This time the World Cup is held, in order to make it easier for fans from all over the world to enter Russia to watch the game, the Russian Organizing Committee specially issued FAN ID, which is a fan ID card.
As long as you have this fan ID card, you can travel to and from Russia without a visa multiple times during the World Cup, or stay in Russia.
So starting from June 1st, fans from all over the world have been entering Russia, sightseeing and waiting for the World Cup to start.
The largest number of them are Chinese fans. According to statistics from the Russian Immigration Department, there are nearly 200,000 Chinese tourists entering Russia.
On June 12, FIFA announced the global ticket sales details for this World Cup in Russia.
So far, of the 2,509,527 tickets sold around the world, 2,208.07 million tickets have been sold to China, which shows how fanatical Chinese fans are.
At noon on the day of the opening ceremony on June 14, the first World Cup interview team led by Wei Bowen received their FAN ID from the Moscow World Cup Fan Center and just walked out of the hall, and suddenly felt a little confused.
Seeing that most of the compatriots around him had black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin, Wei Bowen couldn't help but feel like he was in China.
Seeing groups of twos and threes smiling happily and humming songs, or fan teams from various provinces and cities walking through the streets singing the national anthem, Wei Bowen had a heartfelt smile on his face.
He hasn't felt this feeling for a long time!
In previous World Cups, Chinese fans have always been spectators.
But today, we are participants and will devote ourselves to the stage of this world.
Perhaps this group of lovely fans will let fans around the world see how terrifying the war cries and drums from the East can be this year.
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Time passed amidst the hustle and bustle of fans from all over the world, and finally reached the time point that millions of fans have been waiting for.
Moscow local time 17:30, BJ time 22:30.
At the Luzhniki Stadium, amid bursts of melodious music and cheers from hundreds of thousands of fans inside and outside the stadium, the 2018 World Cup in Russia officially opened.
The live broadcast channels in various countries were also connected on time at this moment.
"CCTV, CCTV, viewers, good evening!"
"With the melodious music at the scene, the opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has officially begun."
"We are now bringing you the opening ceremony of the World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, followed by the opening match between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia at 11 o'clock BJ time."
The camera turned and cut to Liu Jiayuan and Xu Yang who were commenting on the scene in the commentary stand at the highest point of the stand.
"The first round of the group matches will last from today to June 19, and our Chinese team's match is the fifth, at 18:00 BJ time on June 16, the opponent is France."
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Not long after, the opening ceremony music and opera performance ended, and the Russian and Saudi players appeared on the stage under the leadership of the referee.
After playing the national anthem, shaking hands, picking sides, etc., all the pre-game procedures are completed.
With the whistle of the referee Pitana from Argentina, the opening match of the 2018 World Cup officially started, which also means that the four-year World Cup global feast has begun.
In Moscow, at the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, Lippi summoned all the players to watch the game together. He hoped that all the players could become familiar with and adapt to this heated game atmosphere as soon as possible.
A Super Cup match like this, which ended in just one month, required not only the skills and tactics of both sides, but also the players' ability to withstand pressure and adapt.
In all previous World Cups, teams that were favorites to win were defeated by the recognized underdogs in the group and failed to qualify. The reason was that the opponent entered the match state faster and had stronger adaptability.
"Hey, who do you think has a greater chance of winning, the Bears or the Old Man?" Bai Lele, who was sitting on the left side of Mo Yang in the front row, raised his elbow and poked Mo Yang.
"Russia and Saudi Arabia have no chance!" Mo Yang said without any hesitation.
In Russia's lineup, less than half of the players have played against him in the Champions League. Mo Yang doesn't know the Russian team, but he knows these players and almost all of them have the ability to gain a foothold in the five major leagues.
Of course, the national team and the club are still very different, and it depends on the on-the-spot performance.
But Mo Yang felt that Russia, as the host country, had almost all the advantages in this game, and the president came to the scene to cheer them on. This morale bonus was extremely terrifying.
On the field, the game has been going on for ten minutes. During this period, the pace of the game is very fast and the confrontation is unprecedentedly fierce.
Russia, in particular, has vividly demonstrated the ferocity of a fighting nation.
However, the referee Pitana's penalty standards seemed to be a bit loose, resulting in both teams that committed frequent fouls not receiving yellow cards.
Everyone was stunned, even Mo Yang was no exception. He often felt pain for those tumbling players.
"Damn it, much crueler than those notorious villains in the Premier League!" Bai Lele said to himself with his eyes wide open.
Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Lippi looked around and was very satisfied. He stood up directly and clapped his hands. After all the players looked towards him, Lippi pointed at the LCD TV and solemnly said: "This is the World Cup.
, if you cannot adapt to this stage in a short period of time, you will be eliminated."
"Here, every team's desire to win has reached its peak, because they bear the honor of the entire country!"
"Here, every mistake may determine the team's final fate. In this fierce competition, even superstars like Ronaldo and Messi have no chance to make up for their mistakes!"
"The best way to make amends is not to make mistakes! Never make mistakes!"
After finishing speaking, Lippi sat back, and Mo Yang, who temporarily acted as a translator, translated Lippi's words to everyone.
Just as Mo Yang was translating, the first goal of the World Cup arrived.
In the 11th minute of the game, Russia got its third corner kick on the left.
Russian left back Zhirkov took a corner kick and directly looked for center back Kutpov who was advancing forward.
But Zhirkov's corner kick was too close to the goal post. As a result, Kutpov was blocked by two Saudi players and had no direct angle to attack the goal. He had to jump up and hit the ball back to the rib area.
Golovin jumped up on the left side of the penalty area and used his chest to remove the ball. After landing, he ran towards the wing.
After taking the ball out of the penalty area, he saw Zhirkov retreating along the sideline to receive the corner kick. He suddenly pushed the ball over, then turned around and ran towards the rib area.
Zhirkov saw that the Saudi player was brought out by Golovin and the rib area was empty. He immediately understood Golovin's intention, paused for a moment, and suddenly passed the ball back.
Golovin once again got the ball in the rib area. Before the Saudi players came out to cover the position in the penalty area, he calmly adjusted and took off his foot at an angle of 45 degrees and passed the ball into the Saudi Arabian penalty area again.
In the penalty area, from behind, Saudi Arabia made a fatal mistake.
Their late defense missed someone!
Let the Russian midfielder Gasinski take off calmly and hammer the ball directly into the goal.
The moment the goal was scored, the entire Luzhniki Stadium was like an erupting volcano, and a deafening cheer rose into the sky.
"The ball has been scored! The first goal of this World Cup!"
Liu Jiayuan and Xu Yang in the stands also shouted, looking particularly excited.
Mo Yang and the others looked at each other in confusion.
This simple second-attack goal directly confirms what Lippi said, one mistake will cost you your life!
At this moment, everyone felt huge pressure in their hearts, thinking of their usual tooth-ache-inducing mistakes in games.