Godfather of national football

Chapter 30 The Australians Are Coming

Li Guo knew that Chen An would not understand, and maybe no one in the world would understand except him, "Well, football is played, and I can still afford a top 20 match, how about it."

But Chen An knows that the current trend of public opinion is that if he can't win against Australia in the upcoming top 20 home game, then Li Guo's life in this position will be difficult again.

"Li Guo, to be honest, I miss Germany a little bit. I think it was a huge mistake for us to return to China this time. There is a lot of pressure, less income, and more importantly, no one understands us yet."

If he had a choice, Li Guo would also like to travel to Germany, but since the reality is already like this, Li Guo must do this job well.

"Okay, instead of talking about this, it's better to prepare for the next work."

There is still a whole week before the start of the game. The game will be held at the 8-person stadium in Shanghai. According to the news before the game, all the tickets have been sold out, and the scalpers have closed their business because they have no tickets in their hands.

For the Chinese team, the media has been watching, but Li Guo has adopted a fully enclosed training, so no news can be revealed, especially the starting situation.

If it was in the past, the media should have been able to guess the starting lineup of the Chinese team in close proximity, but it is no longer possible now. Li Guo's employment is basically elusive.

Three days before the start of the game, the Australians arrived, led by their Dutch coach, Welbeck.

As soon as we arrived in Shanghai, the media's attention was all shifted to Australia. It's very simple. There are many big names in the Australian team, such as Kewell, Cahill, Bresciano and other stars, which were difficult to see on the Asian stage in the past.

Kewell said in an interview that entering South Africa is the most basic goal of the team, "This should be my last time to participate in the World Cup, if all goes well."

At the airport, Kewell received the warmest welcome from the fans. His handsome face, inspirational story, and playing football in the Premier League, all these made Kewell have many fans in China. For a while, Shanghai seemed to be the home of Australians.

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When Kewell’s name resounded throughout the airport, he waved at the fans and showed his charming smile. As a world-class star, Kewell is used to all of this. The enthusiastic fans at the scene made him forget that now in the group, the Chinese team ranks first, and Australia ranks second because of the disadvantage of goal difference.

The next day, Cook, the team reporter of the "Sydney Morning Herald", made a report titled "Australia is welcomed like home in Shanghai".

The opinion of the "Sydney Morning Herald" actually reflects the attitude of most Australians, that is, there will be a little bit of difficulty in this game, but it should not be difficult for Australia to get 3 points in the away game.

After all, if you look at the players under Li Guo, they are all so young and not well-known, and then look at the Australian team, all of them are stars who have proven themselves in the Premier League. From the face of the card, the Australians have the capital to be proud of.

When the public opinion was overwhelmingly optimistic about Australia, it was Li Zibing who came out to sing the opposite at an inopportune time.

"This game is an opportunity for the Chinese team to prove themselves. I predict that the Chinese team will beat Australia 2-0,"

But this time, no one is going to criticize Li Zibing. After all, Li Zibing is Li Guo’s number one brain-dead fan. This is already known to everyone on earth, so if Li Zibing doesn’t speak up for Li Guo in the future, everyone will feel strange.

At the regular press conference before the game, Australia's head coach Pim Welbeck seemed very polite. In fact, Welbeck is very familiar with Asian football. In the 2002 World Cup, Welbeck was standing next to Hiddink.

"I am very happy to be back on the Asian football field. Maybe I have a relationship with Asia,"

Asked about his outlook for the upcoming match, Welbeck said: "The characteristics of the Chinese team are very similar to the South Korean team. I have worked for the Korean national team for a long time, so I think I have found a way to beat the Chinese team."

"Will Kewell play, because the last game against Qatar, Kewell didn't play,"

"Anyone in my team has a chance. Kewell is Australia's number one star and should even be the greatest player in Australian history. But in the game, he also has to obey the overall tactics."

Throughout the press conference, Welbeck never showed any dry goods, and he seemed very polite, but he did not give a specific answer.

When it was time for Li Guo to ask questions, the Australian reporter first asked a very sharp question, "Excuse me, have you found a way to prevent Kewell?"

As soon as this remark came out, the Western reporters at the scene snickered. Everyone knew that Kewell was the best winger in the Premier League, and he could kill all full-backs in seconds in the Asian arena, but Li Guo's answer made the atmosphere of the scene suddenly froze.

"I think Australia first needs to make sure Kewell can last the whole game," he said.

These words are hidden in the needle. On the surface, they are concerned about Kewell, but in fact, everyone who understands football knows that Kewell is a famous glass man. Everyone still remembers the night of the miracle in Istanbul in 2005. Kewell was inexplicably injured shortly after the opening.

"Is the Chinese team ready to do something unsportsmanlike?" asked the Australian reporter.

Li Guo put on a very aggrieved expression, "I think you misunderstood, I really hope that Kewell can play the full 90 minutes, I don't want this game to lose suspense too early."

Damn, what arrogance!

The next question was a Chinese reporter, "Coach Li Guo, my question is, why do you trust those young people so much? In the eyes of the outside world, they can be described as youngsters."

Of course Li Guo couldn't say that, this is what my coaching assistant system told me, so he could only prevaricate: "I think the future belongs to young people."

The reporter asked, "Then there must be a standard. Can you just find someone on the street and become a talent?"

"It's hard to explain, and I don't want to explain it, because it's my secret."

This answer is ridiculous, but reasonable, just like when you asked Van Gaal why he fell in love with the unattractive Harvey, Lao Fan would probably answer the same way, after all, it is difficult to explain things like eyesight.

The press conference was over, the Australians revealed their strength, and Li Guo also showed his arrogance as always, which made the best warm-up for the upcoming competition.

(End of this chapter)