Chapter 4 Decisive Battle
In the high and cloudy Pampas grassland and the enthusiastic tango, this is the most direct impression given to fans in distant Argentina. The culture here has bred Argentine players with distinct personalities and wild and unrestrained Argentine players. From Kempes and Canigia to Redando and Batistuta, fans can see from them A wild beauty, they seem to have a kind of elegance of the wind, the lightness of the wind, the wildness of the wind, and their long hair is their symbol. Watching Argentine players play football is like galloping on the Pampas grassland, with long hair moving with the wind, unrestrained and unrestrained, which is exactly the Argentine football style.
Since the day of the birth of modern football, Argentina has been regarded as a country full of football geniuses, from Maradona to Batistuta to Messi, contributing one talented player after another to world football.
Argentine players have delicate skills, flexible passes and tacit cooperation. They can often play beautiful balls on the court, so they are very favored by fans.
The biggest feature of Argentine football is that it pays attention to short pass cooperation and ball control. It is a typical "small fast spirit" by breaking through the blockade in a small area. In the past decade, due to more and more integration with European football, the speed of Argentine football has gradually increased, which is a relatively rhythm among the strong in South America. Fast team.
In the history of Argentine football, they have won the World Cup twice, and the champion of the America is second only to Brazil. At the Olympic Games, Argentine football has also left a very deep impression on people.
In history, the Argentine football team has participated in the Olympic Games six times, four of which reached the finals. In 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games and 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Argentina lost to Uruguay and Nigeria and became the second place. In the football final of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Argentina defeated Paraguay 1-0 and won the Olympic gold medal for the first time in history.
The success of the Athens Olympic Games has injected great confidence into the Argentine Olympic team. In order to prepare for the Beijing Olympic Games, Batista, the head coach, took the Argentine U20 World Youth Championship lineup as the team, and summoned a group of stars such as Messi and Riquelme to form a strong team.
Most of the players of this Argentine Olympic team play in the top leagues in Europe and Argentina, with stars such as Messi, Riquelme, Aguero and Gargo.
However, head coach Batista said that if the Argentine Olympic team wants to win the Olympic gold medal, it should not only rely on the personal ability of the stars, but also learn from the successful experience of the Athens Olympic Games and compete with other world's strong teams as a whole.
"Yes, we have a group of players with outstanding personal ability, but Argentina should not rely on individuals to compete for gold medals. Football is a collective sport, and the most important thing is that we need to form a combative whole."
Now their goal is to win the gold medal one by one and successfully defend their title at the Olympic Games.
North. At 12:00 on August 23rd, Beijing time, the 29th North. The men's football final of the Beijing Olympic Games will be officially launched in the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium.
In this game, Argentina used the semi-final lineup, with goalkeeper Romero, four defenders Savaleta, Parella, Garet and Monson, midfield Mascherano, Gago as the midfielder, Messi and Di Maria division two wings, captain Riquelme as the attacking midfield, and Aguero on the forward line.
Belgium's main lineup is still the same as the previous game. The goalkeeper Baili, and the defensive line is in parallel positions of Villemaren, Villetongen, Compani and Poconioli. In the midfield, Fellaini and Na England serve as midfielders, Martens and Demoor have two wings, and Degan partner Miralas on the forward line.
In just three minutes, Argentina almost took the lead. Messi broke through the ball in the middle. Aguero broke into the right side of the penalty area and fell to the ground under the pressure of Poconioli. Although Aguero raised his hand to signal Poconioli for a foul, the referee did not say anything.
In the sixth minute, Belgium also got a good opportunity to score. Miralas tripped over the ball and Pareja. Belgium got a free kick. Degan took a free kick 28 meters in front of the goal and made a direct low shot, which was confiscated by Romero, who reacted quickly.
In the ninth minute, Di Maria was shoveled down in the middle, and Argentina also got a chance to take a free kick. Riquelme took a free kick 20 meters in front of the goal, and the result was slightly higher.
Then, in the 12th minute, after receiving Demoor's pass on the right side of the penalty area, he volleyed from a small angle and slightly higher.
The game only started for more than ten minutes. The two sides were not conservative on the court and played very fiercely. Wonderful attacks appeared frequently, which made the fans at the scene extremely enjoyable.
On the court, the two teams played beautifully, and the Chinese fans in the stands began to show their power again. The shouts of "Xie Yalong's class" resounded through the sky.
At the VIP table, as the invited guest of this game, Xie Yalong's face became more and more ugly. Originally, he wanted to fight for another political achievement in this Olympic Games, but he failed to get the political record. The Chinese Olympic team failed to qualify in the group stage, one draw and two losses, and the record was bleak. What's more because of this voice "Xie Yalong was dismissed". I lost my face internationally.
In the 24th minute of the game, Martens and Vermarron cooperated with the right to cross the middle. Degan followed up in time 7 meters in front of the goal and hit the goal with a header, which was hit by Romero and flew out of the crossbar.
