princely elegance

Chapter 138 Opening of America's Cup

ps: There was an error earlier. Since Argentina is in Group C, there will be no games until two days after the opening ceremony.So there is still plenty of time to get familiar with the venue. Sure enough, the thinking is not rigorous enough.

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Compared with the European Cup and the World Cup, the America's Cup is inherently insufficient, so in order to win more ratings, the South American Football Association put the time of the game in 2007, a time when there was no major competition.The European Cup will start next year, so the Copa America this summer has attracted many die-hard fans to watch.Although not many fans are willing to take the risk because of the chaos in South America, the ratings are not low at all.

Especially the duel between Brazil and Argentina, the two old enemies, although neither Ronaldinho nor Kaka participated.But all the stars in Argentina have come to the king, and they are obviously preparing to do a big job to end their 14-year embarrassing record without a championship.

Amid all the turmoil, the Copa America in Venezuela began.

On the first day, there was a big upset. Uruguay, the first place in Group A, held the record of fifteen Copa America champions, and was defeated by Peru 3:0 in the opening game.

Uruguay was eliminated in the first game. This big news surprised all the fans.Even the professional scouts of the major European teams present at the scene were taken aback.

Although in South America, Brazil and Argentina are always the most attractive, but Uruguay is the team that has won the most championships in this event.In terms of strength, they are also one-on-one.

Although Peru has won the America's Cup twice, the last time it won the roost dates back to 1975.In Germany's World Cup qualifiers, Peru can only rank second to last in the 10-team group.

But Peru played extremely well in this game, and with a little luck, with the result of a three-goal victory over Uruguay, the scene also has a big advantage.

This Uruguayan national team lacks the main striker of the last Copa America, Bueno. The Porto striker failed to recover from a leg injury in time.In this battle, "Chinese boy" Recoba strained his right leg in the first 5 minutes of the game and was unable to fight again. Estoyanov, who played for La Coruña in La Liga, came off the bench.

For Peru, the team's big-name players include Pizarro, who recently moved to Chelsea, and Hamburg striker Guerrero and Eindhoven striker Farfan all debuted.

After the game started, the scene was extremely hot. It is said that the Premier League is the most intense league in the world.But that's because no one dared to count South America as a continent. In this chaotic continent, kicking and breaking legs, attacking referees, and gang fights between two teams often occurred.

Although the recent FIFA crackdown on these things has made the South American players safer, but the popularity of the game still surprised all non-professional fans.At the beginning of the game, Recoba was injured by a tackle from a Peruvian player. After the Inter Milan star left the field, the two sides fouled frequently. The referee Amarilla kept blowing whistles to interrupt the game.

In the 6th minute, Peru won a free kick in the middle. Pizarro collided with the defender when he was fighting for the top spot in front of the goal. Players from both sides immediately surrounded him. Only then did the two parties disperse unwillingly.

But after 5 minutes, Pablo Garcia's long-range shot from outside the penalty area kicked directly at the opponent's defensive player, and the ball hit Garricquiao's face hard, which almost caused another conflict.

In a few minutes, Peru's revenge came. Uruguayan defender Dario Rodriguez was kicked to the crotch by the right foot of the attacking player in the penalty area. rise.

But even so, the referee still did not show a yellow card.

But the head coaches on both sides quit. They kept putting pressure on the fourth official, and finally let the referee show the first yellow card.

This also made the game finally return to the topic, and the two sides started to play football instead of people.

Then Peru broke the deadlock by relying on the cooperation of a set kick. Farfan's free kick went directly to the back point. Vilalta headed the ball into the small penalty area. Carlini threw the ball but could not prevent it from entering the net. Peru took the lead 1:0.

After being scored by Peru, the mentality of the Uruguayan players became unbalanced again, and they made frequent small moves again, but they also succeeded in this way.In the case of weak offense, before the end of the first half, Peru finally failed to score again.

It is a pity that after the start of the second half, Peru, who was reminded by the head coach not to entangle in revenge, began to show its outstanding strength, relying on the advantage of the striker to score two consecutive goals in the 10th and 10th minutes.At the same time, it withstood Uruguay's counterattack at the last time, and completely defeated Uruguay, which had entered the Copa America finals twice before, in the opening ceremony.

Afterwards, in another match in Group A, the host Venezuela played very thrillingly against Bolivia.

Before the game, Maradona was invited to kick off the game, and Venezuelan President Chavez also wore the home team jersey to cheer for Venezuela.

As a result, under the double halo of the home court and the president, Venezuela relied on Maldonado and Pais to lead by two goals in the first half.

