Phi-Fic Chapter 852 The Powerful Argentina
Chapter 852 The Powerful Argentina
Chapter 852 The Powerful Argentina
Messi staggered a little on the ground, and saw the football cross the goal line. His facial expression instantly changed from calm to ecstasy. He took advantage of the turf to stabilize his figure and ran to the corner flag area with his arms open. He seemed very excited.
Immediately afterwards, Messi was embraced by the excited Tevez, and he... also burst out an Argentine national curse.
More than 1 Argentine fans in the stands roared excitedly, they were boiling for the national team to take the lead again.
Messi's goal celebration immediately attracted the attention of the commentators from various countries in the commentary booth. In their impression, Messi's celebration after scoring a goal has never been tepid. He has never shown such excitement, or so wild, which aroused their doubts.
The Catalan commentator shouted excitedly: "Messi! Leo Messi! He broke out suddenly in the crucial quarter-finals and scored twice, helping Argentina lead the Chinese team 1:4 again. After scoring the goal, he also celebrated with a very controversial boxing corner flag. What does this mean? Is he under too much pressure recently and needs a catharsis point?"
In fact, it is Messi's own pressure that is increasing. Numerous domestic media have questioned that his performance in the national team is very different from that of Barcelona.
Coupled with the fact that those simple Chinese people choose to believe in the media analysis driven by the media, so that Messi feels that the burden on himself is getting heavier. Coupled with the "challenge" advertisement before the game, Messi feels that this game is not just a game of eleven players, but more like a personal heroic battle between him and Ai Luo.
He wants to tell everyone in the world that what Ai Luo can do, Leo Messi can also do it, and he can do it better! !
The commentator of the Argentine National Television had a very simple opinion. He said excitedly: "Leo Messi's goal helped us surpass the score on the field. This is a good sign. The super Leo we often see in front of the TV is back. I believe that the final semi-final must be our great Argentina!!"
The overwhelming number of Chinese fans quickly erupted with huge boos and boos, completely suppressing the voices of the Argentine fans.
The on-site director first locked the camera on Messi, the hero of the goal, and then showed it to Ai Luo after a few seconds, and used technical means to push the camera to a close-up of the face.
Fans watching the live TV broadcast can see that Ai Luo's expression has changed significantly from the Chinese team's first goal loss. The calm expression disappeared, and his brows were wrinkled, reflecting his deep sense of sadness.
Aiello knows that Argentina is a world-class team, and it is impossible for the Chinese team to fall twice in the same pit. That is to say, it is basically impossible for the Chinese team to tie the score again after Argentina scored a goal.
A key core player like him will definitely be restricted, scoring goals?It's even harder!
I don't know if Ai Luo's emotions affected Gao Hongbo on the sidelines. He stood on the sidelines and walked around in the command area, looking quite helpless.
If Messi's condition is mediocre, then the Chinese team still has a chance to fight against Argentina. It's better to play until overtime to see his character, but after a little more than half an hour of the game, Messi scored two goals. Even a fake fan who doesn't understand football knows that his condition is getting better...
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The game restarted. With the reference of Argentina's first goal and the Chinese team's quick equalizer, Argentina's defensive attention has been significantly strengthened.
Coupled with the encouragement of Argentina's goals, Messi, Higuain, Tevez and Di Maria pressed very high, causing the Chinese team to pass the ball to the goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei after a few kicks in the midfield.
This time, Ai Luo grabbed the header and found Gao Lin accurately, but just as Gao Lin controlled the ball, Argentina captain Mascherano made a fierce tackle and left the ball under his feet.
Even though Gao Lin sat on the turf and raised his arms and complained loudly, the referee Debreclay just pointed his finger at him, and did not whistle to indicate a foul by Mascherano.
Argentina’s stealing counterattack was very fast, passing the ball to the frontcourt very quickly through the midfield, and finally Messi passed the ball straight to Higuain. If Zhang Linpeng hadn’t decisively shoveled the ball when Higuain shot, then the Chinese team would very likely concede another goal 1 minute after conceding the goal!
Captain Ai Luo immediately realized that there was a lack of unity among his teammates, so he ran back a few steps and shouted at his teammates: "Don't be in a hurry to score a goal. You must follow the rules in everything. You can't eat a big fat man with one bite, and the game is a 10-minute battle. One goal behind is nothing! If you fall behind by two goals before the end of the first half, it will be a disaster!"
