princely elegance

Chapter 134 "Devil's Shadow"

"Boys, you should know that since the Copa America in 1993, the great Pampas has not won an international championship. It has been 14 years since our generation retired. The Legion never touched the trophy again. This year, it can be said to be the best opportunity for the team."

Maradona gave a passionate speech at the front of the bus, and all the players on the bus seemed to be sitting upright and listening.

"This is a list that will stand against the shadow of the devil."

"Ole" commented after Basile announced the 22-man list of the national team.

The "shadow of the devil" mentioned by "Ole" refers to the painful record that the Argentine national team has missed all kinds of championship trophies in the past 14 years.The long-term containment has made Argentines yearn for trophies, so the Copa America is a tasteless event for superstars like Ronaldinho and Kaka, and Argentina attaches great importance to it.After hearing the call of the national team, all the blue and white stars rushed to Qin Wang without stopping, regardless of their tired bodies after a season.

"Ole" said that the Argentines were waiting for the trophy like they were waiting for the spring in the desert.In fact, from the coach Basile, to the players, to the fans, everyone is really looking forward to it so eagerly.Because it has been too long for Argentina to win the last adult-level international trophy. It can be said that after Maradona, almost an entire generation of Argentine players has never helped the national team win any honors in their careers .

After 14 years of ruthless years, Basile, who returned to the national team, hoped to prove his worth again. When the big-name stars in other countries announced their abandonment of the America's Cup, the Argentine stars actively challenged the competition. America's Cup as the best chance to win.Several veterans who were still unwilling to announce their withdrawal from the national team after the World Cup in Germany also pinned their last hopes on Venezuela. These veteran players knew that this would be their only chance to repay their debts.

The captain of the Argentine national team is Ayala. Every time he plays, he creates a new record in the history of Argentine football.Ayala has participated in three World Cups, but failed to win the championship. The 2004 Olympic champion was not enough for him. He laughed at himself, like Zanetti, as belonging to the generation without champions in the national team.He is the only "veteran of the five dynasties" in the Argentine team who has worked with Basile, Passarella, Bielsa and Pekerman.He is the current record holder for the national team.

But if possible, he wants to trade the record for a championship.He once said helplessly: "To be honest, I would rather exchange my appearance record with Simeone for two America's Cup champions in 1991 and 1993."

34-year-old Ayala and Abundan Sheri, 33-year-old Zanetti and Ibarra, 32-year-old Veron and Crespo, these players may hardly catch up with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, let alone Talk about the 2011 Copa America.In other words, the brand of the "failed generation" will always be engraved on these players. Although they have always worked hard, never tireless, and have always been respected, the brand of shame is still lingering. went.

Argentina football is competitive, world-class and historically renowned.Basile's team has many stars, and the age structure is very reasonable. There are veteran players like Aya LS Neti, Mesozoic players like Cambiasso and Riquelme, and younger generations like Gago and Messi. The build is very well balanced.

In addition, Basile also resolved the core dispute within the team and confirmed the respective responsibilities of Riquelme, Gago and Messi.It can be said that this team is training not only to win the championship, but also to train for the World Cup in South Africa.

These players are hungry for the game and the championship, so before the start of the game, 90.00% of the media are optimistic that Argentina can win the championship.After all, the hungry beast is the scariest thing, and Argentina, which has been starved for 14 years, can explode in combat power, which makes all fans curious.

Even Brazil's football king, Pele, was optimistic about Argentina winning the championship before the game. Of course, many people thought it was Pele's "counter-plan".All the teams he was optimistic about before the game were "caught" and all of them died horribly.

Before the 1994 World Cup, he predicted that Colombia would create a miracle. The team was eliminated in the group stage, and the defender Escobar who scored an own goal was also "killed".

In the 1998 World Cup, Pele predicted that Spain would become a "dark horse", but the banya did not qualify for the group; after the group stage, Pele expressed his optimism on Nigeria, which performed very well, but the team was subsequently eliminated; before the final, Pele was also optimistic about Brazil , In the end Ronaldo knelt down, and Brazil suffered a disastrous defeat.

Before the 2002 World Cup, Pele spoke again and predicted that France and Argentina might win the championship. Both teams went home after the group stage.

