princely elegance

Chapter 132 National Team

Gago spent two days having fun with his family at his home, and his two elder brothers rushed back the next day. They are two optimistic and cheerful men.I was very happy to see Jia Ge. After all, this family is full of yin and yang, and apart from the two of them, only the youngest brother is a boy.

Through these two days of contact, Gago finally made Knight agree with him as his younger brother.In the end, I proposed to the family members to send Knight to a psychiatrist for treatment. It is not an option to continue like this.In the past, it was because of family difficulties, but now he is earning more and more money, so he is willing to spend this little money.

Xia Weier and Alicia discussed it and thought it was right, so they started to make arrangements.But it was the two elder brothers who solved the problem. They both work in the United States. Some players have a lot of psychological pressure when they play. They need to talk to a psychologist. The two of them are nutritionists and know some famous people .Through the relationship between the two, I found Eddie, a psychology professor at MIT. After hearing about Knight's condition, he was very curious and agreed to take over her treatment.

As soon as this matter was resolved, Gago felt a lot more relaxed in his heart.In one sentence terms, the mood has risen to a higher level.

After the two-day short vacation, Gago received a call from the head coach of the Argentine national team, Basile, informing him to rush to the national team's training base as soon as possible.

This time the Argentine internationals gathered in the capital Buenos Aires, and the national team borrowed the training base of Boca Juniors.That is where Gago made his debut. It can be said that he is a second home. In the past ten years, he has gradually risen from the ninth echelon of Boca Juniors to the first team.

Early in the morning, Gago came to this familiar candy box stadium.Since he didn't have a car yet, his sister Xia Weier brought him to the club.Because they wanted to cheer for Gago, Xia Weier and Linaya took a one-month vacation.The two of them started to come to the stadium every day to cheer for Gago when they had nothing to do. Together with their mother, brother and other sister, Gago's family is a big sight beside the stadium.

Since Basile is not the iron-fisted head coach of Dunga, Gago can go home every day, as long as it does not affect the training.But this is limited to the days of training in China.

Due to the late end of La Liga, Gago played as the main core of Real Madrid until June NO.17, plus the days of celebration and rest, and did not join the national team until NO.20.The America's Cup starts on June 28th, so the training time is very tight. After five days of training together in China, they flew to Venezuela together.

Argentina was placed in Group C as the No. 3 seed in this Copa America, along with the United States, Paraguay and Colombia.A total of twelve teams participated in the competition, divided into three groups, using a single round-robin system, with 1 points for a win, 0 point for a tie, and 2 points for a loss.The top 2 and 3 best third-place teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals.Unlike the World Cup, there is no overtime in the America's Cup. The game is tied in 90 minutes of legal time, and the winner is directly shot from [-] yards.

Of course, according to Gago's memory, the next America's Cup canceled such a rule and began to introduce overtime.But this has nothing to do with the present. In the 07 Copa America, there was still no overtime.

Like Gago, those who joined the national team training are Messi, Milito, Aimar and other La Liga stars.There are factions everywhere, and the national team is no exception.The largest faction in the Argentine country is naturally the Inter Milan gang. Zanetti, Cambiasso, and Crespo are all famous stars from Inter Milan. Even the head coach Basile has to think twice about their opinions.

Although Gago has played super data in Real Madrid this season, he has contributed a total of [-] assists and [-] goals for the team in the league, King's Cup and Champions League.But in the national team where seniority is always considered, his position is very embarrassing.

The core of Pampas' midfield is definitely Riquelme, the last classical midfielder, even the current Gago cannot be shaken.In the position of the defensive midfielder, Mascherano's defensive ability is recognized as the strongest.In the position of organizing the midfielder, Cambiasso of the Inter Milan gang is more well-known than him.

With Jia Ge's current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sit in the main position from the beginning.It can also be seen during training that he has been assigned to the substitute side.But this made the Boca fans on the scene very upset. Gago was the pride of the Candy Box Stadium, and he couldn't occupy a main position in the midfield.

Every time the team practiced, some die-hard Boca fans booed Basile.Especially Rui Anna, who was so jumpy, saw that her younger brother couldn't be the main player, so she booed the loudest on the sidelines every time.

And this situation has also attracted reports from the Argentine media who are concerned about the national team.

