[football] this god

But sometimes, God still won't put the best things in the world in front of you just because of your flash of inspiration. Maradona knows this well, so when the game ended with 1:2, he Appears sad but calm.

"I will communicate with the Football Association after returning home, and I will take responsibility for this failure." When Maradona appeared at the post-match press conference, he did not bring any players, nor did he wait for questions. Said this sentence, "There is only one person responsible for this loss, and that is me."

It's not like him.All journalists are thinking this way.

They don't know what Maradona was thinking, but in fact Maradona was only thinking about the second half of that game-he thought, someone must take responsibility anyway, but today he doesn't need someone else to take responsibility.

It is true that even Argentina and Rio in the second half were not perfect, but Rio did well in the second half and has begun to have a little shadow of Maradona's expectations.

——Neither side rewritten the score after Mascherano kicked off in the first half.But Maradona in the midfield didn't put too much pressure on everyone, he didn't get into a rage, and he was even calm and gentle.

He just asked Leo a word.

"Why did you pinch Mascherano's shoulder?" he asked.

Leo froze for a moment, then said: "I feel he is a bit frustrated. I think I should do something." - Maradona can see that he did not say all the thoughts, but this is for Maradona Saying that is enough.

Maradona waved his hand and told him to go back and prepare for the game.

Leo didn't ask much, because he knew why Maradona asked.Leo just nodded at Maradona, "Thank you, sir."

Maradona froze for a moment, but he soon understood what Leo meant-Leo was thanking him for his waiting and patience, thanking him for always thinking about how to help him find his own path.

For a moment, Maradona wanted to ask exactly how Leo got this inspiration and how he thought of thanking him at this time, but Maradona knew that this was not the time to discuss life.So he just nodded and allowed Leo to leave.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Argentina once had a little improvement-the intermission obviously made everyone calm down a little bit, and when Argentina regained their calmness, their ability and the Germans did not match the level reflected in the score in the first half. A huge difference.

In the 409th minute of the game, Mascherano hit the ball behind Rio from the midfielder. After getting the ball, Rio defended against the two in front of him. Just hit the ball horizontally to Di Maria who inserted in the back.

After Di Maria took the ball, Ozil of Germany immediately retreated between Di Maria and Higuain to block this passing line.

Di Maria stopped the ball suddenly and pushed the ball to Mascherano on the press - Mascherano got the ball and then went to the wing and continued to play a wide range to Heinze behind Leo.

Heinze sent a long pass straight behind Serio.

Leo gets the ball with his back again.

Rio moves laterally with the ball and hits the penalty area after switching positions with Higuain in the middle - the Germans are not prepared to foul at first, they deploy three people in front of the penalty area, trying to lock the sides and front of Rio, forcing him Return the ball away from the danger zone.

Leo took a step back at first, as if preparing to pull back or pass back.

The Germans thought their plan had succeeded, but they did not relax their vigilance—they were reminded thousands of times from all sides to pay attention to Messi in Argentina, because all European footballers and even world footballers have already Fully aware of Messi's creativity on the football field.

So the German players took a step forward without hesitation-they remembered their pre-match deployment: keep Messi as far away from the penalty area as possible and away from his teammates.

Leo seemed unmoved by this, he even turned around with the ball.

The Germans felt as if they had been relieved at the moment - but the next second, just when they thought their job was done, Leo suddenly turned horizontally and slid right past them into the penalty area.

The German fans let out a huge sigh for a moment.

But for them, the good news is that Leo's shot was touched by the goalkeeper and slid down the goal post and out of the baseline - this time it was the turn of the Argentine fans to let out a huge sigh.

Leo also sighed, and Cristiano, who was far away in the United States, also sighed.

But Maradona didn't. Maradona stood on the sidelines and watched everything that happened on the field with his hands behind his back, not knowing what he was thinking.

Just 3 minutes later, Argentina came to the German team's penalty area again.

Rio got Tevez's pass in the middle and put it straight behind Higuain in front. Higuain received the ball with his back and then distributed the ball to Di Maria who was inserted in the side. Di Maria caught up with the ball and made another big Range long pass transfer - Higuain did not touch the ball and did not cause offside. At the same time, Leo quickly returned to the side to get the ball.

