Recently, the competitions of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games hosted by Cambodia are in full swing, and football, as a project that has started before the opening ceremony, has attracted much attention, and the enthusiasm of the fans has also made the football event extremely hot!
Dressed in jerseys, waving national flags and watercloths, and with national flag designs painted on their faces, they cheered and shouted at the scene!
So how much do Cambodians love football?
Fans stay up late to collect tickets
Crowd the ticket points
As early as April 29, when Cambodia played the first match against Timor-Leste, the tickets for the live game were snatched up, and the fans at the scene were very enthusiastic, desperately cheering for the athletes!
On May 2, Cambodia will play the Philippines, and on May 1, there will be a long queue at the ticket collection site, and despite the hot weather, the enthusiasm to watch the game has not diminished. After the tickets were aired, some people went to the collection point to confirm whether they had really been issued.
On May 7, when Cambodia played against Myanmar, fans stayed up late at 2 a.m. to queue up to collect tickets, and crowds crowded the ticket collection points. As a result, at 7 a.m. the next morning, the entrance to the Olympia Stadium was blocked and paralyzed.
Some fans said that in order to support and watch the Cambodian football game, they went to the scene at 2 a.m. to line up to collect tickets, such a grand event, I have only seen at the carnival of the Cambodian New Year. It is enough to see that Cambodians are very passionate about football, and one Cambodian said that many Cambodians pay attention to football and usually ask their golfers to play.
Some people also said that in Cambodia, many children are often seen playing football, regardless of the size of the field, regardless of the stadium, and even the players of the national team may be sent out.
In Cambodia, football is also a national participation event, even if you don't grab a ticket, it doesn't matter, the live broadcast in the open is crowded.
The open-air square is crowded with spectators
Watching football in Cambodia, in addition to entering the stadium to feel the enthusiasm and passion of the scene, the atmosphere of the major open-air live broadcast points is also full of atmosphere. Although Phnom Penh at night is not as hot as during the day, for people who are afraid of heat, if they spend a long time in the open place, they are not to say drenched, at least they are sweaty.
But the people watching the game in the major open-air squares are still crowded, they sit on the ground in an orderly and comfortable manner, staring intently at the big screen in front of them, for fear of missing every wonderful moment.
There are also people who set up tables, it is more comfortable to watch the ball in the open air, and there are vendors selling various snacks near the major viewing places, and you can also drink beer while eating snacks, and watch the game with a group of people, which is simply too atmospheric!
A small partner who went to the scene to experience watching the game said that such a rhythm of life is so comfortable, the tuk tuk driver does not solicit customers to stop on the side of the road to watch the game, and some people sit directly on the roof of the tuk tuk! It's so pleasant!
It is reported that the Phnom Penh Municipal Government announced that it will broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games and major football matches on the giant LED screens of 7 open-air squares.
Moreover, the provincial governments also carried out large-screen live broadcasts in the square for the public, so that people who could not go to Phnom Penh to watch could also participate in watching the opening and closing ceremonies of the East Games and various events.
In addition, there is also a real-time broadcast of the East Games in major shopping malls, on the evening of May 7, when the editor went to the AEON 1 shopping mall, he found that many people gathered together, and from time to time there were bursts of cheers.
When I came across a ball game on the way to the mall, I stopped to watch the game, and there were no seats, so I stood in a circle, still very fascinated. The enthusiasm of the Cambodian people to watch the game is admirable.
It should be mentioned that the president of the Cambodian Football Association has previously publicly stated that if the Cambodian men's football team fails to enter the semifinals, he will announce his resignation, on the evening of May 7, Cambodia lost 0:2 to Myanmar, missing the semifinals, the president of the Cambodian Football Association announced his resignation that night, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said that it was not necessary, and said that since he became the president of the Cambodian Football Association, Cambodian football has indeed made progress, and there is no need to step down because of the failure of this competition, and finally the president of the Cambodian Football Association decided to remain in office.
Tonight (9th), the women's semi-finals will officially begin, and the Cambodian women's football team will play against Thailand. Interested fans remember to watch Oh, the official Facebook of Cambodian Toutiao will also be livestreamed, so stay tuned! #柬埔寨 #