Godfather of national football

Chapter 577

Garner's current head coach is the Israeli Grant, the one who took Chelsea over from Jose Mourinho.

The Ghanaian team also has a lot of stars, and there are two more representative ones, one is Jordan Ayew who plays in the Premier League, and the other is Gyan.

Before the start of the game, a small cultural performance was held in the stadium. It was a piece of rap brought by a local rap artist. The rap talent of Africans is obvious to all. Li Guo thinks that the strong football but weak economy of Africans may be related to their personality. They are creative but not rigorous.

At the beginning of the game, the rhythm of the Chinese team was disrupted, and they immediately realized the strength of Ghana. No wonder the German team was also afraid of Ghana in the World Cup.

The body and speed of African players are outstanding. What they lack is teamwork, but Ghana is different. Their players play in Europe and their head coach is European, so this is a standard European team.

Before coming to Ghana, the national football team played a warm-up match in Asia, but the pace was very slow, so they couldn't adapt to such a fast pace for a while.

"Fang Suo, cheer up, the other party will come to us for real!"

Fang Suo nodded. He was planning to withdraw his strength at first, but now it seems that he can't do it anymore. He must show 100% state.

Zhou Dun and Fang Suo quickly stabilized the midfield of the Chinese team, so that the opponent's advantage went down.

Jordan Ayew.

Fonso knows that this guy is a ruthless character, and he has met him in the Premier League. Unlike the general African players who are slightly bulky, Jordan Ayew belongs to the kind of striker who plays football with his brain.

After several breakthroughs in the middle, Jordan Ayew did not take advantage of Zhou Dun, so he cruised to the side.

Zhou Dun pointed, meaning to make Mu Fei be careful, the side road is Mu Fei's territory.

Under the cheers and cheers of the home fans, Ghana's offense is still dominant overall, but there is no absolute chance in the penalty area.

The Chinese team has just arrived in Ghana, and some players have not even adjusted to the jet lag, and it is impossible to show 100% condition.

The two teams scored 0-0 in the first half.

During the intermission, the national football players expressed their fatigue almost in unison. Li Guo nodded. It stands to reason that the warm-up match should be gradual, but the national football A-level match was arranged, which was against Ghana. After all, it is not easy for the national football players to come back once.

"It's okay, the warm-up match is not the most important thing, I won't ask you to do your best."

But those who can stand on the court are fighters, and they will not take the initiative to get down.

In the second half, the Chinese team made substitutions and used up three substitutions in one go. Ji Ke replaced Chen Gelin, Pu Shuang replaced Liao Lisheng, and Micro Motion replaced Li Heng.

After Ji Ke came on the field, he went up against Schlupp of the Ghana team. Schlupp is a player from Leicester City in the Premier League. He is tall and can play both as a defender and as a midfielder. He is a very strong defensive player.

Ji Ke's stature is invincible in Asia, and he is not at a disadvantage in front of European teams, but in front of the dark and tough Ghanaian defenders, Ji Ke really can't take advantage of it.

"Damn, I still don't believe it," Ji Ke knew that his skills were not as good as Chen Gelin's, and Li Guo must have sent him to smash it. If he can't perform well in the World Cup, it means that his value in the national football team will be greatly reduced.

"Lin Zhijian, upload it to my head."

Lin Zhijian nodded, and then Ji Ke greeted Qu Bo again, and his teammates felt strange, why Ji Ke was so active today.

In fact, only Ji Ke himself knows that as the No. [-] striker of the national football team, his position is unstable, and the warm-up match is the best opportunity to prove himself.

In the second half, the Chinese team was basically able to play [-]-[-] against Ghana, thanks to Zhou Dun's super strength.

Ghana was unable to attack for a long time, and several forwards simply stopped defending. Grant was furious. This is the fault of African teams.

Without the first interception, Zhou Dun rushed forward with the ball, and the Ghana team's defense was stretched.

Zhou Dun observed while running, Ji Ke kept pointing to his head, Zhou Dun understood, and passed a long diagonal kick to Ji Ke.

"Okay," Ji Ke made a prediction. The ball was good, and he should be able to hit it. Schlupp followed him like a shadow, and had already stuck to Ji Ke.

Ji Ke got stuck, Schlupp was like a boulder, Ji Ke jumped high, "Ah, almost."

Just when Ji Ke was regretting, the referee blew his whistle, and then pointed to the spot of the ball. The referee decided that Schlupp pushed Ji Ke.

Ji Ke clenched his fists tightly, "Beautiful, although she looks black, she is really not a black whistle."

Ji Ke was also very happy to help the team get a penalty kick. As usual, if Chen Gelin was not there, Zhou Dun would take the penalty kick. But unexpectedly, Zhou Dun stuffed the ball into Ji Ke's hands, "You go kick it."

"I!"

In fact, everyone can see the hard work on the court. Zhou Dun can see Ji Ke's activeness today.

"Go, I believe in you."

Ji Ke is happy, he really wants to score a goal, of course a penalty kick is the best chance, but after thinking about it, he feels a lot of pressure.

Ji Ke stood in front of the ball, the audience booed, and the Ghanaian goalkeeper jumped up and down on the goal line. None of this could shake Ji Ke. With a push of his foot, Ji Ke firmly hit the ball into the upper corner of the goal, and the Chinese team led 1-0.

One goal behind, Grant immediately made a substitution, two substitutions, and the Chinese team began to recover.

In a game like the World Cup, a good defense can go to the end, so retreating is a strategy, not tiredness.

The Ghanaian team launched a fierce counterattack, and the Chinese team was also a little embarrassed, but fortunately withstood it, and the final score was 1-0.

The home fans were a bit disappointed, but it was a warm-up match after all. The Ghanaians showed their generosity, and they also applauded the Chinese team.

Grant was very serious. He chatted with the referee after the game. Grant was not convinced by the penalty awarded to the Chinese team.

The referee made a gesture of pushing people, and Grant shook his finger: "Both people have movements, and they should be mutual."

The referee smiled without further explanation.

Li Guo came to look for Grant. As a courtesy after the game, Li Guo shook hands with Grant. The two had no communication and were not familiar with each other.

After this game, there will be no international A-level warm-up match for the Chinese team. The World Cup is approaching, and Li Guo's preparations have reached the final stage.

After the game, Li Guo had a meal with everyone in the resident, and then the players divided their things. The players who played in Europe flew directly to Europe, and the players who played in China went back with Li Guo.

(End of this chapter)