Chapter 474 Su Dong's Surprise

The outbreak of the phone-gate incident caused a strong earthquake around the world.

Although Serie A's performance in the Champions League has not been as good as before in recent years, the title of "Little World Cup" is still well-known.

Juventus, AC Milan and other top teams are still the targets of stars from all over the world.

But now, with the outbreak of the Calciopoli scandal, Serie A has fallen into complete turmoil.

First, the recording of Moggi manipulating the referee was released, and then more and more people were involved, and more and more teams were involved, including AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina, and even Inter Milan.

This immediately caused the entire Serie A league to fall into panic.

At this critical moment, Shevchenko was announced to transfer to Chelsea for a high price of 50 million euros.

Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport used the word "escape" to describe Shevchenko's transfer, believing that the Ukrainian nuclear warhead saw the current situation in Serie A and was eager to escape to Chelsea.

As more and more information was disclosed, government agencies began to intervene and investigated Juventus' finances. As a result, it was found that there were problems in Juventus' past 41 transfers, including the century transfer of Zidane to Real Madrid.

This once again aroused strong attention from all over the world.

Scandals bring with them panic.

After Shevchenko moved to Chelsea, other Serie A stars, including Veron, have also considered leaving, especially Juventus, where many stars, including head coach Capello, are looking for their next club.

Other teams in the four major leagues are also paying attention to the Calciopoli scandal in Serie A, especially the situation at Juventus.

The Zebras' lineup is quite luxurious. Ibrahimovic, Nedved, Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Emerson, Vieira, Thuram... many stars are top players in Europe. If Juventus is really punished and relegated, these players will inevitably leave the Zebras, which is bound to trigger pursuit from other European giants.

Vieira, for example, has been linked with Manchester United and Arsenal and is likely to move back to the Premier League.

Zambrotta has attracted attention from Real Madrid, Barcelona and AC Milan.

Czech iron man Nedved is the most loyal. He said that if the team is really punished and relegated, he will choose to retire.

It can be said that Juventus has long been in disarray and in chaos.

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While the Calciopoli scandal in Serie A was raging, Chelsea, who had just lost in the Champions League final, was reaping huge profits in the transfer market.

In order to make up for the impact of the defeat in the Champions League final, Abramovich not only spent 50 million euros to dig Shevchenko from AC Milan, but also signed German midfield core Ballack from Bayern Munich on a free transfer and signed young player Kalou from Feyenoord.

Among them, Ballack's annual salary is the same as Shevchenko, both 10 million euros.

The addition of two superstars makes Chelsea's lineup look more dazzling. Both Shevchenko and Ballack are superstars with strong offensive capabilities, which will greatly make up for the offensive shortcomings in Chelsea's lineup.

So much so that after the accumulation of big-name stars, the Daily Mail, which is close to Chelsea, began to loudly declare that the team would challenge for the Champions League title in the new season.

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After Su Dong signed a contract extension with Barcelona in Spain, he entrusted all other details to Mendes and Ma Dawei. He himself set off from Barcelona to France to meet his parents and Wang Chuqing.

After playing in France for a few days, Su Dong and his four companions went to Munich, Germany, and were invited to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup.

This was the invitation Beckenbauer made to Su Dong in person after the Champions League final, and a week before the opening ceremony, a dedicated person was responsible for communicating and coordinating with Su Dong and taking care of the food, lodging and travel for him and his family during their stay in Germany.

The German organizers put a lot of effort into the opening ceremony of this World Cup, inviting more than 170 former World Cup champions who are still alive to come to the scene to add to the fun, making the entire German World Cup opening ceremony a gathering of superstars.

Among the many guests, Su Dong was the most special.

Because he is an active player and has won the Footballer of the Year award for two consecutive years, but he cannot play in the World Cup or even join the national team, which makes him a unique sight in the stands.

Especially when the opening ceremony of the World Cup was broadcast domestically, the camera was focused on Su Dong for a long time.

The commentator mentioned with regret more than once that if the national team had Su Dong, they would also be able to participate in the World Cup, and Su Dong would not have to sit in the stands.

When all the media were photographing Su Dong, they naturally noticed Wang Chuqing, who was sitting next to Su Dong and was pretty. Although Su Dong's parents were between them, they were still noticed by those who were paying attention.

The entire opening ceremony was very grand and the scene was very grand, especially when the more than 170 surviving members of the World Cup champion team lined up and walked into the stadium, it caused a sensation in the audience.

The opening ceremony reached its climax when Beckenbauer appeared, and the whole audience was cheering "Caesar".

Su Dong feels that in fact, many fans in China underestimate Beckenbauer's influence.

