ball magic

When he saw that there was only Pekerman in the office, Batty was in a trough in his heart——

He must be lying!

When you called them over, you clearly meant to discuss tactics with them.

This is as it should be, after all, he has played in the Premier League for two seasons, and they are teammates with Beckham, and they have played against Gerrard a lot.

As for calling the other two, it was even more natural.

After all, one is the team's brain, and the other is dedicated to the opponent's brain.

But standing here is Pekerman!

Realizing what this means, Batty also gave Bielsa a thumbs up in his heart.

The reason why Bielsa was able to become the coach of the national team was because of Pekerman's strong recommendation. This has never been a secret in the national team.

It was no secret that he and Pekerman had a strong personal relationship.

But a good relationship does not mean that Bielsa will let Pekerman formulate tactics, especially when the next game will be a battle between Britain and Afghanistan!

Let's put it this way, even if it is the World Cup final, it may not be able to match the weight of this game in the minds of Argentine fans.

But under such circumstances, Bielsa has no grievances, and even more unreservedly let Pekerman change from a "team leader" who is only responsible for directing the game to a real interim coach?

This means that the fame and praise of winning belongs to Pekerman, and Bielsa is the one who is responsible for it!

It is impossible for Bielsa not to know this, but he just did it, which also made Batty give Bielsa a thumbs up in his heart.

It's a man!

But what about Pekerman's coaching skills?

In fact, he can't be blamed for being suspicious.

Because although he has heard of Pei Shuai's reputation, when Pekerman became the coach of the youth team, he had already made a big splash in the US World Cup. How could he know the coach of the youth team?

This also made him glance at Raphael beside him. After all, this kid knows more about Peishuai than they do.

But when he saw Raphael's expression at the moment, he wanted to touch his forehead.

At this moment, Raphael has a smile on his face and stars in his eyes.

If this picture is seen by those female fans who are always guarding outside their base, they will be screaming with excitement, but Batty feels that this guy can't be counted on.

Because he forgot that Raphael was Pekerman's fanboy.

No, not just a fan, he even felt that Raphael was like a follower of Pekerman. When he saw the youth team coach, he had his own filter.

And this was also very puzzling to him.

Just think of the other coaches Raphael has blown past --

Toshack, Robson Sr., Bielsa, Ferguson.

Gone.

In his opinion, the big reason for blowing Ferguson is the relationship of interests. After all, can Manchester United's young club not blow the red-nosed old man?

Remove Ferguson, the remaining three, all play a vital role in Rafael's career.

In Batty's view, Pekerman should be at the bottom no matter in terms of emotions, time spent together, or even honors received.

But Raphael's little expression just now made Batty realize again that Raphael likes Pekerman, perhaps even more than Bielsa.

This love may not be inferior to old Robson and Toshack...

So what magical power does this unsmiling Pei Shuai have to conquer Raphael?

At this moment, Pekerman also waved to them, signaling them to sit down, and then he pulled a tactical board over.

On the tactical board, a 442 formation has been set up.

Then without any nonsense, he said to them: "Marcelo talked to me, and he thinks that since I am temporarily in charge of the team, I should let me formulate tactics. Of the starters I imagined, you know England best. players, so I would like to introduce to you my tactical vision and discuss the feasibility with you."

Batty was happy.

Because it means that he defeated Crespo and started the next game.

He looked at the two people around him again, and found that the two guys just nodded slightly, looking extremely reserved.

This also made Batty want to greet these two kings.

Because his situation is completely different from these two guys, one of them has no qualified substitute at all, and the other's substitute is Simeone, who will not be able to play in the end.

But what about him?

His competitor is Crespo!

Pekerman didn't realize Batty's distraction, but said to them: "Although Marcelo entrusted everything to me. But I don't want to change suddenly, which may make the players feel at a loss."

Raphael agrees with Pekerman's judgment.

Since the 1999 Copa America, Bielsa has been sharpening his sword for this World Cup. Now they have played the tactic of three central defenders for three full years. It is not absolutely impossible to make a sudden change, but the players obviously need to adapt and adapt.

After talking about this, Pekerman continued: "Marcelo and I also had some discussions, but our views are somewhat different. This is why I brought you here..."

Because of the memory before the "rebirth", Rafael can probably guess that Bielsa's tactics are not much different from when he played Nigeria. They both mainly attack the two sides and then pass the ball.

This is actually different from Argentina's tactics in the world preliminaries.

In the match between them and Nigeria, although there were countless crosses, only one of them actually turned into a goal.

So Rafael asked softly when Pekerman said this: "Jose, is it about golf?"

