Godfather of national football

Chapter 182 Solving the Crisis
Charles de Gaulle Airport, France.

A large number of reporters are stationed here. According to reliable sources, Anelka will appear at the airport later, and everyone is watching the flight back from South Africa on the big screen at the airport.

Finally, there was a commotion in the crowd, the flashing lights began to flash, and the reporters swarmed up like flies,

"Nicholas, Nicholas, may I say a few words?"

Anelka is holding a bag in his left hand, his right hand is inserted into his jeans, and he wears big sunglasses on his face. It doesn't look like he has just been expelled from the national team, but he is back from a holiday somewhere.

"Nicolas,"

"Nicolas,"

Anelka remained expressionless, and he didn't look like he would answer any questions.

"The French say you are rat shit, you ruined this French team, you ruined the French dream in the World Cup,"

"Do you blame yourself, do you feel sorry for the French?"

No matter how provocative questions the reporter asked, Anelka remained expressionless and walked straight forward.

In addition to reporters, there were also excited fans at the scene. These people were isolated by the police wall, but this did not prevent them from greeting Anelka with foul language.

"You bastard, get out, you'd better leave France and go to your London."

"Trash, bastard, you've disgraced France,"

The atmosphere at the scene was once tense, and the police maintaining order seemed to be facing an enemy, fearing that the two sides would fight, and Anelka would also have a violent temper.

But today Anelka seems very quiet, maybe he knows that his career in the national team is over, or everything in French football is over, so why fight?If you want to scold, just scold, anyway, it's the last time.

Escorted by several bodyguards, Anelka left Charles de Gaulle Airport. The moment he disappeared from everyone's sight, the media at the scene were more or less disappointed. They couldn't write a manuscript without answering a word.

*****
Anelka was fired, Anelka was liberated, he returned to France, and then went on vacation, but the French team in Pretoria was still in the eye of the storm, and Domenech was devastated.

First of all, Evra has been abandoned, and he will definitely not play against the Chinese team. He will be replaced by Chrissy.

In addition, with Anelka's departure, the French team's striker has to be adjusted. Is it going to be the old Henry or the better Cisse?This is also a problem for Domenech.

Another point is that Domenech believes that Anelka and Evra are not the only ones who betrayed him in the French team.

The shortage of personnel is only one aspect. What's more terrible is that Domenech knew that people's hearts were scattered and it was difficult to lead the team. Thinking of this, Domenech punched the table in front of him and cursed a few French words.

"calm down,"

Domenech thought to himself that even if the current French team is the Titanic, I, the captain, have to escape by myself, and must not sink with the French team.

Domenech arranged the starters one by one on the tactical board, trying to form a lineup he was satisfied with, and suddenly Domenech's eyes lit up.

"China!"

"Yeah, actually things are not that bad. If we beat China, then we will qualify from the group and everything will be settled."

In the last World Cup, Italy was deeply involved in the Calciopoli scandal, and everyone in the Italian football world was in danger, but in the end they won the World Cup, and many accusations were dispelled.

Domenech picked up the "L'Equipe" on the corner of the table. The article on it was an interview with Li Guo, and the whole world knew what it meant.

"Li Guo, that bastard," Domenech clenched his fist and burst out these words through his teeth.

"Alright, you want to step on the French team to climb up, and I also want to step on the Chinese team to solve the problem," Domenech smiled at the corner of his mouth when he thought of this.

*****
After spending the afternoon in the hotel room, Domenech finally made a satisfactory start. The tactical problem was solved, and then the morale of the army was stabilized. At this time, Domenech thought of the two "good boys" in the team.

Gourcuff, Lori.

These two are both strong teams in Ligue [-]. Lyon, in Domenech's view, those players who have played overseas have been "bad". For example, Nicola and Evra both learned bad in the UK.

And these two are playing football in China, and this time the mutiny did not show up. In Domenech's view, they can be trusted.

"Boys, I don't think I need to say more about how bad things are, we're disgraced in front of the whole world."

The two looked at each other in blank dismay. The World Cup was originally the dream of all players, but no one expected it to turn out like this.

Seeing the depression on the disciple's face, Domenech suddenly changed the subject, "Do you still remember Italy in 2006?"

"Fixed matches, gambled on matches, manipulated referees, and even the Football Association got involved. Haha, that's much more chaotic than ours."

Hearing this, Gourcuff and Lori seemed to understand something, but they were hazy, and they looked at Domenech eagerly.

"Actually we are the same as Italy, we just need to move forward, keep moving forward, all problems can be solved, the media is stupid, they will soon forget about Nicola, forget about the infighting, as long as we win."

Gourcuff and Lori thought about it, yes, this is the truth, but here comes the question again, why tell us alone?
Domenech chuckled, "I temporarily lost my authority with the team, I don't think they even want to see me, let alone listen to me, so I need you two to pass on my message."

The two understood that Domenech asked himself to convey the meaning to form public opinion within the team. This trick was really clever.

"But pay attention to the method, the most important thing is not to say what I mean."

After finishing speaking, Domenech waved his hands, and the two left Domenech's room. Domenech knew that everything was temporary. As long as he won the Chinese team and advanced to the top 16, he could win back the control of the team.

At this time, Domenech could no longer care about the honor of French football. What he cared about was that he must not become the first head coach in the history of the World Cup to be dismissed due to team internal strife. He picked up the "L'Equipe" again and looked at Li Guo's triumphant expression.

Then Domenech suddenly laughed. He called his assistant and ordered, "Send everyone a copy of L'Equipe, the one that Frank needs to interview Li Guo."

The assistant didn't know, so Domenech didn't bother to explain, "Go ahead, I don't have time to explain to you."

The assistant nodded and left. Domenech walked to the window. This may be his last fight for this World Cup.

(End of this chapter)