ball magic

As a famous commentator in England, Martin Taylor is someone who has seen big scenes, and even hundreds of games a year.

But even he, after seeing Raphael really moved to the right and strengthened his defense, asked a soul question: "I really want to know, in Toshack and Bielsa What kind of player is Raphael in the eyes of a coach who advocates attacking? Why do they have to put him in the position of left back?"

It may be because the question he asked was too interesting, or it may be because of his speechless tone that today's guest Brian Robson also laughed.

This Robson is not Raphael's former mentor Bobby, but he has a relationship with both of them.

Because this Robson is not only the former captain of Manchester United, but also a legend of Manchester United. The 8 years when the old Robson coached the national team were also the pinnacle of his career.

But at this moment, Brian Robson has not affected Martin Taylor's past work. He is also paying attention to Rafael's past performance, wondering how he has played as a left back in the past few minutes.

At this time, the game has resumed, and the ball is still on the Boca side.

Boca Juniors obviously didn't want to miss the great opportunity of playing 11 against 10, and now they have launched a fierce attack.

To Martin Taylor's deep regret, Boca actually ignored the good opportunity to attack the left side and chose to attack on the right.

In the 22nd minute, Traverso and Riquelme cooperated with hitting the wall and passed Zanetti.

However, just when Traverso was going to move on, he encountered an obstacle named Stam on his way forward.

I saw this big guy duang~duang~ running over at an incredible speed, even if he took the position that Zanetti had left.

Traverso decisively chose the latter between continuing to try to cut inside and pass the ball.

Because he believed in Riquelme.

As soon as Riquelme received the ball, he saw Stam move towards him and Zanetti was where he should have been.

But Riquelme did not panic, because he had already seen a better direction.

After he passed the ball back to Serna, who has been everywhere today, Serna passed the ball to Villarreal who passed by on the left with a tacit understanding.

At this moment, Martin Taylor laughed.

"Rafael! He's against Villarreal!"

His schadenfreude was so obvious that the old Red Devils captain had to ask: "Martin, do you want him to have a good performance, or not?"

He obviously asked in vain, because Rafael successfully completed the defense during the time he asked this sentence, and now the ball was passed back to Serna helplessly by Villarreal.

The Colombian also has to reorganize the offense.

And Martin Taylor was obviously depressed, and then replied to Robson: "We all know that Raphael can play in many positions. When he was 16 years old and shoveled at Simeone, I was still thinking about this kid. Did he come from the No. 10 position, or the No. 5 position in South America?

The 'positional sense' that so many defensive players dream of has never been a problem for him.The weakest link in Argentina is now the left back.

Although no one believes that Rafael participated in the World Cup as a left back, but in case Bielsa's brain cramps, he must use Maradona as Passarella?

Considering that they are Argentinians, we have to admit that there is a possibility of this happening. "

The phrase "considering they are Argentines" made the old captain of the Red Devils unable to stop smiling.

You must know that he is a victim of Maradona, and it is politically correct to laugh at Argentina.

Raphael, who has been talked about at this moment, is still working hard to defend.

But just like Passarella who was talked about by Martin Taylor, even if he is a left back, he will not wipe his ass honestly. As long as he is given a chance, he also wants to launch an attack.

However, I don't know what these two guys, Serna and Riquelme, thought. They actually attacked the right flank, making Zanetti roar on the right flank like his nickname "Tractor". Up and down non-stop, and he was too idle to panic.

The snow was getting bigger and bigger, and in order to maintain his body temperature, he couldn't take a walk in place.

But at the same time, he had to be careful where he stepped, lest he follow in Cole's footsteps.

Just when Rafael was about to see if Toshack, who had passed by the sidelines, had any plans to make a substitution, he saw that Boca striker Xie Luoto completed a shot under Riquelme's go-between.

However, this shot did not threaten Inter Milan's goal and was easily won by Toldo.

