Godfather of national football

Chapter 2 A Team Combining Chinese and Western

Now that the reality is already like this, Li Guo can only face his new role. Fortunately, he was a fan in his previous life, otherwise...

"Come on, meet our team," Li Guo said.

The division of labor in modern football is becoming more and more detailed. A coaching team often has as many as 10 people. The core team alone is generally composed of 1 head coach and 3 assistant coaches.

Li Guo's team is relatively refined. Li Guo is the head coach, Robin Dutt is the first assistant coach, and Chen An is the second assistant coach.

In his previous life, Robin Dutt had coached Hannover 96 and Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, and later succeeded Sammer as the sports director of the German Football Association in July 2012.

But because of Li Guo's time travel, Robin Dutt's fate has also changed. When he was in Germany, Li Guo was Leverkusen's head coach and Robin Dutt was an assistant coach. Now he follows Li Lai to China.

In addition, Li Guo also brought the chief team doctor - Heinrich, and physical coach - Marcus from Leverkusen. These 5-member team is Li Guo's regular team, but there is actually one more person in the national team's coaching team, and this person has a big name.

"Let's go? Let's wait until after a comprehensive inspection," Chen An said.

But Li Guo's character is vigorous and resolute. Before Chen An finished speaking, Li Guo had already left the room. Looking at Chen An, Robin Dutt shook his head, "Don't you know what Li Guo's character is? Can he listen to others?"

*****
When he came to the training base of the national team, Li Guo put on his sportswear and came to the side of the training field. Heinrich and Marcus were the first to come.

"Li Guo, glad to see you back,"

"It's just a hangover," Li Guo laughed, looking very calm.

At this moment, a figure in the distance caught Li Guo's eyes, with flowing long hair, even if he only looked at the figure from the back, Li Guo guessed that this person should be from Argentina.

Li Guo walked over slowly, and the man seemed to feel someone approaching, and turned around, "Hey, head."

"Leidondo!" Li Guo shouted in his heart.

In his previous life, Li Guo was a fan of Redondo and was impressed by his graceful skills. It is no exaggeration to say that Redondo was the midfielder of that era. His famous heel dribble in the Champions League on behalf of Real Madrid has fascinated many fans.

The Argentine stars of that era can be said to be all male gods, with superb looks and superb skills. Unfortunately, in both worlds, Redondo fell before injuries. In 2005, Redondo, who was suffering from injuries, finally retired. Now he is the technical director of the Chinese national team.

Seeing Redondo, Li Guo thought of his youth, tears almost fell down, and before Li Guo could speak, Redondo said: "Head, these players are still a little bit worse."

"A bit worse? What aspect?" Li Guo asked.

"The understanding of football," Redondo replied.

"Well, Chinese football started late, take your time, what do you think of their basic skills?"

"Basic skills are not bad, after all, the youth training is completed in Brazil,"

After a brief chat with Redondo, Li Guo walked to the sidelines and watched these players train. Li Guo felt refreshed. As a fan in his previous life, he also went to the national team's training. Compared with now, his skills are much worse.

Just when Li Guo was deep in thought, someone shouted beside him, and it was Chen An.

"Li Guo, don't forget about the arrangements for the afternoon,"

"Arrangements for the afternoon? What are the arrangements for the afternoon?"

Chen An knew that Li Guo had forgotten, so he handed over a piece of A4 paper, "Look for yourself, this is your work schedule for the next few days."

Take it over and take a look. In the column below the arrangement, it says "Meet the Chairman of the Football Association".

"Okay, I see,"

Chen An looked at Li Guo, "Do you want me to accompany you?"

"No need, I'll go by myself," Li Guo said with a smile.

Chen An sat down next to Li Guo, "Are you doing it right? Why does it feel like you're all in a daze after waking up?"

Li Guo chuckled in his heart, "I can't tell you this, even if I told you, no one would believe it."

"Maybe it's too hot," Li Guo explained.

The Xianghe training base in August was indeed very hot. This reason is reasonable. Although Chen An was worried, he didn't ask too much.

*****
In the afternoon, in the office of the Chairman of the Football Association.

Across a table, Li Guo and Football Association Chairman Cai Hua sat on both sides.

"Don't be nervous, Li, this is a private meeting and will not be recorded."

Li Guo bowed slightly and nodded.

Then Cai Hua cut to the topic.

"Li Guo, you also know that during the Milu era, Chinese football has made great progress. Now we, Japan, South Korea, and Australia are the first echelon of Asian football."

"Now in the FIFA rankings, China ranks 69th, and the highest in Asia is Australia, which ranks 39th. I think this ranking does not match the strength of our country."

Li Guo nodded, expressing approval.

"More importantly, next year's Olympic Games will be held in the capital. Our goal is very clear, which is to win a medal."

"What?" Li Guo almost shouted, thinking: "Aren't I the head coach of the national team? When will the Olympic team come under my control?"

It turned out that because of the special nature of the 2008 Olympic Games, when the national football coach was selected this time, it was clear that the 2008 Olympic Games would be held part-time by the coach of the national team. Li Guo also just found out about this.

Chairman Cai Hua continued: "The task given to you by the Football Association is very clear. The near future is next year's Olympic Games, and the farther is the World Cup in South Africa. The ultimate goal is to rank Chinese football in the top 10 in the world. Of course, I will fully cooperate with your work. In a word, now Chinese football is up to you."

This sentence shocked Li Guo. As we all know, the reason why Chinese football is not good is that the Football Association has too much control. In the previous life, it was not until a certain big came to power that Chinese football was completely reformed and separated from the General Administration of Sports. Later, the league became so popular.

"Is everything ahead of schedule?"

In his previous life, Li Guo believed that the Chinese league was so popular that Chinese football would rise sooner or later, but now it seems that everything seems to be ahead of schedule.

Seeing that Li Guo was silent, Chairman Cai Hua coughed and asked, "How is it, Li Guo, what else do you want?"

"No, just..."

"Just what? Just say it, it's just the two of us here,"

"Do I really have the final say on Chinese football?"

Cai Hua was a little puzzled. Chinese football had completed the separation of management and management in the Milu era. What happened to Li Guo today, asking such a naive question.

"Of course!"

This time Li Guo was completely relieved. There was such a joke on the Internet in the previous life, saying that China also has Messi and Ronaldo, but unfortunately no one discovered them. Therefore, as long as Chinese football really has the final say, then he has the confidence to dig out the Chinese Messi.

"Don't worry, chairman, as long as the chairman doesn't care about me, I promise to complete the task,"

Cai Hua's forehead was sweating after hearing this, "Is this a compliment to me?"

(End of this chapter)