In a bar in Beijing.
When Lu Wenbin scored the second goal, there were almost no fans sitting. Everyone stood up excitedly, drinking beer and waiting for the whistle to end the game.
In the 92nd minute, Australia scored a goal to equalize the game, which made everyone a little nervous, but after a while, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Then, everyone in the bar, including the fans, the owner, and the waiters, suddenly started shouting and screaming wildly.
"Wow… "
“Ah… Ah… Ah…”
"We win! We win! We win!"
"The Chinese team is the champion!"
“We are the champions!”
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In Shanghai, in a residential square, thousands of football fans who were not afraid of the cold gathered in the community. In the middle of the night, they all watched the Asian Cup final on the large LCD screen installed by the property company in the open-air square.
When they heard the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the camera gave a close-up of the score of "China 2-1 Australia" on the big screen, and heard the TV commentator shout "Game over", everyone in the community square screamed and celebrated.
“Win!”
“Long live China!”
"Long live Chinese football!"
"Lu Wenbin is awesome!"
“We are the Asian champions!”
The crazy celebration woke up many elderly people, children and mothers who had gone to bed early upstairs. But except for the children who didn't know what was going on, these elderly people and mothers also happily stood on the balcony and applauded and celebrated with the people below.
On a day like this, it doesn't matter if you take a nap for a while. It's worth celebrating for the whole nation.
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In Guangzhou, although it is winter, the weather is much warmer than in the north.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in a commercial center square. There were thousands of police, special police, and security guards maintaining order, making the entire commercial center square packed.
An extra-large LCD screen was installed outside the wall of an office building in the commercial center to broadcast the Qatar Asian Cup final live to tens of thousands of fans gathered in the square.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the entire commercial center square was like a boiling oil pan, and the screams and cheers from tens of thousands of fans reached the sky and spread far away!
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In Meitan, Guizhou, Lu Wenbin’s hometown, hundreds of civil servants, including county leaders, watched the game together in the county government auditorium.
Tianhu Hotel, Tea Town Square, Meitan Winery, bars, teahouses, any place where people can gather to watch the game, are all occupied by fans from Lu Wenbin's hometown.
Those who really can’t find a place to watch the game will watch it at home, but generally they won’t watch it alone. They will at least invite three or five classmates or relatives to watch it together, so that there will be atmosphere.
Not only football fans, but also many ordinary people who usually never watch TV and don't care about sports, made an unprecedented appointment to watch this year's Asian Cup final together.
There is no other reason. The captain and core of the Chinese team, Lu Wenbin, China's first FIFA Golden Ball Award winner, is from Meitan.
This is the glory of the entire Meitan County, and Lu Wenbin has also become the iconic business card of Meitan County.
Whether it is attracting investment or business cooperation, or just chatting among ordinary people, as long as you tell outsiders that "Lu Wenbin is from our Meitan County", they will immediately show respect.
In the past two years, Meitan's annual GDP growth rate has been more than twice the provincial average, and Lu Wenbin's celebrity effect has contributed a lot to this.
It is no wonder that the county government organized civil servants to watch the final, and the people of the entire county watched the game.
As for Lu Wenbin’s relatives, classmates, teachers, and alumni of Meijiang Middle School, not a single one was left out. All of them gathered in groups of ten or eight to watch the game together in one place, or in a hotel or teahouse.
When the game ended and Lu Wenbin scored two goals to help the Chinese team beat Australia 2-1 and win China's first continental championship, the whole Meitan County was shocked.
Countless people were partying in hotels, squares, and residential buildings, and countless more people took out firecrackers and fireworks that they had prepared long ago and set them off to celebrate!
Fireworks were set off one after another throughout the city, lighting up the night sky of the entire county. The police turned a blind eye and hardly paid any attention.
They have more important things to do: maintain order in the squares where fans gather.
That night, Meitan County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, and the whole of China, stayed awake all night!
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At the scene, after celebrating enough with his teammates, coaches and others, Lu Wenbin rushed to the sidelines to hug and celebrate with his parents, girlfriend, and other nearby fans, and then ran wildly on the court with a five-star red flag draped over his head.
Lu Wenbin not only reached the peak of his personal career, but also successfully won the first continental championship for Chinese football, achieving a historic breakthrough for Chinese football.
This is the joy that comes from the heart as a Chinese player, a joy that is even greater than winning the treble for Hoffenheim!
After a few minutes of excited shouting and screaming, some fans in the stands began to sing "Singing the Motherland", and then other fans followed suit.
Lu Wenbin, Zheng Zhi, Zhao Xuri, Gao Hongbo and others also stood hand in hand in the stands where the most Chinese fans were concentrated, singing along with the fans with tears of joy in their eyes.
"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind,"
"How loud the victory song is!"
"Singing our beloved motherland,"
"From now on, we will be prosperous and strong!"
"Singing our beloved motherland,"
"From now on, we will be prosperous and strong!"
"Over the mountains and across the plains,"
"Crossing the surging Yellow and Yangtze Rivers;"
"A vast and beautiful land,"
“It’s our dear hometown!”
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The victory songs were indeed loud, with tens of thousands of people singing in unison, attracting the attention of other Qatari and Australian fans.
After celebrating for more than ten minutes, the players returned to the locker room, changed into the championship commemorative jerseys that had been prepared long ago, and came out to receive the award. The podium had already been set up.
First, awards will be presented to the top scorer and best player of this Asian Cup.
There is no doubt that the top scorer and the best player are Lu Wenbin.
Although Lu Wenbin missed the second group match, he scored in every other match and scored 11 goals in the five games he played.
The total number not only far exceeded the second place in the scorer list and won the Golden Boot of this Asian Cup, but also set the record for the Golden Boot goals in a single Asian Cup.
In the 1980 Asian Cup, Iranian player Betash Fariba and South Korean player Choi Soon-ho jointly set the Asian Cup Golden Boot goal record. Both of them scored 7 goals in that Asian Cup and won the Golden Boot award together.
In the following Asian Cups, no one scored 7 goals, let alone exceeded that.
And now, Lu Wenbin has surpassed their Asian Cup Golden Boot goal record of 7 goals with 11 goals, and won the top scorer of the 15th Qatar Asian Cup in 2011. (Seeking monthly votes)