The Loftos Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, is named in honour of Robert Owen Loftos, the founder of the Pretoria Sports Association. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Completed two years before the World Cup, the stadium has a capacity of 42,000 people, and the majority of the audience in the stadium are South Africans, with a small number of Chinese and French.

When Li Guo walked out of the players' tunnel, he saw Domenech not far away, probably because of the pressure, Domenech looked much older.

Because it is the final round of the group stage of the World Cup, the two matches in the same group kick off at the same time, which means that the match between Argentina and Ivory Coast will be played at the same time as this game.

This is also to prevent match-fixing or negative matches in the World Cup, and to make the World Cup games more exciting.

When he walked into the court, a gust of cold wind came out, Li Guo was full of excitement, shivered, just as Li Guo was pulling the down jacket to practice, Domenech turned around and noticed Li Guo, the French still maintained their usual elegance.

In fact, in his previous life, Li Guo felt that Domenech was more like a university professor than a football coach.

Football coaches need to be a bit of a ruffian, the kind that can swear words, but it's hard to imagine swearing from Domenech's mouth.

Li Guo also smiled at the other party, and then was about to move to his side's bench, when Domenech called out to Li Guo, "Hey, can you promise me one thing." ”

Li Guo stopped, and in his impression, the current Li Guo and Domenech should not know each other.

"Yes, as long as I can do it."

"Whatever the result, how about we find a place to have a drink after the game?"

Li Guo smiled indifferently, "Of course you can, but you have a treat." ”

Domenech also smiled slightly, as a response to Li Guo.

*****

Ribery,

Cisse,

Henry

When the superstars of the French team ran out to warm up, the scene suddenly erupted into a commotion.

"France is still a strong team," Li Guo thought to himself, "the runner-up of the last World Cup." ”

The 2006 Berlin decisive match is still fresh in his memory, Zidane's spoon penalty, Materazzi's header equalised, and the final penalty shoot-out.

Of course, none of that mattered, the most dramatic was the red card from Zidane in extra time, and if it hadn't been for that, maybe everything would have been different.

But football has no ifs!

Before the game, it was said that Zidane rushed to Pretoria from France to stabilize the morale of the army, but Li Guo knew that this might be unhelpful, just like Manchester United later, the more Ferguson pressed in the stands, the more pressure Moyes in front of him.

In front of the goal in the distance, Lloris and Mandanda are warming up, Li Guo estimates that the starting goalkeeper of the French team in this game should still be Lloris, in fact, these two goalkeepers are the type that Li Guo likes very much, and the reaction in front of the goal is very fast, and more honest.

Li Guo personally doesn't like Neuer's goalkeeper with a forward heart, and Li Guo's football thinking is still very traditional in this regard.

At this time, a handsome guy ran out, Li looked at it, it was Gourcuff, simply put, this is France's Kaka, sunny and handsome, accurate passing, in addition to not having Kaka's long-distance running ability, Gourcuff is a very good front waist.

Li Guo also knew that the later Gourcuff did not leave his mark in French football, but the times have changed, and later football has increasingly emphasized rhythm, speed, and confrontation, and Gourcuff's forward waist is slowly not popular.

Li Guo gestured at the warm-up players of the Chinese team, Fang Suo and Sun Jihai ran over, and Li Guo pointed at Gourcuff.

"He, the important thing in this game is to stare at him."

Fang Suo looked at Gourcuff and felt that the latter didn't seem to have any special skills except for being handsome, and Fang Suo was not very familiar with Ligue 1 players.

"Head, is he amazing? I think Ribery or Henry, or even Malouda are better than him. ”

"Yes, but whether it's Ribery or Thierry Henry, they're nerve endings, and Gourcuff is the brain of the French team, he can make scalpel-like passes in midfield, remember Riquelme at the 2008 Olympics?"

Fang Suo and Sun Jihai nodded, they felt that what Li Guo said was always right, after arranging, Li Guo waved his hand, and the two returned to the field to warm up.

"Li Guo ......"

Chen An shouted behind him, Li Guo turned around and saw Chen An's expression and knew that something was wrong with the other party, "What's wrong?" ”

Chen An smiled, "Have you ever thought about what will happen after we qualify?" ”

"Quarterfinals?"

This Li Guo really didn't think about it, but Chen An thought that if he advanced to the quarterfinals, then the Chinese team might meet the Dutch team and the Danish team.

If the Chinese team wins the group in this group, then they can play Denmark, otherwise they will touch the Netherlands.

"Holland or Denmark," Chen An raised a finger in each hand.

"I also want to squeeze Argentina to fight the Netherlands, but I'm afraid Maradona won't agree," Li Guo smiled after speaking.

Chen An rubbed his hands, he knew that if the team played Denmark, there was still hope, but if he met the Netherlands, it was estimated that he would take a break, "Hehe, don't talk about it, let's watch this game first." ”

Now the Chinese team players have yellow cards on Fang Suo, the rules of this World Cup are that the yellow card is cleared before the semi-finals, which means that if you eat a yellow card in the semi-finals, you will not be suspended because of the previous yellow card.

In this way, Germany's Ballack in the 2002 World Cup will avoid the lifelong regret of missing the final after receiving a yellow card in the semi-finals.

In fact, what Li Guo and Chen An were most worried about before the game was this, yellow card.

Because the gap between the strength of the Chinese team's substitute players and the main force is still very large, once the main force is suspended in a large area, it will be difficult to play no matter what opponent it encounters in the future.

"Li Guo, do you want to remind Fang Suo to be smaller, he already has a yellow card on him,"

Li Guo shook his head, "That would be counterproductive, but fortunately, the yellow card of the big head has been cleared, I don't think it's too worrying." ”

*****

Maybe it's because of the traffic or the procrastinating nature of the South Africans, the stadium wasn't filled until the end of the warm-up, and the sound of vuvuzula reverberated the world, but now the players on both teams are used to it.

The captain of the Chinese team in this game is Zhou Dun, and Li Weifeng's absence should have been captained by Zheng Zhi, but Zheng Zhi was unwilling, everyone knows it, because this should be Zheng Zhi's last World Cup, and Zhou Dun is the future of the Chinese team.

In the end, Li Guo didn't insist too much, and readily agreed to let Zhou Dun serve as the captain of the game.

When the players of the two teams were lined up on both sides of the player tunnel, the Chinese team was at the front of Zhou Dun, and the captain of the French team was Diarra. (To be continued.) )