number one striker

Chapter 257 The Proud Argentine and the Steady German
"Germany." Samuel watched the news on TV, the dazzling "5:2" made the corners of his eyes twitch twice.

Regardless of the state of England, the central axis of Terry, Shuangde and Rooney alone is the world's top.With this configuration, England was madly scored 5 goals by the German team, which can only show that the opponent is too strong.

"In this game, the two wings of the German team, Kaiser and Muller, were in excellent condition and both scored twice."

Now in the camera is Caesar's second goal, the lightning counterattack and the hurricane speed make the blood boil.Especially when he bolts in from off-camera, which Samuel knows all too well.

Watching Caesar go wild every time made Samuel excited, and the fearful expression on the opponent's face was also Samuel's favorite sight.

But now, their opponent in the next round is the German team, and Kaiser has become his opponent.

"Walter, why do you have such a dignified expression?" Mascherano walked over with a relaxed expression, which formed a sharp contrast with Samuel.

"Oh, you are paying attention to our opponent in the next round." Mascherano opened a chair and sat down, eating breakfast.

"Havel, aren't you worried about the game against Germany?" Samuel asked.

Mascherano shrugged and said: "It's useless to worry, the coach will help us figure out the countermeasures, I just need to do my own thing."

Samuel curled his lips. He admitted that Maradona was the best player, and he was the only one.but as a coach, uh
Now the whole country is full of confidence in Argentina winning the World Cup. Two generations of football champions will play together. This is the top configuration.

The staggering qualifiers did not calm down these fanatical Argentine fans. They stubbornly believed that this year's Argentina and Brazil in 02 had "similar approaches but the same results".

The same difficult qualifiers, the team also has the world's number one player, and the venues are all outside the European and American continents. Even the group stage has encountered Asian teams, which is exactly the same.

"We will win! The German team was lucky to beat us in the last World Cup. This time, Argentina will win back!" In the street interview of "Bild", the Argentine fans were full of confidence.

Andy was surrounded by a group of stout Argentine fans, with an "embarrassed but polite" smile on his face.

"Argentina!"

"Argentina!"

"Argentina!"

This group of fans shouted slogans to the camera, and Andy was coerced into it, and had to jump around twice, like a "devil".

The expectations of the fans have brought endless pressure to the team, but the confident Maradona said in training many times: "As long as you play according to my tactics, you will definitely win."

It seemed that Maradona had a special magic power when he said these words, and the players were convinced by him.Most people even think that the poor play in the qualifiers is not a problem with Maradona's tactics, but that they have not met the requirements of "Marshal Ma".

This is the charm of idols. After all, many people in the team embarked on the road of football because they admired Maradona.

With three consecutive victories in the group stage and a slight victory over Mexico in the round of 16, the emotions of domestic fans reached their peak.

In addition, the top 8 opponents are the German team that eliminated them last year, and the fans are already fantasizing about how to slaughter their opponents and enter the top 4.

In this fanatical atmosphere, Samuel couldn't say anything. He felt that the game against Germany was definitely not that simple.

In addition to him, there is another person who has maintained a high degree of calmness, and that is Messi.

Messi also feels that the German team is not those soft-footed shrimps, and they must calm down and play slowly when playing against them.

The irony is that the fans feel that with Messi, playing Germany is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables, and it doesn't take much effort at all.

During the training break, Messi specifically found Samuel and asked, "Walter, you have been teammates with Caesar for so long, you should be very clear about his strength."

Samuel nodded.

"Then do you think, with the current state of the team, can he be prevented?" Messi looked serious.

Samuel thought for a while, facing Caesar was the young Otamendi, a strong but inexperienced guy.He plays for the Sarsfield club in China and has never played against a strong European opponent. It is estimated that he will not be Caesar's opponent.

"Unfortunately, I don't think there are players in the team who can defend one-on-one or even limit Caesar." Samuel was very honest.

Messi nodded slowly, and ran to find Demichelis to find out about the situation of the Bayern gang.

Seeing his serious look, Samuel sighed.Messi is under much more pressure than them. Fans, teammates and even Maradona regard him as the savior of the team, but Messi does not have Maradona-style domineering, he is more like an innocent child who likes to play ball.

Samuel was right. The happiest moment in Messi's career was not the Grand Slam of Honor in 09, nor the hat-trick in the first national derby, but when he played with Ronaldinho.

Behind Ronaldinho, he can play to his heart's content, and Ronaldinho will bear all the responsibilities.

But when he became the backbone of the team, the excessive pressure made Messi restrained.In the first 4 games of this World Cup, Messi did not play well.Maybe it's the result of his reputation and the fact that his opponents watched him.But only Messi himself knows that it is because of the excessive pressure on his heart that his legs are not so flexible.

The game against Germany is the most important one since this World Cup.Messi needs to confirm through this game whether the team and himself are eligible to become the world champion.

Just like a butterfly before metamorphosis, if you don't experience labor pains, how will you know how much you have?

Maradona stood on the training ground full of energy, kicking the ball a few times from time to time, expressing that he is "not old".

On the other side, Nia James and other reporters were "invited" out of the training ground by the German team staff, and they were about to conduct closed training.

"Cut, what are you talking about." The Argentine reporters who were investigating the enemy's situation next to them murmured dissatisfiedly. Maradona never refused the reporters' long guns and short shots. He believed that the team did not need to hide it.

In the training ground, Loew is nervously arranging tactics.

"Maradona was very offensive as a player, and until now, this has not changed at all. Argentina advocates offensive football, so we will avoid the edge and recover the defense first."

He drew a few strokes on the tactical board, pointed to the names of Caesar and Muller and said: "You two, retreat to me when defending, and encircle Argentina's flanks. Basti and Sami (Khedira) run for me, especially Sami, you must stabilize your mentality in this game and don't rush into it. We use defense to control the game and let them get into the encirclement by themselves. Argentina is very strong, but that is in the game. We need to let them know that football is not about score, let us beat the proud Argentine with practical actions !"

(End of this chapter)