94 The momentum of the defending champion!
"Brother Zhong, the popularity of the Argentine team is really terrifying. You can see that a friendly match is full! If we didn't rely on our relationship to go through the back door, we probably wouldn't be able to get the tickets." June 2, German time, Hamburg World Cup Stadium, Defending champions Argentina will play here today in their penultimate friendly before the World Cup.
Their opponent is Slovenia from Europe.
Before the game started, on the sidelines of the World Cup Stadium in Hamburg, a young Chinese guy with a video camera looked at Zhong Dajun, a legend in the Chinese journalist circle, and said.
"Of course! Leaving aside the influence of the Argentine team in our country, Lionwell alone is enough to attract so many fans to watch this game, tsk tsk, when will our national pigs have one-tenth of them That's enough." Zhong Dajun also looked envious.
"Hey, Brother Zhong, look here, the Argentine team is warming up!"
Powerful doesn't need to speak for itself.
As the number one favorite among 67 European gaming companies in this World Cup, the moment the players of the Argentine team set foot on the World Cup stadium in Hamburg, the whole stadium erupted into cheers instantly.
In contrast, the Slovenian "loose team" seems to be neglected. Except for their own domestic reporters, no reporter is willing to go to shoot their training video.
"Argentina! Argentina! Argentina!"
"We will win! We will win! We will win!"
Enthusiastic fans on the Pampas made the whole Hamburg World Cup stadium boil with their cheers, applause, shouts, singing, and cheering.
After returning to the national team, Leon wore back his No. 15 jersey. You must know that because of Leon, No. 15 has become the number of the national team jersey that many children love most.
Like David Silva, the core of the Spanish youth team who just debuted recently, he wears No. 15. Aguero, who is now rising in Argentina, also wears No. 15 in the Argentine u17 youth team. Many young people will no longer choose No. 10, No. 9 and No. 7 as their favorite numbers.
It's like before Jordan, the number 23 didn't have much special significance, but after Jordan, the greatness of the number 23 is beyond doubt. Many times, when people are playing on the street basketball court, if a guy wearing the number 23 suddenly appears, they will pay special attention to him.
Sometimes, the jersey number is the number in the eyes of some people, but for many people, each number has its own story and countless legends.
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With the end of the pre-match warm-up for the Argentine team, Bielsa also quickly announced the starting roster of the Argentine team today. Leave it to the main team.
In the second half, all players except Lionwell will rotate.
The Argentine team negotiated with Slovenia before the game. The two teams will have ten substitutions in this game. In this kind of friendly match, the limit of substitutions is negotiated with each other. Six, seven, or eight people can...
In the first half of the game, the eleven selected by Bielsa were basically the starting eleven of the Argentina team in this World Cup.
On the front line, Crespo partnered with Tevez, Maxi Rodriguez was the left midfielder, Luis Gonzalez was the right midfielder, and the two midfielders were captain Leonville and Cambiasso.
On the defensive line, Zanetti is the team's right back, Milito is the left back, and the two center backs are Ayala and Samuel. Goalkeepers, this is the least suspenseful player in the Argentine team. Bondanichelli was undisputed in the goalkeeper position.
The Argentine team's starting lineup has been running in for almost two years. Although compared with the Korea-Japan World Cup four years ago, this starting lineup does not seem to have so many superstars, but this starting lineup is quite stable.
When Leonwell was the first to walk out of the player channel wearing the national team captain's armband, the atmosphere of the World Cup in Hamburg reached its climax!
"King of the world! King of the world! King of the world! King of the world!!!"
On the road to Leon becoming a new generation of football kings, he is only short of a World Cup that really belongs to him.
"Popularity is popularity! People are more popular than others!" Little Fatty Tevez pouted and said, although the starting striker of Inter Milan is also very popular, but the sales of Bibi jerseys show the gap between him and Leon up.
You know, Leon's Argentina jersey sales are equal to the sum of other Argentine players' jersey sales.
Gap, what is a gap?
So many people call this Argentine team: Lionwell's national team alone.
Against Slovenia, the stars of the Argentine team played quite relaxed. After the start of this friendly match, Leon and Camby firmly controlled the rhythm and direction of the game for the Argentine team.
