ball magic

On the night of arriving in Tokyo, Rafael harvested a precious Kashmir sapphire.

On the second day of his arrival in Tokyo, he received another surprise.

And that surprise was named Pekerman!

This is a compliment to Grondona.

Because of the last call, Grondona regarded Raphael, who was "arbitrary" and wanted to be Maradona's second, as his own.

But this "person of his own" is him looking at Raphael.

What does Raphael think of him?

In this regard, Grondona still has some AC numbers——

Raphael didn't like him very much.

This is not okay, this is not what he wants.

When Raphael told him that he would be responsible for all travel, security, hotel and even base search expenses of the national team during the World Cup in Korea and Japan, Grondona looked at him as if he was looking at a moving dragon treasure.

But Grondona knew very well that it was not easy for the dragon to share the treasure.

He also didn't think he could become a "Dragon Slayer".

So he changed his mind, instead of slaying the dragon, he might as well please the dragon.

At this time, his confidant gave him an idea——

Jose Pekerman.

Raphael liked him very much, very, very much, and even behaved like a cat in front of him.

Grondona couldn't imagine Raphael looking like a cat at all, but this did not prevent him from promoting Grondona to the leader of the Argentine team, responsible for all tasks outside of training and games.

So at this moment, Pekerman also appeared in Tokyo, in front of Raphael.

It is no secret that Rafael likes Pekerman, and Bielsa has heard of it.

But I heard it was heard, when he saw Raphael hugging his old friend with a bright smile, he was also shocked when his old friend congratulated him with his usual seriousness, and he was a little more shy... …

The young marshal, who is only in his 40s, is a little bit jealous about this, because although Raphael has made a huge sacrifice for him (fudge Grondona), he has never shown such love.

But that's not a bad thing.

Pekerman's ability is unquestionable, and if he and Rafael had a conflict during the World Cup, there was someone who could reconcile it.

If the conflict reaches an irreconcilable level, Pekerman can stabilize the situation and even take over the team.

The reason why Bielsa thinks so far is because he understands himself and Rafael's character.

Sometimes it's not a bad thing to plan the fastest.

Bielsa finally ushered in a complete team, and the players bid farewell to the good days.

Because after breakfast, Bielsa took them to the training base in Miyagi Prefecture.

This training base was personally selected by Pekerman after seeing five or six training bases.

It has 90 rooms, 12 natural turf training fields, and even a standard stadium that can accommodate 5000 fans.

What really attracted Pekerman was this standard course.

After arriving at the base and getting acquainted with the environment a little bit, waiting for these Argentine internationals is Bielsa's devil training! ③эㄚQχδ.CΟM

The most important thing in training is defense!

Yes, Bielsa will also ask for defense.

Although the outside world commented on his 3313 as "extremely crazy", but Bei Shuai himself didn't think so.

Because what he himself pursues is total attack and total defense like Dutch football. Of course, we can also understand it as a balance between offense and defense.

In the South American World Cup preliminaries, this Argentine team has fully proved its offensive firepower, and Bielsa is also extremely satisfied.

Now that they have arrived in Tokyo and the World Cup is around the corner, Bielsa is asking for more than just attacking!

After two days of recovery training and tactical training, the Argentine internationals returned to Tokyo, but this time the purpose was to prepare for the last warm-up match before the World Cup.

And their opponent is the host, Japan.

Because it is an away game, everyone has already prepared for the start of the game, and all they see are Japanese fans.

But when everyone came out to warm up, they realized what kind of away game was this?

Japanese fans wearing "Samurai Blue" jerseys mutinied on the spot, almost everyone chanting Rafael's name.

Everyone squinted at the captain, and saw the captain raising his hands, thanking all the fans in a very stylish way.

cut!

show off!

However, before the official start of the game, when the on-site commentary read out the player roster, everyone quickly found their place——

Whether it is their starting goalkeeper Caballero or Quiroga in the domestic league, they have all been cheered by Japanese fans.

Of course, it was Crespo, Veron, Aimar and a certain captain who stood out the most.

Everyone has played a lot of warm-up matches, and this kind of treatment is the first experience.

Since the Japanese team is very face-saving, the Argentine team, which played the main force, also seriously played the home team 3-0.

In the last 25 minutes, Bielsa replaced Aimar and Crespo, replaced Batty and Gallardo, and let Rafael play the whole game.

Of course, the reason why Raphael played the whole game is not only because of his good physical fitness, but also because of contract restrictions.

After all, Japan also wants to save face. It spends money to invite Argentina to play a warm-up match. Of course, I hope Rafael can play the whole game.

When the game is over, everyone is very happy.

