Godfather of national football

Chapter 53 The Miracle of Bern
After the trip to Germany, Li Guo and his national team did not return home, but went to another important city in Europe - Bern, Switzerland.

This is a pilgrimage. Everyone knows that the label of German football is tenacity and never giving up. The beginning of all this happened in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, known as the "Miracle of Berne" in history.

In the 1954 World Cup, the Hungarian team was regarded as the favorite to win the championship, but the West German team was unfortunately in the same group as the Hungarian team. At that time, the Hungarian team had the superstar "Puskas".

In the group match, Hungary defeated West Germany 8-3 without any suspense. After that, the two teams parted ways until they met again in the final. Before the final, even the coach of West Germany admitted that it was impossible to beat Hungary.

The game was indeed one-sided. Fifteen minutes before the first half, Hungary's Puskas and Zibor scored two goals in a row, and Hungary led 15-2.Just when everyone thought that the massacre in the group stage would be staged again, the Germans created a miracle.

We all know the final score. The German team defeated Hungary 3-2 and won the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. Since then, the German team has been known as the iron-blooded chariot in world football.

On the train from Munich to Bern, Li Guo looked out the window and thought quietly. There are many miracles in the history of world football, Berne once, and the Istanbul miracle in the 2005 UEFA Champions League was also once.

"When will the Chinese team have a miracle?" Li Guo was thinking.

The players on the train were very relaxed. In fact, although all of them are international players, in terms of age, they are all big kids.

Geng Chong and Mu Fei were taking pictures of each other. In the era before smartphones, it was still popular to take pictures with digital cameras.

The beautiful scenery outside the car window is intoxicating. This may be the happiest time since Li Guo traveled, just like being on vacation.

"Robin what are you doing?"

Li Guo saw that Dutt was tinkering with the laptop in front of him across a small table, so he asked.

"Analyzing game footage,"

Li Guo leaned his head over, and it turned out that Robin was doing technical analysis on the video of the match against the second team of Bayern just finished.

"How do you become a workaholic? It seems like this," Li Guo thought to himself.

The city of Bern is divided into a new town and an old town. The old town strictly retains the ancient appearance of the Middle Ages, while the new town has some modern buildings. After getting off the bus, Li Guo led the team to a hotel in the new town of Bern.

After staying there, Li Guo went out quietly by himself. After turning around a few streets, Li Guo took out a map and looked at it. Unfortunately, there were no smart phones in those days, otherwise it would be much more convenient. After looking around and comparing the marks on the map, Li Guo was sure that this place should be here!

The humble building in front of us actually has a lot of history. It is the Federal Patent Office in Bern. Maybe many people don’t know it, but it’s well-known in another way. This is where Einstein worked, and it’s here that he wrote The Theory of Relativity.

Einstein's discussion of time and space may not be important to ordinary people, but for travelers like Li Guo, Einstein's theory is not just a theory.

Looking at the small building in front of him, Li Guo thought to himself: "Can I go back?"

"I don't know how my wife and mother are doing now,"

"If I abandon everything now, go back to 2016, and live an ordinary office life again, would I be willing?"

Ancient cities and historic sites always make people have a lot of reverie. The old city of Bern is almost exactly the same as it was hundreds of years ago. In fact, when you are in it, is it not a time travel?

Li Guo smiled, and glanced up the small building as a farewell, but at this moment, an incredible thing happened, Li Guo saw an old man with curly hair looking at him from the window on the second floor of the small building, and anyone who had attended junior high school in China would have seen that face in their textbooks.

"Yes, Einstein!"

Li Guo thought he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he looked again, Einstein was still there.

At this time Li Guo's heart was beating wildly, he didn't know whether it was fear or excitement, "Rush in," was what Li Guo thought.

Einstein is German, and Li Guo is proficient in German, so there should be no language barriers after the two meet.

After a quick trot, Li Guo reached the second floor, turned a corner, Li Guo's heart almost jumped out, he was really afraid that all this was just a dream.

Holding his breath, Li Guo pushed open the door of the room, only to see a middle-aged man similar to himself in front of him.

"Good morning sir,"

"Hello,"

Li Guo looked around and hurriedly asked, "Where's Einstein?"

The other party laughed, "You should be his admirer."

Li Guo shook his head, "No, I saw him on the other side of the street just now, and he was standing there, by the window."

"Wow, you should be a theoretical physicist too," the other party didn't seem surprised. Maybe it's not the first time he's seen Li Guo's reaction like this. Many theoretical physicists study wormholes, string theory, and parallel universes every day, and finally become obsessed, just like Xie Er in "The Big Bang Theory".

"No, I'm a football coach."

As soon as the words came out, the other party showed a surprised look, and then said: "I have been in this room just now, maybe you saw me,"

"No," Li Guo knew that the appearance of the person in front of him was far from Einstein's, so he couldn't make a mistake.

So Li Guo boldly said: "Actually, I am a time traveler myself. I came here from time travel in 2016."

"2016? Didn't you say that 2012 is the end of the world?" The other party said with a smile.

"No,"

"Okay, so who won Euro 2012?"

"Spain,"

The other party smiled, "Congratulations, you didn't travel through time, because Spain won the championship this year. In the just-concluded European Cup, they defeated the German team 1-0."

"No, 2012 is also Spain."

Li Guo also knew that what he said was beyond the scope of common sense, no matter how much he said, it was useless, "Okay, thank you."

"I wish you a happy stay in Berne," said the other very politely.

Walking down the stairs, crossing the street, and turning around to look, there was no one by the window on the second floor. Li Guo didn't know if he was really hallucinating, but vaguely, Li Guo felt that he might never go back through time travel.

"Mom, I miss you very much," Li Guo burst into tears as he thought about it.

(End of this chapter)