Godfather of national football

Chapter 97 Closing Ceremony

"What? The General Administration invited the men's football team to the closing ceremony?"

When Li Guo heard the invitation from Cai Hua, his heart shivered. According to the usual practice, the athletes participating in the closing ceremony all finished their competitions early, while the players of the Chinese team had just finished the competition and were very tired.

"Is it the whole team, or a representative?"

"Of course the whole team, you are a collective project, you can't miss any of them!"

"OK, okay,"

"and also……"

"What else?" Li Guo asked.

"The General Administration has decided that the men's soccer players will serve as the flag bearers for the closing ceremony, and you will choose one."

"Damn, before the game, our men's football team was worthless, and now we are so valued, this competitive sports is too realistic." Li Guo thought to himself.

"Boss, let me ask, um... is there any bonus this time?"

Cai Hua laughed loudly, "So you're thinking about this."

"No...no...no...I just asked casually."

"I will notify you after the commendation meeting. Don't worry, Li Guo, you are famous this time. In the future, in the Chinese football circle, you will be number one."

Li Guo felt relieved. He remembered that after the French head coach "Le Maire" led the French team to win the European Cup in 2000, the French regarded him as a god. In order to express their absolute support for Le Maire, the French Football Association even renewed his contract in advance before the 2002 World Cup. But when the French team was eliminated in the group stage, the French Football Association immediately told Le Maire to leave.

This is football, and this is competitive sports. The so-called masters are all done, not blown out.

*****
Regarding the issue of the national team having someone to serve as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the Chinese delegation, Li Guo's first thought was definitely Li Weifeng, the captain being the captain, and his qualifications in the national team were very old, but Li Weifeng turned it down.

"Head, let's choose Zhou Dun."

"why?"

Li Weifeng paused, "Do you still remember that we played against Italy in the quarter-finals?"

Li Guo nodded.

"During the penalty shootout, Zhou Dun took the initiative to kick the last penalty. From that moment on, I knew he was the future leader of the Chinese team."

Li Guo waved his hand, "I'll talk about it later, now you are the captain of the Chinese team," Li Guo stretched out his fist and knocked Li Weifeng on the chest.

Li Guo's action was intended to ease the atmosphere, but Li Weifeng still said seriously: "Head, our Chinese team is already slower than Japan and South Korea. Asian football is developing very fast now. There is Qatar in the west, the rise of the United Arab Emirates, and Australia in the east."

"Needless to say, I understand what you mean, but besides the coach, the football team is the captain. If you don't play, how will the outside world see our national football team? Internal strife?"

Li Weifeng was silent, and after a while, the big head seemed to think of something suddenly, "Head, do you think this is okay? You give three candidates on Weibo, me, Zhou Dun, and Chen Gelin, and let netizens vote. In this way, the outside world will have nothing to say."

Li Guo thought this was a solution, so he launched an event on his Weibo. The event lasted for an hour, and the player with the most votes was the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.

The final result was unexpected. Chen Gelin got 90% of the votes. It is no wonder that laymen watch the excitement, while ordinary fans only see beautiful goals and ignore those defensive players who do dirty work.

After this Olympics, Chen Gelin's position as the top scorer of the Chinese team has been very stable, so it is reasonable for fans to choose him.

Li Guo and Li Weifeng were speechless, but now there is no other way, the public opinion is so, and finally the Chinese team decided, the flag bearer for the closing ceremony is Chen Gelin!

*****
The day of the closing ceremony, like the opening ceremony, is a big party for the whole world. China is the first in the gold medal list in this Olympic Games and has achieved the best result in participating in the Olympic Games.

At the backstage of the closing ceremony, all the players of the Chinese team were waiting to enter the stadium. Unlike the opening ceremony, the expressions of the Chinese players were relaxed and less restrained this time.

Moreover, the eyes of other delegations looking at the Chinese players have also changed. The MMs of the diving team even ran over to ask the Chinese players to sign their names.

The most popular one is Chen Gelin, he is the top scorer of this Olympic Games, followed by Li Weifeng, with a domineering and handsome appearance, he is regarded as a high-quality idol among the older generation of players, unexpectedly, the third most popular player is actually Mu Fei.

Mu Fei looks approachable, always smiling, maybe that's why he has so many fans, Li Guo looked at Zhou Dun and Yin Di, his expression was cold and fierce, giving him the feeling that he owed him money.

Of course, Li Guo is also the focus of everyone's pursuit. The men's basketball and men's handball players all gather around Li Guo to learn from him. Everyone is a group project, and they all want to know how Li Guo united everyone in such a short period of time.

Dayao patted Li Guo, "Director Li, I am the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, the representative of the Chinese men's basketball team. The flag bearer for the closing ceremony has been replaced by the representative of the Chinese men's football team. Fate."

Li Guo looked up at Dayao, said a few polite words, and then one after another, the head coaches of the table tennis team, the gymnastics team, and the volleyball team gathered around. Before the Olympic Games, everyone guessed that the Chinese men's football team must be at the bottom of the collective event, but what I didn't expect was... now the Chinese men's volleyball team is at the bottom. The men's volleyball coach is really a tragedy.

I remember that the most common sentence he said to encourage his disciples before was-if the Chinese men's football team is at the bottom, what are we afraid of?

After the cultural performance was over, the staff came to inform the delegation that they were about to enter the arena. Li Guo tidied up his suits and the Chinese men's football players walked to the front. The moment they entered the Bird's Nest, the audience burst into cheers.

"Wow, Chen Gelin from the men's football team is so handsome."

"Yes, the new male god in my heart."

Some people in the stands have already begun to comment.

"No, I think Li Guo is the male god, he is wise."

"Yes, also...",
Walking, walking, Li Guo saw the Argentine delegation and the Brazilian delegation from a distance. Their football teams had already returned to China. Li Guo thought to himself that Dunga and Batista had been fighting for a long time, but he would never have imagined that the final champion would be the Chinese team. "I wonder if Dunga and Batista will be scolded to death after returning to China!"

When all the delegations gathered in the center of the Bird's Nest, it was followed by 8 minutes in London, and then some speeches by the bigwigs. The last and most sacred part was the extinguishing of the flame, which also marked the official end of the Olympic Games.

Looking at the slowly extinguishing torch, Li Guo knew that the new journey of Chinese football was about to begin. For football, the Olympic Games was just a small goal, and the World Cup was the real dream of all footballers!

(End of this chapter)