princely elegance

Chapter 153
"The first half of the game is over. Facts have proved that if Colombia hadn't scored first, I'm afraid they might not have encountered such a disastrous defeat. However, their first goal in the opening 10 minutes completely angered the Nerazzurri, the hero of the Pampas. The Eagles let them know what it means to be a star."

"Let us observe a moment of silence for Colombia, and hope that Argentina can hold back in the second half and not cause another massacre."

"The champions of the last America's Cup will go home after the group stage this time. I have to admit that in South America, only Brazil and Argentina are always strong."

Although the commentators outside were praising Argentina, Basile was not in a good mood. Crespo's injury report came out, and he was basically unable to participate in the remaining few games.This made him, a mild-tempered person, want to scold his mother. Although Argentina has no shortage of strikers, Crespo is the only one who can be regarded as the top in the world.

Messi will surpass him in the future, but not now. Carlos Tevez can barely be considered top-notch. Although Milito is capable, he does not have the deterrent power of Crespo, who makes defensive players frightened just by standing in front of the goal prestige.At this time, Basile would rather Messi was injured. If Xiao Tiaoshow knew what his coach was thinking, he might cry.

"It slowed down in the second half, I don't want to see anybody get hurt again."

Basile can only say that Crespo's injury can't be blamed on anyone, and he is very speechless about the fact that he injured himself.Now Basile can only hope that no one gets hurt.

So, after the start of the second half of the game, something happened that made all the fans speechless. Argentina kept passing in the midfield, but they were slow to shoot.And Columbia didn't seem to want to equalize the score, and continued to stick to its one-acre three-point land.

In this way, in the last 10 minutes, Colombia finally couldn't help it. If they lose this game, they will go back to their hometown.Even if the opponent is the ultimate boss of this year's America's Cup, they can only do their best to kill the boss.

The simple "die or die" problem, Columbia did not understand until the end, and the time left for them is running out.But even if they made up their minds to attack, they found that they had hit a wall.The preoccupied Argentine defense is more than enough to deal with underdogs like them.

And taking advantage of their aggressive pressure, Gago and Messi began to shoot continuously.They haven't scored a single goal in this game, so going on like this will damage the prestige of the two of them as supernovas.As a result, the two who started to stop keeping their hands launched an impact on Colombia's goal.

Gago has moved to the right, constantly catching the ball and cutting inside to hit the goal. This time is also a good opportunity to exercise his left foot.He doesn't have so much free time to deal with powerful opponents.But this is not a data stream after all, as long as you think about adding skill points, it will be against the sky.

The accuracy of the left foot is still not as good as the right foot, and Gago can still grasp the direction if he pushes.But this is also the best defensive shooting method for the goalkeeper. After all, the angle of the push is easy to judge, unless it is too close.The distance of Gago's shot from the penalty area line was enough time for the goalkeeper to judge.

But if you volley with the instep, the arc is there, and the difficulty of judgment has also increased, but the corresponding control has also decreased.Gago had no fewer than five shots with his instep in the second half, but none of them were within the frame.In the eyes of the fans, this is a complete waste of opportunities, it's too cheating.

However, in the eyes of professionals like Redondo, Gago's proficiency with his left foot is constantly rising.At least the ball was getting closer and closer to the goal post, no, this kick hit the goal post.

"Alas!"

Gago let out a sigh of regret. This was his best chance, and time was running out.It seems that God didn't want him to score in this game, but fortunately, Messi didn't score either.

Thinking of this, Gago looked at Xiao Tiaoshow who also looked depressed. Messi just dribbled the ball past three people in a row, facing the goalkeeper and hitting the upper corner.But this time, the Colombian goalkeeper bravely pushed the ball out. Anyway, Messi hit the goal frame several times, but there will always be defenders, goalkeepers, goalposts and other things to block the ball he shot.

Messi's performance in the national team is a kind of disease, which is not easy to cure.

On the contrary, the indifferent Riquelme scored again at the last moment, completing the feat of scoring twice.He received a knock back from Milito outside the penalty area, and he took a cold shot directly, and the ball went into the lower right corner of the goal.Colombian goalkeeper Carrero picked up the ball in his own goal for the fourth time, and he kicked it directly in frustration.

"In stoppage time, Riquelme scored the fourth goal of the game. What a reliable midfielder. With him, you don't have to worry about scoring. He can assist and shoot."

Just when the commentator was sighing, Basile made adjustments for substitutions to kill the last time.Porto's midfielder Gonzalez first replaced the goal hero Riquelme, and then replaced Messi with Tevez.After two substitutions, the 3 minutes of stoppage time were basically exhausted.The referee was not hypocritical, and directly blew the whistle to end the game.

