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Chapter 602 An Incredible 8-member Coaching Team

On the day when the Argentine team's [inside bar incident] broke out, although the media and fans almost focused all their attention on the HPC Sports Center... However, the rest of the third round of the South African World Cup group stage was still going on intensely!

One of the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the defending champion [Azzurri] Italy against Slovakia at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg!

In the first two rounds of Group F, [Silver Fox] Lippi's team disappointedly only got two consecutive draws, while Italy's opponent, Slovakia, which participated in the World Cup as an independent country for the first time, had one draw and one loss!
These two teams were pushed to the edge of a cliff. They both needed to win a victory in order to successfully qualify for the group stage, otherwise, they would die without a place to die!

This is a life-and-death battle with no way out!

The game started at 16:00 that afternoon.

After 10 and 2 minutes of fierce fighting at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, the final result was astonishing-the defending champion Italy team unexpectedly lost to the underdog Slovakia with a score of 3:[-].

For the defending champion [Azzurri], what was worse than the ending was the process of the game-from the beginning to the end, the "underdog" Slovakia firmly stood in the empty situation. Forward Witek scored a goal in the first half and scored twice. The goals of Di Natale and Quagliarella once gave the Italian team hope. crown champion!
The star-studded Italian team has never led even by 1 minute! !
The tears of the Italian fans soaked the stands of the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, and the camera lens captured the helpless scene of the head coach [Silver Fox] Lippi closing his eyes and praying on the sidelines. It is destined to be forever engraved in the history of [Azzurri]! !

This is a shame for heavy makeup!
At the same time, at Paul Guani's Peter Mokaba Stadium, another match in Group F came to an end - the South American powerhouse Paraguay drew 0-0 with New Zealand and scored a valuable point.

So far, all three games in Group F are over.

Paraguay ranked first in the group with 5 win, [-] draws and [-] points. Slovakia entered the knockout round with [-] win, [-] draw and [-] loss. The New Zealand team was undefeated and ranked third in the group with three consecutive draws. The [Azzurri] Italian team was completely kicked into the bottomless abyss of shame, with two draws and one loss at the bottom of the group!
The final situation of Group F caught many people's eyes.

The head coach [Silver Fox] Lippi is too superstitious about Cannavaro and other veterans who won the championship last year, and abandons the selection criteria for young players. Fans and the media agree that this is the most important reason for the team to encounter Waterloo in the World Cup!

The overwhelming accusations never stopped from the moment the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match in the third group match——

Gattuso: We are a disgrace to Italy

"Pirlo tears in the locker room, 'brain' bids farewell to the World Cup forever"

Lippi, the culprit of Italy's disgraceful exit, angry fans said they would hang [Silver Fox]

"From 'National Hero' to 'Hell Sinner', the Four-Year Reincarnation of Marshal Lippi"

"The old line of defense is completely blown, this is the consequence of trusting Cannavaro"

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The condemnation of Lippi and the players by Italian fans and the media has never stopped.

But the World Cup is still going on vigorously——

The last round of the group stage of Group G of the death group kicked off.

The Durban Stadium attracted the attention of the world on June 6th. The five-star [Samba] Brazil and Portugal met here. This game is regarded as a direct confrontation between Kaka and C-Ronaldo among the [Four Kings] of the youth generation of football!
Regrettably, although the process was very hot, the game ended in a 0:0 draw. Kaka and C-Ronaldo did not have any outstanding performances, and the two sides shook hands to make peace!
On another field, [African Elephant] Côte d'Ivoire defeated the North Korean team 3:0!
At this moment, the devilish aura of the death group finally gradually dissipated
The victor stands on a pile of bones—

The Brazilian team won three games, two wins and one draw with 7 points to win the group transparency, and the Portuguese team won the second place with one win and two draws. These two traditional strong teams joined hands to win the qualifying places!
And the loser loses further qualifications——

[African Elephant] Although Côte d'Ivoire won the last round, it was eliminated by 1 point. As for the Korean team, its true strength was fully reflected in the three battles!
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After the end of the group of death, there are still two remaining games in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa——

6 month 29 day.

Spain's match against Chile and Switzerland's match against Honduras kicked off at 16:00 local time at the same time!

The Matador Legion relied on Villa's pass to make contributions and beat Chile 2:1, while Switzerland drew Honduras 0:0...

