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Chapter 242: I am the main one
Host.

Brazil team.

World Cup semi-finals.

One to seven.

The news linked by these few words, even without adding any modifiers, is enough to make all other news about the World Cup fade away.

"The Germans are crazy!"

Many media said so.

Yes.

They must be crazy.

This is their home court.

Beat someone seven to one
Many people are mourning the Brazilian team.

The atmosphere in the stadium before the game was so lively.

Players from both sides finally appeared in the player tunnel.

After all, this is a Catholic country with quite religious fanaticism.

The Brazilian team is not the mortal enemy of the Germans.

The match between Italy and Argentina is about to begin.

In the Argentina dressing room.

before this.

Argentines believe that Messi will definitely not be weaker than Li Mo.

No one can deny the strength of the German team.

In anticipation.

However, Prandelli reminded their players during training: "Our opponent is Argentina, not Germany!"

In front of the bloody seven to one.

Argentina head coach Sabilia said to his players: "Guys, we now have a tough opponent. I know everyone is afraid of their forward Li Mo. But the main focus of this game is offense! "

Now no one is discussing the winning odds or anything like that.

Now the only local team in South America is Argentina.

In order to give Argentina fans more confidence.

Fans from both sides are waiting for the start of the game that will determine who can advance to the World Cup finals.

"We are going to defeat them in the most Italian way!!"

Even the Italian team was talking about this game during training.

Many Argentina are chanting "God is on Argentina's side!"

In the televised footage, a close-up of Messi appeared.

The Argentine media mentioned a record: As long as the World Cup is held in South America, the South American team must win the championship!

Prandelli is emphasizing defense.

Prandelli and the Italian players thought so in their hearts.

This also means that the game is about to begin.

The Argentines were close to the water and they created a warm enough atmosphere in the stands.

Even before the game.

"We can't give them too much space."

Argentines do believe this.

"As long as we can defend their offense, we will definitely win this game."

The media in Argentina cheered for the Argentine team.

Because Li Mo can definitely score!

Now, Brazil is eliminated.

Everyone looked at Leo Messi.

Players from both sides have finished their warm-up and returned to the locker room.

Prandelli said.

Doesn't this mean
According to this record, will Argentina win the championship?
What is destiny?

Blue and white pieces of paper were flying, and a huge pattern of the Argentine flag appeared in the stands.

Inside the Italian dressing room.

When talking about the German team, at least wait until the team defeats Argentina and enters the final.
The day after the match between Germany and Brazil.

"Messi! Leo Messi! Many people say that this is Messi's revenge battle, his revenge battle against Li Mo!"

The Argentine commentator said in an encouraging tone.

"He will definitely be full of motivation! Let's look forward to Leo Messi's performance in this game!"

Subsequently.

The camera locked on Li Mo.

The Argentine commentator's tone also became serious.

"Li Mo may be the only player in the world who can score goals better than Messi. Our defense must be alert enough to him!"

As the commentators were talking.

Players from both sides have arrived on the court.

Immediately after the completion of various pre-game ceremonies.

The players stood in their respective positions, waiting for the game to start.

"Both sides have sent all their main players to play!"

"On the Argentina side, goalkeeper Romero, center back Demichelis partnered with Garay, left back Rojo, right back Zabaleta, midfielder Biglia, Enzo, Perez, Masche Lano, the forward trident is Lavezzi, Higuain and Messi!”

“On the Italian side, goalkeeper Buffon, center back partner Chiellini and Bonucci, left back Saletta, right back Darmian, and the three defensive midfielders are De Rossi, Pirlo, and Montoli. Wo, frontcourt trident Li Mo and Verratti!”

Just as the commentator finished speaking.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game!

"Okay! The referee's whistle sounds, and the second game of the 2014 semi-finals has officially begun. Italy and Argentina will compete for the last place to advance to the finals!"

As the commentators raised their voices one after another.

Argentina took the lead in launching the offensive by taking advantage of the first kick-off!

Five minutes before the game.

It was almost an Argentina half-time siege.

In these five minutes, Argentina had four consecutive offensive opportunities.

After an attack failed, Argentina quickly regained the ball through high-intensity siege in the frontcourt.

Wave after wave of offensives were launched.

during these attacks.

Messi is undoubtedly the brightest star on the court.

Because he is the finisher in Argentina's frontcourt.

No matter how you pass the ball.

Eventually the football will come to his feet and let him complete the offense.

Of course there is a center in Argentina's lineup.

That's Higuain.

However, Higuain provided cover and ball-playing role for Messi in this game.

Messi played as a right winger in this game, using his left foot advantage to cut inside to threaten Italy's goal.

Higuain is actually a center who is very capable of scoring goals.

