Godfather of national football

Chapter 79 Accidental Injury
The moment Chen Gelin was shoveled away by Fang Suo, it seemed that time had stopped, his teammates were stunned, and Fang Suo was dumbfounded.

But then Fang Suo realized the seriousness of the situation, and his teammates hurriedly called the team doctor Heinrich to enter the field. After a simple diagnosis, Heinrich said that he had to go to the hospital for further examination, and it was impossible to determine whether there was a fracture at the scene.

This is the last joint training before the quarter-finals with Italy. Chen Gelin's accidental injury cast a shadow over the training ground.

"Head, I didn't do it on purpose," Fang Suo explained to Li Guo with an aggrieved face.

Li Guo patted Fang Suo and comforted him: "I said I want to simulate the intensity of a real game. It's not your fault. Go back to training."

After Fang Suo left, Chen An came over, "I saw Li Guo's ball just now, I really can't blame Fang Suo."

"That's true, but the little guy is really too reckless,"

"No, it's not that Fang Suo is reckless, but that Chen Gelin's movements are slow,"

"Slow? How is it possible? Chen Gelin is the fastest in this national team."

Chen An paused, and then continued: "The problem is that the games in the Olympics are too dense. Chen Gelin plays in the American Major League Soccer. His skills are really good, but his physical fitness..."

As soon as he said this, Li Guo immediately understood that the problem was the depth of the bench. Football is different from other sports. The depth of the bench determines how far a team can go. However, the starting 11 players of the Chinese team in each game are unshakable.

"I also want to rotate, but I don't have anyone on hand. Our substitute players are compared with the main players. The level is not a little bit worse. For example, Zheng Zhi, who can replace him on the bench?"

"Okay, that's something to consider in the future. The most important thing now is Chen Gelin's injury. Let's go to the hospital as soon as possible."

*****
When Li Guo and his team arrived at the hospital, the scene was already full of reporters. The top scorer of the Chinese team was injured.

"Director Li, how is Chen Gelin's injury?"

"I don't know, I have to wait for the final test report,"

"Director Li, if Chen Gelin can't play, then who is your backup plan? Is it Gao Lin?"

"I still say that, everything is unknown now, until the moment the game starts, I don't know what will happen."

Chen An and the staff of the Football Association squeezed out a passage, and Li Guo walked into the ward quickly. The first person who appeared in front of him was Heinrich. Li Guo didn't care about the politeness, and asked directly: "How is the injury?"

"The results of the MRI just came out. Fortunately, there is no fracture,"

Li Guo just put his heart down, but Heinrich's subsequent words made Li Guo's heart hang again.

"But I'm afraid I'll be off for a month,"

"What? That means Chen is going to bid farewell to the Olympics in advance?"

Heinrich nodded with helplessness on his face. As the chief team doctor of the Chinese team, any injury to any player would be heartbreaking for him.

"Doctor, I know if there is no problem with the bones, then is there a possibility of persistence? The Chinese team cannot do without Chen Gelin."

Heinrich did not completely deny the possibility of Chen Gelin's comeback, "Maybe, but Chen is very young and considering his future career is still very long, so I still hope that he will give up this competition."

"Well, then can I meet Chen?"

Heinrich moved out of the way, and Li Guo walked into the room. The ward arranged by the hospital for Chen Gelin was the best, similar to a suite in a five-star hotel.

Seeing Li Guo, Chen Gelin grinned and yelled "head".

"how do you feel?"

"It's not bad, we should be able to resume training soon, and the game against Italy should be fine."

The game is in the quarter-finals, as long as it is not missing arms and legs, who would be willing to give up at this time?
Li Guo didn't want to go around in circles, and said bluntly: "I have communicated with the doctor, you should go back to Los Angeles to recover from your injuries, but don't worry, we will definitely achieve our goal."

Li Guo said this to make Chen Gelin feel more at ease, but Chen Gelin didn't seem to agree, and replied directly: "I won't leave!"

"You are a professional player and I am a professional coach. We all understand that injuries are a part of football, and the best choice to face injuries is to treat them well. You should know that many geniuses in history retired early because they did not receive good treatment after injuries, such as Van Basten."

Li Guo's words made Chen Gelin fall into silence. He knew that Li Guo was right. He loved football too much. If he retired early because of injuries, it would be like killing his own life.

"Boss, you are right, but I still won't leave. Let me sit on the bench. I am still a member of the Chinese team. Even if I can't play, I will accompany the Chinese team to complete the Olympic journey."

Li Guo was moved, and nodded without saying anything, "That's good."

*****
Back at the base, Li Guo pushed Gao Lin to the front, which was Chen Gelin's position, but after a training session, the result was not ideal. The Chinese team had gotten used to Chen Gelin, and everything had to be restarted. If there was a month, then they could adapt again, but now the Chinese team still had less than 24 hours left.

Seeing that the team's offense was stuck because of himself, Gao Lin himself fell into self-blame, "Why Chen Gelin can do it, but I can't. I don't find it difficult when I watch from the bench." The more he blamed himself, the more abnormal Gao Lin's performance became, and he fell into a vicious circle.

"Li Guo can't do this. Why don't Shen Rui play the striker and Hao Junmin play the winger." Chen An suggested.

Li Guo nodded. This is also a backup plan. Shen Rui's speed is comparable to Chen Gelin's, but the feeling of heading and shooting is a little bit worse.

So Li Guo replaced Gao Lin, replaced Hao Junmin, pushed Shen Rui to the front, and the effect of the next training was a little bit better, but it was still not satisfactory. After all, after the Chinese team used Chen Gelin's sharp knife, other players always seemed to be a bit weak. This is like the reason why Barcelona is addicted to Messi. Good players will make the team feel dependent.

"Where's Robin?" Li Guo asked suddenly.

"Over there," while speaking, Chen An called Dutt over, and Li Guo said to Dutt, "Why don't you change the formation, without Chen Gelin, the 4231 formation is really unplayable."

Dutt seemed a bit embarrassed, the competition is coming, the more changes may become more chaotic, but he still promised Li Guo, give it a try.

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