Glory Greenery

Chapter 642
"Yang, is there something on your mind?"

In the locker room of the Mineiro Stadium, coach Lippi cares about Yang Mo.

From the start of the group match against Argentina, there is not much time left, but any member of the Chinese team can tell that Yang Mo is worried, and he was a little absent-minded when he heard the tactics just now.

Ever since he asked for leave yesterday, Yang Mo felt a little out of sorts after returning to the hotel, which made Lippi very worried.

If the Chinese team wants to compete with Argentina, Yang Mo's performance is the top priority. Once something happens to Yang Mo, this game will not be played.

So Lippi should be worried as a matter of course.

"Mr. Coach, I'm fine."

Seeing what Lippi was thinking, Yang Mo raised his head and showed a sunny smile.

As the competition was approaching, the matter of his sister really made him a little uneasy.

Although the words were generous yesterday, as an older brother, how could he not worry about his younger sister.

It can be seen that Liu Ning's parents are very resolute. They are also well-known people in China, and with only one daughter like Liu Ning, it will definitely not be easy to solve this matter.

Hey……

I sighed silently in my heart, suppressed my emotions in my heart, and prepared to concentrate on the game.

Everyone in the team trusts him, and he can't let everyone down, especially at such a critical moment.

"Little Yang, are you okay?"

When he left the locker room and went to the stadium, Yang Mo heard someone asking him.

In the entire national team, only Sun Jihai and Zheng Zhi were qualified to call him Xiao Yang.

You don't need to turn your head, you can tell it's Sun Jihai just by hearing the voice.

Facing this old senior, Yang Mo had no choice but to show another smile, and said firmly, "It's okay, I just want to think about how to play this game."

Sun Jihai looked at Yang Mo carefully, but he didn't see anything unusual, so he let go of his heart and said, "This match really depends on you."

"Brother Sun, you should take a good rest this time and watch me." Yang Mo patted his chest.

Considering the intensity of the game and the tactical requirements, Lippi did not arrange for Sun Jihai to start.

Against Argentine, the Chinese team wants to gain something, and there is no second tactical option, the only way is to play defense and counterattack.

After much hesitation, although Lippi chose to let Wu Lei start, he arranged a very conservative 451 starting lineup.

On the back line are Zhang Linfan, Feng Xiaoting, Sun Xiang, and Zheng Zheng.

In the midfield, there are Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin, Zhang Xizhe, Wu Lei, Cai Huikang.

On the front line, of course, Yang Mo is the strategic threat.

"Good evening, audience friends. It is 12 o'clock in the morning BJ time. The third match of Group F of the 20th World Cup. The match between Argentina and China is about to start. Players from both sides are ready to enter the stadium."

"Judging from the starting lineup, Lippi's formation for this game is quite conservative. Although Wu Lei started, his position is quite low."

Hearing Liu Jianhong's familiar voice, everyone knew that the game was about to start.

"Looking at this formation, it is obvious that Wu Lei's offensive role in this game is to assist Yang Mo. Wu Lei's speed is not slow, and can be used as a support point when counterattacking."

"After all, in the fleeting counterattack opportunity, Wu Lei is the one who can help Yang Mo in the Chinese team."

"But when Wu Lei plays, I'm not worried about offense, but it's hard to say about defense."

After Director Tao's analysis came, Liu Jianhong followed up and said: "I think as long as he has a correct attitude and dares to fight hard, Wu Lei can also cause a lot of interference to the opponent with his physical fitness."

"Yang Mo's defensive skills are not good either, but Wu Lei needs to learn a lot about his stickiness."

The two commentators talked to each other, and soon the game began.

When it was time to play the national anthem, there were more than [-] Chinese fans at the scene, and the march of the volunteers resounded throughout the Mineiro Stadium in an instant.

However, although the Chinese fans are enthusiastic today, it is impossible to suppress their opponents.

As a neighboring country of Brazil, Argentina is considered half of the home court in Brazil. More than [-] fans came to the scene to cheer for Argentina.

So when the Argentine national anthem sounded, the Argentine fans immediately launched a counterattack, using the numbers to suppress the voices of the Chinese fans.

Before the game started, the stands became lively first.

