bayedsolid Chapter 555 At the World Cup, the sidelines are full of close friends!
Chapter 555 At the World Cup, the sidelines are full of close friends!
An embarrassed expression immediately appeared on Wang Xiucheng's face.
He remembered these girls; they all seemed to be from the fan groups managed by Song Yi.
Wang Xiucheng had seen the girls' loud voices when he was in New York last time.
Sure enough, Wang Xiucheng found Song Yi, Li Chen, Zhou Shen, Zhang Ruoyun, Li Qin, Li Chun and many others sitting together in front of these girls.
When they saw Wang Xiucheng looking over, these people quickly stood up and waved.
Wang Xiucheng responded with a smile and a wave.
Song Yi not only manages the largest fan group of himself in China, but he has also formed a celebrity fan group, which is said to be full of celebrities and has already grown to dozens of people.
Wang Xiucheng was somewhat surprised; this older sister really did have some skills.
Not far from these people, Deng Chao, Lu Han, and Guan Xiaotong were also present at the scene tonight.
In fact, there was a group of more than a dozen celebrities sitting in front of them.
Wang Xiucheng chuckled as soon as he saw these people.
Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Liu Yifei, and Tang Yan were sitting together chatting.
Meanwhile, Reba and her colleagues, including Gao Weiguang, were also sending messages on their phones.
Upon seeing Wang Xiucheng's gaze, Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, and Liu Yifei immediately blushed and lowered their heads.
Instead, Tang Yan stood up and shouted loudly, "Wang Xiucheng, Wang Xiucheng..."
Dilraba looked at Wang Xiucheng with burning eyes, wishing she could run down and hug her man right now.
Wang Xiucheng nodded to these people again, then quickly looked away.
With these close friends sitting together, their burning gazes fixed on him, Wang Xiucheng was actually quite intimidated.
But the next moment, Wang Xiucheng saw several more people, and he was immediately dumbfounded.
Because he saw Westbrook again, sitting in a corner eating with Nina and his eldest child.
Beside Nina, Qilanshipa was staring intently at Wang Xiucheng.
She hadn't seen Wang Xiucheng for a long time since the finals ended.
When Wang Xiucheng was injured, she tried to visit him through Nina, but was refused.
This made Kilan Shipka very sad.
She desperately wanted to forget this man, but it turned out she couldn't.
She had never even dated Wang Xiucheng, but she could never forget the boy.
Qilan Shipka waved at Wang Xiucheng, her eyes slightly red.
Seeing her silly younger sister like this, Nina felt somewhat helpless.
"Hey, take them down!" Westbrook shouted as he stood up, holding his son.
Westbrook's six-year-old son, Noah, mimicked his father and, nestled in Westbrook's arms, called out to Wang Xiucheng in a childish voice, "Kill them..."
Wang Xiucheng chuckled and waved in response.
Wang Meng, Yang Yi, Zhu Fangyu, and female anchor Meina, who were all in the Penguin Live broadcast booth, were quite astonished to see so many celebrities at the Alanetta Arena tonight.
"They probably all came because they knew it was Wang Xiucheng's last World Cup match tonight."
In yesterday's CCTV interview, Guo Shiqiang said that if they defeat Puerto Rico tonight and advance to the round of 16, and no other Asian team advances, then Wang Xiucheng will not play in the following matches.
Wang Xiucheng had just recovered from injury and was not suited for the high-intensity competition of the World Cup, where matches were played every two days.
If the Chinese team can secure the best result among Asian teams and qualify for next year's Olympics, there will be no point in Wang Xiucheng playing anymore.
Even if we give it our all and win another match in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals, what difference will it make?
The Chinese national football team's mission in this World Cup is to secure a ticket to the Olympics.
"The match is about to begin, let's look forward to what will happen tonight."
The lights in the stadium gradually dimmed, and the ceremony of both sides singing their national anthems began.
Wang Xiucheng stood with everyone else, his right hand covering his chest.
Amidst the resounding singing from the entire audience, Wang Xiucheng was trembling all over!
This isn't nervousness!
Instead, I was excited!
It's an eagerness!
It's exhilarating!
Finally, a few minutes later, when the lights came on, the competition was about to begin.
"The game is about to start, and we can see that the starting lineup tonight is different from the last game."
Wang Meng shouted loudly, "Wang Xiucheng, Li Kaier, David Muaka, Zhou Qi, and Cui Yongxi."
"Tonight, our opponents, Puerto Rico, don't have very tall guards. Guards Barea and Waters are only 178cm tall, and their interior players are also not tall enough."
"But relatively speaking, their overall speed is a bit faster than ours. All three of their young defenders are very good at tackling, and each of them can make more than two tackles in every game. We must pay attention to this."
"That's probably why Coach Guo Shiqiang sent David and Xiao Cui."
"Alright, let's start fighting for the ball. Zhou Qi is fighting for the ball with Puerto Rico's Ismail Romero. He's only 203 cm tall. It would be strange if he could get the ball."
With Wang Meng and Yang Yi's loud, bandit-like commentary, the match officially began.
Zhou Qi unsurprisingly grabbed the opening ball and passed it to Wang Xiucheng behind him.
After Wang Xiucheng received the ball, two Puerto Rican players immediately came over, as if Puerto Rico was going to double-team Wang Xiucheng from the very beginning.
Wang Xiucheng remained calm and, when the opponent was close enough, jumped up and passed the ball to Li Kaier behind the center circle.
Without adjusting his position, Li Kai'er passed the ball to Zhou Qi, who had already entered the paint.
Zhou Qi took a step and, over Romero, put the ball into the basket.
China took the lead with two points!
Puerto Rico's lineup was actually quite unusual.
Three highly athletic point guards, one undersized forward, and a center who, despite being 212cm tall, is still primarily athletic.
These three defenders are all only around 180cm tall, half a head shorter than Wang Xiucheng, the shortest player on the Hebei China Fortune team.
Puerto Rico launched their first attack of the match.
Unlike Puerto Rico, China did not attack anyone from the other side, but instead formed a joint defense system.
Since the opponent is fast and agile, it's not realistic for China to follow them one-on-one.
Waters dribbled the ball for a while before finally finding an opportunity to enter the paint. With Zhou Qi being blocked by Romero, he scored two points with a layup.
Although Romero is only 203cm tall, these South American players are not weak in physical confrontations.
Zhou Qi bent down to pick up the basketball and was about to throw it at Wang Xiucheng.
However, he saw that two people were already standing next to Wang Xiucheng. If he passed the ball to them, it would only cause trouble for Wang Xiucheng.
So Zhou Qi passed the ball to David Muoka, who was unmarked.
David Mullaka tried to take two steps, but no one came to defend him.
However, after David Muoka crossed the center line, he decided not to bring it on.
David Mullaka saw that Wang Xiucheng had brought two players into the paint, so he passed the ball to Li Ke'er, who came out from inside.
At the same time, David Muoka blocked the people following Lee Keir completely.
Lee Kerr raised the basketball, paused for a moment, and then shot it.
Swish!
Goal!
The Chinese team made their first three-pointer.
The score has now reached 5-2!