As the only two football kings recognized by FIFA, Beckenbauer's status and influence in world football are not inferior to Pele, and even surpass Pele. This is because Pele looks more like a mascot, but Beckenbauer's skills and influence are real.

Without Beckenbauer, Germany would not have been able to host this World Cup.

"There's an old saying that goes, 'If you don't return to your hometown when you're rich and powerful, it's like walking in fine clothes at night!" Looking at the momentum created by Beckenbauer, his father Su Wenjie suddenly let out a long sigh.

Su Dong heard it, but didn't know what to say.

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The opening match is between Germany and Costa Rica.

The strength of the two teams is not at the same level. Not long after the start of the game, Germany scored the first goal for the German team with a long shot from Lahm that penetrated the Costa Rican goal.

This goal also completely ignited the fanatical atmosphere at the Allianz Arena.

The two teams then had a fierce match, and in the end Germany defeated Costa Rica 4-2 and won the opening match.

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After participating in the opening game, Su Dong did not leave Germany, but continued to stay in Munich and travel around with his parents.

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Wang Chuqing has been in Munich for many years and is very familiar with everything here. She volunteered to act as a tour guide and take them around.

Both Su Dong and his son are football fans, so they naturally would not miss the exciting game.

Although they did not watch every game, they would watch the live broadcast of any exciting match, and Wang Chuqing would always be there to accompany them.

Three days after the opening match, Su Dong and his four teammates went to nearby Stuttgart to watch the match between France and Switzerland. As a result, the French team led by Zidane tied 0-0 with Sweden, which made Su Dong very disappointed.

Originally, Su Dong wanted to watch Argentina's game, but unfortunately, Argentina's games were all in the north, and the farthest one was in Hamburg, which was too far, so he gave up and watched the live broadcast instead.

On the contrary, it was the match between Portugal and Iran that Su Dong went to Frankfurt to cheer for Ronnie on the spot.

Portugal beat Iran 2-0, with Rooney scoring a penalty.

"Ronnie, you're so handsome! I love you!"

When the game was over, Su Dong saw Ronnie about to walk back to the player tunnel and suddenly shouted loudly.

Ronnie had his head down, but suddenly he heard someone calling his name and saying "I love you" to him. He was so scared that he quickly raised his head. When he saw it was Su Dong, he gave him the middle finger, but he was smiling from ear to ear.

He still clearly remembered that when Su Dong represented Sporting CP in the game, he and Jose Semedo shouted like this. He didn't expect that Su Dong would come over to cheer for him now.

This brat didn't even tell me beforehand what kind of surprise was he planning? ...

After the game, Su Dong went to the Portugal national team's hotel to meet with Ronaldo, Figo, Deco and others.

This should be the happiest time for Carvalho, Ferreira and others when meeting Su Dong.

Because they don't have to be enemies with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Su Dong felt that his best friend's performance was not particularly good, as he did not fully demonstrate his level and threat.

"You're not even as good as Figo!" Su Dong said bluntly.

Ronnie also realized it and put his arm around Su Dong's shoulder, "I've been adjusting recently, and I believe things will get better and better in the future."

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As expected, in the subsequent games, Ronnie performed better and better. After helping Portugal advance from the group stage, he defeated the Netherlands in the knockout stage and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

In addition, Su Dong also went to watch Messi's game. He came on as a substitute in the 75th minute of Argentina's 6-0 victory over Serbia and Montenegro and scored the last goal, but his performance was still not as good as when he was in Barcelona.

Later, in the round of 16 knockout match against Mexico, Messi came on as a substitute again and scored a goal, helping Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 and successfully advance to the quarterfinals.

Su Dong kept following his best friends' games, and he couldn't get enough of watching them. At the same time, he was very envious of his two best friends for being able to play in the World Cup.

Another team he was concerned about, Spain, was invincible in the group stage, winning three games in a row, but was defeated by France in the round of 16.

Although Aragones adopted a 4-3-3 formation, the combination of Raul, Torres and Villa in the frontcourt lacked threat, and the combination of Fabregas, Xavi and Xavi Alonso in the midfield also had problems.

This also caused controversy from the outside world, after all, Barcelona had just won the treble.

The midfield combination of Xavi, Iniesta and Marcos Senna performed very well and should have continued their excellent performance at Barcelona in the national team, but Xavi became the main player while Iniesta and Marcos Senna became substitutes, which was surprising.

So much so that after Spain was eliminated by the French team, the Spanish media were questioning Aragones's deployment of the team.

Su Dong, who was in Germany, did not pay attention to all this. After watching the round of 16 knockout match, he went to Gelsenkirchen to watch the quarter-final knockout match between England and Portugal.

(End of this chapter)