At this moment, Raphael immediately shouted: "Franciscoli!"

After hearing the familiar shout, Toldo threw the throwing ball in the direction of Raphael without thinking about it.

Raphael stopped the ball with his chest, and then made a long diagonal pass, and passed the ball to the blue dot that passed in front of him.

Although the falling snowflakes have affected the sight, but at this altitude, who else can there be except that little dwarf?

There are also fans who have been affected by the heavy snow. Some fans can only watch what happened on the field through the big screen.

They cheered when they saw the image of Owen galloping through the snow.

What a familiar picture!

What a classic recipe!

They are already looking forward to the birth of a goal!

However, at this moment, a yellow figure suddenly burst out, and then brought Owen down with the ball!

Now the fans quit, shit, this is already the second time!

The referee Nelson rushed over in a hurry.

Because the snow was a bit heavy, and the ball ran faster than him, in fact, he didn't see clearly whether Burdisso had rushed towards people or the ball.

But now there are people who run faster than him, because Simeone has already rushed up and started to spit on Burdisso.

In the logic of Simeone's past, it doesn't matter whether he kicks the person or the ball, in short, spray it first and then talk about it.

Owen also looked at the scene of Simeone tearing up his compatriots in a daze, and only thought it was funny.

But then he discovered that this mutual spraying was just the beginning, and the players on both sides actually started to enter a state of mutual spraying.

Owen watched these Argentines babbling, and just wanted to ask——

What are you talking about?

I don't get it, all I care about now is am I going to get up?

At this time, a pair of sneakers that were already full of mud came to him, and then he handed them over with both hands.

Owen quickly passed his hand over, and after being pulled up, he covered his mouth and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you persuade the fight?"

As a result, I received an exclusive roll of eyes from an arrogant ghost, and a sentence: "Why do you want to persuade them? They just vented their upset mood, and they didn't fight again."

Owen: "..."

For this reason, he accepted it.

Players spray each other, what is the referee doing?

Nelson is a Dane. He neither understands Spanish nor can he see the acting skills of the players.

He thought the situation was going to get out of control!

At this time, all he could do was to ask the fourth official and the line referee for their opinions on the penalty, and he was also busy with getting the two captains to calm down the incident.

Well, one of the captains doesn't understand English either, so I have a communication problem with him...

The Dane was relieved to see Rafael push the Inter player back.

Fortunately, the problem is still solved.

Inter Milan then gets a free kick in the frontcourt.

Yes, although Nelson didn't see it clearly, he consulted the linesman and the fourth official for their opinions. More importantly, there was a big screen replay at the scene.

Although Burdisso insisted that he was innocent, he didn't bother to force him after seeing the referee's hard-hearted attitude of not listening or not listening.

And Owen also whispered to Raphael: "This bastard's foot is much darker than the previous one!"

This made Raphael frown, and he heard Owen say: "So you want to show me this, and you also get one from his head!"

Is this complaining, or cheering?

Considering that the two set kicks passed today were all won by a certain dwarf, Raphael decided to change the revenge into bookkeeping.

After all, after careful calculation, he still took advantage of this little man.

After making this generous decision, Rafael picked up the ball and walked to the penalty spot.

Irving was hoping that he would be able to vent his anger for himself, and also scored the ball over the tall tall head, but when he saw him walking slowly towards the free throw with the ball in his hands, And a little speechless.

You will die if you don’t pretend to be X?

Be careful to throw it away, it just became the control group that Riquelme used!

But in direct proportion to Raphael, who has been swaying with ease, is Cordoba, who has been like a big enemy.

The Colombian goalkeeper is constantly shouting at his teammates.

the reason is simple--

Compared with the altitude they passed, it was nothing to mention!

Even if there is Owen on the opposite side who has been behind, the average height can exceed 180, but what about them?

At least 5 cm shorter than their average.

This also means that they obviously suffer when they have defended the set ball, not to mention that it is Rafael who is standing in front of the penalty spot!

