Chapter 35: An Unexpected Trip to Los Angeles
"Chinese?"
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Curious, Li Guo asked a yerba mate vendor, "What Chinese?" ”
It was a casual sentence from the vendors and guests on the beach, but the yerba mate vendor's subsequent words made Li Guo unable to sit still.
"Soccer stars," the vendor said with a grin.
"What?" Li Guo grabbed the peddler's arm, "What, let me go, you hurt me." ”
"I'm sorry," Li Guo hurriedly let go, and then pointed to the portrait on the vendor's T-shirt, "Chinese? Soccer stars? ”
The peddler nodded.
Li Guo stared at it carefully, making the peddler uncomfortable, and thought, "This guy is really weird." ”
"Flamenco?"
"No," the peddler shook his head.
"Bajia's?"
The peddler still shook his head.
"Could it be that it's Ba Yi?"
The hawker was already impatient, and at this time, someone on the other side happened to be beckoning the hawker over, Li Guo saw this, and took out 10 reais, "I'll buy you for five minutes." ”
Five minutes for 10 reais, no matter how it is calculated, it is a good deal, so the vendor gestures to the distant customer and asks the latter to wait for a while.
"Well, he's not Brazilian,"
"Not Brazilian?" Li Guo wondered even more, when it comes to football, will Brazilians still pay attention to other places?
"Last year, the Los Angeles Galaxy of the United States came to Rio, and the Yankees' football team came, and we Brazilians didn't care, but the LA Galaxy was different, and Beckham joined the team last year, so I went to see it, and this T-shirt was given by them at that time."
"So this young man is playing for the LA Galaxy?" Li Guo thought to himself, "No wonder I don't know him." ”
Because the influence of the major leagues in China is basically zero, even if you can't find too much information on the Internet.
"So is he still in the LA Galaxy?" Li Guo asked.
"Sir, I don't know that," the peddler looked into the distance, "and if nothing else, I'll ......."
Li Guo waved his hand and signaled that the vendor could go.
After the vendor left, Li Guo's mind was excited and confused, and the figure on the T-shirt lingered in Li Guo's mind.
"It seems that if the trip to Brazil is going to be cancelled, we have to go to Los Angeles first," Li Guo thought.
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At Los Angeles International Airport, a middle-aged man with sunglasses and a little tired hurriedly walked out of the airport.
As soon as he saw the Asian face, a yellow taxi slowly approached, the window fell, and the driver said "hello" in Chinese, Chinese, and Japanese, and Li Guo thought: "LA is really international enough." ”
"Don't bother, I know English,"
The driver smiled and said, "Welcome to LA (Los Angeles)." ”
Li Guo knew that the "brother" of any country was a bag to inquire, and after getting in the car, he began to chat with the driver, whose name was Jack.
"Do you watch football?"
"Excuse me sir, I don't watch football much, I watch basketball and baseball."
"Hehe, football desert, worthy of the name," Li Guo thought to himself.
's brother is very good at figuring out the passengers' thoughts, "You're here to see Beckham, right?" ”
"How do you know?"
"Hehe, I've heard he's famous outside of the United States, and I like his wife, who's a hot girl, you know." After speaking, the driver smiled at Li Guo knowingly.
"You guessed right, I did come to see the LA Galaxy, but not for Beckham, but for a Chinese."
"Chinese?"
's brother knows that there is only one Chinese in the Los Angeles Galaxy team, "I know this, his name is Chen Green." ”
Chen Green, mixed Chinese and American race, father is Chinese, surname Chen, mother is American, surname is Green, young men take the surname of their parents to form their own name, just called Chen Green.
The brother in Los Angeles is the same as the brother in Beijing, it is a downgraded version of the search engine, so after a conversation, Li Guo knows Chen Green about it.
"Then can you take me to the LA Galaxy training base, I want to go and see,"
The driver shook his head and kindly reminded, "I advise you not to, they won't let you in." ”
"It's okay, I want to try,"
When he got out of the car, the driver left the phone to Li Guo and said, "I think we will meet again soon," implying that he was not optimistic that Li Guo could go in.
Li Guo didn't say anything, waved goodbye, and walked to the gate of the Los Angeles Galaxy training base.
*****
"Sir, there's no way I'll let you in, if it's before 911, it's still possible, but after 911, it's impossible for us to put people in without an appointment in advance."
"I'm the head coach of the Chinese national team, you can just go online and Google,"
The security guard at the door said, "You can't be the president of FIFA." ”
Li Guo spent a long time talking, but the security at the door was soft and hard, it seems that in the United States, he really doesn't look at his face.
There was no way, Li Guo could only call the driver who had just broken up, and after getting in the car, the driver looked regretful, "The main thing is that after Beckham came, there were too many people who went to the club every day to chase stars, so they strengthened security." ”
"Well," Li Guomu nodded, "By the way, when is the next league game of the LA Galaxy, can you buy tickets for me." ”
"I don't know about this, but I'm not bragging, in Los Angeles, I just need to make a few phone calls, and there's nothing I can't do."
"Thank you, Jack."
*****
On the weekend, Home Depot Center Court, the home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Li Guo was also a member of the scene, although it is said that the United States is a desert of football, but I have to admit that the United States is indeed a sports kingdom, just such a regular season game, the stadium is still full.
After the game started, Li Guo turned on the coaching assistance system and looked from afar, and the No. 11 on the field was the kid Li Guo was looking for - Chen Green.
After looking at it for a while, Li Guo nodded frequently, only to see that Chen Green's ability value was 75, and his potential value was 92, among the Chinese players discovered by Li Guo, only Zhou Dun could be compared with Chen Green's ability value, which was also 75.
"Found the treasure," Li Guo said to himself excitedly.
The game was very exciting, Li Guo only learned today that the level of the major leagues in the United States is actually not low at all, no wonder American football is so high in the FIFA rankings, it was Li Guo who underestimated American football before.
In the end, the LA Galaxy defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 2-0 at home, and after the game, Li Guo wanted to go to the mixed interview area to meet Chen Green for a while, but soon, Li Guo's wishful thinking fell through.
A staff member stopped him and said, "Sir, do you have any papers?" ”
PS: Recently, I saw a poster on the Internet, a Chinese fan wearing a national flag, leaving everyone with a back, and the sky in front of him reads - we will go to Seoul together on September 1st. It was the first game of the Chinese team in the round of 12.
It's not easy to love the country, it's even more difficult to write about the national football team, you like the friends to collect, vote or something, please don't be stingy, one day, the dream of the national football team will shine into reality.