There is a belief called football

Chapter 133 The Team Arrived in Seoul
November 11 is the day of the second round of the AFC Champions League final, and the Guangzhou Tianbao team arrived in Seoul ahead of schedule on the 21th.

As soon as we got out of the airport, there was a double sky of fire and ice waiting for Guangzhou Tianbao. On one side were people wearing red jerseys and holding five-star red flags. Obviously those were fans from China, or overseas students or overseas Chinese.

On the other side was a group of people wrapped in white turbans, like a funeral. It is said that the last time this happened in Seoul was when the radical people boycotted the entry of American beef into South Korea.

Obviously these people are the radical fans of Seoul FC, and their purpose is also obvious, which is to make Guangzhou Tianbao players feel sick, but the anti-riot police on the scene maintained the order very well, so that those Guangzhou Tianbao supporters did not conflict with each other.

In fact, not only China attaches great importance to this game, but South Korea is also looking forward to it. With the influx of petrodollars into the Middle East, the champions of the AFC Champions League in recent years have come from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Middle Eastern rich football countries.

Therefore, although the Koreans have won the AFC Champions League, it was a long time ago. They are also determined to win this championship. All Seoulites hope that this championship can stay in South Korea. It is said that the Seoul City Government has prepared a grand fireworks display on the night of November 11, and it will be set off during the championship parade after the Seoul FC match.

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After Stan came to Seoul, he changed his aggressiveness in Yokohama and suddenly became very low-key. Apart from leading the team to the "Seoul World Cup Stadium" for training, Stan did not appear in the media's footage, nor did he accept any media interviews.

What Stan did made the local media in Seoul very uncomfortable. Ever since Stan’s "big mouth incident" at the press conference in Yokohama, the local media in Seoul held their breath and wanted to find fault with Stan when Stan came.

That is to say, after Stan spat someone, he left without giving people a chance to retweet. Anyone who has played Weibo knows that this is very poisonous.

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On November 11th, Li Qiao's parents and Lobarov's family came to Seoul one after another. Li Qiao's family and Diana arrived in the afternoon, and the Lobarovs expected to arrive in the evening.

It was inconvenient for Li Qiao to pick them up because of his training mission, so the club arranged staff to pick them up at the airport.

Li Qiao was very excited when he saw his parents. The last time Li Qiao went home, he told his mother that he was going to fight with the team and had no time to go home. Li’s mother thought Li Qiao was joking, but she didn’t expect the football player to be so busy. In a blink of an eye, she hadn’t seen her son for several months.

Diana separated after she came back from Munich last time, but Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and the two miss each other very much.

Li's mother saw her son as if she was seeing a baby, she kept holding Li Qiao's hand and rubbing it. Of course, Li Qiao also missed her parents, but because of the competition, she didn't have much time to go back to her hometown in Jinhua, and her parents couldn't come to see him like Diana did, so she saw him less.

Li Qiao gave his parents and Diana three Guangzhou Tianbao jerseys and three five-star red flags with a size of one square meter.

Li Qiao couldn't leave, and it was very dangerous for his parents to go shopping by themselves. At this time, Diana took the initiative to take on this task. She took Li Qiao's parents to eat, drink and have fun, so as to ensure that Li Qiao would not be affected before the finals.

Facing the considerate Diana, Li Qiao was really grateful in his heart.

After making arrangements for his parents, Li Qiao's heart suddenly started to pound. He was looking forward to Lobarov's arrival. If Li Shan is the father who gave Li Qiao life, then Lobarov is the father who gave Li Qiao football life.

On the other hand, Li Qiao always felt that he was indebted to Mr. Lobarov. Although the football world is very common, the relationship between Beckham and Ferguson used to be as close as father and son, but the flying shoe in the locker room brought the relationship between the two men to the end of more than ten years.

After dinner, Li Qiao stayed in the lobby of the hotel. The environment of the semi-open lobby is very nice, and you can see the outside of the hotel from here.

The coffee cup in front of Li Qiao was already empty, the waiter came over and asked many times if he wanted to refill the cup, and the answer he got was - no.

Finally, a black BMW drove up from a distance. Li Qiao knew that it was a car arranged by the club. He stood up, sorted his clothes, and then walked quickly to the main entrance of the lobby.

"Joe, I miss you so much," Ms. Eva who came out first said to Li Qiao.

