When Zhou Yi came to the restaurant to prepare for breakfast, he found that everyone was watching TV, and the TV was playing the scene of him being interviewed by the media yesterday afternoon.

"What are you doing? Do you understand if you don't eat breakfast and watch TV?" Zhou Yi asked behind the crowd.

Everyone turned their heads when they heard his voice, and some people made way for him, so Zhou Yi saw the Portuguese translator of the national team inside.

Because the World Cup is held in Brazil, the common language here is Portuguese. Considering the preparation and training arrangements of the national team here, they need to contact a large number of locals, the Football Association specially equipped the national team with two Portuguese translators, which were found from Brazil. One is an overseas Chinese who has been doing business in Brazil for many years, and the other is a college student studying in Brazil. Both of them are fans and are good at Portuguese and are fully qualified for translation. After the Chinese team came to Brazil, their performance also proved this.

The translator in the crowd is Geng Zhe, the young college student.

He turned his head and saw Zhou Yi, and quickly stood up: "Brother Yi, are you here?"

Although he was older than Zhou Yi, he always called Zhou Yi this way. At first, Zhou Yi felt awkward and didn't let him call him, but he insisted on calling him that, and said that calling him brother had nothing to do with age. Those who are wise are his elders and seniors.

So with his persistence, Zhou Yi could only recognize this "brother"...

"What did Brazilian TV say?" Zhou Yi pointed to the TV and asked Geng Zhe.

"The Brazilian Football Association just issued a statement saying that your remarks are a huge insult to Brazilian football... They said that this issue is a kind of contempt for referees. FIFA is a world-class institution that has been established for a hundred years. During this period, Brazil never goes to do anything wrong, so please... please, uh, respect the Brazilian Football Association." Geng Zhe honestly translated what he said on TV to Zhou Yi. "...You said your words also angered Brazilian fans. When it comes to the game, as long as you get the ball, you may hear huge boos..."

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "I was scared, I thought I was going to ban the game."

After saying that, he turned around and went to pick up breakfast, no longer caring about what was said on the TV.

Seeing that Zhou Yi had left, the other players had no intention of surrounding the TV to listen to Geng Zhe's translation. They all caught up with Zhou Yi and expressed their concerns about this matter.

"Zhouyi, Zhouyi, I have also given you a new nickname in the news, called 'Brazil Public Enemy'..."

"What a broken nickname..." Zhou Yi expressed dissatisfaction with the name.

"The key point is not here, right? The key point is that you may be booed by all Brazilian fans during the game, and that's a lot of pressure..."

"Hi, what a big deal? I thought the egg robbers... I've been used to booing and other things for a long time. Haven't I ever encountered booing in the away game in the league? I didn't have time to play at Lao Yang and his team at home, and my ears were quiet." Zhou Yi laughed. "I don't care about booing and other things for a long time, and there is no pressure or anything else."

Zhou Yi is full of confidence, but there are still people in the Chinese team who are worried about him, hoping that he will not perform abnormally in the face of the crazy situation of Brazilian fans. He is the backbone of the Chinese team. If there is a problem with him, the entire team will have problems.

But Zhou Yi didn't take it seriously at all. He went to breakfast, sat down to eat, and chatted with other teammates.

Until head coach Lippi came, he stood at the door of the restaurant, looked inside, and then walked straight towards the table where Zhou Yi was.

Everyone suddenly became nervous again. The head coach suddenly came to find Zhou Yi. Is he under pressure from the upper level?

Everyone is Chinese. Under the guidance of the official-oriented thinking, even if they are as strong as Lippi, they cannot completely get rid of the leadership and influence of the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports over the Chinese team.

If the Brazilian Football Association makes this matter difficult to FIFA, FIFA will put pressure on the Chinese Football Association. In the end, the Chinese Football Association puts pressure on Lippi. What should I do if I want to take action against Zhou Yi?

Some players who are quick-witted have already thought about how they will face this result if Zhou Yi is defeated by Lippi and the Chinese team loses to Brazil...

Just as time had passed in these people's minds, Lippi walked to Zhou Yi, then pulled open the chair and said to Zhou Yi in English: "I only knew what you said when I saw the news."

"That's not a big deal, right? Besides, my worries make sense." Zhou Yi said. "In the opening game, Brazil vs. Croatia, Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded them a controversial penalty kick, which was a chance for Brazil to overtake the score."

