Godfather of national football

Chapter 497 Draw lots for the top 12 ([-])

The final round of the top 40 came to an end in Xi'an. The Chinese team defeated Qatar with a substitute lineup at home, won the first place in the group, and entered the top 12.

In the 40 group matches of the top 8, the Chinese team basically played with substitutes. Li Guo has harvested several young players with characteristics.

The first is Micro Motion, and Zhang Yuning, who has long been optimistic, and the super fast winger Cao Yunding.

For No. 40 in Asia, the top 12 is just a formality, and the important thing is the top [-].

This is the first major reform of the AFC World Cup qualifiers. The top 10 has become the top 12, so the game has become longer and uncertain factors have increased.

On April 4, Li Guo came to Kuala Lumpur with the coaching staff of the national team. The draw ceremony for the top 12 in the Asian region will be held soon.

The top 12 teams shortlisted this time are China, Australia, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Thailand, Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

Among them, the highest FIFA rankings are China and Australia. The 12 teams will be divided into 6 grades in pairs according to their FIFA rankings, and finally draw lots to decide whether they are in Group A or Group B.

At the Kuala Lumpur conference, Li Guo took a casual look and saw many old acquaintances, first of all, Milu, who is now working in Qatar as a technical consultant, but this is a vacant position, and he probably will participate in the work of the Qatar national team.

The next World Cup will be held in Qatar, so this time the Qataris are full of ambitions. They hope to reach the World Cup finals in a historic way, but the Qataris also know that it is difficult.

Milu was standing beside an Arab man in a white robe. He also saw Li Guo, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled. It is estimated that the person next to Milu is very famous, and he really couldn't leave. Otherwise, Milu would probably come to catch up with Li Guo.

The atmosphere of the conference is still very relaxed. There is basically no big suspense in the draw of the main top 12 matches. It is just the difference between China or Australia, South Korea or Iran.

So this kind of draw is different from the World Cup draw. It is less tense and more like a gathering of the AFC.

Li Guo suddenly felt a little thirsty, so he snapped his fingers at a waiter-like person, "Go, get me a glass of water."

The other party's face turned green immediately, and his expression was very embarrassing, as if he had eaten a fly. Li Guo thought to himself, "Does the waiter here still need tips?"

So Li Guo took out 5 dollars, "Here, I want pure water, no need to add ice."

The other party did not go to get water for Li Guo, but handed over a business card. Li Guo looked at it and felt ashamed. It turned out that the other party was the head coach of the Thai team.

Li Guo looked again, this short and frustrated man did not look like the head coach of the Thai team at all.

"Sorry, I don't know you."

The other party almost fell down, this is a double blow, it's fine if you don't know each other, and you still think of yourself as the waiter of the conference.

However, the head coach of Thailand reacted very quickly. He took two glasses of champagne from the table beside him, "Can I have a drink?"

"sure,"

In this way, the embarrassment of both parties was alleviated.

After this incident happened, Li Guo became honest, hid in a corner alone, and waited for the official start of the lottery ceremony later.

"Why do I feel that these people look similar?" Li Guo thinks that Malaysians, Thais, and Arabs all look similar.

When Li Guo was looking around, he suddenly saw an "enemy", that is the head coach of the Australian team, Postkoglu.

Li Guo saw it and pretended not to see it, but Postkoglu came over, "Li Guo, we meet again!"

"Yeah, unless Australia pulls out of the AFC, or you get fired, we'll definitely see each other more often."

"Haha, your mouth is still so cheap."

"Be with each other."

Postkoglu feels quite regretful. This time the teams are divided into tiers. Both the Chinese team and Australia are in the first tier, which means that the two teams cannot meet.

"Li Guo, it's a pity that we can't meet in the top 12."

"Hehe, then I don't need to abuse you, you should be very happy."

"You only won once. Seeing how successful you are, it doesn't matter who abuses who." Although Postkoglu said so, if he really met Li Guo again, he would have no idea.

"Yes, I only won once, but the most important one," Li Guo took out his mobile phone and showed Postkoglu a photo of him lifting the Asian Cup.

"Are you envious?"

Postkoglu looked at it, "Li Guo, are you a primitive, and you still use Nokia?"

"You don't care what phone I use, I'll let you see the photos, see the photos!"

"You're really boring, forget it, I'll go and talk to the head coach of the United Arab Emirates," Postkoglu said and left.

A week later, Li Guo received a package and opened it. It was a mobile phone sent by Postkoglu. Li Guo smiled knowingly.But that's all for later.

It's not interesting for Li Guo to be alone, and there are still 10 minutes before the lottery ceremony will officially start, so Li Guo walked towards Stillik who was also alone.

Some people say that the Germans have the least sense of humor and are the most difficult to talk to. In fact, it is not the case now. The older generation of Germans are yes. If Mueller is like this, you will be bored.

"Uli, why are you so stern, is there someone who owes you money, tell me, and I will help you out."

For ordinary people, this slightly humorous opening statement is very effective, but not for Stillik, who gave Li Guo a cold look.

"I don't know what you mean. Also, I never lend money to others."

Li Guo almost fell down and changed the subject, "Wuli, how are you doing in Korea? I heard that all Korean women have undergone plastic surgery. You should keep your eyes open when picking up girls in Korea."

"I've been married for more than 30 years, there's no need for that anymore," Stillik said coldly.

Li Guo really didn't believe it, and asked bluntly: "I just want to chat with you, so please tell me, what is the right way to greet you."

"Just say, good afternoon Uli, isn't that all right?"

Li Guo opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only chuckle, "That's what you said."

"Then I'll do it all over again, Uli, good afternoon."

"It was too late, the draw started," Stillik said, as he saw staff had already opened the doors to the venue.

Li Guo chuckled in his heart, I was not defeated by Postkoglu, but I was choked twice by an old German man.

(End of this chapter)