What Li Feixiang said was absolutely true. A goal was worth billions. Yun Sheng even felt that he had said too little.
In the 2002 World Cup qualifying match, Beckham scored an extremely valuable equalizing free kick in stoppage time. The goal here allowed them to draw with Greece and enter the 2002 World Cup as the first in the group.
After the game, some English media estimated that the goal was worth at least one billion!
What would be the consequences if that game and that goal were not scored?
The losing England may have to participate in the play-offs as second in the group. Their opponent is the Ukrainian team led by Shevchenko!
Playing away in the icy and snowy Ukraine, England is extremely difficult and dangerous!
But it was because of Beckham's goal that the England team successfully landed, not only locking in a spot in the World Cup, but also making Beckham shortlisted for the top three of the World Footballer that year!
So from a commercial value perspective, that free kick is worth more than one billion? Billions are not a problem!
The Premier League is extremely commercial, and all England internationals are from the Premier League. Therefore, no matter FIFA, sponsors, or football media, no one wants the England team to miss the World Cup.
As for the World Cup itself, Beckham, the most popular player in world football at that time, can also bring extremely high popularity to the World Cup. Just look at how popular David's Mohawk haircut was during the 2002 World Cup. Even Hong Kong star Andy Lau imitated Beckham's hairstyle in "Infernal Affairs" at the time, which shows how influential he was.
The situation of the Chinese national team is basically the same now.
Since 2002, FIFA has expressed its expectations for the Chinese team in public numerous times, hoping that the Chinese team can enter the World Cup.
A country with one-fifth of the world's population did not qualify for the World Cup. It is a pity for the Chinese team rather than a pity for the World Cup.
In the parallel world of later generations, there was even an astonishing introduction of harsh conditions for the qualifiers that netizens joked about, "The whole of Asia is helping the Chinese team"...
In this era, the strength of the Chinese national team has improved rapidly, and many players are playing in top European leagues, especially the world-class star combination of Arsenal's Chinese Musketeers, which has made FIFA take a high look at the Chinese national team.
Especially in terms of online support for this game, the Chinese team has the absolute upper hand. With a support rate of 78%, the Chinese team has become the more popular team.
As for the sponsors of the Chinese national team, the sponsors of the clubs where the Chinese players belong, the personal sponsors of the Chinese players, as well as the commercial activities of the Chinese domestic football industry, they are even more looking forward to the smooth advancement of the Chinese national team.
If you calculate it carefully, one goal is worth more than ten billion.
The game has now reached the 90th minute, and two minutes of injury time are passing.
After the three Chen Tao chatted for a few words, they quickly began to prepare to take the free kick.
The three people in the live broadcast room, the fans in the stands of Helong Stadium, and the fans in front of hundreds of millions of Chinese TV sets all held their breaths and did not dare to express their anger. They were afraid that the sound of their anger would be too loud and affect the Chinese players' free throws; they were even more afraid of being too angry. The force caused by the blowing wind interfered with the flight angle of the ball.
Everyone knows how important this goal is, and Chen Tao naturally knows it too.
At this time, Chen Tao, Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin looked at each other again, and Zheng Zhi whispered: "Xiao Chen, if you score this goal, I will give you the captain's armband!"
Chen Tao waved his hand: "I can't afford this. Captain, you should wear it."
Hao Junmin whispered: "Otherwise, I can give you my vice-captain."
Chen Tao smiled slightly and said nothing more.
The three of them stepped back and prepared for free throws.
At this time, the Yunsheng trio in the live broadcast room had already stood up. They stared closely at the three players who were preparing to take free throws without daring to blink.
However, as a professional host, Li Feixiang still did not forget his job, and his voice could not help but tremble.
"Now there are three Chinese players standing in front of the ball. The captain of the Chinese team Zheng Zhi, the vice-captain of the Chinese team Hao Junmin, and the top star of the Chinese team Chen Tao. These three people are all top-notch in free kicks. Whoever takes the kick will There is a certain degree of certainty.”
"Zheng Zhi takes a slow approach, is he the one taking the penalty?"
"Hao Junmin suddenly accelerated, so Zheng Zhi was just covering up?"
"Hao Junmin ran past the ball. He was not the taker! But the Uruguayan wall did not move! They were not fooled by Hao Junmin!"
"Chen Tao has also sped up! He is faster than Zheng Zhi!"
"This time the Uruguayans made a move! Their wall jumped quickly! It seems they guessed that Chen Tao would take the penalty!"
"Chen Tao shot! It was indeed him! The ball bypassed the wall and went straight into the far corner of the goal!"
"The ball went in!!!"
"The ball is in!!!!!!"
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The ball shot by Chen Tao bypassed the top of Uruguay's leftmost wall and went straight into the dead center of the goal. Although the Uruguayan goalkeeper tried his best to save the ball, the ball was extremely fast and he could not touch the ball. His body was still in the air and his ears were The crazy cheers in He Long Stadium have been heard.
Li Feixiang was ecstatic in the live broadcast room, and the fans at the scene were also going crazy!
"Chen Tao!!!!!!"
Tens of thousands of fans shouted Chen Tao's name! Cheers resounded through the sky!
Their beloved team scored a crucial goal!
This is a goal that can go down in history!
Now the game has become 4 to 2! The total score in the two rounds was 5 to 4!
As long as they persist for one more minute, they will be able to participate in the World Cup for the second time!
All players and fans are full of confidence and firmly believe that nothing will go wrong!
After enduring such hardships, how could trouble still occur? !
While celebrating the goal, Zheng Zhi shouted to his teammates and asked everyone to participate in defense!
"There's one minute left, we haven't succeeded yet! Hold on for one more minute! Hold on!"
Now Uruguay is going crazy! After they restarted the kick, even the goalkeeper was on top!
The midfield was full of people, and the Chinese players were no longer afraid of being booked. They started to steal the ball with their feet and did not let the ball get close to the penalty area!
Two minutes of injury time had passed, but the referee considered that the Chinese team had just spent some time celebrating the goal, so the stoppage time was delayed again.
The Chinese fans in the stands burst into boos, and these boos were all directed at the referee!
Even though they were full of confidence, all the fans were still unsure until the last minute.
At this time, Suarez received a pass from midfield, and he suddenly turned around and accelerated past Jiang Zhipeng! Straight into the restricted area!
But the next second, he was severely knocked down by Zhang Linpeng who was rushing towards him!
Suarez quickly climbed up and protested loudly, but the referee was unmoved and signaled the game to continue!
The referee did not give a free kick. This was a reasonable collision!
This ball was obviously Suarez looking for a foul outside the penalty area. After all, they only need one goal to come back again.
Otherwise, with Suarez's strong body, how could he be knocked down by Zhang Linpeng so easily?
At this time, injury time is still continuing...
