Godfather of national football

Chapter 217 Soccer Like Water
On the streets of Seoul in the early morning, there were two "lunatics" singing about two tigers. Needless to say, they were Li Guo and Park Shuang.

"Head, this drink is the best I've ever had,"

"By the way, did you pay just now?"

Pu Shuang's face changed, "No."

"Damn, neither have I," Li Guo said.

"Hehe, it's okay. Director Li is already a public enemy in South Korea anyway. At worst, South Korea will start another war against Li Guo."

Li Guo shrugged, "It doesn't matter, anyway, I probably won't come to South Korea before the next World Cup qualifier."

Pu Shuang just likes Li Guo's character. He is not afraid of the sky and the earth. He has a bad temper but has skills, which makes people helpless and loves and hates.

"Pu Shuang, have you been hanging like this since you were a child?"

Pu Shuang chuckled, "No, the main thing is to train outside, play football, and avoid being bullied, so be a little more domineering, which can be regarded as a kind of self-protection."

"Well, when I was in Germany, once on the subway, a nigger glared at me, and I glared at him. The two of them just glared at each other so stupidly. Looking back, I feel stupid, but it was like that at that time. You always need to protect yourself in a foreign country."

"But you're successful now, you're a big name,"

Li Guoyile, "Success? Football is a sport that is always on the road. There is no end to learning. It is hard to call success."

"Head, I don't know if I can ask you something?"

"Ask, ask whatever you want."

"I've always wanted to ask, what is your football philosophy? Holland's total defense, Manchester United's off-the-ball running system, Barcelona's invincible pass control, or Germany's open and close."

Li Guo chuckled, "Pu Shuang, you can ask such a question, which proves that you are suitable to be a coach in the future. You are very smart, not ordinary smart."

Li Guo understands that anything that rises to a certain stage will touch philosophy, so that it will be deeply imprinted.

Pu Shuang smiled knowingly, with a flattered expression.

Li Guo went on to say: "My football philosophy comes from China."

"China?"

Pu Shuang doesn't understand this, because everyone knows the level of Chinese football in the past. Pu Shuang asked timidly, with a little embarrassment: "Head, with all due respect, Chinese football doesn't seem to have a very good historical heritage."

Li Guo nodded, "But what about jumping out of football? Don't forget, China has a long history of thought."

"Head, you are too great, you know so much, can you tell me about it."

Li Guo smiled slightly, "My football philosophy comes from Tai Chi and Taoism,"

Pu Shuang didn't understand even more.

"Have you ever heard a saying - the highest kindness is like water."

"Well, I've seen it on TV, but I don't actually understand it."

"Then let me give you an example. Have you ever seen a bicycle repairer repair a tire?"

Pu Shuang nodded.

"Then let me ask you, what will the car mechanic do in the first step?"

"Immerse the tire in water, and where there are air bubbles, there is a leak."

Li Guo snapped his fingers, "That's right! Another example is whether there is a leak in a container. If you can't tell with your eyes, you can tell if it is filled with water, right?"

Pu Shuang nodded.

Li Guo went further: "So on the football field, we need to find the opponent's defensive loopholes?"

"We just need to play football like water," Park Shuang said excitedly, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Yes, this is my football philosophy, football like water."

"Is that difficult?" Park Shuang asked.

"Of course, this requires smooth cooperation. It requires every player, including the goalkeeper, to have a strong ability to read the game. It is really not easy."

Park Shuang looked thoughtful. When Park Shuang became the head coach 20 years later, he recalled the talk with Li Guo on the streets of Seoul that night, just like Guardiola always remembered Cruyff’s teachings after his success, but that’s a story.

In fact, what football needs is inheritance, and this is precisely what Chinese football lacked most in the past.

After bidding farewell to Pu Shuang, Li Guo went back to China and saw Chen An. Next, he had to bite the bullet and do one thing, which he was very entangled in.

*****
"Chen An, why don't you go."

"Hehe, I won't do this bad guy, besides, you are the leader!" Chen An said with a smirk.

What Li Guo has to do is to tell Sun Jihai that he is not in his Asian Cup plan. It can even be said that Sun Jihai will not enter the national team again.

In his previous life, Sun Jihai grew up with Li Guo. At that time, Japanese and Korean players had not yet traveled abroad on a large scale. "Chinese Sun Sun" became one of the few Asian players who successfully gained a foothold in the Premier League. Chinese football at that time was proud. At least in front of Japan and South Korea, we were not bad.

Sun Jihai's departure is also a farewell to an era. Representatives of the 2002 generation have gradually faded out of the national team. Li Guo knows that this is not a trivial matter. Whether he is called ungrateful by the fans or has no conscience by the media, Li Guo doesn't care. What Li Guo cares most is that Sun Jihai can understand.

"I think it's better to just give up Li Weifeng and Dewey, bid farewell to the 2002 generation, and be scolded by the public once is enough," Chen An said.

Li Guo shook his head, "No, I still need the big head."

Chen An spread his hands, "Then you can figure it out yourself."

*****
When he came to Dalian, Li Guo took a taxi. Although he had already put on big sunglasses, his elder brother recognized Li as soon as he came.

"Master, apart from taking pictures, everything else is easy to talk about," Li Guo saw the excited look on the master's face, so he simply took the initiative.

"Guide Li, don't worry, if I talk nonsense, the company will not spare me."

"Hehe, I'm very relieved, because if you talk nonsense, I can't spare you,"

My brother chuckled, "Director Li, today is the last day of 2010, and you are still working, really hard work."

Li Guo thought to himself: "The Asian Cup in Qatar will start on January 1, and the squad will be announced soon. I must meet Ji Hai."

"I said I'm here to find a girlfriend, do you believe me?" Li Guo joked.

Dan's brother showed an expression of "I understand", and said in a low voice: "Director Li, it is rumored that you are suave and suave, and it seems to be true."

Li Guo scolded her in his heart, thinking that if I am just more handsome, I must be very romantic?It's not my fault that I'm handsome.

"Hehe, I'm joking, but I'm actually here to find Sun Jihai."

My brother thought to himself: "Ghost letter."

Anyway, for celebrities, the public would rather believe the rumors than the truth version, and Li Guo didn't care.

After several turns and turns, he finally came to a high-end residential area. When he got out of the car, the driver insisted on not asking for money. In the end, Li Guo threw down 100 yuan and ran away.

(End of this chapter)