Godfather of national football

Chapter 352 The last two warm-up matches
The game against the Rangers in San Diego was arranged at the home court of the Rangers, and the capacity of more than 1 people was basically full.

Li Guo found out that the ticket price is about 2000 Chilean pesos, which is equivalent to 20 yuan. The homeless club can earn more than 20 yuan, all of which belong to the club.

For the team that is now working hard in the Chilean Second Division, this is also a small fortune, and this is also the return of the Chinese team to the Rangers Club.

Before the start of the game, many people in the stadium held Zhou Dun's sign. In the past, the team's greatest pride was Figueroa and David Pizarro. Now their greatest pride is Zhou Dun. Zhou Dun is the biggest star trained by the club's youth training.

Zhou Dun's Spanish name—Mark Vega—was called out at the scene.

"mark."

"mark."

"mark."

Mu Fei, who was warming up, was taken aback, "Mark? Who is Mark?"

The Rangers wore a green home jersey, and the Chinese team still continued the "Dragon Robe" jersey of the Qatar Asian Cup, but made simple small changes.

The theme of this game is going home. Zhou Dun completed his youth training in Chile, and he has many good memories here, just like most Australian players completed their youth training in England.

After the start of the game, the Chinese team took the first shot. Facing the Chilean Serie B team, the Chinese team does not need to play too fast. They just need to control the midfield. This kind of kick is very easy, more like a teaching game.

After the three-day duel with Costa Rica, Li Guo was very satisfied with being able to play a game that was not too difficult, just like relaxing training.

In this kind of game, Li Guo sent Pu Shuang, and Pu Shuang played very well, which won rounds of applause from the Chilean fans.

After passing someone on a bicycle once, there was a burst of violence at the scene. Some people thought they were watching the Copa Libertadores, and it seemed that the Brazilian team had come.

Li Guo chuckled, let's make Pu Shuang happy in this game, if he played like this in the World Cup, he would have been shoveled to the ground by his opponent.

In the first half, Pu Shuang and Chen Gelin each scored a goal. The Chinese team led 2-0 and Rangers fell behind, but their fans were still very happy. During the intermission, many fans came to the sidelines and shouted Zhou Dun's name outside the fence surrounded by guards.

These people obviously want to sign. Barcelona has a great influence in South America, after all, they are all Spanish-speaking countries.

Zhou Dun walked over and signed his name on the jerseys handed over by the fans. Unlike in Spain, many people here have pirated Barcelona jerseys. Zhou Dun did not forget to add a sentence after signing his name, please buy genuine jerseys next time.

After the start of the second half, the Rangers organized several attacks, but their level was limited. When they reached the Chinese team's penalty area, there were not many ways to do it. The last kick was shot and ended hastily.

For the Chinese team, Lin Zhijian and Ji Ke scored two more goals and finally beat Rangers 4-0.

After the game, the Chinese players walked around the field to pay tribute to the fans. Many players threw their jerseys into the stands as a reward for the fans. The fans here are too enthusiastic. Although the stadium equipment is very simple, the atmosphere created is not inferior to European stadiums at all.

After this game, the Chinese team will leave Valparaíso and head to Santiago for the last warm-up match against Albania, and then fly directly from Santiago to Cuiaba, Brazil, to prepare for the first World Cup group match against Chile.

Cuiaba is in the west of Brazil, just across Bolivia from Chile. The Chinese team can get to Cuiaba by flying through Bolivia, which is very convenient in terms of schedule.

The Albanian team arrived in Santiago one day earlier than the Chinese team. This team is a civilian team with no big-name players. The only big-name players are goalkeeper Berisha and midfielder Xhaka.

Entering June, the popularity of the World Cup in South America is already very hot. In his previous life, Li Guo saw a news that Chilean fans smashed a simple wall in the media center of the stadium because they could not buy tickets in Brazil.

And now many Chileans are ready to go to Brazil to watch the football. Those who have money will fly there directly, and those with many friends will drive around Argentina and Paraguay to watch the football in Brazil.

Therefore, the warm-up match between the Chinese team and Albania did not attract attention in Santiago. The attendance rate of this game was very low, only 2000 people, most of whom were Chinese and overseas Chinese.

However, the Chilean head coach Sampaoli still sent people to watch the warm-up match of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team did not disappoint Sampaoli. They sent most of the substitutes during the game and did not let Sampaoli see anything.

In the first half, the Chinese team was in an advantageous position. After all, the Chinese players had adapted to Chile for a long time, and the Albanian players who came from afar did not even reverse the time difference. In the second half, the two sides were evenly matched. The Albanian players adapted to the rhythm of the game.

In the second half, the Chinese team replaced Chen Gelin, and the Chinese team's offense had a core. The Chinese team equalized at 76 minutes, and then Albania was like a deflated ball. After all, they don't need to participate in the World Cup. The players are waiting for vacations, and no one wants to play the warm-up match.

It felt like I had failed the college entrance examination and had to go to cram school. In the end, Albania was conceded two consecutive goals by the Chinese team in the last 10 minutes. The Chinese team won the last warm-up match 3-1.

Li Guo accepted a brief interview after the game. No one cared about the just-concluded warm-up match. All the focus was on the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. Li Guo said that the first game of the competition is difficult, but we will do better.

When asked if Chile made things difficult for the Chinese team, Li Guo laughed, "No, the Chileans are very friendly, maybe they don't think the Chinese team is a threat."

There was also a well-informed reporter who asked questions about the special training sessions of the Costa Rica and Chinese teams. Those training sessions were closed and not open to the outside world. Of course, Li Guo couldn’t tell the reporter. In fact, those were the three most valuable games in the warm-up match. Everyone showed their true skills behind closed doors.

"They just lacked venues. We trained separately and did not practice together, so I can't answer you."

On the second day, all members of the Chinese team boarded the plane and left the beautiful Chile. Looking back at high altitude, the players recalled the past half month.

(End of this chapter)