The German defense didn't want to hear the huge sighs of their fans, so they fell to the ground and shoveled.

Argentina got a free-kick on the wing - good distance but bad angle, definitely not a good free-kick.

At that time, most people thought that the German team's foul was worth it-but Maradona was an exception. Maradona's keen intuition in football told him that now was the chance for Argentina to score.

The game came to No.601 minutes.

Leo stands in front of the ball, ready to take the penalty.The slightly older players in the Argentine team wanted to come and reassure Leo that he didn't have to worry about the consequences of this free kick, wanted to put Leo at ease, let him know that they had his back no matter what, but they didn't expect that , when Leo saw them coming, he just waved his hands, signaling them not to be anxious, and went back to prepare to line up the wall. Of course, Leo is not a young man who is good at receiving love, but for some reason, they didn't feel that way at that moment. Feeling that this is a young man, they feel that Leo is fully aware of all potential changes on the court.

Leo waited for the older team members to retreat and then closed his eyes, trying to forget everything in front of him—he thought of a piece of grass in his hometown, the barbecue grill in the backyard of his home, and the roast suckling pig he and Ronaldo had last Christmas.He tried his best to remember the little things that made him feel relaxed and happy in his daily life, trying to forget the huge disturbance caused by the German fans.

Germany and Argentina lined up the human wall.

Leo opened his eyes at this time - he felt that there were no other voices in his world, and there were no other pictures that had nothing to do with defense and offense.He only sees the human wall, and all possible defensive options for the human wall.

What he has to do now is not to take a free kick that is crucial to Argentina under the attention of hundreds of millions of spectators, but it seems to be just an ordinary extra practice on the training ground.

At this time, the referee indicated that Leo could take a free kick.

Leo looked at the ball, then at the position of the wall and the goalkeeper, and made a simple judgment-then, Leo took this free kick.

The ball went directly over the wall, hit the ground in front of the goal, and then changed direction and bounced into the goal.

1:2, game No.60 In two minutes, Leo scored the only goal for Argentina in this game.

Argentina was greatly encouraged, and they started a crazy attack, trying to equalize or even overtake the score in the shortest time.

But in the following time, Argentina paid the price for their anxiety-their mad attack seemed disorganized, and Leo didn't seem to know how to restrain this situation. He wanted to get the ball as much as possible and control the offense, but even He's got the ball and he's still not sure how to handle his teammates' emotions and ball options after another play.

In the end, Argentina's offense was blocked by Germany's defense in the end-the two sides did nothing in the next three 10 minutes of the game.

After all, Argentina did not continue their World Cup journey.

——"What do you think of Messi's performance in this World Cup trip? Are you disappointed that he did not lead Argentina to reverse Germany in the end?" An Argentine reporter asked at the post-match press conference, "They said that Messi is the new Maradona, do you think he is?"

Maradona was silent for more than ten seconds.

"Not perfect, but enough for me," Maradona said slowly, "I know some people will want me to say that I hate his performance because he didn't come back for Argentina, but as I said As I said, I will be responsible for this loss, the only person responsible for this loss is me - as for what you said about Leo, I said, he is not perfect, but it is enough for me."

Maradona paused.

"Leo is still young, he still needs to learn, and he will definitely continue to learn." Maradona said, "He will do well and better. And, he is not the new Maradona, he It's Messi - greatness is not in following, but in creating."

——Cristiano watched the TV broadcast and saw this, and finally couldn't help putting Chris, who was smacking his lips and sleeping soundly, into his crib, then took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Leo.

"You went to appease Mascherano, but you wouldn't do that before. What touched you?"

After half an hour, Leo replied.

"It's not you anyway."

Oh, it's me—Cristiano rubs his gelled head, very proud.

The author has something to say: The day before yesterday, there was an urgent matter, and I thought it would be finished soon, but the result has been tossing until one o'clock in the morning, so I can't update it.

sorry sorry