Godfather of national football

Chapter 172 Battle in Côte d'Ivoire ([-])

In 1486, when the Portuguese navigator Dias discovered Cape Town for the first time, human history was changed. Since then, there has been an additional road from Europe to Asia.

Today, the Chinese team from Asia is in the Cape Town Stadium. The feeling is very special. The famous Table Mountain is close by, and the Cape of Good Hope is in the distance. No matter what it means in Western languages, at least in the eyes of the Chinese, the Cape of Good Hope is a symbol of good luck.

The game was held in the afternoon of local time. Cape Town is located at the southernmost tip of South Africa. It has a Mediterranean climate. It is winter at this time, and the temperature is about 12 degrees.

But Li Guo, who was inside the stadium, was wearing a down jacket. Because of the strong wind, he felt quite cold in the empty stadium.

"This place is much colder than Johannesburg," Li Guo said.

Chen An, who was shivering beside him, responded: "This place is near the sea, so it's relatively humid, so it's cold."

Li Guo nodded, "Let the players fully warm up to avoid muscle strain."

The players of the Chinese team were the first to play. They started jogging and slowly warmed up their bodies. Although the weather forecast was 12 degrees, the body temperature was obviously lower than 12 degrees, and it might only be around 6 degrees. Chen Gelin and others all put on gloves.

The biggest disadvantage of arranging the World Cup in South Africa is that it is winter here, and the center of world football is in Europe, so usually, most players are now on summer vacation. This out-of-season situation makes the players feel uncomfortable.

When the players were warming up, Li Guo scribbled and drew in his notebook. The starting lineup had already been submitted to the official. Li Guo's doing so now has no meaning, it's just a repetitive mechanical action due to nervousness.

There is a big change in the starting lineup of the Chinese team in this game, that is, Sun Jihai retreated to the left back position, and Qu Bo started to play the left halfback.

Goalkeeper - Wang Dalei
Defense line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Sun Jihai
Back midfielder - Fang Suo, Li Weifeng
Avant-garde line - Shen Rui, Zheng Zhi, Qu Bo

Single striker - Chen Gelin
Li Guo made this arrangement because this game is a game that he cannot afford to lose, so the first thing to do is not to concede a goal. Only by not conceding a goal can he continue to stay in the World Cup. Therefore, at the most critical time, Li Guo still chooses to trust the veteran Sun Jihai.

Ivory Coast's starting lineup is exactly the same as it was in the first game.

Goalkeeper - Barry

Defensive line - Demel, Kolo Touré, Zokora, Thiene
Midfielders - Eboue, Yaya Toure, Tiotte
Forward line - Gervinho, Drogba, Kalou

This list is exactly the same as that of Li Guo, Chen An, and Robin's tactical deduction. It seems that facing the Chinese team, Eriksson is still very confident and did not make any strange moves.

Just as Li Guo was scribbling and drawing on his notebook, there was a commotion at the scene. It was not the sound of vuvuzela, but applause.

Looking up, it turned out that Drogba, known as African Andy Lau, appeared on the stage.

This should be the biggest star among the active players in Africa, so the African fans did not hesitate to applaud Drogba.

Drogba also has a big-name demeanor, applauding and waving at the fans. In the Premier League, Drogba destroyed the self-confidence of many defenders. The most typical one is Senderos.

Therefore, any central defender will be terrified when he sees Drogba. Warcraft's physical fitness is against the sky. Coupled with the training in Ligue [-], Drogba is indeed the best center in today's football.

When Drogba was worshiping, Zhou Dun and Yin Di watched coldly from the sidelines. It is foreseeable that the confrontation between the three of them will be very fierce later, and the whole Chinese team understands that whether they can score points against Côte d'Ivoire today depends mainly on whether they can defend against Drogba.

If Drogba is the superstar on Ivory Coast's offensive line, then the core of their backcourt is the Toure brothers. Yaya Toure, who plays for Barcelona, ​​is in charge of organizing the offense, while Kolo Toure, who plays for Manchester City, sits in the defense.

The two brothers were talking and laughing while jogging. It was obvious that the Toure brothers were quite confident in winning against the Chinese team, which was inferior in body and skills to their own.

At this moment, a golden light flashed, and Li Guo turned his head to see that it was Eriksson, whose gold-rimmed glasses reflected the brilliance of the sun.

Perhaps because of the unhappiness at the press conference yesterday, Eriksson ignored Li Guo's presence when he came to the stadium, walked directly to his side's bench, then pulled his down jacket, and finally picked up the tactical board beside him, flipping it thoughtfully.

Li Guo was very upset about this. Even enemies in world football will have basic courtesy when they meet each other, such as Vieira and Keane.

Mourinho, Guardiola.

No matter how fierce the fight on the court is, how bad the words are, at least it is necessary to shake hands in front of the camera before the game, but today Eriksson just walked by him like this, showing nothing.

If it wasn't for the flying cats above the field patting him, Li Guo really wanted to greet the Swede by raising his middle finger.

Chen An knew Li Guo best, he knew what Li Guo was thinking without words, he pushed Li Guo, "Forget it, people look down on us, we still look down on him!"

Li Guo spat, "I'll see what kind of expression you have when you play in the Chinese Super League."

Chen An chuckled, thinking that Li Guo is too good at flirting. What he never dreamed of was that one day, Eriksson, who claims to be a world famous coach, would really work in the Super League.

*****
After half an hour of warming up, the players returned to the locker room. After making final preparations, players from both sides lined up in the player tunnel behind the referee, ready to enter the field.

In this game, the Chinese team is wearing a white jersey, and Côte d'Ivoire is wearing an orange jersey. The captain of the Chinese team, Li Weifeng, stands at the front, while the Côte d'Ivoire team's captain, Kolo Touré, stands at the front.

Kolo Toure glanced at Li Weifeng, with a smile on his lips. Players who have been in Europe know the most basic manners, and Li Weifeng also smiled at him.

The stadium is already boiling, like boiling water, because it is an African team, and today it is half of Côte d'Ivoire's home court. The neutral South Africans are all supporting Côte d'Ivoire, so it is very noisy outside the player tunnel at this time, and nothing can be heard clearly. This is the noise before the big game.

Finally the referee moved forward, and the players knew that it was time to enter the field. Almost all Chinese players couldn't help but glanced at Drogba. This monster of Chelsea, the super striker who made all the Premier League defenders fearful, will compete on the pitch later.

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