Godfather of national football

Chapter 45 The Wind Rises

When Sebastian headed the ball into the goal of the Chinese team, the entire Khalifa Stadium fell into a frenzy. All around, there was a sea of ​​white. Qatari men are used to wearing white Arab robes in public. It is not only traditional, but more importantly, it is really cool.

After scoring the goal, Sebastian spread his hands and ran wildly on the field, looking like an eagle spreading its wings from a distance.

Like, really like!

At this time, in Li Guo's eyes, Sebastian was just like Cavani when he first became popular in Naples, with long flowing hair and a resolute body.

No matter how the Chinese team prepared before the game, the reality was that they still conceded the ball 15 minutes into the first half.

It should be said that the Chinese team's defense did not have a big responsibility, but if we must find the reason, it is that Fang Suo and Li Weifeng's cooperation was not tacit.

This is of course a bit nitpicking, but in any case, the Chinese team lagged behind. To make matters worse, the temperature during the game was 34 degrees. The players of the Chinese team were obviously not used to this kind of game environment, and they were sweating profusely. As a result, the electrolytes in the body would soon become unbalanced.

While the Qatari players were celebrating, the Chinese players ran back to drink water, and everyone poured themselves sports drinks as much as possible in a short period of time.

"Li Guo, there's no place for football games in this damn place," Robin Dutt said.

"Damn, even Indians think it's hot here," Li Guo thought to himself.

Li Guo knew that in 2015, the stadium in Doha began to install air-conditioning, which could lower the temperature of the stadium to about 20 degrees, but that was after Qatar won the right to host the World Cup, and it is still out of reach now.

The game continued, and I have to say that Qatar's "non-brand army" has a good combat effectiveness. With the local midfield and South American midfield and frontcourt, the Chinese team really has nothing to do for a while.

Not only was the weather unfavorable, but the Chinese team also had problems. The players of the Chinese team were just put together by Li Guo, and the cooperation was not tacit.

Li Guo gestured at Zheng Zhi, "Send it bigger."

Zheng Zhi is used to delivering the ball to Gao Lin, but Gao Lin's speed is relatively slow, and now Chen Gelin is in front of him, and he can run the 10 meters in about 40 seconds, so Zheng Zhi's pass always passes behind Chen Gelin.

And Chen Gelin, who had just arrived, was too embarrassed to complain, so Li Guo kept gesturing, "Bigger, bigger."

So Zheng Zhi's passing power increased a little, and the ball rushed forward, so that Chen Gelin could run and give full play to his speed advantage.

Chen Gelin's problem was solved, but Shen Rui had another problem. Both he and Chen Gelin were speed players, and they had to cooperate tacitly. Otherwise, it would be easy to overlap and interfere with each other. But after all, this was the first time for the two to cooperate together. Li Guo knew that this was the price of growth, and the tuition had to be paid.

The biggest consequence of not cooperating tacitly is the double consumption of physical energy. Coupled with the hot weather, the Chinese team seemed a little unable to run after 25 minutes in the first half.

Standing on the sidelines of the court, Li Guo was drenched in sweat, but he was still applauding. So far, he can only rely on Robin for professional football, but he has to do whatever it takes to boost morale.

Once upon a time, as a fan, Li Guo also thought that the hot weather is the reason for losing?But some things can only be known by personal experience. Now Li Guo really understands the home of the devil in West Asia.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team was still behind 0 to 1. If it weren't for the excellent performance of goalkeeper Wang Dalei, the Chinese team might have lost more than one goal.

Li Guo asked Redondo to stay on the court with substitute players to warm up, especially Gao Lin. If Chen Gelin really can't do it in the first game, then he will return to the old routine for the time being.

Then he and Chen An returned to the locker room. During the 15-minute intermission in the locker room, Robin first arranged tactics, and Dutt arranged every item in detail. The players nodded while drinking.

I have to say that Robin is really a good coach. His tactics are very clear, and each item is explained with pictures, which is easy to understand.

It was Li Guo's turn, and he only said one thing. In the second half, Shao Jia went up and Shen Rui went off. In the first half, Li Guo also saw that Shen Rui and Chen Gelin didn't form one plus one greater than two.

*****
At the beginning of the second half, Li Guo raised his head and looked at the sky. At this time, the sky in Doha was as dark blue as sea water, without even a single cloud. Under such circumstances, is it raining?Then Li Guo can only be hehe.

"One of my points, a cheating system,"

But 15 minutes into the second half, a miracle happened. The Khalifa Stadium, which was originally stagnant, was windy. Looking at the fluttering corner flags, we knew that the wind was not small.

"what's the situation?"

This scene stunned the Qataris at the scene. We must know that the probability of strong winds in Qatar in June is very small.

Li Guo secretly clenched his fists and shouted "YA" in his heart. After the strong wind passed, the temperature dropped significantly, but what was even more surprising was that there were raindrops in the sky. The rain was very small, like dandelions in spring, but the cooling effect was obvious.

Li Guo felt that the temperature in the stadium had dropped by at least 10 degrees, and the cool air brought vitality to the Chinese team. The most obvious change was that the footsteps of the Chinese team players became lighter.

*****
After more than 60 minutes of observation, Zheng Zhi has slowly figured out Chen Gelin's running position. This guy is different from Gao Lin. Chen Gelin is not only fast, but also runs against the offside line. Such a striker is very smart.

Therefore, when passing the ball to Chen Gelin, you must pay attention to the direction of the ball, but you don't need to pay too much attention to the strength. The direction must be forward, so that Chen Gelin can chase it.

At this time, Zheng Zhi saw that the space between the two black central defenders in Qatar was a bit large. Looking out of the corner of his eye, Chen Gelin pointed to the back of the Qatari defender.

Zheng Zhi understood it, pushed the arch of his foot, and pushed the ball straight forward. The passing and running of the ball was too tacit, and as soon as Zheng Zhi passed the ball, Li Guo knew "had it".

Sure enough, Chen Gelin's speed was enough to instantly kill the Qatari defender, but he just took a step forward. Chen Gelin hit the goal with his left foot. Chen Gelin is not left-handed, but at this time, his left foot shot is smoother. A good forward shoots in one go.

The ball draws a straight flight path without any spin in the air. What does this mean?It shows that Chen Gelin touched the ball very accurately and did not miss it.

And such a ball has only one result-flying into the opponent's goal.

The ball is in!
(End of this chapter)