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After the game against Paraguay, Argentina became the first team to advance to the semi-finals of this year's Copa America.

But for Argentina, which has won the America's Cup nine times, it is only a small goal and has reached the passing line.

The fans were so excited that they had an excuse to mock their mortal enemy, but it wasn't that entering the semi-finals was really worthy of their joy.

This is true for fans, and even more so for players.

Advancing to the semi-finals does not bring them more sense of accomplishment, but winning and scoring still makes people feel good.

Rafael is also in a good mood because he both won and scored.

Jaminha even sent him a text message after the game, not only congratulating him on securing the Golden Boot ahead of schedule, but also complaining about the Argentine fans.

Obviously, this guy is still very patriotic. The act of mocking Brazil by pulling the banner to the Argentine fans made him temporarily put aside his personal grievances, and arrogantly said in the text message that Brazil would definitely beat Colombia.

Such clamor made Raphael too lazy to reply to his text messages.

As ruthless as Moscow in winter had been with Jaminia, the same could not be said of Juan.

Because Spain defeated Japan and won their first international championship in team history.

And Juan also started in the final, and his performance was called a thigh. How could he not send congratulations?

In the end, Juan was so excited that he directly called him an international long distance call, talking a lot.

Of course, he didn't forget to tout his thighs, and he expressed his true feelings in every sentence, which can be seen from the bottom of his heart.

Such exaggerated bragging made Aimar roll on the bed laughing, but he had to endure, endure, endure.

When the phone finally hung up, he rubbed his belly and said, "Juan really loves you."

Raphael doesn't like such greasy comments, but he is indeed happy for Juan.

"I read the reports on the Internet, and they performed very well." Aimar also praised, but then couldn't help but said: "But I think the championship in two years will still belong to Argentina."

Apparently the guy was friends with Juan, but he preferred the "short-legged rabbit."

Moreover, Argentina has the hope of completing the third consecutive round, but the result of defeating Africa is indeed reconciled.

The World Youth Championship is over, even if Saviola has hope to come again in 01, he still has a chance before that.

In fact, not only Saviola has the opportunity to participate in the Olympics, he and Aimar both have!

"Maybe we can look forward to the Olympics, but I think it will be very difficult for the club to let people go." There was a trace of regret in Raphael's words.

Olympic Games!

Aimar's eyes also lit up, but then he said with a sullen face, "You're right, it's unlikely that the club will let us participate..."

When young players participate in competitions such as the World Youth Championship, the European Youth Championship and the Toulon Cup, most clubs are happy to see the results, because this can increase the value of the players!

The giants also like to select young talents in this kind of competition, and show off their own youth training results by the way, which is also their contribution to the national team.

But that's not the case with the Olympics.

In fact, as early as when football was an event in the Olympic Games, it was very special.

Because FIFA was founded in 1904, and the first Olympic Games in Athens was held as early as 1894.

As a younger brother, FIFA has been planning the World Cup since its establishment, but they have no experience in independently hosting such a large-scale competition.

In order to learn from the experience, with the help of the Olympic Committee, FIFA organized two Olympic football matches in 1924 and 1928.

Because the two World Cups were organized by FIFA itself from the beginning to the end, except for the name, it has almost nothing to do with the Olympics, so Uruguay, which won the two Olympic champions, can also call itself a four-star team.

Before Brazil won the 1994 World Cup, Uruguay was the team that won the most World Cups in South America.

This also led to the relationship between FIFA and the Olympic Games after the first World Cup was held in 1932.

And football, the world's largest sport, can indeed grab the attention of the Olympic Games. This also caused the Olympic Organizing Committee to change the rules, announcing that participating players must be under 23 years old.

This rule was not changed until the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, when three overage players were allowed to participate for the first time in that Olympic Games.

Brazil was full of ambitions, and Rivaldo screwed up everything.

Now Argentina also has a good card, after all, their youth training has achieved remarkable results over the years.

The defeat in Nigeria this time was due to the unbalanced talent, and the "short-legged rabbit" lacked a conductor behind him to thread the needle.

In the past few years, they have produced a bunch of talented midfielders, but they have not produced any forwards. ⒊[-]

Aimar can almost imagine that if Inter Milan and Valencia allow him and Rafael to participate in the Olympics, plus 3 overage players allowed by the rules, there will be no enemies on the road to Argentina's championship.

But what about reality?

Even though the Olympic Organizing Committee distinguishes it from the World Cup as much as possible, in the world of football, the most watched youth competitions are the World Youth Championship, European Youth Championship and Toulon Cup. five.

The giants can tap talents from these competitions, who will pay attention to the Olympics?What's more, the Olympic Games dates conflicted with theirs!

Take Rafael as an example, if he goes to participate in the Olympic Games next year, even if he returns to the team immediately after the game, it will be close to September by then, and the league will not know how many rounds have been played!

If you get hurt, it's even more worth the loss.

Clubs pay players salaries, not to let them win glory for the country.

But as Argentines, they are eager to bring honor to the motherland, and that gold medal has special meaning to them!

This made Aimar even more depressed.

