strictlysupreme Chapter 346
Chapter 346
Chapter 346 Pepsi Advertisement
"Kawashima Eiji" spread his legs like a dustpan and shoveled towards Li Qiao. This action had a large defensive area, but it just missed the opponent's crotch. Li Qiao's push shot was at a very accurate angle.
4 to 3, the Chinese team almost completed the lore!
This year's Asian Cup, Li Qiao has degenerated into a core player instead of a pure scorer, so he didn't score many goals, but today's goal is worth a thousand dollars!
After the goal, the Chinese team only celebrated briefly, because the referee did not allow the Chinese team to celebrate for too long, and there is no stoppage time in overtime, so the referee tried to reduce the time for the game to be terminated as much as possible.
The Japanese team's hard attack was like a gamble, but it was a pity that they did not win this time. After the re-kickoff, the Japanese team seemed to have surrendered.
In this way, after a few minutes of stalemate, the Chinese team maintained a score of 4 to 3 until the end. The Chinese team reached the Asian Cup final for the second time in history, and it was also the first time that the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team in the Asian Cup.
When the final whistle blew, the Japanese players fell, exhausted from 120 minutes of hard work.
The Chinese team also fell down a lot. Except for Zhou Dun and Li Qiao, everyone else sat on the ground and rubbed their thighs.
Stan pointed his hands at the sky, thanked God for his help, and then walked towards the Japanese team's coach "Aguirre". Aguirre had already turned around and walked towards the player tunnel. After seeing Stan, he turned his body slightly and stretched out his hand. With a short handshake and an ugly smile like crying, Aguirre completed his last handshake as the Japanese team's coach.
Many Chinese fans at the scene booked hotels while weeping. The final was held in Sydney, and their next destination was Sydney. Many Japanese fans were also silent, and some left the stadium silently.
Outside the stadium, the red fans were in high spirits. They were happy to accept interviews from any media, regardless of whether the language could be communicated. When they saw the camera, they squeezed their heads in and shouted: "Team China, champion."
The blue Japanese fans left the stadium in a hurry. They refused any interviews, just smiled politely at the camera, and then disappeared into the street.
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In the regular press conference after the game, the head coach of the Japanese team "Aguirre" spoke first. The Mexican briefly reviewed the performance of the Japanese team in this Asian Cup. Finally, he announced that he would no longer serve as the head coach of the Japanese team.
The only difference is that everyone predicted that the Japanese Football Association fired "Aguirre", but what was unexpected was that "Aguirre" acted first, and he resigned voluntarily, so as to prevent things from making things even uglier, and it can be regarded as a peaceful breakup.
The first question that Stan was asked on the Chinese team was—the opponent in the final, do you want to meet South Korea or Australia.
Without thinking, Stan replies, "Australia."
"why"?
"In the Asian Cup held in Australia, if we beat the host to win the championship in the final, can there be a better ending than this?"
This answer was a little too arrogant, and the Australian reporters at the scene were a little unhappy. The next question was asked: "Are you disrespecting the host too much?"
"I came here to win a championship, not to win some respect. Without a championship, what's the use of going back with a bunch of respect"?
Stan has a good point in what he says, but again - it's rude.
But on the second day after the game, the media unexpectedly reported on the headline "The dragging Stan we are familiar with is back", and the Australians didn't feel offended, but wanted to show Stan some color with actions.
In another semi-final on the second day, Australia defeated the South Korean team 2-1 and will meet the Chinese team in the final.
After the game, the Australian head coach "Postkoglu" said in an interview that he didn't care what the Chinese team said. Football is played, not spoken. He finally said that the Australian team is not the Japanese team. I hope the Chinese team will not make a mistake.
After a short war of words, the Chinese team came to the final venue - Sydney. After staying in the hotel provided by the organizing committee, Stan did not conduct closed training this time. The media can come to shoot every day. After all, the teams that reached the final have been seen.
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There are still 3 days before the final, but another China-Australia match started ahead of schedule, and that was a 5-a-side football invitational match between "Australia" and "China". In the end, Australia defeated the Chinese team 3-0. After the game, the Australian media was very bad. They directly wrote that Australia defeated the Chinese team 3-0 without adding "5-a-side football". There are many psychological warfare. For example, major Australian TV stations are analyzing the upcoming final.
There was even a TV station that invited a well-known local aboriginal "wizard" in Sydney. After divination in a traditional "Maori" way, he predicted that "Australia" would win 2-1 in the final.
