Godfather of national football

Chapter 153 The Lottery Ceremony ([-])

Beckham's smile is still so charming. Under the training of Spice Girl Victoria, Beckham has transformed from a player to a successful person who shows his elegance all the time, but the people at the scene have no time to appreciate Beckham's charm. Their eyes are all fixed on Beckham's right hand.

Cameroon,

Algeria,
Uruguay,
When Uruguay was drawn, the scene showed Forlan. This is the second time for Fran to participate in the World Cup. The Uruguayans did not participate in the last World Cup. They were eliminated by Australia in the play-offs.

When Beckham was drawn into Group D, all eyes were on the audience. The top two teams in Group D were Argentina and China. Beckham was about to draw the third team in Group D. Who would it be?

Li Guo's ideal opponent is Nigeria or Ghana, Chen An silently prayed in his heart - Nigeria.

Beckham was stirring in the glass jar with his right hand, and at the same time he was joking with the host, "Guess who?"

"I can't figure it out!"

Beckham laughed. When Beckham took out the ball, the Chinese delegation and the Argentine delegation couldn't sit still. The two teams prayed in their hearts almost at the same time—it must not be Côte d'Ivoire, because this team has Drogba, Toure and other world-class stars, and its strength can be said to be the strongest among African teams.

After unscrewing the ball, Beckham took out the note. He didn't look at it, but turned it around, and the big screen displayed - Côte d'Ivoire.

The scene was shown to three people at the same time - Maradona, Li Guo, Drogba. The reason why the head coach of Côte d'Ivoire was not shown is because everyone knows that the real boss of this team is Didier Drogba, known as Andy Lau in Africa.

Then the big screen added Cote d'Ivoire to Group D, and now the top three teams in Group D have been produced, Argentina, China, and Cote d'Ivoire.

*****
Thousands of miles away in China, it is already early morning, and it is still a cold December, but countless Chinese fans are watching the draw ceremony in front of the TV. When Beckham draws Côte d'Ivoire, almost everyone is cursing.

Because according to the rules, since there is already a South American team in Group D, the second opponent of the Chinese team must be an African team, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Nigeria.

As a result, the Chinese team chose to draw the strongest Ivory Coast, so the Chinese fans cursed at the TV in anger. The two opponents of the Chinese team, one is the strongest in South America, and the other is the strongest in Africa. This feeling is very sour.

Duan Xuan, a CCTV commentator, joked, "We don't seem to have offended FIFA, it's because of the lottery."

Next, Beckham also drew the remaining teams in turn, and then drew lots to the cruelest fourth tier, which is the strongest European powers.

*****
The fourth draw guest was Ntini, the first black player in the history of the South African cricket team. He walked up to the stage and shook hands with Beckham, and then the time belonged to him.

The reason why Ntini was chosen is also because of South Africa's historical reasons, but this time his responsibility is very heavy, and the death group of this World Cup will be produced in his hands.

European teams do not adopt the principle of avoidance, so any team may draw with the Chinese team. Li Guo can only pray for better luck this time.

Take a look at the teams in the fourth tier. Ideally, it would be great if they can be in the same group with Slovakia and Greece. On the other hand, Denmark and Serbia are also acceptable. Teams like Portugal and France are best not to meet.

In fact, the so-called group of death is to look at the two teams of France and Portugal, and other teams do not constitute a group of death.

This is a game of choosing 8 from 2. Everyone present wants to avoid Portugal and France, but there must be two groups of unlucky people who cannot escape.

Serbia,

Greece,

Switzerland,

When Ntini drew the top three teams, the head coaches of the teams in Group A, B, and C were amnesty, and then it was Group D. The camera scanned the big screen, and the top three teams in Group D came into view. Group D will soon usher in the fourth team.

"If it was Portugal, I would turn my back on me," Chen An said.

"How do you know it's not France?"

As soon as these words came out, Chen An's face turned green, "Bah, Li Guo, you don't have a crow's mouth,"

Li Guo chuckled, "I'm saving character."

"I've never heard that self-defeating can save character,"

Unlike the Chinese team, the guests at the scene paid attention to Group D mainly because of Messi and Drogba, not because of the Chinese team. In the eyes of most people, the Chinese team is still playing soy sauce in this group.

Ntini stirred the ball and took out one, at this moment he said abruptly, "Actually, I'm a Messi fan,"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and then Ntini unscrewed the ball, and the camera on the scene showed Queiroz shots, Argentina VS Portugal, Messi PK-C Ronaldo, this plot is good, it depends on whether Ntini can pull it out.

When Ntini saw the result, he immediately smiled and said: "Messi, I may be sorry for you."

In this way, the result seems to be coming out, it should be Portugal, but when Ntini turned the small note, the guests at the scene were stunned, and saw "France" written on the small note, and the camera immediately found the head coach of the French team Domenech.

Argentina, China, Côte d'Ivoire, France, there is no doubt that the death group of this draw has been produced, and that is Group D.

The on-site camera used 4 shots to juxtapose the four head coaches in the same frame. Among them, Maradona smiled the brightest. After all, Argentina's goal is to win the championship, so any group is the same for Argentina. This is the confidence of a strong team, which is enviable.

France's Domenech looked indifferent. He felt that in this group, Argentina and France should have no problem qualifying together, as long as they don't capsize on Côte d'Ivoire. As for the Chinese team, that is not within the scope of consideration at all.

The draw ceremony is over, and the top 32 are in their respective positions. The World Cup will start in June next year, with the opening game South Africa VS Mexico.

Coming out of the venue, Li Guo was surrounded by reporters, "Director Li, what do you think of the Chinese team being divided into the death group?"

Li Guo was a little helpless, "This group is very difficult. I think the fate may not be in the hands of the Chinese team. When I go back, I will study the opponent carefully with my team and try to achieve a result acceptable to the fans."

It was the first time in two years that the reporters saw that Li Guo could no longer be arrogant, but it was understandable. No one was happy when he was assigned to the death group when he led the team to participate in the World Cup for the first time.

After answering a few questions, Li Guo hurriedly left the venue, never expecting that the Chinese team's World Cup journey started with such a bad situation.

(End of this chapter)