Godfather of national football

Chapter 243 AFC Summit

The AFC summit, which is a grand meeting before the Asian Cup final, all AFC member countries except Indonesia came to Doha.

Blatter, head of FIFA, was the first to speak on stage, but when Blatter took the stage, the atmosphere at the scene was a bit tense, and the current security guards were on high alert, because before the meeting, the organizers had received information that someone was going to make trouble at the meeting.

Blatter still speaks without a script, which is his level. The old man can give live speeches in several languages.

The people in the audience are also big names from the AFC. In addition to the head coaches of various countries, there are AFC Chairman Harman, AFC Vice Chairman Zhang Jilong, and other executive committee members.

I was afraid of whatever happened. When Blatter made his speech for 5 minutes, something happened at the scene. Someone shouted: "You are a hypocrite, you only have money in your eyes."

It is ironic that the topic of Blatter's speech at this time is about the development of youth football in Asia.

"Go back to Europe."

Soon the current security guards threw the troublemaker out, and Blatter on the stage was still graceful, as if nothing had happened.

It is reasonable for people in the Asian football circle not to like Blatter. Think about it, Asia is the largest continent in the world, but Asia has only four and a half World Cup places. Some people may say that it is because of the low level of Asian football, but the problem is that the Caribbean region, which is also not high, has three and a half World Cup places.

After the protesters were thrown out, Blatter finished his speech incessantly, but obviously the people at the scene were distracted, no one was listening seriously, and many people were even sneering.

After the speech, Blatter said very generously that he could accept questions on the spot, but no one stood up to speak. The reason is very simple. FIFA does not allow you to criticize at will.

Think about the eve of the announcement of the right to host the World Cup last year. The British disclosed the scandal of FIFA in a ignorant manner, so that England, the favorite of the original bid, was rejected in the first round.

But today there were really ignorant people at the scene. When Zhang Jilong saw Li Guo asking for the microphone, his face turned black, "What are you doing!" Zhang Jilong knew best what kind of people FIFA and AFC were, so he was very worried about Li Guo and Chinese football.

The representatives of other countries present also looked at Li Guo with a smile, as if saying in their eyes, how silly and naive.

Maybe when we were growing up, many people told you countless times, child, you are too naive, and society is more complicated than you imagined.

But in fact, the successful people in history are all naive people, such as Edison and Tesla. People in that era regarded electricity as a scourge, but there were always some naive scientists who studied it, and finally their names went down in history.

Li Guo took the topic and stood up with a smile. At this time, Zhang Jilong was already sweating for him.

"Sir, good evening, I am very glad to accept my questions. My first question is, if Qatar is unable to host the World Cup, will FIFA consider hosting the World Cup in China?"

As expected, Li Guo had a character of non-stop talking, and the expressions of the Prince of Qatar on the stage, Harman, suddenly changed.

Li Guo added: "I am not offending Qatar, but we Chinese have a saying - be prepared, the World Cup is very important, there is always nothing wrong with multiple backup plans."

Blatter took up the conversation: "My biggest dream in my life is to see China host the World Cup." Then he looked at Zhang Jilong, "In fact, Zhang and I have talked many times, but China has never made a clear bid."

"As for what you said, whether the venue of the 2022 World Cup can be changed, I don't think so, but China can bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Really, I sincerely invite China to bid for the World Cup."

"Thank you, Li Guo said."

When Li Guo was about to sit down, Blatter suddenly asked Li Guo a question, "I heard that you advocate that the AFC should absorb more strong teams, such as Turkey?"

Dozens of representatives at the venue laughed and didn't laugh. Seeing you pretend to be X, let you pretend, this time it's embarrassing.

Li Guo nodded and said, "Yes, I've always seen it that way."

"Aren't you afraid that the Chinese team will not be able to enter the World Cup?"

Li Guo chuckled, "If Asian football becomes stronger, but FIFA still only grants four and a half places to Asia, then FIFA should be disbanded."

This time it was Blatter's turn to be deflated, and he himself raised the most brooding question in the Asian football circle.

"Then how many places do you think are suitable for Asia?"

"Dear sir, I don't know, but I need to remind you that in South Africa, the Chinese team and the Japanese team have both reached the top 16. Now Asian football is not what it used to be."

These impassioned words made the representatives at the scene immediately hold their heads high, feeling proud, because Blatter still represents the interests of Europe in the final analysis.

Blatter didn't expect Li Guo's mouth to be so snarky, he chuckled, "Yes, Asian football is developing very fast, and that's what I'm most happy to see."

After that, the two did not confront each other, and the microphone was handed over to the organizer, the prince of Qatar. He said some scene words and wished the two teams in the final good luck.

After the meeting, Zhang Jilong found Li Guo and first scolded Li Guo, "Li Guo, you have gone too far today. For so many years, many people have tried to challenge Lao Bu, but there are no good results. Just look at the one on the stage (Haman), who is also submissive by Lao Bu."

"Hehe, you are right in your criticism, but I am wrong."

Zhang Jilong changed the topic, "But then again, I have long since disliked him, a hypocrite."

Li Guo chuckled, thinking of the evening scene when the Blatt tree fell and the hozens scattered, in fact, many of them were to blame.

"By the way, Li Guo, how did you come up with the idea of ​​the Chinese team taking over from Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup."

Well, Li Guo in his previous life saw it in the media later, but what Li Guo didn’t know was that after this Asia, this kind of view has actually been circulated within the AFC, because Qatar is too small, and the Asian Cup is very difficult, let alone the World Cup.

And if Qatar finally abstains, the only possible host country in Asia can only be China.

"I guessed wildly," Li Guo made an excuse.

Zhang Jilong didn't ask any further questions, and said softly: "Come on in the final, beat the Japanese team."

Li Guo nodded confidently.

(End of this chapter)