Many football bars are still discussing the reminiscence of the Champions League final a few days ago, and imagining England's World Cup in the near future.
"Zidane's Flying Immortal Outside the Sky is so good, I watched it dozens of times, and I still can't get tired of watching it."
"Barack and Leverkusen are too miserable, the Bundesliga, the German Cup, and the Champions League three times in a row. Does this German chariot still have fighting spirit?"
"Haha, it's better for us to meet the German team and deal with them hard."
A big man held a beer and laughed, and the atmosphere in the bar suddenly became cheerful.
For England fans, not to mention the mortal enemy of the domestic home team, they are the happiest when the foreign German team suffers setbacks. The degree of hostility is even higher than that of their century-old enemy France.
In most cases, the performance of the German team is better than that of England.
So when it comes to the German team, England fans always hate it.
However, the situation in the 2002 World Cup was different. The gap between the lineups of Britain and Germany was relatively large.
On the England side, the announced squad includes Seaman, Owen, Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard, Asley Cole, Campbell and other European stars.
As for the German team, Kahn and Ballack are the most famous and powerful. The others are either in their "old age" or they are just emerging stars.
In terms of strength on paper, England beat Germany, and even scored 5:1 in the previous World Cup qualifiers, which made England fans have a high attitude towards the German team.
I can't wait for the two sides to really have a match in the World Cup. England will show off its power and send the German team back home.
Raymond, who was just 22 years old, was also one of the guests who laughed.
He is a diehard Manchester United fan who is not very popular in London, especially in the bar downstairs of this residence, because it is where Arsenal fans gather.
In the current Premier League environment where Arsenal and Manchester United are two-person, the two fans are more hostile. Although Raymond usually comes here, he will not be beaten, but he is also treated coldly.
Only during the national team competition stage, especially during the World Cup and the European Cup, when everyone is an England fan, the confrontation between each other is much diluted.
Raymond can also comfortably blend in, without having to go to a remote neutral fan bar.
Ramon, who was slightly drunk, had a bragging with the Arsenal fans. He was about to go to the toilet to fill up the water, and then find a chick to flirt with her. Passing the aisle, he saw the TV on the screen playing Beckham's free kick Highlights.
As a hardcore Manchester United + Beckham fan, Raymond stopped directly and admired his idol's dreamy full moon scimitar.
A collection of episodes, just as Raymond was about to leave, he heard a few guitar playing following the video broadcast on the TV. The brisk and clear melody made Raymond stop slightly and looked up at the TV.
An Asian man holds a guitar and plays it while standing in front of a wall with red and blue patterns painted on the final wall and text written in multiple languages.
Raymond couldn't understand anything else, but he could still recognize a little bit of English and the French he had taught himself.
"waving flag" - christsao
"Flag opener" - Chris Cao
As soon as the scene changed, Cao Xuan and several others were sitting in front of several drums, beating or clapping passionately.
The drums here are Chinese, Japanese, European, African, and South American, and the drums are played by Cao Xuan, two whites, blacks, and a Latino.
The extremely rhythmic drumbeat made Raymond stop completely, and other people in the bar heard the sound and looked up at the TV one after another.
In Africa, in a dilapidated thatched cottage, a group of children were standing in front of the TV, and an older child was fiddled with the antenna.
? In China, someone called friends in a residential house. Everyone wore jerseys and camouflage, opened beer and sat on the sofa to watch TV.
In Europe, in a football bar, everyone drank happily, watched the stadium game on TV, and yelled.
In South America, on a large square, tens of thousands of people watched the big screen in front of the square with nervous expressions, and then cheered and embraced warmly.
It is worth mentioning that no matter which scene is in the hands of African children, the tabletop of the Chinese living room, the background wall of the bar, and the chess pieces flying in the square, they are all Pepsi or related patterns.
With the fast editing and the fast-paced drum prelude, the audience's emotions were raised a little bit, and then Cao Xuan's figure appeared in a green field, and the first line of lyrics was sung.
"ahhhoooahhoooo¨D¨D"
The melodious and heroic singing voice, without any lyrics, just the singing voice and melody, makes people unable to bear it.nbsp; It's no wonder that Cao Xuan didn't invite the national football team. The two are really rivals and can't agree.
In fact, each of these stars has limited playing time. Beckham has the most, only about 15 seconds. There are also some mv sections that are mainly about the atmosphere of the World Cup in various places. After all, it is a promotional song, and it is impossible to ignore this most important element. .
At the end of the MV, Cao Xuan led a group of black, white, and Asian children to dance and play football on the beach.
The surging and passionate singing has gradually become melodious, but what remains unchanged is the power to maintain eternal passion.
"and everybodywrllbesingingit
The ends of the earth must sing it
andeverybodywrllbesingingit
The ends of the earth must sing it
"
The mv ended, a black screen appeared, red and blue Pepsi cans appeared, a line of words appeared on the can, and a clear male voice came to mind.
"Life is like football, maybe you won't always score goals, but you will always be on the road!"
Many viewers who were deeply attracted by the mv and singing were relieved, and Raymond couldn't help complaining.
"When did Pepsi's advertisement reach this level?"
"Their ability to survive has always been good."
"But speaking of it, this song is really good. It seems to be sung by an Asian, Japanese? Or Korean?"
"I seem to see Chinese and the five-star red flag. It should be Chinese."
"Where can I still hear this song, I haven't heard enough."
"I really should let those damn singers listen to what football songs are. I really want to kick my feet."
"Anyone play football?"
"Just kick it, I have a live broadcast at home, do you want to hit it twice?"
"Good! Let's go."
At this time, similar scenes not only appeared in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, but also Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay in South America, Asia, China, Japan, South Korea, Africa
Pepsi's huge channel capabilities, coupled with the fiery atmosphere approaching the World Cup, made this song quickly spread around the world, and then became popular.