Godfather of national football

Chapter 107 What is football
Rolling down the car window, listening to music, Li Guo was driving alone thinking, "Football, what is football?"

Some people say that football is a war in peacetime. Li Guo agrees with this point. Indeed, football is like this, because it includes all the factors of war—team, leadership, tactics, individuals, weather, and the last point—luck.

The success or failure of a war depends on how much inventory you have in your arsenal, and Li Guo understands that the Chinese team does not have much inventory.

The tactics of the Chinese team are relatively simple. It is like Greece in 2004 and Iraq in 2007. There is a good counterattack point in the front.

In 2004 Greece was led by "Charisteas", in Iraq in 2007 the arrow was Younis, and the success of the Chinese team in the 2008 Olympic Games was due to Chen Gelin, but Li Guo understood that Greece and Iraq did not become football powers later on.

Greece and Iraq are short-lived. Li Guo does not want the Chinese team to do the same, so he must enrich the Chinese team's arsenal.

High center forward!
I need a high center.

Li Guo remembers that in the 2016 European Cup, the German team's strength dropped by more than one grade after the injury of high center forward Gomez. In modern football, the role of high center forwards is self-evident, but Li Guo also knows that the world football is still short of high center forwards, so that a center like Lewandowski can be worth 1 million euros.

In fact, in Asia, China, South Korea, and Iran all have the tradition of high center forwards. Iran is Ali Daiyi, South Korea is Lee Dong-guk, and China used to be Mao Zedong, Zhang Yuning and others.But then there were no good centers in Chinese football.

"Li Guo," Allardyce's voice sounded.

"Talk to me, Big Sam,"

"Are you upset?"

"Ok!"

"Why? It's just a tie, and the media didn't scold you. The Football Association even gave you an Olympic bonus."

"No, it's not a game, but I'm starting to doubt the team's tactics. Can such tactics go far?"

"Football is like this. There is no ruler, and any technical genre can only last for a while. When Spanish football first emerged, it was considered unsolvable, but in the end it was thoroughly studied."

"Remember, Li Guo, the current Chinese team is the strongest in Asia. Everyone is studying the Chinese team, so you can no longer win easily. Every game in the future will be a tough battle."

"Big Sam, I hate Tackling, it's ugly football, I don't like it!"

"Hehe, I like beautiful football, but I like winning more, I think every coach is the same."

"If one day I become the president of FIFA, I must modify the rules of football. It should be like boxing. In the case of the same points, the negative side of the game will be sentenced to lose."

"Hahaha... Li Guo, you really have a big brain. I hope you can really become the president of FIFA. It might be very interesting."

"Well, Big Sam, give me an idea."

"Idea? I remember when I was in England I often saw yellow-skinned kids playing football. If you need a center forward, you can go to England and you might get something."

Li Guo thought this was a good idea, so he picked up his phone and was about to call Chen An, but at this moment the phone rang, and it was Chen An who was calling.

"Could it be that the two of us already have telepathy?" Li Guo thought to himself.

"Hey, Chen An, I was looking for you."

"Li Guo, I was looking for you too, something happened!"

"What happened?"

"The Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association wants to clean up the door!"

"What the hell is going on, take your time."

It turned out to be like this. There was a player fight in the Chinese Super League. This time, the Football Association is going to be ruthless and ban the person who fights for life.

"Lifetime ban?" Li Guo was also taken aback. Cantona was only banned for 9 months when he kicked a Crystal Palace fan in front of the camera.
For a football player, a lifetime ban means that his life is completely ruined, and Li Guo knows the seriousness of the matter.

"When will it be announced?"

"tomorrow!"

"This is not good. Although it is said that fighting should be severely punished, it cannot be punished randomly. Chinese football always goes to extremes, either too loose or too strict. If this is announced, who will dare to play football in the future, and it will affect China's youth training."

"I also think so. A few months of suspension is actually enough. After all, it is a matter on the court, not a referee."

"Okay, delay over there, I will definitely be there tomorrow,"

*****
BJ in September was already a bit chilly. When Li Guo saw Ji's father in the lobby of the Football Association headquarters, Lao Ji's forehead was covered with sweat.

Old Ji's name is Ji Jianguo, he is the father of the client, and his son has a famous name - Ji Ke.

"Director Li, my son has to play football. My hope for him is to play football."

Li Guo nodded, "You actually named your son Ji Ke, which proves your expectations for your son. If I guessed correctly, you are a Brazilian fan."

Old Ji nodded. He was a Brazilian fan back then and liked "White Bailey" Zico. One day he had a whim, and Zico and I both have the surname Ji. If I have a son in the future, we should call him Jico.

Later, Lao Ji got his wish. Not only that, but Xiao Jike really embarked on the road of football and became a striker.

"What's the matter? Tell me in detail."

It turned out that during the game, the opponent's defensive player shoveled towards Ji Ke's heel. This action is commonly known as the action of smashing people's jobs. It is considered the worst action. Fortunately, Ji Ke avoided it, but this unscrupulous action angered Ji Ke.

"Okay, I see, then you wait here, don't worry, if this is the case, I promise Ji Ke will be fine."

After Ji's father heard it, he almost knelt down to Li Guo, and he burst into tears. In the words of Ji's father, if Ji Ke didn't play football, it would be tantamount to killing him.

Li Guo walked into the venue quickly. The Football Association was going through the motions of the meeting. First, several executive committee members voted to approve it, and then held a press conference.

Director Feng was speaking. When he saw Li Guo, he immediately asked, "Li Guo, what are you doing here?"

"I am the head coach of the national football team. Is there anything else I can't control about Chinese football?"

"Li Guo, you really treat yourself like a dish. Let me tell you, you really have no right to take care of the disciplinary committee."

"Really? Then you represent the General Administration, so it stands to reason that you don't have the right to speak here."

"you!"

The executive committee members looked at each other, Li Guo was right, at this time Li Guo raised his eyes and saw Ji Ke, it didn't matter if he didn't look, Li Guo smiled when he saw it.

(End of this chapter)