"Recently, we received an invitation from the Copa America Organizing Committee, Brother Li, do you think we are going?" Costa Rica belongs to the Central United States, and it is also in the sequence of inviting countries, and the organizing committee seems to have invited the United States, Honduras and other countries, and the Copa America is mainly ten world-class countries with a football level.

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

The remaining four invited teams are from North and Central America and the Caribbean: the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras.

"Go, why don't you go, competition second, friendship first, it's rare that we can be invited this time, just try not to be at the bottom." Li Cheng has given great hope to this young Jaguar football team, and the cost itself is low, since it has been promoted to the first division team and is eligible to participate in the Copa America, then it cannot be missed, which is also a rare qualification for the team in the future.

After all, this is the oldest national-level football event in the world, and the Jaguar football team will be at the top level in Costa Rica in terms of physical fitness and skills in the future, so it makes an exception to represent the national team, which is also the reason why Xiong Hongyuan operates in this regard, he has become the president of the Football Association of Costa Rica!

Let your own club represent the national team still has the advantage of this, not only to exchange skills with the world-class football team, but also to increase knowledge, why not?

A week later, in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, the Copa America football match was held. Li Cheng, the owner of the Jaguar Club, was also invited to the game, and unlike ordinary fans, Li Cheng and Xiong Hongyuan were both inside the stadium to watch the game up close.

Li Cheng and Xiong Hongyuan communicated in the arena, and they had not officially played the game at the moment, the first game seemed to be Argentina against the United States, from the comparison of strength, there is no doubt that Argentina's skills are not comparable to those of the Americans, and it is the host. So the home advantage is obvious.

"Old bear. Which team are you optimistic about? Li Cheng sat on a bench on the sidelines, leisurely looking at the football field, both of whom were members of the entourage of the Costa Rican Puma football team that had been invited, so they were eligible to stay here. And the auditorium was already overcrowded.

"It stands to reason that Argentina will beat the United States. But you also know the style of play of the American team. There are often surprises, and there will be changes if you don't get it. Although Xiong Hongyuan understands that Argentina's level in the world is superb, there are many variables on the football field.

Li Cheng is interested in football though. But recently, because I've been busy with other things, I haven't paid much attention to the changes in the strength of football in the world.

In fact, whether it is the World Football Tournament or the Copa America competition, it is dominated by South American football competing for the World Championship, and this competition is estimated to be the individual show of the ten member football teams, and the four football teams from Central and North America and the Caribbean that were invited are estimated to be the fate of the show......

Although the United States does not attach importance to football, the main audience is rugby and basketball, but I have to say that the physical fitness of the Americans is still good, and it is no problem to resist the Argentine side at all, and because the defense of the American team is relatively tight, at the end of the preparation, Argentina did not score a goal.

When the fans were very disappointed, a No. 10 team with a grim face and a white and blue striped jersey like a god descended from heaven ended the game with one blow, and finally Argentina defeated the United States team 1-0!

"Messi?" Li Cheng muttered to himself, after the game was over, Li Cheng ran to the backstage, because he had an identity badge on his body, so he was not hindered, and the Argentine lounge was next door to Costa Rica, so Li Cheng easily entered the room, although he received some roll of his eyes......

Messi often plays in Europe, so he is very fluent in English, Li Cheng communicated with him, and specially took a No. 10 jersey and asked him to help sign it, Messi was more approachable and signed it very boldly.

Before leaving, Li Cheng made a big statement and said: "Your Excellency Messi, although I appreciate your skills, but this time the Copa America is going to Waterloo, and our Costa Rica must be the biggest dark horse in the Copa America......"

"I hope so." Messi smiled slightly, very gentlemanly.

Li Cheng left the lounge in Argentina and returned to the lounge in Costa Rica, the next game is Costa Rica against the Brazilian team, although it is not at its peak now, the Brazilian team is not something that Costa Rica can beat, this idea is estimated to be the unanimous opinion of the people of the whole world, from the perspective of the gambling game, Costa Rica has not been so valued.

Xiong Hongyuan is not a coach, but a person in charge, so in terms of football tactics, he is a coach from Europe, Li Cheng and Xiong Hongyuan are just behind the scenes, but Xiong Hongyuan is also the president of the Football Association of Costa Rica, so his identity is a little special.

Looking at these young people, Li Cheng sincerely hopes that they can survive this hurdle, although the Brazilian team is against it, but it is not impossible to defeat, from many aspects, Costa Rica is still hopeful, after all, the Brazilian team does not know about Costa Rica's tactics and skills, on the contrary, the Brazilian team is more famous, there are many events to refer to, experienced coaches can work out tactics to suppress the Brazilian team, and the professional side is still left to the insiders to deal with.

Li Cheng listened to it for a while, but he didn't see anything, so he planned to go to the venue to watch it again.

After the start of the game, the Brazilian team relied on the advantage of skill, all the way through, and finally ran to the penalty area, the goalkeeper made a save, and in less than 10 minutes, the Brazilian team attacked the goal about three times, the high efficiency can be imagined, but the goalkeeper of Costa Rica repeatedly made contributions and was not broken.

