Godfather of national football

Chapter 174 Battle in Côte d'Ivoire ([-])
Facing the Chinese team, if Côte d'Ivoire plays the game slowly, it will not be able to tear the Chinese team's defense at all, but if it speeds up the pace, there will be many passing mistakes.

Football is a team sport. African players have good skills and good health, but they are really weak in teamwork.

With the decline of physical fitness, the Chinese team got rid of the passivity and took advantage of a pass error by the opponent. Qu Bo took the ball in the midfield and ran forward.

Qu Bo's running posture is very similar to the former Argentine star Saviola. He is short and fast, running forward slowly.

Facing the breakthrough of the small player on the left side of the Chinese team, the Ivorian players were taken aback. Two players in a row were passed by. Qu Bo is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

Maybe Côte d'Ivoire looks down on most Chinese players, but there is one person that Côte d'Ivoire attaches great importance to, and that is No. 11 Chen Gelin.

Kolo Toure turned around and looked at Chen Gelin to make sure that he was within his control. Kolo Toure knew that Chen Gelin was slipperier than a loach.

Kolo Touré shouted to his right back, "Go up and stare at No. 17,"

But Qu Bo rushed up with strong momentum. Unless the Ivorian defender committed a foul, the right back had already received a yellow card in the last game. According to the rules, if he accumulated two yellow cards in the World Cup, he would be suspended for the next game, so he did not dare to foul Qu Bo.

The situation was very good. Li Guo, who was on the sidelines, was afraid that Qu Bo, a stunned young man, would get too excited and kick the ball away with his last pass, so he shouted: "Give the low ball to Chen Gelin, use the arch of your foot."

This should be what the youth training coach should say. It feels a bit insulting to say this in front of professional players, but Li Guo cares too much about the ball. If possible, he even wants to go up and kick it himself.

Qu Bo pushed his arch, and the ball rolled forward. At the same time, Chen Gelin had already made a shovel, and Kolo Toure also shoveled at the same time. Both of their feet flew towards the football. It depends on whose foot hits the ball first.

"come'on,"

"come'on,"

"come'on,"

Li Guo clenched his fists tightly, hoping that Chen Gelin would shovel the ball in with one kick. Li Guo opened his mouth slightly, looking full of anticipation.

With a "bang", Toure and Chen Gelin's feet kicked the ball at the same time, and the loud sound of shoveling and shooting from each other spread far away.

The ball was kicked away, and the Ivorian goalkeeper Barry stepped forward to get the ball.

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"The central defenders of both teams are of super high level," Huang Jianxiang said.

"Yes, it was Zhou Dun just now, and now it's Toure. In fact, as long as it is a little bit close, it may be a penalty kick or the opponent's goal, but the defense of the two teams is in place."

Yang Chen further said: "Offensive is a team art, while defense is sometimes an individual art."

Jianxiang chuckled, "I don't completely agree, but maybe it's like this in this game."

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Li Guo applauded Chen Gelin. The ball was indeed in place, even if it was Inzaghi.

But Qu Bo could do better, such as passing the ball to Zheng Zhi. Maybe this requirement was too high, but Li Guo still called Qu Bo over.

"If you really don't know what to do after breaking through, then pass the ball to Zheng Zhi."

Qu Bo nodded.

Li Guo's wishful thinking is to use Qu Bo's speed and Zheng Zhi's organizational ability, but he doesn't know what the specific effect of the game will be?
Soon Côte d'Ivoire's attack came again. Kalou took the ball from the left side and faced Mu Fei.

Kalou swayed around and did not shake Mu Fei away. When Kalou paused for a while, Mu Fei went up and grabbed it. This was a clever defensive timing. Mu Fei also learned it in Germany. When the opponent's offensive player paused, it indicated that the opponent hesitated, and that was the best time for the defensive player to go up and go up.

Mu Fei's aggressive attack made Kalou very uncomfortable. Frankfurt players played together with the ball. In fact, any team in the middle and lower reaches of the national league is like this. They have no money and no stars. If they are not a little rough, what else is there?

After being kicked by Mu Fei a few times on the calf, Kalou became angry and pushed Mu Fei, but the referee called Kalou a foul.

Kalou felt wronged, pointed at his calf, and told the referee that he kicked me more than once.

But the referee just laughed. After all, Kalou's movements were too big, and he pushed someone with his hands. Even if Mu Fei kicked someone, he could only say that he played football smartly.

*****
Eriksson clearly saw Mu Fei kicking Kalou. Facing the referee's penalty, the Swede looked helpless, and then he applauded and booed at Li Guo, meaning that your player is really good, really good!
Can Li Guo suffer this grievance?

Of course not!

Li Guo stretched out his two hands and gestured to shut up at the same time, "Shut up."

Seeing that the coaches of the two teams were not very friendly on the sidelines, and the fourth official came out to make peace, Li Guo shook hands with the fourth official and expressed acceptance, while Eriksson went straight back to his coaching bench and sat down, sullen all by himself.

Soon Eriksson stood up and walked to the sidelines, his footsteps were in a hurry. Judging from his footsteps, Li Guo felt something was wrong.

"Did the little old Swedish man come up with a trick?"

I saw Eriksson and Hot Bird whispered a few words, the latter ran back to the court, and then Eriksson returned to the coach's bench.

"What tactics? Is it that simple?" Li Guo thought to himself.

*****
Ivory Coast played very patiently in this attack. The ball was passed back and forth in the frontcourt. Li Guo looked at his watch. This attack has lasted for 1 minute and 30 seconds, and Drogba has not been found yet. What is he trying to do?
The ball finally reached Yaya Toure's feet, and Toure kicked it straight.

"Again!" The players on the bench of the Chinese team thought to themselves, "This trick works so well for Côte d'Ivoire."

But Li Guo yelled "no", and then walked quickly to the sideline, because he noticed that one person's running position was different, and that was Gervinho.

Sure enough, Drogba, who retreated to get the ball, did not get the ball this time, but a clever leak. The ball rolled to the feet of Gervinho who inserted it. At this time, the Heat were in an unguarded situation.

"Damn, Côte d'Ivoire has become a single sword!"

Wang Dalei pounced on the Hot Bird, Gervinho aimed at Wang Dalei's crotch and pushed the shot. The ball passed through the wicket and slowly rolled towards the goal. The hearts of both players were in their throats. Will this be the first goal of the game?

Li Guo turned around and didn't look directly at the ball. He saw Chen An's nervous eyes. Unless the ball was pushed wide by Gervinho, the defensive players had nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)