Raphael, who had a hat-trick of free kicks!

Which goalkeeper is comfortable defending his free-kicks?

Because it has been snowing, Raphael placed the ball carefully for a while, which also made Cordoba frown.

Just when the Boca players were about to protest, Rafael was ready.

When he got up, backed up, and ran up, Cordoba's heart was beating.

And Raphael, who is living at this moment, is also aiming at the goal of his own life——

The highest altitude that Boca Juniors has ever had, and the top of Burdisso's head!

This is not only because of Owen's nagging, but also because Cordoba deliberately arranged Burdisso in this position.

So regardless of whether Owen confesses or not, as long as Raphael wants to score, he will choose to break through above the head of this young central defender.

At the moment when the instep of his right foot came into contact with the ball, the 8-man wall that Boca had passed took off one after another.

The ball is like a beautiful parabola, starting from Rafael's right foot, crossing the high point of Burdisso, and falling rapidly towards the goal!

"Raphael's free-kick - the ball flew into the top right corner of the goal and it went in! Raphael!

In the 36th minute, Rafael scored the third goal of the game, and now Inter Milan is 2 to 1 Boca Juniors! "

In Martin Taylor's shouts, Irving had already rushed to Rafael.

At this moment, he doesn't mind being a jerk!

But what Owen and all the Inter Milan players did not expect was that after scoring the goal, Rafael turned around and ran towards the middle circle without looking at them.

There were many teammates along the way, but Raphael only took the initiative to give Redondo a high five.

Now, everyone understands.

Someone is a cheapskate and this is here for them!

And Toshack was even more confused. He thought that Raphael had an awkward relationship with Owen, but now he thinks it's the villain he once was angry with everyone except Redondo?

At this moment, the assistant coach poked Lao Tuo, pointed at Jankulovski and Juan who had passed the warm-up zone, and said, "Should I still change? Which one?"

When Toshack asked Juan to warm up with Jankulovski, he was actually just preparing for the second half when Simeone was replaced.

It's so cold, it's good to run more.

But now...

Heck, he's only one ahead now, he can't float, let the orbs get dusty, let's leave it to the wonderful Argentines.

After 1 minute, taking advantage of the dead ball, Jankulovski played, and Rafael can finally return to his previous position!

After the game entered the normal mode, Toshack got busy on the sidelines, attacking and attacking, trying to get another one before the end of the first half.

Raphael, who lived at this moment, has also returned to the position that should belong to him.

Now the ball is assigned to the right by Redondo, this is Figo's time!

Rafael and Jaminia also came to the middle after switching positions, ready to meet Figo at any time, and saw Serna appearing in front of him.

Everyone was running around on the court, and Raphael didn't care at first, but he found that Serna was sticking too tightly to him, which was not the normal defensive distance at all.

It would be fine if he had the ball, but now the ball is not at his feet, so Raphael guessed that Bianchi wanted the Colombian to play the role of "Pac-Man".

I have to say that Cerna played very well today. Rafael appreciates such an opponent, but he doesn't think that Cerna will cause him trouble.

Compared with this brown candy, what he cares more about now is Figo's running position.

After seeing that Figo did not have a good foot space, he immediately raised his hand and made a gesture.

It was this action that made Serna vigilant.

Everyone knows what Rafael's status is in Inter Milan. This guy wants the ball, even if it is Figo, it is impossible not to pass it.

Sure enough, Figo passed the ball!

It was also at this moment that Raphael suddenly started, followed by a horizontal lunge. The moment he received the ball, he felt that Serna was leaning over again.

Although the Colombian's reaction was quick, Rafael was not interested in playing a protracted battle with him, which made him speed up and then moved forward.

The moment he sped past, Serna was ready to foul.

He always wants to give this guy a little bit of color and let him review what Boca-style defense is.

