China News Service, Doha, December 17th (Reporter Bian Liqun) Unknowingly, I have been in Qatar for more than a month.

I remember when I was suffocating under the pressure of the intensive schedule in the group stage, I was still counting the days and feeling how I was not halfway there and when I would be able to go home.

  At this moment, it has reached the point where the third place match and finals are about to take place, and the World Cup in Qatar has really come to an end.

  Especially when the Gulf Stadium, 974 Stadium, Janub Stadium, and Atumama Stadium, which have been visited many times, have completed their World Cup missions one after another, the meaning of parting is even stronger.

Chinanews reporter Bian Liqun is in front of the Khalifa International Stadium.

  To be honest, before this trip to Qatar, I had quite a headache.

As a reporter who reports on Chinese football all the year round, how should I report on a World Cup without the Chinese team?

  But after coming here, I found that this is not a big problem.

Because there are so many things in football that can arouse people's empathy, you can see your own shadow, you will be inspired by the players who are chasing their dreams, and you will also be moved by the pure love and madness of football fans from different countries.

Young fans of the Morocco team in the stands.

  Of course, there is also a sense of loss.

  The more lively the World Cup is, the more lonely Chinese football will be.

However, as a reporter, it was through the on-site coverage of the World Cup that I gained a deeper understanding of football and triggered more thinking, which is very beneficial for reporting on Chinese football in the future.

  At the end of the World Cup, of course, I can’t just be melancholy. I chatted with several Chinese reporters about their feelings about reporting this World Cup. Among them are many senior sports reporters who have been on the front line all year round. Let’s see what they have to say?

Veteran Chinese football reporter Ma Dexing.

Photo by Chinanews reporter Bian Liqun

Ma Dexing

Senior Chinese football reporter

The 7th live coverage of the World Cup

  What impressed me the most in this World Cup was when Argentina played against Saudi Arabia, because the Saudi team has changed so much.

The national football team played against Saudi Arabia in the top 12 of the world preliminaries. I felt that their style of play was soft at the time, but after 8 or 9 months, they played against Argentina. I did not expect the style of play to become so hard, especially in terms of physical confrontation. I don't know this team anymore, and I don't understand this change.

  Watching the Saudi team, I was thinking that if Chinese football does not have a body as a foundation, it will not only have a gap with world football, but also Asian football.

But looking at the physical condition and game rhythm of our current domestic players, there is really nothing to say.

  World football is developing very fast. To be pessimistic, I may not see much hope for Chinese football in my lifetime.

It's not that footballers don't work hard, but that our understanding and understanding of football is getting farther and farther.

Senior sports reporter Zhang Nan (right) photo courtesy of the interviewee

Zhang Nan

Senior Sports Reporter

The 4th live coverage of the World Cup

  I feel that there are a lot fewer Chinese journalists in this World Cup than before.

In addition, when I reported the World Cup and the European Cup on the spot, there were workbenches, so I didn’t encounter many seats.

At the beginning of the World Cup in Russia, I encountered seats, which is understandable, because there are more and more global media, and it is also to ensure that everyone can enter the stadium.

The seating area was also good at the time, right behind the coach's bench.

  But this World Cup, what I can't accept is that the seating area is with the fans, which really affects the work, because there is no state to work.

Another feeling is that in the era of integrated media and new media, many foreign journalists are also text reporters, but a considerable number of them have started to report in the form of video. This is a good attempt.

Senior sports reporter Ying Hongxia.

Photo provided by the interviewee

Ying Hongxia

Senior Sports Reporter

The third live coverage of the World Cup

  I have been in the business for more than 20 years, have been following Japanese football, and have written monographs, so I have many professional observations on Japanese football.

In so many years, Japanese football entered the World Cup for the 7th time, and it was also the 3rd time I watched how they hit the goal of the quarter-finals. Although this time they still fell to 16 and entered 8, but it will be a matter of time before they enter the quarter-finals. The strength has arrived.

  In the 4-year cycle, our National Football Association is pushing back.

But on the other hand, 4 years have passed in Japanese football, and I have learned a lot since the last 2:3 loss to Belgium.

  Speaking of the feelings of reporting this World Cup, I generally feel that from the perspective of content creators, the environment of our sports media is relatively sad, and the demand for professional content has dropped sharply.

Sometimes I doubt myself, is such professional and in-depth content worth it?

Do you really need to stick to it?

There is a good chance that this will be my last World Cup live coverage.

Qin Youxia, a senior German football media person.

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Qin Youxia

Senior German football media person

The second live coverage of the World Cup

  What impressed me the most was the match between Germany and Japan. When they encountered difficulties, they couldn't stick together like before.

The German team failed to qualify for the two consecutive World Cup group matches, and in addition to the last 16 European Cups, the results of the 3 UEFA Europa League were also very dismal.

It can be said that Germany is no longer a football powerhouse, and it has reached a stage that requires deep thinking.

  From the feeling of the report, it may be because it is the first time to host the World Cup in the northern hemisphere winter, so I feel that there are not as many fans as before, and the atmosphere of the stadium is also average.

Moreover, the schedule of this World Cup is relatively intensive, and I do feel a little tired as a reporter.

Although the distance between the eight courses is not very far, and you can even run two games a day, there are some humanities missing.

  For example, in the 2018 World Cup, we can stay in a city for 2 or 3 days to collect folk songs and combine humanities with football, but this time it will be difficult.

Sports industry reporter Cao Siqi (right).

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Cao Siqi

Sports Industry Reporter

First live coverage of the World Cup

  Up to now, I still feel very fresh and have aroused a lot of curiosity, wanting to know more about the World Cup.

I think whether it is Chinese football or our Chinese media reporters, we must go to the scene more and have the most direct contact with sports events.

  At the scene, your eyes will see a lot of more real things. Maybe we see the Japanese team and Morocco playing good results, and we are thinking about how to learn Chinese football, but I think it is better to experience it from the perspective of witnesses before learning. , to see what their thinking is, and then talk about whether they can learn and how to learn.

If there is a chance, I still hope that Chinese football and Chinese media will be on the scene more and experience more.

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