"People's Daily": We qualified!
The front-page headline was set in bold black type. Just two words, yet they carried immense weight.
"Xinhua News Agency": Li Luo scores four in one half as the China National Team returns to the FIFA World Cup!
The lengthy analysis revisited every detail of Li Luo's performance, its excitement impossible to hide: "From the despair of 0–1 to the frenzy of 4–1, there was only one hero's name behind this breakthrough: Li Luo."
"Sports Weekly": God wore a red jersey! Off the bench, into legend in half a match!
"At Helong Sports Center, Li Luo showed the world what it meant to utterly outclass an opponent. Syria's iron bucket formation looked like an impregnable fortress in the first half, but against Li Luo in the second, it was nothing more than a sheet of soaked paper."
"Southern Sports": What if there were no Li Luo?
"It's a question we dare not contemplate. Without Li Luo, Chinese football would have become a laughingstock again tonight. Fortunately, we have him. He isn't merely a player. He is Chinese football's lifeline, the only god on this pitch."
"CCTV News": China Central Television commentator He Wei chokes up late at night: thank you, Li Luo. Russia, here we come!
Li Luo dominated all ten top trending searches.
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It wasn't just China.