However, at the moment when he was about to "cut wood", he found that there were only people, how could there be a ball?

When he turned around and looked at his own half, he was depressed to find that the ball had been handed over to Jaminia. At this moment, this Brazilian guy actually stepped on a bicycle!

Javier, shovel him!

Serna thought angrily.

His former teammate Villarreal has indeed done this.

But Jaminha has a lot of experience in being fouled, and Villarreal is still too young, so that he easily resolved the crisis and passed the ball back to Rafael. feet.

Cough, he admitted that he saw Irving asking him for the ball.

He also admitted that Owen did have a chance to shoot just after passing, but people are biased, and he is no exception.

Since Rafael wanted the ball too, of course he passed it.

What surprised Jaminha was that Rafael did not directly choose to shoot after receiving the ball, but continued to try to break through in the penalty area.

This made Jaminia seem to see the extraordinary maniac in the past again.

Unexpectedly, Raphael was just a small test, but he just swayed the white and tough Schiave, and then shot.

Now Jaminia is excited, and he is ready to run over to celebrate with Rafael. After all, the goal is scored, and it is definitely his assist!

But who would have thought that Raphael just feinted and passed the ball to Figo who had already run into the penalty area at some point.

This fake shot and true pass easily fooled the Boca defense line. After receiving this pass, Figo only needs to draw his sword out of its sheath and seal his throat with one sword!

At such a moment, how can Figo disappoint?

The snow is still falling, but the Tokyo National Stadium that passed by at this moment is boiling again!

Figo, who scored a goal, was very happy. He hugged Raphael happily.

The assist that Jaminia was about to get was gone, but he was not stingy.

Just as he wanted to join the celebration, he was caught by Owen.

He looked at Irving, thinking he was going to force the pass he just passed, when he saw Owen say, "If I were you, I wouldn't pass at this time."

Jaminia pretended to be cold and said: "That's for you, I live differently."

What kind of friendship does he have with Rafa, even if he annoys that kid, at most it's a shoulder throw, what's the big deal?

But Owen shook his head and said, "What do those two have in common? Except football."

Jaminia considered for a few seconds, causing Owen to shake his head.

Just when Owen was about to run back to the middle circle, Jaminia followed up haha, patted his buttocks and said: "You kid is too bad, too bad, be careful that he turns against you, he Really will!"

Owen made a "tsk" sound, with a look of disbelief.

He really didn't believe it. If that guy wanted to turn against him, he would have turned against him long ago.

He even turned against Vieri long ago!

After this goal, Toshack asked the players to switch from offense to defense.

This is not to say that Lao Tuo is suddenly conservative, but because he feels that the players are about to run out.

It was snowing at the beginning of the game, and the more it fell, the more consumption the players had than during the usual game.

Now that they are leading, they are not the ones who are in a hurry, so it is better to fight back.

The little abacus that the old entrusted was playing, Bianchi didn't know it, but now they were behind, so they could only raise their bets while sighing in vain.

But even in this case, before the end of the first half, Boca also threatened Inter Milan's goal twice.

One was easily cleared by Toldo, while the other was cleared by Stam.

After the first half of the game, Toshack rushed the players back to the player tunnel like chickens, lest they catch a cold.

When they got to the locker room, they gave the players a cup of ginger tea sent by the organizing committee, and whispered in their ears about the hellish weather.

What Lao Tuo said is also the voice of everyone's life. Hearing his complaints about his life, everyone's life is also in a comfortable mood.

Toshack also has no plans for substitutions.

It's not that he didn't have it, but that he can't say it now. If he says it, he might be sprayed. What's the majesty of his life?

A smart person who lived like this would not do such a stupid thing.

When the second half started, Boca, who didn't want to lose the championship, gave it a go.

And Inter Milan also squatted in the snow with all their strength.

It's not that the Boca players don't work hard, but that the two forwards are really disappointing.

After 60 minutes, everyone saw that Inter Milan took the lead in making a substitution.

