Godfather of national football

Chapter 350 The Mysterious Special Training Opponent

When Li Guo crossed, the head coach of the national team had already completed the handover, so Li Guo and Milu had never met.

But the reason why he is familiar is because Milu is the first coach to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup. The impression he left on Chinese fans is still familiar to this day.

"Li Guo, are you listening?"

"of course."

"I didn't bother you, did I?"

"No, Borah, what do you want from me?"

Milu told Li Guo the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that he came to be a lobbyist this time, for Costa Rica, where he once coached.

It turns out that Costa Rica is also training in Chile now, but only in Santiago. They know that the Chinese team is also in Chile, so they have the idea of ​​training together.

Because the Chinese team is in Group B, and Costa Rica is in Group D, even if they both qualify, it is impossible to meet each other, so the two teams will definitely not be enemies, so why not compete together?
And the lobbyist they found was the common hero in the football history of the two countries-Milutinovic.

This was a pleasant surprise for Li Guo. Costa Rica is very strong. Li Guo was afraid that he would not be able to make an appointment with his opponent, but he did not expect that the opponent would come to him on his own initiative.

"Borah, I promise you, no problem, let them come, I welcome them, and also come to Juju if you want."

Milu chuckled on the other end of the phone, "It won't happen this time, maybe there will be a chance in the future."

Li Guo was not reluctant, after hanging up the phone, Li Guo forced himself not to think about things, and slowly fell asleep.

*****
When Wanchope from Costa Rica appeared, Li Weifeng and Sun Jihai immediately went up to catch up.

In the first match of the 2002 World Cup, the two teams met. In that battle, the Chinese team remembered Wanchope.

In fact, there is already a new generation of striker in the Costa Rica team, and that is Campbell who played for Arsenal. The little guy is the same as Wanchope back then, with fast speed and first-class physical confrontation.

Li Guo chatted with Costa Rica's old coach Pinto, this old guy is a wise head coach.

"It's a really nice environment here, and you're so good at picking places," Pinto said.

"Then you should relax, your first match is Uruguay, the champion of the America's Cup." Li Guo said with a smile.

Pinto shrugged, "It's okay, my goal is to score a goal, nothing more, we have no hope in this group."

Li Guo also chuckled, thinking: "If I tell this old guy what happened later, will he go crazy with joy?"

Forget it, I still don't want to change history.

"By the way, how do you want to cooperate? I only have one court here."

Pinto said: "Let's use the game as a substitute for training. Let's play three teaching games. What do you think?"

"Good."

Li Guo agreed in one breath, the World Cup is about to start, and it's time for some real confrontation.

*****
In the afternoon, the Chinese team played the first match against Costa Rica. The result of the game was unexpected for the Chinese team. Costa Rica defeated the Chinese team 2-0. No. 10 Ruiz and No. 9 Campbell scored a goal each.

If we say the result is ugly, what is even uglier than the result is the process. The opponent plays football at a very fast pace and switches between offense and defense very quickly. The Chinese team can't keep up with this rhythm at all, and they rarely shoot on the court.

Of course, Costa Rica also has its own advantages. They do not have the disadvantage of jet lag. They are familiar with the climate of the Americas, but the most important thing is their strength.

After losing this game, the Chinese team's results in this year's warm-up match were all defeated, and the conflicts gathered finally broke out that night.

It was not Li Guo who got angry, but Zhou Dun. When Li Guo walked to the door of the restaurant, he heard someone patting the table inside.

There was a loud bang, and then Zhou Dun said: "As the captain, I am ashamed of your performance. We are the main players this afternoon, but looking at your performance, it is like an amateur player playing on the first day."

The restaurant was silent, no one dared to speak back, Li Guo leaned against the door, of course he couldn't go in.

"You can practice with poor skills, and you can practice with poor physical fitness, but if you have a bad attitude, you will be hopeless. Attitude determines everything."

"Captain, I was wrong," Mu Fei, who usually gags, was afraid, and apologized proactively.

But football is a team sport, and it is definitely not one person who is wrong, or a single reason.

At this time Li Guo pushed the door open and went in, "Mu Fei, you are not wrong, it was me who was wrong!"

"Head!!!" Everyone said in unison.

"I admit that after the Asian Cup, I have not put my attitude right. Zhou Dun is right. If the attitude is wrong, there is no salvation."

Zhou Dun's face darkened, and he sat down. He stopped talking in front of Li Guo. Li Guo continued: "It's normal to feel flustered after getting results. It's been like this since ancient times. I think the losses in these warm-up matches came at the right time. I will post my reflection summary in the team group. You have time to read it."

After speaking, Li Guo left. These people are no longer the children of 7 years ago. After so many years of fame and money, the players are indeed different. This is also human nature. In recent years, there has been a strange circle in the World Cup.

France in 2002, Brazil in 2006, and Italy in 2010 were all lost after great success.

The dinner that night broke up badly, and everyone returned to the room and began to meditate. The head brought us together and achieved brilliance. Are we going to let him down now?
*****
On the rooftop of the hotel, two people were whispering, Zhou Dun said, "Boss, my play is not bad."

Li Guo gave a thumbs up, "You are usually indifferent, I was afraid that your acting would fail, but I didn't expect you to act so well."

It turned out that the "angry" at dinner was arranged by Li Guo. The purpose was to remind everyone that Li Guo knew that it would be better to be ruthless than nagging.

"Head, aren't you afraid that if you scold me too hard, they will really lose confidence?"

Li Guo chuckled, "Do you think Mu Fei is someone with such a thick skin that he would easily lose confidence?"

Zhou Dun thought for a while, and he really didn't seem like it. To be honest, in terms of resourcefulness, he sighed that Li Guo could come up with such a ghostly idea.

"Also, don't put water in tomorrow's game."

Zhou Dun was sweating on his forehead. In fact, Li Guo asked him to let go. He felt worse than anything else. But for the sake of acting, he let go of today's game. Otherwise, with the current strength of the Chinese team, losing is possible, but defeat is impossible.

*****
In the hotel room, Mu Fei and Geng Chong were confessing, and suddenly Mu Fei said, "No, why do I feel that today's game is not right."

"What?"

"It was too easy for Campbell to pass the captain's ball."

Geng Chong patted the back of Mu Fei's head, "Stop thinking about it, go to sleep, the captain's personality can still release water."

Mu Fei thought the same, fell down and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)