princely elegance

Chapter 384 The Strange Arc

As South America's old enemy, Argentina and Brazil have a total of 94 confrontations in international A-level competitions. Brazil has a slight upper hand with 35 wins, 24 draws and 34 losses.

This game also has a profound meaning in front of this number. As long as Argentina can beat Brazil at home in this campaign, the record between the two teams will be equal.

Gago was still lying in the hospital when the two sides met in the first round of the qualifiers. In that game, Dunga put up a defensive formation at home and won a 0:0 in the absence of Kaka Ronaldinho. .

In fact, Ronaldinho's presence or absence has no effect on Brazil, because Dunga's Brazil was rebuilt with Kaka as the core. Last time, Brazil's Kaka was absent, while Argentina's Gago was absent. Both sides scored a goalless draw without the core.

But this time it will obviously not be so easy. Both sides are strong and powerful, and the core of the king is also at the peak. It is bound to be a life-and-death battle before the World Cup.

Although the Argentine lineup is dominant, the media are all optimistic about Brazil.Because the five-star Brazil had won nine games in a row before the end of this game and was unbeaten in seventeen games.Moreover, Argentina's record in the last five "South American Derby" is one win, one draw and three losses.

In terms of record, Brazil with Kaka as the core is very strong. Although the players in various positions are not as terrifying as the 06 World Cup, they are better than this team being completely controlled by Dunga.Kaka is the core and no player can question it. Now Brazil has been completely squeezed into a fist by Dunga.

It's just that the Argentine media will not be at a disadvantage in terms of words. They cited various examples to prove that as long as Gago is present, Argentina has never lost against Brazil and fought back.

It can be seen from heaven that Gago has only played one game against Brazil in the national team. That was in the final of the last Copa America. That match was indeed won by Argentina. Gago scored twice to help the team After a lapse of 14 years, he won the championship of the international competition again.

It's just that at this time all Argentine fans need this fact to boost their morale, and they also believe that as long as Gago is on the court, the team will win.

"Friends in the audience, welcome to the 15th round of the South American World Cup qualifiers. Argentina will face Brazil at home. Let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides..."

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"Robbie, do you want to go for a drink after the game?"

When Gago shook hands with Robinho on the field, he asked with a smile. As good friends, although they are no longer in the same team, the connection between the two has never been broken.

"If I win, I'll go!"

Robinho's answer was not what Gago expected.

"That's a pity!"

Gago's answer caused the veins on Robinho's forehead to bulge, which meant that Brazil was doomed!

Afterwards it was Kaka who shook hands with Gago. At this moment, the front court cameras were all aimed at this place. Although Messi was officially crowned as the king last year, as long as Gago is around, he will never be the core of Argentina.

"Now shaking hands is the core of the two teams. Kaka, the double football player in 07, and Gago, the double football player in 08. Both of them are the core of the midfielder in the national team. It was the first match against AC Milan after the quarterfinals. The last match was not very pleasant for Gago, and his Real Madrid was finally eliminated by AC Milan of the Kaka Association."

"In the just-announced Champions League group stage, Real Madrid and AC Milan were in the same group by coincidence. One month after this match, if there is no accident, the two will have to fight twice in succession. This is for fans around the world. It is a grand event for everyone, this is the peak match between the two best midfielders, and this qualifier is the best opportunity for them to test it!"

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When the commentators and fans on the sidelines were extremely excited, Gago and Kaka had already separated. The two didn't have any conversation, they just shook hands and then let go quickly.

Gago has never been a person with a big belly. He always remembered the scene of being abused by Kaka at the San Siro Stadium.Although he didn't score a goal after being thrown 60 meters by Kaka like Messi, it was a fact that Kaka beat Gago at that time.

Gago, who had just landed in Real Madrid that year, showed the demeanor of a prince. That kind of predictive defense basically prevented every offensive player.Except for Ronaldinho, who was like magic in the game, and Kaka, who was completely upgraded to a bug, those two were also the only ones who could beat Gago when he was not yet fully grown.

And now, Ronaldinho was defeated again and again by Gago in 08, and even left Serie A last year, completely disappearing in front of Gago.Only Kaka belonged to a different league. Gago could only sigh, wishing to take revenge, but the travel expenses were too expensive.

Who knows that at the beginning of this season, the South American Football Association and UEFA have arranged for him three opportunities for revenge. At this time, Gago is very glad that Florentino did not restore this year.Otherwise, after Kaka came to Real Madrid and became teammates, the two would have no chance to play against each other.

