It was raining lightly in Brisbane, and in the midst of the rain, a stubborn old man was standing, his black hair soaked with the rain. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The old man's eyes were like torches, and from time to time he would yell at the training ground, he was Uzbekistan head coach Kasimov.

This Chinese-looking old man is an alternative in Uzbek football, as everyone knows that Uzbekistan is mostly Caucasian, and the selection of their national team is mainly tall players.

So it's hard to imagine that the short Kasimov can control this Central Asian team for a long time, the reason why Kasimov fights so hard is because he doesn't look down on East Asian football at all, and if you look at the historical record, in fact, Uzbekistan's record against China, Japan and South Korea is not lagging behind.

The reason is of course very simple, that is, the body is like a European, but now the situation has changed, and Uzbekistan is becoming more and more difficult to mix in front of China, Japan and South Korea, especially the Chinese team, which makes Kasimov very unhappy.

"Run, run for me, the rhythm of the Chinese team is much faster than this, especially you, the protection of the back must be in place."

When the training session was up to one hour over, Kasimov finally gave the order to rest, and the players sat on the wet lawn and gasped for breath, despite being soaked.

Kasimov shook his head, the coach was like a devil when he played, in fact, it was still the Soviet Union, the training at that time was not so scientific, the coach blindly pressed the players, trained with injuries, and ran to prostration or something was commonplace.

Times have changed, Kasimov thinks that these players are really bad, many old people like to reminisce, Kasimov remembered the glory of football in the Soviet era, when it was no less than a strong team of any team.

Standing in the rain, Kasimov again began to tell the story, of course, about the glorious past of Uzbekistan. In 2003, Uzbekistan was ranked 43rd in FIFA, which is quite a good result.

The player looked serious, but he was snickering in his heart, it was all the old emperor's calendar, and now a landlocked country like Uzbekistan is indeed backward, and it is useless to "think about the past".

'We won the first game and if we beat China, then we could qualify for the round earlier, and we have to do that because then we can avoid Australia in Group A.'

Akhmedov said lightly: "But the Chinese team is stronger than Australia, and I think South Korea is stronger than Australia." ”

Kasimov crossed his hands around his chest and looked serious, "What is the Chinese team, think about the former Soviet Union ......"

The players here all rolled their eyes in their hearts and thought, "Again!" ”

"Yes, the USSR won the fourth place in the World Cup and the runner-up in the European Cup, but what does that have to do with us in Uzbekistan." Akhmedov said excitedly.

Kasimov was stunned, "What's the matter?" It doesn't matter, but ......."

Kasimov was annoyed, "Are you challenging me now?" ”

All the players were quiet, they just felt that the coach was a little unrealistic, and the right thing to do should be to save physical strength, fight Saudi Arabia in the third game, and win the second place in the group, but Kasimov seems to be too persistent, which may be the reason why Uzbekistan changed the head coach later.

"Get up and keep running."

"Ah......" Everyone opened their mouths wide, it's only been a few minutes, and it's been practicing? Is it really going to exhaust us?

"Hurry up, don't be lazy, I know it's okay, that's how I practiced when I was young."

Everyone complained in their hearts, but there was no way, the head coach was the boss, and he said that if he practiced, he had to persist even if he broke his leg.

The player dragged his tired body back to the room, took a shower and collapsed on the bed, Akhmedov and the captain Jeparov shared a room.

"Captain, what kind of nerves did you say the old man had today?"

"Hehe, it's actually not strange, my father is like this, he likes to remember his old life, and his mantra is to think about the past."

"But that's over."

Jeparov smiled, "It's because it's in the past that I think, you're still young now, and you'll understand when you're old." ”

"Do you think we can beat the Chinese team? It was the last eight of the World Cup. ”

"I don't know, but I agree with the head coach on this point, we only know the gap with the strongest serious game in Asia, you say."

"But ......," Akhmedov wanted to say, but had nothing to refute, what he didn't know was that in the eyes of the older generation, football was not about winning or losing, but about dignity.

"And you shouldn't talk back to the old man today, that's too much." As the captain, Jeparov must maintain the dignity of the team, and if the manager does not have dignity, then the team will be in disarray.

"I know, I'll apologize to the old man tomorrow."

On the second day, on the sidelines of training, Akhmedov approached the head coach and said secretly: "Boss, I was wrong. ”

Kasimov smiled: "I have amnesia, and I generally don't remember anything from the past. ”

That's what it means to forgive Akhmedov, who smiled, not expecting the manager to bow down to him, "I also want to apologize to you, I overtrained yesterday." ”

"No need, no need," Akhmedov hurriedly waved his hand.

Kasimov motioned for the other party to listen to him, "You listen to me, you are one of the best players in the younger generation, I want to tell you that our Uzbek football is by no means playing the role of soy sauce in Asia, we should have higher goals." ”

"Like the World Cup?" Akhmedov asked timidly.

"Yes, there is also the Asian Cup, we have won the Asian Games football championship, but we have not won the Asian Cup, I hope that your generation can make a breakthrough."

Akhmedov gasped, it turned out that the head coach had such a big goal, but such a goal can only be buried in his heart, with the current strength of Uzbekistan, if it is said to be a joke.

It can be seen that the pressure on the head coach is there, and when a person has a lofty goal but can't say it, he must be very aggrieved in his heart.

"Anyway, I shouldn't have been angry at you, that's my fault, my training yesterday was too unscientific, but I can't apologize because ...... The question of face," Kasimov smiled, "but when I meet you, I will say it, and you don't need to say anything to the others." ”

Akhmedov nodded, "I understand, boss. ”

Kasimov patted Akhmedov, "I'll tell you another secret, this is the last Asian Cup I led Uzbekistan." ”

After saying that, Kasimov left, leaving an Akhmedov stunned like a chicken. (To be continued.) )