Before the game, many people regarded these two games as a contest of wisdom and courage between Bielsa, the protagonist of the Chilean team, and Hitzfeld, the coach of the Swiss team in the coming year, because both teams have the possibility of qualifying, and they must make a choice between defense or offense!

And the final result undoubtedly shows that [Madman] Bielsa defeated the old coach Heathfield——

The Chilean team was sent off, and they still insisted on attacking the strong enemy Spain, and finally scored a goal fortunately. However, the Swiss team, which can qualify as long as they win, is conservative when facing the recognized underdog Honduras.

Once this battle is over, the ranking of Group H will be released soon——

The Spanish team ranked first in the group with 6 points and 2 goals in three games, two wins and one loss.

The Chilean team has three games, two wins and one loss, with 6 points and 0 winning goals. The second place in the group.

After beating the Spanish team in the first round, the Swiss team finally paid a huge price for their conservatism. They ranked third in the group with only 4 points. Together with Honduras, which had only one draw in three games, they were eliminated by the group!
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June 6 at 29:17 pm.

This is a watershed moment in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa - with the whistle of the British referee Howard Webber, the lengthy group stage journey has finally come to an end!

In the past 19 days, after a long 48 fierce fights, 32 of the [-] princes finally lost the qualification to continue to compete for the Hercules Cup, and the remaining [-], without rest, will soon catch up and start fighting!

From the first second of the end of the group stage, the matchup table for the quarter-finals has been displayed in front of the whole world——

South American powerhouse Ula VS [Asian Red Devils] South Korea!
[Three Lions] England VS [African Buffalo] Ghana!
[Germanic Chariot] German team VS North American team US team!
[Blue and White Legion] Argentina VS [Hulk] Mexico!
[Oranje Corps] Netherlands VS World Cup newcomer Slovakia!
[Five-Star Samba] Brazil team VS South American powerhouse Paraguay! !

South American strong team Uruguay VS [Asian Brazil] Japanese team! !
[Matador Legion] Spain VS [Flying Wing Legion] Portugal! !
These eight games will undoubtedly be a world-renowned battle. Starting from 30:18 on the 00th, there will be two games every day. The powerful players will use 4 games in 8 days to compete for the final victory of the top eight and enter the quarter-finals!

The cruel breath rushed towards him once again!
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Of course, the media is also frantically continuing their work-

With the complete end of the group stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the top 32 have all completed their respective matches in the first stage. After 48 games, there are super dark horses that turned out, and there are super giants who stumbled and fell!

All of this has made all the media and fans in the world football can't wait to start a new round of "pointing the country" activities again,
Reuters has had too much addiction to commentary reports in previous reports.

This time, they once again continued the previous commentary style. Before other media, they selected the various 'awards' of the 2010 group stage on the basis of the team's record and fan surveys——

The one who won the [Most Anticlimactic Award] was coach Hitzfeld's Swiss team!
They defeated the mighty Spanish team in the first round, breaking out the first real big upset of this World Cup. However, in the last game, as long as they win, they can qualify. The weakest opponent in Group H, Honduras, only forced a draw, and regrettably lost the group stage... The Swiss team's 2010 World Cup in South Africa had a grand start, but ended in regret and blame. Their performance is definitely the most anticlimactic!

The winner of the [Most Disgraceful Exit Award] is the Gallic Rooster French team.

As the runner-up team of the last World Cup, the performance of the French team in this World Cup can only be described as shameful. They failed to win in three games, and internal scandals broke out... Scandals, scandals, scandals, this is the only impression the French team left on South Africa!

The defending champion Italian team won the [Most Desperate Award].

The record of three games, two draws and one loss is not the worst among the 32 teams. However, for a giant like the Azzurri, it is absolutely unbearable for the group to fail to qualify. Gazzetta dello Sport reported that the first time an Italian player stepped out of the airport after returning home, what he saw was not a media reporter, but 23 black coffins carried by angry fans, with everyone's name written on them... and the head coach [Silver Fox] Lippi was even more regarded as a sinner. Bottom line, among the Italian team, no one has lost their souls!
[The Most Powerful Rebound Award] was awarded to the Three Lions England team by Reuters.

After the Green butter hand made a mistake in the first game and was tied by the US team, the Three Lions scored a terrifying 10 goals in the next two games. Such a rebound is simply appalling!
[The Most Soy Sauce Team] Awarded to the North Korean team who conceded 12 goals in three games.

[The most tragic team] was awarded to the Australian team. The tears of Harry Kewell, who played sick, are enough to move the whole world.

