princely elegance

Chapter 370 Noisy Summer (Third)
When La Liga came to an end, Real Madrid's players bid farewell to each other after a party.

Players like Gago who played with the national team began to go to South Africa to play for the king, while those who did not play began to gather with their families and prepare to enjoy a rare vacation.

There are no major games this summer, so the holiday time is relatively long. The holiday will be on June [-]st, and the team will not start training until mid-July.

Of course, for Gago, this kind of vacation is a luxury. As the new core of Argentina, he must go to participate in the half-month Confederations Cup.In the half month before the Confederations Cup, there is only a short five-day vacation for him to relax, and then he will start to report to the national team to prepare for the new lineup.

Compared with the Copa America two years ago, this time Argentina's lineup can be said to have changed drastically. With Ayala's withdrawal from the national team in the defense, Basile finally nodded and recruited Samuel, and Demichelis Form a new generation of central defender combination.The two full-backs are the vigorous Heinze and Zanetti, and Zabaleta, who has performed well in Manchester City recently, has also been called up by the national team.

Speaking of Zabaleta, he is also good friends with Gago, Messi and Aguero.When Argentina's youth team won the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, many people focused their attention on the two strikers Messi and Aguero, followed by Gago, the "Redondo II".At that time, the captain of this youth army was Zabaleta. The mature and stable him made Gago and Messi the favorites of the sky.

Before the national team round, Gago played host and called Messi, Sabarata, and Aguero, the three former comrades-in-arms, for a friendly gathering.

Zabaleta kept sighing at Gago and the others. You must know that he participated in the World Cup in Germany, but he never entered the national team after that.

He participated in last year's Olympics because of his age, but the Olympic Games is as valuable as the World Youth Championship in the eyes of all players.

Being able to enter the national team this year is also because the head coach Basile is preparing to update the national team.The players of the golden generation of Argentina, represented by Gago and Messi, who won the Dutch World Youth Championship, were valued one after another, and they entered the national team and began to seize power.

Another reason for recruiting Zabaleta is that Zanetti is 36 years old, which is almost the limit age for a professional player.If it weren't for Gago's guarantee to Basile that Zanetti's condition is fine, it would be a real problem whether the captain of Inter Milan can enter the national team again.If Gago didn't know that Zanetti was still alive and well after the age of 40, he really couldn't believe that a 36-year-old veteran could be useful to the national team.

It's just that Basile is still worried, and recruits Zabaleta, who is the best performer among the younger generation.Then the midfield configuration is that Cambiasso and Mascherano partner double midfielders, Gago rushes forward, and Basile's ideal players on the forward line are Messi, Higuain and Aguero.

随着皇马和巴塞罗那的成绩越来越好，4-3-3的阵型开始在风格接近于西甲的南美流行起来。而在西甲占据着绝对优势的阿根廷国脚们对于4-3-3的领悟肯定要超过以前的4-4-2。而且这套阵容在关键时刻可以化身成为4-2-3-1，这是曼奇尼在国际米兰最擅长的阵型，在国家队人数占据了小半的国米帮适应起来也没有麻烦。

After everyone came together, Basile led the players to start training to adjust the lineup. The previous warm-up match against Panama achieved good results, and the opponent couldn't defend Gago at all.As long as the ball reaches his feet every time, he can always create good opportunities.Compared to the slow-paced Riquelme, Gago led the three young players in the frontcourt to play a gorgeous and dazzling ground-flow attack with fast short passes.

No. 20 minutes of the first half, Gago's through pass helped Higuain face the goalkeeper against offside and scored. In the second half, Messi changed positions with Gago from the left and then cut inside and blasted the goal.Tevez, who came off the bench at the last moment, was lucky enough to succeed in Gago's long-range shot being blocked by the goalkeeper.

The score of 3:0 made the entire Argentine country full of confidence in this new blue-and-white team. Gago, Messi, Higuain, Tevez, Aguero and other geniuses sparked a perfect spark.

The next time is that Basile has a headache to arrange the playing time of the players. This time, Lavezzi and Di Maria were also selected for the national team.These two young men who have performed well in Naples and Benfica are regarded as the future wings of Argentina.

In other words, seven young people in their early twenties want to grab four positions in the frontcourt. Gago and Messi must occupy one of the main positions, so it is accurate to say that five people will grab two positions. There are too many young talents in Argentina. , which caused such a tragic situation for the national team.

Fortunately, they are not well-known now, and they don't have that kind of surly head, so although the competition for the position of the national team is fierce, nothing out of control has happened.