The major businesses in Sydney will not let go of this promotional opportunity. Many stores have launched activities-entering the mall at the beginning of the finals. If Australia wins in the end, customers can enjoy half-price for everything they buy during the competition time.
Bars and nightclubs in Sydney also launched activities. If Australia wins that day, all drinks consumed by customers during the game period will be free.
All in all, as long as it can match the Asian Cup, it will use the final as a commercial promotion. During the Asian Cup, apart from the official sponsors, the businesses in Sydney should benefit the most.
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Speaking of sponsors, PepsiCo, one of the official sponsors of this year's Asian Cup, asked both sides of the final to provide two players to participate in PepsiCo's latest commercial performance.
This caused headaches for the head coaches of both sides, because no one wanted to shoot any commercials at this juncture, but in today’s highly commercialized world, football is a sport that is piled on top of money. The AFC cannot offend sponsors, and the Chinese and Australian teams dare not offend the AFC.
In the end, Australia sent captain "Yedinak" and striker "Cahill".The Chinese team sent captain "Zhou Dun" and striker "Li Qiao". The football associations of the two countries stated in advance that the shooting time should not exceed half a day, otherwise they will not play with you.
The advertising director hired by PepsiCo is a famous and experienced director. He knows that the time of the stars is precious. He decided to finish the filming within 2 hours, and the post-production will be done after returning to the United States.
The script of the advertisement is very simple - a little boy holds a bottle of "Pepsi" in his hand, Li Qiao, Zhou Dun, Yedinak, and Cahill all want this bottle of Coke at the same time, and finally the little boy throws the ball forward, and the ball rolls far away on a sloping street in Sydney.
The director needs the stars to do three things. The first is to shoot a video of everyone running with the ball. The second is that there will be some PK scenes in the middle, such as "Jedinak" grabs the ball from Li Qiao, but is passed by Li Qiao, Zhou Dun and "Cahill" compete for the header, and finally, after Li Qiao gets the ball on the other side of the street, he kicks it back to the little boy with a fallen leaf ball. This is the climax of the advertisement.
It was the first time for the 4 people to shoot commercials, but they all looked quite talented, and the first part ended soon.
But the second part encountered difficulties. In fact, the most important thing in advertising is to be beautiful and good-looking, just like martial arts movies.
The players didn't understand the director's intention in the second part, they really went to PK like they were on the court, and the director yelled "stop" several times.
The director explained patiently, "What I want is to look good. For example, when you were passed by Li Qiao in "Yedinak", the protagonist is Li Qiao, and you are a supporting role, so Li Qiao's movements should be chic, and you should have a feeling of being teased."
Although "Jedinak" was not happy, he understood what the director meant, and after that he was "passed" by Li Qiao very cooperatively, and this shot was considered a pass.Another scene, Zhou Dun, also had to cooperate with "Cahill". The audience watched the advertisement to see the excitement, so the defender had to act a little stupid, just like in martial arts movies, those who are beaten always look stupid.
The first two levels have been passed, and the last is the most difficult. Even if Li Qiao wants to kick the ball at the little boy from 50 meters away, although it can be post-processed by computer, in order to ensure the realism, the director requires Li Qiao to kick the ball no more than 10 meters away from where the little boy is standing.
A 50m free kick?This is something that players will never practice, because it is impossible to shoot a 50-meter free kick directly on the court, but today Li Qiao needs to challenge himself.
Li Qiao failed the previous few times. After half an hour of filming, he still couldn’t meet the coach’s requirements. Li Qiao applied for a break because it was the last storyboard. The director allowed “Yedinak”, “Cahill” and “Zhou Dun” to go back.
The director found Li Qiao and said: "How about I go back and discuss with the company, revise the script, and change the ending to be simpler. I will ask you to spare a little time tomorrow."
Li Qiao looked at the sun and said that he would try again three times in the end, and if it didn't work, he would do as the director said.
It was the same as the previous two times, and the staff of the filming team felt that this was impossible to achieve. Even the "little boy" was about to yawn.
There was another chance, everyone wanted to hang out and call it a day, and went back to eat. Just when most people were thinking about what to have for dinner, a miracle happened. Li Qiao's lob shot just hit the "Pepsi" that the little boy was holding in his right hand.
The director was stunned after seeing this scene. He immediately watched the replay and said excitedly: "God did it, there is no need to edit it, this can be broadcast directly."
He stepped out of his position and gave two thumbs up to Li Qiao who was in the distance, but Li Qiao just smiled slightly.
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