[Most Regretful Out Award] Awarded to the Côte d'Ivoire team. The reputation and strength of the players in the African Elephant team are top-notch. In the group stage, one win, one draw and one loss are not the worst. However, in the death group, there are two giants in Brazil and Portugal.

[Most Scary and Dangerous Award] was awarded to Matador Legion Spain. The favorite to win the championship is still facing the danger of being eliminated from the group before the last game... From the upset defeat in the first game, the journey has been full of dangers. Fortunately, the ending is still gratifying.

【Most Satisfactory Award】Awarded to...

【Most Troubled Water Fishing Award】...

【The Greatest Improvement Award】...

The award that Crazy Li's Blue and White Army received was the 【Most Perfect Award】.

Reuters’ comments made many fans couldn’t help nodding their heads in agreement: “What did you expect the Argentine team to do before, Crazy Lee will make such expectations come true. With 17 goals in three games, no team can do it more perfectly than them!”

This summary by Reuters has won countless attentions for them, and it has also led to a wave of selection. Competitors in other media circles, not to be outdone, set off various selections after the group stage!
All of a sudden, even FIFA and the South African World Cup Organizing Committee announced the 24-man 48-736-18 best team list selected from 3 stars after 4 games in the past half month in less than 3 hours after the end of the group stage——

[Best goalkeeper] German team Neuer.

"...the young goalkeeper of Schalke 04 made [-] effective saves in the last game against Ghana, firmly keeping the German team's hope of promotion, and the title of best is well-deserved!"

[Best Left Back] Argentina Javier Zanetti.

"...Argentina's undisputed defensive core and spiritual leader, with two assists and zero turnovers, this is a perfect answer from a veteran!"

[Best central defender] Samuel

"...The Argentine team did not concede a single goal in the two games 'Rock' played, and the only goal the Argentine team conceded in the third game of his rotation was due to a central defender's mistake. The comparison of the data is enough to explain everything."

[Best right back] Brazil Maicon.

"...the world's best full-back, a court machine with excellent offense and defense, and the zero-angle goal against the North Korean team in the first round is enough to explain everything!"

[Best Midfielders] Riquelme, Alan Smith and Xavi
"...'Magic' Riquelme's goals and passes have made Madman Lee's team's midfield pass control into a dominant level. In the first two games, 'Macho' Alan-Smith used three goals and aggressive fights to support the Three Lions. The 'ventilator' Harvey controls the rhythm of the Spanish team like an engine and is the most indispensable driving force for the team!"

[Best Forward] Messi, Diego Forlan, David Villa.

"...No.1 on the scorer list, Messi's selection is undisputed... If there is no man named Diego Forlan, Uruguay will not be the first in the group, and it will be difficult to qualify...As for Spain? The Matador's striker is supported by Villa alone, because his partner-Liverpool's 'Holy Child' is a role that has been firmly implementing soy sauce in the frontcourt!"

In addition to the 11 players who started on the field, the best 7 players selected for the bench are——

Spanish team [Saint Casillas] Iker Casillas, England team [Storm Bear] Andy Carroll and [Lightning Killer] Michael Owen, Japanese team [Rookie King] Honda Keisuke, Dutch team midfielder Sneijder, German team new core Ozil, Slovakian striker Vitek!

FIFA's best team may not be accepted by all fans.

However, considering the importance of the players selected in this best list to their respective teams and their energy in the first three games, most of the media and fans still voted for it!
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While the various summaries are being carried out in a hurry, the movement of the Nerazzurri Argentina team has always attracted the attention of the football world. Almost all fans and media are eagerly waiting for Madman Li to announce his newly formed coaching team!
At this time, many expert commentators have made predictions - "Judging from the criteria and inclinations of Crazy Li in selecting assistant coaches, he is very likely to choose a large number of Chinese coaches as his assistants. Li Bing is a typical example!"

The knockout round is about to begin, and stability is everything else.

And Crazy Li didn't make the media wait too long——

July 6 at 29:20 p.m.

Crazy Li held a press conference at the HPC Sports Center of the University of Pretoria, announcing the list of his newly formed Argentine coaching staff. In just 15 minutes of the press conference, more than 200 reporters who went to the scene became crazy...

And soon, the whole world knew about Madman Li's choice——

Maradona!

Caniggia! !
Juan Veron!

Mario Kempes! !

Gabriel Batistuta! !

