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When the time came to November 11th, Argentina held a pre-match press conference, and Rafael was also brought out by Passarella.

At first Rafael refused, he didn't want to spend time on it, but Passarella Qiang Lei asked, saying that this was his debut after all, and he was still the first player, so how could he not come out and meet the nationals?

Raphael can feel the importance Passarella attaches to him, but this will not change his opinion of Passarella—it’s not because Passarella’s "hair cut order" is too stupid, which we will discuss in the future. 8 again.

Raphael, who couldn't refuse now, could only come to the news hall to be a giant panda.

Just because Raphael will attend today's pre-match press conference, countless Argentine media flocked here. From national newspapers to TV stations, there is no shortage of everything. Everyone has a lot of questions to ask Rafael.

But Passarella is not a coach who likes to be robbed of his limelight by the players. The microphone has been in his hands. 20 minutes passed before Rafael started to answer a few questions, and the press conference was over.

But the Argentine media was satisfied because they got what they wanted!

Q: Do you think you can score in this game?

Answer: I think so.

Q: Do you think you can surpass the honor Maradona brought to Argentina?

A: Yes.

Q: Can you surpass Maradona's goals for the national team?

A: Yes.

After the first question, Passarella already regretted bringing Raphael to the pre-match press conference!

What an arrogant boy!

In fact, not only Passarella regretted it, but the Argentine Football Association President Grondona also regretted it!And Maradona, who watched the pre-match press conference at home, had to change another TV.

When the influence spread back to Europe, there was an uproar!

Raphael in the storm circle didn't feel anything.

For Argentina, Maradona is great, but sooner or later he will surpass him.

Based on the players selected by Passarella this time, they are either from River Plate or have nothing to do with Maradona. The only one who counts as Boca is Zanetti.But everyone knows Zanetti's character.

So Raphael, who is so arrogant, has not been pointed at the nose and scolded in the country.It even made the players of the river plate appreciate him a little, especially the defender Sorin.

One of Argentina's future "big brothers" took the initiative to approach Rafael to talk to him the next day.

Raphael glanced at him and didn't reject him.

The reason is simple: Thorin is not only strong enough in character, but also strong enough in strength.

He appreciates the strong.

But Sorin is not strong enough, he is not strong enough to bring Argentina a World Cup, otherwise what is the matter between him and Veron? 1

Raphael doesn't want to be fooled by these moths now, he just wants to play the game well in front of him.

The home of the Argentine national team is also the home of the River Plate team: the Monument Stadium.

The choice of River Plate's home stadium is not because of Passarella, but because it has been remodeled for the 1978 World Cup, and it is also the best and most solemn stadium in Argentina.

Because it is the home stadium of the national team, the Monument Stadium has a special place in the hearts of every Argentine football fan.

It can accommodate up to 76600 people, but is controlled at around 58000 for official FIFA matches.In the final of the Copa Libertadores this summer, 8 River Plate fans flocked here to witness River Plate winning the Copa Libertadores at home.

Nearly 6 fans poured into the Monument Stadium today, and the entire Monument Stadium turned into a sea of ​​blue and white.

Rafael was also wearing a blue and white jersey, walking in the player channel, ready to enter this legendary stadium to warm up.

"Boy, how does it feel now?" Simeone asked with one hand on Raphael's waist.

"Strange feeling." Raphael said and patted his hand away.

"Strange?" Simeone, who was used to his bad temper, continued to gossip, admitting that he was a bit gossip.

Raphael felt that there was nothing to say, and said lightly, "Before I left Boca, I never thought that the first time I walked into the monument was wearing a blue and white jersey. I always thought I was going to score the goal of the river plate, rather than being embraced here."

"puff!"

"Ha ha!"

Laughter came one after another, Barty and Zanetti couldn't help laughing, and even Juan Sorin and the others in River Plate laughed.

Thorin felt he needed to be shown what reality was. "Who said you'd be popular here? Watch out for them booing you, I mean it."

Rafael offended Maradona, except for their River Plate fans, who would treat him?

"So what?" Raphael looked at him and said as a matter of course, "They will always fall in love with me."

As long as he keeps scoring goals and bringing victory to Argentina, these fans will sooner or later forget about Maradona.

He was so mad that Sorin had nothing to say.

He couldn't refute Rafael's words - because he was not that crazy, nor that talented, nor that confident!

Ortega also took a deep look at Raphael, but did not speak.

In the past two days, Raphael has almost left him with a psychological shadow!

Before he showed a performance that surpassed Raphael, he was not qualified to say anything in front of Raphael.Even if it is a fight, it will only make him ridiculed.

But in the next moment, "Little Donkey" will be happy!

When the others went out to warm up, everyone cheered.And when Rafael walked into the stadium, he was greeted by boos, with only a small amount of applause mixed in with the boos. It is self-evident which fans this part of the applause came from.

Simeone finally waited for this scene, and after hahahaha, he looked at Raphael's face gloatingly and said, "How do you feel?"

Raphael gave him a middle finger and ran away.

After he finished warming up, he grabbed their goalkeeper to practice shooting and found a sense of finding the ball, then ran to the family seat amid boos.

