Godfather of national football

Chapter 59 Go to the Opening Ceremony

"The Chinese team beat New Zealand," the BBC and other international media reported the victory after the game.

The BBC originally planned to include a photo of Li Guo directing the game, but they were not satisfied with the photos taken by the sideline photographers.

"This kneeling may be as eternal as Henry's," this is the "Times" report on Chen Gelin's passionate kneeling.

I have to say that Chen Gelin and Henry are quite similar in characteristics. They are both extremely fast players who feel great in front of goal.

When the international media praised the Chinese team, the domestic media was very low-key. On the one hand, it was because of the Chinese character. On the other hand, New Zealand’s competitiveness in this group was indeed too weak.

Li Guo praised the players and fans in an interview after the game, "The fans are great, they are today's heroes."

"Our next opponent is the European Red Devils Belgium, are you ready?"

"certainly,"

"Can you tell me about your preparations?"

"Of course not, but what I can tell you is that we are not afraid whether it is Brazil, Belgium or other teams."

"Use one sentence to imagine the journey of the Chinese team in this Olympic Games!" said the reporter.

Without any hesitation, Li Guo said, "I think of a sentence from Mencius—although tens of thousands of people will go for it, I don't know the final result, but I can guarantee that we will do this."

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"Though there are thousands of people, I will go!"

When the head of the General Administration saw this sentence, his eyes lit up, and he immediately called Cai Hua, "You can contact Li Guo and ask if he can lead the team to the opening ceremony tonight."

"what!"

Surprised, Cai Hua realized that he had lost his composure.

"Not available?"

"No, what I mean is that according to the rules, group projects generally don't participate in the opening ceremony,"

"There are exceptions to everything. The national football team has done a good job this time. It can be regarded as the real head shot of the Chinese team."

Cai Hua thought the same thing. The national football team was indeed the first Chinese delegation to compete. In the past, the Chinese delegation was the first to participate in the shooting team.

"Well, I will agree to come down on Li Guo's behalf."

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"Leading the team to the opening ceremony of the Olympics?"

When Cai Hua told Li Guo himself, Li Guo felt very excited. In his previous life in 2008, Li Guo applied for tickets for the Olympic opening ceremony early, but in the end he didn't even have a hair.

"Can the whole team go?"

This is very important. Football is a collective sport. Either everyone goes or not. Li Guo doesn't want to treat any player differently.

Cai Hua was stunned for a moment. The Chinese delegation is the largest lineup of this Olympic Games. It is estimated that there are more than 100 people on the scene. If there are more than 20 people, it will be a bit bloated.

"Boss, if you go, you can't miss one, or I won't go,"

"Okay, I promise you, who told the national football team to be so competitive this time."

Putting down the phone, Li Guo thought to himself: "Competitive sports are so realistic."

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When the lights came on and the night fell, at 2008:8 pm on August 8, 8, BJ showed his most charming side.

With a series of virtual big footprints, the Olympic Games came from afar into reality, from the past to the present. Finally, when the fireworks lifted off over the Bird's Nest, there was a burst of cheers from the scene, followed by a cultural performance.

At this time, Li Guo and his disciples were waiting in the background to appear. The host was the last one to appear. To be honest, being a member of the opening ceremony delegation is not an easy job.

But to everyone's surprise, the national football players stood at attention like soldiers. This scene stunned Dayao, the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation. He moved over and said to Li Guo, "Coach, there are more than two hours before we play, you guys..."

"It's okay, my group of players can stand for 20 hours without any problem."

Dayao's forehead was sweating, and he thought to himself: "Isn't there a problem, but is it necessary?"

Dayao is an outspoken person. Whatever is on his mind, he speaks out, "Coach Li Guo, is this necessary?"

"The football team is like the army. It pays attention to the four words of order and prohibition, so I think it is very necessary."

Dayao was speechless, and he had nothing to say when he met someone like Li Guo. Fortunately, the coach of the Chinese men's basketball team was not Li Guo.

Anyone who experienced that night should still remember that the representatives on the scene at that time had a fan, and BJ was actually quite hot that night.

Soon the foreheads of the national football players were covered with sweat. Athletes from other sports might have looked down on the national football team before they came, but now everyone is convinced. The changes Li Guo brought to the Chinese team are indeed too great.

So everyone handed water to the national football players one after another, and the table tennis player handed water to Mu Fei. Mu Fei chuckled, "You drink it, I don't need it."

In this way, the Chinese men’s football players stood at attention for two hours until the Chinese delegation entered the stadium. Under the leadership of Dayao, the Chinese delegation slowly walked into the Bird’s Nest. The audience gave out the most enthusiastic cheers. Almost everyone stood up, excited, proud, excited, and all kinds of emotions came to their hearts.

The national football players walked quietly in the middle of the delegation. They were not conspicuous in the huge delegation, but the players were very proud. Chen Gelin said softly behind Li Guo: "Head, thank you for bringing me back."

This short journey will soon be over, and it may not be enough for the national football players, but Li Guo has achieved his goal, which is to make everyone feel proud. Self-identity is the most important thing in doing anything. In the previous life, the national football team lacked self-identity. Now Li Guo wants to change all this.

After the opening ceremony, the Chinese team took the bus back to the base. Mu Fei received a call from his father, "Son, Dad saw you on TV."

"Well, your son is handsome, isn't he?"

"Of course, as handsome as me."

The mobile phones of other players rang one after another, all from family and friends, "Geng Chong, I saw you on TV, you are the pride of our class."

There were many greetings like this. At this moment, Chen An whispered in Li Guo's ear, "Everyone calls their family members, so why don't you call Li Zibing too?"

"Looking for a slap, right?" Li Guo made a gesture to slap Chen An after speaking, and just as his hand was hanging in mid-air, Li Guo's cell phone rang.

"Haha, if you say Xi Shi, Xi Shi will arrive," Chen An teased.

Without picking up the phone to look at the caller ID, Li Guo knew it must be Li Zibing calling. He had the feeling, "I'll deal with you when I go back to the base."

Chen An stuck out his tongue and made a face at Li Guo.

(End of this chapter)