Godfather of national football

Chapter 431

Chapter 431

What Li Guo never expected was that in Australia, rugby tickets are usually season tickets, and they are sold out at once. Unless someone refunds the ticket, it is impossible to have a spare ticket.

After understanding the whole story, Li Guo shrugged, "That's a pity. I wanted to watch the football game."

Li Guo has a vague feeling that the Australian football style is related to the rugby culture of this country, and maybe he can learn about this country’s football from it. After all, in Li Guo’s mind, the Chinese team has only one opponent in the Asian Cup next year, and that is Australia.

"Are you really interested in football?" Bob asked.

"of course."

"Then I can take you to visit my alma mater, the University of Sydney. The level of the University of Sydney's school team is basically the highest level of the Australian youth team."

Li Guo had also heard of this, so the two happily reached a consensus and went to visit tomorrow.

Before that, Li Guo knew nothing about rugby, because there were almost no rugby games broadcast in China, and he couldn’t even find any information on sports websites. Maybe this kind of sport was too violent and did not match the Chinese tradition.

"Bob, can you borrow a set of equipment for me later, I also want to try this "football" feeling."

Bob looked Li Guo up and down once, and suddenly laughed, "Hahaha, don't make trouble with Li Guo, live well."

"Hehe, look at what you said, as far as I know, no football player has been killed."

"That's professional," then Bob pointed to his nose and ribs, "Have you ever broken your nose?"

Li Guo shook his head.

"Where's the ribs?"

"No."

"Then stop making trouble."

Li Guo began to understand why the Premier League was more violent. These Commonwealth countries probably advocate violence.

Soon, Bob's car drove into the University of Sydney. He was as familiar with this place as his own home, and soon arrived at the rugby training ground.

"Hey, Bob, why are you back?" Coach Thomas rushed up to say hello when he saw Bob. Back then, Bob was Thomas' favorite student and was likely to become a professional player, but a serious injury made Bob lose the opportunity to become a professional player. This is also the regret in Coach Thomas' heart.

"Thomas, brought a friend."

When the other party saw it, he felt familiar, but he couldn't remember it. This is face blindness between different races, just like we think that Africans have long faces.

"Let me introduce, this is Li Guo, the head coach of the Chinese team."

As soon as Bob finished his introduction, Thomas came up to him, "You are the one who made the whole of Brazil angry, hehe, I can't tell."

"Looks like you know me."

Thomas shrugged: "I've seen the World Cup, it's amazing."

"I came today to see how good Australian rugby is."

"Haha, is it?" Thomas looked arrogant, because in their view, the football Li Guo played was pediatrics, and his game was a man's game.

Before Thomas could say anything, Li Guo was stunned by the scene in the distance. A thick-backed player with a rope tied around his waist seemed to be competing with something. Looking along the other end of the rope, Li Guo was stunned, only to see that the other end of the rope turned out to be the nose of a tractor.

Thomas shouted into the distance: "What are you doing in a daze, run up."

The muscular man in the distance began to start slowly, and the tractor behind him was dragged. Thinking of Cixi's horse-drawn train, here is a tractor pulled by people.

Seeing Li Guo was stunned, Thomas smiled and said, "How is it? As I said, this is a real man's sport."

Li Guo gave a thumbs up, "It's really amazing, I think I have a new understanding of rugby."

"What I want to know is, this is a team sport after all, besides training brute strength, is there any need for tactical training?"

"Of course, but it's different from football. The tactics here are more about how to cooperate with running positions to grab the ball, and even how to beat the opponent."

"Haha, do you often fight in this sport?"

"It depends on the situation. You know, when a person's nose is broken, the anger can't be suppressed sometimes."

Li Guo was still shocked. It should be said that after seeing the tractor, Li Guo didn't get over the shock.

"By the way, what I want to know is will the Australian men's football team come to train with you?"

Li Guo felt that some of these trainings could actually be introduced into football, but Thomas explicitly denied it.

"I think the gap between these two sports is too great. You must know that fighting on the football field is a lifetime ban."

That's true, you can't learn badly. At this moment, Thomas challenged Li Guo, "How about it? Do you want to give it a try?"

Bob interrupted: "Thomas, Li Guo is our guest in Australia. If something happens to him here, it will be a diplomatic incident."

"Haha, Bob, don't worry, I just want him to catch the ball, there will be no physical confrontation."

Bob looked at Li Guo and was asking for his opinion. Li Guo's temper cannot be provoked, so he puffed out his chest and said, "Let the horse come here."

Just in case, Bob brought protective gear for Li Guo. Thomas didn't let his players play with Li Guo. He didn't know what to do. He came in person.

Thomas and Li crossed 20 meters apart, and said, "I'll throw the ball to you, you catch it, it's that simple, OK?"

Li Guo made an OK gesture, Thomas made a standard throwing posture, swiped the ball, and the ball flew towards Li Guo, "Oops," Li Guo remembered at this time that I can't catch the ball at all.

With a slap, just when Li Guo was in a daze, the ball hit Li Guo's face, and a sour smell rushed to his forehead.

Bob looked at Thomas, seeming to blame him, and Thomas shrugged embarrassedly, as if to say, how do I know he is so good.

Li Guo sat on the ground for a while, shook his head, and Bob asked, "Do you want to find a team doctor for you?"

"No need," Li Guo knew that the force used by Thomas was actually very small, but he didn't know how to connect an olive-shaped object, whether it should be connected to the middle or both ends.

"Thomas, thank you for your mercy, otherwise I should have been disfigured."

"Haha, let's forget it, I'll treat you to a cup of coffee, it's better not to play with this thing."

Li Guo nodded, and the three of them walked towards the cafe in Sydney University.

PS: "There was no rugby game in China before, but last year the Rugby World Cup in the UK was broadcast on CCTV5+, so I also watched it. The final was New Zealand VS Australia. Not long after the game started, several players were disfigured on the field. To be honest, rugby games are quite exciting and a bit violent, so I wrote this chapter out of feeling. In fact, according to the history of football development, rugby is closer to ancient football, because ancient football was used as military training."

(End of this chapter)