Chapter 279: Argentina Don't Cry for Me! (c)
"Oh, it's Reima again, Argentina have to find a way, and while they've had a horrible 70 per cent possession so far this season, they're really limited in the threat they pose to Portugal. Believe me, that's not a good sign. If you've been pressing the team with Reima to attack and nothing has been done, you're going to be out of luck. Forget about Reimaa's mavericks, and don't forget the title of Reima's 'midfield conspirator'. At such a time, no one knows what he is thinking? After seeing Argentina's unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the Portuguese penalty area again, a neutral commentator hit the nail on the head.
As he said, the average fan may be complaining about the boring game, but the real discerning people are completely in good spirits at this moment, and Portugal's not difficult to guess purpose has already been guessed by them. Before the game, allowing Argentina to keep possession was considered a very stupid and self-defeating thing. But Portugal's extremely aggressive defense made everyone's eyes shine, and people suddenly realized that after taking off the gorgeous offensive coat, the real Argentina is so fragile.
At this moment, even the Argentine players on the field themselves realized that something was wrong, and they began to feel uneasy with the football at their feet. Because they found out that possession was not something they had earned, but that Portugal had deliberately conceded to them, as if it had no effect on them at all. What's worse, I didn't notice what Portugal really meant, and it was like running on the road blindfolded, not knowing when to rush out.
This kind of strategically. Suddenly being condescending by the other party made the Argentine players instinctively feel in front of them. It was covered with several layers of tulle by the whole world, and it became unrealistic. Portugal, on the other hand, is like a poisonous snake hiding in the shadows. He was staring at himself coldly, looking for his weakness, ready to jump out and bite himself at any moment. This is the same as on the battlefield, encountering the opponent's sniper is a truth, before you can't touch the opponent's position, the feeling of waiting for death to come, can definitely make people not get a moment of peace.
As the brain of Argentina, Riquelme is arguably the Argentine player who feels it the most, and he hates it the most. Since Argentina is a team that has him at its core. Therefore, Argentina has reached this point, and it has nothing to do with him being completely frozen by Lao Lei.
At this point, he felt like he was back in Barcelona, back to the time when he was completely ignored and abandoned by Louis van Gaal. It was definitely an embarrassing memory for this proud artist, and he would never recall that time if he could. But now, he feels like he's rediscovering that time.
Shit! Riquelme, who has always been calm, has rarely made waves in his heart at this moment. I looked at the Portuguese No. 13 in front of me, who had been sneering hatefully. Riquelme, who has reached the deadline for retirement, is once again looking like a young man. At this point, he felt like he had returned to his time in Barcelona, back to his prime self.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Riquelme, who had been dodging against Lao Lei's body. Suddenly, it was unusual, and in the process of receiving the ball, he first leaned on Lao Lei with his back. I ran up to catch the ball. Due to the fact that it was too sudden, Lao Lei, who originally had an absolute advantage in his body, was caught off guard all of a sudden. It was viciously pushed away by Riquelme. Look at Riquelme's gritted teeth, slightly hideous face. Lao Lei was suddenly a little stunned.
However, he quickly reacted, because this kind of expression and eyes were not unfamiliar to him. In those veterans who do not accept old age and struggle not to be eliminated by the times, he has seen a lot of such eyes. Interesting! As soon as his eyes lit up, Lao Lei instantly started again, and with the explosive power of his superhuman side, he rushed back to Riquelme who had just received the ball in a few big steps.
The lion king who fought to the death was the most fierce and dangerous, and he never thought that there would be such a beautiful accident when he had already thought that the overall situation had been decided. Although the opponent is stronger, for Lao Lei, this is beautiful! The best!!
The outside of his left foot made a horizontal stroke, Riquelme did not give Lao Lei a chance to stick to himself again, and handed the football to Mascherano who was inserted behind him, and at the same time, he immediately turned around and walked to Lao Lei's right hand. On the other hand, Old Ray didn't ink either, and after Riquelme handed over the football, he knew what the Old Master was up to. Immediately a turn, across the body, blocked Riquelme's path into the inside lane, leaving no way for Mascherano to pass the ball.
With the ground route blocked, Mascherano did not change his mind about passing the ball to Riquelme, but instead gave Riquelme a ball over the top. At the same time, he and Maxi were quick to plug in, ready to support Riquelme at any time.
In the end, although the pass passed the top of Lao Lei, it also greatly increased the difficulty for Riquelme's subsequent handling of the ball. Regardless of Lao Lei, Maniche on the side immediately rushed up at this time and tried to interfere with Riquelme's pass. With such a tall man in front of him, Riquelme couldn't control the football at his feet before Lao Lei turned around.
For the average person, the situation may have been quite critical, but Riquelme is no ordinary person. In such a situation, he raised his right foot high and raised it against the lower part of the football, not only letting the football pass over his own top, but also allowing it to pass the top of Lao Lei, who had just turned. In the moment of lightning, his heavy lifting had a tendency to resolve the difficult situation all of a sudden.
