ball magic

After seeing Rafael's text message, Maradona is super happy!

As an ordinary person, although Maradona sometimes does good deeds without leaving his name (such as helping Venezuela with food), but more often, he very much hopes that the world will see his efforts and dedication.

Now that his contribution has been seen and recognized, and the person who saw and recognized it is Rafael, everyone can imagine how excited he is.

No matter how excited the old horse is, the phone call will last as long as possible.

Can Rafael interrupt him?

Of course not.

So he could only answer Maradona's call, echoing it from time to time, while peeking at the TV from the balcony.

But the game between England and Sweden was really lackluster.

When Irving once again hit a wall in the Swede's steel penalty area, Rafael knew that it would be difficult to change the score in this game.

Sure enough, the Swedes were unable to attack in the end, and Eriksson, who was a Swede but helped coach England, also lost his aggressiveness in the final stage, lest the 3 points he got would become 1 point.

The two teams shook hands and made a draw, which is not a bad thing for Argentina, and Rafael is quite satisfied with the score.

It was also at this time that he saw Aimar and looked over, obviously making fun of him for still "suffering".

Rafael snorted inwardly, and interrupted the news between the old horse's speech: "Diego—the Swedes and England drew. England did not get the points as expected. As long as we beat England and get another 3 points, If Sweden is released, there is a great possibility that England will be out because the group does not qualify."

Is this possible?

This is of course quite possible.

Maradona was exhilarated by such a great, perfect, and exciting proposal, but his reason was also reminding him——

"But they ended up playing Nigeria."

And Nigeria is likely to be the weakest team in the group, after all, it lost 5 games to Argentina.

Rafael smiled: "Yes, they played Nigeria in the end, but what if they lose the chain themselves?"

Although the possibility of this is very low, very low, Maradona still had a good time thinking about it.

After the old horse had finished speaking, Raphael told himself that he was going to watch the Spanish game.

He wants to get away!

This is a fair excuse, after all, Juan is his good brother, and the whole world knows this.

But what he didn't expect was that such a perfect excuse made the old horse complain about him——

"That duck, that cute little duck, Rafa, you shouldn't have lent it to the Spaniard, believe it or not, you should have it in our locker room!"

Raphael: "..."

Countless Argentines told him this before, but he didn't expect Maradona to care about this duck.

When he was speechless, the old horse wanted to warn the young man again, and Raphael said, "I made an agreement with him." Μ.三ЭㄚQΧS.℃οΜ

"Agreement?"

"Yes, the agreement. I told Juan that if we reach the final, he will return the duckling to us."

finals?

The old horse turned his mind twice, and laughed loudly.

It's not that he looks down on Spain, but that the best result in Spain's history is just reaching the semi-finals.

If the ducks can really bring good luck to the Spaniards and bring them to the final, it is already very strong!

This also made the old horse praise him repeatedly, and regretted it after the crossing.

How much he wanted to go to the scene to cheer for Argentina...

And his regret lasted for more than ten minutes.

What can Raphael do?

He can only say something in these ten minutes, "You are Argentina, whether you appear on the scene or not, it has the same meaning to us, and you are always with us", which makes Aimar keep covering his mouth and laughing.

When Maradona finally, finally, finally hung up the phone, the broadcast of the match between Spain and Slovenia had already begun.

Fortunately, although he missed the Spanish national anthem, he didn't miss more.

Raphael laughed when he saw the photo taken.

Aimar asked curiously: "Why are you laughing? Is there any problem? No, what good did you do when we took pictures before the game!"

He almost settled with this guy.

How could Raphael tell him this honestly?

He just pointed to Fran on the TV, yes, it was Fran in Laco, and said to him: "Look at this guy's hair, he's going bald."

That's it?

Aimar squinted at him, but before he could ask, Raphael pointed to the grinning Juan and Cassie on his right side and said, "See, Juan is 183, and the guy next to him calls himself 182."

Aimar doesn't quite empathize with Fran's hair.

Regarding Juan and Cassie, he didn't see any problems at first, but when Raphael pointed out Juan's height, he suddenly realized and laughed.

Of course, it's not that he didn't realize that someone was avoiding important things, but rather than settle accounts with someone at this time, he wanted to lean on his shoulder and let him be the commentator.

"Slovenia, have you studied this team?"

Although it is a question sentence, Aimar is sure that he must have studied it, even if the reason is just "Juan is going to play against this team in the World Cup".

Raphael said: "The current coach of this team is Catanic, who is very young but very thoughtful. In the World Preliminaries, they had 10 matches and 5 draws in 5 group matches, and the group was unbeaten. In the end, they also won The No.2 result entered the play-offs, and finally defeated Romania, entering the World Cup for the first time."

Aimar understood. "You mean they are like Sweden, they are very good at defense."

