Much from China has gone to World Cup but not team

AS THE ONGOING 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia continues to attract viewers, a joke about the Chinese national soccer team has become popular online. Thepaper.cn comments:

The joke is a sad truth: "Everything from China has entered the World Cup - except the Chinese team." Chinese soccer fans have purchased more than 40,000 World Cup tickets, ranking ninth in the world, and according to conservative estimates, 100,000 Chinese soccer fans will be in Russia to experience the World Cup atmosphere at close quarters. Also, five out of the 17 official sponsors of this year's World Cup are Chinese enterprises. With Wanda joining Coca-Cola and Adidas as first-tier sponsors.

Chinese food items have been traveling to Russia, too. In Wujiashan train station, Central China's Hubei province, a train transporting a huge amount of crayfish to Moscow, bore the banner "For 2018 World Cup" on the containers.