100 Strikes are the best way to grow
The African elephant Côte d'Ivoire's nose was really sharp at the beginning. They used their strengths: body and speed to suppress the momentum of the defending champion.
As African players continue to flock to Europe's top five leagues, countries from this magical continent always surprise people at every World Cup.
Senegal in 2002 is a good example. They defeated the defending champion France 1-0 in the opening game and broke a shocking upset.
The Argentine team absolutely does not want to be second to the French team.
So Leon didn't panic under the aggressive momentum of Côte d'Ivoire just now. It was better than the French team back then because the French team lacked their core Zidane, while the core of the Argentine team, Leon Will, was on the court at this time.
The strength of the Argentine team is teamwork and footwork skills, so Leon and Cambiasso are constantly using running positions, passing, receiving, and the width and space of the court to pull the Ivory Coast's defense.
However, I don't know if it was too exciting to participate in the World Cup for the first time. The Ivorians are like buffaloes that can't die one after another. They entangle the core of the Argentine team.
Faced with such a situation, Leon, who had already made mental preparations before the game, began to strengthen his personal breakthrough on the court, and at the same time he began to encourage his teammates to move forward boldly.
Because under the pressure of the opponent, handing the ball to teammates like a hot potato is a very cheating national pig move. When the opponent is pressing, there are generally two tricks, one is to pass the ball quickly, and the other is to break through with personal ability.
Côte d'Ivoire's defense made it difficult for the Argentine team to pass and run effectively and quickly, so a personal breakthrough became the Argentine team's field choice at this time.
Leon's personal breakthrough will inevitably take away Côte d'Ivoire's defensive strengths, so that it can relieve pressure for other teammates. However, Leon's breakthrough alone was not enough. Soon, the teenager Messi, who was reused by the head coach Bielsa today, began to keep getting the ball.
He is a sharp knife used by the Argentine team to break through.
The Ivorians are obviously aware of this, so their right back Boca and midfielder Yaya Toure especially take care of the young Messi.
Messi finally felt the defense that his predecessor Caniggia encountered back then, the fierce shoveling, all kinds of pushing and pushing, and the strong running ability of African players.
The omnipotent little flea in La Masia quickly ate up one after another.
The first time Messi dribbled the ball and wanted to dunk over Boca. He had already passed, but Yaya Toure, who was defending, directly shoveled Messi down, because Yaya Toure was the first tackler. He touched the ball and did not intentionally injure others, so the referee Dulihoff from Asia was also aware of the details and did not call a foul.
Messi at this time is not Messi in the future, young people do not have star privileges.
Although the Uzbekistan Dulikhov's penalty was booed by the Argentine fans at the scene, it was applauded by the Côte d'Ivoire fans.
Sometimes being a referee is so difficult, but as a referee, you must stick to your judgment and never hesitate, because hesitation or interference from the fans may lead to deviations in your next judgment.
From this point of view, Durichev has achieved the standard of an excellent referee by being able to judge against the boos of countless fans of the defending champion Argentina.
After being shoveled, Messi patted the dirt on his body and stood up from the court again. He was a little frustrated and annoyed... At this time, with the steal just now, Yaya Toure had led the African elephants once again waved their noses.
Côte d'Ivoire's fast break quickly hit the Argentine team's frontcourt after three passes and two leads. Kalou broke through and crossed from the right, and Drogba headed the ball from the center. Although this set of tactics did not succeed in the end, But it still caused bursts of cheers from the Ivorian fans.
Because, in front of the defending champion Argentina, the Ivorians showed their full fighting spirit!
It's not that easy for the defending champion to win this match~.
... "Damn it!" After being single-handedly defended by Yaya Toure again, the young and immature Messi pulled Yaya Toure down in some revenge.
Messi played very depressed today. As long as he has the ball, he will recruit Ivory Coast's key marking. Who said that African countries must lag behind? At least Michel, the French mahout, used his successful arrangement of Messi to see that the Ivorian is ahead of Argentina in today's tactics!
