Chapter 173 Zero. Five Places

The next day, Yi Le quietly left the Bahamas. Before leaving, he sent a message to Kane, Sun Xingmin and others and left.

The main reason was that he was afraid that Sun Xingmin would follow him again. This guy was really clingy enough.

Back in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Yi Le took the same day's plane to the UK, and then transferred back to China in the UK.

In fact, he can also transit through the United States, which is closer, but the problem is that he does not have a visa for the United States.

After a day of ups and downs, Yi Le finally returned to Beijing Capital Airport.

As always, he kept a low profile, so he didn't notify others, but his phone rang as soon as he landed.

It was an unfamiliar number, Yi Le hesitated for a moment and still connected.

"Hello?"

An old voice came from the other end of the phone, and said with a smile, "Hello, Yi, I'm sorry to disturb you at this time, do you have time?"

Yi Le was puzzled and asked, "You are?"

"I'm getting old, my memory is bad, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Mascello Lippi!"

Yi Le's whole body stiffened suddenly.

His mind went blank for a while.

For this famous name, he is like a thunderbolt, the world famous coach 'Silver Fox' Lippi.

The champion coach who once led Italy to the World Cup.

And the most important thing is that this current identity is the head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team.

"First... Sir, I have time, I just returned to Beijing, I..."

"Are you back?" Lippi's voice on the other end of the phone was a little surprised: "I'm also in the background, it seems that we have a chance to talk face to face."

Yi Le took a breath and said, "Okay, where can I meet you?"

"I asked my assistant to send you the address."

"OK."

Yi Le put down the phone, he took a deep breath, feeling excited.

In less than a minute, the address was sent to Yi Le's mobile phone, and Yi Le took a taxi directly to the meeting place.

 …

Half an hour later, Yi Le met Lippi.

Inside a quiet coffee shop.

He has a gray head, a thin cigar in his mouth, and wrinkles on his face. Although he is a little older and his body is no longer tough, his eyes are shining with wisdom from time to time, highlighting the identity of this well-known coach .

Lippi's image is a bit different from Yi Le's invisibility. The two coaches he came into contact with (Neil Khalid-Boas) both have that kind of flamboyant personality, but Lippi is another type.

Quiet and wise like a Confucian general.

how to say...

Yi Le is by no means belittling those two, at least this one can feel the aura of a famous man, unlike Boas who has to design his own movements and pretends to be unfathomable.

Lippi's voice was a little hoarse, and he smiled; "The Champions League final, I was at the scene, it was a great game, your performance was great, and you deserve to be the number one in football today."

Yi Le was a little flattered, and said, "You are absurd."

"You don't need to be humble, young people need to be more assertive, just like your style of play, fierce, aggressive, and arrogant!"

Yi Le scratched her head shyly,

Said: "Thank you."

Lippi looked at Yi Le with interest, and he asked directly without too much nonsense; "Are you interested in cooperating with me?"

"what?"

Yi Le was stunned.

Lippi laughed: "Sorry, I have some problems with my expression."

After finishing speaking, he said seriously; "Yi, now I have invited you to join as the head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team. Would you like to?"

Yi Le shivered and said in surprise, "Can I?"

"why not?!"

Lippi laughed and said, "As the European media say, no one can refuse you."

Yi Le's heart was pounding.

Lippi asked, "So, what's your answer?"

Yi Le got up and said seriously; "Please take care of me in the future!"

The two hit it off, and Yi Le accepted Lippi's invitation.

Of course, Lippi still had a lot to talk about, so he took out the menu and said, "What do you want to drink?"

Yi Le said subconsciously; "Milk or mineral water!"

Lippi nodded and said, "Very good."

Lippi called the waiter in and ordered two drinks.

The male waiter lowered his head to write it down, and couldn't help but froze when he looked up.

"You are... Yi Le?!!"

The male waiter is very young, about 20 years old, he should be a work-study college student.

And since his legs are O-shaped legs, this is a phenomenon caused by amateur football fans playing football under irregular movements, which is very common and very common.

Seeing that someone recognized him, Yi Le could only bite the bullet and nod. At the request of the other party, he signed a photo and sent away the satisfied male waiter.

Five minutes later, the coffee and milk for the two were served by the aggressive male waiter.

After closing the door of the private room to avoid being disturbed by others, Lippi said:

"You know we're playing Russia World Cup qualifiers right?"

Yi Le nodded, he knew about these things, and knew that China's qualifying situation was in jeopardy at this time.

However, Lippi's answer was more straightforward: "It is impossible for us to directly advance to the final round. We are in Group A, and we are 10 points behind Iran, who is the first in the group, and 6 points behind South Korea, who is second in the group. , With two rounds left, it is very difficult and almost impossible to catch up with these two national teams."

"Then what to do?"

Yi Le was dumbfounded, called himself over, and then told him there was no hope?

What kind of trick is this?

"Don't worry!" Lippi smiled and said, "Do you know the qualifying places in the Asian region?"

"Yeah." Yi Le nodded; "Four places."

"No!" Lippi shook his head and said, "To be precise, there are 4.5 places."

4.5 places? How did that 0.5 come about?

But Lippi didn't have time to explain, he said directly; "So, our next goal is to get the 0.5 spot, and then turn him into the last ticket to enter the World Cup!"

Yi Le's eyes lit up and said, "How?"

"First of all, we can't afford to lose. From now on, we must maintain a complete victory and win the next two rounds."

"In Group A, we are now ranked fifth, and our goal is to be third, so we have to pull down Uzbekistan, who is fourth, and Syria, who is third. Fortunately, they are only 1 point away from us. , if we average two goals in two games, we can finish third on goal difference."

Yi Le thought for a while and nodded slightly.

He probably understood what Lippi meant.

"There is a play-off between the third place in Group A and Group B, and we can get 0.5 places in the Asian region. Our opponent is likely to be Australia. If we win this team, we can secure the 0.5 places. "

Yi Le continued to ask: "Then what about the remaining 0.5 places?"

"Then we need to compete with the winner of the Oceania region, the fifth place in the South America region, the fourth place in North Central America and the Caribbean region for the last two tickets."

Only then did Yi Le understand that China now wants to guarantee the fifth place in Asia.

Then represent Asia to compete with teams from Oceania, South America, North Central America and the Caribbean for the last two tickets.