Football: The strongest post-zero generation

"Goooooooooooooooal——"

Accompanied by the iconic long voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, the England fans in the audience once again raised their arms in excitement, venting the emotional explosion caused by the expanded score.

The huge shouts like a tsunami perfectly set off the disappointment of the Argentine fans, and every fan looked like they were lost.

The Argentinian players on the field were not much better. They all had frowns and extremely solemn expressions.

The broadcast screen gave Messi a close-up shot of his face. From his unyielding expression, we can see a microcosm of Argentina's offense, which is very weak but helpless.

England's defense is not particularly good, but the overall defense is very good. Coupled with running without hesitation, his teammates can't find a chance at all.

If his teammates were Barcelona teammates, he would have absolute confidence to help the national team equalize the score or even take the lead.

Unfortunately, his teammates are not Barcelona teammates.

Mascherano, his former Barcelona teammate, was only a defensive midfielder and could not solve the offensive problem at all.

Aguero has a keen sense of smell in front of the goal, but unfortunately he is unable to deliver a scalpel-like accurate pass. Di Maria's status continues to decline with the transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Lo Celso's ability is quite good. The key is to give people the best performance in this game. A feeling of being unable to let go is equivalent to saying that the burden of Argentina's offense rests entirely on Messi's shoulders.

Li Qing, who scored the goal, still had the same helpless expression, wanting to be punched by others, but the Argentine players had no way to fight back because they had the capital to be arrogant.

There was not much time left in the first half. England head coach Southgate waved his hand to signal the players to take a defensive counterattack, handing over the initiative to Argentina who continued to score goals. Only Li Qing was left in the frontcourt as a counterattack point.

Angel, the Argentinian national sports commentator, rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Gareth Southgate's tactics are really rogue. Don't you dare to confront our national team with real swords and guns?" ?”

If Southgate could hear Angel's explanation, he would definitely spread his hands and say: If there is a Li in your country, he can be as hooligan as me!

Argentina, which did not have Li Qing and only had Messi, played more carefully. In order to avoid Li Qing's efficient counterattack, passing and receiving were basically cross passes and back passes, so the scoreboard showed that until the end of the first half The score did not change.

"The first half is over! England leads Argentina 3:1 at the Spartak Arena thanks to Chinese-Chinese Li Qing's brace!"

Irmatov's whistle sounded, and the commentator of China Channel 5 shouted: "Argentina is two goals behind. Li Qing will have many opportunities in the second half. By then, he can surpass Pele and become the youngest hat trick in the history of the World Cup." Players!”

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The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly. Players from both sides returned to the court one after another. The on-site director showed a scene on the sidelines. He Wei, the commentator of China Channel 5, said in a deep voice: "The young player Pavin is standing on the sidelines. Argentina is ready to make a decision." The first adjustment in the game, who is being replaced?”

At this point, when he saw the number [5] displayed in red, his voice rose twice: "Sampaoli used Pavin to replace the midfielder Biglia. Is he preparing to pull Lo Celso to the midfielder position? "

"The possibility is very high. Lo Celso can attack well and defend well, and there is no problem in defending late. Messi moves to the center and plays the tenth position. Pavin plays the right wing. It seems that Sampaoli has some ideas and wants to use it. The breakthrough ability of both wings creates opportunities.”

Commentator Xu Yang immediately expressed his concerns: "Both Di Maria and Pavin have good breakthrough abilities. But there is a lack of a center in the penalty area who can compete for the top. Aguero is very capable, but his dominance in the penalty area is not as good as that of 'Little Smoking 'Higuain."

The second half of the game started with discussions between He Wei and Xu Yang. Argentina, which had a kick-off advantage, played very directly. After the formation spread out, it was directly given to Pavin on the right.

Ashley Young has rich experience in the game and will not take advantage of Pavin's fake moves at all. Coupled with Henderson's defense, he has many defensive methods against the 21-year-old Pavin, which makes it difficult for him who has not experienced Europe. Pavin, who was baptized by high-level football, had no choice.

Pavin failed to bring pressure to the left side of England's defense. Messi, who was organizing the attack, had to hand the football to Di Maria to see if he could open a gap on the left side of the attack.

Compared with the experienced Ashley Young, Alexander-Arnold is still relatively immature, but Southgate was more thoughtful before the game. Dell and Kyle Walker made up the defense in a very timely manner and did not give Di Maria a good chance to break through.

In the end, Argentina's offense still has to be completed by Messi himself.

However, Messi lacked space to break through with the ball. Instead, England's offense turned into a solid counterattack and played vigorously.

For this reason, Argentina had three defensive players receive yellow cards within ten minutes of the second half.

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the on-site director gave Sampaoli a close-up shot of his face. Fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see that his murderous face was very depressed, and he obviously didn't know what to do next. Adjustment.

The forward line brought by the full-scale attack is unacceptable to the team's current situation. Once England scores another goal, the game will definitely be lost!

However, maintaining the offense while taking the defense into consideration seems to be a lack of three-dimensional offense and cannot provide sufficient support to the frontcourt players.

Headache!

In the 58th minute of the game, England made substitution adjustments. Veteran Milner replaced Dier, who received a yellow card for defending Messi.

Minutes pass very quickly in high-level competitions. Twenty minutes into the second half, Sampaoli saw that the team's offense had not yet taken effect, so he prepared to replace Di Maria, who was not very effective, with Higuain. Increase the competition for high points in the penalty area, so he stood in front of the coach's bench and patiently explained the tactics to Higuain.

At this moment, the referee Irmatov's whistle sounded, followed by a burst of shouts: "aoaooaoaoooooo——"

Sampaoli's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked up, he saw Harry Kane falling in front of the top of the penalty area. The referee Irmatov ruthlessly gave Otamendi a yellow card, and he suddenly realized The situation is quite bad.

Not to mention that the location of the foul is very subtle. Otamendi received a yellow card, which means that except the right back Salvio did not receive a yellow card, all defensive players are now carrying yellow cards...

There are still more than twenty minutes in the game, and I don’t know if the defensive players can hold on.

The team fell behind by two goals, and replacing different offensive players was the main theme.

Immediately, his eyes were attracted by England's No. 10 player, and the uneasiness in his heart instantly swept through his body.

At the same time, China Channel 5 commentator He Wei's voice rose an octave: "This position is very suitable for Li Qinglai to take the penalty. Will he contribute his third goal in the game? Will he once again surpass the world champion Pele and become the World Cup's best player?" A young hat-trick player?"