Uzbekistan Dulikhov showed a yellow card to Messi for a retaliatory foul. This is not the first yellow card in this World Cup, but it is the first yellow card for the defending champion Argentina in this World Cup.
After the opening of this high-profile game, the defending champions were strongly and tenaciously blocked by the African elephant. Their starting left midfielder Messi repeatedly failed to break through. But the mercury poured out extremely sharply... The situation was a little passive. The captain of the Argentine team, Leon, walked towards Messi, and he patted Messi on the shoulder: "Leo, calm down, don't be blindly reckless, use your wisdom to defeat opponent."
"I see, captain." Messi shrugged his head. It was obvious that the Argentine golden boy was very unhappy today, very unhappy.
A tough game.
... The match between Argentina and Côte d'Ivoire has been going on for almost 25 minutes. The Argentine team didn't get too many opportunities. They completely dominated the possession rate. However, the madman Bielsa wanted to use Messi to copy the old card Nigia's idea was bankrupt. Messi tried to break through seven times today, but all of them failed without exception. His seven heads-up failures meant that the Argentine team was counterattacked by the Ivorian.
In the words of the commentators of major TV stations, if there is no stable Lionwell and super Abbondancelli, it is estimated that the Argentine team is already behind in the current score.
The Ivorian, who appeared on the World Cup stage for the first time, was extremely excited.
Soon they really ushered in their opportunity.
It was still Messi's mistake. The captain of the Argentine national team, Leon Will, was very stubborn today and continued to feed Messi, even though Messi failed to live up to his expectations time and time again... However, this time, the Ivorians did not waste God's blessing on them of favor.
Yaya Toure's performance has attracted the attention of many European scouts in the stands. His tough body and super interception ability can't help but remind people of the former Premier League king Vieira.
This time, Yaya Toure also did not disappoint the European scouts. He not only showed his excellent defense, in this offensive and defensive contest, he also showed his excellent attacking awareness!
Messi was once again intercepted by Yaya Toure. Depressed, Messi had no chance to bring down Yaya Toure this time. The distance between Messi.
The Argentine team's frontcourt was unable to form an effective counter-grab, and Yaya Toure took advantage of the trend and took the ball across the midfield in three big steps to open up the Argentine team's midfield!
Out of touch!
Leon's partner Cambiasso pressed forward immediately, but Yaya Toure calmly pulled the ball from his right foot to his left foot to avoid Cambiasso's grab!
Wonderful! In Yaya Toure's body, people seem to see the shadow of Vieira back then!
The best midfielder in the Premier League era when Arsenal dominated the Premier League! One of the world's top four defensive midfielders, a madman who can beat Cesc Fabregas and Gilberto Silva alone!
Yaya Toure is like a black mountain axe that forcibly split a hole in the midfield of the Argentine team. His subsequent long pass crossed the head of the king of the world, Leon Will, and then hit Drogba. underfoot!
After the African Andy Lau stopped the ball with his chest, he gave the ball to his club teammate Kalou who followed up. Kalou made a shot and tricked the Argentine defenseman Ayala who came forward and then crossed again. Drogba then After receiving the ball from the back, he swiped horizontally and led vertically into the penalty area!
African Andy Lau used his extremely strong body to carry the powerful central defender Samuel of the Great International Era II, and then he looked up to observe the position of the Argentine goalkeeper Abbondancheli!
Drogba went in and played a low shot with his left foot!
Abbondancelli reacted at the same time!
Swish———————————! ! ! ! The ball spun extremely fast in the air, and Drogba's low shot flew into the lower right corner of the goal against the turf fee!
One to zero! ! !
"Drogba!!! Drogba!!!!"
"Is Côte d'Ivoire going to stage a miracle?!!!!"
"The Argentine team ushered in their first goal in the World Cup in Germany! The powerful defending champion encountered a tenacious block from the African elephant!"
