Godfather of national football

Chapter 241 Doha Airport
With the approach of the Asian Cup final on January 1, Doha International Airport began to get busy, and the guests invited by the AFC came to Qatar and Doha one after another.

When FIFA President Blatter came to Doha, he was immediately surrounded by reporters at the scene.

"Please predict the champion?" A reporter rushed to ask.

Blatter showed a professional smile, which was trained for decades, commonly known as the smile in front of the camera.

"I think the process is more important than the result. Qatar hosted a successful Asian Cup, which also proves how wise it is for FIFA to give Qatar the right to host the 2022 World Cup..."

Blatter then began a tirade about his exploits and how great FIFA was under his leadership.

In the end, the reporter was a little annoyed, "Talk about the Chinese team?"

"The Chinese team? It's a pretty good team..." Then Blatter started to digress again, talking to himself.

In fact, when FIFA handed over the right to host the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, the whole world questioned it. Another purpose of Blatter's visit to Qatar this time is to support Qatar. God knows how much the Qataris have given him.

Qatar is a country of local tyrants and spends a lot of money. This Asian Cup is an excellent opportunity for them to promote themselves. For this reason, Qatar has invited many big names in the history of international football.

First of all, the ball king Pele is indispensable. Basically, as long as there are football matches, the Brazil ball king is indispensable, and his most famous is the crow's mouth.

In addition to Pele, Qatar also invited the Argentine football king Maradona. The old horse originally refused to come to Qatar because he knew that Pele would also go, and the old horse didn't bother to appear on the same screen with Pele.

Later, after learning that the Chinese team led by his good friend Li Guo had reached the final, Maradona changed his mind and decided to come to Qatar to see Li Guo.

So when Maradona appeared at Doha International Airport, facing the media, Maradona first stated that he came to save face for Li.

"I came to Doha because of my good friend Li Guo."

The reporter was also very bad, and asked: "I heard that Pele is also here."

Maradona shrugged, "I said a long time ago that he is my follower, and I can't help it."

"But I heard that Qatar invited Pele first and then you."

"Really? Then you should go to the hospital to have a look at your ears. I suspect something is wrong with your ears, and check your brain by the way."

Maradona's mouth is not forgiving. Everyone knows this, so they don't care. The reporters just want to find some news about the old horse and dig some serious information.

"When did you become friends with Li Guo?"

Lao Ma chuckled: "Let me think about it, it should be in the 2008 Olympic Games. That guy Li Guo is very interesting."

"Then you are more optimistic about the Chinese team this time?"

"Of course, I think the Chinese team will definitely win, 3-0."

"But the Japanese team is also a strong team in Asia."

Maradona laughed even more happily, "Honestly speaking, your Asian football is too bad. I don't watch it at all, so I only know the Chinese team in Asia."

The reporters were sweating on their brows, thinking that they just said it so blatantly, without giving them any face. They really are the most famous hooligans in international football.

Lao Ma glanced at everyone and asked with a smile: "Do you have any questions? If not, I'm in a hurry."

Everyone shook their heads, thinking it would be better not to make fun of themselves.

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"Their flight should be here soon, right?"

Ji Ke looked at his watch, "Well, it should be out soon."

For the final, Li Guo invited old international players to Doha to watch the game, Sun Jihai, Yang Chen, ***, Fan Zhiyi and others.

Originally, it was enough for the staff under his command to pick up the plane, but Li Guo decided to pick them up by himself.

Ji Ke is tall, so Li Guo asked him to keep an eye on him and tell him when people appeared.

"Head, I saw Brother Jihai, and ***."

"Boss, you're really good," Sun Jihai saw Li Guo, and gave Li Guo a big hug.

"I promised you, it doesn't matter when I speak!"

A group of old international players looked at Li Guo with envy. If Li Guo could join the Chinese team earlier, would everything be different?

At this moment, there was a commotion at the scene. Li Guo thought he was being targeted by the media, but after a closer look, it turned out that the media was not targeting him.

"Come out, come out," a group of reporters shouted.

"Looks like there are still celebrities coming," Li Guo thought to himself.

Not long after, it was Hidetoshi Nakata who appeared at the airport. It is no wonder that Hidetoshi Nakata has often appeared at FIFA award ceremonies in recent years and has a lot of exposure.

I remember that when Hidetoshi Nakata was playing football, he was a high-quality idol in Asian football because of his good looks and good skills.

And soon Li Guo discovered that it was not only Hidetoshi Nakata who arrived on the same plane, but also a person with deep memories of Chinese players, that is Koji Nakata.

Compared with the famous Nakata Hidetoshi, the unassuming Nakata Koji is like a small follower, but it was this guy who stole the Asian Cup champion from the Chinese team.

The purpose of their two visits this time is also different. Nakata Hidetoshi was invited by the AFC as a guest of the final, while Nakata Koji accepted the invitation of NHK to be the commentator of the final.

For a while the spotlight was taken away by two Japanese, Li Guo was a little upset, but Li Guo is a man of style, he patted the old international next to him, "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

Li Guo was wearing big sunglasses, and the reporters at the scene didn't recognize him, but at this time, an old acquaintance of Li Guo appeared in the group of reporters, Ibrahim, as a senior reporter, he knew ***.

"Hao!"

Li Guo turned his head, and Ibrahim was overjoyed, "It turns out that Li Guo is with you."

"Fuck, I was recognized."

Ibrahim actually said: "Then let's do a joint interview, the Chinese team VS the Japanese team, it must be very interesting."

Li Guo thought to himself: "It's interesting how tall you are."

But with so many reporters on the scene, Li Guo was too embarrassed to swear, so he could only pass by in embarrassment. He really accepted the joint interview, and the reporters on the scene suddenly became excited. If Li Guo and Hidetoshi Nakata fought, how interesting it would be!

Li Guo has met countless journalists in his career, and he understands that the so-called journalists are all afraid of chaos, because that is the way to have news, and journalists live by news.

Seeing the earnest eyes of the reporters, Li Guo chuckled in his heart, "I won't satisfy you easily!"

(End of this chapter)