China's World Cup was over.
In the Leipzig World Cup stadium, when Qin Xiong, bare-chested and calm with a hint of stubbornness hidden in his expression, raised his hands above his head and applauded the Chinese fans in the stands, many emotional China fans shed tears.
They could not say whether they shed tears for the pride of China's second World Cup.
Or because the China team was only a little bit away from breaking into the top 16.
Or, they just felt distressed to see Qin Xiong, who was like a god descending from heaven, could only go home!
Qin Xiong straightened his back and left with his head held high. His heroic posture was photographed by countless reporters around him.
Perhaps no one really expected the China team.
So when Qin Xiong took the lead in the World Cup's scoring list with six goals, the whole world was shocked!
Qin Xiong was leaving. The six goals on the scoring list would be fixed on the day the World Cup ended. Others still had a chance to surpass him, and he did not mention anything about his feat of scoring four goals in a single game after the game.
He thanked the fans for their support and said that the national team would continue to work hard and strive for better performance in the future.
Arihan's position became questionable, but he received great support from the locker room, and the whole team publicly expressed their hope that Arihan would stay.
Qin Xiong did not continue to stay in Europe. He returned to Beijing, China with the team. He no longer cared about the World Cup and entered a state of vacation.
In Beijing, an unprecedented scene played out.
Thousands of fans wearing the national team uniform welcomed the return of the national team.
It was like a hero's triumphant return.
China's fans did not ask for much. They did not fall into a huge loss because the China team had three group games again.
New history was made one after another. Goals, points, victories, and the Qin team scored more goals than those world-class strikers!
Indeed, some people would say that Qin Xiong's goals were exaggerated. There was nothing to be proud of at all for scoring four goals against a team like Angola.
But Qin Xiong really did not have the slightest sense of pride.
As for what the outside world said, it was a matter of opinion, and he did not care.
After Qin Xiong returned to Beijing, he temporarily stayed in a hotel with Sylvia.
Then he was caught up in a series of affairs.
The national football team had a World Cup summary meeting to be held in China. Although Qin Xiong did not understand the purpose of such a meeting, he still attended it. After that, he attended the launch of his personal sports brand's new clothing with Sylvia, and then flew to Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the nightclub he invested in with his teammates.
When he returned to Beijing, it was already early July.
The World Cup was in full swing, and more and more teams were leaving.
But the football world did not revolve entirely around the World Cup.
July 2nd, Madrid.
The Real Madrid presidential election came to an end, and Calderón was elected as the new club president by a narrow margin.
Bayern Munich and Inter Milan were in the midst of negotiations with Qin Xiong's team.
In London, Arsenal Football Club announced that they would accept offers from all non-English clubs for Qin Xiong, as long as they were higher than 20 million pounds!
Just over a month ago, Qin Xiong, who had won the league title and the Champions League with the team, officially announced that he would be transferring to a new club in the summer without saying goodbye.
A small number of radical Arsenal fans thought that Qin Xiong was a greedy Judas, burning his jersey outside his apartment and smashing his doors and windows with stones.
But there were also some fans who tirelessly came to Qin Xiong's apartment every day to put up banners with words to persuade him to stay.
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When the World Cup came to an end, Qin Xiong once again came to Germany to attend the World Cup award ceremony in Munich.
Unexpectedly, Qin Xiong was awarded the World Cup Golden Boot with six goals in three group games!
Behind him was the German striker, Klose.
This was something that Qin Xiong himself did not expect.
It was undeniable that even if he was awarded the World Cup Golden Boot by scoring goals against a weak team, this honor made him even more famous!
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In 2006, the plump Ronaldo finally broke Gedmuller's World Cup goal record. The diligent Klose was catching up with his footsteps. Figo completed the national team's swan song in the Stuttgart stadium. The sad Matador still could not go further. Argentina was still singing "Don't Let Me Cry" and Beckham was vomiting on the field.
Zidane walked to the end, but he bumped into Materazzi. Cannavaro raised the Hercules Cup high, and Silver Fox Lippi elegantly lit a cigar …
In the summer of 1996, an Englishman named Gascoigne scored an exquisite goal. He was the darling of all of England. An alien named Ronaldo was born. That summer opened the prelude to the next decade of football's golden age.
In the summer of 2006, Zidane brushed past the World Cup Golden Boot and slowly walked to the end of the players' tunnel, silently pulling down the curtain of the era.
This was an era of farewell. It was an era where one master player after another disappeared. At the same time, this was a new era where masters were hard to find!
The new generation of successors had a rare artistic temperament. The new type of Tree Shade Warriors who were in line with the tide of the times were thriving!
Superstars withdrew from the stage of history one by one. New superstars were becoming rarer and rarer. A new competitive environment in the football world was quietly forming: the era of superstars was slowly opening!
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July 12th, evening.
Qin Xiong stood in the corridor on the seventh floor of a high-end hotel in Munich. Today, he was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. Sylvia was wearing a simple and elegant dress. She held his hand and stood beside him.
Looking out the window at the city streets where the sound of rain could not be heard, Qin Xiong suddenly opened the window and let the cool wind blow in. He closed his eyes and felt the coolness of the wind. Sylvia pursed her lips and smiled.
After a moment, Qin Xiong turned his head and kissed her gently on the cheek. He smiled and said, "Wait for me for a while."
Sylvia looked at his back and did not withdraw her gaze.
Qin Xiong walked to the door of the business conference room on this floor of the hotel. He tidied up his clothes and reached out to push the door open.
There were people of different identities sitting in the conference room. They were all dressed up for work.
The person sitting next to the head of the conference table was Freddy.
After everyone saw Qin Xiong push the door open, everyone got up and stared at him.
Qin Xiong smiled and greeted everyone.
He began to walk to the head of the conference table.
The people he passed by had different identities.
In addition to his agent team and business team, the rest of the people were almost all from the sponsor group behind him!
Before walking to the head of the table and sitting down, Qin Xiong shook hands with the man standing opposite Freddy and greeted him in Spanish.
"Hello, President Calderón."
Calderón, who had just become the president of Real Madrid, reached out with a smile and shook Qin Xiong's hand. It was as if time had stopped at this moment …
Volume two: The Arsenal's Heavy Armor – End
The next volume: The King of the Holy Cathedral in White Robes Whiter than Snow!
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