Rafael nodded, "Playing against a team like Spain, they must be strict at the beginning. But Spain has Joaquin on the wing, and Juan and Juan Belleron are also good at long-range shots, even if Slovenia plays an iron barrel formation , as long as Spain is given a chance, they still have a high probability of winning."

Aimar nodded: "I think Juan will perform well, Spain won the first game."

But after he finished speaking, he found that Rafael's expression was a bit subtle, which made him curious: "What's the matter? Didn't you say that Spain has a high probability of winning?"

Raphael said with a heavy tone: "It is highly probable, but the problem is that Spain has never had a good start in the World Cup before this."

Aimar: "...so, that's why Juan and Cassie are obsessed with Duck?"

Rafael spread his hands: "Maybe, but I think they want more than that."

Then he mentioned Maradona's obsession with the duck, and he made Aimar laugh again.

It was at this time that the game had already begun.

To the surprise of the two, after the start of the game, it was not Spain with gorgeous footwork that took the lead in controlling the rhythm, but Slovenia, which started the logging mode.

In the opening 10 minutes, Raul and Joaquin received at least 3 key cares.

And Juan and Juan Belleron, who is comparable to a saint, also got a free kick in the frontcourt.

This also exceeded Raphael's expectations——

In this game, Camacho let Juan start, he was already very surprised, he did not expect to give Juan a chance to show his footwork, obviously Juan's performance during the training camp conquered him.

But as the game progressed, the Spaniard, who has a weak style of play, has adapted to the intensity of the game and just got up.

In the 14th minute, Juan suddenly moved forward and changed positions with Enrique. The two used a wall-to-wall cooperation to pass Galic and Slovenian captain Zahovic. Then Juan sent an overhead pass to find Raul. And Raul beat Knaves, with a header for Spain to take the lead.

And Juan also harvested his first assist in the World Cup.

After Spain took the lead, Slovenia coach Katanic looked helpless.

Slovenia began to counterattack, Camacho immediately turned from offense to defense.

The two sides fought more fiercely in the midfield, and there were few opportunities to attack the goal.

In the 31st minute, Juan Belleron shot from the front of the penalty area, expanding the results for Spain, and the score of 2-0 was maintained until the end.

In the second half, Slovenia took the lead in substituting, and Spain shrunk and held tight. It was not until 74 minutes that Slovenia's striker Zimirotic, who came off the bench, pulled back a goal for the team.

After that, the Slovenian offensive became more and more fierce, but it repeatedly missed opportunities.

In the 83rd minute, Gaiser brought down Morientes who had just been replaced in the penalty area, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.

As the captain, Hierro personally performed the operation and finally helped Spain beat Slovenia 3-1.

At the moment the game ended, Rafael sent Juan a congratulatory text message, and of course, Fran's share was also indispensable.

If he didn't know Juan Belleron's phone number, he would even like to thank the double core of Deportivo and Spain.

Because he could see that Belleron deserved to be a super nice guy, and he took great care of Juan on the field.

Half an hour after the game, Raphael received a call from Juan.

Juan on the phone was extremely excited and shouted at him: "Rafa! Rafa, we finally won the first match! It's all because of Duck! It's all because of Duck! I love Luis, and I love you too..."

Raphael let him vent his excitement, but he thought in his heart——

idiot.

Winning is because of your strength, and getting assists is also because of your strength. What does it have to do with that duck?

But he just told Juan, "Final, remember, final give us the duck back."

That left Juan laughing on the phone.

If he can really reach the final, or even face Rafa in the final, it will definitely be a dream day for him.

But the phone was quickly snatched by Fran, and instead of thanking him for lending the duck to them, the old hooligan told him, "Don't even think about it, if we really make it to the finals, we will never return the duck. no way!"

And around him, there is a group of people echoing.

The duck is obtained by skill, why should we pay it back?

Seeing that these guys were already planning to become lasses, Raphael didn't argue with them.

After all, he also wanted Juan and Fran to go further and further.

If the duck really gave them that kind of confidence, he didn't think Louis would mind lending them an extra two days.

As a result, on the second day, Simeone and Batty complained about him in public in the restaurant.

reason?

Of course it's because of that stupid duck!

Yes, because of those stupid Spaniards.

After the Spaniard won the game, he took a group photo in the locker room. While showing off his muscles, he didn't forget to dry his ducks.

Faced with such a show of sovereignty, the Argentine international will naturally defend their ducks.

Simeone even left the field in person and fought Puyol for [-] rounds on the network. He completely forgot that he was still appealing for a red card. It is hard to say whether he will be able to play in the next game.

Raphael could see that this guy's mentality had returned to normal.

After the breakfast time, the players were given an hour of free time before resuming training.

Rafael was called to the coaching staff's office together with Redondo and Batty.

They thought that the entire coaching staff was waiting for them, but they didn't expect only Pekerman.

what does this mean?

Raphael smiled.