Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 542 Ignites the Domestic Situation
After Shan Yongzhuo scored his fifth goal of the match with a header, Chinese fans watching on television had already started cheering.

This match garnered significant attention, with bars, restaurants, night markets, and even KTVs and cinemas across the country arranging live broadcasts of it.

Many people did not stay at home, but instead gathered at these places to watch the game with others.

Now, they are all hugging each other tightly, celebrating their hard-won victory. The game is over, and the Chinese team has won 5-0 against the Japanese team away from home.

This is quite different from the 1-0 victory over Oman that secured their qualification back then. In that match, Oman could have equalized at any moment, making it a very nerve-wracking game.

In this match, the Chinese team, or rather Shan Yongzhuo, was completely invincible. With a godlike performance, they utterly destroyed the Japanese team's defense, leaving the Japanese team with no hope whatsoever.

Such a huge gap in strength led to a crushing defeat, and even the Japanese players looked at Shan Yongzhuo with eyes full of helplessness and fear.

They simply had no way to deal with this opponent!

The scene of fans celebrating wildly was captured and recorded by television stations across the country. These will not only become news material, but will also become a precious record of China's football team's second appearance in the World Cup finals.

Years later, when it is released as a documentary, it will allow people to cherish this precious moment.

The Chinese fans in the footage were in tears and beaming with joy; this day had been hard-won.

On the internet.

Shan Yongzhuo has been completely deified.

In the past, no matter how well or how outstanding Shan Yongzhuo performed, even if he won the Asian Cup, there were still some haters who criticized him, although the number was small.

At this moment, the internet is filled with worship.

Fans are actually quite aware of the situation of the Chinese team.

The people are still the same, and their strength is just that.

The fundamental reason why he was able to do all this was because of Shan Yongzhuo's unreasonable goal.

The goal made everything simple.

It's fair to say that China's qualification for the World Cup finals was largely due to Shan Yongzhuo's carry performance; the other players were essentially just carried to victory.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Let's all just brag about it online.

In the past few days, the slogan "Brother Dan is awesome" has been seen everywhere on various portal websites, QQ groups, and live streaming rooms.

Many people are already planning their trip to Brazil next year.

"Will we finally be able to experience the World Cup live as a fan of one of the participating teams this time?"

This topic continues to generate heated discussions online.

The person who brought all this to fruition, Shan Yongzhuo, has also seen his memes rapidly updated and become increasingly popular online.

"I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but everyone here is trash.JPG"

"Yes, I am God.JPG"

"You've already lost.JPG"

"..."

The internet is buzzing with excitement, with everyone using every possible method to unleash their emotions, keeping the buzz high.

The World Cup finals have always been the ultimate goal for Chinese football. Winning the World Cup is simply unrealistic; even qualifying from the group stage is not something to be dreamed of. Just participating in the finals is enough for everyone. Every World Cup receives extensive coverage from Chinese media, on a scale comparable to the Olympics, and garnering far more attention.

However, it's important to know that the Chinese team is mostly ineligible to participate in the finals of this tournament.

To date, they have only participated in the World Cup once, in 2002, which ended in a disappointing three-game losing streak without scoring a single goal.

It's hard to find an example in the world of a tournament that receives such widespread attention even without a domestic team participating.

Football is indeed the world's number one sport, but if your own country's team doesn't participate in the World Cup, what does it have to do with you?

This is the opinion of the vast majority of fans worldwide.

But in China, it's a different story.

When watching the World Cup, Chinese fans support different teams: Germany, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Argentina, and others. Strong teams like France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and England also have a large following. Even the Japanese team has a significant number of fans in China.

Some fans even shed tears when their supported teams were eliminated from the World Cup.

When their team wins, they can be as happy as if it were Chinese New Year.

However, this doesn't mean they are worshipping foreign things or fawning over foreigners.

This is the only option we can do, since the national football team is just too disappointing.
Even if the Chinese national football team could consistently qualify for the World Cup finals like the Japanese team and then rely on its strength to reach the round of 16, it wouldn't be in the current situation.

And now, almost the entire majority of these numerous fans have returned.

With the Chinese team making it into the World Cup finals, they once again have something to look forward to. Not to mention, the Chinese team didn't just stumble in by luck; they relied on the overwhelming strength displayed by Shan Yongzhuo, the world's number one star.

Perhaps during the World Cup, they will still support the teams they used to support, but their first choice has returned to the Chinese national team.

The country was in an uproar, and the national football team was also very happy.

However, instead of returning directly to China, they flew directly to Jordan.

There's another away game against Jordan this summer. After that game, I can finally relax.

Shan Yongzhuo also went with the team.

Although he had already qualified, he didn't have to play at all. However, he couldn't let go of the opportunity to accumulate points and crush weaker opponents.

With Shan Yongzhuo on the field, the outcome was naturally a foregone conclusion.

In fact, when the Jordanian team learned that Shan Yongzhuo would be playing again, the whole team was ready to curse.

You've already qualified, can't you give others a chance to survive?

Jordan was initially pleased with their schedule, but Shan Yongzhuo's relentless performance dealt them a heavy blow.

Jordan suffered a predictable 1-4 defeat at home.

Shan Yongzhuo scored a hat trick with near-invincible skill.

The other goal was scored by Gao Lin with a volley.

Although this match is no longer highly regarded, it still garnered considerable attention.

The Chinese team achieved six consecutive victories in the final round of qualifiers, earning 18 points. This not only secured their place in the group but also guaranteed them first place in the knockout stage.

Meanwhile, in Guangzhou, fans had already organized themselves, ready to greet the national team's heroes with their best attitude as the team's plane would eventually land there.

(End of this chapter)