At present, under the deliberate connivance of Basile, the national team is mainly divided into two factions. One is the young people headed by Gago. , plus Higuain, Heinze and Mascherano who played for Real Madrid.Basically, it can be said that it is the number one force in the national team. With the support of Basile, no one can shake Gago's position.

The second faction is the Inter Milan gang represented by Zanetti, but with the defeat of Crespo, Veron and others, the power has been greatly reduced.

However, there is no contradiction between the two factions. Although Inter Milan has few players, they are very stable in the defensive position. Cambiasso in the midfielder, Samuel in the center back, Zanetti in the right back , The three of them worked for the country with peace of mind.

Now the entire national team generally speaking, the entire frontcourt and half of the backcourt belongs to Gago, while the other half of the backcourt belongs to Inter Milan.With Cambiasso as a bridge, the two groups of people live in harmony and live in peace.

It took Basile a season to eliminate Riquelme's influence, weaken the power of the Inter Milan gang, and single-handedly hold his own Boca lineage to the throne.

"Fair, Phil, don't let me down, I'm putting everything on you now!"

Watching the team play practice games carefully from the sidelines, Basile kept his eyes on Gago. It has to be said that Argentina has already dealt with all internal affairs, the configuration of each position, the age match of the old, the middle and the young. It's perfect.Whether they can win the World Cup in South Africa depends on the team's lineup and God's blessing.

No team can rely on absolute strength to win the World Cup. In the process of winning the championship, luck has always been the most important factor.And it is precisely because of this unpredictability that football is full of charm.

After a week of training, the Argentine players came to the judicial capital of South Africa... Bloemfontein.A few days later, they will face the African champion Egypt team here. This time Alicia and the others will also follow Gago in the Confederations Cup.But considering the poor security environment in South Africa, Gago stopped them.

What happened a few days later told him that this decision was very correct. The day before the game, the hotel where the Egyptian team stayed was burglarized, and the rooms of five players were collectively visited by thieves.

Probably because of being dazzled by the thieves' behavior, the Egyptian team unexpectedly broke out in a small universe when facing Argentina, falling behind three times and equalizing the score three times, which almost made Argentina's debut in South Africa unsuccessful.

Fortunately, Higuain's breakthrough won a penalty at the last moment. As the first penalty shooter, Gago kept his record of 100% penalty kicks, and easily pushed the lower right corner to score.

However, the joy of killing the Egyptian team at 4:3 only lasted for a while. When the Argentine team returned to the hotel, they found that their room had also been stolen.The rooms of poor Sabalata and Maradona, who came with the team, were stripped of all valuables.

This incident made the old horse, who has always been upright, furious. He yelled at the visiting reporters about the law and order in South Africa, and even brought up FIFA President Sepp Blatter.He scolded him for going against all odds to pass South Africa's application. If Basile hadn't covered his mouth in time, he might have said even worse things.

It's just that this time, there is no need to talk about it. All the journalists from Europe scolded South Africa's poor environment with one voice.Players can steal at the resident again and again.Of course, the treatment of journalists was not much better. They were robbed directly after entering the security check area.

The press center of the Confederations Cup in South Africa was also too crude, a "temporary shed". At that time, the faces of all European reporters were darkened.Moreover, there is no separate channel for interviews. After the game, reporters can only follow the flow of spectators out slowly. Even if they can catch up with the press conference, interviews in the mixed zone will miss most of the valuable information.

After the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup, it was heard that Blatter's already thinning hair had become less and almost gone.

It’s just that it’s impossible to change the decisions made by these bosses. Even if Blatter regrets it, it’s too late. We can only hope that South Africa will not let him down when the World Cup starts a year later.At that time, their embarrassment will not be a big deal, and Blatter, who has overcome all opinions and agreed with them to host this World Cup, is likely to suffer because of this.You must know that after Platini took the UEFA chairmanship, he began to eye the position of FIFA chairmanship.

After the first round of the group stage, the most surprising thing was the European champion Spain. Under the leadership of Bosque, it was like a juggling half of New Zealand's five goals, creating the largest point difference in this cup.

After this round of competition, the world's major gaming companies have also released their odds for winning the championship. Spain, which slaughtered New Zealand 5:0 in the first round, ranked first and was far ahead.It was followed by Italy, which easily defeated the US team 3:1.Argentina, which relied on Gago's penalty to win with difficulty, came in third.

(End of this chapter)