Just a minute later, Digan took the ball and knocked back on the left side. Demur smashed the defender, 25 meters in front of the goal, shot vigorously with his left foot, and was waited by goalkeeper Romero.
Looking at the Belgian team's offensive, it is even more fierce than the Argentine team that advocates offensive football. There is a tendency not to completely destroy the Argentine team and never stop.
Argentina is not willing to show weakness. While resisting Belgium's offensive, they are also waiting for the opportunity to fight back, especially Messi, who is very active on the court.
The previous loss to Degan in the UEFA Champions League made Messi full of unconvinced. He was not intend to participate in the Olympic Games, but after learning that Degan had announced that he had joined the Belgian Olympic team, he did not even report to Barcelona, and immediately announced that he would join the Argentine Olympic team.
The two sides fought for 30 minutes. Due to the hot weather at noon, the players of the two teams consumed a lot of physical energy. The referee rarely asked the players from both sides to the side to replenish their water, and the game was suspended for a few minutes.
After the players of the two teams returned to the field, an offensive battle continued. In the 34th minute, the Belgian team continuously created a dangerous situation. Demur made a low pass from the bottom of the left side, but Miraras missed the ball in front of the goal. Degan at the back point shoveled a shot but kicked on the goal post, and Argentina escaped a quarter.
But Belgium's attack did not end. The football in the penalty area was once again taken and continued to attack. Martens' low pass from the right side was missed by two central defenders, but Miralas at the back point was obviously not well prepared. The ball bounced on his right foot and was Romero, the goalkeeper of the Argentine Olympic team, picked it.
In the 40th minute, Argentina also organized a wave of offensives. Messi rushed with the ball on the sidelines. The Belgian defenders could not stop him from moving forward at all, allowing Messi to play the ball calmly on the sidelines, but Aguero made a header and was caught by goalkeeper Bailey.
In the 45th minute, Di Maria was 35 meters away from the left side, and suddenly shot from a small angle with her left foot. She was once again pulled out of the post by goalkeeper Bailito. After the corner kick, Riquelme knocked back. Gago was 28 meters in front of the goal, and the powerful shot was blocked by Compani's body.
With Gago's shot, the first half of the game ended immediately. The score of the two sides was still 0:0, and from the perspective of the situation on the court, it is difficult to say who has the advantage of the two sides.
In the locker room, Degan and his teammates have the same expression. Playing football in such a hot weather is definitely a big test of physical fitness. As soon as they enter the locker room, everyone is drinking water, replenishing water and salt. Otherwise, whether they can hold on in the second half is a question.
Desar, the head coach of the Belgian national Olympic team, is very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half. Argentina is the favorite to win the Olympic Games. It is very rare for the Belgian team to be able to fight against each other on the court for such a long time.
However, this is not what Desart wants. What he wants is victory, the gold and jade.
After the start of the second half, the Argentine team suddenly attacked, and Mascherano's counterattack in the middle was blocked, but Messi got the ball with his left foot straight into the gap, and Aguero single-handedly broke into the penalty area, but Belgian goalkeeper Baili attacked in time to resolve Argentina's attack.
The Argentine team failed to attack, followed by the Belgian team immediately returned the color. Degan received Bayley's hand to throw the ball and ran directly with the ball. After passing three Argentine defensive players in a row, Romero surrendered. Unfortunately, the football hit the goalpost, and Belgium missed another A good opportunity to score.
Before the Belgian players could be annoyed, Argentina's attack immediately began. Savaleta knocked back on the right side. Messi pulled the ball from the soles of his feet and turned to get rid of the defense. 20 meters in front of the goal, his left foot shot vigorously and was blocked by the responsive Belgian goalkeeper Baili.
The offensive of the two sides made the fans at the scene very happy, but without a goal to decorate, people were anxious. No one wanted the final of the Olympic Games to be decided by a penalty kick.
Just when people were anxious about the first goal, the Belgian team finally broke the deadlock on the court in the 58th minute. England's left foot ins backcourt long-distance direct transmission to instigate a counterattack. Degan's left rib rushed into the attacking goalkeeper Romero and calmly scored with his left foot on the penalty area line. 1: 0!
After scoring the goal, Digan rushed directly to the stand on the sidelines, pointed to the stands, and patted his chest hard.
No one knows what Degan means. Only one person can understand, that is, Park Zhiyan, who met Degan yesterday. Just now she was also anxious about Degan. After Degan scored, she also jumped excitedly. As for Degan's promise yesterday, the little girl did not mean Looking at Degan's cash, Digan rushed to the side of the stands.
With so many people in the Bird's Nest, Degan actually found Park Ji-yeon's position accurately, which made Park Ji-yeon excited.
"OPPA! Fighting!"
Park Ji-yeon's cheering sound drowned in the cheers of tens of thousands of fans at the scene, but Degan heard it, smiled at Park Ji-yeon's position, turned back to the stadium, and hugged and celebrated with his teammates.