"Congratulations to Argentina. They have become the third team. At the same time, let us send off Colombia with applause. Although they are out, we still thank them for their participation."

Thousands of Colombian fans in the stadium overwhelmed tens of thousands of Argentine fans for the first time. Although the team was eliminated, they still gave their applause.

After the game, Colombian midfielder Ferreira came over and wanted to exchange jerseys with Gago, but Gago didn't refuse and agreed with a smile.

Finally, under the leadership of captain Ayala, all the players expressed their gratitude to the fans in the stands.The sharp-eyed Gago saw his family all at once. A large group of them gathered in a better position and held up a picture. On it was the moment when Gago shot the goal. On the top were written a few lines, meaning It's "You're the best!"

But in an instant, Jia Ge frowned slightly, because he saw Kou Kou, that troublesome woman, with a large group of her, sitting behind his family.Seeing Jiago looking over, she clapped her hands happily.

"Fair, go back and open the champagne to celebrate."

Messi came over and gave Gago a hand, pulling him back from his imagination to the pitch.

"Well, here we come."

In the dressing room, Riquelme, who got the champagne, was not stingy at all, and he spilled a full bottle.It is indeed a happy thing to qualify for the group stage, but Basile at the press conference was a headache for the reporters.As expected, they all focused on Crespo, but these were not about the players.

However, this matter made Basile, who is naturally stable, decide to replace the lineup with all substitutes in the last group match. Anyway, they have already secured their qualification. Their goal is to win the championship, and it is the same for anyone they meet.After all, only other people hide from the Great Demon King, so there is no reason for the Great Demon King to hide from others.Besides, Paraguay's main lineup may not be able to beat Argentina's substitute lineup.

In the next three days, the Argentine players began to wholeheartedly prepare for the knockout round after the group stage.After all, the group stage is just a warm-up for Argentina, and only the knockout stage can be regarded as a physical exercise.

And on the first day, after the last round of Group A, the result surprised everyone.

Bolivia, who had a last stand, led Peru twice and had one more player. Unfortunately, the opponent's top striker Pizarro scored two goals to tie the score, thus losing the right to qualify for the group.

If Peru's 2:2 draw with Bolivia can be understood, but Uruguay, the top seed in Group A, was drawn 0:0 by host Venezuela, which is unacceptable to all fans.Recoba, who went out with an injury, still failed to save Uruguay in the end. The team ranked third in the group with four points with one win, one loss and one draw.

The last place in Group A is the host Venezuela. Venezuela, which has not won in the Copa America for nearly 40 years, also has one win, one loss and one tie with four points, but it ranks first with two goal differences.

And the second place is Peru, which also has one win, one loss, one tie and four points. His goal difference is the same as Uruguay, but he has won the No.2 qualifying right with five total goals.Poor Uruguay, with the same score, they only ranked third. Fortunately, they were able to participate as No.3 with a better result. The difference is only the best third, or the second best third.However, they can only see that Mexico and Brazil in Group B are not strong enough, because Colombia and the United States in Group C both scored 0 points in both games, and even the last victory will not shake them.

But if possible, they still hope to be able to enter the competition as the best third, at least to look good.

The Bolivian players had already flown home that night.

In the last two games of Group B that started the next day, the Uruguayan players scolded Mexico collectively after seeing Mexico's lineup. There are no substitutes. Mexico, which has already qualified ahead of schedule, is all substitutes except goalkeeper Ocoya.

"NND, agreeing to a 'wild card' for Mexico was our biggest mistake."

And the final result made them feel ashamed. With a score of 0:0, Chile is likely to become the third best in the group, while Uruguay, the [-]-time Copa America champion, is the worst. Participate in the knockout round.

The result of the Brazilian team against Ecuador, which lost both games, was no longer surprising. The Selecao withstood the pressure very well, and successfully advanced to No.2 with a small victory.

And counting Argentina and Paraguay who have already qualified in Group C, the top 8 of this cup will be produced in advance, namely Venezuela, Peru, Uruguay in Group A, Mexico, Brazil, Chile in Group B, Argentina and Paraguay in Group C , The top 8 matchup situation will also be drawn after the group stage.

The last two matches of the Group C group stage were completely useless, but the enthusiasm of the fans was still very high.Of course, they didn't want to watch the US team and Colombia, but the matchup between Argentina and Paraguay, which have won all victories so far.After all, until now, only these two teams have maintained a complete victory. In the duel between complete victories and complete victories, there will always be one team that wins the title of complete victory, or all of them.

Ps: I want to save the manuscript, I must save the manuscript, I can’t live without saving the manuscript, and I almost can’t make it back today...

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