princely elegance

Chapter 155
While Martillo was being replaced, Basile finally realized his conscience and replaced Messi.However, the replacement was beyond everyone's expectations. Cambiasso was off, and Messi played as a midfielder for the first time.

"Oh, after leading by one goal, is Basile going to rest Cambiasso, who has started all three games in the group stage, but will Messi play in midfield to be self-defeating?"

After Basile's substitutions, the commentators roughly guessed his thoughts, but is it feasible to let Xiao Tiaoshao retreat to the midfield?

And then, Argentina's evolution made everyone suddenly realize that it was so.

Gago listened to Messi's instructions and nodded to show that he understood.Later, he returned from the frontcourt to his backcourt and began to replace Cambiasso as the midfielder. Only then did all the fans remember that this position is his job.

"It turns out that Gago retreated to the backcourt, while Messi served as an attacking midfielder, but what impact will this change have on Argentina?"

After Gago returned to his best position, he was so touched that he wanted to cry.He doesn't know how long he hasn't played this position. In Real Madrid, Capello has always used him as an assault winger at the last sprint.In the national team, because there are too many strongmen in this position, the background is hard, and the qualifications are still old, so he had to push to the frontcourt to play support beside Riquelme.

Speaking of which, when was the last time you hit a midfielder?

When Gago was thinking this way, Paraguay had already started to push the whole line, and the time left was running out, so they couldn't help but stop fighting.Santa Cruz and Cardoso, who had just been replaced on the field, were very excited to attack Argentina's defense line because they were new forces.

Gago's defensive ability has always been good, so he will give full play to his ability when he returns to the backcourt. Basile's move can be described as sophisticated.

When Redondo served as an assistant coach, in addition to helping Gago train his left foot, he taught him defensive experience.The legendary No. 5 is best at letting the opponent send the ball to his feet, and because of this, Redondo's style of play is extremely elegant.On him, you will never see other defensive midfielders shoveling and shoveling. He always stands there leisurely, and when the offensive player passes by him, the ball has already reached his feet. .

Gago admires his ability very much, and has been learning this style from his playing videos, but this kind of secret skill that contains Redondo's kingship cannot be learned just by watching.

This time it was rare for an idol to be sent to him on his own initiative, so Jia Ge would not be polite.After asking for advice several times, Redondo was not hypocritical, and passed on all his life's experience to him, and the rest depends on Jiago's understanding.

I have to say that Gago and Redondo are very similar, with the same background, the same teacher, and the same talent.Both of them rely on super high anticipation to defend, which allows Gago to master Redondo's guidance in a short period of time.However, since Gago has always been in the frontcourt to help the offense, he rarely has the opportunity to use actual combat to verify his comprehension over the past few days.

Now it is rare for Basile to fulfill him, and Gago will not let him go. He took the initiative to defend Paraguay's number one star Santa Cruz.The Bayern player who scored a hat-trick in the first game has excellent skills and talents, but he has been unable to become a star because of his weak body.

Facing Gago now, he is still very confident and wants to use his skills to break through, but what Gago is most afraid of is his technical flow.His super high prediction is the natural enemy of all technical skills. With a slight sideways turn, Cruise, who had just changed direction, turned directly to Gago.Gago stretched out his foot and poked the ball, and the ball was broken.

"Perfect defense, this is Redondo's style, Gago is the future of Argentina!"

An older commentator from Argentina stood up excitedly and said tremblingly into the microphone.

Next, Santa Cruz, who refused to admit defeat, recognized Gago after getting the ball and continued to attack.If Gago is the kind of Kongwu powerful midfielder, just a flying shovel can make this fragile genius turn around in fright and leave immediately.But it is a pity that he is not. Gago's defense that relies on anticipation is very pleasing to the fans outside the field, but the players on the field feel that it is not so much.

The ball was broken just because I was not careful, next time I will be able to break through as long as I concentrate.

With this idea in mind, Santa Cruz, who is young and energetic, has a high self-esteem and ability, and keeps dribbling the ball towards Gago.But the result was not as satisfying as he imagined. Every time someone passed by, the ball stayed at Gago's feet.But he always felt in his heart that he was only a little short of a breakthrough, so he continued to immerse himself in the personal mode.Before he knew it, he had wasted many chances, and the game time was less than 10 minutes.

"What is he doing, delivering the ball to the opponent?"

