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080 Free kick

On the side of the court, Argentina's head coach Sergio Batista stood up from the coach's seat.

The Chinese team's goal reminded him of the Nehru Cup in 1984, which was the first time Argentina and China played against them.

That time, except for Maradona, who was making a transfer with Barcelona, ​​Argentina sent most of the main players.

Eight players in that Argentina team participated in the 1982 World Cup in Spain, and they were all elite.

Batista, who had just been called by the Argentina national team at that time, was still a newbie and witnessed the entire game on the bench.

In that game, China, which has not yet been opened to the outside world, seemed very mysterious. The Chinese men's football team was also very energetic and did not fear the great reputation of their opponents. They had offensive and defensive against the Argentine team and played happily.

In the last five minutes of the game, the Chinese team's No. 8, a midfielder who was a little lower than Maradona, came on as a substitute. Batista remembered that the little man seemed to be named Zhao Dayu.

One minute after Zhao Dayu came on the court, the Chinese team quickly counterattacked from the left, and the Chinese team's No. 17 forward passed the ball to Zhao Dayu. Six or seven meters in front of the goal, Zhao Dayu shot directly with his left foot.

That was the only goal in the entire game.

Yes, although it was just a friendly match, Argentina did lose that game.

That is also the only record of the Argentine men's football team meeting with the Chinese men's football team.

What a bad memory.

Before the finals started, Batista also saw the backtrack of the game in the media. Some media also set up a fresh title party with an angle.

[Did you know? Argentina has never defeated China in history!]

"That's because you have never reached the World Cup finals. We are the eagles on the Pampas grassland." Batista looked at the Chinese Olympic team players in the red uniform, then looked at Riquelme, Messi, Aguero and other players on the field, murmured.

Batista stood up and took two more steps towards Argentina's half.

"Juan, keep calm and keep the pace from messing around." The sound of the court was too noisy. Batista clapped his hands and saw Riquelme turning his head to his side and shouting loudly.

Batista didn't know if Riquelme heard his voice, so he made two downward gestures to Riquelme, indicating that he would reduce the speed.

At this time, the fourth official came over.

Batista realized that he was too close to the stadium. Before the fourth official came to him, Batista waved to the fourth official and returned to the coach's bench.

Riquelme obviously had received the message from Batista. As Argentina's midfield metronome, he passed the ball back to the rear and made many back-offs with Mascherano and Gago.

After a while, the Chinese team's midfield and frontcourt rushed forward, and the formation was slowly dispersed.

At this time, Riquelme, who had been gentle, suddenly passed the ball to Aguero who was wandering on the right side of the frontcourt.

Aguero, who received the pass, seemed to have a wild horse with a reins, spread his legs and ran towards the Chinese team's penalty area.

The rhythm was very sudden. Feng Xiaoting, who followed Aguero, didn't react for a while, and was blocked by Aguero with his left arm on his side.

Seeing Aguero chasing the ball into the penalty area, Feng Xiaoting realized that he had to stop him, and plucked his cheeks and chased him back.

After all, Aguero wanted to control the ball, but he was caught up by Feng Xiaoting when he was near the small penalty area.

During the pursuit, Feng Xiaoting touched Aguero with his feet.

Aguero's center of gravity seemed to be affected, and he tripped for a while. Although he continued to run two steps forward, he finally fell forward.

Feng Xiaoting was also affected, but after helping him to the ground, he still got up, continued running, and rolled over the bottom line with the unattended ball.

Aguero, who fell to the ground, turned around and sat on the ground, spread his hands at the lineman and the referee who was chasing him, signaling Feng Xiaoting to commit a foul.

But because both of them were running naturally just now, and Feng Xiaoting did not have any obvious malicious actions, the referee and the lineman exchanged a few words and finally decided that this was a goal goal.

This time, the attack from fast to slow has allowed the Chinese team to see the power of Argentina.

"Big Head Brother, Brother Zheng, Argentina is a bit fierce." Chen Qing, Zheng Zhi, and Li Weifeng met.

"We are not the one who is behind the score. Let's retreat a little more." Zheng Zhi responded, "What do you think, Big Head Brother."

Whether in the National Olympic Team or the club, Li Weifeng was the leader who took good care of Zheng Zhi. However, later the two of them felt a grudge against the club contract, and their relationship gradually faded and even broke up apart.

This time, as overage players, the two joined the National Olympic Team again. Along the way, because of their good record, their relationship gradually made up for it.

"Yes, let's retreat, we are not anxious." Li Weifeng responded cheerfully.