Fernando Redondo! !

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This is the choice of Madman Lee! !
I don't know how many people in the world crushed their teeth, bit their tongues, dropped their glasses, and accidentally dislocated their jaws at this moment...

How could this be true?
Leaving aside the experiences, identities and abilities of these few people, the numbers alone are incredible! !The newly formed coach of the Blue and White Legion, plus Madman Li himself and assistant coach Li Bing, there are only 8 people in total?

There are only 8 people, what kind of concept is this?
Not to mention compared with the huge coaching team of the previous Argentine team of 35 people, even compared with the average number of 32 people in the top 25 coaching staff of South Africa according to media statistics, Madman Lee's "8-member coaching staff" seems to be exaggeratedly small!
This is the lineup of the new Argentine coaching staff. In an instant, it was like a terrifying, huge and inexplicable beast that suddenly emerged from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. In the already noisy and chaotic world football, it once set off endless waves like a tsunami of anger.

The media, with a cramp-crazed and explosive attitude, is launching frenzied reports——

"...I think Madman Lee must be playing a child's game called 'past superstar stamp collection' or 'old star collection'. Maradona and Kempes barely have coaching experience, but Redondo and Batistuta have never appeared in front of our eyes as coaches. As for Juan Veron? Oh, God, he is just a player!"

Excerpted from Catalan daily sports newspaper.

"...Maradona devoted himself to physical training? Kempes directed the attack? Batistuta trained the goalkeeper? Redondo trained set pieces?

Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport also lamented.

"...The Argentine team is finished! In the fantasy situation of winning all three games in the group stage, Madman Li first publicly bombarded the former coaching staff and caused a huge sensation, and then formed such an incredible and ridiculous pocket coaching staff. The huge morale accumulated in the previous three consecutive victories was completely exhausted, and the team was panic-stricken. Whether they can cross the hurdle of Mexico in the quarter-finals is still unknown!"

The latest commentary from the French newspaper L'Equipe.

There is not only one media that holds this view——

"Argentina is doomed!!"

"Mad Lee destroyed Argentina..."

"Madman Lee's real purpose of coaching Argentina: to help the English destroy their old enemy Argentina, the most incredible undercover agent since ancient times!"

"Maradona will not be willing to succumb to the lunatic Li, and the two lunatics will soon have conflicts..."

"The new coaching staff's big names are not satisfied with the Chinese assistant coaches, and Madman Li is in a dilemma!"

"The Argentine Football Association has acquired Crazy Lee, and Grondona is looking for a successor to Crazy..."

"..."

Li Tongfan's series of behaviors made many people feel incomprehensible.

Most football experts unanimously predict that the huge changes in the team's coaching staff will definitely have an immeasurable impact on the future record of the Nerazzurri. If the Argentine team fails to win the championship in the next game—even if it reaches the top four, Madman Li will also become the most unforgivable sinner in the history of the Argentine team!
However, it is strange that, according to the investigations of the two most influential newspapers in Argentina--"Independent" and "National", it seems that because Madman Lee's lawless behavior is in line with the fans' undisciplined and adventurous mentality, the support rate of Madman Lee among the fans has not decreased but increased!

"The media always doubt him with the worst intentions, but as an ordinary fan, I would like to ask: Compared with those so-called prudent and low-key world famous coaches, when did Madman Li disappoint his supporters?"

"We fans know what the coaching staff organized by the Football Association is. Now Crazy Li has built a dream team for us. From players to coaches, he is the most incredible choice. We support him unconditionally!"

"This is the most typical and veritable Argentine team!!!"

"We need passion, football needs passion, and only Madman Lee can do it!"

Facing the reporter's microphone and camera lens, almost all the fans expressed the same meaning in different languages.

This is a strange phenomenon. The media is almost one-sided black Crazy Li, while the fans are overwhelmingly supporting Crazy Li. It is hard to say which heartstrings Crazy Li's crazy actions touched the fans... But, he once won what he wanted!
Everyone understands that under such mixed circumstances, if Crazy Li finally manages to lead the Argentine team to the top of the World Cup in South Africa, then from now on, he will become another real god of Pampas football after Maradona!

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time flies.

While the outside world was buzzing and talking, the Argentine 8-member coaching staff was having its first coaching staff meeting since its formation.

The HPC meeting seemed empty at this moment.

However, the atmosphere in the room was very relaxed.
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6500 words of text, updated in two in one today.

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