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After the Asian Cup was grouped, the Chinese team was placed in Group B, along with North Korea, Uzbekistan, and Saudi Arabia. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Such a grouping should not be difficult, but the rules of the Football Association are to hold a preparatory meeting, and Li Guo can only go to the Football Association for a meeting, and then come back to "convey".

"Li Guo, what is the latest spirit of the Football Association meeting to convey?" Chen An asked.

Dutt also looked at it, and Li Guo smiled, "It's nothing specific, just say that you attach great importance to it, strongly support it, and you must win something." ”

"Damn, really? With your stinky temper, you shouldn't turn your face in public. ”

"Forget it, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, besides, do I have such a bad temper?"

This will even make Dutt laugh, who doesn't know Li Guo's temper.

"But there's one thing that's new."

"What?"

"The Football Association arranged for us to play a friendly match with Pakistan, in Islamabad."

Speaking of this, Dutt first shook his head, "No, the security situation in Pakistan is not very good, besides, Pakistan is so bad, why do we warm up with them?" ”

"It is said that because we have a good relationship with Pakistan, we are known as Pakistan and Railway, which is a football diplomacy, just like the table tennis diplomacy between us and the United States back then."

Chen Anxin thought, the status of the national football team is really different, and now it can be pulled out to do diplomacy.

Sports are a common hobby of human beings, so many countries will use sports as a bond of friendship.

Li Guo said: "I think so, such a game must go, but it must not be able to bring the main force, and it is enough to bring 18 people." ”

Chen An and Du Yi nodded, and Li Guo said, "Then the two of you will draw up the list." ”

The next day, the list was submitted to Li Guo, who looked at it.

Goalkeepers - Zeng Cheng, Yan Junling

Back line - Zhang Linpeng, Zhang Chengdong, Mei Fang, Feng Xiaoting, Li Heng, Ren Hang

Midfielders - Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, Yu Hanchao, Hao Junmin, Sun Ke, Yu Hai, Liao Lisheng

Forward line - Wu Lei, Yu Dabao, Gao Lin

It should be a good list, in line with Li Guo's requirements, and Li Guo will be submitted to the Football Association.

In the 7 years since Li Guo took office, this is all a formality, and the Football Association will not revise Li Guo's squad, which is different from before.

But this time is different, Cai Hua, chairman of the Football Association, was not satisfied, and called Li Guo to ask for a chat, Li Guo didn't know why, there was no problem with the list of such a big thing as the World Cup, this was just a friendly match, why did Cai Hua have to talk to himself.

In Cai Hua's office, he seemed very polite, first drinking tea, and then dessert, but he just didn't talk about the content, Li Guo was a little anxious. Cai Hua also knows in his heart that now the Football Association and the national team are decentralized, and he has no right to interfere with Li Guo's employment, but this time is different.

"Boss, if you have anything, just say it, I see your awkward appearance, and I don't pinch it in my heart."

"Haha, you're still so refreshing, okay, I'll be blunt, I've read the list you submitted."

Li Guo cocked Erlang's legs, "Is there any problem?" ”

"Nothing, but ...... Isn't it too shabby. ”

"Poof",

"Boss, I don't understand what you mean, this is not going on a blind date, shabby?"

Cai Hua didn't beat around the bush anymore, and said bluntly: "Do you know why we call Pakistan Pakistan the railway?" ”

"Yes, it's a good relationship."

I remember that when the earthquake occurred in 2008, Pakistan was the most active in helping out, and the friendship between the two sides was indeed not bragging.

"If you have a good relationship, how can you use such a list of substitutes to engage in football diplomacy? The Pakistani Brotherhood will chill it. ”

Li Guo finally understood, it turned out to be the case, since he was going to make friends this time, it was indeed unreasonable, and Li Guo was also a reasonable person.

"Boss, I'll also tell you the truth, Pakistan has a good relationship with us, but the security in that place is not good, and such a friendly match, European clubs will not release people, do you think this will work, I'll try to add a few main players, but if you want a World Cup squad, then I will answer you clearly, impossible!"

Cai Hua nodded, "Try your best, just don't look too shabby." ”

After Li Guo went back, he added a Geng Chong to the back line, Chen Deng was added to the midfield, Li Weifeng, and Ji Ke was added to the forward line, this is the final list, the Football Association is still not very satisfied, they hope that Zhou Dun can come back, in fact, it doesn't matter to others, but Li Guo said that he couldn't do it, and the Football Association didn't have any temper in the end.

Before the Asian Cup, the top 16 of the Asian Cup were looking for opponents to warm up, and most of the teams were looking for teams stronger than themselves to warm up, such as Japan was looking for the Netherlands, South Korea was looking for the Czech Republic, and Australia was looking for Chile.

So the Chinese team actually found a weak team to warm up, which also became news, and the media said that they couldn't understand the Chinese team's routines more and more.

In the question, Li Guo led the team to fly directly to Islamabad, Pakistan is a backward country, so there is no bridge at the airport in Islamabad, and the players have to get on the shuttle bus after getting off the plane.

I saw that there were many soldiers in front of me, they were standing upright with loaded guns and ammunition, and later Li Guo learned that they were the bodyguards of the Chinese team this time, and the standard was that every Chinese should be protected by two Pakistani soldiers.

Chinese players are also well-informed, and in the past, when they went abroad to compete, it was great to have at most one police car on the road, but this time it was too luxurious.

Geng Chong thought to himself, "This must be taken with a mobile phone and passed on to Mu Fei, so that he can envy his treatment." ”

Li Guo asked the Chinese staff member "Counselor Feng", "Is this the treatment of foreign teams when they come to Pakistan?" ”

Counselor Feng smiled slightly: "Of course not, other teams come, at most they will send a few policemen, only the Chinese team can have such treatment, and our Chinese embassy in Islamabad is also the largest among all countries." ”

Damn, it's better to see than to hear, Ba Tie really didn't blow it out, Li Guo went up to shake hands with the officer who led the team, and Counselor Feng introduced that his military rank was major.

This is probably the first time in the history of the world that such a high-ranking security guard serves a football team.

After a brief greeting, the players boarded the bus, and their station was the Chinese Embassy, and only the conditions there were a little better, because Islamabad had a shortage of electricity, and only half of the day was powered, while the Chinese Embassy was powered all day.

The bus drove out of the airport, looking at the welcoming crowd in the middle of the road, the players waved out the window, this is a strange but familiar country, all the Chinese players are here for the first time, curious, excited, but the most important thing is the game. (To be continued.) )