"The core of Real Madrid can't occupy a main position in the midfield. "

"Redondo II is afraid to lay Redondo's back road in the national team"

"The "Luxury" Pampas Midfielder"

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Argentina's largest sports newspaper "Ole" conducted a special survey to select the main candidates for the midfielder in their minds.The final result gave Gago a big face. Mascherano came in first with 39% of the votes, while Gago came in second with 37.6%.Inter Milan's general Cambiasso ranked third with 22.4%.

The status of "Ole" among the Argentine nationals is well-deserved. This result puts a lot of pressure on the head coach Basile.And the greater pressure was in the team's training match. During the five-day domestic training period, the main team and the substitutes had an airport practice match.The result was even more embarrassing for Basile.

Gago led the substitute side and the main team to play a total of three games. In the end, the substitute side had one win and two draws to remain unbeaten.The main midfield combination, Riquelme and Veron basically do not defend, and the two interfere with each other.And Mascherano's stalking defensive ability is indeed not covered, and Gago feels a lot of pressure facing him.However, during the training match, Gago thoroughly implemented the role of an organizer, constantly mobilizing the team's combat effectiveness with passing balls, avoiding his defense.

In fact, the strength of the substitute side is not bad. The cooperation between Tevez and Milito on the front line is no worse than that of Crespo and Messi.Especially Messi's cheating performance as soon as he arrived in the national team, so that the main team can only rely on the old and strong Crespo to score.

And Gago is well aware of the abilities of the players in his team. The front trident composed of him, Tevez and Milito has fully displayed his strength by constantly passing the ball and changing positions.

On the front line, Carlos Tevez is short and nimble, and his physical confrontation ability is not bad. He is at the forefront.As long as they run out of neutral the ball will go to their feet.If Mascherano and Cambiasso defend Gago with two people, then another midfielder Aimar will stand up and take over Gago's task.If he was alone, he couldn't completely block Gago, so the substitute team played extremely well.Especially when they hold their breath and want to defeat the main force and let themselves sit in that position.

The most important thing is that Riquelme has spent half the season without playing a game due to conflicts with Pellegrini this season.He has been unable to enter the state for a long time, and he is a classical midfielder who is used to controlling the midfield alone. He put a Veron beside him to share the ball.As a result, the two midfield masters found that they were playing very depressed in the frontcourt. Both of them habitually wanted to be the core, but they directly defeated them.

As a result, a few days later, countless Argentine celebrities stood up and criticized Basile's formation.Think he can't pinch the Pampas stars together and bring out their best.In particular, Maradona, the number one fan of Boca Juniors, stood up and supported Gago, thinking that he should occupy a main position based on his strength.

The relationship between Basile and Maradona is very good. When Basile became famous, he led Boca Juniors.Then under the recommendation of Maradona, he became the head coach of the national team. When Gago entered the first team, Basile was the head coach of Boca Juniors.

It can be said that Gago was able to become the core of the team within one year of his debut at Boca. Apart from the appreciation of celebrities such as Redondo and Maradona, it was the head coach Basile who made the most effort at that time.

However, Gago did not let him down. He is getting better every year. After landing in Real Madrid this year, his state has even blown out.Helped the Los Blancos to win the league championship again after four years.

After Maradona came forward to speak, Basile put Gago on the main side in the training match on the fourth day.As for his decision, several veterans of the national team did not speak out against it.

All of a sudden, Gago understood the mind of the head coach of the national team. If he rashly mentioned Gago to the starting position, no matter which one was removed in the midfield, it would cause dissatisfaction among the old stars.These old guys will be afraid that the next young man will squeeze him out, so they may join forces to squeeze out newcomers.

This is not alarmist talk, the prestige of Inter Milan's barbecue gang resounds through all the giants.

And through a few days of training matches, the old man could see that Gago is indeed extraordinary, and he can make the team's strength to a higher level.With the removal of a person with no background like this, for the sake of national honor and external pressure, some bigwigs in the locker room can't say anything.

When Gago entered the starting position, the most injured person was Veron. As a generation of midfield masters, it was because he unconsciously grabbed the ball with Riquelme. In addition, he offended a group of people at Inter Milan back then. As a victim, he was sent to the bench.

Because of the huge Inter Milan gang, Cambiasso just grabbed a position in the midfield.

However, Gago's position was advanced, and he was arranged to assist Riquelme. Basile defined him as a free man in the midfield.

Just like Iniesta's role in Barcelona's lineup.

No way, the two midfielders Basile didn't dare to withdraw.

(End of this chapter)