princely elegance

Chapter 275 Former Opponent, Today's Joke

Originally, Basile also believed that supporting Gago as the core of Argentina would cause some confusion in the team's tactics, and it might even lose.But after a few days of training, he had to admit that in the Olympic team, the effect of Gago as the core was better than that of Riquelme.

Although Riquelme is a midfield master, his movements are too slow, and not everyone has the patience to cooperate with him.What's more, most of the team members this time are young people who are full of vigor. Using a slow pace will only slow down the offensive efficiency of the entire team.

As a young man, Gago does not have this problem as the core, because he is the core in Real Madrid.And last season, Real Madrid's offense can be said to be everywhere, with Gago as the core, as fast as they want, and as slow as they want, that kind of attack like mercury pouring down the ground made all the fans fascinated.

Compared with Riquelme, who wants to control the ball at his feet, Gago, who is more in line with the requirements of modern football, is more suitable for this team composed of young people.

In the two warm-up games before the game, the first game against Mexico, the Argentine Olympic team established the victory in the first half.In the first 5 minutes of the game, Gago got rid of the defense of two people in the midfield and sent the ball to the penalty area.Aguero scored before the goalkeeper, and then in the No. 30 minute, Gago scored the ball to the left. After receiving the ball, Messi easily passed two people and then volleyed from a small angle.

Before the end of the first half, Gago took advantage of a free kick and directly hit the ball into the dead corner of the upper right corner of the goal.

At the end of the first half, Argentina was already leading by three goals.In the second half, Basile made consecutive substitutions. Higuain, Di Maria, and Lavezzi came on the field. He is still testing who can cooperate better with Gago.

Mexico launched a desperate counterattack in the second half, and Argentina's defense obviously did not pay enough attention to it, allowing the opponent's striker Castillo to score a goal.This genius who became famous in the America's Cup has not had a very good life recently.

After the Copa America, he joined the Shakhtar Donetsk team of Ukraine at a sky-high price of 2000 million euros, becoming the most expensive player in the history of the Ukrainian league.It's a pity that his life in Ukraine was not satisfactory. At the beginning, he was still loved by the fans. After all, he still had some strength and scored several goals.The turning point of the story is that in a league game shortly after joining, Castillo used his personal ability to create a penalty kick, but he was rebellious and refused to give the chance to the core of the team, insisting on You have to take the punishment yourself.Then, he missed the penalty kick, and then, he has been excluded from the squad by the head coach Lucescu of the miners, completely in the cold palace, and was discounted by a quarter during the winter transfer , 500 million euros were sold to Manchester City at a loss.

Gago heard the news last season, when in the Real Madrid locker room, this matter was treated as a joke.After all, there are really few players in football like Castillo who are second-rate.After Gago heard it, he thought for a long time before he remembered that Castillo seemed to be on the same level as him in the Copa America. The small character of Stillo is really lazy to spend brain cells to remember.Because of this kind of person, there may only be one or two chances to fight Gago in a lifetime.

But this time Castillo's goal made Gago take it seriously.After receiving the ball, Gago went straight to Huanglong from the middle. After breaking through three players in a row, he blasted a world wave at the top of the restricted area.In an instant, Castillo, who was originally in the limelight, was suppressed.

After this goal, Basile made another substitution, and Acosta of Sevilla replaced Gago, who scored two goals in this game and contributed two assists.

And Gago's amazing performance also made the few fans standing up and cheering. Many fans couldn't see the profound way. They only knew that this long-haired player scored two goals today. This kind of strength is a bit higher than other players on the field.

In the end, this warm-up match ended with Argentina beating Mexico 4:1, and Castillo, who could be mentioned together with Gago a year ago, could only be seen in the last corner in the newspaper after the game arrive.

While the media was overwhelmingly declaring Argentina's strength, Gago, who continued his outstanding performance last season, was naturally their first object of praise.

However, it was probably the first big victory that hurt the character. In the second warm-up match against Belarus, the Argentine Olympic team was flattened.Argentina took 26 shots in the whole game, but they just couldn't blast the Belarusian iron barrel formation. The opponent's goalkeeper seemed to be on the hook, blocking the shots of a group of Argentine geniuses one by one.Even Higuain's shot from inside the penalty area was miraculously blocked by him.

After the game, what the media said was completely opposite to what they said after the last game. They criticized the Argentine geniuses for not being able to seize the opportunity. If Crespo had come, he would have performed a hat-trick.