But the French team, who also had an appointment with the host for a warm-up match, was in for a bad luck!

Four days later, on May 4, five days before the opening ceremony of the Korea-Japan World Cup, the unlucky Zidane was kicked and injured by Korean midfielder Kim Nam-il in a match against the Koreans!

Not only will he miss the opening ceremony, he may even be injured for two weeks!

The South Korean midfielder Kim Nam-il, who caused his injury, said with a smile after the game: "Zidane's medical expenses will be deducted from my salary."

Rafael was furious after seeing the news, and directly called Zidane to inquire about his condition.

Zidane, everyone knows that he looks taciturn, but in fact he has a fiery personality.

Before the opening of the World Cup, he was injured in a warm-up match, how could he not be angry?

He even scolded the despicable Korean guy in front of Rafael.

After all, this is just a friendly match!

tmd friendly match!

All Raphael could do was listen to his venting, send the useless comfort that everyone knew, and after hanging up the phone, he called Juan.

It was a long, long call.

Time soon came to May 5, which is the opening day of the World Cup.

Everyone is not interested in the opening ceremony, but they are very interested in the opening game.

Because the opening game is France against Senegal.

As we all know, in this World Cup, the defending champion France and their Argentina are the biggest favorites to win this cup.

Since it is a recognized "championship opponent", how could everyone not pay attention?

At the same time, everyone is also curious about Zidane's injury situation and whether he can catch up with the World Cup.

However, when the starting squad was released, everyone found that Zidane had completely stopped, let alone starting, and he was not selected for the squad at all.

When the game started, the Argentine internationals watched the game in shock——

As the double champion of the 98 World Cup and the 00 European Cup, France was upset in the first match of this World Cup, losing 0 to 1 to Senegal!

This is definitely an upset at the start of the game, and it is super upset!

Rafael was not surprised by this result.

Zidane, who lost the French team, actually kicked a long pass in the first half.

Even if the French team is also half of the African team, how can they compare their physical fitness with their African brothers?

The "Orochi" Djorkaf, who replaced Zidane in charge of the organization, did not perform well, and it was very easy to lose the ball. Senegal's only goal in the game was also caused by his loss of the ball.

In addition, there are many players who have not performed well. If Henry and Vieira, the former Arsenal combination, are still online, the score may be even uglier.

But even if the French team loses their first match, Rafael thinks they still have a chance.

After all, the difficulty of qualifying for the French group stage has almost become the traditional art of the French team.

Once the group qualify, it will be the Raptors crossing the river.

After watching the game, Bielsa also told them good news——

He wants to give everyone a day off, but they are not allowed to leave the base, but allow their family members to enter the base.

Families can stay until dinner is over before leaving.

If they heard this kind of news before, everyone must be full of resentment.

Think about it, how long have they not seen their families?

Rafael and the others returned to the team on the 16th, Aimar and the others on the 12th, and the first players to return to the team left their families as early as the 5th, and closed training in Rome on the 7th!

This also caused everyone to be extremely jealous of Raphael!

When they were far away from their families and could only communicate with them on their mobile phones every day, this guy's lover was by his side.

Not only get along with him day and night, share the same bed, but also play football, eat with him, exercise or even play games with him!

Compared with them, how happy this guy is, so happy that they are jealous!

Now that they can finally see their families, they still want to stay in this small base?

It's not that Bielsa didn't miss the players' dissatisfaction, but he has no plans to change his mind.

He will never let the players come and go to the base at will, go to nightclubs and bars like the Brazilians and the French, and he does not want the players to turn into mobile clothes hangers for their wives like the British.

Just one day off, you have to stay in the base, whether you like it or not, whether you like it or not, and protest if you have the ability.

Compared to those moaning guys, Raphael enjoyed the unexpected vacation very much.

Although he was already the happiest player on the entire base and even the 32 participating teams during the training camp, he also missed his family.

Especially Veronica.

In order to watch all the games of Argentina during the World Cup, she worked hard for a long time, and even gave up going to the Champions League final for this reason.

And his goofy brother, sweet nephew, and darling Bart.

Oh, and his in-laws, and maybe Andrea and Anna?

Rafael would not let go of this great opportunity to increase his favorability. Just when he wanted to confirm with Aimar whether Andrea and Anna would come, he found his little deer thoughtful.

This made him raise his eyebrows, deliberately leaning into his ear, lowered his voice to the extreme, and asked, "Baby, what are you thinking?"

Aimar blurted out: "Will there be a holiday before the game against England..."

England?

Raphael counted the days, and the corners of his mouth were already raised triumphantly.

Baby, you want to celebrate my birthday for me.