It was thought that the hosts would win the Copa America for the first time in more than 40 years, but they did not expect that Bolivia, who is a belly, was possessed by God in the second half.

First, taking advantage of Venezuela's defensive mistakes, veteran Moreno pushed an empty goal to get back a goal.Then in the last 5 minutes, Arce, who was quite active in this game, equalized the score for Bolivia!
After receiving a pass from Mojza, he scored the ball beautifully in front of the goal, 2:2!

Next, Bolivia, who had an absolute advantage in the second half of the game, started the final mad attack unsatisfied, but Venezuela made no more mistakes and persisted in the score of 2:2 to the end.

The two games on the first day really made all the fans addicted to their eyes, and upsets are always talked about.Bolivia, which fell behind by two goals but did not give up tying the score, was also praised by the media.

After watching the game with his teammates from the national team, Gago knew that none of the four teams in Group A could threaten them.

On the second day, the match of the Brazil team in Group B brought the Copa America to a small climax. In any case, even Brazil, the second team, has a huge influence in the world.And their opponents are not weak. Mexico is also considered a strong team in world football, and they can often enter the World Cup knockout.

Even the Argentine national team had players who went to watch the game live.

Gago, Messi, and Carlos Tevez came to the front of the stadium together. All three are talented new stars in football.It was captured on live footage right at the start of the game.It also caused a commotion among the fans, but fortunately no major disturbances were caused.

Before Brazil, the first two teams to play in this stadium was Ecuador against Chile, which was also a good game.Ecuador scored the first goal, and then Chilean striker Suazo and his teammates hit the wall with a series of coordination and then singled out the goalkeeper in front of the goal to equalize the score.

At the beginning of the second half, Ecuadorian striker Benitez risked being kicked by the opponent's defender with a barb kick, rushed in front of the goal and broke the score.

But after 5 minutes, Suasuo used his personal ability to score twice to equalize the score again.Subsequently, the morale-boosting Chile continued to bombard Ecuador's goal, and finally used a wonderful direct free kick to reverse the victory in the final time.

The final score was 3:2. Judging from the scene alone, it was a good game, but it did not attract many spectators because the two teams are not well-known in football.

"That Chilean striker is not bad, is his name Suazo?"

Gago said to the striker who had scored twice as he exited the field, but he called his name by mistake, but it's not his fault. The pronunciation of foreigners' names is all kinds of weird, and it would be nice to be able to roughly pronounce the syllables.

"Cut, I can blow up their forward line by myself."

After listening to Gago's words, Tevez directly expressed his opinion, worthy of being a "beast", such a rough thought.

"In Pampas, he couldn't even get into the national team."

Although the tone of Messi's words was light, the arrogance made Gago also raise his eyebrows.However, he did not refute it. Indeed, the Nerazzurri's striker was already overflowing.Let's not talk about it now, even the silver boots of La Liga like Milito can't get substitute time.In the future, after Higuain, Aguero, and Lavezzi grow up, the competition for forwards cannot be described as "tragic".

"It's still some time before the Brazil game, do you want to go buy something to drink together?"

Gago changed the topic, and he realized that he was really stupid enough to praise the Chilean striker's actions.

"OK, hopefully this location will still be there when we get back."

After thinking about it, Messi agreed. After all, he felt a little thirsty after a game.

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Before the start of the game, Gago thought about it and called Robinho because he was his teammate after all.Moreover, the two of them still have to settle their accounts.

"Hey, Robbie, your game is about to start, do you feel nervous!"

Gago said in a beating tone, but Robinho was even more ruthless.

"Oh, it's Phil. You are ready for the game the day after tomorrow. I hope the US team can kill you. I blocked a thousand dollars and you lost. Don't let me down."

Hearing Robinho's words, Gago's anger rose all of a sudden, new and old grudges added up, straight to the heavens.

"You reminded me so much that I really forgot. I haven't bet on you yet. Anyway, Brazil is the favorite to win the championship. The odds of losing you will not be low. You also know that I am poor, so I will take a good bet. $[-] to prevent you from being killed by Mexico."

After Gago finished speaking, he borrowed Messi's phone to call his sister and manager.

"Big sister, help me place a bet with the gaming company, betting on Brazil's loss, [-] dollars, and I will treat you to dinner after winning."

Gago made this call while talking to Robinho, so Robinho in the locker room could hear him clearly.

"Your ten thousand dollars looks like it's going to go to waste. I'm so sorry."

After saying that, Robinho hung up the phone.It was only at this time that Gago came back to his senses, what was he doing, ten thousand dollars.

"God, bless Brazil to lose!"

Ps: It's so sad that there are no days to save manuscripts!

(End of this chapter)