Zhou Yi is telling the truth. When Fred fell in the penalty area, Yuichi Nishimura called on Croatian player Lovren to defeat the Brazilian center, awarded the Brazilian team a penalty kick, and gave Lovren a yellow card. However, it can be clearly seen from the slow motion that Lovren just gently hit Fred's shoulder and there was a tendency to stop, but Yuichi Nishimura still believed that this was a penalty kick.

This penalty made Croatia very dissatisfied. Because if this was a penalty, Alves' previous move to knock down Croatian striker Olic in the penalty area should have been awarded a foul and a penalty kick was given to Croatia.

But Yuichi Nishimura did not say anything, which caused Croatian players to argue with him for a long time.

After the game, Croatia's coach Kovac specifically talked about the controversial penalty: "If anyone here thinks it is a penalty kick, please raise your hand. But I won't raise my hand. Everyone knows it's not a penalty kick. That penalty kick is ridiculous. In any game, it won't be a penalty kick. If that kind of ball is awarded, then we might as well play basketball..."

In the rules of basketball, physical contact is prohibited under the basket. As long as there is physical contact, the referee can be judged for granted.

But football is not so completely forbidden to physical contact. That's why the Croatian coach has such complaints.

Kovac also continued to bombard Yuichi Nishimura: "Will the host's performance affect the performance in the opening game? If the penalty for other teams in the future against Brazil is still the same as the opening game, it will be a disaster. The referees in the opening game need to be more professional and advanced... It is normal to encounter away games in football. I don't want to criticize the referee, but the referee is too ridiculous..."

Although Brazil and Croatia, one is a South American team and the other is a European team, it is normal to find an Asian referee to enforce the law. But in the minds of people with a slight conspiracy theories, the referee's arrangement is still meaningful - there are a large number of Japanese immigrants in Brazil and the descendants of Japanese immigrants, with about one and a half million people. Both countries have very good relations at the civil and government levels.

Japanese football devoted himself to learning Brazilian football and finally became the Samba player in Asian football, and even won the reputation of "Asia Brazil".

So in this opener, there are so many non-South American and European referees who can choose, but in the end they choose a Japanese referee...

It is impossible not to let people have the idea of ​​conspiracy theories.

In addition to the controversial punishment Nishimura Yuichi's game, it makes people think a lot.

Lippi nodded: "It's not a big deal. The only problem is the pressure you have to face. I didn't expect the Brazilian Football Association to issue a special statement... After Kovac said those words, he didn't see the Brazilian Football Association issue a statement. I think they do this to increase pressure and cause some trouble. Since the game against Spain, the whole world has known the importance of you to the Chinese team."

Zhou Yi laughed: "Haha! Maybe it's because I was unfortunate enough to say it? Don't worry, coach, I'm not under pressure, and booing can't cause any trouble for me."

"I know, I know you are a person with a big heart." Lippi felt that Zhou Yi's calmness was not pretending, but that she really didn't take these seriously.

He stopped talking, patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder, then got up and left the seat, and went to find breakfast to eat.

As soon as Lippi left, the other players gathered around to find out what Lippi and Zhou Yi had talked about.

The two of them spoke English throughout the whole process, and not everyone in Chinese team players spoke very well.

"Hi, nothing. You guys look so nervous..." Zhou Yi waved his hand. "We talked about Brazil's referee issues, and they all thought that Brazil was indeed taken care of by the referee. For example, the opening game..."

After Zhou Yi said this, everyone thought of the media's reports on the controversial penalty in that game after the opening game, and suddenly became nervous: "Damn, Brazil will not make any bad things in our game, right?"

Zhou Yi waved his hand again: "I think the possibility is not high. The Brazilian Football Association has issued a statement, and it is so amazing and glorious. If something like the opening match happens in the game, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? So don't worry, since their Football Association has spoken, I think the game should be a normal game at that time."

Lippi was worried that the Brazilian Football Association's statement had caused trouble for Zhou Yi, but in Zhou Yi's view, the Brazilian Football Association's statement helped the Chinese team, at least this game could definitely be played in a relatively fair environment.

He said that at the time, he was not sure whether Brazil would be taken care of by the referee, just to get a vaccination in advance and put ugly words in front of it.

The result was beyond his expectations, because the Brazilian Football Association did not take the lead and issued an official statement directly.

Now when the Chinese team competes with the Brazilian team, it is like holding a sword in the Shangfang.
Chapter completed!