Godfather of national football

Chapter 83 Evolution
"Li Guo, are you not in a hurry?" Chen An asked softly, covering his mouth.

"urgent!"

"But I have to show it to the players on the field. If I show that I am anxious, their mentality will be out of balance."

Chen An said with admiration: "Li Guo, you are still such a thief."

"Fuck you, by the way, you are the second assistant coach, give me a useful idea now, or I will fire you."

"Hehe, you still have the heart to tease me? I don't know who got fired after the game,"

Seeing that Li Guo stopped talking, Chen An continued, "How about I call Robin over?"

"No, Dutt's pre-match tactical preparations are great, but he is a bit rigid, and commanding on the spot is not his characteristic."

This Chen An also understands, for example, if Li Guo is Han Xin, then Robin Dutt is Ma Su, and it is okay to be a staff officer.

Chen An backed away silently, now only Li Guo was standing by the side of the court, he was thinking, thinking about how to enter Italy again.

*****
"Big Sam, didn't you often defeat the strong with the weak when you were in the Premier League, you must have a way."

Allardyce said: "Li Guo, let me give you an example. A strong team in the Premier League beating a weak team is like beating someone with a stick. The stick is hard and you can avoid it, but Italian football is like holding a net. When the Italians cast the net, how do you escape?"

Li Guo understood Allardyce's metaphor in a simple way, but Li Guo never gave up these two words in his dictionary, no matter how powerful his opponent was.

"Big Sam, I understand the truth, so let me tell you a truth, that is, no one in this world cares what the truth is, but only what you have done. People will only remember people who dare to think and do things, and no one cares about people who have a lot of excuses."

Allardyce was silent, he didn't expect Li Guo to say such a thing, "Okay, let me think about it."

But before Allardyce could come up with a solution, the Chinese team’s defense lost the ball again. This time it was Marchisio’s world wave shot from outside the penalty area.

Within 5 minutes, Italy scored two goals in a row. If the first conceded goal was a pity for the fans, then the second conceded goal made people feel a little helpless. In fact, everyone vaguely predicted this goal. After Italy scored the first goal, the attack wave was higher than the wave. The Chinese team can only passively defend. It can be said that conceding the goal is a matter of time.

Italy is celebrating, Chinese players are bending over and panting, playing football with Italians is really tiring!Turning their heads and seeing that the Italian seemed to have won the game, the players were unconvinced. At this time, the players all looked at Li Guo, their eyes full of ardent hope. Li Guo has brought too many changes and miracles to Chinese football since he took office. Will it continue this time?
Seeing the earnest eyes from his disciples, Li Guo blamed himself, "Is there really nothing I can do? Are we really kneeling in front of the Italian chain football?"

Li Guo's first thought was that losing is not losing. He gave the players a thumbs up, affirming the players' performance, and then Li Guo began to incite the fans, asking everyone to cheer up and cheer for the Chinese team.

Encouraged by Li Guo, the atmosphere at the scene became lively again, with bursts of cheers of "Chinese team rises" one after another. Encouraged by the fans, the players straightened their backs and held their heads high.

Li Guo searched in his mind, hoping to find some useful information. Suddenly, Li Guo thought of the next match, which was the group match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. New Zealand drew 1-1 with Italy. In the end, that match dragged down Italy, and the defending champion was eliminated after the group match.

Before the game, the public opinion was overwhelmingly optimistic about Italy, Italy was the defending champion, while New Zealand was a team that had a hard time reaching the World Cup, but the final result was unexpected. Li Guo was thinking about that game carefully.

In that game, it seemed that New Zealand played a long pass. It was very simple, but very direct. The New Zealand goal should have been lobbed into the penalty area of ​​Italy, and finally scored in the chaotic battle.

When Li Guo was thinking about that game, the first half was over, Li Guo didn’t go back to the locker room, but handed over the team to Chen An, sitting on the coach’s bench by himself, thinking about it carefully, drawing on the paper at hand while thinking, trying to outline the details of that game.

*****
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team changed two players. Hao Junmin replaced Sun Jihai and Gao Lin replaced Shen Rui.

On the Italian side, Casillazzi stood still, apparently satisfied with the performance of the Italian players in the first half.

After the start of the second half, Italy's formation was obviously recovered. It seems that the Italians are very confident in defending the score of 2 to 1. After all, defense is the most famous symbol of this country besides pizza and pasta.

For the Chinese team, Li Guo's tactics are very clear. Hao Junmin and Chen Gelin are both very sharp players who break through and pass.

Hao Junmin was still a little nervous at the beginning, and Chen Gelin sent a few threatening kicks, but Gao Lin in the middle was all over the top. As the game progressed, Chen Gelin's physical fitness dropped a lot, and he had just recovered from his injury before the game. Although he had Li Guo's healing potion, it was still somewhat affected.

Time ticked away like running water, 50, 60, 70, 80, and at 80 minutes of the game, the score was still 2-1, with Italy leading.

At this time, even the most steadfast fans began to waver, and Italy was like a mountain lying in front of the Chinese team.

Li Guo was looking at his watch. At this time, Li Guo's heart was beating very fast. The game had reached 86 minutes. Including injury time, the time left for the Chinese team may not exceed 10 minutes.

86,

87,

88,

89,

90,

Every minute since then, Chinese fans are counting on their fingers, and everyone hopes that time will pass more slowly.

The fourth official raised the sign and added 3 minutes, leaving only 3 minutes for the Chinese team.

At this time, the fans shouted in the audience, but it was not "Come on, China", but "Li Guo, don't go". Li Guo was very moved. With these fans, there is no regret.

At this moment, Chen Gelin broke through and was pulled down by the Italian defender, and the Chinese team won a free kick from the corner of the penalty area.

Li Guo waved his hand and asked the Chinese players to go up. Yin Di, Zhou Dun, and even the goalkeeper Wang Dalei also went up. There were only two full-backs behind—Geng Chong and Mu Fei. Then Li Guo pointed to Hao Junmin, who took the free kick.

(End of this chapter)