Golden Greenery

Football king Maradona once criticized Messi for not opening his mouth to sing the national anthem before the game started. This is really not an injustice to the boss. However, the reasons for this are more complicated.

At the beginning, the Argentine team didn't sing the national anthem, and Lao Ma didn't sing either. It wasn't because they disliked it, but because they couldn't open their mouths.

The national anthems of various countries around the world vary in length. The longest Greek national anthem, "Ode to Freedom," takes 55 minutes to perform in its entirety. However, the national anthems of some Middle Eastern countries are generally very short, generally no more than 30 seconds, and are like shouting a few slogans.

The national anthems of both sides are played before the start of an international match. You can't just follow your temper. If it's short, it's easy to talk. But if it's long, who will accompany you? Then I met a wise man like Li Hongzhang when he visited Europe. He took the opportunity to replace the non-existent Qing national anthem with a hometown drama. Good guy, the whole book lasted two hours and had to kill several people in the stands.

Therefore, FIFA stipulates that the national anthem should not be played for more than 90 seconds before the game. Once the time is up, it will be played as long as it lasts.

The standard duration of China's "March of the Volunteers" is 46 seconds, which is very appropriate. Zhuo Yang always sings it with great enthusiasm. However, due to tradition in Latin American countries, the national anthem is usually 4 or 5 minutes long, and obviously cannot be played in its entirety. These countries are quite easy-going and will sing as long as they want, just half a sentence. There are also Brazilian fans who will continue to sing for the remaining three minutes after the music stops.

Spain doesn't have this problem. Their national anthem "Royal March" has no lyrics. You can just stand and listen to it, which also avoids the embarrassment of Catalan and Basque players being reluctant to open their mouths.

Argentina's national anthem has encountered some problems. "March of the Fatherland" is nearly four minutes long. The weird thing is that the prelude alone is 81 seconds long. The remaining 9 seconds of lyrics are not sung if you want everyone to sing them? As soon as she opened her mouth, she finished again.

So Argentinian fans basically rely on roaring and filling out their national anthem with ‘oh oh oh’. There are also players who are creative and bring the lyrics from the back of the unplayed part to the front to sing. This is the case with Maradona, he is very Argentinian. But not everyone is like this, and there are no traditions or rules about it.

Now in the Argentine national team, some people will sing from the back like Lao Ma, some people will say "oh oh oh", and most of them will keep their mouths shut. As for Messi specifically, he didn't know how to sing the national anthem at all from the beginning. For a person who went to Spain at the age of eight, he has lost his hometown accent and speaks Catalan dialect. How can you expect him to be able to sing it and never learned it? "March of the Motherland".

After officially becoming the captain of the Argentine national team three years ago, boss Mei also felt that he should learn it. It seemed inappropriate not to sing. But before he could learn it, Maradona jumped out and criticized him. This time, Mei The boss is angry.

I don’t want to learn anymore! The ultimate rebellious syndrome of naughty children.

The polo king means, even if you say "oh oh oh\

,"But the frustrated Boss Mei simply didn't even say "oh, oh, oh" and kept his mouth shut like a chaste martyr from then on. In fact, most players in Argentina keep their mouths shut, but to catch the thief first, who makes boss Mei have a big goal?

So during the national anthem before today's game, the contrast was very obvious and very interesting.

The idiots of the Chinese team, headed by Zhuo Yang, bulging the veins on their foreheads, sang as loudly as they could, roaring the "March of the Volunteers" to the heart of their hearts content. Together with the 20,000 China Expedition fans and overseas Chinese in the Mineiro Stadium, China The chorus of the national anthem was so majestic that it almost lifted the ceiling.

When the song ended, everyone was obviously still unfinished.

It’s Argentina’s turn, with only a few scattered ‘oohs’, some fishy ‘ums, ums’, and even the fanciful ‘whew’s’. The song doesn't make the song, the tune doesn't make the tune. Boss Mei and the others were all silent. Brother Ma wanted to sing, but felt that he would be rude by himself, so he just went with the flow.

After all, the disbandment speed of the Argentine players obviously cannot wait. Maradona in the stands was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched, but Zanetti's expression not far from him was not strange.

Historically, the Chinese team has maintained a complete victory record against Argentina!

You heard it right, it was indeed a complete victory.

Exactly thirty years ago, in the 1984 Nehru Gold Cup in India, the Chinese team met Argentina. Although the Argentina team at that time was missing Maradona and Passarella, all other main players were present, including Buruchaga, Ruggieri, Valdano and other stars.

In the 86th minute, Guangdong star Zhao Dayu scored a goal, and the Chinese team defeated Argentina 1:0. This is the only confrontation between the Chinese team and Argentina so far, so there is nothing wrong with a complete victory.

One year after this game, the Chinese team suffered a tragedy on May 19 in the World Cup preliminaries and missed the World Cup in Mexico. Another year later, Maradona led the Argentine team to win the World Cup.

Such a joke was definitely going to be picked up by the media before the game. Many people, including Zhuo Yang and Messi, only then knew that their seniors had such a thing.

Who takes this kind of thing thirty years ago seriously?

When interviewed by the media, Maradona, who always has a bad mouth, did not hide his ridicule: "That game was too far away, as far away as my first kiss, and I didn't participate. But football is always like this, it often happens. There will be some surprises, 1:0 is not surprising at all. But 8:0 is unusual, it's almost not like a football score."

Exclusive slap in the face for the football king.

There are not many people in the football circle on earth who dare to openly criticize the king of football, so Messi can only do it secretly and always be respectful. But Zhuoyang is an exception. Don't say you are the king of football. Even if the king of the earth dares to provoke me, you have to think about the consequences.

"Argentine football has always been at the level of a world champion, thirty years ago. If Argentina can win the championship this year, I will not be surprised at all. I am very familiar with Argentina's players, and they have players in almost every position. The best. In fact, the players are all first-class. Four years ago, Argentina was quite capable of winning the championship. What a great opportunity, tsk tsk~"

Four years ago in South Africa, the polo king was still the head coach of the Argentine national team. In the quarterfinals, he was beaten 4-0 by Germany. The polo king almost died on the spot in Cape Town.

If you hit me in the face, I will expose your shortcomings. Come on, let's hurt each other!

Maradona obviously wanted to eliminate someone by saying this. He and Zhuoyang had an old grudge because of a pee, but it also represented the general psychology of Argentines in a certain way.

Argentina is naturally a team on the same level as Brazil. Brazil beat the Chinese team by 8. Even if Zhuo Yang did not play, let's make a half-measure. It should be reasonable for Argentina to win by 4 against the Chinese team today, right?

In fact, fans and media are blind. Only those who have played face-to-face with Zhuo Yang on the court will know best. Messi said: "You never know what Zhuo Yang will do on the court. The Chinese team with Zhuo Yang will be Argentina's most difficult opponent in the group stage."

As boss May wished, Serbian referee Milorad Mazic blew the whistle to start the game.

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