Raphael rubbed his curly hair and comforted him.

Brazil beat Ecuador 4-2 in two games on the second day, while defending champions Uruguay lost to Chile.

For the former, the Argentine fans are very happy to ridicule!

In this game, Ronaldo helped Brazil score a goal and scored twice, which also made the European media play up the Golden Boot again.

Apparently the war between "Aliens" and "Archangels" is not over yet!

As for the latter...

In fact, neither the European media nor the South American media were surprised by this result.

After struggling to catch up, the Chilean team finally entered the 98 World Cup openly.

The "Chile doubles" Zamorano and Salas both performed well on the stage of the World Cup.

Now that both of them are at the pinnacle of their careers, they also hope to compete in this year's America's Cup!

The Chilean team is Rafael's favorite opponent. He likes it so much that he doesn't even bother, picks up the curly notebook, and uses the hotel's network to post a post.

Aimar watched him find photos on the Internet of celebrating after scoring a goal on his national team debut, as well as photos of him and Zamorano at Inter Milan.

"What are you laughing at?" Raphael looked up and asked.

"I was thinking that game was not a good memory for Zamorano."

When Aimar said this, it suddenly seemed to him that it was not a good memory!

In that game, Raphael, who was 16 years and 5 months old, made his debut.

Two goals and one pass, shining alone.

Aimar was not only present at the scene, but was also forced into a commemorative ball by this guy after the game, and was "blackmailed" for a meal of roast beef.

You must know that his salary was not high at that time, and the money was also handed over to his father for safekeeping. When he was eating that day, he was still calculating in his mind whether he would be able to pay the tip, but this guy laughed at him for leaking his mouth qaq!

Seeing him looking at him with aggrieved eyes, Raphael couldn't hold back a kiss, and asked with a smile, "What's your expression?"

He obviously didn't keep up with Aimar's brain circuit.

Of course Aimar would not tell him, this guy always laughed at him for being stingy, if he said it, he would definitely think that he was feeling sorry for the roast beef meal even though Javier paid for it in the end.

So he turned his clingy head back, "Quickly send your news, I want to like it."

This made Rafael laugh, and sent a message to Zamorano.

Although the Chilean striker may not see it, he believes that the media will soon hear all this.

"You have a good relationship with Zamorano?" Aimar asked.

"I admire his character." Raphael looked up at him again, "but I also like Chile as an opponent."

After he made his debut, he fell in love with the team.

This made Aimar couldn't help laughing.

It's unlucky for Chile to be your favorite.

Raphael guessed right, and soon a reporter with a good relationship with Zamorano interviewed Zamorano by phone, asking him how to respond to Raphael.

Zamorano had no choice but to borrow a computer from the hotel staff, only to see what Raphael said

After reading those two pictures and the post "I'm glad to play against Ivan again", Zamorano immediately got the idea of ​​the little ball bully.

Excited to see him in the semifinals?

This is clearly true.

But the guy clearly wants to win more.

Zamorano gave a thumbs up and responded: If we met in the final, it would be the most beautiful reunion.

Yes, he is so sorry, why is it a semi-final and not a final?

The reality is that the Chilean team must go all out to kill Argentina in order to reach the final!

When Rafael heard Zamorano's response, it was still at the pre-match press conference.

That's right, he participated in the post-match press conference again, and this time Bielsa took the initiative to take him there.

Bielsa, a tactical madman, is obviously well versed in the principle of despising opponents strategically and valuing opponents tactically.

Compared with his previous opponents, he obviously valued the Chilean team. Not only did he personally preside over the 2-hour tactical class, but he also brought Rafael with him.

Raphael opened his mouth last time and caused some trouble for Bielsa, but this time he was very well-behaved.

So even if a reporter deliberately dug a hole and asked him about the Golden Boot, he still answered seriously.

"About the question about the Golden Boot, I've answered it before, I enjoy the competition with Ronnie, but Argentina is different from Brazil, tango is different from samba, our coach Marcelo and their coach Luxemborg have different tactics. .”

Does this sound like a step up for the Brazilians?

Is this knowing, or is it arrogance?

However, Raphael's response still made the reporters judge that he is in a good mood and has an excellent attitude today. How can there be any reason to let go of such an opportunity?

More serious questions are coming soon!

"Rafa, if you win against Chile, against Brazil, do you have anything to say to your teammates in Brazil?"

"I have a lot of things I want to tell them." Rafael looked at the reporter who immediately showed a joyful expression and said, "But I won't tell you right now."

The reporters immediately burst out laughing.

Obviously, this is Rafael's dissatisfaction that he skipped the opponent in front of him and talked directly about the more topical Brazil team.

Rafael waited for their laughter to subside before saying to everyone: "As Marcelo said just now, we attach great importance to Chile as an opponent. Zamorano is also my teammate, and even more so, my friend and friend." It’s always a rare experience to meet again on the field.”

After the pre-match press conference, and another half-day of training, on July 7, the Argentine team ushered in a familiar opponent, Chile!

This is already the semi-finals, and there is only one step away from approaching the trophy!

The author has something to say: there is a second watch in the evening, and the time is late.