In the time that followed, after Certain Football Team was eliminated, Chinese netizens and fans began a different kind of celebration.
Before, they had still worried about Certain Football Team. Now they couldn't care less how far it went. Their support was behind the Qinglin Scenic Security Football Team.
The Qinglin Scenic Area Security Football Team was now their home team.
In the matches against Plaster Country, Qinglin Scenic Area played three more games. What left everyone unable to hold back their amazement was that the Qinglin Scenic Security Football Team won all three.
All of them.
Inside a restaurant, everyone stared in surprise at the soccer qualifiers on TV.
It was Qinglin Scenic Area's final match.
If they won, they wouldn't just secure a place in the World Cup; they would also become the Asian qualifying champions.
Their opponent, naturally, was Lang Yi, the strongest team in Asian soccer.
On the live broadcast, everyone could see a player racing forward with the ball. He was incredibly fast, and his increasingly polished technique gave him the air of a star player.
That player was Liu Fan, of course.
At last, the match ended. Qinglin Scenic Area had won, securing a place in the World Cup and becoming the Asian qualifying champions.
At a restaurant somewhere in China, several fans saw this and immediately jumped to their feet, cheering.
"We made it! We're finally in the World Cup!"
"It's been so long. We finally made it to the World Cup!"
"..."
As the Chinese fans cheered, they suddenly saw a foreigner beside them jump up and cheer too. In halting Chinese, he said, "We won! Our country made it to the World Cup!"
"???" Fan 1.
"???" Fan 2.
"???" Fan 3.
The foreigner seemed to notice them looking at him