There is a belief called football

Chapter 646 Fighting Argentina ([-])

Stan withdrew Li Qiao in order to keep the 1-0 score until the end of the game. Now that Argentina scored a goal, the Chinese team's plan was completely disrupted.

Stan squatted on the sidelines. He fell into the biggest predicament since leading the Chinese team. You might say nonsense, now that it’s the finals, what’s the predicament?

The Chinese fans can accept the loss, the runner-up in the World Cup, but that is the perspective of a bystander, 1 to 1, and there are still 10 minutes before the end of the game. If you don't want to win the championship, you are a fool.

Another reason that Stan is unwilling to say is that after this game, he will leave the position of head coach of the national team.

It has been 7 years, and Stan feels a little bit drained. He has led the Chinese team all the way, and Stan is really tired. Even his marriage has a red light because he thinks he is too busy at work.

And now Stan is facing the most difficult choice, should he keep Li Qiao at the full-back position to defend Messi, or put Li Qiao in front and fight Argentina in the last 10 minutes?
Some people say that the Chinese team relies on Li Qiao. Stan does not deny this, but in this game Li Qiao is already doing the work of two people alone. This is not dependence, but to crush Li Qiao.

How to do?
In the end, Stan made the most difficult and perhaps the last change since coaching the Chinese team. He changed the formation to 541.

The five defensive players are Qi Bing, Wei Xiao, Wang Kong, Zhou Dun, and Chen Fei.

The 1 in front is Li Qiao, that is to say, Stan defends with 10 people, leaving the offense completely to Li Qiao alone.

This is trust, and it is also a risk of death.

After the Chinese team completed the transformation, Argentina's head coach Martino sneered, "arrogant",
This is Martino's first impression. Li Qiao is very powerful, but let Li Qiao solve Argentina's entire defense line alone?That's not hubris, or what?
Even if time goes backwards, it is impossible for Maradona to come back. This is Martino's idea.

"The match so far can only be described as tragic. The Chinese team and the Argentine team are like the giants in Greek mythology. We know that one side will definitely fall after the game, but this is worthy of being the final of the World Cup," Jiayuan said emotionally.

And more Chinese fans have no time to be emotional, they put their hands together silently, praying for the Chinese team.

The five defensive players of the Chinese team effectively defended Argentina's offense. In fact, except for Aguero who just played, other Argentine players gradually couldn't run anymore, including Messi. The few times of PK with Li Qiao was very exhausting for Messi. In order to PK with Li Qiao, Messi used 5% of his strength.

The BBC's commentator "Martin Taylor" said: "Maybe extra time, maybe a penalty shootout is the best choice, let the World Cup be extended for another 30 minutes and say goodbye."

After Aguero came on the field, Pastore became a real attacking midfielder. He passed the ball like a scalpel again and again, but failed again and again, because he passed well, but the player who received the ball could no longer run.

This is the best Pastore, but it is not the best Higuain, Messi, Di Maria, it can be said that Pastore played at an inappropriate time, played 20 minutes as a high center forward that he has never played, and now when he really becomes a midfielder, his little friends are tired.

Maybe the media will say something to Pastore and Martino after the game, but the merits and demerits can only be left to historical commentary.

The Chinese team took the initiative to kick the ball out of the sideline, greeted with applause from the scene, Higuain cramp to the ground, the Chinese team took the initiative to terminate the game.

"Quick, quick, get them water," Stan yells.

The staff delivered water and sports drinks very quickly, but Stan was still dissatisfied. He couldn't bear his beloved disciples to wait a second longer.

"Now we are in a 10-1 formation. The offense is left to Li Qiao alone, and you can concentrate on defense. It doesn't matter whether it's overtime or the final penalty shootout. Do you understand?"
The players could only nod slightly as they drank water.

Higuain stood up after a simple treatment, and the game continued. Argentina kicked the ball back to the Chinese team. The time has reached the last 5 minutes. This is the real last moment, not only for this game, but also for the entire World Cup in Russia.

The camera switches to the off-court, and the Kremlin on Red Square is decorated with the Russian flag. This is the case after nightfall, but at the moment of the end of the game, when the new world champion is born, the Kremlin will immediately change to the national flag of the champion team.

Is it Chinese red, or Argentine blue?

*****
Martino stood on the sidelines. Now is the time for the head coach to fight wits and courage. He has already used up two substitutions. The players on the field basically can only rely on themselves. The disadvantage of Argentina is gradually revealed, that is, they are older than the average age of the Chinese team.

