Chapter 31: Influence of Winning
After the game, the whole stadium went crazy.
The 15000 Chinese fans who came to the scene celebrated this historic moment with joy, singing and dancing.
After fifty years of hard work, the harvest is finally coming!
The Nigerian fans next door are also crazy.
They took out coins, mobile phones and mineral water bottles and threw them onto the court frantically.
Some people even started to dismantle the seats. They seemed to think that throwing coins was not enough fun and wanted to throw this big guy in to smash those insect referees to death.
This is not the first time that Nigeria has reached the final of the World Youth Championship. As early as the 1989 World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria had reached the final.
But they lost 0:2 to Portugal in the final and failed to realize their dream of winning the championship.
This time, they met the weak Chinese team from Asia. The whole Nigeria was jubilant and everyone felt that this was the best time for them to reach the top.
However, the cruel reality dealt them a heavy blow. The Chinese team, which they had despised, beat them so badly in the finals that they were at a loss!
1:4的比分，是世青赛决赛历史上第二悬殊的比分，仅次于6年前西班牙4:0日本队的那场。
African teams have reached the final four times and have been defeated four times.
They are still a long way from winning their first World Youth Championship trophy.
At the award ceremony after the game, Lin Feng won the Best Player and Best Scorer awards for his 6 goals in this World Youth Championship and his outstanding performance in the final.
Originally these two honors belonged to Messi, but unfortunately, Messi's team was defeated by the Chinese National Youth Team in the semi-finals and missed the final, so naturally he missed out on these two awards.
However, Messi was not completely without gain. His team defeated Morocco 2:0 in the third place battle. Messi scored a goal and helped the team win the third place in the World Youth Championship.
With this goal, he beat Mikel to win the Silver Boot of the World Youth Championship. Mikel came in third and won the Bronze Boot.
When the awards were being presented to the three people, Messi and Mikel stood on either side of Lin Feng, holding their silver boots and bronze boots, reluctantly.
The two of them forced a smile in front of the camera, but their smile was uglier than crying.
If they had a choice, they really didn't want to come up and receive the award.
Because the guy in the middle is not only tall, but also damn handsome. Compared with him, Messi and Mikel are one short and the other dark, and they are completely defeated in terms of personal image.
The most infuriating thing is that this tall and handsome guy is the winner, which makes people even more uncomfortable!
The photographer didn't care about that and asked the three of them to get closer. He pressed the shutter and took a group photo of the gold, silver and bronze medalists in the World Youth Championship.
After taking the photos and receiving the prize, the other two fled.
Lin Feng returned to the podium that had just been built and raised the silver trophy that symbolized the championship with his teammates!
The lights at the scene were flashing, and countless reporters pressed their shutters to record this historic moment.
This is the first time that an Asian team and also the Chinese team has won the World Youth Championship!
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The news of the Chinese National Youth Team winning the championship was like dropping a bombshell in the football world, bringing huge shock and impact.
Major European media reported the incident as soon as possible.
French "AFP": The Chinese youth team became the biggest dark horse of this World Youth Championship. They defeated strong teams such as Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Nigeria along the way and had the last laugh!
Lin Feng was undoubtedly the biggest winner. He scored a goal and created a penalty in the final, helping the Chinese team win the championship. He also won the top scorer and Golden Ball awards, becoming the most dazzling player in this World Youth Championship.
Perhaps, it's time to put him on the list of candidates for this year's Golden Boy Award. His performance is no worse than the number one favorite Messi, or even better!
Britain's Daily Mail: The Chinese had the last laugh. Although Nigeria's performance was better on the field, the Chinese team won.
Germany's Bild: Lin Feng became the hero of the Chinese team. The young player who plays for Fürth had a perfect performance in this World Youth Championship.
Germany's "Kicker": Scoring 4 goals in 6 games, the supernova of the German Second Division shines on the stage of the World Youth Championship. Bayern Munich may make a move to win this supernova!
The Associated Press of the United States: The scene attracted a total of 25,000 fans, including FIFA President Blatter. As a result, the two teams were more defensive, and frequent fouls and ugly penalties ruined the game...
The American report was a bit sour. They competed with the Chinese team, but they were eliminated in the round of 16, while the Chinese team won the championship.
The shock waves generated by the Chinese national youth team's victory not only shook Europe, but are also sweeping across the world at an extremely fast speed.
The first to bear the brunt of the loss was the Nigerian youth team. In the post-match interview, Nigeria coach Siayasa said that the responsibility for the loss was entirely his and he would submit his resignation to the Nigerian Football Association and resign as head coach.
This result was actually expected by reporters. After all, Nigeria lost so badly in the final and failed to live up to the expectations of the people of the country.
In this situation, someone must stand up and take responsibility for the failure.
In fact, the Nigerian players tried very hard on the field, but unfortunately they were unlucky.
This team still has a very good foundation and has a lot of room for improvement in the future.
Mikel, the core player of the team, was indignant about losing to the Chinese team:
"We are no weaker than our opponents, but luck is not on our side!"
The implication is that the national youth team won the game by luck, which sounds a bit like saying they can't afford to lose.
In order to prove his point, he invited the Chinese team to compete in front of many reporters, challenging them to a duel at the Olympics three years later.
With their strength, it would be easy for them to enter the Olympic Games.
If they are lucky, perhaps in the future they will really meet the Chinese team in the Olympics.
Compared to the Nigerian head coach who resigned with regret, the head coach of the National Youth Team, Klauschen, was all smiles:
“First of all I want to thank the players for their hard work and I am very satisfied with their performance today.
Our opponent was a strong team that played very hard and had many chances to score goals, but we were the winners in the end because our players were better than them!"
These words were obviously a response to Mikel's outrageous statement that the Chinese national youth team won the game by luck.
The old man rarely praises his players so explicitly, but he is particularly protective of his players and will not allow others to slander his disciples.
In such a happy occasion, someone suddenly asked a very disappointing question:
"Mr. Krauchen, your contract with the Football Association will expire next month. Will you renew it?"
After listening to the reporter's question, Krauchen was silent for a while, then he slowly said:
"I would love to continue coaching this group of players, but the initiative is not mine."
As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar.
The reporters are all smart people, how could they not hear the hidden meaning of Krauchen's words - the Football Association has not renewed the contract with Krauchen yet, and has not even issued an invitation for a consecutive contract.
This shocked and puzzled all the reporters: Krauchen led the team with such outstanding results, what on earth was the Football Association doing? Was it going to get rid of him after he had done his job?
Aren’t you afraid of being scolded and insulted by fans across the country for treating a hero like this?
Or is there some inside story?
Thinking of this, the reporters were like sharks smelling blood. They were extremely excited and couldn't wait to disclose the news immediately.
Their professional sense told them that once this news was reported, it would inevitably cause an uproar in the country.
As expected, after this news was reported, the Football Association was put under fire.
The angry fans cursed the Football Association from top to bottom and cordially greeted their ancestors for generations.
But the Football Association, which has rich experience in being scolded, chose to continue playing dead as usual.
But pretending to be dead doesn't always work.
Just when they were pretending to be dead, the young players of the national youth team collectively spoke out to retain him, hoping that Krauchen would stay and continue coaching.
The backstabbing of the young players of the National Youth Team was like cutting off the fuel supply from under the cauldron, making it impossible for the Football Association to continue to pretend.
In the end, the Football Association had to invite Krauchen to renew his contract, and the two sides renewed the contract for three years, until after the 2008 Olympics!
(End of this chapter)