Pekerman didn't expect him to be so keen, so he nodded, and then looked at Batty.

"Gabe, no one here knows England's defenders better than you, and I want to hear your opinion."

This was a bit tactful, but Batty understood.

Their leader was asking him—

Do you want to compete with those tall guys in England?

Batty thought for a while, then shook his head: "If Eriksson's starting lineup doesn't change much, I don't think it will be easy. Campbell is tall and strong, and he just helped England reach this tournament The only goal in the World Cup.

Ferdinand is my teammate, and his ability to fight for the top and clear the siege is outstanding.

And Husky, Husky's ability to compete is very strong.

If I was alone in the front, or let Sorin and Ayala argue, I think it would be very difficult. "

Batty also scratched his head when he said this, and said with a little shyness: "When I was at Manchester United, it was Ruud van Nistelrooy who preferred the penalty area."

instead of him.

As soon as he was old, he didn't want to compete with weird guys like Campbell, Hyypia, Terry, Husky, and Viduka.

Of course, it's not that he lacks confidence in confrontation, but that with Ruud van Nistelrooy in hand, he scored goals in a sports game, is it not good for Batty's goal?

Pekerman understood, and he then looked at Raphael.

Rafael added: "I feel similar to Gabe, but I would like to remind that Hargreaves is also a good contender if he plays off the field, Ashley Cole and Ayala, Sorin is similar, with good header ability. Owen's header ability may be even more outstanding than his height."

Heading is better than height...

Such ridicule made both Pekerman and Batty laugh out loud.

Amidst their laughter, Redondo looked at Rafael.

As Owen's roommate, he's clearly unhappy with the way he's been described.

Of course Raphael saw his gaze, but looked back as a matter of course, isn't what he said the truth?

The little guy's header was pretty good.

Pekerman looked at Redondo again: "Fair, do you have anything to add?"

Redondo shook his head, "I don't know as much as they do in this regard. But I personally think that the high-altitude ball compared to England is not our advantage, but we have to guard against it."

Speaking of this, he added: "Whether it was in the Real Madrid period or the Inter Milan period, my team won the victory through positional warfare and by firmly controlling the ball at their feet."

Such proud words, but Pekerman showed a smile instead, and said to them: "I am very happy with the advice and experience you provided. Come, listen to my tactical arrangement..."

When Pekerman said this, he set up chess pieces on the tactical board.

Raphael looked at the tactical board, and found that what Peishuai put out was neither Bielsa's 3313 nor his favorite 433, but 3412!

Yes, against England, what they will play is not a single arrow, but a double arrow!

For the Argentine internationals, this day is not only a recovery day, but also a preparation day, and it is a happy day.

On this day, Brazil also ushered in their first game in this World Cup.

Their opponent is the strongest Huskies in the same group... no, Turkey.

Considering that Brazil's other two opponents in the same group are Costa Rica and China, the match against Turkey is also regarded as Brazil's strongest battle before the knockout round.

Since it was a rivalry match, of course it was something to watch.

So after the training, everyone watched the game together in the restaurant and made a bet by the way.

After all, there is no ban on gambling in their team. They can't go anywhere in the base these days, and their relatives can't see them. The biggest pastime is playing cards, playing cards and playing cards.

As for today's bet, it's a lot of fun.

Since there were no rules in the team, Rafael didn't bother to control whether they bet or not, but what he didn't expect was that the little guy Saviola came to ask Aimar if he wanted to participate, but he ignored him.

Originally, he was not very interested in betting, but the problem is that his wife participated, how could he not participate?

In the end, he didn't expect Curly to have so much confidence in Brazil's bald head that he actually chose a score of 3 to 1.

This obviously underestimated Turkey. Raphael thought about it and chose 1-1.

Although in his memory, Brazil finally won the game, but considering the strength of Turkey and the influence of the butterfly effect, he still insisted on his own judgment.

As a result, when the statistics came out, he was the only player in the team who thought Brazil would draw with Turkey.

Aimar didn't expect this either, so he couldn't help asking: "Is Turkey strong?"

They are South American players who either play in their home country or play in Serie A and La Liga. They don't know much about Turkey.

"It depends on the situation, and Brazil won the World Cup tickets at the end. Scolari still needs to run his team."

As a result, by the end of the first half, the score was 0 to 1, Brazil was 0, and Turkey was 1.

Although most of the Argentine internationals did not expect Turkey to be so strong, but what is it if they lose money?