There are 7 games a month, and the intensity is higher than the usual league. At this time, youth is the capital. Martino called Sandro. If it enters overtime, he will replace Sandro who is the same age as Li Qiao.

The long-haired Sandro has more and more the charm of the older generation of Argentine players, and the older fans seem to see that time has turned back.

The older generation of the Argentine national team are all handsome guys with long hair, Batty, Crespo, Ortega, but now the Argentine national team are all "men's clothes", so many Argentine fans like Sandro very much, because in him, everyone seems to have returned to the summer of France in 1998.

Sandro ran back from the sideline to warm up. He looked at Li Qiao. Li Qiao was already very tired. When the ball was far behind him, Li Qiao would squat. Sandro regretted that he did not have a PK with Li Qiao in the final.

I still remember the time when I was with Li Qiao in Tianbao. In fact, the two people's time in Tianbao was very short, but it was the best time.

Playing football together, playing together, talking nonsense together, playing games together, and finally leaving, that feeling is the common memory of Tianbao players in that session.

In all fairness, Sandro knew that Li Qiao would become a star, but Sandro never thought that Li Qiao would go ahead of him.

It is even more impossible to think that one day the two will meet in the final of the World Cup. This is a plot that the greatest novelist can't write. At this moment, Sandro looks at Li Qiao and then at the big screen. There are 2 minutes left before the game is about to end.

"Joe, wait another 2 minutes, we can PK, are you looking forward to it? Anyway, I am looking forward to it."

At this moment, Li Qiao, who seemed to be about to run, started quickly. What happened?
Looking again, the ball was flying towards Li Qiao. It turned out that the ball was intercepted by the backcourt players of the Chinese team after Messi failed in a dribble.

"Javier Mascherano is fighting," Jiayuan shouted.

"Oh my God, Li Qiao is faster, Mascherano has already got a yellow card, he didn't dare to shovel, Li Qiao passed."

The atmosphere at the scene became lively.

"Joe",
"Joe",
Diana had completely ignored the image of the jade girl, she stood up and clenched her fists, as if she was going to fight someone.

"Oh my God, Li Qiao squeezed between Otamendi and Garay. At this moment, the Argentine players seemed to be possessed by a demon. They were stupefied. Li Qiao passed by, single-handedly, and Li Qiao faced Romero."

"Li Qiao passed Romero, and Li Qiao shot an empty goal."

In the next second, the whole world was boiling, but Li Qiao never stood up again. After scoring the goal, Li Qiao's right leg was severely cramped, and Li Qiao exerted his last bit of strength.

Sandro knelt down, the confrontation he was looking forward to with Li Qiao couldn't happen, Messi was stunned, again?

The last time it was Gotze who beat Argentina at the last moment, but this time it was Li Qiao.

All the Chinese players rushed behind the Argentine goal. Stan jumped high, and he jumped to the top of the crowd.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt supported the glory of a civilization, and now Chinese players are like a pyramid supporting Stan.

Stan wanted to stand up, but the crowd was uneven. Stan couldn't stand up, but slid down. The next second, he and Li Qiao were obliterated by the crowd.

Do you still remember that sentence, don't ask me why there are tears in my eyes, because I love Li Qiao deeply.

The Chinese fans in the stands cried because of love, because they love football.

Diana in the stands was also surrounded by people, everyone was excited, since you can't hug Li Qiao, let's hug Li Qiao's family.

"Get married",
"Get married",
"Yeah, if you don't marry again, Li Qiao will be snatched away by others."
Diana shed tears of happiness.

After the game restarted, Li Qiao was replaced, and the game entered stoppage time. At this time, Martino used the last substitution quota and Sandro came on, but everything may have been too late.

The players on the field are still working hard, but the fans off the field have given up hope. Too many times, Argentina has encountered such a dilemma too many times. It was defeated by the German team in the World Cup final, and Chile was lore in the Copa America. Should Argentine football cry after Maradona?
With the club king's last shot over the bar, the referee blew the final whistle and the game was over.

The champion of the 2018 World Cup in Russia is the Chinese team! !
The camera once again switched to the Kremlin in Moscow's Red Square, on which the bright red five-star red flag has been covered.

Stan was crying, crying so sadly, half of the camera reporters on the scene surrounded Stan, and Stan was just crying.

"Stan, you are the World Cup champion, say something."

But at this time, Stan couldn't say anything from above. He shook his hand, and the staff on the scene pushed the reporter away. Stan was about to accept an interview after the game.

(End of this chapter)