But no way.

Who made his teammate Messi?

Because Messi is really good at scoring goals.

Logically speaking, Messi should be the center by himself, right?

He has also played center.

Guardiola once asked Messi to stand in the middle.

But that's not the way a center plays, but the way a shadow forward plays.

In fact, this is right.

Although Messi's physical confrontation ability is not weak, at least in the jungle of defenders who are mostly muscular sticks.

Messi's physical confrontation ability is really not the best in football.

Being drowned in the jungle of muscle sticks will only make Messi lose the advantages brought by his flexibility, skills and speed.

Get the ball outside the opponent's defense zone, and then use your personal ability or cooperation with teammates to advance and tear apart the opponent's defense.

This is what Messi is good at.

In addition, Argentina's tactic in this game is to attack!
Use powerful offense to score goals.

Although Di Maria, another top star of the team, is injured, Argentina still has Lavezzi who can step up.

Plus.

Also sitting on the bench is Aguero - Aguero, who scored 27 league goals in the Premier League last season, can only play as a substitute in this Argentine team, which shows how luxurious Argentina's striker is. .

Compared to their forward line.

Argentina's defense and midfield look a bit mediocre - of course, this mediocrity is compared to their forwards.

Put it all over the world.

Argentina's midfield and backfield are actually top-notch.

It's just not as dazzling as their striker.

and so.

It is not unusual for Savilia to develop attacking tactics against Italy.

Prandelli didn't need to think too hard to guess it.

But what he didn't expect was that
Argentina's offensive.

It can be so violent!

This made Prandelli frown a little.

He came to the sidelines.

His face looked a little solemn.

"Messi! Messi! Messi!!"

In the commentary box, countless commentators were shouting Messi's name.

Messi gets the ball on the right wing.

He continued to cooperate with his teammates against the wall, and finally cut in when facing Montolivo, although Montolivo got a hand. But failed to pull Messi over.

Messi's bottom line is still very stable.

He staggered two steps and quickly adjusted his center of gravity - his sense of balance was also quite strong.

In fact.

Many people think Messi is very skilled but not physically fit.

This is a kind of image flow.

Messi's absolute strength is not too strong.

But in other aspects, he is absolutely top-notch.

His physical talents are also quite powerful, especially his cadence and balance bar, which are enough to rank among the top talents in history. It is worth mentioning that.

Many fans believe that physical fitness is achieved through training, while technique is talent.

But the reality is exactly the opposite.

Training with the intensity of professional players.

They can quickly reach the upper limit of their physical fitness, but their skills can continue to improve through continuous training.

This also means.

Physical talent is a real talent, the kind of talent that has an obvious ceiling no matter how hard you work, and for some people, this ceiling is very high.

On the field.

If you are not as strong as others, you cannot resist.

If you are not as fast as others, if you can't catch up, you won't be able to catch up.

If your reaction is not as good as others, if you can't grab it, you won't be able to grab it.
Such talent.

Often in the top arena, it is the key to determine whether a player can stand in the professional arena.

And Messi.

Although he is not tall, there is no doubt that his physical talent is very strong.

Just like it is now.

After being pulled by Montolivo, he regained his balance after only stumbling slightly - on the other hand, Montolivo himself was still stumbling.

The staggering Montolivo waited and looked at Messi in horror who had already cut the ball in!
"Messi is coming in!!"

"Messi. Shoot!!!!!!"

The whole stadium suddenly became quiet at this moment.

The Italian fans watched in horror as his left foot scooped the ball toward the goal.

It was Messi who completed the shot. The place where he completed the shot was at the point called [Messi Corridor].

All Italian fans felt as if their hearts had stopped beating at this moment.

The Argentinian fans were holding their breath, fearing that their voices would scare the football flying towards the goal.

The Italian players also looked horrified.

The football drew an arc in the Italian penalty area and flew towards the goal.

Buffon is very focused.

When Messi shot, his footsteps began to move towards his near corner.

After Messi finished his shot, he jumped in! !

Facing the incoming ball, he flicked the ball with his fingertips, and the football changed slightly!
That's it.

Saved Italy!

The football hit the post with a thud and bounced off the baseline.
"Ahhh! The post! The post rejected Messi's shot!!"

"Buffon! Buffon saved Italy!!"

The commentators in the commentary box all exclaimed.

The Argentinian let out a regretful intake of breath.

All over Buenos Aires.

The whole city lamented the goal that hit the post.

Messi held his head in his hands and appeared in a close-up of the TV broadcast.

Sorry though.

But whether it's Argentina's players or fans, or their media personnel.

At this time, everyone was full of confidence in this game.

because
This seems to be a good start for Argentina
And this time.

