Data map: In the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, the Chinese men's football team entered the World Cup final for the first time in history. On June 8, the Chinese team played against the world powerhouse Brazil in the Seogwipo World Cup Stadium in South Korea. Photo by reporter Mao Jianjun of China News Service
China News Client Beijing, June 2nd (Zhang Yifan) In your mind, what does the World Cup look like?
Maybe everyone has their own different answers, but for many people, their story with football starts from that year-in 2002, a year destined to be extraordinary for football.
The World Cup of Korea and Japan kicked off on May 30 18 years ago. With the dynamic melody of "boom" and the singing of Anastasia, the World Cup battle came to Asia for the first time. Although the national football team that has just entered the World Cup has not been able to achieve the goal of "scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game", this does not affect the spread of football fanaticism in China.
In the previous issue of the "Sports Gramophone", we reviewed the grandeur of Chinese football that year. For details, please poke [18 years ago, the "strongest national football" in the memory]. Today, let’s talk about the football world 18 years ago. That’s the original look of the football temple in the minds of many people.
That year, most of us haven't worked as hard as rice, oil and salt like today. The blood in youth, accompanied by the dance of "flying fire meteor", bloomed in the unforgettable nights of my youth.
That year, Brazil’s famous 3R combination was magnificent; that year, Apennine’s male models fell over; that year, how many people drank two yuan a bottle of beer and roared in front of the TV.
Some people say that after experiencing that World Cup, it can't be compared with it. Not because of how wonderful it is, but after seeing those angular faces, it is difficult to leave a place for the latecomers.
It is not only the youth of a generation, but also the best memories football has ever given.
The friends watching the ball together may not know where in the world they are drifting; but when another World Cup comes, when people turn on the TV with beer, they will probably think of the summer that year.
At the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Russia, Ronaldo has already "blessed".
In the last minute of the World Cup in Portugal, Figo could no longer move. At the moment when the final whistle rang, only nine people in Portugal stood on the court.
He still delivered these corners accurately and with high quality. His teammates grabbed a spot and all of them clearly saw the ball flying towards the goal gap, but they were rebounded by the upper beam. The referee in Argentina blew the ending whistle, and the Korean audience in red costumes became a sea of fire.
In the impression, Figo buried his head in his arms and did not sit up for a long time. At that moment, many people began to understand that this is football. In this world, heroes will also fall. Figo did so, as did Batistuta and his Pampas Eagle. Many people's dreams are over at the beginning.
Against South Korea, Portugal were sent off two people
When the rain rains and the sky is clear, the bright and clear sunlight is bursting out from the clouds, and it is particularly fresh and dazzling. The earth that was hit by the shower was completely new.
Like the Brazilians who were born wild and uninhibited, they put a fifth star on their cuffs that year.
There are too many idols in that team for a lifetime. The number 9 called "Alien" may never forget a night in 1998. At that time, Zidane, who had not completely thanked him, slammed them from the arrogant of heaven into a background board.
"If you can win the championship with talent alone, Brazil should be the champion of every World Cup."
Many fans who are already standing will smile at the question of "Who is Messi and Ronaldo?" In an era of "giants" flooding the Internet, they will not be able to justify the alien who is good at pendulums, or the elf with dirty braids and smiling teeth.
Ronaldo final goal
In the champagne of the Yokohama Arena, the story of this summer is frozen. Kahn stared at a piece of turf on the court with red eyes. This was when his career was closest to the World Cup champion. Dragging his broken palm, he failed to stop Ronaldo from becoming the protagonist of the game.
That game turned out to be Germany and Brazil, the two teams that won the most championships, the first sight of the World Cup.
Kahn may not be able to imagine that 12 years later, his juniors in Brazil's own territory, gave Samba football enough to hit the history of the painful blow. German football is like a machine that will never be defeated.
Cafu takes the Hercules Cup
Life always lays a foundation for the future inadvertently. No one can sail all his life, like falling in the top 16 in Italy. Along with Totti's angry appearance in the end, they were dismissed with controversy and injustice. However, four years later, they also staged a good show that the king returned.
That noisy summer has passed 18 years. Just like the football named "Flying Fire Meteor", it glanced through the youthful night sky and finally fell in everyone's heart. As sung in that classic old song:
"When one day,
Raindrops tap your window,
When the wind blows your vision,
Can you take the time to think about this old look. "(Finish)