All 24 girls showed their true clothes: they were representing all 24 national teams in the tournament. Tsubomi, felt herself had something that she should be ready for…

"Well, being a French girl…"

"It should be mine!" Louise challenged Tsubomi: "I deserved to be a part of French team, not like you."

"Calm down, Louise. You crybaby…" Hotogi warned Louise: "If you cry more, maybe I can execute you for sure."

"Are you model or assassin?" Chitoge shouted: "You won't try to do this right?"

Seishiro seemed also carry some guns, as same as Kaede. Charisteas then came to them, and stood up: "Alright, enough is enough. No fighting, no clashing. Now, Tsubomi and Sakura, please move up."

Tsubomi Hanasaki and Sakura Kinomoto, two girls that representing for France and Romania at the opening match, they went up. Tsubomi wore French blue, while Sakura wore yellow one. The former Greek international looked for a moment in here… the mansion.

"How do you feel, Tsubomi-chan?"

"Hai! It's very honorable." Tsubomi said: "A bit of… stylish."

"Hahaha. How about Sakura-chan?"

"Hai! I am ready too." Sakura answered.

"Perfecto!" Charisteas told to Pirlo: "After 2008 Euro, I may have a chance to see pretty girls in actions again."

"I am not interested on women, but you make me feel like I am starting to have sex… maybe?" Pirlo thought, but his answer wasn't… clever as well.

"Don't tell that answer. It should be mine!" El Matadora, showing his charming actions, wanna be ready. Pirlo, Nikov and Charisteas all showed their tongues behind Matadora: "Geeez…"

As for Tsubomi and Sakura, they all remembered, their game…

And El Matadora gave a question:

"Dear girls, do you remember the rule?"

"YES!" All 24 girls with other 16 girls yelled.

"Are you ready?" Pirlo asked.

"YES! WE WILL!"

"Then, prepare to show it. Show your talents in the stadium. Stade de France, Parc de Princes, Vélodrome,… all are calling you! Be the hottest! Be the cutest! Be the strongest! Be the bravest! Be the best! Be the smartest! Then after the group stage we will reward you!"

Andrea Pirlo had told to all of them, and they nodded their heads. They looked into 4 men, with nothing else left. From Hotogi, Reika, even to Chitoge to Sakura…

The girls were ready for the big game.

"YAYYYYYY!"

As for the other girls, 16… the rule… would be revealed. Be smile, the game… had come…

The girls, they seemed to be ready with it.

Beauty time!

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Stade de France…

Many French and Romanian supporters had arrived into the stadium. Everyone was cheering…

"FRANCE! VIVE LA FRANCE!"

"TRĂIASCĂ ROMÂNIA MARE!" (LONG LIVE GREATER ROMANIA!)

Fans were everywhere… Every place, French fans outnumbered to Romanian fans. But Romanians can still hope and dream on it.

The only thing they really hated, was the referee: Viktor Kassai. Viktor Kassai is a Hungarian, as Hungary is a fierce rival to Romania in the deep dark of history. In Hungary, many people had, and still, remembered the day Hungary lost over 75% territories into Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and the forming of Croatia and Slovakia. But since Croatia is friendly with Hungary, the Hungarians really hate Romanians.

Romanian fans feared that Viktor Kassai would bias France over Romania. Romanian news also believed UEFA "wanna favor France" in entire of the match.

As for the Hungarian referee, he just looked into all of the staff…

"So, I guess, being Hungarian, is very hard for me, right?"

"Yeah. Many Romanian newspapers said UEFA 'favor France' before the match. You know, I also hate Romanians as well, they are killing ethnic Székelys."

"I don't know, but if I defend France, whole world will criticize France, just like they criticized Brazil before."

"France isn't Brazil." Vencel Tóth, fellow partner of Kassai, told: "Still, I know France isn't Brazil, but… what will happen, I think it depends on you, and a bit of luck."

"Right on, Vencel. György, István, come over here. We have a plenty of job to do." Viktor Kassai went to the stadium, as he saw, police, armed agents, they were ready to protect the tournament.

And then, Viktor…

…just claimed:

"Az európai társaid! A nagy játék elkezdődött!" (European fellows! The big game has started!)

And from this voice, the first group of fans… had come to the stadium…


Tsubomi Hanasaki vs. Sakura Kinomoto, France vs. Romania, everything… had… started.