Hamburg World Cup Stadium, the Ivorians are crazy, the Ivorian fans are crazy, Drogba is crazy, the Ivorian players on the bench rushed towards Drogba who scored a goal!
This is the first goal in the history of the World Cup in Côte d'Ivoire!
Drogba became the hero of Côte d'Ivoire!
This powerful center forward from Stamford Bridge has proved his worth! They are elephants from Africa, eagles of the Pampas, you have been shot down!
After scoring the goal, Drogba kept kissing the national team logo on his chest, and the excited Ivorians cheered uncontrollably.
At this time, the last one on the court is no different from Messi, because it was his mistake that caused the Argentine team to concede the goal.
Frustrated Messi lowered his head, and at this moment, Cambiasso suddenly walked up to his partner Leon.
"Leon, is it really okay for you to keep feeding Leo the ball like this? I feel that his confidence has almost been shattered." Cambiasso looked at Leon suspiciously.
Leon answered Cambiasso's question very calmly. He stroked his hair with his hands, then looked at his good partner and said: "Strikes are the best way to grow. The past year has been very important for Leo. Fantastic, the hat-trick of assists in the Champions League final has made him almost forget himself. We have to thank the Ivorian, because the Ivorian has told Leo and us... Four years ago, we were indeed kings of the world, but four years later , we are nothing."
Cambiasso nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, I understand, partner, so what are you going to do next, we are already behind."
Leon shrugged, "I don't know."
"Damn! Isn't it?" Cambiasso looked frustrated, and at this moment, Leon patted him on the shoulder, "The road is made by people, and it's not like we haven't kicked the comeback ball before. The Ivorians are indeed imposing. Very strong, but the momentum will make people dizzy. Their three lines are too wide, as long as we can play a good depth, then we have a good chance to equalize before the end of the first half."
"Really? Then what should we do? Give the order! Captain." Cambiasso looked at Leon with a serious face.
"I think our teammates already know how to play." Leon smiled. He pointed to Cambiasso's teammates in the frontcourt. Tevez, Crespo, Gonzalez and others have already played. Switched the position.
The Argentine team's offense became a triangle position, rather than the opening parallel position.
However, the Ivorians who were still celebrating obviously did not notice the change in the position of the Argentine team. It was not until the referee Duliheff kept urging them that they realized that there were still 75 minutes left in the game.
This is an experienced Argentine team, Camby, believe in our teammates.
Leon's calm eyes became hot after the game started, as if an iceberg had been melted, Leon felt his whole body trembling uncontrollably!
Côte d'Ivoire is indeed a good opponent!
Such an opponent can give the Argentine team too many valuable things.
The game continues!
Amid the unrestrained cheers of the Ivorians and the doubts of fans all over the world, the defending champion Argentina team kicked off again.
The captain of the Argentine team, Leon suddenly changed the way the Argentine team played after the kick-off. They no longer use Messi as the core of the attack... Gonzalez's position has begun to retreat, and he will fill the position for Leon .
Argentina's captain, King of the World Lionel Weir dribbled the ball across the midfield to the cheers of the Argentine fans.
Fans all over the world know that he is going to take over the game!
First, a long pass with his right foot. Leon's iconic long pass accurately found the top of Crespo's head.
Tevez, who was following up, stopped the ball with his right foot and carried the Ivorian player. He returned the ball to captain Leon!
At this time, Yaya Toure had to give up his marking on Messi and make up for Leon.
However, when he ran towards Leon, Leon suddenly crossed Cambiasso!
Double midfielders put tactics in!
Leon started to move forward after passing the ball, and Cambiasso, who stopped Leon's cross pass, took advantage of the opportunity and hit the ball back to Leon's feet with a non-stop diagonal pass!
At the moment when the Ivory Coast's defense line began to recover, Javier Zanetti began to dive on the right!
Argentina's offense suddenly blossomed!