Take a look, everyone!

Exit Redondo, enter Juan.

Is Inter Milan planning to squat?

But why not for Simeone, but for Redondo?

Martin Taylor was no exception, and he gave Toshack a slap in the face.

But only 5 minutes later, the substitution card was played again, and Martin Taylor was confused when he saw the sign.

"We see that Inter Milan is going to make a substitution now. Simeone, who was in poor form today, was replaced, and Vieri was replaced..."

Speaking of this, Taylor said: "After seeing Vieri on the field, we pointed to Rafael. Oh, Rafael went back to the midfield. Now it has become him and Juan protecting Jaminha. Fans who wanted to expect Rafael and Riquelme to face off again before the game, certainly did not expect the direction of the game to be like this..."

When Martin Taylor talked about living here, he even joked: "Left back first, then midfielder, I don't know if Rafael regrets choosing Argentina, but if he regrets staying in the Inter Milan team It's easy to do, just call his father."

And what about Raphael who was ridiculed?

He is busy incarnation of the iron gate, and he is also enjoying the happiness of defending.

Yes, he doesn't hate defense, he even regards his defensive ability as a kind of compensation——

Fate made him grow more than [-] centimeters in just a few months, making him almost forget how to play football.

But fate also rewarded him with a healthier body and made his football career more possible, but he didn't adapt to it and discover it at the time.

At 76 minutes, it was Bianchi who was forced to make a substitution.

Unlike Inter Milan's bench where there are so many outstanding players who can be replaced, Bianchi is actually irreplaceable!

Physical fitness has never been Riquelme's strong point, and today the player's consumption is greater than before, and now he can no longer support it.

How can a Riquelme who has run out of fuel help the team?

Instead of letting him do nothing on the field, Bianchi would rather replace him, because this is a kind of protection for him, and he is willing to pay for it.

After Riquelme left the field, the game entered the legendary ass grinding time.

As the field got worse, the players moved slower and slower.

By about 85 minutes, players on both sides were physically exhausted.

So much so that when Nelson finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, all Inter Milan players were relieved.

But for Boca players who also played a tough game, the result of the game was not so easy to accept.

After the game, Raphael first pulled Jaminia off of him, and then walked to the sidelines.

He wants to swap jerseys with Riquelme.

But when he walked to the sidelines, he saw Simeone shaking Riquelme's jersey at him with embarrassment written all over his face.

Raphael: ...

Who always thinks that the national team is a boss?Do you want face?

As if knowing what he was thinking, Zanetti smiled and hooked his shoulders and said, "I remember they asked you to change the jersey?"

Raphael squinted at this "honest man", what are you implying?

Can I be jealous of this?

I just want Riquelme's shirt.

Zanetti didn't seem to see his passing eyes, but instead said: "I remember that the relationship between Pabridge and Roman was very good, he must have collected his jerseys, you can ask him for them. "

Raphael: "..."

That's suggesting something, right?

Can this be considered an honest person?

Although the process of the competition was not very pleasant, everyone's faces were so happy when they won the trophy in the snowy night.

Because this is the first trophy in 2002, this is Japan, and they have made a good start for this year's World Cup.

Perhaps because of this good omen, Raphael even kissed the trophy when taking a group photo after the game.

Two hours later, they arrived at the airport and took a special plane.

At the moment of flying away from Tokyo, everyone had the same feeling——

Goodbye, Tokyo.

Goodbye, they are here for the World Cup!

When we arrived in Milan, it was already afternoon local time.

Because every player was exhausted, Toshack announced the good news before they got off the plane-

"Because the Football Association postponed the game, you have a day off tomorrow. But I can't let me see you running around, stay at home honestly, and are not allowed to go anywhere."

After Lao Tuo finished speaking with great momentum, he saw that scoundrel raised his hand.

Is this like what his former direct disciples should have done?

