Godfather of national football

Chapter 214 Give You a Lesson

Seoul, South Korea, here is the winter training base of Tianjin TEDA this year. After a long-distance attack, Yu Dabao scored the goal.

But after scoring the goal, he did not show any excitement. Instead, he lowered his head. Six years ago, Yu Dabao won the Asian U6 Championship as a member of the national junior team, and participated in the Peru World Youth Championship in the second year.

He was in high spirits then, but now?
The reason for this is because of a transfer. After the World Cup, most Chinese players went to a higher platform, but Yu Dabao returned to China on a free transfer from the Portuguese Super League Sporting Lisbon. For a 22-year-old player, the chance of studying abroad in the future may be very small.

But what he didn't know was that someone in the stands on the training ground was silently watching him, and that person was Li Guo.

The reason why Li Guo was so impressed with Dabao is that in his previous life, Yu Dabao had saved the Chinese team more than once. The most classic one was in the second round of the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers. In the 93rd minute, Yu Dabao scored a goal against the powerful Iraq and saved the Chinese team.

The football field is so big, it may be luck to appear in a key position once, but twice or three times, it must be strength.

Li Guo turned on the coach assistant system and glanced at Yu Dabao. His ability value was 60 and his potential value was 77. It was the same as when Li Guo first met him, nothing changed.

"Okay, rest for 15 minutes." Following the order of the head coach, the players ran to the sidelines and took the water bottles from the staff. Yu Dabao did the same, but when he saw the person who handed him the water, his heart was shocked and he unconsciously shouted: "Head."

"What's the matter, it looks like I saw a tiger."

Yu Dabao scratched his head in embarrassment, then smiled and said, "No, it's too unexpected."

"It's okay, I'll come to investigate and observe."

"Oh,"

"Is the new club still adapting?"

"Okay!"

Yu Dabao's tone showed hesitation, obviously he was not telling the truth.

"Please take a leave of absence and go out for a meal with me, Gangnam District, Seoul, I'll take you to a big meal," Li Guo said.

Yu Dabao didn't know what Li Guo meant, but he must listen to Tou's words and give him face.

Yu Dabao returned to the dormitory, stuffed two credit cards in his pocket, and thought: "We must not let your head pay for it later."

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After coming to sit down at a high-end western restaurant in Jiangnan District, Li Guo ordered a few dishes, and then handed the menu to Yu Dabao, who ordered a few random dishes. Anyway, this meal was mainly for Li Guo, so he didn’t care. There were instant noodles in the dormitory at the base.

After the dishes were served, Li Guo first brought Yu Dabao a glass of wine. After the two drank a glass, Li Guo began to talk.

"During the training just now, I saw that you were not happy. You didn't even celebrate after scoring such a beautiful goal."

"It's just training," Yu Dabao chuckled.

"Dabao, do you trust me?"

"Head, of course I believe you,"

"Then let me be blunt, have you been unable to let go of returning from Sporting Lisbon?"

As soon as this remark came out, it could be regarded as poking at Yu Dabao's mind, yes!He couldn't let it go, how high-spirited he was when he went there, but he didn't gain a foothold in Europe in the end.

"It's okay," Yu Dabao smirked again.

"Feel like a failure?"

Yu Dabao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Guo to be so direct and ungrateful, which made him a little at a loss, it seems that this is a grand banquet.

"Head, you say yes."

"So you gave up on yourself?"

At this moment, Yu Dabao began to fidget, poured himself alcohol vigorously, and drank three cups in one go before giving up.

"Is it a failure to return to China? Then I also failed!"

Li Guo started to laugh at himself, but Yu Dabao felt embarrassed, "Boss, you know that's not what I meant."

"Why are you so nervous? We agreed to chat."

Li Guo went on to say, "Do you know why not many Chinese players go to Europe to succeed? The body is not good? Of course not, look at your thick back, the skills are not good? This can be trained, what is that?"

Yu Dabao didn't know about this, but most of the Chinese players had a bumpy journey abroad, even Yang Chen was not welcome at the club.

"Head, why is that?"

"Lack of confidence!"

Yu Dabao thought carefully about Li Guo's words in his heart, "Lack of self-confidence?"

"Let me give you an example. For example, in the capital subway station, you are dressed beautifully, or you are dressed in tatters. Which one do you think will be looked down upon?"

Yu Dabao blurted out, "Of course, if you wear tattered clothes, people will look down on you."

"wrong!"

Yu Dabao put on an unbelievable expression, "Why?"

"The correct answer is that no one cares about you at all, and everyone is in a hurry to go home."

"For the same reason, Chinese players always lack self-confidence when playing in Europe. They are always afraid that people will look down on you, and as a result, their performance becomes worse and worse."

Yu Dabao recalled that when he was at Sporting Lisbon, after a simple stop error in training, his teammates all laughed at him.

"Maybe they are not laughing at me, but smiling kindly," Yu Dabao thought.

Yu Dabao smiled wryly, "Boss, it would be great if I had this meal with you earlier, but it's too late now."

"It's too late for your size. You are only 22 years old. As long as you perform well in the national team, the teams in the five major leagues will all wave to you."

"National team? Am I not... soy sauce?"

Yu Dabao thought that if Ji Ke and Chen Gelin were there, it would be difficult for him to play in the national team. In the upcoming Asian Cup and the World Cup in South Africa, he would also be a soy sauce specialist on the bench.

"Are you really stupid or fake? If I asked you to make soy sauce, how much time would I spend in the United States to bring you here to eat? Do you know how expensive it is to eat here?"

With a bang, Yu Dabao took out two credit cards, "Head, I know it's expensive here, so I'll treat you to this meal."

Li Guo almost fell down, thinking: "This is really a good boy with Yumu's brain."

"Well, let me tell you this. Chen Gelin's injury is not completely healed. The national team lacks strikers. You cheer me up. Is it clear enough?"

Yu Dabao was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and grabbed Li Guo's hand tightly, "Really!"

"Let go, let go,"

This guy's brain is slow to react, but his hands are really strong, and Li Guo's osteoporosis was caused by pinching.

"Ah, sorry, head."

"But don't let me see you bowing your head again, if you let me see again..."

"You hit me, you scolded me, you beat me," Yu Dabao rushed to say.

Li Guo chuckled, "That's about the same."

(End of this chapter)