Godfather of national football

Chapter 314 Slums ([-])

When the Chinese team returned to Rio, the results of another semi-final match came out. The match between Spain and Italy also ended in a penalty shootout. In the end, Spain beat Italy by one goal and entered the final.

The media immediately reported this with the title "Another Victory for the Spanish Dynasty", but only Li Guo knew that this should be the last glory of the Spanish Dynasty. After that, the team will experience decline, but maybe it will not happen in this Confederations Cup.

At least for now, the whole world still thinks that Spanish football is incomprehensible, and the Chinese team will die ugly in the final.

Spain's head coach Del Bosque expressed his respect for the Chinese team, and Li Guo was also polite. After all, the war of words before the football match is for the media to watch, and it doesn't make much sense.

But when both the Chinese team and the Spanish team arrived in Rio, the Brazilian organizing committee invited the two teams to participate in a very special event-visiting the largest slum in Rio, the "Rosinha Slum".

The reason for this idea is that the outside world has been worried about Brazil's security, and many countries even suggest that citizens should not go to Brazil to watch the World Cup easily next year.

The Brazilian government puts a lot of energy into the management of slums, but the outside world knows nothing about it, so the Brazilian organizing committee came up with the idea to let the two final teams visit the slums to prove to the world the changes in Brazil.

Such a request is regarded as charity, and it is difficult for China and Spain to refuse, but the organizing committee is required to ensure the absolute safety of the players. Brazil has arranged many special police as protection to ensure the safety of the players.

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When the bus carrying Chinese and Spanish players drove towards the slums, everyone couldn't believe what they saw.

Rows of neat high-rise buildings, the beautiful Ipanema Beach, is this the legendary slum?
But the accompanying tour guide quickly told everyone that the Rocinha slum is located halfway up Corcovado Mountain, next to the beautiful Ipanema Beach, just a line away from the rich area, and you can see it soon after turning the front intersection.

It turned out that it really felt like heaven on one side and hell on the other. When the bus turned the intersection, you could see densely packed dilapidated houses lined up on the mountainside, as if they were all piled up together.

The tour guide said that these houses have been painted now, so some are pink, some are blue, and they were basically all gray before.

But no matter what, the first impression of these buildings is still chaos, especially chaos and disorder.

After the bus climbed halfway up the mountain, the players needed to get off and walk. The players were still a little worried, because there was a Hollywood movie "City of God", which described the slums in Rio. The slums in the movie were full of violence, like a place outside the law.

Li Guo was the first to get off the bus. As he was walking, he saw a black man on the side of the road looking at him. Li Guo greeted him in simple Portuguese, but the other party ignored Li Guo.

Li Guo looked left and right, and suddenly wanted to go inside to have a look, so Li Guo walked into a house, and the tour guide couldn't stop him behind him.

After Li Guo entered a slum family, he felt that the environment was okay, without the imagined scene of sewage flowing across the river, but the space was a bit smaller and the lighting was a bit poor.

When Li Guo was watching carefully, the tour guide behind him rushed up, "Li Guo, don't act casually, if something happens to you..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Li Guo said with a smile: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to me."

But the house the size of a pigeon house can be seen at a glance. Li Guo and the tour guide walked out and returned to the main road.

The tour guide's name is Gustavo, which is a very common surname in Latin-speaking countries. Li Guo asked with great interest, "Why doesn't the Brazilian government give them some money to let them move?"

"Hehe, because they don't want to."

"Why, is there anyone willing to live in a messy place?"

"This is because Brazilian law stipulates that in Brazil, as long as you have lived on a piece of land for more than 40 years, then you are the owner of the land."

In this way, Li Guo understood that the reason why these people endured all this was to finally get a piece of land.

"Was it really dangerous here before?"

Gustavo smiled slightly, "At least I didn't dare to come here when I was a child, for fear that I might not be able to go back in danger, but now..."

"How is it now?"

Gustavo seemed to be making a "you know" expression, "At least next year's World Cup, here should be safe."

Li Guo chuckled. It seems that this is the case in any country. After all, many problems are difficult to solve. Brazil has a long history of slums.

Just when Li Guo was chatting happily, there was a loud "bang" in the distance, and then someone shouted: "Get down, get down."

Li Guo thought to himself, must there be a big news?
After a brief moment of tension, the guards at the scene lifted the alarm. It turned out to be a false alarm, and a car on the side of the road had a flat tire.

It seemed that it was impossible for Rio not to take risks. Li Guo turned around and looked at his players, all of them seemed calm.But the accompanying tour guide was really scared. It is estimated that they often do activities here. See you more!
"By the way, is there a TV signal in the slums, can I watch football?"

Gustavo said: "There are, but many games in Brazil need to be paid to watch, so it is more difficult."

"Did Ronaldo really play in such an environment?"

"It's true. In Brazil, as long as you have two legs, you can play football."

Li Guo nodded, this can be regarded as a Brazilian characteristic, and as he walked, he found that the conditions of some houses were better, but Li Guo didn't know why.

It turns out that in order to solve the problem of too many tourists for the World Cup next year, many houses in the slums will become temporary hotels or restaurants.

"Really? Then can you find a place for us to eat and experience it."

"This is no problem. There is a Brazilian-style restaurant in front of it. The owner is a black uncle named Augusto."

"Okay, let's go there."

At this time, the Chinese team and the Spanish team had already separated and each went their own way. Li Guo took the players of the Chinese team to dinner.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I felt that the environment was a bit cramped. The boss was very enthusiastic. He pointed to the upstairs and said that there was a surprise upstairs. When the players went upstairs, they realized that it was indeed a surprise. It turns out that Ipanema Beach can be seen from here.

Mu Fei walked to the edge of the balcony, looked into the distance, and jokingly said: "Boss, your house is so beautiful, can you sell it?"

(End of this chapter)