Belgine scored and the deadlock on the field was broken. Now it's the Argentines' turn to be anxious, but in anxiety, the Argentine players' mistakes have also become more.
Gago's pass was interrupted by Fellaini, and then Digan was found with a pass. After Degan received the ball, he went straight into the penalty area, but Miralas's soft push on the left side of the penalty area was easily obtained by Romero.
Argentine coach Batista immediately replaced the average Aguero with Sosa. After Sosa came on the field, he immediately got a chance to equalize the score. Di Maria made a low pass from the bottom of the right road. Sosa shoveled 4 meters from the goal at the front point and missed the close post!
In the 67th minute, Di Maria instigated the attack again, and the left side broke the ball and broke through. Sosa has enveloped the goal. As long as Di Maria can pass the ball, Sosa can have 100 ways to score the ball, but at the critical moment, Compani risked eating cards and rushed directly to trip Di Maria. Kong Pani also got a yellow card because of this foul.
The Argentine players were very dissatisfied with the referee's judgment and surrounded the referee in protest, but the referee insisted on their own judgment.
The Argentine team, eager to equalize the score, then launched a series of attacks. In the 69th minute, Argentina made a tactical corner kick on the right side. Messi cut the ball with the ball and volleyed with his left foot in the corner of the penalty area. As a result, because it was too positive, it was obtained by Bayley again.
After resisting Argentina's counterattack, Belgium was also planning an attack, hoping to score another goal and lock the victory. In the 74th minute, Belgium passed the ball from the right arc. Miralas, who surrounded the goal, was disturbed by the goalkeeper Romero and failed to touch the ball. Garre cleared the siege and Messi got the ball.
At this time, Degan suddenly posted a discussion that the two best players in this Olympic football match had a face-to-face competition for the first time in the final.
Messi wanted to break through directly, but was stuck in advance by Degan. Although Degan's defensive ability was average, his huge body shape completely blocked Messi's way forward. Messi wanted to pass the ball, but as soon as the ball was out of his control, he was broken by Degan.
Then, Digan poked the ball forward, blocked Messi behind him, cut it directly, blocked the two defenders, and poked his left foot into the middle. After Miralas received the ball, he immediately passed it back. Degan did not wait for the ball steadily. He shot directly 15 meters in front of the goal. The football drilled between Garley's legs and hit him directly. Enter the dead corner of the goal.
2:0!
Belgium basically locked the victory.
Before the game, people predicted that the game would be a battle between dragons and tigers, and the process of the game was indeed very exciting, but the score of 2:0 still made people see Belgium's strong strength.
Even with Messi, Riquelme, Aguero and many other stars, Argentina can't compete with Belgium led by Degan!
Subsequently, the unwilling Argentine team launched a fierce attack around the Belgian penalty area. In the seventy-seventh minute, Messi stole from the foot of England in the front court and broke into the penalty area. Compani struggled to catch up and destroy the tackle. Although Messi and other Argentine players protested loudly, the referee only It is a sign to continue the game.
Slow motion also replayed that Compani's passing action just now was indeed very clean and neat, even if the referee wanted to help, because there were too many elements of Messi's fall. Obviously, after training, Messi has not yet reached the level of the best actor.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Argentina had another chance to save his face. Messi made a cross from the bottom of the left side. Sousa shot in front of him and was about to enter the goal, but Bayley reacted quickly and pressed the ball under him.
In the end, Belgium maintained a 2:0 advantage to the end.
After the game, all the players of the Belgian team who won the gold medal rushed into the field and cheered. Degan, as the biggest contributor to the team's victory, was surrounded by his teammates.
Even the Argentine commentator can't help sighing: "Although we have always thought that Messi will be the successor to Maradona's throne, it seems that Degan may be more suitable for this title. Looking at his current achievements, it is hard to imagine that this is what a 23-year-old player can have, two Serie A champion, two Champions League champions, two Italian Cup champions, one European Cup champion, and Olympic gold medals, perhaps no one will threaten his status in the next decade.
The Argentine commentator's tone seemed very frustrated. More frustrated than him was Messi, who lost again. Although he tried his best, he finally lost.
Messi's performance in this game is absolutely world-class. He caused a lot of trouble for the Belgian team on the offensive end, but Messi's greatest sadness may be that he was in the same era as Deganson.
was followed by the award ceremony, and Ronaldinho, who won the bronze medal, also arrived at the scene. By next season, the Brazilian genius will compete with Degan in Serie A.
Looking at the gold-inlaid jade on his chest, Degan couldn't help but be excited. Although the five-star red flag was not slowly rising on the court, it was enough for Degan to participate in the Olympic Games in person.
After the game, when everyone left, Degan made another unexpected move. He walked to the sidelines, took off the gold and jade from his neck, and handed it to a young girl in the stands.
People were stunned and didn't know anything about Degan's relationship with the girl.
Park Zhiyan was also stunned. Looking at the gold-inlaid jade in her hand, she really didn't know what to do!