Moreover, compared with the fans of the old strong team Argentina, the Chinese fans who came to the World Cup for the first time were somewhat immature and lacked organization. In the "battle" in the stands, they soon fell into a disadvantage.

However, in the stadium at this time, apart from the excited fans in the stands, there are also a group of people who are also quite excited.

That is the journalists surrounded in the media area.

When the players of the Argentine and Chinese teams came on the field, the "long guns and short cannons" in their hands did not stop, and everyone's camera targets were quite consistent.

Yang Mo.

Messi.

The collision of these two unparalleled superstars in the World Cup is actually more eye-catching than the result of this game.

Especially in the UEFA Champions League this season, after Yang Mo led Manchester City to fight back and defeated Barcelona led by Messi with the Manchester miracle that shocked the world, how Messi will avenge this "revenge" in the World Cup is a matter of great concern to fans all over the world. expected.

On this point, even the two commentators of Yang Ma agree very much.

"I think fans should not place too high a burden on the national team players before appreciating this game. Although we all want the Chinese team to win, we still have to face up to the gap between us and the Argentine team."

"In fact, compared to the outcome of the game, everyone may wish to focus on the performance of Yang Mo and Messi. After all, there are not many opportunities for these two superstars to fight each other."

Liu Jianhong said this to divert the attention of the fans.

Because of the 3-1 victory over Nigeria, everyone has seen the consequences of the domestic media's disorderly rhythm recently. Many fans have already "arrogantly" felt that the Chinese team should win Argentina.

Once this game is lost, the national team may suffer another round of criticism.

In all fairness, the national team has performed very well under the leadership of Yang Mo, and it really shouldn't be criticized unrealistically.

In a fiery atmosphere, the players of both sides completed the pre-match ceremony and took up their positions. With the whistle of the referee, the game officially started.

In the first half, Argentina took the lead. After Messi, who was wearing the captain's armband, gave the ball to Aguero, the Argentine team did not hesitate and launched a fast break.

After receiving the ball, Aguero made a surprise attack along the left, but just after taking two steps, he saw Yang Mo sticking to him.

As an old teammate of Manchester City, Aguero certainly knows how good Yang Mo's defense is, but at the same time he also knows how terrifying Yang Mo's physical fitness is, so he has no idea of ​​entanglement with Yang Mo at all.

With a kick, the football spared Yang Mo and landed directly in front of Messi.

After getting the ball, Messi immediately began to wreak havoc in the Chinese half.

The ultra-fast stride frequency and the exaggerated swinging center of gravity made the defensive players of the Chinese team exhausted in catching up, but there was nothing they could do about Messi.

However, as the Chinese team got deeper and deeper into the backcourt, there were more and more defensive players around, and Messi couldn't keep it going.

However, at this time, Messi's goal of attracting the Chinese team's defensive players has been achieved. With a kick, the football bypassed the defense and fell in front of Higuain on the left.

Smoker's ability to get rid of the ball instantly after catching the ball is top in the world.

Therefore, after Messi's pass arrived, Higuain twisted his body and accelerated to get rid of Cai Huikang beside him.

Seeing that Higuain got rid of the defense and was about to rush into the Chinese team, Zheng Zhi, who was desperately rushing forward, took the risk of fouling and directly intercepted with a shovel from the side.

Faced with this situation, Higuain had to jump up and dodge in a panic, but was still brought down from the air by Zheng Zhi.

Argentina's ferocious attack at the beginning was terminated by Zheng Zhi, but the Chinese team also paid a heavy price for it.

In addition to Zheng Zhi receiving a yellow card from the referee, Argentina also got a free kick in a pretty good position.

This free kick was taken by Messi. When the referee signaled that a free kick could be made, facing the Chinese team's wall, Messi confidently chose to attack the goal directly.

The football flew up, passed the wall, and then fell rapidly.

Faced with this treacherous curve ball, the Chinese goalkeeper Zeng Cheng had no choice but to watch the football fly into the goal.

1-0!

Only 5 minutes into the game, the Chinese team was slammed by Argentina.

A few days ago, the pain of Nigeria conceding the ball in the opening game, the players of the Chinese team are now really feeling it.

(End of this chapter)