Recently, China's famous soccer player Feng Xiaoting and famous comedian Gong Hanlin started a unique "war of words" on the Internet, which quickly triggered a heated discussion among the public. The topics of "mocking the national football team should be degree" and "support the national football team in the trough" have occupied the hot search list one after another, and people from the soccer and entertainment industries have also joined the discussion. With the escalation of the debate between the two sides, Gong Hanlin released a video on his personal social platform today, expressing his support for the national football team. The national football team in the remaining two matches of the 12 strong tournament to achieve good results, and firmly believe that China's soccer will eventually return to the stage of the World Cup.
In the video, Gong Hanlin first showed the audience his collection of autographed soccer balls, the signatures on the soccer balls are all bright stars in the history of China's soccer, such as Fan Zhiyi, Ma Mingyu, Li-Bing, Au Chuliang, Sun Jihai, etc., mentioning these names, he was reminded of the national football team's victory over the Omani team by 1-0 at Wulihe Stadium in Shenyang on Oct. 7, 2001 to reach the final of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan in 2002 in advance of the two rounds. This was the only time in the history of the national soccer team to reach the final round of the World Cup. At that time, the whole country was in jubilation, countless fans took to the streets, waving the national flag, singing the national anthem, the scene was warm and extraordinary. However, 21 years have passed, the World Cup is coming again, unfortunately, our national football team and these fans have become spectators again.
Gong continued, "It is true that every Chinese fan does not want to see their beloved team fall, and our love-hate relationship is only because of deep love. As People's Daily commented, the future of the national football team does not depend on the fans' views, but on how the soccer people recognize the national football team correctly and change sincerely. I sincerely hope that the national soccer team will achieve good results in the last two matches of the 12-team tournament, and I firmly believe that the national soccer team will one day return to the World Cup stage."
