Godfather of national football

Chapter 54 The Miracle of Bern
The bus slowly drove out of the hotel and onto the road. The team was about to go to the "Berne Wankdorf Stadium", where the Bern miracle was staged.

As long as you are in the football circle, you will have several great gods in your heart-Germany, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, etc., so the players of the Chinese team are very excited to go to the places where German football has performed miracles.

Today in Bern is a cloudy day. The city is actually very small, and the bus arrived at the stadium very quickly. Because we have already contacted them in advance, after changing the passes, the Chinese players can visit the stadium freely.

The stadium was refurbished in 2005, and it is already a very modern stadium. It has nothing to do with the stadium in 1954.

"West Germany staged a miracle here back then," Mu Fei said with a little envy. He is also playing in Germany now and knows a lot about German football.

If Maracana is the holy land of Brazilian football, then it should be the holy land of German football. No one knows if Hungary won that game, the history of world football will be rewritten later.

Li Guo walked towards Sun Jihai, "Jihai, how do you feel?"

"Shocking, in my whole life, except for the night when our Chinese team qualified for the World Cup in 2001, today is the most exciting,"

"Imagine it, Puskas might have kicked the ball there," Li Guo pointed to an area on the court.

Sun Jihai closed his eyes and imagined, "Head, I feel like I have time-traveled." When Sun Jihai opened his eyes, he saw that Li Guo had already shed tears, "Head, why are you crying?"

"I don't know what's wrong,"

"Maybe I was moved," Sun Jihai thought to himself.

After 20 minutes, the free tour was over. Li Guo gathered everyone on the court, and everyone formed a circle around Li Guo.

Li Guo took out his MP4 and played the black-and-white picture he had found so hard. It was the miracle of Bern. The picture was very unclear, but the passion he conveyed was incomparable to any high-definition game.

Players watch the video, look left and right from time to time, everyone knows that decades ago, the scenes on the black and white screen happened around them, this feeling is a bit strange.

At the end, almost everyone had the same question in their minds - when will Chinese football have its own miracle in Bern?

"What were you thinking just now, envy? Touched? Or,"

"I'm thinking about when we can do the same," Geng Chong, who has a straightforward personality, spoke out first.

Li Guo smiled slightly, "That's why I brought you here for a pilgrimage. What Chinese football lacked most before was a kind of spirit. I think we will definitely encounter difficulties in the future. At that time, I hope you can think of today, the afternoon we experienced together at the Wankerdorf Stadium."

At this time, everyone lowered their heads, and Li Guo was not happy. "What are you doing with your heads down, raise your heads up for me, and you are not allowed to lower your heads in the future. The Chinese men's football team must hold their heads high."

"Yeah!" Everyone answered in unison.

Li Guo continued: "Chinese footballers are actually very wronged. The development of football requires a lot of resources and a lot of work. These things are invisible to the outside world. The only thing the outside world can see is the result."

Li Guo turned to Zheng Zhi, "You have also clashed with fans because you couldn't hold back your anger before. In fact, sometimes I am also very angry, but I know it is useless."

"Since we have chosen competitive sports and the world's number one sport, we must use our results to speak for ourselves. German football conquers the world not with magnificence, but with miracles again and again. We are the same. When I called out the Olympic Games to be in the top three, I know that maybe you are laughing at me in your heart, but will you still do it today?"

The players looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't believe in miracles before, but today they did. They didn't believe in Li Guo before, but now they do.

"Head, I believe in you," Mu Fei said.

Li Guo smiled, "I don't believe in me, but in yourself." After speaking, Li Guo patted Mu Fei's chest.

In the past, Li Guo didn’t know why the ancient humans didn’t have enough to eat, and they had to spend so much effort to build temples. Now Li Guo understands that some emotions can only be expressed in front of majestic buildings. If Li Guo puts an inspirational video at the base of Xianghe, everyone’s emotions will pass in a few seconds, but here, at the Wankerdorf Stadium, this encouragement can last for a long time.

After finishing the pilgrimage to the Wankerdorf stadium, the players returned to the hotel. Tomorrow is the last day of the European training.

After dinner, Li Guo suggested that everyone go shopping and buy something for his family. Li Guo liked being alone, so he left everyone to go shopping.

Walking and walking, I came to a chocolate shop. This shop can be seen as a family workshop from the front. Many small shops like this in Europe have been passed down for generations.

Pushing open the door, the proprietress chatted with Li Guo very enthusiastically. After chatting, Li Guo knew that she was already the third generation, the granddaughter of the founder.

There are not many people at this time, so some gossip will not affect the business of the proprietress. After chatting for about 10 minutes, the proprietress began to introduce her own products.

Li Guo saw a very beautiful doll made of chocolate, and the proprietress was very good at observing words and expressions, "It's good to buy this as a gift for your girlfriend."

"I don't……",
He said this, but a face flashed in Li Guo's mind, "Why don't you buy it and give it to her."

After looking at the price tag, it was 199 euros. Li Guo knew that there was no way to bargain here, so he said with a smile: "That's it."

The proprietress smiled and said, "It won't be bad for a year. I think you are so handsome, you should be able to find a suitable girlfriend within a year."

Thanks to the proprietress, Li Guo left the shop with the chocolates, and met Mu Fei head-on, seeing that the other party was still in a hurry.

"what happened?"

Mu Fei said: "Head, there are 7 bridges in Bern. The locals say that as long as a person crosses these 7 bridges, he will have good luck for the next year. Now they are all crossing the bridges. Chen An asked me to call you."

"Damn, the Swiss are so superstitious too,"

But Li Guo didn't dampen everyone's excitement. As Mu Fei caught up with the large army, it turned out that the 7 bridges were not together, and there was a certain distance between them. Finally, after crossing the 7 bridges, Li Guo couldn't straighten his waist.

"I hope it's really useful, otherwise..." Li Guo thought to himself.

The next day, the Chinese players boarded the plane back home. For them, the Olympic Games was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)