Ms. Eva was very excited to see Li Qiao. According to the customs of many European countries, Eva gave Li Qiao a face-to-face gift. Originally, the face-to-face gift was to touch the left cheek and the right cheek. It may be too happy, but Eva did it 4 times for the first time.

Just after the face-to-face ceremony, Lobarov also got out of the car. He stood behind Eva. When Li Qiao saw Lobarov, he was so excited that he wanted to cry. He hugged Lobarov and said nothing. Just like this, the two big men hugged each other at the door of the hotel, which aroused the curiosity of the passers-by.

After hugging for nearly 2 minutes, Li Qiao slowly let go of Lobarov. The two looked at each other and smiled. It was Lobarov who said first, "Joe, do you miss Ukraine?"
"Of course, I want to cook with Ms. Eva," Li Qiao said.

Ms. Eva on the side listened to Li Qiao's words, smiled, and said: "When you go back to Kiev when you are not competing, I will do it for you."

Li Qiao nodded vigorously, "After the season", after thinking about it, Li Qiao added, "At Christmas time".

"Okay, then you will come back with Diana," said Eva.

The three came to sit down in the lobby, Li Qiao ordered food and drink, and then the three of them started chatting, Li Qiao talked about his experience in the game and life, and also talked about going to Munich for treatment.

Ms. Eva said something about Eugene. Eugene has retired now and opened a bar with his wife in Germany. Ms. Eva said that obviously Eugene was much happier running a bar than playing football.

Lobarov said something about Dynamo Kiev, and also introduced some things about Li Qiao’s friends. When Li Qiao heard about them, his thoughts flew back to his childhood in Kiev.

After chatting for nearly 2 hours, Li Qiao said embarrassedly, "Tomorrow is the game day, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you."

Then Li Qiao took out the things he had prepared in advance, which were Guangzhou Tianbao's jersey, five-star red flag, and tickets.

"Come on for me," Li Qiao said.

The Lobarovs took what Li Qiao was holding, and Ms. Eva first looked at the jersey, which was number 9 with Li Qiao's name written on it.

"Remember to sign for me after the game," Ms. Eva said.

Li Qiao nodded and said, "Definitely."

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On the evening of November 11st, it was a night with very good weather, but the temperature had reached about 21 degrees. Fortunately, the wind was not strong. After 3 weeks of adaptation, the players were not afraid of these climatic factors.

There are also many Chinese fans who came to watch the away game. The Seoul World Cup Stadium can accommodate 67000 people. There are 13000 official tickets for the Chinese fans. However, it is said that through the black market, Chinese fans bought another 2000 tickets. So in general, about 1 Chinese fans came to the away game to cheer for Guangzhou Tianbao.

Although the Chinese fans are very hardworking, the Red Devils cheerleaders are full of magic in the Korean home court. Before the game starts, the home fans are very loud. Compared with them, the Chinese fans who came from afar are a bit at a disadvantage.

Unsurprisingly, the main tactic used by Korean fans to satirize Chinese fans is still the three words "Koreaphobia". I saw that many Korean fans held up the word "Koreaphobia", or held up the record of China-Korea confrontation, how many victories South Korea has won, and so on.

It's like when Manchester United met Liverpool in the 90s, Liverpool fans always held up the number "18", which is the number of times Liverpool won the top league, to satirize Manchester United's failure to win the championship.

Of course, when Manchester United meets Liverpool now, no fans will do this anymore, because the number of times Manchester United has won the top league has surpassed Liverpool.

So the three words of Korean-phobia are like Liverpool's 18 back then. If Chinese fans want to step on this shame, it is not by complaining, not by complaining about Koreans, but by their performance on the football field.

Stan didn't arrange any tactics in the locker room. The team's style of play had already been formed. Except for Qi Bing's replacement for Sun Jihai, and Li Weifeng's suspension, the other positions were exactly the same as the team's recent main lineup.

But Stan specifically talked about the origin of the three words "Koreaphobia". In order to take care of non-Asian players, such as Recoba and Konka, Stan also deliberately explained with the examples of Manchester United and Liverpool.

After Nei Kenan swears, the teammates laughed instead, saying, "Nei Kenan is right, you should X Seoul FC in the venue."

Stan saw that he had achieved the effect he wanted, so he opened the door and said: "Boys, come on, let me take care of the first half, remember we need an away goal, one goal is enough."

Everyone was excited, and they echoed Stan and said, "Understood, boss".

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