Erik ten Hag Watches Live as the China National Football Team, with Nowhere Left to Turn, Faces the Cliff

[You guys still aren't asleep? You're here to watch King Tang get brutally beaten, aren't you? You really are awful. You didn't watch when he had an easy matchup, but now that he's playing Spain, you've come to join the fun.]

[How can watching King Tang's match be called joining the fun?]

[Damn it, why isn't Rodri Chinese? This is a Manchester United player derby today.]

[Losing by one counts as a win, losing by two is acceptable. Anyway, I've already given up and laid back. Let's see what King Tang can do.]

More than 50 million people were watching live. At three in the morning, that number was honestly a little ridiculous.

It was nearly three times the viewership of the previous World Cup final!

And judging by the comments across major social media platforms, Chinese fans were fairly understanding. They knew that facing Spain would not be easy for the China national football team, so they did not set overly demanding expectations.

Losing by one goal counted as a win, because that would already be the China national football team's best-ever result in the World Cup knockout stages!

In that case, they could just lie back and watch King Tang perform.

As everyone knew, GGBond's tackling ability ranked among the top three in the world. If the China national football team went all-in on defense, they definitely would not be weak!

"Tom!"

In the players' tunnel, Rodri, wearing the captain's armband, shook hands with Tang Ye.

"When did you become captain?"

Rodri's armband surprised Tang Ye.

"Since the start of this year. Didn't you watch our group-stage matches?"

"I only paid attention to the scores during the group stage..."

Tang Ye shrugged. When they brought up the third round of the group stage, Rodri burst out laughing. "Sorry,