CHAPTER 1885: CHAPTER 985: THIS TEAM HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP! (PART 2)

So, Ding Yue left the VIP audience seat with everyone and headed towards the national football team’s locker room.

As the owner behind this team, he certainly had to be the first to congratulate everyone. Their efforts and hard work were witnessed by all.

Soon.

Ding Yue and everyone arrived at the national football team’s locker room.

The players were chatting, changing clothes, and discussing the shifting dynamics on the football field.

Head coach Hou Xiangming was also there.

"Principal Ding is here."

Someone immediately noticed Principal Ding walking over.

"Hello, Principal Ding."

"Principal Ding, how was our performance today?"

"Quick, quick, Principal Ding is here."

The players were quite excited upon seeing Principal Ding.

As the head of Mist City Arts and Science University and the founder of Feiyue Football Club, he personally recruited and chose these young players. Seeing him come over immediately after the match truly warmed their hearts.

Every player’s face showed respect for Principal Ding.

"Hahaha, you all performed exceptionally well today. Each of you did brilliantly. Congratulations on advancing to the semifinals. You are the pride of Mist City Arts and Science University and our country’s football!"

Ding Yue generously praised them.

They deserved such praise!

"Later, I will give you a good reward. However, since you’ll soon be preparing for the semifinals, we’ll temporarily skip the celebration banquet. Once the World Cup journey is truly over, I’ll hold a celebration banquet for you, okay?"

Ding Yue laughed as he spoke to the players.

"Okay!"

The players replied in unison.

After the match between the national team and Baxi Team ended, international media also frantically reported on this emerging dark horse team from Xia Country.

Who would have thought that this team could beat the Baxi Team?

Before the match began, various international media were pessimistic about the Xia Country team. They all predicted that Xia Country would surely lose to Baxi Team, especially because Baxi Team had just avenged the mighty German Team, with strong morale and impressive strength. What could the Xia Country team possibly use to win?

Yet, against all odds, the national football team won!

It really gave those international media a slap in the face. Now, these media that previously belittled the national football team are, for the sake of attracting traffic, suddenly praising the Xia Country team as a dark horse, even suggesting that the young Xia Country team has a strong chance of winning the championship.

Their statements are essentially nonsensical.

Since they made it into the top four, there are only four teams in total, and the media can say that any team has a chance of winning the championship.

The reason why these international media say this is simply to attract the attention of foreign netizens, inviting attacks from fans of other teams to create topics and hype, crazily earning traffic.

Using the Xia Country team as a dark horse to earn traffic has almost become a consensus among the international media.

"Principal Ding, look, so many international media are saying that our national team has the potential to win the championship!"

Wen Ruohan was currently using her phone, browsing news about the national team’s victory on various platforms. On Twitter, she saw that many international media were crazily praising the national team as a dark horse with championship potential, which made Wen Ruohan very happy. After all, even international media recognized the national team. Therefore, Wen Ruohan quickly shared this news with Principal Ding.

"Hmm?"

Ding Yue turned his head, glanced at the news and videos on Wen Ruohan’s phone, then smiled and said, "Weren’t those international media saying before that our national team couldn’t beat Baxi Team? Now they’re using our national team to earn traffic?"

"The international media just want to use our national team to attract attention. The potential to win is something every team in the top four has; it’s just nonsense."

Xu Bin rationally analyzed the international media’s news.

"Exactly."

Huang Youjie nodded and said, "These international media really enjoy making up reports. Whether we can win the championship, don’t we know that ourselves?"

"So the question now is, can we win this year’s America-Canada-Mexico World Cup championship?"

Xu Bin smiled calmly, looking at Huang Youjie and asked.

Huang Youjie was momentarily unable to answer and looked at Ding Yue.

Ding Yue shrugged, smiled, and said, "Whether we can win the World Cup is not important. Everyone is already very successful. Moving forward, as long as we give our best, winning the championship is certainly good, but it’s okay if we don’t."

"Spain has already advanced to the semifinals. I see the Argentina team is likely to make it too. With our national team, who knows who will take the last spot in the semifinals. The upcoming opponents are stronger one after another."

Xu Bin briefly analyzed the situation of the semifinals.

Currently, both the national football team and Spanish Team have made it to the semifinals. The Pampas Eagles will essentially be the next team to advance, as this year’s Pampas Eagles, which is the Argentina Team, is particularly strong. It was previously hailed by the international media as the most likely team to win the championship in this year’s America-Canada-Mexico World Cup.

As for who will fill the last semifinal spot, it’s hard to say. Everyone wants it, but there’s only one spot left. What can be done?

"Alright, everyone, take a good rest at the hotel today, and let’s actively prepare for the semifinals."

Ding Yue spoke to all the players and coach Hou Xiangming: "For the upcoming semifinals, Coach Hou, please make sure to plan your tactics well."

"Don’t worry, Principal Ding."

Hou Xiangming nodded. He was well-prepared in terms of strategic planning and understanding the opponents.

The next semifinal opponent, if nothing unexpected happens, should be the Spanish Team.

It’s indeed an old formidable team. In almost every World Cup match, Spain usually achieves commendable results. Facing such experienced elite teams, the national football team must exert all their efforts, though even with such efforts, they might not be able to defeat the Spanish Team.

Actually, for the national team’s players, they prefer meeting the Pampas Eagles in the semifinals because many of the national team players were once fans of the Pampas Eagles Argentina Team.

"Mm-hmm, I trust you, just give it your all."

Ding Yue smiled at Hou Xiangming.

Then, Ding Yue left Los Angeles Central Stadium with the team and returned to the hotel.

The semifinals are still several days away.

In the early stages, such as group matches, the schedule is very packed. However, the intervals between matches become relatively longer as they progress to later knockout stages.

For instance, between the semifinals and finals, there is typically a gap of five days or a week.

After playing the semifinals, the teams advancing to the finals naturally need to rest, recharge their energy and stamina; otherwise, would they play the finals the next day after the semifinals?

This is virtually impossible.

Therefore, in the coming days, apart from resting, the national football team continuously holds tactical meetings for the semifinals, along with daily routine and appropriate training.

Ding Yue pays close attention to the performance of his team each day.

After all, they now represent not only Mist City Arts and Science University but also Xia Country’s football. They are participating as the national team, playing World Cup matches.

Preparing for the semifinals might seem boring day by day.

But for the national team’s players, it’s undoubtedly full of passion because they are the ones who will play in the semifinals, while Ding Yue and others are just spectators.

The semifinal opponent has been confirmed.

It’s the powerful Spanish Team!