On the sidelines, Paraguay's head coach Martino said angrily to the assistant coaches beside him, although Paraguay's offense has always relied on the individual cooperation of several people in the frontcourt, and the most famous Santa Cruz is the core of the offense .But now every time the ball reaches his feet, it is cut off, and the subsequent offensive cooperation is completely impossible.The former offensive core is now completely reduced to an offensive black hole. After being sucked in, it disappeared without a trace. Instead, Argentina counterattacked several times.

Just when Martino was about to yell to remind Santa Cruz, a counterattack from Argentina penetrated Paraguay's defense again.

After stealing the ball once, Gago took a look at the situation in front of the field and decisively went forward to attack. Because Paraguay pressed the whole line and wanted to attack, no one came to stop him until he passed the center line.

Facing the opponent's defense alone, Gago didn't even bother to break through. When the opponent was close to him, he took the ball and exploded instantly.Gago's speed is not fast, but his excellent explosive power makes him leave the defender behind with his first step.

After catching up with the ball, Gago was already close to the front of the opponent's penalty area, and Paraguay's defense line, which cast a shadow over him, tightened instantly towards him.

Seeing this scene, there was an arc at the corner of Gago's mouth, and he controlled the ball with his left foot and cut directly, ready to go to the side to open the situation.And the Paraguayan defense, who had been watching him, followed him to the side.

But at this moment, Gago turned around and pushed the ball with his arch, and he sent the ball to the middle.In that place, the short figure of Mascherano, who was finally replaced on the field, inserted at a high speed and just came to the back of the ball.There was no one in the middle of Gago's pull, so that Xiao Ma could calmly adjust and shoot.

The goalkeeper's attention was also focused on Gago who was just dribbling the ball, and he couldn't make a judgment immediately, but it was too late after he took off.Mascherano's long shot from the center directly blasted into the far corner of the goal, and at this time, goalkeeper Bovalidia had just jumped up.

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Javier Mascherano, he scored the second goal of the game and sealed the victory for Argentina. This is also his first goal for the national team. I think this will be remembered by him forever!"

Mascherano is a very traditional midfielder with a strong defense, but he basically does not score. This goal is the second goal in his career and the first goal of his national team.For him, I am afraid that every goal is impressive, because by the time he retires, the number of goals may not necessarily exceed single digits.

So he was very excited after scoring the goal. He ran directly to Gago and pounced on him.Gago, who didn't expect Little Ma to be so excited, didn't escape in time, so he was in a tragedy.Carlos Tevez pressed up second, and then Messi, Milito thought about it, and pressed up too.

Off the field, after Mascherano scored, all the people on the bench rushed up happily.There are less than 5 minutes left in the game, and they are sure to win. Argentina will be the only team in the quarterfinals of the Copa America with a complete victory.

"You have a good heir."

Only Caniggia and Redondo sat calmly on the coaching bench. Carney stretched out his left hand to Redondo beside him, congratulating him from the bottom of his heart.

"Messi is good too."

Redondo held out his right hand and said happily with a gentle smile on his face.Gago's performance surprised him. Looking at his progressive trend, it is only a matter of time before he surpasses him.

After Argentina finished celebrating, time was running out, and Santa Cruz was fully awake by this time.He understands that he has completely failed the expectations of the coach and teammates. He has not been able to perform well to help the team win while becoming the core of the offense.

At this moment, he felt very ashamed. For the first time, he doubted his ability.

After Gago got up, he felt a tightness in his chest. To be honest, the feeling of being pressed by several men was really uncomfortable.

In the last time, Paraguay, who had no fighting spirit at all, could no longer pose a threat to Argentina's goal.Not to mention Santa Cruz, who fell into self-doubt, another powerful striker, Cardoso, was completely silent under the care of the excited Mascherano.

Argentina, who had no worries, played several attacks in the last time, especially Messi, who did not want to be compared after seeing Gago assisting a goal, and he used all his strength to pursue the goal.But it is a pity that Messi in the national team is always one step away from scoring. His shot in the penalty area was magically blocked by Cesar after the replay passed the goalkeeper.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee decisively blew the whistle for the end of the game. With a score of 2:0, Argentina entered the knockout round with a record of three victories in the group stage.

They will face Peru in the quarter-finals.

Gago threw the ball at his feet into the stands at the end of the game to repay the cheers of the fans.

Ps: There was an error earlier, the Copa America knockout round does not require a lottery, please modify it.

Finally, thanks for the reward of "Lin Lang Juan".

(End of this chapter)