Godfather of national football

Chapter 43
Once again came to Doha, a city of luxury and money, and the national team players led by Li Guo were not in the same mood as last time.

The last time I came here, I felt comfortable. At that time, it was still freezing in China, but short-sleeves could already be worn in Qatar.

But the second time I came here was in June. In this desert country, the temperature of the stadium in June can reach a maximum of 6 degrees at around 6:2 noon. Even during the national football game, after 40:8 p.m. local time, the temperature of the stadium is above 35 degrees.

It feels uncomfortable to hold a football match under such a temperature, especially for East Asian players who are not used to the desert climate. It is no wonder that Japan and South Korea are also frequently upset when they are guests in West Asia.

On the training ground, every 10 minutes, Li Guo took a timeout. Watching the players drink a whole bottle of blue sports drink in a short while, Li Guo was already thinking about canceling the pre-match training. Would it be dangerous to train in such a temperature?
Fortunately, there are two professionals beside Li Guo—Heinrich and Marcus, so there is no need to worry too much about the health of the players for the time being.

What Li Guo is most worried about is the three old players in the team - Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi, and Sun Jihai. If there is no accident, they are the three over-age players in the Olympic Games.

"Jihai, are you okay?"

"It's okay, boss, it's not the first time I've come to this damn place, it's always so hot."

Li Guo smiled in his heart. He knew that the gang of FIFA in the future would hold the World Cup in Qatar. As an aside, Li Guo felt that FIFA committed suicide, and the reason for the death was the 2022 World Cup. These guys have lost humanity for money. If someone offered a higher price, Blatter would probably be willing to host the World Cup in Antarctica.

Li Guo patted Sun Jihai on the shoulder. No matter in his previous life or in this life, Sun Jihai is the player Li Guo admires the most, and he is also the most professional and successful player among Chinese players.

"Jihai, you are the most important player in the national team. I want to take you to BJ, to South Africa."

These words surprised Sun Jihai. He thought about going to BJ, but he really didn’t think about going to South Africa. It’s a little far away. Now it’s the top 20. After entering the top 10, there are still strong opponents. Can the national football team grab the top two?
"Head, as long as I'm healthy, you'll be there whenever you're called."

"Well, you and Datou (Li Weifeng), Zheng Zhi, go to the gym to practice strength."

With Li Guo's order, the three veterans ended the training ahead of time, and the other teammates watched eagerly, hoping that Li Guo could end the training early today.

But Li Guo yelled at Redondo loudly, "Continue to train, the intensity is the same as in China. If you practice lying down, you will return to China early. You don't have to play tomorrow night's game. Qataris will not relax the game because of the weather."

At the end of the training session, although no one left, even Mu Fei, who usually couldn't run to death, had cramps.

Li Guo looked at Heinrich and Marcus, "The recovery after training will be left to you."

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In the evening, in the hotel room, Li Guo was thinking about tomorrow's game. Since he took office, he has experienced 4 games, two games against the Philippines, then Iraq and Australia.

But Li Guo thinks that tomorrow night's game will be the real test. It's very simple. Doha is the sad place for the Chinese team. The Chinese media likes to call the away game in Qatar called card swiping, but in fact, most of the Chinese team was swiped in Doha.

In his previous life, every time Li Guo saw the Chinese team being eliminated in the final moments of the 1989 World Cup qualifiers on TV, he would sigh with regret. If there is a destiny in the football circle, then this time it must not happen again.

Walking to the window and pushing it open, a gust of hot air came blowing in. There was air conditioning in the room. Li Guo estimated that the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors was at least 10 degrees.

"Tomorrow's game will be like this. Qatari players have adapted to this climate, so the weather is on Qatar's side."

After closing the window, Li Guo turned off the light and lay down on the bed, suddenly a light blue flashed in front of his eyes, "By the way, the coaching assistance system."

Li Guo hasn't looked at this system for a long time. All along, Li Guo has only used the simplest function of this system, looking at the players' abilities and potential values, and has never had time to take care of the more complex functions of the system.

"I just can't sleep, why don't I study this system," Li Guo thought to himself.

With the sliding of Li Guo's finger, the virtual interface in front of him was also moving. Li Guo was surprised to find that the system seemed to have changed after not seeing him for a few months.

The biggest change is that Li Guo's profile picture appeared in the upper right corner of the screen, and there is a level 1 next to it, which is probably Li Guo's coach level.

"Why is that?"

Fortunately, there is a text explanation on the side. It turns out that it will only be displayed when the level reaches a certain level. In other words, the system now recognizes Li Guo as a coach. Before that, Li Guo was just a fan with rich professional knowledge.

Moving to the right, Li Guo saw the points column, and he had 12 points. The note on the side explained: "Leading the team wins a game and gets 3 points, a tie gets 1 point, and losing a game doesn't count."

"This should be the points for winning 4 games,"

So are these points useful?Li Guo knows that the points of a certain treasure can be exchanged for things.But unfortunately there is no explanation in the comments.

At this time, Li Guo became more and more excited. It seems that this system has been expanding. It is very similar to a game. At the beginning, there are only a few simple functions. After the upgrade, the content will become more and more rich.

Continue to slide, suddenly Li Guo is attracted by an icon, this icon is similar to the AppStore of the Fruit IOS system, where you can buy various applications.

Li Guo clicked in and took a look, and suddenly felt a bit like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden. There are various things to buy, such as Ferguson experience, Mourinho experience, Zagallo experience, Jacquet experience...

At first glance, Li Guo has the experience of some famous football coaches, but when he looks at the price, Li Guo is speechless. For example, Ferguson experience, the asking price is 300 points, which means that Li Guo has to lead the team to win 100 games.

This is even more difficult than Li Guo in his previous life, who had to buy a villa in Shanghai. Li Guo simply ignored it and slid along. Most things Li Guo couldn’t afford. Just as Li Guo was about to log out of the system, he suddenly saw the word “weather”.

"Is it even possible to buy the weather?"

With an attitude of giving it a try, Li Guo clicked on it, and looked at the explanation.

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(End of this chapter)