He stopped when he ran past——

Veronica, Oriol, Javier and... Aimar?

Why Aimar?

When Javier saw him, he shook his hands wildly at him happily, while Aimar and another dwarf next to him looked embarrassed.

Raphael didn't bother to ask why Javier came to watch the game instead of Anderson.

He first greeted his sister, received her blessing, then automatically skipped Oriol and Javier, and looked at Aimar again.

Good, he finally cut off that ridiculous afro, Raphael thought.

Seeing him looking at himself with cold eyes, Aimar thought about the reply letter he received, and he took the initiative to say hello to him. After all, he claimed to be "your friend" in the letter, and Raphael No objection.

"Rafa, work harder today!"

Raphael stared at him, then swept Saviola beside him, and nodded.

Aimar finished the awkward greeting and was about to sit down when he saw Raphael's eyes wandering over him and Saviola again.

This made Aimar a little strange, before he could ask a question, Rafael finally spoke, but Aimar wanted to gag this guy!

"Your so-called 170 cm height is all due to water injection in your hair?"

This is 170 centimeters?Fortunately, he thought the little dwarf had grown a little taller.

Aimar's face turned red!

Rafael didn't wait for the clumsy Aimar to say anything, he waved his hand at him, and gave orders as a matter of course, "Wait for me after the game."

He ran away without giving Aimar a chance to reject him, and Aimar could only watch him run away with a straight face.

Saviola couldn't stand it anymore, and complained, "Pabredo, this kid is still so annoying, why do you want to be friends with him?"

Aimar didn't have time to answer, Javier shouted at him like a firecracker: "What's wrong with my brother! This little curly and my brother have a good relationship! Their relationship is better than you and him! He even visited us Home!"

This is the family seat, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to River Plate Nova——

So you and Raphael have such a good relationship!

In fact, the reason why Aimar is sitting here is also because of Javier.

This is the home court of River Plate. If Aimar and Saviola want to watch the game, of course they can get the reserved family tickets.In fact, there are a few of his teammates not far away, and he was supposed to be there too.

But Javier saw him and waved at him frantically. Aimar had to come over to say hello to him. As a result, this rather thick-skinned guy suggested to the person next to him to change seats.

After Aimar invited him with a smile, Saviola frantically poked his waist to make him agree.

So Aimar had to sit here with Saviola, and also had to accept Rafael's "humiliation" of his height, and being saluted by everyone at the moment.

Saviola was so angry that he was about to fight back when he saw Javier slapped on the head by Veronica.

"Snapped!"

Saviola is cool!

"Don't worry about him, he's a fool." Veronica smiled, and then said to Aimar: "Don't worry about Rafa's words, he is also a weird fool, he should actually like your current hairstyle. "

Aimar's eyes widened, Veronica blinked at him, and the boy's face turned red again!

Veronica was also amused by the speed of his blushing, and then hinted: "I don't see Rafa caring about other people's hairstyles and heights."

In fact, her brother only cares about his height.

The people who noticed Aimar were not only the River Plate teammates on the family table, in fact, his teammates on the field also noticed that he and Saviola seemed to be "joking" with Rafael just now.

However, if you want to gossip about the relationship between Aimar and Rafael, there is plenty of time. Right now, they must focus on their opponents in today's game-Chile!

Before introducing today's opponent Chile, let's talk about the format of the qualifiers.

Because the Brazilians won the World Cup in the United States in 94, Brazil, the defending champion, can be directly shortlisted!

Shortlisted directly!

Therefore, the other 9 countries of the ten South American countries must compete for the remaining 4 qualifying places. This is also a good thing, because after all, Brazil is missing.

9 teams double cycle, the top four qualify.

So after taking over Argentina, Passarella faced the "examination", what is the report card?

It's a barely passable grade.

You must know that among the ten countries in South America, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, the three countries that have won the World Cup and the America's Cup, are considered to be in the top tier, and Ecuador and Venezuela are at the bottom of the food chain.

What about the middle five?

Subject to change at any time.

But now Uruguay is gradually withdrawing from the first group, while Paraguay and Colombia are trying to improve.

In the 5 games that have been compared, Argentina played against Bolivia in the first round and won 3:1.

But then lost to Ecuador 0:2.

But this is not unforgivable, because Ecuador's home court is located on a plateau at an altitude of 2800 meters, and it is an out-and-out plateau home court!

第三场和秘鲁0：0握手言和；第四轮又跟乌拉圭1：1打平；到了第五场才5：2横扫最弱的委内瑞拉……

2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, a total of 8 points.

Do Argentine fans buy it?

Don't buy it.

But there are 18 rounds in the qualifiers, and there are still many opportunities to grab points.

In fact, with the arrogance of the Argentine nationals, all they want is to qualify as No.1.

So the qualifiers are not a big test for Passarella, but it is not shameful to keep handing over such a report card, so Passarella will go to great lengths to get Ortega and Rafael to cooperate.

In fact, he even spent all his time convincing Ortega—this guy's nickname "Little Donkey" doesn't refer to his height.

Chile is also very interesting now, you can come and talk to everyone on 818.

Because this involves a "super scandal" in football!

