Godfather of national football

Chapter 98
"Olympic men's football is the real World Cup" This is a report by the BBC after the Olympic Games.

The article analyzes the countries that make up the Olympic men's football champions. From 1968 to 1992, European teams won the championship. In 96 and 2000, African teams won. In 2004, Argentina represented the Americas and won the Olympic champion for the first time. In 2008, China represented Asia and won the Olympic champion for the first time.

Compared with the World Cup monopolized by Europe and South America, the champion division of the Olympic Games is very "worldly". Of course, this article is suspected of being fried, but it can also be explained from another angle that maybe the level of Olympic men's football is really not high.

The well-known "black" Chinese reporter "An Xuanzhen" of South Korea's KBS made a lot of nonsense in his program, saying that a miracle will not make Chinese football rise. The European Cup in 92 did not make Danish football a strong European team. The myth of the 2007 Asian Cup did not make Iraqi football a strong Asian team.

South Korea is still the boss of Asian football, and Japan is the second!

An Xuanzhen further analyzed: "Olympic men's football matches are always scheduled for the hottest time of the day. We all know that weather above 30 degrees is not conducive to football matches. Superstars like Messi will protect themselves in such extreme weather. However, due to the pressure of performance, Chinese players don't care even if they work hard."

"In addition, because of the time conflict with the European league, many high-level stars will not come to the Olympics. This is also the reason why the level of football in the Olympics is not high."

"National people must firmly believe that Korean football is still the number one in Asia. The Korean team has participated in the World Cup since 1986 and has never been absent. The Chinese team only advanced to the World Cup in 2002 when the Korean team did not need to play in the qualifiers. In other words, China can only advance to the World Cup if it avoids South Korea."

Throughout the program, An Xuanzhen devalued Chinese football to nothing, and raised Korean football to an unparalleled height. Such programs have high ratings in South Korea. It is well known that there are two most popular programs in South Korea-the programs that blacken Japan and black China.

If there is a comparison, Black China will satisfy South Korean Bangzi's humble self-esteem even more, but Chinese fans understand that if he doesn't teach Bangzi a lesson in the World Cup qualifiers, Bangzi may never wake up.

In fact, there is no need for the Koreans to remind us that after the Olympics, the most important thing for the Chinese team is the World Cup qualifiers, referred to as the top 10 matches.

In the top 20 competition, the Chinese team advanced two rounds ahead of schedule because they had to prepare for the Olympics. Li Guo did not lead the team in the last two irrelevant games, but Chen An led the second team to participate. The Chinese team won one and lost one, winning Iraq and losing to Australia. In this way, China and Australia joined hands to advance to the top 10 in Asia.

*****
Turn the clock back a few months ago, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the draw for the World Cup qualifiers for the Asian Top 10 is about to begin.

This conference gathered heavyweight figures from the entire Asian football circle. Of course, the secret rivalry between East Asia and West Asia was also fierce. The meeting started with a bit of gunpowder. The main reason was that the representatives of West Asia felt that they were underestimated in Asian football.

The most important thing before the draw starts is the classification, which is relatively simple and can be divided according to the latest FIFA rankings.

According to the latest FIFA rankings, Australia ranks first in Asia, with a FIFA ranking of 40, the second is South Korea, with a FIFA ranking of 49, the third is Japan, with a FIFA ranking of 50, and the fourth is China, with a FIFA ranking of 65.

It is worth mentioning that since Li Guo took office one year ago, the FIFA ranking of the Chinese team has risen from 69 to 65.

This division means that the Chinese team has avoided Japan (because China and Japan are in the same bracket), and China's first opponent is either South Korea or Australia.

The final result of the lottery was that China and South Korea were divided into a group. When the result came out, the cameras at the scene captured the expressions of Li Guo and the head coach of the South Korean team "Huo Dingmoo" at the same time.

The expressions of the two were surprisingly consistent, they both looked indifferent. As old enemies in Asian football, South Korea and China have met too many times, so everyone seemed very calm.

The grouping of the front seeded teams is the most eye-catching. After the seeded teams return to their positions, the grouping of the latter teams becomes less important.

In the end, the Chinese team was divided into Group A. The opponents in the same group were South Korea, Uzbekistan, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.

After the lottery ceremony, the head coach of the Chinese team, Li Guo, was immediately surrounded by reporters, "Director Li, what do you think of the result of the lottery?"

Li Guo said something amazing again, "I think it should not be difficult for the Chinese team to get a qualifying spot in this group and go to South Africa."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they thought, he is Li Guo, the man who dared to call out the top three in the Olympics, this time he just called out the World Cup, what's so strange?

"Then Director Li, who do you think the other qualifying spot in this group will belong to?"

Li Guo pretended to think, and after a while, Li Guo said slowly: "It's hard to say, South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan, and the United Arab Emirates all have opportunities."

"Damn," the South Korean reporter on the side couldn't listen anymore, and asked, "Director Li, don't you think South Korea is the strongest enemy in this group? We have never been absent from the World Cup finals since 1986."

The South Korean reporters thought they could suppress Li Guo by mentioning the glorious history, but Li Guo said bluntly: "That's because there was no Li Guo in Chinese football before?"

"you……"

The Korean reporter almost choked to death. This guy is even more arrogant than Mourinho. Jose at least said that I am after God. This Li Guo...

The Chinese reporters at the scene held back their laughter, looking like they were watching the excitement, and another reporter asked, "On September 9th, our first game will be an away game against South Korea. Can Director Li talk about the goal of that game."

Li Guo stretched out three fingers, "I don't want to win too much, just win three."

All the South Korean reporters smiled, "Hehe, it's possible for you to lose three. I'll let you know how to write crying."

*****
A few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Li Guo led the team to realize the myth of the Olympic Games. The first match of the World Cup on September 9 is about to begin. Li Guo announced the national football squad for Seoul, which is basically based on the Olympic team. Some new players were recruited in some positions. In addition, Zheng Zhi was not selected for this squad because of knee discomfort.

Seeing this big list, the Koreans have a line on their foreheads, and they know what the enemy is now.

(End of this chapter)