Godfather of national football

Chapter 18 Alkmaar

The Netherlands, Alkmaar, a small town.

Strolling on the streets of Alkmaar, Li Guo remembered what Chen An said to himself on the phone yesterday - "It's better for this kid to give up, the Football Association doesn't like him."

The boy that the Football Association doesn't like is called "Yin Di". Contrary to the attitude of the Football Association, Li Guo likes this kid very much.

This kid can be said to be a natural central defender. Born in 1986, Yin Di has a height of 1 meters. Now he is the main central defender in Alkmaar. You must know that in 89, Alkmaar’s head coach was Van Gaal.

Lao Fan's vision in world football is second to none, that is, he discovered the Spanish midfielder Xavi, and later in Bayern, he discovered a genius like Muller, not to mention Manchester United. Rashford is Van Gaal's proud work, but that is all for later.

Why doesn't the Football Association like such a talent?

It's very simple. Last year, Yin Di publicly rejected the invitation of the Football Association. Everyone in the Chinese Football Association also knows that it is not Liu Bei who cares about talents.But Li Guo doesn't see it that way, real talents still need to visit the thatched cottage.

Winter in Holland is very cold and wet, Li Guo walked into a cafe, ordered a cup of coffee, and asked for a newspaper by the way.

Turning to the sports page habitually, there is no doubt that it is all about the news of the giants spending money during the winter break, and there are also some frivolous news, such as the English players went to a certain nightclub again, just as Li Guo was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.

A Dutch beauty came across. The average height of Dutch women is the highest in the world. Coupled with their pretty faces, Dutch women also have a unique taste.

"Shall we make a bet?"

Li Guo looked up and was accosted by a beautiful woman. Li Guo was not happy, because in recent years, in Europe, many local people only cheated Asians. Maybe this one in front of him will perform the Dutch version of "Fairy Dance".

Li Guo smiled, lowered his head and continued with his own business, thinking: "You want to lie to me, hehe, you are too young."

After being coldly received, the beauty was not discouraged, but instead made an even more surprising move. She said directly in Chinese: "Can we make a bet?"

Li Guo raised his head slowly, "Do you speak Chinese?"

The beauty sat down in front of Li Guo, "It's not uncommon to know Chinese now."

"Since you can speak Chinese, it's not surprising that you know yourself. After all, everyone in China knows you."

"My name is Hilda," Belle offered.

"Um,"

"In a small town like Alkmaar, it's hard to meet Chinese people, and it's even harder to meet Chinese celebrities," Hilda said.

"Then how many do you know?"

Hilda snapped her fingers and said, "Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and you, Li Guo."

"It seems you like kung fu and football," Li Guo said with a smile.

Hilda smiled slightly. At this time, Li Guo admired the beauty in front of him openly. Hilda's height is at least 175, and her long hair like a waterfall hangs down to her shoulders. She looks very sunny.

Li Guo clapped his hands, "Since you like football, you must be a fan of Alkmaar."

Hilda nodded.

Li Guo took out a photo, the person in the photo was Yin Di, Hilda looked at the big bald head in the photo, and smiled.

"We Dutch people like him very much. I heard that Marco is trying to recruit him into the national team,"

Li Guo knew that the Marco that Hilda was talking about was the current head coach of the Dutch national team - Van Basten.

This does not surprise Li Guo. After Stam retired, the Dutch team has not had a suitable central defender candidate. It is only natural for Van Basten to be greedy for a good seed like Yin Di.

"No wonder this kid turned down the invitation of the Football Association. It turns out that he has already flirted with the Dutch team."

But if Chinese football wants to compete with Dutch football, it is as difficult as the Dutch table tennis team competes with the Chinese table tennis team.

For a while, Li Guo fell into deep thought.

After walking out of the cafe and saying goodbye to Hilda, Li Guo didn't go back to the hotel, but went directly to Yin Di's home in Alkmaar.

This is an ordinary apartment. Yin Di's parents live in Amsterdam, and Yin Di usually lives alone.

When he came to the door of the apartment, Li Guo found that the security here was very strict, and he had to report his name, and he could only go upstairs after the security guard and the residents confirmed.

"Li Guo, the head coach of the Chinese national team," Li Guo reported himself.

A few minutes later, the security guard shook his head at Li Guo, "I'm sorry, the residents of 601D say they don't know you,"

"Then report it several times until he knows him."

The security guard was very embarrassed, turned around and tried several times, but the result was still the same.

Li Guo thought to himself: "It's ruthless enough."

But Li Guo was more ruthless and said, "Just tell him, if he doesn't let me in today, I'll hold a global press conference in front of this apartment immediately."

This trick really worked, and soon, the security guard said with a smile: "Sir, you can go in."

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Seeing Yin Di, Li Guo's first impression was - this kid is really tall and strong, if you don't look at his face, he really looks like Stam.

"Why shave your head, is your idol Stam?"

"No, it's troublesome to wash your hair, but it's convenient to have a bald head,"

"Pfft," Li Guo almost laughed.

Yin Di poured Li Guo a glass of water, and said bluntly: "I have already decided to play for the Dutch team."

In today's football, such situations are commonplace. Even the top football powers are composed of many immigrants. It can be said that recruiting immigrants is not only not shameful, but is a popular trend in football, which seems very tolerant.

After Yin Di said these words, his hands were shaking all the time. He knew that this was an important decision. He didn't know how Li Guo would react, would he scold him and say he was ungrateful?

But I didn't expect Li Guo's reaction to be unexpected, "Is there any tea?"

"what?"

Li Guo smiled and said, "Is there any tea? I don't know why, but I suddenly want to drink tea."

Yin Di was stunned, then nodded, "Yes."

After making tea for Li Guo, Yin Di peeked at Li Guo from time to time. He felt that Li Guo was unpredictable.

After drinking tea, Li Guo asked again, "Can we have a meal together?"

Yin Di wanted to refuse, but Li Guo said first: "I treat you."

In this way, the two went to the street and came to a Chinese restaurant. After ordering a few dishes, Li Guo began to eat, but Yin Di seemed to have no appetite. He still couldn't figure out what Li Guo meant.

After eating and wiping his mouth, Li Guo looked out the window, then pointed to the red lantern in the Chinese restaurant, "Look, what a beautiful lantern, did you think of anything?"

(End of this chapter)