Godfather of national football

Chapter 570 Opener

After sending the Chinese team to the hotel safely, Isinbayeva bid farewell to Li Guo.

"Come on, stay for dinner."

"It's my job," Isinbayeva said with a smile.

"OK then."

"See you tomorrow!"

"Can we see you tomorrow?" Li Guo asked blankly.

"Yes, for the opening ceremony, I will still accompany the Chinese team."

After sending Isinbayeva away, Chen An teased: "Li Guo, your eyeballs are about to fall out, remember that you have a girlfriend."

"I love beauty, can't I look at other women if I have a girlfriend? But let's not talk about it, this Isinbayeva is more beautiful than on TV."

Chen An shook his head, he really lost to Li.

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On the bus to the stadium the next day, Li Guo looked out the window with great interest. St. Petersburg, Russia is a city with a long history.

"Look, that's the Winter Palace," Isinbayeva said.

"I read it in a history textbook. It seems to be the place where the tsar lived."

"Correct."

St. Petersburg was the former capital of Russia. There are so many historical sites here that Li Guo felt that he couldn't see them with his eyes.

"When you have time in the future, you must come and play as a tourist."

When they arrived at the stadium, Li Guo and the national football players were taken to the designated area. The stadium was [-]% full. According to reports, all the tickets for the match had been sold out half a year ago.

Li Guo thought of the Sochi Winter Olympics a few years ago, and was deeply impressed by the cultural performances at the opening ceremony. There are so many outstanding talents in Russia, musicians, writers, and scientists abound, and they are all famous, such as the writer Dostoevsky.

"Elena, have you watched the rehearsal for the opening ceremony? Can you tell me a little bit?"

Isinbayeva shook her head, "I haven't really watched it, but I guess it will be good. Russia is a creative nation."

"Ok."

The opening ceremony began. Of course, the scale cannot be compared with the Winter Olympics. After all, the opening ceremony of the football game is short. The 10-minute opening ceremony left the deepest impression on Li Guo because of the appearance of Gagarin’s actor.

After the opening ceremony, it was the opening game. Li Guo took out his mobile phone and took pictures at any time, "I'm sorry, Elena, I will be very involved when I watch the game. If I ignore you, don't mind."

Isinbayeva shook her head, she looked at Li Guo, there is a saying that a man who works hard is the most charming, and now it really looks like this.

Russia!
Li Guo thought of the curse of the host of the Chinese team. The Chinese team will almost always encounter the host in the last few competitions. I don’t know if fate will make strange arrangements again in the World Cup next year. Will the Chinese team encounter Russia?
But knowing more about the host is always a good idea. Li Guo carefully observed the offense and defense of the Russian team.

Russia's regression is actually obvious, and I don't know why. Now this Russian team does not have a talented player like Arshavin, nor a fast horse like Zhirkov. Although Juba is tall and big, he is a bit cumbersome.

Isinbayeva didn't know much about football, so she asked in a low voice, "What do you think of Russia?"

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

Isinbayeva was taken aback. This was the first time she got angry after seeing Li Guo. This is the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. Isinbayeva didn't understand it. Do I like to hear you lie?
Seeing Isinbayeva's blushing face, Li Guo knew that he was joking too much, so he said, "I'm afraid you think I'm slandering Russia."

"I'm not that stingy."

"Team Russia, I don't think you will go far next year. Now Russia is not as sharp as it used to be. I remember that in the 2008 European Cup, Russia's offense was fast and dynamic, but it is no longer the case."

"why?"

"I don't know that."

In fact, Li Guo knew in his heart, two words - nonsense.

The Russian Football Association has been doing a lot of nonsense in recent years. Just like the Chinese Football Association before, it is even whimsical to organize the Russian national team into the Russian Super League and let them play more games.

But the opponent New Zealand in the opening match was still too weak, and Russia advanced by two goals in the first half.

During the intermission, music was played on the scene. I have to say that these World Cup stadiums in Russia are still very well built. Li Guo said excitedly: "It will be fun to play in such stadiums next year."

Isinbayeva smiled and said, "I heard that it cost a lot of money."

"It should be, it's rare to hold a World Cup."

In the second half, Russia changed three players, and the scene became very chaotic for a while. Russian fans also know football better, and they can also see that the national team is now strong from outside, but the final score of 2-0 was maintained until the end of the game.

There was no danger, the hosts won the first game, the director cut the camera to some potential opponents on the scene, the Chinese team, Portugal, German team, Mexican team, the language of the camera may be, we can beat New Zealand, but what about them?

Especially the Chinese team. After the game, Russian journalists gathered around. The name of the host killer of the Chinese team is already very famous.

But the English of the Russians is very bad, so they asked Isinbayeva to help translate, "Li Guo, why does the Chinese team always become the host killer?"

Li Guo chuckled: "How do I know, it's a coincidence, but I don't want this to happen again next year."

"Li Guo, what is your goal for this Confederations Cup?"

"You should have seen my roster. I think the ideal goal is to qualify for the group stage. If not, I hope to score a few more goals and it will be OK."

"There are still two games left in the top 12. Which four Asian teams do you think may come to Russia to participate in the World Cup?"

This is a topic that offends people. In theory, even the Chinese team has not yet qualified [-]%, so Li Guo said: "I don't know, but I know that the Chinese team will definitely qualify."

Li Guo gave Isinbayeva a look, and the latter helped Li Guo block the reporters behind.After the opening match, the Confederations Cup matches came one after another, and Li Guo was also ready to face his own match.

Group B of the Chinese team is full of strong teams, Cameroon in Africa, Chile in the Americas, and the World Cup champion Germany.

Although he knew that his chances were slim, Li Guo was still calculating the minimum points to qualify, and 4 points was a must.

4 points!
With the current lineup of the Chinese team, the possibility is very small, but since it is here, let's play games one by one.

(End of this chapter)