What Ai Luo wants to express is very obvious. Now is not the best time to equalize the score. We must wait for the opportunity. The thing to do well at this stage is to defend!
After Ai Luo's suggestion, the players on the Chinese team once again unified their minds and prepared to maintain the 2:1 score until the end of the first half.
Standing on the sidelines, Maradona looked at the performance of the Chinese team, which was one goal behind. Logically speaking, shouldn't the Chinese team, which is one goal behind, increase their offensive investment to equalize the score?
Why do you insist on focusing on defense when the score is behind?
unscientific...
So he turned his head and took a meaningful look at Gao Hongbo, the head coach of the Chinese team.
Messi, who is getting better and better, naturally wants to strike while the iron is hot and expand the score to two goals in the first half. Then in the second half, he can take advantage of the Chinese team's mentality of wanting to equalize the score and hit a quick counterattack, and even win a big victory at that time!
But... the Chinese team, which was one goal behind, shamelessly defended again, which made him feel quite helpless.
Messi worked very hard to accomplish what he wanted, but the Chinese team, which had no choice but to unite as one, was very tenacious and insisted on maintaining the score of 1:2 until the end of the first half.
At the same time, Lineker said worriedly: "The Chinese team was very passive even after falling behind by one goal in the first half. Then in the second half, they will definitely face a more violent attack from Argentina. Then...the Chinese team will have fewer offensive opportunities. And as the game time goes by, the Chinese team's physical fitness is also a problem..."
In the history of world football, England and Argentina are in the same situation. As a former England international, Lineker naturally hopes that the Chinese team can beat Argentina and get close to the semi-finals!
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The Chinese players who entered the locker room had a bad expression on their faces. As the assistant coach Fu Bo closed the gate, the noise from the stadium stopped abruptly, and the whole world became extremely quiet.
Head coach Gao Hongbo sighed, ignored the downcast expressions of the players, moved the tactical board to the middle, and explained to the players the changes that should be made in the second half of the game,
In Gao Hongbo's understanding, the fundamental reason why the Chinese team is absolutely passive on the field is that apart from the huge difference in overall strength, it is related to the sluggish right-wing offensive that has been shown since the group stage.
However, due to Du Wei's red card suspension and lack of central defenders, Zhao Peng, who is the only suitable central defender, cannot gain enough trust from Gao Hongbo, and only Zhang Linpeng, who has played as a central defender, is on top. As a result, Liu Jian, a midfielder who played as a right back, cannot pose enough threats to Argentina's left.
Therefore, when the team fell behind by one goal, Gao Hongbo was going to make a big move, placing Zhao Xuri, who was tall and tall but with a yellow card, in the central defender position, Zhang Linpeng returned to the right back position, and Liu Jian played back to the familiar midfielder.
In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Gao Hongbo's Great Teleportation did indeed achieve some results, but it didn't take long for problems to arise.
Liu Jian is a player in the Chinese Super League. He rarely has the opportunity to play against high-level foreign players. He could barely deal with it on the wing before, but it was not enough to throw him in the middle for overall defense.
Gao Hongbo had no choice but to replace Liu Jian with Zhao Peng, and put Zhao Xuri on the midfielder again to maintain the hardness of the midfield defense, and at the same time strengthen the restrictions on Messi.
But... Gao Hongbo soon realized the problem.
Because Argentina is not only Messi!
Other players are also the kind of players who can change the situation of the game with their personal abilities!
Less than 2 minutes after the Chinese team made substitution adjustments, Argentina expanded the score.
It happened in the 56th minute, Messi gave Di Maria to play on the right.
Of course, Messi is not fixed on the left side. He is a free frontcourt player who plays the midfielder in this game, and he can go wherever he likes.
Messi, who was 30 meters away from the Chinese goal, immediately attracted the attention of Zhao Xuri, Zheng Zhi and Wu Xi, and he sent the ball to Di Maria's forward route.
Wu Xi instinctively stretched out his foot to poke, the football changed its original trajectory, but it rolled towards Carlos Tevez at the front of the penalty area.
Tevez's exaggerated fake shot towards the football attracted Feng Xiaoting to make a blocking action, and then he angled the ball out of the outside of his right foot and shot again!
Wang Xiaolei's pupils shrank suddenly, and his body subconsciously pressed to the left to make a sideways pounce, but he was helpless because of the tricky angle of Tevez's shot, and the football stuck to the near post of the goal and went straight into the net...
(End of this chapter)