Riquelme's move, although beautiful and sudden, was not completely caught off guard. One of the benefits of being at the heart of a top team for a long time is that your mind on the pitch will be much calmer and faster than everyone else's. Faced with the current situation, Lao Lei was slightly stunned and immediately took countermeasures. He stretched out his hand sideways. Again interfering with Riquelme's advance, while turning his left foot that was lifted in the process. Lift it high and reach for the falling soccer ball in the air.
Although this made Lao Lei temporarily lose the ability to accelerate. But it bought him enough time to react, and when the ball was touched by him and landed farther away than before, Riquelme had to spend more time regaining control of the ball. And what Lao Lei wants is this time, although it is a bit bullying, but as long as there is this time, Lao Lei can catch up with Riquelme's pace again with his physical ability far beyond Riquelme.
So, there was such a scene on the field. When the Argentine fans, who saw Riquelme finally have a chance to shoot from a distance, finally got rid of the dullness of the opening and were about to get up and prepare to cheer, the sigh of regret ran out of their mouths first. As soon as the football left Riquelme's feet, it hit the calf of Lao Lei, who had come from the sliding shovel, and the huge forward impact suddenly came to naught, and he just jumped high.
"Hmm! I don't know what to say, it's wonderful, wonderful offense and defense! Brilliant attack! Keep it more exciting!! For Argentine fans. It may have been a disappointment for them, but for us, it was nothing short of spectacular. If you take out the only deficiency of this goallessness, this time Riquelme and Reima are between one attack and one defense. The beauty of the art of attacking and defending football is fully and vividly displayed," said a technical male commentator in a very enjoyable tone at the moment.
Indeed, for fans in general. This was another frustrating and fruitless attack. But for football professionals, staff. It's a performance that can be written into an offensive and defensive textbook, and the physical, mental and technical skills of the offensive and defensive players are in the midst of this. The brilliant fireworks that collided made them unable to extricate themselves.
I won again, although I didn't say it, but after Lao Lei got up, he still made this mouth shape triumphantly to Riquelme. In this regard, Riquelme still had a facial expression and did not react, but his unwilling eyes did not escape Lao Lei's eyes. After tasting the heavy taste of the intense release of love, Riquelme's forbearant little freshness also gave Lao Lei a different kind of enjoyment at this time.
In fact, it was not easy for Lao Lei to win just now, and he had already used all his strength under Riquelme's sudden rejuvenation-like explosion. Thinking back to taking it just now, he actually had some lingering palpitations in his heart. Of course, of course, he will not show this, on the surface he wants to be more calm, how calm.
Then, it didn't take his attention away from Riquelme's for a moment, as he sensed that the opportunity to fight back was coming. Faced with the dilemma of not being able to attack for a long time, Argentina has fallen into the quagmire of riding a tiger and cannot get rid of it. At this point, their back line had also pressed past the centre circle, and there was a large open field at the back.
In such a situation, it is not that they do not want to retreat temporarily, but that Portugal simply does not give them this opportunity. It's like a spring that has been pressed for a long time, and if you let it go rashly, it will hurt people's hands. In the 25th minute of the first half, Portugal finally sacrificed a knife to the fish on the chopping board.
After Carvalho suddenly cut off Riquelmese's pass to Saviola, the ball was quickly passed to the old ray. Then, a beautiful pull ball turned around on the spot, accelerated, and Lao Lei's movements were like a button, igniting the Portuguese rocket, and the frontcourt attack line was like an arrow off the string, rubbing it and jumping out. As soon as it was activated, the Argentines already felt the murderous force of the knife rack on their necks.
After turning on the spot and getting rid of Maxi, Lao Lei's feet immediately increased their speed. Facing Mascherano, who immediately made up for it, he didn't dwell on it any more, and after pulling the football from behind with his left foot to the right, his right heel was immediately a long-distance straight stopper. All of a sudden, a straight line that instantly divided Argentina's defense line into pieces was like a meteor at the Franks Stadium, dazzling, beautiful, amazing, and moving!
"Reima! Oh, the perfect pass! Perfect!! Argentina's backline was divided like a stick. Cristiano! Cristiano!! Velocity! The speed is up! Scaloni is behind! He can't keep up with Cristiano's speed at all! Can't keep up!! Pass--, back point, Simao! Simão! Shot!! GOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! GOAL! GOOAL!! GOOOAL!!!
13 seconds! 13 seconds!! Argentina were crushed in an instant by Portugal's counterattack, and before they could even react, they were knocked down technically! The blitzkrieg planned by Reimaa made the Macedonian defense line of the Argentines useless! So now the question is, what to do with Argentina, they had 70 per cent possession"
At the Franks Stadium, Argentina fell silent.
And Lao Lei, who witnessed the goal, smiled, put his hands into fists, and shook lightly.
Just like a music conductor, he started a musical feast.
Argentina, don't cry for me!! (To be continued......)