princely elegance

Chapter 198 The Gap Between the National Team
Argentina hosts Chile in the first round of World Cup qualifiers in South Africa.In fact, there is no major grievance between the two parties, but there is a good gimmick that was found out by the media.

The current head coach of the Chilean national team is the former head coach of Argentina, Bielsa. Speaking of this, he is also a legend.The Argentine nicknamed "Madman" is an absolute offensiveist.During his coaching of the Pampas Eagles, the entire blue and white army played the smoothest offense in the world. The crazy 3-3-1-3 formation allowed Bielsa to lead the Pampas Eagles to sweep the 02 World Cup in Korea and Japan All the teams in the South American qualifiers beat the Selecao to qualify for the top spot.

However, this top-heavy formation made Argentina disgraceful in the Korea-Japan World Cup, leaving a generation of God of War Batty with an unparalleled national team scoring record and then retired with hatred.

After Bielsa handed over the coach of the Argentine national team, he lived in seclusion for a while, and then took over the coach of the Chilean national team.

Under his leadership, the Chilean national team has become another force that cannot be underestimated in South American football.The team trained with his unique offensive concept has the most goals scored in the entire South American football. Of course, relatively, it also concedes the most goals.

This game is generally the one that received the most attention in the South American qualifiers. After all, Brazil's opponent is too weak, and only this game is worth watching.

Although Chile's overall strength is not as good as Argentina's, their offense can break the defense of any team.Moreover, in this game, Riquelme, the core midfielder of the Argentine national team, was unable to play due to injury. Without this midfielder as an opponent, Chile might not be able to fight.

"Although Gago is good, he is definitely not comparable to Riquelme. We have great hopes of winning this game, as long as you follow my instructions."

In the locker room before the game, Bielsa used various methods to hypnotize his players, and what he said was not unreasonable.No matter how popular Gago is recently, he can't compare with the reputation that Riquelme has accumulated for nearly ten years.

In the Chilean national team, Bielsa is a heroic figure. All the players follow his orders without hesitation, so they think in their hearts that they can win this game.

If Gago knew that he was underestimated in this way, he would probably let the local turtles in Chile know what the Pampas Eagle is on the court.

But even if Gago didn't know, he used all his strength to deal with Chile.Because of this game, he rarely took the core position of the midfielder. Although it was because of Riquelme's injury, Gago will use his outstanding performance to let the fans know that he is the core position, so you don't have to worry.

So, this game was a tragedy for the Chilean team. Although Gago can only be said to be a junior in the national team, he joined Real Madrid, and his strength has been recognized by all the big players in the Copa America.Therefore, no one stood up against him becoming the core national team, because he has this strength.

Gago did not disappoint all the fans who were optimistic about him. In the match against Chile, he led the Argentine midfielder to completely suppress the Chilean team.In today's football, whoever wins the midfield wins the world. When Gago controlled the midfield, the proud attack of the Chilean team, which could not get support, went out instantly.

Cambiasso dispatched the ball in the backcourt, Gago organized the offense in the frontcourt, with Aimar as an assistant.Just 10 minutes into the game, Gago created a chance for Crespo to face the goalkeeper alone.If it weren't for the old-timer Ke who was a little too hasty, Argentina would have already taken the lead by one goal.

But even so, the Chilean team only lasted for 10 minutes.

No. 30 minutes, Gago opened the scoring with a lob shot from outside the penalty area that seemed to be a real shot. The goalkeeper of the Chilean team was standing too far ahead, and Gago caught the opening in an instant.

But this was just the beginning. After 10 minutes, Gago and Aimar continued to hit the wall in the middle and entered the penalty area to single out the goalkeeper and push the far corner successfully.

In the first half, the Argentine prince scored two consecutive goals for the team, basically setting the tone of the game.After the start of the second half, Basile asked the team to continue to attack, and under the guidance of Bielsa, the Chilean team also started a vigorous attack.

It's just that Argentina's strength is higher. At the end of the game, the Chilean team died miserably. In the second half, Crespo received a through ball from Gago in an anti-offside and made another victory.

At the last moment of the game, Aguero, who replaced Messi, pushed a shot from the left side of the penalty area to score the last goal for the team.

In the first round of the South American qualifiers, the Argentine national team slaughtered the Chilean team with an undisputed 4:0.Use this score to tell everyone that fighting against the Blue and White Army is courting death.

In this game, Gago dominated all the goals, two shots and two passes, and his hot state made all Real Madrid fans scream.Before the game, the experts who were worried that Gago was not as mature and stable as Riquelme, after seeing this result, they all changed their mouths and praised the Argentine prince as if they hadn't said it.They all said that Argentina no longer needs Riquelme, because Gago is better than Riquelme who is far away from the European League.