Without Yin Tiesheng's call, Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng and Chen Qing on the court decided to inform the team to push the position backwards as a whole.

It was already a goal ahead, but it was not the Chinese team who was anxious about it.

The score of 1:0 is always dead.

Since ancient times, the unnamed game has been held.

The Chinese team that was retracted in his own half made Argentina feel a little in a position to start.

No matter how good Riquelme's rhythm was, Messi, Di Maria and Aguero's breakthroughs were sharp, but the Chinese team blocked seven or eight people in the half, so it was difficult for Argentina to have a chance to score no matter how he played.

Only saw Messi being knocked down many times.

Di Maria was brought down many times.

Aguero was brought down many times.

Even Argentina's right-back Zavaletta was knocked to the ground 40 meters away from the goal.

No Chinese fans at the scene thought that this kind of defense was rough and a blasphemy against artistic football.

Every time an Argentine player falls to the ground, everyone cheers.

In front of the gold medal, everything else is full of clouds.

Moreover, the Chinese team's defensive movements are very clean. Apart from interrupting Argentina's offense, the rhythm of the game becomes unsmooth and has no intention of hurting people at all.

Even famous martial arts masters like Tan Wangsong, when tackled their feet inward and buried their shoe nails.

The game just stumbles

It was not until the 29th minute of the first half that Argentina had an excellent offensive opportunity.

Messi, who retreated to his team's half, got the ball. Messi turned left and right, moved and passed Han Peng and Gao Lin who were trying to counterattack in the frontcourt.

Then, facing the pinched attacks of Zheng Zhi and Zhou Haibin, Messi picked up the ball and avoided the pinched attacks of the two.

Before the ball could land, Messi put the ball in the air on his right foot and firmly stuck the ball to his feet.

Messi, who had stopped the ball, dribbled the ball directly from the middle to the Chinese team's penalty area.

Facing Feng Xiaoting's defense, Messi made a fake move. After tricking Feng Xiaoting fell to the ground and slipped the ball, he picked up the ball and then jumped over Feng Xiaoting.

This is the fifth person Messi has passed.

If the goal can be scored, this goal is almost comparable to Maradona's performance against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals.

But such a superstar performance was stopped by Chen Qing who was chasing him back.

Chen Qing, who came from the side, knocked Messi and his ball to the ground in front of the penalty area. It was like a heavy truck full of cargo on the highway hit an isolation belt wrapped in a layer of iron.

The King of Coal Balls was hit by Teacher Chen and was filled with tears. He said that he flew out one meter away.

Teacher Chen hurriedly chased after him and pulled the coal ball king up.

Because of the language barrier, Teacher Chen didn't know what to say, so he could only give a smile and tried Rebs' international language - "Are you OK?"

The King of Coal Ball rubbed his chest with a little confusing confusion, and then waved his hand to the Chinese captain.

Although Chen Qing went for the ball, he was inevitably over the distance in the defense, and he knocked people so far, and no one believed that he had no foul. Therefore, the referee Kao Shoi, who ran up, immediately sent Chen Qing a yellow gem God of War card to commend him for his fearlessness and bravery.

In addition, Kaushoi also awarded Argentina a direct free kick.

Messi's last-minute dribbling position was facing the center of the goal, only 20 meters away from the goal, so this is a very good free kick.

As early as when Chen Qing hit Messi, Qiu Shengjiong was already commanding his teammates to arrange a wall of people.

South American players generally have good footwork, and Argentina players are among the best. Argentina has never worried about not having a set-piece expert to take a free kick, and the same is true for this Argentina's national Olympic team.

The team's captain Riquelme has performed a wonderful performance of a free kick hat-trick in La Liga.

Of course, in addition to Riquelme, Messi's free kick style is also very good.

It is rumored that Messi often stayed with Ronaldo and Deco after the club's training. Both of them were experts in free kicks, and Messi asked the two of them for advice a lot.

This free kick, Riquelme and Messi were on both sides, and it seemed that there was a possibility of taking the penalty.

After the referee blew a whistle and indicated that the free throw could be taken, Messi took the lead and started running towards the ball. When he approached the ball, Messi jumped over the ball.

The real free thrower is Riquelme.

Because of Messi's confusion, Qiu Shengjiong had no time to react to Riquelme's free throw.

But looking at the trajectory of the ball, there seems to be no need for feedback.

Riquelme seemed to want to kick a curve ball and directly attack the goal, but perhaps because he was too pursuing the angle and not grasping the strength, the ball flew into the stands in a reverse arc.

Riquelme covered his mouth with his hands, unable to believe that such a bad set piece came from his feet.
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