The time goes back to 1989, which was also the South American World Cup preliminaries. At that time, Chile was a guest in Rio de Janeiro and fought against Brazil.

On September 89, 9, it was the last round of the South American qualifiers for the 3 World Cup.Brazil only needs a draw to emerge, while Chile only has a chance to win.

In the 49th minute, the Chilean goalkeeper "Vulture" Rojas' goal was pierced by the Brazilian, and the Brazilian did not give the Chilean a chance in the next time.

When the time came to 65 minutes, the excited Brazilian fans threw fireworks down from the stands. Rojas fell to the ground in the thick smoke, and it seemed that many places on his body, head, and chest were stained red.

The referee stopped the game immediately, and then the Chilean team withdrew from the game on the grounds that the stadium was unsafe, and asked to cancel the result of the game. "The fans made mistakes, and the team paid the bill." Brazil should also be punished, and choose another venue .

After the incident, the Chileans thought that their players were being bullied by the Brazilians. The Brazilian embassy was almost razed to the ground by the angry Chileans. It is said that dozens of trucks were used to load the stones thrown in. The diplomatic relations between the two countries were affected. .

However, FIFA concluded after the incident inspection and video playback: Rojas' face was scratched with a knife by himself!

His team doctor and even his accomplice hid a blade in the medicine box at the time, and the red on his head and body may be the red medicine sprinkled by the team doctor!

FIFA even considered Rojas' teammates and the Chilean Football Association to be accomplices!

For this reason, FIFA judged that Brazil won 2:0, rejected Chile's request for a rematch, and deprived Chile of the qualification to participate in the 90 World Cup (in fact, it has no hope of getting tickets), and banned the Chile team from participating in the 94 World Cup!

And Rojas himself was banned for life by FIFA!

After being banned for 12 years, Rojas hoped for leniency from FIFA in 01.

Considering that Rojas' career was basically completely ruined, FIFA gave him an amnesty.

Now that Rojas is still suspended, time flies, and the Chilean can finally reappear in the South American arena, fighting for the 98 World Cup tickets!

Chile has also entered the era of "Chile double sa"!

The Chilean Shuangsa is talking about Chile's two big names: In the Spanish derby, Ivan Zamorano, nicknamed "Ivan the Terrible", who performed a hat-trick against Barcelona on behalf of Real Madrid in the Spanish derby, and Ivan Zamorano, who shined in the River Plate this year, helped River Plate won the Copa Libertadores Salas!

It is also because of Salas, who is 7 years younger than himself, that Zamorano finally does not feel lonely!

Salas, who is in full bloom and is eager to go to European football, is also eager to help Chile get tickets for the World Cup and appear in the World Cup.

Before this big game, the Chilean team actually lost more than they won.

Chile is behind Paraguay, Colombia and Uruguay in the standings, so they have to win even though it is away and against Argentina!

The Chile in front of us is unprecedentedly united, although the "Shuangsa" has not yet found the best state.

What about Argentina?

Before the players entered the field, Passarella emphasized with Ortega again, and strictly ordered other players to pass the ball to Rafael...

Yes, he was very worried that no one would pass the ball to Raphael after the players came on the court, leaving him alone like a little fool-he knew his players really dared to do this!

Raphael didn't care.

For him, by the time he shows up on the court wearing this sky blue long-sleeved jersey, the task has been completed ahead of schedule.If you can play a good game, it will be an extra surprise.

But if the game is not satisfactory, he will be with the guy, or the guys who didn't let him play a good game after the game!good!chat!chat!

Ortega may be difficult to tame in front of other coaches, but "Little Donkey" still has to put away his bad temper in front of Passarella who single-handedly promoted him.

What's more, he was also worried that his refusal to cooperate would anger Passarella, causing him to replace himself.

Because Passarella does not allow his disciples to challenge his majesty!

This is his bottom line, and Ortega, as a disciple, deeply understands this.

Simeone, who is the captain today—yes, this is actually the captain!

Simeone also stood up and said: "Today is our home court. Our goal today is not only to win, but also to win beautifully!"

Everyone yelled twice for saving face, and it is worth mentioning that Raphael also gave face.

Simeone proudly led the way out of the dressing room.

After Raphael walked out of the locker room, Ortega grabbed his sleeve.

Raphael glanced at him, "Xiao Maolu" looked up at him and said, "Discuss!"

He has to draw a line with Raphael!

Considering this is his first show, Raphael agreed.

Seeing that the two of them talked for just half a minute, Simeone was still a little worried, but he finally put it back in his stomach safely.

Being a captain is not easy.

It's so easy to take the blame!

When the game officially started, the home commentator shouted the names of each player when the players entered the field, allowing them to enjoy the applause and shouts of the fans!

Oh, and Raphael's too—boo!

In the crowd booing, Rafael was obviously very self-satisfied. He was photographed by the camera without moving, and stepped into this legendary stadium where he could only run freely in his dreams.

On this day, the Monument Stadium has added another record worth commemorating for Argentine fans: Rafael Rodriguez made his debut here on November 1996, 11.

[1] After 98, the Argentine national team was divided into the Veron gang and the Sorin gang.Not only cliques, but also exclusive.