"This goalkeeper is good, the old bear should focus on training." After Li Cheng finished speaking, he paid attention to the change of the scene, Costa Rica is not a team to be bullied, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites! Costa Rica's counterattack did not surprise the Brazilian team, a long-range volley. It was a goal that Costa Rica had a better chance of scoring, but it was missed because the goddess of fate did not favor it.

"It's a pity!" Li Cheng sighed, and then Costa Rica's defense was like an iron wall, after a big battle, in the second game of the group stage, the Brazilian team actually didn't score! In the end, a draw resulted in both teams getting 1 points.

Such a situation is already rare, and then it is a reward. After all, Costa Rica did not hold back in front of the Brazilian team. The draw with the battle has surprised many people, especially the fans who gamble on football, and there have been jumping off buildings all over the world......

Because many people think that Brazil will crush Costa Rica in the group stage, who expected. This dark horse is so dazzling!

"I think Costa Rica will be in the quarterfinals. Even in the quarterfinals...... "Li Cheng felt that Costa Rica was not likely to win the championship. But it's good to have such a result in the first time in the Copa America, not to mention that this all-Jaguar football team represents the national team, and its significance is self-evident.

"Hmm. In this case, I can also explain to the Football Association. Xiong Hongyuan is also very happy, the results in the America's Cup are directly related to whether he can be invited to the World Cup.

The Colorado River is a river located in south-central Argentina in South America. The Colorado River originates on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains on the border between Argentina and Chile and flows from northwest to southeast, emptying into the Blanca Bay before joining the Atlantic Ocean. The main stream of the Colorado River is not rich in water, and the water energy is mainly stored in the tributaries. The navigability is poor, and only 300 kilometers downstream of the river can be navigated by small boats no more than 2 meters long. The river is often considered the dividing line between the Pampas and Patagonia, and is an important geographical demarcation line in Argentina.

After the group stage in Costa Rica, Li Cheng and Xiong Hongyuan came to the bank of the Colorado River, and happened to see a South American woman holding a large basin filled with fresh river fish.

Seeing that the woman was holding a piece of pork in her hand and stirring it in her hand, Li Cheng said with great curiosity: "Old Xiong, what is she doing?" Washing pork? ”

"No, it's supposed to be catching man-eating pomfret with bare hands, that is, piranha."

"Cannibal? Is it the piranha from the movie? ”

"Almost, piranhas are a big category, and piranha pomfret is a branch, all of which are meat-eating fish...... "Xiong Hongyuan gathers in Costa Rica, which belongs to Latin America, and the behavior of catching piranha pomfret with bare hands is very common in South America, and it is no longer strange.

Li Cheng saw the pork stirring in the woman's hand, a large wave of black shadows swimming here, as the woman's hand pulled, a 30 cm, about 2 catties of cannibal pomfret bit the pork, was caught by the woman into the basin, and then rested and continued to catch it.

It's amazing! Piranhas are also distributed in China, but only in the last century, they were introduced into the country, but many people found that piranhas have greatly changed the local ecological chain, and have begun to hunt about 03 piranhas, and the only remaining 19 piranhas have been destroyed, so there is no trace of piranhas in China.

"Is the man-eating pomfret delicious?"

"Well, the fish soup, in particular, is delicious, and the locals use the man-eating pomfret as a food source."

"Oh, let's buy it from this woman, she's tired of fishing, I'm afraid she'll be dragged into the water by the man-eating pomfrets." Imagining the picture of a group of piranhas attacking people in the movie, Li Cheng couldn't help but get goosebumps.

After spending a few hundred Argentine pesos, Li Cheng and Xiong Hongyuan made dozens of catties of cannibal pomfret, and then moved to the hotel, let the chef deal with it, and made a whole fish banquet to reward the team members.

Between meals, Li Cheng said: "Although we didn't beat the Brazilian team this time, we played a draw, the total points reached 1 point, and we have a great hope of qualifying, I hope everyone will work hard, enter the quarterfinals, a reward of 100,000 US dollars per person, and 500,000 US dollars in the semi-finals!" If you win the championship, not only will you be equally divided in the prize money, but I will also personally reward you with $1 million each! ”

Li Cheng is very arrogant and authentic, won the championship of the America's Cup, the investment of more than 10 million US dollars must be worth it, after all, the value will be doubled in the future, participate in some commercial endorsements, the money can be earned, and Li Cheng feels that it will be good for this team to enter the quarterfinals, and the top four and champions are just a flash in the pan.

Li Cheng's encouragement and incentives, translated into Spanish, made the Costa Rican players excited, because they were still having a headache for their livelihood before, the transfer fee is only a hundred footballs, how difficult the football environment in Costa Rica is, there are many people living at the bottom, with such a large bonus, the life of the family will be better in the future, and they play football to change their fate.

Suddenly, the enthusiasm of the Costa Rican players to win the game was aroused, the so-called money can be used to make the devil grind, and often money can stimulate the passion of the poor people, which is extremely important for playing football. (To be continued......)