Godfather of national football

Chapter 611

Chapter 611

In the third round of the group stage, the qualifying situation of Group A and Group B is basically clear. The host of Group A, Russia, qualified ahead of schedule, but did not secure the first place in the group.

In Group B, the Chinese team has already qualified, but Portugal and Croatia drew in the second round. In this way, if the Chinese team loses to Croatia in the third round, the Chinese team will qualify second in the group.

This situation means that even if the Chinese team and the hosts deliberately avoid it, it is impossible, because neither side knows where they will end up in the group.

The Russian media is particularly interested in this question, and Li Guo's answer to this question is very strong-the host can't cross the Chinese team.

As soon as this remark came out, the host media was shocked. Some people found it interesting, while more people dismissed it.

At this time, many people think of the most famous curse in football history-the Benfica curse.

The Benfica Curse is also called the Gutman Curse. In 1962, the famous Hungarian coach Gutman led Benfica to win the European Champions Cup. After winning the championship, Gutman asked the senior management of the Benfica club for a salary increase. Not only was he rejected, but he was fired more than a month after he led the team to win the championship.

Gutman was furious. Before he left, he said something that made Benfica fans shudder: "In 100 years, Benfica will not win the European Championship again."

More than 50 years have passed, and Benfica has entered the European finals many times, but it really never won the championship again.

So sometimes people in the football circle really can't be blamed for being superstitious. There are indeed many things like spells in this circle.

Also in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen also suffered from the runner-up curse. This Bundesliga strong team has never won the Bundesliga championship.

When Li Guo aggressively said the words "the host can't pass the Chinese team", he immediately swiped the screen on the Internet.

The fans of the host country felt that it was better to avoid the Chinese team. There was no need to argue with the mad dog. In the hearts of the Russian fans, Li Guo had a bit of a mad dog spirit. This is not a slander, but a fear.

After the failure of the European Cup in 2016, Russia invited the famous Italian coach Fabio Capello, so Capello will lead Russia in this World Cup.

He scoffed at the curse. Capello, who had been with many wealthy families, had never seen anything before, and he was even softer when he won the championship.

"Curse? Just rely on the Chinese team?"

In fact, what really worries Capello is the Russian team itself. The players in this Russian team are old and young, and they have no core. Unlike Hiddink's era, Russia has leaders like Arshavin.

In Russia now, the only one who can make Capello fancy is the high center forward Gyuba.

During the training break, Capello handed a bottle of water to Juba, who was taken aback for a moment, and then took it.

Jiuba knew that the boss must have something to do with him, "Boss, if you have something to do with me, just say a word, and I will come to you after training."

"No, there's something I want to talk to you about on the court."

Juba nodded.

Capello went straight to the point: "You are actually good at everything, but..."

Jiuba's heart skipped a beat, "Are you going to abandon me?"

Jiuba thought of his wicked ex-girlfriends, and usually they would start with this sentence when they were about to dump themselves—Juba, in fact, you are good at everything, it’s just that.

So Jiuba said tremblingly: "Boss, although I didn't score in the two games, I had assists, please don't abandon me, okay?"

Capello was confused, what is this with what!

"No, no, I didn't blame you. Not only that, I also have an idea to establish you as the core of the team."

"core?"

"Yes, just like Arshavin."

The head coach attaches so much importance to it, it stands to reason that the players should be happy, but Juba is not. The first thing he thinks is that Arshavin is not something everyone can do.

"Boss, I'm not suitable."

"why?"

Juba didn't know what to say, but he knew that the leaders on the court had the character of a leader, but he didn't have such a character yet.

"You really don't want to?" Capello looked at Juba with aggressive eyes, and soon Capello was disappointed, he found that Juba didn't dare to look at him.

"Okay, let's go."

Juba was pardoned and ran back to the court. Capello shook his head. He thought of Cassano. Although the bad boy was rebellious, he dared to scold him when he was in Rome. Capello wished that Juba had such a temper.

Capello didn't have much confidence in how far the Russian team could go. In the group stage, the opponent was too weak. In the knockout stage... Capello didn't think about it anymore.

Croatian head coach Cacic was annoyed and funny in the face of this situation. He thought to himself: "The next opponent of the Chinese team is Croatia. Why does everyone care about the Chinese team and Russia in the knockout round? It's a bit disrespectful."

So in the pre-match press conference, Cacic expressed his dissatisfaction, "Croatia is a strong team, we should not be treated like this. I think what Russia should be afraid of is not the Chinese team, but us Croatia."

Croatia and Russia are both in Eastern Europe, and due to historical reasons, football between the two countries has always been competitive.

After Cacic said this, the Russian reporters at the scene remembered, yes, Croatia and Russian football can also be regarded as a derby.

Chacic thought that in this way, the media should always give his team the respect it deserves, but he didn't expect that the subsequent questions from the media almost made him bleed.

"Then do you have the confidence to beat the Chinese team and let Russia avoid the Chinese team in the quarter-finals?"

"It's the Chinese team again, hehe," Chachiqi thought, he was a little depressed, and spread his hands, "Since you care so much about the Chinese team, I can end the press conference early and leave time for Li Guo, what do you think?"

"Okay!"

Chachiqi was completely speechless. Anyway, he didn't bother to talk to these reporters, so it was just a favor.

Li Guo appeared, and his first sentence was, "I don't accept questions about the quarter-finals, not even one. Of course, according to FIFA's regulations, I will complete the press conference even if I sit down, so don't try to harm me."

"Li Guo, what do you think of Capello?"

"Nothing to say."

"What about the goal after the group stage?"

"No comment."

"And what about Cacic?"

Li Guo shook his head.

The reporter was stunned, "I didn't ask about the quarter-finals, can I also ask about Croatia?"

"No, I did the first two questions on purpose, but I really don't know the third question. I don't know much about Cacic."

Pfft, the audience burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)