This is something only a bad boy who has taken the lead in making trouble can do!

But Lao Tuo had to say generously: "Rafa, our former captain, do you have any questions?"

Anyone can hear what Lao Tuo said, but this obviously does not include Raphael.

He just asked calmly: "Can I send Louis to the base? His New Year's holiday is not over yet."

Toshack: "...it's okay to send children off, but you can't be a training partner, just go home and rest honestly, make phone calls and so on."

After hearing this sentence, everyone laughed.

And Raphael looked at his former teacher speechlessly, why did you even learn this?

Toshack replied with his eyes: That's because you don't know what it means to be low-key.

The two of you are incredibly high-profile all day long, and it would be hard to end if you don't get married immediately after retiring. Now you still blame me for teasing you?

In this way, Rafael and Juan took the promise of a day's vacation and got on the car to go home.

Sean sent them to the small town, and when they returned to the small town of Pinettina, Juan suddenly looked at Rafael: "Rafa, do you want to go there and have a look?"

The one he pointed at was his new home.

Raphael looked at the house and nodded without hesitation.

The first time Juan talked to him about buying a house was actually a year and a half ago, more strictly speaking, after his salary increase.

Considering that Juan had already known his former fiancée at that time, the good girl named Yolanda, although Rafael was a little bit reluctant, he did not interfere.

But Juan didn't have the calmness and rationality he had on the court when it came to buying a house.

He didn't know what the house he wanted should look like, nor where to buy it, so he kept procrastinating and procrastinating, which made him very distressed.

This made Raphael suggest that he discuss with Yolanda to see what the girl thinks about the future, and they can plan the future together.

As for more advice, he, who has no emotional experience, can't give it.

And all of this hit the accelerator after the end of this summer——

Juan's marriage proposal was successful.

Regardless of their record in the World Cup, they will all enter the palace of marriage in the summer of 2002.

Although it is a little early, professional players either marry early or are prodigal sons. Juan obviously belongs to the former.

Since the woman's past character is guaranteed by the silicon-based people, all Raphael can do is to bless and send a wedding gift that they will love.

After having the idea of ​​starting a family, Juan became more determined about buying a house.

He chose this small town with a clear goal, chose a small courtyard with Yolanda, and then started the renovation with an architect on the suggestion of Byron Guo.

Looks like the remodel is now over.

Raphael didn't know if he was the first visitor to the house, but he couldn't wait to see Juan's new home.

Sean stopped the car, and Raphael followed Juan's steps towards his new home step by step.

This guy looked extremely happy, and his mouth was talking non-stop.

He thanked the owner for selling him the house, thanked Byron for introducing him to a good designer, and even couldn't help talking about the wedding in his heart.

This also made Raphael curl his mouth.

The little man from England didn't abduct his best friend, but his best friend formed a family of his own one step earlier than him.

"Rafa?"

When Raphael came back to his senses, he saw Juan looking at him seriously.

Rafael explained: "I'm thinking of giving you a housewarming gift."

Juan smiled, "I guessed it. But compared to this, I want you to promise me one thing."

Raphael said without hesitation: "Say."

Juan smiled even more happily: "Be my child's godfather. I don't think there is anyone more suitable than you. Yolanda wants Louis to be the flower girl—"

Raphael didn't let him continue, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, because he wanted to remind him first—

"Of course I want to be your child's godfather, but have you forgotten something, you idiot?"

Juan was at a loss, forgot?

Is it to give birth to the child first?Or get married first?

This stupid look made Raphael shake his head with a smile, and opened the fence leading to the garden.

"Rafa, what did I forget?"

Raphael didn't answer.

Juan caught up, "Rafa, what did I forget?"

But Raphael just turned around and pointed to his former home: "Okay, let's be a qualified master now. You invited me to come here, so please show me your former house?"

Juan: "..."

QAQ!

It was obvious that she didn't want to tell him, but what had he forgotten?