In the 2004 European Cup in Portugal, he expressed his optimism on all the giants of the national team for the sake of safety.In the end, they all knelt down, and the finalists were Portugal and Greece. Otto the Great, the dark horse, won the championship all the way by relying on the miracle of Bei Crow's body protection.

In the future 2012 European Cup, he held back until the semi-finals before expressing his optimism for Germany. As a result, Bashen, an unreliable young man, directly broke out and overturned the German chariot with two goals.

There are various indications that although Argentina's lineup is unprecedentedly strong this time, because of Bay Crow's optimism, the team's road to winning the championship has cast a shadow.

As Pele's rival, Maradona volunteered to become an assistant coach after hearing about it.Said that he would use his "lucky ball king domineering" to restrain Bei Crow's "unlucky dribble king bad spirit", and as a friend of Maradona, Basile could only accept his request with a wry smile.Of course, the Polo King felt that it was meaningless to enter the national team alone, so he called up his two good friends, Redondo and Caniggia, and the two retired at home couldn't stand his harassment. I agreed.

Of course, in fact, Maradona still has an ambition in his heart. He didn't tell anyone, that is, he wants to be the head coach of the national team.Now come in and be an assistant coach. If Argentina really kneels down this time in the America's Cup, then he will petition the Football Association to be the head coach of the national team.Although this kind of thinking is a bit sorry for his good friend Basile, but in order to bring the Pampas Eagles to the top again, Polo King decided to sacrifice his friend Xiaoyi for the sake of the country.

If Basile knew what was going on in Maradona's mind, he would have slapped him with a slap in the face.

However, after Maradona came to the team, the benefits to him are also obvious. His name is an idol to all Argentine players.

"At least this way the locker room is very stable."

Basile thought secretly in his heart.

The arrival of Redondo and Caniggia is obviously ready to point out Gago and Messi, the future leaders of the two blue and white legions.

"Hello, Fernando, I'm your idol."

Jia Ge thought and thought, and finally decided to speak on his own initiative.For this senior brother of his, it was really the first time he met him.

"You are my idol too!"

Redondo heard that Gago spoke first, and said with a smile, seeing that Gago was a little puzzled, he continued to explain.

"Since you signed up at the Bernabeu, I will go to every Real Madrid home game. Your performance is great. I was definitely not as good as you when you were so young. So it is not an exaggeration to say that you are also my idol."

After listening to Redondo's words, Gago had an inexplicable feeling in his heart that his idol paid so much attention to him, which surprised and delighted him.

"Master Madoni told me that I miss you very much, so I watched your video playing football since I was a child, can you give me some guidance?"

Madoni was Gago's coach when he was a teenager, and the undisputed No.1 in Argentina's youth training.There have been countless stars under his command, not to mention Redondo. In this year's Argentine national team, Cambiasso and Gago were both trained by him.It can be said that disciples are all over the world.

"I know, he told me, but no one is exactly the same. You play football the way I do, but you take a different path than I do. All I can tell you is years of playing football. The experience of getting off the ball, as for your future, you need to go by yourself."

Lei Dongdo was always smiling when he spoke, obviously very satisfied with Jia Ge, his junior, but his words still made Jia Ge frown.

"It's okay if you don't understand. You can play football according to your own ideas now. Anyway, after a few years, you will reach the peak I have ever reached. Then you will find that my height is not your limit. You need To climb to a higher peak, one must walk out of the way to reach the clouds."

Redondo's words shook Gago's heart. Although he knew that he would be outstanding, he didn't expect that Redondo would have such a high evaluation of him, thinking that he would surpass him.

Just when Gago wanted to ask again, the bus had already arrived at the airport, and Maradona wanted to say a few more words, but Basile coughed twice and then stood up.

"Pack up your things, get out of the car, and don't tangle with reporters."

After finishing speaking, he gave Maradona a hand and walked out of the car door first.

As he expected, when he got out of the car, he was surrounded by countless reporters, and the fans attracted by the Blue and White Army's expedition even surrounded the entire airport.They carried all kinds of slogans to cheer for the stars they supported, because the fans who hadn't won the championship for 14 years pinned all their hopes on the national team this time.

This time, Basile gave full play to Maradona's fire-focusing effect, pushed the Polo King out to attract the firepower of all reporters, and he took the players on the plane through the road opened by the security and police.

At the last moment of take-off, Maradona caught up in a panic.

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