However, there are relatively few criticisms against Gago. Gago created at least four single-handed chances for the forwards in the whole game, but this time the Argentine geniuses didn't seem to wear shooting boots, and they didn't score a single goal. .

Regarding the criticism from the media, Basile supported his players after the game. He believed that the game was just bad luck for the players, not a bad state.After the Olympics officially starts, all players will enter the state of the game, and there will be no such waste of opportunities.

With a record of one win and one tie in the warm-up match, the geniuses of the Argentine Olympic team came to the ancient country in the east and began to participate in the No.20 Ninth Olympic football event.

It has to be said that football, as the number one sport in the world, has the largest fan base all over the world.When Gago and the others came to BJ, hundreds of fans spontaneously came to the airport to pick up the plane. Some crazy female fans even broke through the security guards and came to Gago.

After finally satisfying the fans' signature request, other passengers at the airport also discovered this group of stars. Although it can only be said to be the youth team of Argentina, its popularity is not inferior to that of the adult team.

Gago and Messi are the stars of the entire adult team. Real Madrid and Barcelona can be said to be the most dazzling giants in football in the past five years.In the past few years, Barcelona was in power, but in the past two years, Real Madrid has recovered, and the Galacticos set sail again.

Especially Gago, as the most dazzling and popular star this year, few people can overshadow him in the football world.Finally, seeing more and more people gathered, for safety reasons, Gago and the others had to leave through the VIP channel with the help of the airport manager.

"Fair, sure enough your popularity is the highest, all of us combined can't compare to you alone!"

Di Maria's personality fits well with Gago and the others, and Gago knows that Angel will be a Real Madrid player in the future, so under his deliberate overtures, he and Gago quickly became friends.

In fact, from a certain point of view, the geniuses of this generation in Argentina are all Gago's friends. He, Messi and Aguero once worked together to win the World Youth Championship.And Higuain is a teammate of his club, and now even Di Maria has become his friend. It can be said that in the future, Argentina's midfielders will be his people.

And Gago's outstanding performance in Real Madrid in the past two years also convinced all the young players, thinking that it would be unreasonable for Argentina not to let him become the core.

And Gago's cheerful and sunny image also satisfied Zanetti and his group of old people, who often stated in public that the future of Pampas belongs to Gago.

"Where, the captain's popularity is not lower than mine."

After listening to Di Maria's words, Gago smiled and pointed to Zanetti who walked in the front and said.Indeed, the captain of Inter Milan is not low in popularity in China.

"hey-hey!"

After hearing this, Di Maria laughed twice and didn't explain much, but everyone knew what he meant.

"I heard that there are many places of interest in this city. Do we have time to visit, especially the Great Wall!"

Aguero came over and hooked Gago's shoulder with his hand, and said with great interest.

"This time the game is very intensive, I'm afraid we don't have so much free time."

Jia Ge said with a bit of a headache, what's so good about the Great Wall? In his previous life, he walked along the Great Wall, not to mention the Great Wall. He has seen all the famous places of interest in the entire imperial capital. If he wasn't afraid of being suspected, he could Directly as a tour guide, take this group of talented teenagers around the entire imperial capital.

"There is still nearly half a month before the start of the game. We have two days to play. The coach will not refuse."

Aguero said a little unwillingly, indeed, the game will start on August [-]th, and it is only late July now, if you really want to play, you can still find time.

"Then go tell the coach, our happiness depends on you!"

Gago didn't know what Aguero was thinking, so he blocked what he wanted to say next.Sure enough, after hearing Gago's words, Aguero sneered twice, but it's better for him to say it with a cheeky face.

"Fair, isn't it because you have more face in front of the coach? Where can I go without your strength?"

"That's right, only you, Phil, can do such a difficult thing. The face of our group of people is not as big as you. Please do me a favor, our happy life this time depends on you. "

Di Maria is a familiar person, and immediately followed Aguero's words, and directly lifted Gago up.

Gago glanced at the longing eyes of several people around him, and immediately made a decision as he looked at Messi.

"Okay, for everyone's better life, I will go all out this time, but Leo, you have to go with me to intercede!"

"Hey, what do you care about me?"

"The two of us have more face together!"

Gago didn't allow Messi to refuse, put his arms around his neck, and walked towards Basile, who was walking in the front, ready to have a heart-to-heart talk with the head coach!
(End of this chapter)