won its first battle and shot to fame!
When it comes to the national soccer team, people are both angry and frustrated. Watching the exciting events of the World Cup, we cannot help but wonder if our national soccer team has ever participated in the World Cup. China's men's national soccer team was founded in 1924, referred to as the "national football team" joined FIFA in 1931, before 1979, because the People's Republic of China at that time did not get the general recognition of the international community, the People's Republic of China Football Association until 1979 to obtain the right to represent the International Federation of Association Football, China's soccer team from 1958 to 2014 to participate in 14 World Cups, but only in 2002, the 2002 World Cup to participate in the World Cup. The Chinese soccer team participated in 14 World Cups from 1958 to 2014, but was only selected for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
I honestly didn't expect the national soccer team to reach the World Cup finals 20 years ago. It seems that the treatment has improved over the past two years, but the results are declining! There is only a sigh of relief for the national soccer team. Let's take a look at the proud Chinese elements in the World Cup!
The World Cup final venue, the main stadium Lusail Stadium, has a capacity of 80,000 spectators. It is the largest stadium in Qatar and will host 10 matches, including the final. The stadium that is the focal point of the World Cup was actually built by China Railway. This is the first World Cup stadium project contracted by a Chinese company as a general contractor for design and construction, breaking the monopoly of European and American countries in the industry. It is not only of great political significance, but also made many breakthroughs in technology. The stadium is the world's largest span of double-layer cable network roof monolithic building. It has the largest span and the most complex cable-membrane structural system of any similar building project in the world. It is also the world's first World Cup stadium to deeply apply building information modeling (bim) technology throughout the entire life cycle, and the largest and most advanced professional soccer stadium built by Chinese enterprises overseas. Another masterpiece of the "Infrastructure Devil", once again using the "China-built" What's more, we are proud of the fact that the Lucerne Stadium has become the pattern of the Qatari 10-riyal banknote to be issued in 2020.
In addition to the Roussel Stadium, Chinese enterprises have also participated in the construction of several other World Cup stadiums in Qatar. Chinese enterprises are responsible for the construction of the main steel structure of the Education City Stadium, the containers used in the 974 Stadium are also made in China, and the Qatari "Fan Village" features Chinese-made containerized houses.
Qatar's World Cup service vehicles are everywhere, imported from China, totaling about 1,500 buses, including 888 purely electric buses.
There are also Chinese at the World Cup. For the first time, a Chinese referee team appeared at the World Cup. Three Chinese referees joined the World Cup refereeing team, namely international referee Ma Ning, help referee Cao Yi and Shi Xiang. Chinese young actors Peng Youxin, Meng Xizi, Dukane, Wu Ruoming, Zhao Wanyu, Wen Meiqi, Fan Zhang Ziqiu, Fan Zhang Zihan perform Arabian belly dance for the guests "qatar2022 Chinese children Zhang Shuyao Shirt also along with a group of soccer celebrities appeared in the opening ceremony.
Giant pandas, China's national treasures "Sihai", "Jingjing" 19, pandas arrived in Qatar on a special plane, appeared in Qatar during the World Cup, and will live there for 15 years. Their arrival in Qatar triggered a panda fever. In order to better interact with the pandas, many locals have begun to learn the Sichuan dialect.
The soccer ball on the pitch is "made in China" Yiwu also produces World Cup-related jerseys, backpacks, flags and other peripheral products. According to the Yiwu Sporting Goods Association estimates, from the World Cup 32 flags to the Hercules Cup decorations and pillows, "Made in Yiwu" accounted for nearly 70% of the market share of the World Cup merchandise.
Let's focus on the World Cup. The matches are tightly scheduled. Players are sweating it out on the pitch. Fans are nervous even as they speculate offstage. Frequent and shocking matches terrify fans. Although the World Cup is being held in Qatar, Asia, with a time difference of only five hours, Chinese fans are still inevitably "staying up late to hurt their livers"! Although the game is very exciting, but do not forget to take care of yourself. The ball is someone else's, the body is your own. I hope that when you think of the national soccer team, you can calmly learn from them to take good care of themselves! You don't have to eat a sea cucumber every day like the national soccer team. When you stay up late watching football, remember to make a pot of frangipani and lily tea to protect your body and mind!