If Brazil loses to Turkey in an upset, they immediately want to celebrate with fireworks!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Before they could cheer for Turkey, they saw that Ronaldo equalized for Brazil within a few minutes of the opening, which caused boos in the restaurant.

The boos are clearly for Turkey.

But after this goal, Brazil fell into a hard fight.

Even though Scolari tried his best and even changed three players, he failed to rewrite the score again.

After 90 minutes, Brazil was tied 1-1 by Türkiye!

The Brazilian players were obviously very annoyed after the loss, but the base where Argentina was stationed was already cheering.

If it weren't for Bielsa's strict ban on alcohol, they would definitely raise a glass to celebrate.

It's just that celebrations are celebrations, ridicules are ridicules, everyone knows very well——

Even if Brazil is tied, they will easily qualify for the group stage.

What awaits them is a life-and-death battle with England!

On June 6, Rafael and Batty attended the pre-match press conference together, and at the same time, their interim coach Pekerman also participated.

Yes, Bielsa even left the job of launching the press conference to Pekerman.

At the press conference, Pekerman first responded to the two points that reporters were most concerned about.

One is that Bielsa's red card appeal failed.

Second, whether Pekerman will direct the game the day after tomorrow.

Pekerman and Bielsa can become close friends, naturally because they have a lot in common.

For Bielsa's red card failed to appeal successfully, he complained for Bielsa from his own standpoint.

As for the day after tomorrow's game, whether he will direct it or not, he also generously admitted that he didn't plan to play any smoke bombs at all.

With his admission, the media became even more curious——

Is it Bielsa or Pekerman who formulates the tactics?

Did you play 3313 the day after tomorrow, or the 433 that Pekerman likes?

Will Batty start the day after tomorrow, or Crespo?

The questions the reporters asked Pekerman were all tactical.

The content of asking Batty is all about his competition with Crespo and whether he will start.

But when he came to Raphael, the painting style changed suddenly, and it was a sudden change that made Batty quite jealous!

Because tomorrow is June 6th, Rafael's birthday, and the day before the war between Britain and Afghanistan!

And these media are not worried about whether Rafael will start. Anyway, if the earth does not explode and Rafa is not injured, they will definitely see him on the starting roster.

But Raphael is going to celebrate his 22nd birthday soon!

This is his first birthday during the World Cup. They just want to know if Raphael can see his family tomorrow, and will he accept gifts from fans——

I heard that at the gate of the Argentine resident, there are all gifts from fans, so that the staff have to clean up several times a day, and each time there are several sacks.

Not only Batty is not used to such a sudden change of style, but Raphael, who came here just to speak harshly, is also not used to it.

But of course he knew that the base was about to be overwhelmed by gifts from fans.

Of course, the fans should also be grateful for their love for him.

So he took the microphone, first thanked the fans, and hoped that everyone would stop giving gifts, because there were too many gifts, and most of them couldn’t be taken away, so they could only be handled by the staff, and then contacted local charities for donations .

After that, Rafael responded to the birthday arrangements.

"Tomorrow is not just my birthday, but also Fernando. The Football Association held a party for us. It is said that we still have our own cakes. More importantly, we can see our own families."

Everyone saw the smile on Raphael's face, which made the media feel emotional——

Even Raphael couldn't help but want to spend his birthday with his family.

If responding to such a topic is joyful, the following questions caught Raphael off guard.

The ESPN reporter asked him: "Rafa, we all know about your friendship with Michael, will he prepare a birthday present for you?"

Michael?

Owen that shorty?

After confirming that the reporter was asking about this Michael, Rafael twitched his mouth: "I think the gift he wants to give me most is to score goals, but I only accept own goals."

Yes, he only accepts oolong gifts, nothing else.

Well, he thought the little man should thank him for saving him a lot of money.

Now that Irving is involved, the following questions are filled with gunpowder.

For example, how does he see Beckham playing with injuries, such as the experience of being an opponent with Ashley Cole.

When the pre-match press conference was over, Raphael was still regretting——

Gary Neville was not selected due to illness, and Carragher didn't even get a main substitute, and it wasn't his turn to fire. Did England even have no words?

As a result, less than 20 minutes after the post-match press conference, there were more than a dozen text messages on his mobile phone, all of which were Owen's complaints.

Raphael has ten lines at a glance, and after refining it, there are three core contents——

What makes you think I'm so cheap that I won't even give a birthday present?Of course I will, but it's for Phil!

Don't even think about own goals, I'm not you!

Life is good!

Raphael stared at the free "Happy Birthday" for a long time before raising his eyebrows.

Since the dwarf treats them differently, he will take the gift himself.