Godfather of national football

Chapter 625

Chapter 625

Zenit Arena.

This can be said to be the most luxurious stadium in Europe. The entire stadium cost 11 billion U.S. dollars, and the construction period has been delayed several times. Although it took money and time, the final effect is indeed good.

Li Guo has seen quite a few stadiums, but I have to say that this place is still eye-catching, especially the huge big screen above the stadium.

Because this stadium is usually the home court of Zenit St. Petersburg, at night, the surroundings of the stadium will be lit with blue lights, and the ceiling of the stadium will emit more than a dozen blue beams of light, shooting into the sky.

But today, because it was the match of the Russian national team, the color of the beam of light changed to the color of the Russian flag.

The stadium is even more terrifying, the Russians have prepared countless national flags, and there are huge TIFOs on the South Stand and North Stand.

On one side is "Yasin", the most famous goalkeeper of the former Soviet Union, and on the other side is the team emblem of the Russian national team.

Later Akinfeev will stand in front of Yashin's huge TIFO. Yashin, nicknamed Octopus, is one of the greatest goalkeepers of the last century. Perhaps the Russians hope to use this method to guard Russia's goal.

At this moment, Akinfeev ran out, and the audience exploded like a fire cooking oil. Akinfeev knew his status in the national team. He waved to the stands, then made a fist with his right hand, and knocked on the team emblem on his left chest.

The fans in the stands were calling Akinfeev's name, and Akinfeev waved his hand, gesturing for the goalkeeper coach to come over, and he was going to warm up before the game.

Akinfeev stood in front of the goal, the goalkeeper coach made a shot, and cooperated with Akinfeev to do the simplest pre-match warm-up.

The scene was shot from the bench position, with Akinfeev in front and Yashin in the back. This is the heritage of Russian football.

Li Guo sighed and had to admit that Chinese football has not yet been passed on. Going back 50 years, Chinese football cannot produce a giant like Yashin, but Li Guo also understands that there is a first time for everything.

"Since there is no pioneer, then I will be the pioneer myself."

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It was only when Mu Fei ran out that he realized that the simulation training he did was not only not exaggerated, but the atmosphere at the scene was even more heated.

Mu Fei suddenly felt that time went back, just like when he went to Frankfurt for the first time, he was scared to pee that time.

"The people here seem to be crazy," Mu Fei said to himself.

Cheering abroad is different from domestic ones. Chinese fans cheer for a goal or when the team is struggling, while foreign countries can maintain a whole game from start to finish.

So Mu Fei knew that this situation would continue, and he remembered the two words Li Guo had said in training—adaptation.

All of a sudden, the already lively atmosphere went up to a higher level. Mu Fei thought that some Russian football star had come out, but when he turned his head, he didn't expect Zhou Dun to come out.

Zhou Dun also has a lot of fans in Russia, especially female fans, who are called fans in China. I saw some Russian fans suddenly defected and started calling Zhou Dun's name, and some held up posters of Zhou Dun.

When Zhou Dun saw the poster in the distance, he ran over and applauded there, and the Russian fans reacted even more intensely. If it wasn't for being so far away, Zhou Dun would probably have been pushed back by a group of Russian girls.

Because of the importance of this game, the referee arranged by FIFA is also a famous coach, Clattenburg from England.

This former Premier League whistler happened to pass by Li Guo when he came out, and Li Guo shook his hand politely.

Clattenburg joked: "You better be honest, I'm under a lot of pressure for this game, don't make trouble."

Li Guo shrugged and said, "I have always been an honest boy."

Pfft, even a serious person like Clattenburg couldn't help laughing, it was as ridiculous as Grandet suddenly saying that he was a philanthropist.

Clattenburg patted Li Guo: "You bastard!"

Many people will be curious, what the referee and the head coach usually talk about before the game is actually just nonsense.

At this time, the camera turned and a big figure appeared, that is, the President of Russia. He said before the game that no matter what the result was, after the game, he would entertain the boys on the field in the Kremlin.

This is a great honor, and of course it is also a huge pressure. Think about it, it is good to win, but if you lose, how embarrassing will that meal be?

Li Guo looked around, everyone came out, but Capello never came out, which was very strange.

"Such a big name?" Li Guo thought to himself.

But what Li Guo didn't know was that Capello was suffering. Like many football coaches, he had a bad heart. He was checked by the team doctor in the locker room. If it didn't work, he had to prepare some nitroglycerin or something.

But after a detailed examination by the team doctor, Capello has no problems, but this is his top secret, if it is known to the outside world, it will affect his job hunting. After all, who would want a head coach who is in poor health?

Li Guo couldn't wait any longer. Originally, he wanted to wait for Capello in the player tunnel so they could shake hands, but now Li Guo has returned to the bench.

At this moment, Capello came out, still with a stern expression, as if carved out of marble, this is the impression Capello has always given people, high and cold.

I remember that when he was in England, Capello was finally kicked out by the FA because of his uncompromising character. It was the same when he came to Russia. No one dared to challenge his authority.

Accompanied by Capello was applause from the audience. In the football circle, Li Guo was not admired by many people. Capello was one of them. He still stood up and walked over. The two held hands together. The photographers on the sidelines manipulated their long guns and short cannons to record this scene.

Capello's real thought was that it was too early to meet Li Guo. It would be better if it was in the quarter-finals or semi-finals. Meeting in the quarter-finals would be cruel for both sides.

After the ensuing appearances and the playing of the national anthem, the captains of both teams ran to Clattenburg to pick sides.

At the commentary seat, Li Zibing was so frightened by the shirtless Russian man not far away that his face turned pale, "Mr. Jianhong, have you ever encountered such a situation?"

"I've met them before. During the Champions League, once in Turkey and once in Russia."

Li Zibing looked at the more than 2000 Chinese fans caught in the crowd, and said worriedly: "If we beat Russia, those thousands of compatriots..."

Liu Jianhong laughed, "You don't have to worry about that, let's pay attention to the game."

(End of this chapter)