Godfather of national football

Chapter 31 Cowell

Before the game, Li Guo and his disciples formed a circle, and the camera scanned, starting with goalkeeper Yang Zhi, Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong, Li Weifeng, Fang Suo, Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai, Gao Lin.

This is the starting lineup of the Chinese team today, the formation of 4231, the most unexpected of which is Li Weifeng and Fang Suo playing double midfielders.

After Li Guo took office, Li Weifeng moved to the position of the midfielder. This position can take advantage of the disadvantage of Li Weifeng's rich experience but slow turning.

Zheng Zhi is still the front midfielder. He is responsible for the organization of the Chinese team's frontcourt, while Sun Jihai has been transformed into a left midfielder. Anyway, Sun Jihai was a jack of all trades when he was in Manchester City. It should be said that Sun Jihai can play in any position except goalkeeper.

After the solemn national anthem playing ceremony, the atmosphere of the 8-person stadium was pushed to the extreme, and the game began!
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"Harry, what's the matter with you," coach Welbeck worried that his biggest nightmare would happen in the game, that is, Kewell was injured.

But Kewell waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

Welbeck just relaxed for a while, and the heart that had just let go was suspended again. Today's game is strange, not because Australia is behind. After 25 minutes of the first half, the score is still 0-0, and it is not because Australia is passive on the scene. Looking at the statistics, both sides are similar.

But as an experienced head coach, he just felt that something was wrong. On the other side, Li Guo was standing on the sidelines with Robin Dutt, watching. Robin Dutt was surprised to find that Fonso's ability to execute tactics was amazing.

Tactical execution is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to implement. On a huge court, you need to run to the place required by the coach every time, which is not easy.

It is well known that German coaches have high requirements for tactics. Fonso can make Robin Dutt shine, which shows the ability of the little guy.

"This guy is like a robot," Robin Dutt said softly. At the same time, the Australian coach also saw the problem. The reason for Kewell's abnormal performance was the opponent's No. 8-Fonso.

Every time a teammate passes the ball to Kewell, Fonso can be in place ahead of time. Kewell is a player who is more afraid of confrontation. He is characterized by fast speed.

But Fang Suo harassed Kewell frequently at the most crucial first move, which made Kewell feel uncomfortable like a stick in his throat.

"What's going on, why did this guy suddenly turn from a rough guy to a card master," Chen An thought to himself.

Chen An couldn't figure this out, but Li Guo knew it well, because in the environment of Suchao, roughness was the first element of survival, but in the Asian arena, Fang Suo didn't need to use rough actions to protect himself, so of course he could give full play to his defensive talent.

Because Australia's offense was "abnormal", as time went by, the game became very boring. The audience was a little dissatisfied. The layman watched the excitement. The fans hoped to score more goals and shoot more, but the reality was that both sides were a bit bored.

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"Harry, are you suffering from another illness," Welbeck asked in the tunnel during the intermission.

Cowell shook his head.

"Is the opponent's No. 8 really that strong?"

Kewell nodded, "The card position is very accurate, and I can't carry him. To be honest, I feel that this game is like playing the Premier League. It's very tiring."

Welbeck was silent. Kewell is the core of the team's midfield. If he concedes, then this game will be bad for Australia.

"Then lure him to foul, that guy is a big player in the Suchao,"

Kewell nodded. He is not the kind of player who likes to dive, but now for the sake of the country and Australia, it is acceptable to play tricks.

The second half began, and the scene became more dull. The game was completely reduced to a battle between the two sides in the midfield. The fans were dissatisfied, but the sports reporters on the scene were dumbfounded, because Australia is the number one in Asia.

In fact, anyone with a little bit of football common sense can see that Fang Suo, No. 8 of the Chinese team, is the key.

Finally, at the 21st minute of the second half, Australia played a fast break, the ball advanced to Kewell's feet, the ball arrived, and Fonso also arrived.

When Kewell fell, the entire Australian team roared. They were putting pressure on the referee. According to the rules, this foul should be given a yellow card, and the referee also took out a yellow card and ran slowly to the scene of the incident.

From Li Guo's point of view, it is not [-]% clear whether Fang Suo committed a foul, but Li Guo raised his right hand high and kept shaking his fingers, indicating that this should not be a yellow card.

But the referee still held up the yellow card. In the next second, the audience was shocked. They saw that the referee did not ask for the card, but... directed at Kewell. This time, Australia quit, because Kewell already had a yellow card in the first half, and two yellow cards turned into one red. As a result, Kewell was sent off.

Welbeck's saliva was almost sprayed on the fourth official. He was extremely dissatisfied with the referee's decision. The referee team for this game was from Iran, and everyone communicated in English. Welbeck repeated "NO".

Li Guo did not quarrel. He believed in Kewell's character. Of course, Li Guo also welcomed the Australian core being sent off.

In fact, this is like Totti's red card in the 2002 World Cup. At that time, it was really hard to say whether the Koreans pushed Totti.

But the done deal, the red card is impossible to take back, when Kewell passed by Li Guo, Li Guo also stretched out his hand and patted Kewell to show comfort, no matter in the previous life or now, Li Guo still admires Kewell very much.

Kewell's sending off became a turning point in the game. The Chinese team is already strong in midfield. Without Kewell's threat, the Chinese team finally took control of the game in their own hands.

Soon, 5 minutes after Kewell left the field, the first goal of the game finally came, and it was Sun Jihai who scored.

As soon as the goal was scored, the 8-person stadium was completely boiling. Before the game, no one believed that the Chinese team could win against Australia, but now it seemed that the Chinese team was getting closer and closer to a victory. The Chinese team scored a goal. Li Guo relaxed a little and stuffed a piece of chewing gum into his mouth.

Just when Li Guo had just relaxed, there was a commotion on the court. It turned out that the Chinese team had won the penalty.

(End of this chapter)