Godfather of national football

Chapter 33 The Embarrassing Unspoken Rules
"Why?"

This is the second time Li Zibing has uttered these three words today. She can feel Li Guo's confidence, but she doesn't know where Li Guo's confidence comes from?

"Would you believe me if I told you that my brain told me everything?"

Li Zibing didn't answer right away, she first had to make sure if Li Guo was playing tricks on her, but soon, from Li Guo's serious expression, Li Zibing knew that Li Guo was serious.

"Of course I believe it, just like when the thin Beckham walked into Ferguson's sight, the old man immediately fell in love with him. I believe in his eyes."

Li Guo admired Li Zibing. In China, there are very few women who really understand football, and this one in front of me is one of the few. What's more rare is that she is also a beautiful woman.

"Can I ask you a question instead?"

"Um,"

"Which team do you support?"

"AC Milan,"

"why?"

"No reason, maybe it's the elegance of red and black,"

Li Guo nodded. At that time, there were many Chinese fans who liked AC Milan. At that time, the financial crisis had not happened, and Milan was still a first-class team in Europe.

"Well, don't ask me why in the future. In my world, there are only wins and losses. There is no reason. Because in the world of football, if you win, you don't need why. If you lose, no one cares about your reasons."

"However, Li Guo, there are always many mysteries about you,"

"Really? But it's not up to you to explore, do you still have questions?"

Li Zibing thought for a while, and there seemed to be a lot of questions, but he couldn't figure out what to ask, so he said, "Okay, now it's time for the next step."

Li Guo wondered, "What's the next step?"

With a smirk on his face, Li Zibing stood up and said, "It's your unspoken rules about me." After finishing speaking, Li Zibing put his hand behind his back, ready to unzip the skirt.

"Fuck, it's real," Li Guo thought to himself.

"Don't challenge me, you think I dare not,"

"Then come!"

Unexpectedly, Li Zibing's skirt slipped like that, and Li Guo completely surrendered, "All right, all right, I'm convinced."

"Haha, it seems that Coach Li is a gentleman,"

"No, I'm a shameless villain, but...you're crazy,"

"Everyone who is a reporter is a little bit, work is too much." Li Zibing had already put on his clothes while speaking, and seeing Li Guo's embarrassed face, Li Zibing said, "It's a revenge for the time at the Frankfurt airport."

Li Guo laughed, "By the way, how did you know it was me who did it later?"

"Hehe, did you give them 10 yuan each?"

Li Guo neither admitted nor denied it.

"It's actually very simple. I gave them 20 each, and they said everything."

"Fuck, the Arabs are really unreliable," Li Guo thought to himself.

"By the way, tell me your email address. From now on, as long as I publish articles related to the national team, I will send you a copy first. If you agree, I will send it out."

"Okay, but don't come to me for things that have nothing to do with work."

"Tch, you really think I want to talk to you. When you get fired from the Football Association, even if you cry, I won't bother to talk to you."

Li Guo laughed, and Li Zibing also laughed.

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The next day, Li Zibing published an article on the prospect of the men's football Olympic Games, roughly two parts, the first is the Jianlibao plan, the second is the large number of overseas Chinese in China, and Li Zibing added the third, which is the cohesion brought by Li Guo.

Logically speaking, this article should have a good influence, but another thing completely stole Li Zibing's limelight, that is, Cook's article in the "Sydney Morning Herald" angrily denounced the referee as a black whistle.

The focus of the controversy is of course that Kewell was sent off. Judging from the slow motion after the game, Kewell's fall to the ground was slightly exaggerated, but he and Fonso did have physical contact. Cook believed that this was originally an insignificant collision, but the referee's penalty changed everything.

In the article, Cook questioned the impartiality of Iranian referees. Originally, it was common for the media to question referees, but Cook suggested in the article that the referee's status as a lawyer made him make unfair penalties.

This incident finally brought trouble to the AFC. The referee decided not to enforce the AFC’s games because of this incident. This made the matter serious, and the dispute was not limited to the football field. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded an apology from Australia, but Australia refused to apologize on the basis of freedom of the press.

At this time, Kewell, one of the parties involved, stood up and expressed respect for the referee's penalty. "From the first day I played football, I knew that respecting the referee on the court is the most basic."

Kewell further stated that the Iranian referee's level of law enforcement is very high, and he hopes that the referee can continue to work for the AFC.

Kewell's attitude represents the attitude of the Australian Football Association. Australia can be tough, and the "Sydney Morning Herald" can ignore it, but the Australian Football Association can't. You must know that the current AFC chairman Harman is the boss, and the most powerful in the AFC is actually the small Middle East group.

This is related to the particularity of Australia. Australia does not need to play in Asia, but Australian football has to play in Asia, so this created such a weird situation. The matter finally ended with an apology from the Australian Football Association.

Originally, this matter had subsided, but then the "Sydney Morning Herald" revealed a bigger hornet's nest. They disclosed the economic problems of AFC Chairman Harman.

When Li Guo read this article, he knew that it was going to be exciting. As a traveler, he was very aware of the anti-black storm of FIFA and AFC. In his previous life, the anti-black storm of FIFA started with the BBC investigation in 2011, but this time it was replaced by the "Sydney Morning Herald".

Li Guo knows that the media cannot bring down the deep-rooted football interest groups. This time, the unlucky ones must be Australians. Just like in his previous life, in 2011, when the BBC disclosed the problems of FIFA, England was finally eliminated in the first round of voting for the right to host the World Cup.

The report of the "Sydney Morning Herald" aroused great repercussions. In the end, the AFC did not sit idly by. The AFC decided to hold a meeting immediately. The representatives of the top 20 football associations participated in the meeting, and the topic was simple-whether Australia should be expelled from the AFC.

Of course, the Chinese Football Association was also invited. Li Guo and the chairman of the Football Association, Cai Hua, immediately flew to the headquarters of the AFC—Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On the plane, Cai Hua and Li Guo had serious expressions, because this time things were difficult to handle.

(End of this chapter)