The Italian defense players began to communicate with each other, and they were reviewing the mistakes of this defense.

The team did not panic because of this ball.

The Argentine team was inspired by this attack, pressed forward heavily, and launched a very fierce offensive.

Five minutes into the game.

Argentina attacked hard but failed to score.

The Italian defensive players were quite focused after receiving the warning from Messi's shot.

In addition, Italy has a three-midfielder formation.

In this case, Italy's defense is of high quality and they cannot easily concede the ball.

Although Messi takes the ball and attacks a lot.

But there is no special defense against Messi on the Italian side.

Instead, it maintains the integrity of an overall defensive system. The advantage of this is that it can avoid being led by Messi alone to mess up the defense.

Of course, this also involves certain risks, and no defense can be foolproof.

However, Messi has not had enough chances to score in these five minutes.

Just when Argentina was ready to regroup and continue their attack.

Italy finally started their first offensive attack of the game.

Originally, Argentina planned to slow down the pace first, take a breath, adjust the state, and restart the offensive.

However, Italy did not give them a chance.

Of course Italy knows that Argentina's offense is very powerful.

They will not give Argentina a chance to readjust their offensive form.

When Argentina tried to slow down and reorganize, Italy immediately seized the gap and pressed forward.

In the frontcourt, Li Mo received the pass with his back.

He protected the ball firmly.

Biglia behind him couldn't even shake Li Mo.

Li Mo was waiting for his teammates to rush forward, and then he passed the ball.

He gave the ball to Verratti who came up to receive the ball.

Verratti faced the defense of Argentina left back Rojo.

He didn't push through.

It's not that I'm worried that I won't be able to get through, but it's just a waste of time.
When you get through, even passing Rojo is meaningless, because it will give Argentina time to reorganize its defensive formation.

So he simply stopped the ball.

Then he looked at the penalty area and made an extraordinary fake move. After deceiving Rojo, he swayed and immediately connected with the pass with his right foot!

The football drew an arc and flew towards the penalty area!

The distance of this cross is too long, so Verratti passes the ball very quickly.

Use the inside of your foot to rub the football up with a strong spin.

Coupled with the ball speed brought by the rapid swing of the calf.

The speed of football is almost the same as that of an ordinary arcing free kick.

If it is passed to another player.

This ball speed is obviously difficult to handle.

But Verratti and the Italian players all know it.

If you give Li Mo such a ball, you don't have to worry about it being difficult for Li Mo to handle - if it's difficult for Li Mo to handle the ball, it will be even more difficult for the defensive players!

"Verratti crosses! Li Mo!!!"

as the commentators exclaimed.

Argentina fans' hearts were in their throats.

Everyone knows.

Li Mo's header is so good.

Therefore, when Argentina fans saw Li Mo jumping high in the penalty area, they couldn't help but scream.
From the bottom of their hearts they are afraid of this situation.

Demichelis is fighting against Li Mo.

He leaned his whole body against Li Mo, hoping to interfere with Li Mo's shot in this way.

He did succeed this time.

Under the interference of Demichelis.

This time, although Li Mo hit the ball, he missed it slightly.

Of course Demichelis knew how powerful Li Mo was.

Moreover, during this period, Argentina's focus was on how to defend Li Mo. In order to contain Li Mo, Demichelis watched a lot of Li Mo's game videos.

If it were a head-on confrontation, he would have no confidence at all.

Therefore, Demichelis could only rely on such small actions.

This is also a strategy.

After all, heading is an all-round competition.

Body, bounce, landing point judgment, accuracy of heading the ball, etc.

Indispensable.

Therefore, it is usually difficult to see players who consistently score with headers in amateur competitions.

Because heading the ball is actually very difficult.

Especially heading the ball towards goal.

A little disturbing
Can't head the ball comfortably.

It's easy to be too high or too high, or even just hit the ball from the top.

This success gave Demichelis some relief.

But he didn't show it.

keep cool.

Neither arrogant nor impetuous.

It is the quality of an excellent defender,
The success of this kind of defense once or twice is nothing.

The key is whether it can last a whole game.

This attack ended with Li Mo's header.

But then Italy quickly grabbed the ball and organized another attack.

Although Italy has formulated guidelines for defensive counterattacks.

But their defense is not a passive defense that retreats into its own half.

But active defense.

Aggressive forward pressure.

When the Argentinian midfielders get the ball, give them full pressure!

This is different from setting up a bus.

This defense is very aggressive.

And once the ball is intercepted in the frontcourt.

Italy will complete the attack soon!
Both sides have adopted their own game strategies!
It's all about me.

This game just started not long ago.

Both sides come and go.

The fight was quite lively.

(End of this chapter)