Of course, Gago's astonishing statistics embarrass Messi, who has always been compared with him.In the game against Chile, Barcelona's golden boy, who scored seven goals in the last six games, failed. In the national team, without the support of Barcelona's midfielder, his performance was not as good as that of Aguero.

Of course, one side of the media in Barcelona naturally wanted to defend their children. They used conspiracy theories to say that Gago, as the core of the midfield, did not pass the ball to Messi, which made his performance bleak.

But as soon as this sentence came out, it was sprayed to death by countless data emperors. The German media, who like to speak with data most, analyzed the whole game in detail to every second.

Gago passed 84 balls in one game, 15 of which were for Messi alone, creating at least four chances for Xiao Tiaoshow to hit the goal, but Messi didn't grasp a single one, even Once it was a single-handed ball.

With such detailed data, the conspiracy theory of the Barcelona media instantly became a big joke. Even Messi was considered by the fans as someone who could not afford to lose.

However, Barcelona's conspiracy theory has made Gago's reputation even higher. Before Messi and him were compared, the fans always thought that the two men were of equal strength, and no one could suppress the other.But this idea was immediately punctured in the national team. Through the performance of the Chilean team, the fans knew that the gap between the two was in the national team!
But one game can't explain anything, maybe it's just Gago's extraordinary performance, and Messi is just too tired at the club and hasn't adjusted yet.

Therefore, in the next second round, Argentina's game against Venezuela, which broke Ecuador's home unbeaten record in the last round, once again attracted the attention of many fans. Brazil's ratings were once again suppressed by the Nerazzurri.

In this game, Gago continued his recent excellent state. In the first half, he took advantage of a set kick and dropped the ball into the penalty area. Milito easily scored with a header in the front point.

Then in the 10 minutes of the second half, he used a world wave at the top of the penalty area to blast Venezuela's goal again, and used the performance of one pass and one shot to help the Blue and Whites beat Venezuela 2:0!

After this game, Messi still didn't score a goal. This time, the fans' eyes were discerning. They carefully observed the interaction between Gago and Messi, and found that Gago passed a lot of balls to Xiao Tiaoshow. But every time he threatened the ball, Messi just couldn't hit it, as if his fiery footwork was all consumed by the club.

But Gago played well in two consecutive games. All Argentina's goals are related to him. He is doing better than Riquelme in the central midfield position.The words of "abolish Riquelme and let Gago take over" that had no market in China gradually began to spread.

Fans and the media are very realistic, whoever performs well will win the position.

And Gago's recent performance can be said to be a superstar. In addition, he is already very popular in Argentina, and he is still playing for Real Madrid, the world's number one club.

The ups and downs are that Riquelme has not played in Europe for nearly a year. He spent the second half of last season on loan to Boca Juniors.After the loan period expired, Villarreal took him back, but because the conflict with Pellegrini could not be resolved, Riquelme was originally in a state of no ball to play this season.Boca Juniors is actively raising funds, and wants to bring back the midfielder who went out of the candy box stadium.

At present, Riquelme has returned to Boca Juniors again on loan. Unfortunately, he was injured after playing a few games. Basile had to give up on him and let him recover from his injuries.

And Gago was appointed as the new commander of the Nerazzurri under such a coincidence. The Argentine prince who showed in Real Madrid did not disappoint Basile, and made up for Riquelme's position very well. There is still more than that.All of a sudden, Basile, who is the head coach of the Nerazzurri, started to have a headache.

Riquelme is his favorite, and Gago is also a genius who left Boca Juniors from him.The palms and backs of these hands are full of flesh, no matter who is missing, he feels distressed.Having a headache because of too many good players, Basile is envied by more than [-]% of the head coaches in the world.

In the midst of such turmoil, Argentina won the third opponent in the qualifiers, Bolivia.

Nothing to say, the Blue and White Army faced this opponent who didn't know how many times they lost in their hands, and they didn't show any mercy. They won three games in a row 3:0 easily.

Aguero, who played as a main player for the first time, scored his second goal for the senior national team. Zanetti inserted a cross from the wing and Aguero headed in front of the goal.

Then the excited Aguero continued to break through. After being put down once, Gago easily scored the free kick created by him. This goal directly bypassed the wall and then drilled into the goal. Angle, a theoretical dead angle.

In the end, Messi, who had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly broke out, dribbling the ball diagonally from the right side of the backcourt, driving straight all the way, throwing away the two defenders and hitting the goal.After defeating the goalkeeper, the ball hit the post, and Tevez, who had missed in the past, scored the third goal for the team.

The fans don't know what to say about this goal. Messi's series of breakthroughs are indeed beautiful, but he is insulated from the goal in the national team.

On the contrary, Gago, in the state of the national team is even better than in the club.

After watching the qualifiers, all the fans sighed again in their hearts, the gap turned out to be with the national team!

(End of this chapter)