Godfather of national football

Chapter 546 Fighting Argentina ([-])

When the Argentine national anthem sounded, Messi just watched quietly. At this time, the club king's thoughts returned to the distant past.

That was the era of Maradona. In 1986, when Maradona led the team to win the World Cup, the old horse waved the blue and white Argentina jersey in the locker room, shouting with tears in his eyes: "Argentina, Argentina, Argentina."

"Argentina, Argentina, Argentina," Messi said silently in his heart. At this time, he had no entanglement with the fans in his heart. The only thing he wanted was to win a trophy. After all, as a professional player, the trophy is the most important thing, and it can prove everything.

Some people say that Messi is better than Maradona no longer needs to prove, but Messi knows that he still lacks the honor of a national team.

After the national anthem was played, Messi returned to reality, the game is about to start, and Argentina's journey is about to begin.

"Hi everyone, netizens, what we bring to you is the semi-final of the America's Cup held at the NRG Stadium in Houston, the match between the Chinese team and Argentina."

"Let's ask my partner to introduce the starting lineups of both sides."

"Okay, let's introduce the Chinese team first. The Chinese team is not with Zhou Dun in this game. Everyone is very concerned about the starting situation of the Chinese team."

Goalkeeper - Wang Dalei
Defense line - Mu Fei, Zhou Dun, Yin Di, Geng Chong
Back midfielder - Fang Suo, Micro Motion Wing
Avant-garde line - Lin Zhijian, Liao Lisheng, Qu Bo

Forward - Chen Gelin
"And then Argentina,"

Goalkeeper - Romero
Defenders - Rojo, Mori, Otamendi, Mercado

Midfielders - Banega, Mascherano, Biglia

Forwards - Di Maria, Higuain, Messi

Liu Jianhong took up the conversation, "Argentina's 433-433-[-] formation is the same as in previous games. Whether Martino is in Barcelona or Argentina, he is [-]-[-]-[-]."

"Di Maria, Higuain, Messi, this combination is a bit scary. The previous firepower was intended to be strong," Li Zibing said.

"Yes, especially the Chinese team lost Zhou Dun."

"Okay, the game is about to start, let's watch the game."

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At the beginning of the game, the Argentine offensive team set their sights on Micro Motion. In front of these battle-tested Argentine generals, Micro Motion was like a piece of fresh meat. In fact, before the game, Martino had always estimated that the Chinese team would send Zheng Zhi. Unexpectedly, Li Guo really dared to play, and he actually sent the teenager Micro Motion.

Banega dribbled the ball straight at Micro Motion, as if Micro Motion didn't exist. The young man was very calm, remembering what Zhou Dun taught him, don't rush, don't grab, stick to it.

Banega was going to go straight, but he was pushed to the side by Micro Motion.

"This kid's defense doesn't look that weak," Banega thought to himself. When he reached the wing, Banega entered a dead end and could only pass back with one kick.

The old and cunning Martino saw that the Chinese team was not easy to beat, especially the rookie who didn't look very good.

Martino shouted at Banega: "Don't think so simple, the opponent is not so easy to deal with."

Banega didn't dare to be too big, and accelerated the pace of passing the ball. The ball was passed to Mascherano, who gave the ball to Messi.

Seeing Higuain, Messi kicked a pass. Someone from the Chinese team blocked it. The Argentine player raised his hand to complain to the referee.

The referee has already received the news from the headset that Fang Suo handballed. Originally, the referee didn't want to play a card at the beginning of the game, but intentional handball is the kind that requires a yellow card.

Fang Suo also knew that the ball could not go away, it was 100% a yellow card, and he was very annoyed. Li Guo also looked helpless. Fang Suo is the more important of the two midfielders, and now he has a yellow card in 5 minutes, so how can he play?
Li Guo feels that Argentina is stronger now than it was in Maradona's time. Not only are there many ways to attack, but more importantly, the speed of advancement is extremely fast.

The Chinese team has been suppressed in the 30-meter area of ​​their own side, the defensive pressure is very high, and there is no ability to counterattack at all for the time being.

Argentina's ball was passed back and forth, and finally reached Messi's feet. Mu Fei didn't pounce, but just followed. From the corner of his eye, he aimed at Fang Suo. To defend Messi, two people had to defend. Soon Fang Suo moved over, and Messi changed his speed and cut across at the moment Fang Suo and Mu Fei closed the door, and cut through the middle of the two.

Fang Suo didn't dare to stretch his legs. He already had a yellow card on his body and was broken through on the right. Other Argentine players quickly stepped in. Messi made a low pass. Li Heng and Yin Di kept a close eye on Higuain.

But this time he did not choose to stop the ball, but let the ball pass. In this way, Higuain alone attracted the defense of the Chinese team, but he still did not get the ball.

The ball rolled to the back point, Angel Di Maria took the ball, Geng Chong rushed to the ball in a hurry, and was smashed by Di Maria.

There was only Wang Dalei in front of the goal. Dalei attacked quickly, stretched his body fully, and blocked Di Maria's shooting angle as much as possible.

"Stop it, Dalei," Li Guo said silently in his heart.

But Di Maria was surprisingly calm. When he saw Wang Dalei rushing towards him desperately, he immediately chose to dribble instead of shooting.

Di Maria dunked the ball and evaded Wang Dalei. Dalei knew it was bad. He made a desperate save just to block the first shot.

After dunking Wang Dalei, Di Maria calmly pushed the empty goal and the goal scored! !
In 15 minutes, Di Maria scored and Argentina broke the deadlock.

In fact, Liu Jianhong and Li Zibing also expected that Argentina would score first, because the Chinese team was really too passive after the opening, and they couldn't even hold the ball in midfield, but when the goal really happened, the two still felt very uncomfortable.

The Argentine players were celebrating, and the Chinese players were a little bit disappointed. Li Guo stood up and clapped his hands desperately.

"Give me a high, give me a high."

Zhou Dun was not there, and Chen Gelin, who was wearing the captain's armband, assumed the role of leader. He ran back to motivate his teammates.

"It's okay, it's just a goal. Besides, it's pretty good that we reached the semi-finals. No matter what, even if it's a curtain call, we have to leave with our heads held high."

"Yes," the youngest Gao Zhunyi was the first to respond. Fang Suo saw that the juniors were so strong, so he had nothing to say.

"Okay, everyone raise their heads and pass the ball to Chen Gelin when there is a chance. Without a counterattack, it is impossible for us to win."

Everyone nodded.

Although the goal was scored by Di Maria, all three goals contributed to the goal, so the three hugged together to celebrate.

The Chinese team has already prepared in the midfield and will try to control the ball after the kick-off.

(End of this chapter)