Godfather of national football

Chapter 40 St. Petersburg Night
After scoring the goal, Shen Ruifei also rushed towards the sideline, "passing" a few teammates who came to celebrate on the way, until he rushed to the coach's bench and hugged his head coach. This goal is very important. A draw may kill the direct competitor and ensure the team's place in the Champions League.

In the end, thanks to Shen Rui's countdown lore, Zenit drew 2-2 at home with the visiting Lokomotiv Moscow team. After the game, Shen Rui was also named the best player in the game.

After the game, Li Guo left the stadium and prepared to return home.

"Aren't you going to talk to Shen Rui?" Li Zibing asked

"What are you talking about?"

"The matter of entering the national team,"

"No, I checked. He is still of Chinese nationality. That is to say, I ordered him to come to the national team to report to me."

"Damn, you're the head football coach, or the Mafia."

"Hehe, this is the arrogance of the head coach of the national team. You don't understand. I'm like a general, and they are my soldiers. You don't lead soldiers, you know?"

"What will you do if he doesn't come?"

"There are many ways. You can communicate with the consulate first. If it doesn't work, you can appeal to FIFA. If that doesn't work, you can appeal to the International Sports Arbitration. Anyway, in a word, the players I like can't escape Wuzhishan."

"Li Guo, you are really a bad person."

After Li Zibing finished speaking, he chuckled, "Where are you going next?"

"Where are you going? Go home."

"Oh. How about I treat you to dinner tonight."

Li Guo stopped in his tracks, "Why are you always pestering me?" Then he casually pointed to a handsome Russian guy beside him, "There are a lot of handsome guys here, there is always one that suits you."

Li Zibing smiled faintly, "I don't like foreigners," and looked at Li Guo meaningfully after finishing speaking.

"This is the trouble of being too handsome, and being too attractive to women," Li Guo thought to himself.

"Okay, but let's say yes first, eat when you eat, don't touch your hands."

Li Zibing gave Li Guo a blank look, "Cut."

*****
The two found a local authentic Russian restaurant, and after sitting down, under the dim light, Li Zibing looked charming and moving.

Li Zibing handed the menu to Li Guo: "You order first."

Li Guo waved his hand, "Order, I'm not picky."

Li Zibing randomly ordered a few special Russian dishes, such as canned beef stew, red cabbage soup, Russian smoked sausage and so on.

"By the way, don't you have a boyfriend?"

Li Zibing shook his head, "Why, do you want to introduce me?"

"No, among my friends, there are only two bachelors who can show their hands. One is Chen An and the other is Robin. You have seen them all. If you like them, I will pack them for you."

"I bother."

"By the way, you are in your 40s, haven't you considered getting married?"

"You know, the job of a football coach is too impersonal. People rest while we work, so it's hard for my schedule to be in sync with normal humans."

"No wonder people in football have such a high divorce rate."

"Yeah, so you have to respect me, it's not easy for me."

Li Zibing pouted and said, "Why can't I see it, by the way, Li Guo, did you have many girlfriends in Germany?"

Li Guo's eyes widened, "You are so handsome, why are you so gossipy?"

Li Zibing covered his mouth and said with a small smile, "It seems I guessed right."

The two talked about the mountain, and the waiter served the dishes one after another, and the aroma overflowed for a while, which made people's index fingers twitch.

"Well, this beef is really good," Li Guo said.

"Come on, have a drink,"

The two poured a small glass of vodka each, and drank it all in one gulp, feeling proud and refreshed.After drinking, Li Zibing's little face turned red and looked even cuter.

"It's no wonder that the Russians have a bold personality. It turns out that it's all about drinking," Li Zibing said.

Li Guo stretched out his hand to hold Li Zibing's hand in his, not letting her continue to pour the wine, "Drink less, or I will have to carry you later."

"You are a big man, it's okay to carry me on your back."

"It's nothing, I'm afraid you'll spit on me."

Li Zibing laughed, probably too bold, and shocked the diners around. Fortunately, smartphones were not popular in that era, otherwise, once the photo was taken, there would be another scandal about Li Guo.

"Li Guo, I like you," Li Zibing finally expressed his inner thoughts with some alcohol.

Li Guo talked about him from left to right, "I know, you are not my number one fan."

"Hehe, no, it's that kind of liking."

"That's it, then congratulations, you can participate in the preliminaries."

"What preliminaries?"

"I like Li Guo's preliminaries. It's like this. There are too many women who like me, more than the Olympic women's [-]-meter runners. So for the sake of fairness, I divided them into several groups. They will first participate in the preliminaries, then the semi-finals, and finally the finals. The top three in the finals will have the opportunity to have dinner with Li Guo."

"Hahaha," Li Zibing laughed tremblingly, "Li Guo, you are very humorous, I like it." After speaking, Li Zibing ignored Li Guo's obstruction and poured himself another cup.

The atmosphere at this moment was already a bit awkward. If it wasn't for the table in the middle, Li Zibing would have pushed Li Guo back.

Li Guo admits that Li Zibing is very beautiful. If she is not a reporter, then she can reverse it. However, because Li Guo has suffered from reporters, he has been bitten by a snake for ten years and is afraid of well ropes. Li Guo has always had a grudge against reporters, especially female reporters.

After eating, I went to the street. The streets of St. Petersburg in May are not cold, but slightly cool. Li Guo put his coat on Li Zibing's body like a gentleman.

Li Zibing became angry, "Li Guo, are you a man or not? You still pushed me away after all this."

"I have a principle. I don't have a relationship with a woman I know at work that goes beyond friendship, so as to avoid trouble."

"Okay, I think you should be able to go back by yourself, you are so tough, people here dare not do anything to you."

Li Zibing took off his coat and threw it on the ground, "I don't want you to be kind," Li Zibing turned and ran after saying that, and quickly disappeared into the night of St. Petersburg.

Li Guo smiled, walked over to pick up his coat, patted off the dust, put it on again, whistled, walked back to the hotel without taking a taxi.

The trip to St. Petersburg is over, and the third game of the top 20 will soon start.

(End of this chapter)