The once golden partner of the river plate and the most solid central axis of Inter Milan showed people their stability and invincibility in Hamburg.
You must know that in the Champions League final, Barcelona's talented midfielders have nothing to do with Leon and Cambiasso.
Their cooperation was too tacit, and with Leon's super ball-handling skills, the Slovenian team retreated steadily after the start of the game.
As a team from Europe, the Slovenian team has more prominent features. They have a similar style to Serbia and Montenegro. The players have good foot skills and are also very strong.
It's just that in Europe, where there are no underdogs, it is too difficult to break through.
Speaking of Serbia and Montenegro, I have to mention that they were originally the most promising spoiler team in this World Cup, because Serbia and Montenegro, with the big four defenders such as Vidic, used more than Italy in the European qualifiers. The team's solid defense abruptly squeezed Spain, the king of the qualifiers, into the play-offs.
If it weren't for the turmoil in the domestic situation and the split between Serbia and Montenegro, it would be absolutely impossible for Serbia and Montenegro to play so badly in this World Cup.
Of course, at this time, in addition to Leon knowing that Serbia and Montenegro will absolutely have no fighting spirit at this time, the coaching staff of the Argentine team prepared a style for the Argentine team in order to prevent Serbia and Montenegro from playing at a high level. A warm-up match team similar to Serbia and Montenegro.
The biggest difference between the national team's game and the club's is that the national team's game has to be played a little more conservatively. Of course, there are also many open games, but after all, they are a minority.
Although they didn't get the right to participate in the World Cup, Slovenia was still very serious as a training partner, so after the game started, the Argentine team really had nothing to do with Slovenia except for taking the initiative on the field.
The tall Slovenian defender can easily target Crespo, the only center forward of the Argentine team, and Tevez's strength can't be bargained for, which makes the Argentine team's offense a bit stagnant as soon as it reaches the frontcourt.
In fact, Leon didn't know that Slovenia played so seriously had a lot to do with him. Because he is so famous, the king of the world, who wouldn't want to compete with the best football team in the world? People are competitive and competitive, so, because of Leon's reputation, Slovenia definitely showed their housekeeping skills.
This kind of opponent is a good warm-up match opponent.
However, it turns out that Slovenia's level of defense can't stop the defending champion's monstrous momentum!
In the 27th minute of the first half, the Argentine team's offense came!
After the noble son Leon stopped the ball with his right foot in the middle of the midfield, he suddenly took advantage of the situation and passed the Slovenian midfielder who was rushing forward, and then he continued to move forward with the ball. Handed over to Maxi Rodriguez on the left!
After taking the ball a few steps forward, Rodriguez suddenly passed the ball back to the center. Cambiasso, who followed up in the center, stopped the ball with his heel and gave it to Leon. The real belt directly shook away two excited Slovenian players!
"Lionwell! Kick again!!!!"
In the case of unmarked, Leon's right foot slammed towards the ball!
This time, the Slovenian defenders have no chance to block the loophole!
"One to zero! The Argentine team took the lead! Leonwell gave the Argentine team the lead. This is a long shot from outside the penalty area!"
After the goal, Leon gave Camby a wink. After more than 20 minutes of silence, the Argentine team finally showed their quicksilver attack!
After scoring the first goal, Slovenia couldn't stop Argentina...
Maxi Rodriguez and Luis Gonzalez became active after receiving assists from the two full-backs Milito and Zanetti, plus the continuous insertion of Cambiasso and Leon in the midfield , the Argentine team's multi-point blooming made the Slovenian team seem a little overwhelmed.
Soon, the Argentine team scored the second goal!
The second ball came from Crespo. As the Argentine team opened up the space on the court, the world-class center forward also began to show his strength.
In the thirty-ninth minute of the first half, Luis Gonzalez crossed the ball across the middle after a breakthrough. Leon missed a point before, and Tevez followed up with a clever little through... Crespo was in the penalty area Li Hengdao immediately volleyed without stopping the ball!
Two to zero!
The fans of the Argentine team have already started a carnival at the World Cup Stadium in Hamburg.
"This aura is too strong! The defending champion's aura is different from TM's!" Zhong Dajun, a reporter from China, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.