Godfather of national football

Chapter 7
A burst of yelling and cursing that started with F came from across the road, and Chen An was very worried about it. Through the glass window of the hotel, he could see that there were at least a few thousand Filipinos protesting outside the hotel. I heard that the last time such a "grand event" happened was when American soldiers caused trouble in the Philippines.

Li Guo stood up, went to the window to look, and said with a smile: "These Filipino monkeys are really free, don't they have to work?"

Chen An said: "I'm not afraid that tomorrow's training will be affected."

"train?"

Li Guo thought for a while and said, "Just do strength training in the hotel's gym."

"What? You mean not even a single training session before the official game?"

"Does it need to be so formal when playing against the Philippine team?"

"Li Guo, I don't think it's right for you to have such a mentality. The so-called arrogant soldiers must be defeated."

Li Guo went to his chair and sat down, crossed his legs, "Our ancestors still have a word - worrying about nothing."

At this moment, Robin Dutt came in. As the first assistant coach, he came to report to Li Guo the tactical arrangement for the game the day after tomorrow.

Li Guo still crossed his legs, Chen An stood, and Robin Dutt also stood and began to report tactics.

"The day after tomorrow, our formation is 433, attacking formation. I have analyzed the Philippine style of play. The wing speed is relatively fast, but the two full-backs often fail to come back when they go up to assist, so we mainly play on the wing. In addition, the center back of the Philippines is relatively short, only 1 meters, and we have a high center forward in the middle."

Li Guo held the tactical report made by Robin Dutt in his hand, and while reading it, he listened to what Robin Dutt said.

About 15 minutes later, when Robin Dutt finished speaking, Chen An smiled. He felt that Robin Dutt's tactical analysis was very thorough, but Li Guo didn't think so. He just gently threw the tactical report in his hand on the table.

"I totally deny it!"

"what?"

Robin Dutt and Chen An shouted at the same time, this tactical report can be said to be well-founded, what's wrong?

After Li Guo finished speaking, he enjoyed the surprised expressions on the faces of Robin Dutt and Chen An, then slowly opened his laptop and turned to them, "Take a look at the tactical report I made."

Robin Dutt and Chen An looked at it, and soon Chen An said: "Li Guo, are you really crazy?"

I saw that the formation that Li Guo was going to arrange was 451, a typical defensive formation. Under normal circumstances, a weak team would use this formation against a strong team. Sometimes the midfielder would withdraw to form a 541.

Li Guo knew that the two people in front of him must have such a reaction, so he said: "Robin's analysis is correct, but he forgot the most important one."

"what?"

"You two think Filipinos are too smart,"

Robin Dutt and Chen An looked at each other. Today, the two of them couldn't understand Li Guo.

"Right now, the whole country of the Philippines is passionate. If someone pours cold water on them, they will come back to their senses. That's not what I want."

Li Guo continued: "What I want to do is to add fire to the Filipinos."

Speaking of this, Chen An seemed to understand a little bit, "Chinese art of war, play hard to get." But Robin Dutt still didn't understand.

Li Guo looked at Robin Dutt and thought: "It's not your fault. When a hundred schools of thought in China are contending, you Indians are practicing Buddhism and not fighting wars."

Li Guo continued: "Based on our strength, it is certain that we will defeat the Philippines, but I can't guarantee that if we want to score a massacre, if we really use Robin's method, then the Filipinos will hide and defend when they know they can't beat us. It will be very troublesome."

Speaking of this, Chen An and Robin Dutt admired Li Guo a little bit, Li Guo was a bit like a general, he could see the overall situation.

This is about Li Guo's previous life. In his previous life, Li Guo liked to read Chinese classical Chinese studies, and was obsessed with the things of his ancestors.

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The next day it rained all day, rain is common in this tropical archipelagic country, the Chinese team happened to maintain strength training in the hotel gym.

Because of the rain, the number of Filipinos who came to protest the Chinese team was also much less. Li Guo watched the protesting crowd across the road while admiring the rain from the window. Li Guo laughed and called the staff over.

An hour later, the hotel staff went out with a trolley, distributed a boxed meal to every protester, and told them that Li Guo, the coach of the Chinese national team, had invited them. This scene happened to be captured by a reporter from Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao".

Soon, the next day, the "Lianhe Zaobao" news came out. The headline was - "The style of a big country, the Chinese repay their grievances with virtue."

When Lopez of the Manila Times saw this report, he almost fainted, especially when he saw the Filipinos in the newspaper, like beggars, happily receiving their lunch boxes. He crumpled up the newspaper and threw it into the trash can angrily.

"Li Guo, if you lose today's bet, the whole world can see the head coach of the Chinese team running naked." When Lopez said these words, sparks would come out of his mouth.

In order to prevent Li Guo from reckless after the game, Lopez has organized people to block the Chinese team at the Manila airport after the game.

The match was held at 3:[-] pm local time. The president of the Philippines and members of Congress will be there to watch the game. Originally, Cai Hua was also going to the scene, but because Li Guo offended the entire Philippines again, Cai Hua temporarily canceled the trip to the Philippines.

After the start of the game, there was a shocking scene. The Chinese team formed a formation of 451. The Filipinos in the stands laughed together. It seemed that our protest was very effective. The Chinese were so afraid that they even canceled the training before the game. They hid in the hotel and did not dare to come out.

At this time, Lopez was also in the stands. Unlike ordinary Filipinos, he was a professional football reporter. He predicted that the Chinese team would make a strong attack, but everything in front of him was very different from what he predicted, and he faintly felt that the situation was not good.

After the opening 20 minutes, the Philippines had the upper hand. The Philippine president in the stands was in a good mood, thinking: "The Chinese team is nothing more than that."

The Filipino fans in the stands booed loudly when the Chinese players took the ball, "boo".

The outsiders watch the fun, the insiders watch the doorway, and the major football reporters in the stands are dumbfounded. "What's the matter? After the Chinese players get the ball, they just cross the ball and control the ball. They don't pass forward to threaten the ball at all. What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?"

But Li Guo was very happy. He crossed his legs on the coach's bench and watched the game leisurely. He only occasionally looked at the big screen. Before he knew it, the first half was almost over.

(End of this chapter)