Godfather of national football

Chapter 152 The Lottery Ceremony ([-])

December 12th, BJ time, Cape Town local time, December 5th, at the Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa, the much-anticipated World Cup draw ceremony is underway.

Li Guo, Chen An, Li Weifeng, and Cai Hua participated in the draw ceremony on behalf of China. Just the day before, FIFA announced the classification of the World Cup draw ceremony. The Chinese team, together with other Asian teams, was placed in the second draw.

Also in the second tier are teams from North America or the Caribbean, namely Mexico, Honduras, and the United States.

The third pot consists of teams from South America and Africa, the fourth pot consists of European teams, and the first pot consists of the seeds, including hosts South Africa, defending champions Italy, and the top 10 teams in the world according to the latest FIFA rankings.

They are Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, England, and the Netherlands. It is worth mentioning that the Netherlands is a little bit ahead of France and is lucky to be the seeded team.

At the very beginning of the lottery ceremony, the organizer presented a song and dance, a very African-style performance by the famous South African singer Clegg.

After the performance, the lights of the venue were dimmed, and a famous face appeared on the big screen, former South African President Nelson Mandela. It is said that South Africa was able to obtain the right to host the World Cup thanks to Nelson Mandela's lobbying.

But the old man is too old to come to the scene this time. He can only send greetings and invitations to the whole world through video connection. After a few minutes of speech, Mandela invited fans from all over the world to watch the World Cup in South Africa.

After the speech, the audience burst into applause. Mandela is also a figure Li Guo admires very much. His spirit of never giving up is admirable.

After Mandela, Blatter, the head of FIFA, slowly stepped onto the stage. Many people know that there are many famous speakers in international football, but in fact the most famous one is Blatter. He can speak fluently in French and English, and he can speak without script. For an old man over 70 years old, it is really remarkable.

When Blatter was speaking, Li Guo turned to Chen An and said, "I bet you, which group do you think the Chinese team will be in?"

"Fuck you, I'm a good boy, I don't gamble."

Li Guo laughed, Blatter's speech was wonderful, but it was all hypocritical, so Li Guo didn't bother to listen.

After Blatter's speech, the lottery ceremony has entered the official stage, and the lottery ceremony is about to begin.

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There was another song and dance performance. Li Guo felt that African girls were ugly, but he had to say that African girls danced really crazy. In fact, many elements of modern street dance came from African dance. After the dance, the host invited the first guest to draw lots, South African team member Booth. He was a tall, bald white man.

Soon, the 8 teams returned to their positions. There was no suspense in the first draw, which was just to group the 8 teams. But from the second draw, the pressure began, and the atmosphere on the scene became tense.

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"Li Guo, I'm a little nervous," Cai Hua said, "This is much more exciting than table tennis."

Li Guo, Li Weifeng, and Chen An laughed. In fact, everyone was almost nervous at this time. If they were drawn into the death group, they would not be able to play happily.

The second draw guest is the famous long-distance runner in Africa - Gebresilasier, who should be familiar to those who have watched the Olympic Games. Gebresilasier attended in his national costume, and his hand will determine which seeded team the Chinese team will be in the same group.

Mexico!
When Gebresilasier drew Mexico and the host South Africa together, the Mexican head coach laughed. South Africa, the host, is recognized as a soft persimmon, and if they can be in the same group as South Africa, Mexico can be regarded as the top draw.

Iran!

Iran was drawn into a group with Brazil, and the Iranians were dumbfounded. Although the seeded teams were all strong teams, it was still unlucky to be drawn with Brazil.

Then Gebresilacier drew the second-tier teams one by one until Group D, when the camera showed Lao Ma, because the seeded team in Group D was Argentina.

The camera language is silent, but the meaning is clear, that is, which unlucky guy will be in the same group as Argentina?

Gebrsilassier seemed to be not only a good athlete, but also a good actor. He breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a lot of pressure."

Then he stirred the lottery balls in the glass jar, finally grabbed one of them, unscrewed it, and took out the small note to look at.

At this time, he was the only one in the whole world who knew the result, and then Gebresilassier turned over the small note, only to see that China was written on the small note.

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"MD, this must have been done, BJ's Olympic final opponent draws a group?" Cai Hua said to himself.

Li Guo kept an elegant smile, but he was also scolding the bastard of FIFA in his heart. Now Argentina is different. Messi is becoming a superstar step by step, and Angel Di Maria is also growing rapidly in Benfica. Now meeting Argentina, the result is hard to say.

The old horse had a sly smile on his face, everyone didn't know what he meant?proud?A football powerhouse like Argentina should not forget the 2008 revenge, and the World Cup is the best stage for revenge.

Then Gebresilassier drew several other teams in turn. In this way, the grouping situation of the first two teams has been formed, and some people are already laughing secretly, such as Mexico, and the bigger suspense will be on the team grouping situation of the last two teams.

"Li Guo, I have a bad feeling," Cai Hua said.

"It's okay, the most difficult part is over," Li Guo comforted himself, but in fact Li Guo didn't believe what he said.

The guest in the third draw is the familiar heartthrob - David Beckham.

In his previous life, in order to participate in the World Cup in South Africa, Beckham joined AC Milan despite the abuse of Los Angeles Galaxy fans, but in the end he tore his Achilles tendon in a league game in February 2010 and missed South Africa.

Li Guo hoped that Beckham would not be so unlucky this time. Beckham, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stepped onto the stage, and his hands were about to decide the fate of the team in the third tier. This tier included African and South American teams, so it should be said that they were all strong teams.

After Xiao Bei stepped onto the stage, the host exchanged a few words with Xiao Bei first, and then entered the formal lottery session. At this time, everyone on the scene was very nervous, because after the third round of lottery, the embryonic form of the death group will slowly appear.

(End of this chapter)