At the beginning of the game, Argentina showed a strong desire to attack, while the Brazilian team uncharacteristically started a defensive counterattack.Dunga is a thick black tall man who can give up all his face for victory, and defensive counterattack is the tactic that can best play the characteristics of Kaka's high-speed dribbling.

"As expected of Kaka as the core!"

Gago controlled the ball under his feet, looked at the dense crowd of the Brazilian team in front of him, and whispered in his mouth mockingly.Then the ball was distributed to the feet of Messi on the wing. In this game, Gago saw that his fighting spirit was so strong that it was about to explode.

They are all brothers who have been defeated by Kaka. Gago said that he knows Messi very well, because the chance of revenge is really rare!

And with Gago feeding Messi with all his strength, Brazil's defense line began to tighten. Messi's small-scale dodge and dribble is a big killer to break the dense defense.

Pull the ball, smash the ball, turn left and right, pass the ball!
In the 5th minute of the game, in the face of the consecutive defenses of the three Brazilians, Messi's small universe broke out and passed them one by one. If Higuain's response was not slow at the end, Argentina would have taken the lead by one goal.

And this scene made Dunga break out in a cold sweat off the court. In this game, he focused on letting the players pay attention to Gago, and he paid far less attention to Messi than the core of Real Madrid.And this point almost made Brazil's goal broken. As a last resort, Dungar took advantage of the dead ball to pull past Lucio and let him defend Messi while focusing on suppressing Gago.

Although this is very difficult, Lucio can only grit his teeth and do it, because he is the core of the Brazilian team's defense, and he must use his performance to keep the goal.

Under the explosion of Messi in the opening 10 minutes, Gago felt that the pressure on his body was lightened. Although the two defensive midfielders were still beside him like brown sugar, without Lucio's replacement at the back, he passed them. Just like drinking water.

No. In the 18th minute, Gago got the ball and gave it to Zanetti who came in from the backcourt. In this game, in order to suppress Maicon, Basile moved the captain of Inter Milan to the left.When the Brazilian team put all the defensive power on the left side of Messi, Zanetti easily brought the ball to the bottom line, and then made a pass.

Higuain and Carlos Tevez in the penalty area jumped up at the same time to fight for the ball, but Lucio showed his top central defender's strength, jumped up early and pushed the ball out.

"Beautiful defense. The Brazilian captain pushed the ball out with a [-]v[-]. The ball was caught by Melo of the Brazilian team on the outside. Kaka was already running ahead of time. The opportunity to counterattack..."

The commentators in Brazil began to get excited at this time. Everyone knew what would happen if Kaka received the ball during the counterattack, but it was too early for him to be happy.

Gago judged the landing point when Lucio was fighting for the header, moved ahead of time and approached Melo, and when he kicked a long pass, he stretched out his left foot and broke the ball from in front of him. down.

"Beautiful tackle, Gago's aggressive pressing in the frontcourt prevented a counterattack from the Brazilian team!"

This time Melo's pass was a bit strong. Although the ball was intercepted by Gago, he jumped up the moment it hit his left foot.

Seeing this situation, Melo was ready to make amends, and wanted to get the ball back again, but Gago blocked him with a sideways movement. Melo slammed into Gago's back with all his strength, but was hit A bunch of cotton that doesn't feel strong.

The moment Gago was hit by Melo, he took half a step forward, removing most of the opponent's strength, and his body could fully bear the rest.

And he has a knack for taking half a step forward, just in time for the bouncing ball to land in front of him, then, with his left foot stretched out, his body leans back, leaning against Melo, who is still unwilling to hit him, and using the outside of his foot Flick at the falling ball!
There is a slight cool breeze blowing in Rosario Arloito Giants Stadium today, and the ball is still spinning continuously as it falls. With Gago’s instep flicking, the ball spins a strange way. The arc drilled to the right of the goal.

Cesar threw his body out when Gago shot. This year he can be said to be the king of goalkeepers. In a sense, this year's No. 1 goalkeeper is this Brazilian.

He successfully blocked the position with both hands before the ball flew into the goal, but the ball was affected by the wind at this time and floated up. Although it was touched by his palm, it still hit the goal above the goal with an unstoppable force net.

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"The World Wave, Fernando Gago, forcibly opened the gate of the Brazilian team when Melo slammed into him from behind. The arc was so weird that Cesar even misjudged it."

"1:0, Argentina relied on Gago's goal in the No. 18 minute to lead their rival Brazil. Can the Nerazzurri have the last laugh?"

(End of this chapter)