Godfather of national football

Chapter 280 Maracana Encounter
Maracana Stadium, the holy land of Brazil, in China, this great stadium is introduced in middle school textbooks.

"Maybe it would be better to come here in the knockout stage," Li Guo thought, but unfortunately, the arrangement of the stadium is random, mainly to test the preparation for next year's World Cup.

Turning around, Li Guo could see Monte Cristo in the distance, where the statue of Jesus, known as the New Seven Wonders of the World, stood.

"Actually, the Maracanã Stadium is considered a miracle, but only in the football circle,"

Li Guo remembered that in his previous life, he saw a black-and-white clip introducing the 1950 World Cup in Tianxia Football. At that time, with the attention of the whole country, the Brazilian team narrowly lost to Uruguay at home, and finally did not realize the World Cup dream at home.

Although the regret of the World Cup championship was made up for in Sweden eight years later, the regret of losing the championship at home has continued for 8 years, until today.

The good thing about walking on the streets of Rio is that no one cares about you. Here, no one knows Li Guo. As he walked, Li Guo saw a freestyle football street artist performing his graceful skills in the distance.

Throwing the ball high, and clamping it around the neck, the audience applauded, and Li Guo also applauded.

But most people just watch it without paying. This is also an embarrassing situation for street performers, but Li Guo lost 10 reais in the hat.

Just as Li Guo was about to turn around and leave, the other party shouted thank you, "Sir, may I know your name?"

"It's not necessary."

The other party chuckled, first reported his family name, and then said, "Sir, you are the first person to throw money into a hat today. I really want to know your name."

Li Guo suddenly thought of something, by the way, why the other party kept speaking English, and after asking, he found out that he is not a native of Brazil.

"Are you from Italy?"

The young man named Martin replied: "Yes, I'm here to watch the Italian game, and earn some traveling expenses."

In fact, many backpackers in foreign countries are like this. They rely on rides for transportation and youth hostels for accommodation. Being a street performer is a good way for them to earn extra money.

"Then you should know me." Li Guo thought to himself, but Li Guo ignored one point, that there will be face blindness among different ethnic groups, for example, we Chinese will think that Africans are all the same, which is very normal.

"Then you should not be in Rio, but go to Recife, where the next match between Italy and China is, or you should also go to El Salvador, where the match between Brazil and Italy is."

Martin shrugged and said helplessly, "I don't have any money. I will wait in Rio and watch the knockout match in Italy."

Li Guo chuckled and thought: "Then you may be disappointed."

Li Guo swept his eyes and saw the World Cup badge on Martin's clothes. The earliest one was from the Summer of Italy in 1990.

Li Guo pointed to the badge, "Do you sell this?"

Martin shook his head and said firmly, "You can sell me, but you can't sell this badge."

Li Guo looked at the other party carefully, "You should not be very old. You probably couldn't go to the stadium to watch the football in the 90 World Cup in Italy."

Martin chuckled, "My dad bought it for me."

"Oh."

But Martin then said: "He died three years ago."

Li Guo was silent, and suddenly remembered a person, Brazil's number one fan, Fernandez, the old man with two white beards and holding the "World Cup" in his arms.

The old man is not rich and suffers from cancer, but he never fails every game of the Brazilian team, so that he has won the title of Brazil's number one fan.

Li Guo knew that Fernandez finally died a year after the World Cup in Brazil, but in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, after the semi-finals, the old man gave the gold cup in his hand to a German fan, so the old man went, but the old man's gold cup will remain forever.

Seeing that Li Guo was silent, the optimistic Martin pointed to the badge on his clothes, "So I brought my father to watch the Italian team, and next year I will bring him to watch the World Cup."

Li Guo was very touched, this is the inheritance, "By the way, are you a fan of that club?"

Martin still shook his head, "The place I live in is a small town without a professional team, so I'm not a fan of anyone. Naples is very close to us, but I don't like it very much, so the only thing I support is the Italian national team."

Li Guo remembered Martin's freestyle football moves just now, which were very exciting, so he asked in bewilderment, "With your skills, why didn't you consider becoming a professional player before?"

"First of all, thank you for your praise, but in Italy, there are too many children playing football, and it is not easy to make a name for yourself through football."

"Then what is your job?"

"cartoonist."

"Hehe, is it more stable than a football player?"

"of course."

Li Guo lamented the background of a football powerhouse. Even if someone like Martin is a bad player, Rome was not built in a day. Li Guo knew it.

Li Guo has worked hard to change the atmosphere of Chinese football, and "Green Whirlwind" is also very successful. I heard that there are more children playing football this year.

"Then do you know the Chinese team?"

"I know, the third opponent in the Italian group stage, but I haven't watched their game, I guess you are Chinese."

"Yes, the country where your ancestor Marco Polo came."

"Well, all I know is that the head coach of the Chinese team seems to be a lunatic."

Li Guo blushed, "Why?"

"I don't know, I was at the youth hostel yesterday, and the Brazilians were scolding him, calling him crazy or something."

Li Guo's forehead is sweating. It seems that after South Korea, Li Guo has popularized eating, sleeping, scolding Li Guo activities in another country.

Li Guo chuckled, "I don't think so. I think Li Guo is great. At least he led the Chinese team to win the men's football championship in the Olympics."

"Really? The Chinese team won the Olympic championship?"

Li Guo's forehead was sweating again, and he thought: "How unbearable is the influence of the Olympic men's soccer team?"

At this moment, someone in the distance called Martin, "Sorry, Chinese friend, I have to go, my Brazilian friend called me."

"It's okay." After speaking, Li Guo took out another 100 reais and put it into Martin's hat, and said with a smile, "For the dream."

When Martin was in Europe, he often performed on the streets, sometimes playing football, sometimes painting, but no one has ever been as generous as Li Guo.

Martin just thought that Li Guo might also like Italian football, so he didn't say much, just said the same thing, "For the dream."

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　PS: Some readers said that I did not update seriously. I checked it, but found nothing. Is it because the update time is delayed, or is there an error in the update?If it is a time issue, there is no way, because the background of the starting point will sometimes be delayed. If there is a problem with the update content, then I apologize first, and I hope readers will tell me in the message
　　
　
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