Godfather of national football

Chapter 654

Chapter 654

"I have said many times that our goal is to qualify for the group stage, and I have achieved it, so the next step is to take a step forward."

The tinker Ranieri smiled, but the reporters didn't quite believe his words. As early as in Leicester City, Ranieri was a master of character. No matter how close he was to the Premier League champion, Ranieri always said he wanted to relegation.

Obviously, Ranieri brought this set to the national team this time. From the current point of view, Ranieri is successful. He led England to the semi-finals, which is England's best result in recent World Cups.

Suddenly a reporter asked: "Are you worried about off-court factors?"

"What off-site factors?"

"It's the conflict between Russian fans and England fans. As far as I know, the two sides have made another appointment online."

Ranieri chuckled: "Everyone is an adult and should be responsible for their actions. In addition, I believe in FIFA's management capabilities."

Ranieri's words are beautiful, and there are no offenses in all aspects. I have to say that Ranieri has almost become a master at this age.

Perhaps Ranieri should thank the ruthless Leicester City boss. If he hadn't fired himself, Ranieri would not have been ordered to play the role of tinkerer again when the situation in England was critical in the World Cup qualifiers.

It's funny to say that if Ranieri takes over a good team, he will often mess up, but when he takes over a messy team, Ranieri can often turn decay into magic. It seems that the title of tinkerer will never be taken off.

*****

"Sochi, we're back!"

The Chinese team's first match against Portugal was in Sochi, and now it's the semi-finals, and the Chinese team has returned to Sochi.

Familiar feeling, the place where the dream of the World Cup began, now for the players of the Chinese team, it is a bigger question of whether this dream can be realized.

Li Guo has been studying his opponents for the past few days, watching England's games and Leicester City's games.

Li Guo knows that it is very difficult to win the Premier League championship. Even Guardiola can't do it, but if a grassroots like Leicester City can do it, it's not just good luck, it must have a unique way.

Just like the myth of Kaiserslautern in the 90s, Rehhagel successfully copied the myth in the Greek national team.

"Great tactics must be replicable," Li Guo thought.

Zhou Xingchi has a saying in "Kung Fu"-the only thing that can't be broken in martial arts in the world is fast, and it's the same in the football world. Leicester City's forte is lightning-fast counterattacks.

Li Guo did calculations and was surprised to find that Leicester City's counterattack was faster than Atletico Madrid in its heyday.

Atletico Madrid in the Simeone era was fast enough, but it was a little bit worse than Leicester City. Atletico Madrid's counterattack was passed on the ground, while Leicester City had a big foot directly, and then Vardy hit the opponent.

So Leicester City sacrificed the success rate, but the attacking speed was faster. The only thing Li Guo didn't understand was whether this method was universal. After all, the scale of the Premier League is relatively large, and many actions in the World Cup are relatively strict.

*****

There are only four games left in the World Cup, the pace is becoming more and more intense, and many teams have left, and their fans have left, so now the organizing committee has free hands to keep a close eye on Russian and English fans.

In Sochi in the past few days, the two sides have not caused any trouble. This is actually Li Guo’s worry. The delay of the game is even worse for the Chinese team. After all, the Chinese team’s substitute lineup is not as strong as England’s.

Another thing that made Li Guo relieved was Mu Fei. He was not punished additionally, which means that in the next match, no matter whether the Chinese team played in the final or the third or fourth final, Mu Fei could play. Except for Liao Lisheng, everyone else in the Chinese team could use it. This is very important to Li Guo.

Mu Fei was absent, and the Chinese team did not have an equally good full-back substitute. Li Guo came up with two plans.

One is to change formation, play 352, then send three central defenders, and the other is to withdraw Lin Zhijian. After all, when he was in Hamburg, he was a one-stop player on the right, and both full-backs and full-backs can be played.

But Chen An and Ji Hai seem to be dissatisfied with both plans, especially the first plan. The Chinese team has not been successful in so many years, as long as it changes.

"Why don't you try Micro Motion?" Chen An asked.

This Li Guo had also thought about it, but Li Guo didn't dare to use it in such an important game if he hadn't tried it.

This time Chen An was stubborn, "Li Guo, I think this is the best choice. You can only mess yourself up if you change around. I really like Micro Motion. He has the potential of a general."

Li Guo thought in his heart, "It's rare that Chen An persisted for a while, but he didn't persist."

"Ok."

"What about the front waist?"

The three were silent at the same time, Park Shuang had no choice, this guy is not suitable to start, if the Chinese team takes the lead, it would be good to replace him in the second half to delay the time.

At this time Jihai spoke, "Head, you don't avoid relatives when you are a virtuous person, I recommend a suitable person."

As soon as these words came out, both Li Guo and Chen An understood that it must be Zheng Zhi. Li Guo suddenly smiled, "Well, it's very suitable. Only veterans can hold the line at this time."

Ji Hai was a little confused, thinking: "I haven't said anything yet!"

Chen An patted Ji Hai, "Needless to say, it's very suitable, right, Li Guo."

"Yes, even the only choice."

*****

That night, when he saw the starting lineup in the internal WeChat group, Zheng Zhi burst into tears. He thought that his last World Cup must be soy sauce to the end, but he didn't expect to be able to start in the semi-finals.

Zheng Zhi immediately dialed the phone number to his family, and the call got through, Zheng Zhi immediately hung up, slapped his thigh, "Oh my god, something happened almost, it's so joyful and sad."

Li Guo was disciplined, and the internal list was strictly forbidden to be leaked, but the domestic call came back again, and Zheng Zhi picked it up.

"That wife, I accidentally pressed the wrong button just now, this smartphone is so smart, I guess I know I miss you."

This is obviously a lie, and the other end asked: "What's the matter? Do you speak strangely?"

"It's nothing, I really miss you."

Since you don't say it, you can only hang up there.

Throwing the phone on the bed, Zheng Zhi jumped up from the bed, "YA, YA, I'm not soy sauce, I'm the Asian Footballer, a former national football player, head, trust me, choose me, that's right."

In such a moment, the veteran's ambition surged out of his brain, and it was difficult to calm down.

(End of this chapter)