Godfather of national football

Chapter 34 An Unexpected Trip to Los Angeles
"Chinese?"

It is not surprising to see Chinese people in Brazil, but if it can be printed on a T-shirt, it must be a celebrity.

Out of curiosity, Li Guo asked the yerba mate tea vendor, "What Chinese?"

It was a casual sentence between the hawker and the guests on the beach, but Li Guo couldn't sit still when the yerba mate tea peddler said the following words.

"Football star," the peddler said with a grin.

"What?" Li Guo grabbed the peddler's arm, "Why, let me go, you hurt me."

"Excuse me," Li Guo hurriedly let go, then pointed to the portrait on the vendor's T-shirt, "Chinese? Football star?"

The peddler nodded.

Li Guo stared at it carefully, making the peddler feel uncomfortable, thinking: "This guy is really weird."

"Flamenco?"

"No," the peddler shook his head.

"Bajia's?"

The peddler still shook his head.

"Could it be Ba Yi's?"

The peddler was already getting impatient. At this time, someone on the other side was calling the peddler to come over. Seeing this, Li Guo took out 10 reais, "I'll buy you for 5 minutes."

5 reais for 10 minutes, no matter how you calculate it, it is a good deal, so the hawker gestures to the distant customers, telling them to wait for a while.

"Well, he's not from Brazil,"

"Not from Brazil?" Li Guo wondered even more. In terms of football, will Brazilians pay attention to other places?

"Last year, the Los Angeles Galaxy from the United States came to Rio. We Brazilians would not care if the Yankee football team came. But the Los Angeles Galaxy is different. Beckham joined the team last year, so I went to have a look. This T-shirt was given by them at that time."

"That is to say, this young man plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy?" Li Guo thought to himself, "No wonder I don't know him."

Because the influence of the American major leagues in China is basically zero, even if you go online, you can't find much information.

"Then is he still in Los Angeles Galaxy?" Li Guo asked.

The peddler chuckled, "Sir, I don't know about that," the peddler looked into the distance, "If there's nothing else, I'll just...".

Li Guo waved his hand, indicating that the peddler can leave.

After the peddler left, Li Guo was both excited and confused, and the figure on the T-shirt was still lingering in Li Guo's mind.

"It seems that the trip to Brazil is going to be cancelled, and we have to go to Los Angeles first," Li Guo thought to himself.

*****
At Los Angeles International Airport, a slightly tired middle-aged man wearing sunglasses hurried out of the airport.

Seeing the Asian faces, a yellow taxi approached slowly, the windows fell down, and the driver said "Hello" in Chinese, Chinese, and Japanese respectively. Li Guo thought to himself: "LA is really international."

"Don't worry, I can speak English,"

The driver smiled and said, "Welcome to LA (Los Angeles)."

Li Guo knew that "brothers" in any country were just asking around. After getting in the car, he started chatting with the driver, whose name was Jack.

"Do you watch football?"

"Excuse me sir, I don't really watch football, I watch basketball and baseball."

"Hehe, the football desert is worthy of the name," Li Guo thought to himself.

My brother is very good at trying to figure out the thoughts of passengers, "Are you here to see Beckham?"

"how do you know?"

"Hehe, I heard that he is very famous outside the United States, and I like his wife, who is a hot girl, you know." After speaking, the driver smiled at Li Guo knowingly.

"You guessed it right, I did come to see LA Galaxy, but not for Beckham, but for a Chinese."

"Chinese?"

My brother, Shifu, knows that there is only one Chinese in the Los Angeles Galaxy team, "I know this, his name is Chen Gelin."

Chen Gelin, Chinese-American mixed race, his father is Chinese, surnamed Chen, his mother is American, surnamed Green, the boys each take their parents’ surnames to form their own names, called Chen Gelin.

Like BJ's brother, the brother in Los Angeles is a downgraded version of the search engine, so after some conversations, Li Guo understood Chen Gelin pretty much.

"Then can you send me to the training base of LA Galaxy, I want to see,"

The driver shook his head and kindly reminded, "I advise you not to, they won't let you in."

"It's okay, I want to try,"

When getting off the car, the driver left the phone to Li Guo and said, "I think we will meet again soon," implying that he was not optimistic that Li Guo could go in.

Li Guo didn't say anything, and after waving goodbye, he walked towards the gate of the Los Angeles Galaxy training base.

*****
"Sir, it is impossible for me to let you in. If it was before 911, it would be possible, but after 911, it is impossible for us to let people in without an appointment in advance."

"I'm the head coach of the Chinese national team, you can just Google it on the Internet,"

The security guard at the gate said, "It doesn't matter if you are the president of FIFA."

Li Guo spent a long time talking, but the security guards at the gate were soft and hard. It seems that in the United States, they really don't care about faces.

There was no other way, Li Guo could only call the driver who just broke up with him. After getting into the car, the driver looked regretful, "The main reason is that after Beckham arrived, there are too many people chasing stars in the club every day, so they strengthened the security."

"Well," Li Guo nodded dully, "By the way, when is the next league match of Los Angeles Galaxy, can you help me buy a ticket."

"I don't know this, but I'm not bragging. In Los Angeles, I can make a few phone calls. There is nothing I can't handle."

"Thank you, Jack."

*****
On the weekend, at the Home Depot Center Stadium, the home stadium of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Li Guo was also a member of the scene. Although everyone said that the United States is a football desert, it has to be admitted that the United States is indeed a sports kingdom. Just such a regular season game, the stadium is still full.

After the game started, Li Guo turned on the coaching assistance system and looked from afar. The number 11 on the field was the kid Li Guo was looking for——Chen Gelin.

After watching for a while, Li Guo nodded frequently, only to see that Chen Gelin's ability value is 75, and his potential value is 92. Among the Chinese players that Li Guo has discovered so far, only Zhou Dun, also 75, can be compared with Chen Gelin's ability value.

"I found a treasure," Li Guo said excitedly to himself.

The game was very exciting. Li Guo only found out today that the level of the American major leagues is actually not low at all. No wonder American football ranks so high in FIFA. Li Guo used to underestimate American football.

In the end, Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 2-0 at home. After the game, Li Guo wanted to meet Chen Gelin in the mixed interview area, but soon, Li Guo's wishful thinking fell through.

A staff member stopped him, "Sir, do you have a document?"

PS: I recently saw a poster on the Internet. A Chinese fan is wearing a national flag, leaving everyone with a back view, and the sky in front of him reads——We will go to Seoul together on September 9st.It was the first match of the Chinese team in the top 1.

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