The first shot of the Copa America was fired on July 7, and the Red Rebels had two players competing in the Copa America, namely Rodrigo? Palacio and McConn, the former is heavily used by Bielsa in Argentina, and the latter plays as the main right wing-back in the Brazilian national team, known as the Brazilian youth team.

Both players entered the national team thanks to their outstanding performances for the Red Rebels, while Kaka did not participate in this edition of the Copa America, opting to stay with the team and participate in the pre-season preparation.

On July 8, Argentina's first game against Ecuador was watched by many Red Rebels, because Palacio started for Argentina, and he himself performed very well in this game, defeating the entire Ecuador team with one man, in addition to a crazy hat-trick, there was also an assist.

Palacio and D'Alessandro were the biggest contributors to Argentina's 6-1 thrashing of Ecuador, especially the former, who scored a hat-trick for the national team for the first time.

Bielsa clearly took Palacio very seriously, giving him absolute freedom in the game, and the latter repaid Bielsa's trust with his excellent form, as well as his skillful footwork, as well as the speed and scoring ability honed in the Premier League.

With a hat-trick, Palacio became the brightest star in the first round of the Copa America, and he is only 22 years old this year!

A day later than Argentina, Brazil played Chile, McCone also started for the team, and he was active at right wing-back, creating a threat on the right flank, and this game also showed the potential of McCone on the right.

With fast speed, strong forward assist ability, solid defense, and a strong sense of position, he was able to retreat in time after many forward insertions, and the appearance of McCone did bring hope to many Brazilian fans when Cafu was dying.

But that's just the beginning.

In the second round of the group stage of the Copa America, Argentina played against Mexico, Argentina played a very difficult game, and Mexico's Morales seized the opportunity at the beginning and scored first in the 8th minute.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment, Mexico has always been as stable as Mount Tai, which has made many Argentine fans begin to worry that maybe Argentina is going to lose, but who would have thought that at the last critical moment, Palacio stood up.

In the 86th minute, after Palacio took the ball on the right side, he forcibly broke through the opponent's two defenders, entered the penalty area, and picked up Saviola at the far post, who stopped the ball on his chest, turned around and hit the goal, the Mexican goalkeeper reacted quickly and blocked Saviola's shot with his foot, but Palacio suddenly appeared and pushed the ball into the empty goal, 1:1!

It was a valuable goal that allowed Argentina to get a draw, and only in the final round of games, Argentina will not lose to Uruguay, then Argentina will basically qualify from the group.

On the other side, McCone played for Brazil against Costa Rica, twice playing wide and setting up Adriano's goal with a cross as the future Inter Kings scored a hat-trick to help Brazil beat Costa Rica 4-1.

In the third round, Argentina played against Uruguay, this battle attracted the attention of countless fans, Argentina conceded the first goal, Palacio scored in the 19th minute to help Argentina recover the score.

But in the 40th minute, Sanchez? Vicente scored a goal again for Uruguay.

After that, the situation on the pitch became very bad, Argentina was forced to be embarrassed by Uruguay, but it was Palacio, after a breakthrough in the middle, he crossed diagonally to the left, Saviola received the ball and faced the goalkeeper directly, and calmly scored a single knife.

In the 89th minute, it was Palacio who forced a foul on the right side to force the opponent to foul, Argentina took advantage of a direct free kick opportunity, and Ayala scored with a header, 3:2, Argentina won a difficult victory over Uruguay.

Palacio also won the Copa America group stage with five goals in three games and became the top scorer in the group stage of the Copa America with a strong performance in the group stage, while in second place was Brazil's Adriano, who scored a goal against Paraguay in the third round.

In the quarterfinals, Argentina played Peru, and Argentina failed to take advantage of it throughout the first half, but in the second half, after Bielsa adjusted, Palacio once again showed strong individual ability, and in the 59th minute, he scored the winning goal for Argentina and eliminated Peru 0:1.

In the other game, Brazil beat Mexico 4-0, Adriano scored two goals with an overhead kick, which also increased his tally to six goals, and he is tied with Palacio for the top scorer.

McCone was also active in this game and was considered the ideal successor to Cafu, showing great ability both in attack and defence.

Adriano and Palacio have been hailed as the biggest highlight of the Copa America in the scorers' charts, with Argentina and Brazil both reaching the semi-finals against Colombia and Uruguay.

In the Argentina vs. Colombia match that started a day earlier, Palacio once again became the protagonist on the field with his outstanding performance, he told Bielsa with a wonderful performance, telling everyone that he deserves more freedom in the frontcourt, and Palacio, who lost the limit, was almost omnipotent in the frontcourt, with 1 goal and 2 assists, helping Argentina beat Colombia 3:0.

