Madrid, the press hall of the hotel where the national football team stays is crowded with reporters, and at the upcoming press conference, Li Guo will officially announce the 23-man squad of the national football team for the World Cup, and then the national football team will fly to Johannesburg, South Africa, where it will face Argentina, the first opponent of the national football team's group stage. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Li Guo, wait a minute," Chen An shouted behind him.

"How?"

Chen An handed over a piece of paper, "You forgot this." ”

On paper is the 23-man squad of the national football team.

"No, I can memorize them, they are like my children, can't their own children remember?"

Chen An smiled slightly, "Let's take it." ”

At the beginning of the press conference, Li Guo first read out the list of 23 people.

Goalkeepers - Wang Dalei, Yang Zhi, Zeng Cheng.

Back line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong, Feng Xiaoting, Sun Xiang, Zhang Linpeng, Du Wei.

Midfielders - Fang Suo, Shen Rui, Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai, Hao Junmin, Qu Bo, Yu Hai, Li Weifeng.

Forward line - Chen Green, Ji Ke, Gao Lin, Yu Dabao.

Then Li Guo read the names of the seven people who were eliminated, "I am also grateful to them, please join me in giving them a round of applause." ”

After a round of applause, the question session began.

"Director Li, why wasn't Dong Fangzhuo selected?"

Li Guo waved the microphone in front of him and said: "Dong Fangzhuo used to be in Manchester United and was a very talented player, but I didn't think he worked hard enough, so I didn't call him into the national team." ”

"Coach Li, will Gao Lin have a chance to play in the Argentine game?"

"I don't have anyone in my team who is guaranteed to play, and there is no one who can't play, it all depends on the state before the game, which requires professional advice from Robin and the strength and conditioning coach."

"Are you happy with the match against Spain?"

"I'm very satisfied, the Spanish players are very professional, they are very committed to the game, I think we see the gap between the national football team and the top teams in the world, which is very helpful for the World Cup game."

"Director Li, South Africa and China have a lot of time differences, and the seasons are opposite, do you have any preparation for the adaptation problem?"

'There's nothing to prepare, it's the first time we've come to the continent for the World Cup, so it's the same for any team, I don't think there's anything special about us.

"Coach Li, your contract will be terminated after the World Cup, do you have any plans to renew it?"

Li Guo smiled, "It depends on the results of the World Cup, if the results are not good, I don't think there is any possibility of renewing the contract." ”

After the press conference, the national football team boarded the plane to South Africa to start the World Cup journey.

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On the plane, the players are a little excited, starting from the qualifying round to play the Philippines, the national football team has passed all the way to obtain the qualification to come to South Africa, it can be said that it is not easy, even so, you have to work hard to squeeze into the 23-man squad, and the people on the final list can be said to be the strongest 23 people in the current national football team.

Everyone on the plane was talking in whispers, some about the first game against Argentina, and also about the chaos in South Africa.

Mu Fei said: "Don't worry, I was in Brazil when I was a child, and that place is not much better than South Africa. ”

"No wonder you run so fast, it's like this," everyone teased.

Just as everyone was laughing, Li Guo was writing and drawing in his notebook, and Chen An came over and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Have you ever heard the story of Tian Ji's horse racing?"

"You scold, Chinese who have never heard of it,"

Li Guo smiled, "I'm thinking about this story now, in fact, this story can be applied to football matches." ”

Chen An nodded, indicating that you continued.

"If Argentina is the top horse, France is the middle horse and Ivory Coast is the bottom horse, then we should give up the game against Argentina and then the focus is on fighting France."

Chen An disagreed, "The key is that France is not much worse than Argentina,"

"That's what it looks like on the surface," Mr. Li said.

Li Guo knew that in his previous life, France broke out in the famous infighting in the World Cup in South Africa, and the main team and the head coach fell out, and finally won a single game in the group stage.

Li Guo doesn't know if France will have infighting this time, I hope it will, if that happens, it will not be difficult for the Chinese team to qualify from the group.

Chen An said: "I think we should still try to get a point against Argentina, even if it is a bus, using the ugliest football. ”

"It would be nice if it could be realized."

After speaking, Li Guo looked out the window, this journey was destined to be uneven.

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Coming to Johannesburg, the hotel where the national football team stayed ushered in the strictest security, not only because of the arrival of the Chinese team, but also because the opening match of the World Cup in South Africa was played at the Johannesburg Football City Stadium.

Hosts South Africa take on Caribbean tiger Mexico, which is a great time for South Africa, and imagine the crowds at the 2008 Olympics, which is much the same now.

But for Li Guo, it feels great, because the group of annoying reporters can't get in, and the national football players have a rare break.

Because the first game is within a week, Li Guo handed over the training of the players to the physical coach, in order to ensure that under the scientific training, the players must not have injuries, which is the most important thing for the current national football team.

Now what tactics and what coordination are secondary, those things can't be practiced in a short time, the only important thing is the health of the players.

In order to alleviate the tension before the big game, Li Guo opened a small bet in the team to guess the result of the opening game.

Eighteen of the 23 players are in favour of Mexico to win, the rest are in favour of a draw, and only one is in favour of South Africa to win, quite simply, Mexican football is a strong team in the world.

Li Guo also guessed the draw and guessed the score, 1 to 1.

It's just ingenious entertainment, and everyone doesn't care, but the opening team will watch it together, and I'm sure it will be exciting when the game comes.

On the day of the opening match, Johannesburg was congested in the whole city, and it was said that even the Chinese Football Association delegation was blocked on the road, but fortunately, the national football players could watch the game comfortably in the lobby of the hotel.

The referee of this game is Asia's No. 1 golden whistle, Ilmatov from Uzbekistan, which is also the first Asian pride of this World Cup.

When Ilmatov blew the opening whistle, the audience cheered, and then a loud noise sounded, Mu Fei asked: "Damn, what kind of sound is this?" (To be continued.) )