Golden Greenery

? Buying lottery tickets is a humble and stubborn effort, a humble expectation for life.

Not winning the lottery is not something to be sad about, but being just one number away from the jackpot is very sad.

What if there is only one number missing three times in a row? I'm afraid this is not sadness, but the tragedy of life.

It's hard to say whether Messi is a tragedy, because he led Argentina to the finals of major competitions for three consecutive years, but missed the championship three times.

In the 2014 Brazil World Cup final, Argentina was defeated by Gotze in overtime. Messi became the background of the resurgent German football that year. In the 2015 Copa America, Argentina was defeated by the host Chile on penalties in the final. During the entire tournament, Boss Mei only scored one penalty in the first game of the group stage. It looked so boring.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Copa America, and Messi drags his Argentina to meet Chile again in the final.

Different year, different location, different record, same final, same opponent, same result.

As a lifelong enemy, Ronaldo burst into tears after being kissed by a butterfly. Messi forced himself back to the locker room before starting to cry. Cristiano Ronaldo has reached heights that his predecessors have never reached, and Messi is still catching up with Maradona.

Everyone thinks Messi is just a child, but this year he has already passed 11 opponents in two distances and shot through the damn goal. However, his average running distance per game has dropped from 8000+ meters two years ago to 7500.

It's difficult for Messi, but which man in the world doesn't have a difficult life? It hurts to miss the championship three times, but there are countless men who have bought lottery tickets for a lifetime and can still smile happily after winning five dollars.

Messi is not difficult, he is just not always the luckiest one.

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The Centennial America's Cup is a playoff of extraordinary significance, just like the 2008 Golden Chopin Competition in the classical piano world.

The previous America's Cup should have been appropriately called the South America's Cup, but this year's America's Cup truly deserves its name. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean have all joined in. When the number of participating teams in the finals reached 1, it was also replaced by the United States outside of South America.

There are powerful people in South America, with two doors in Ba and A. Chile is not a weakling in South America, but the impression they give to the world is almost the same as Portugal's impression in Europe, and they are far behind the traditional powers.

Chile also lacks top first-line stars. Sanchez should be considered one now. Fans say he is Arsenal's thigh. Vidal is also very strong, but if you insist on saying that he is a superstar, I am afraid many people will be dissatisfied.

Apart from the two of them, the only one who can be recognized in the mainstream world is Claudio Bravo, Barcelona's backup goalkeeper and good at taking penalty kicks.

But such a very civilian Chilean team has shattered the dream of the star-studded Argentina for two consecutive years, and twice stepped on the crying Argentina to become the South American king. Such a Chile has made handsome Messi grow a big beard and cover up the melancholy on his face with a sense of vicissitudes of life.

Chile, like Portugal, is both a realist team and a pragmatist team. They are actually more European than Brazil and Argentina now.

Argentina and Chile were separated in the group stage, and they met in the first round. Messi watched the game, but Argentina won 2:1, with Angel Di and Banega assisting each other.

After that, the two teams divided into two groups, each eating hot pot and singing songs, and there was no more generals under their command.

Chile defeated Mexico 7:0 in the quarterfinals.

Winning is like a match-fixing. Vargas scored four goals to establish the top scorer advantage.

Argentina defeated the host United States 4:0 in the semifinals. To be honest, Argentina was not very lucky, otherwise the score should have doubled.

Argentina had nearly 70% of the ball possession in the game. Americans who watched this game were embarrassed for them.

But the most embarrassing thing this year is not the Americans, but the Brazilians.

In the World Cup on home soil the year before last, Brazil was almost defeated by Germany 7:1. This wound was enough for them to lick for a generation.

Last year's Copa America, Brazil barely qualified from the group, only to be kicked home by Paraguay. The Brazilian said: We are still in the wound healing period, you wait.

By this year, the Brazilian felt that his injury was healed. The weather had cleared up and the rain had stopped, and he felt that he could do well again.

In fact, it's all the fault of the America's Cup being held in the United States. If it were held in Brazil, they might actually be able to do it.

One month after the America's Cup ends, the Brazilian Olympic Games will begin. The Olympic men's football gold medal is something that Brazil, the football kingdom, has not yet touched. Therefore, after wrangling, Brazil's number one star Neymar was absent from this Copa America and was only used as an overage player to concentrate on preparing for the Olympics.

In fact, from the America's Cup final to the first game of the Olympic men's football team, there are still three things to be careful about, and it is absolutely possible to do both without delay. Chelsea Willian and Paris Saint-Germain Marquinhos will rush to the game one after another.

So, Brazilians, are you really good?

no! Brazil didn't even qualify for the group stage in the United States. In addition to treating Haiti as Germany, they gritted their teeth and played 7:1. Brazil drew with Ecuador and lost to Peru 0:1. In the top 14 of the European Cup, the third place in the group has no chance.

In fact, Neymar is lucky. In the World Cup the year before last, he missed Germany 1:7 and Netherlands 0:3 due to injury. Now that the Brazilian team has fallen into the group stage, he is waiting to serve in the Olympics again. Of course, they will say that Brazil's two disastrous defeats were due to Neymar's absence.

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Messi probably looks down on Brazilians, except Ronaldinho.

His Argentina entered the final with unstoppable momentum, winning all five games, scoring 18 goals and conceding only two. Five of the 18 goals were Messi's. The contrast between Messi and Ronaldo, Argentina and Portugal is really strong this year.

Portuguese champion. With 5 wins and 1 draw, Argentina could not escape the fate of runner-up.

In the final at the Metropolitan Stadium in New York, Argentina and Chile played with great intensity. In the first half, Rojo and Marcelo Dias were sent off respectively. After 120 minutes, the score was still 0:0, and Messi chewed his fingernails for a while.

Chilean goalkeeper Bravo and Messi are Barcelona teammates. He did not embarrass Messi, but Messi, who was the first to appear, kicked the penalty kick himself. Bravo only saved Biglia in the fourth. .

In last year's final, Bravo let go of Boss May, but saved Higuain and Banega. On the other hand, Argentine goalkeeper Romero, Vidal kicked one away in the two-year finals, and Romero failed to defend the other eight.

Messi, in his best years, in Argentina's best years, lost the title three years in a row.

A champion is like a lover. If you turn around and miss it, you may miss it for the rest of your life.

There were three true loves placed in front of Messi...

Messi is not difficult, he is just not always the luckiest.

Messi was furious after crying in the dressing room. He may be angry that he missed out on 'love' three times in a row, angry that he kept missing out on the best years.

Angry Messi announced his retirement from the national team: I will not come back, everything is over.

Messi may feel sorry that he did not gain the maximum value in the best three years, but he forgot that there was a man who also lost 14 months in the best years, but that man did not complain or be angry, only The ambition to start over.

That man was full of hope and love for his future life. A few months after Messi quit the national team, he came back, and then two years later he quit again and came back.

Four years later, Messi also said he would quit Barcelona.

And that man, even if he broke through life and death, he never said he would quit.