A day later, however, Brazil's Adriano also scored again to help Brazil beat Uruguay 1-0, with McCone excelling in the game, with a crucial clearance in the 22nd minute that blocked Uruguay's shot off the goal line to avoid Brazil's conceded goal, and Adriano's goal was also credited to him.

On July 26, Argentina met Brazil, which was also seen as a duel between Palacio and Adriano, both of whom were the brightest stars in this Copa America, and they were neck and neck on the scorer list.

The managers of both teams have also arranged the tactics of defending the opponent's key stars, with Bielsa's tactics being more clear, that is, with Palacio as the core in the frontcourt, using the attack to suppress Brazil, and at the same time letting the defenders focus on Adriano.

Palacio lived up to Bielsa's expectations, opening the scoring for Argentina in the 21st minute, but just before half-time, Brazil took advantage of an oversight in the Argentine backline when McCone suddenly stepped forward and scored the equaliser.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Palacio was still very active in the front, he was in particularly good form, and he frequently created threats, but the Argentine back line became a stumbling block for Argentina to advance, and a mistake by Ayala allowed Brazil to score a goal to take the lead.

After Brazil played more patiently, Palacio and Tevez actively counter-attacked in the front, in the 87th minute, Tevez's front steal, straight behind him, Palacio who successfully countered offside received the ball, did not waste Tevez's efforts, single-handedly pierced the goal guarded by Cesar, equalized.

But just when everyone thought the score would be fixed at 2-2, Adriano suddenly made a move, and in the last minute of stoppage time, he beat Ayala in the penalty area, received a precise cross from McCone on the right, and scored the winning goal with a header.

Everyone in the audience was cheering for Brazil's tenacity, and despite Argentina's hard work in the game, as a loser, their tenacity could only be seen as a stubborn resistance.

Argentina failed, but Palacio succeeded!

Eight goals have made him the top scorer in the Copa America ahead of Adriano, and he is also the most valuable player in the tournament's official selection, and most importantly, he is only 22 years old.

…………………… For Palacio's outstanding performance in the Copa America, the Red Rebels felt a certain amount of pressure while feeling happy.

First of all, many giants are enthusiastic about Palacio, among which Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan Twins, Chelsea and other teams are very interested in Palacio, the Copa America has not ended, they began to let out a strong outward wind, saying that they hope to introduce Palacio, especially AC Milan, his interest in Palacio has been maintained for two summers.

Last summer they wanted to bring in Palacio, but they didn't have enough money and the Red Rebels didn't want to let him go, but this year was different, they sold Shevchenko and had a lot of money in their hands, and they even wanted to buy Kaka and Palacio in a package.

The Red Rebels have always had only one answer to the offer from the outside world, and that is to refuse!

Palacio's outstanding performance is indeed eye-catching, especially Bielsa's use of him, which gives him absolute freedom up front, which really allows Palacio to better play his all-round surname and activate his offensive firepower in one fell swoop.

However, in the Red Rebels, there is Xiao Xiao Luo on the left, Drogba in front, and Kaka in the middle, Palacio can only be limited to the right side, although he often switches positions with Xiao Xiao Luo, and the players run between each other frequently, but after all, they are not as free as in the Argentine national team.

Jose Mourinho was not surprised to see Palacio's outstanding performance in the Copa America, because Palacio is one of the best players for the Red Rebels, and he has the quality to do so, but when it comes to the perception that Palacio should be the libero and central player of the Red Rebels, Mourinho does not intend to do so.

The reason is very simple, in the football system of the Red Rebels, it is more important to pay attention to the whole!

When Palacio is in good form, Argentina may be invincible, but once Palacio is taken care of by the enemy, or when he is in a slump, the team's attack will also be frustrated.

This can be seen from several matches in Argentina in this Copa America!

"Our Red Rebels' football philosophy will not change because of a certain star, we pay more attention to the whole, in today's football world, only the team that pays attention to the whole has the ability to win the championship!"

Mourinho was tough in an interview, refusing to disclose how he would use Palacio for the upcoming season, but in discussions within the team, he said he would not use Palacio in the same way as Bielsa did, as it would undermine the Red Rebels' tactical system.

As if to confirm his judgment, as well as to maintain the concept of the Red Rebels, and to establish the direction of the next tactical development, Mourinho played to all the coaching staff and players present for the first time at the first tactical discussion before the start of the new season.

"Before everyone knows it, football as we know it has quietly changed its original rules, and I dare say that there has never been a time in the history of football when we have paid as much attention to the whole and the team as we do now, this is the new rules of the game, the golden law that determines the outcome of the game!"

Jose Mourinho first made such an opening statement during the tactical discussion and then played the video.

(To be continued)