Chapter 346: Suppressed Argentina
Comparable to Vieri's physical fitness, first-class speed and explosiveness, as well as good dribbling skills, Adriano, who has such superior talent, if he can grow up smoothly, then there is no doubt that international football will have another super center forward in the near future!
If Adriano's father, Almir, the spiritual pillar of Ade's succession, had not passed away unexpectedly last summer, it is likely that Ade's future would have followed this bright path, taking over the mantle left by Ronaldo and Vieri and becoming the leading striker of the Brazilian national team and Inter Milan. However, there is no if, and the death of Almir not only made Adriano lose his emotional and spiritual sustenance, but also made him lose his positive attitude and confidence to face difficulties!
Without the support of these two items, no matter how good Adriano's talent is, it is only a matter of time before his career declines and his competitive form declines.
Although he lamented what happened to Adriano in the future, Giorgio had no intention of helping the Brazilian - just kidding, Moratti and Mourinho failed to save Adriano from the abyss, so why could he turn things around by himself?
Heart disease also requires heart medicine. Adriano's problem is that the medicine that cured his heart disease no longer exists in this world!
"George, what are you talking about?" Just when George was lamenting Adriano's fall, Elizabeth on the side asked suspiciously, "Are you regretting that you couldn't take the lead in bringing Adriano, who was still playing for Parma at the time, to Tottenham?"
"Well, I mean, if I could, I'd love to have the opportunity to coach Adriano myself. Unfortunately, Mr. Moratti should not be stupid enough to sell the future pillar of Inter Milan. Realizing that he had accidentally slipped his mouth, George hurriedly followed Elizabeth's words while quietly changing the subject, "By the way, Eli, what do you think of Riquelme?"
"Hmm...... Maybe it's just my delusion. Elizabeth thought for a moment before she spoke, "Although Coach Pekerman's strategy of transplanting Pellegrini's use of Riquelme to the national team seems to be quite successful so far, I always feel that Riquelme's performance in the Argentine national team is nowhere near as good as when he played in Villarreal. ”
"That's right. Erie, you don't have a problem feeling that Riquelme really hasn't been able to play to his full potential in Argentina. Looking at the Argentine players who have worked the field but have always struggled to create a threat, George regretfully commented on this Argentine team, "Although Pekerman made it clear after taking office that he would build a team with Riquelme as the core, and this Argentina team performed quite well in the World Cup qualifiers, but Argentina is not Villarreal after all, and Riquelme does not have the strong personality charm of Maradona, so that other stars can willingly act as green leaves for him." ”
In George's view, Pekerman's idea is indeed very good, and he also sees the great power of Riquelme, but the Argentine coach ignores a very important problem, that is, these players under his command will not necessarily buy Riquelme's account, nor may they be suitable for this tactical style of play with Riquelme as the core!
Therefore, although Pekerman has been emulating Pellegrini's team-building approach, Figueroa and Delgado Jr.'s running and threatening role in the front court are obviously not as good as Forlan and Jose Mari, and the backline composed of Heinze, Coloccini and Placente is a type of reputation over strength, but not as solid as Villarreal's powerful defence. These problems and shortcomings, coupled with the failure of stars such as Tevez and Samuel to make the starting line-up, directly led to Argentina being completely suppressed by Brazil in this Confederations Cup final!
And the performance of the Argentine players on the pitch is a good proof of George's argument - in the face of the unfavorable situation of falling behind by one goal soon after the opening, although the Argentines launched a ferocious counterattack under the organization of Riquelme, but under the very targeted defense of the Brazilian players, the Argentine offensive could not pose enough threat to the gate guarded by Dida!
Wherever Riquelme is, he will be surrounded by at least one Brazilian player. As soon as Riquelme gets the ball, they will press him at the first time, using their body and strength to force Riquelme to be unable to calmly organize an attack on the field!
With Riquelme's brain severely limited by Brazil, Argentina's attack suddenly became no different from a headless fly, and once the ball was passed to the front, it was only known to rush and smash. And now Brazil, the last thing they are afraid of is that their opponents compete with them for their individual ability!
The victory in the World Cup qualifiers a month ago made the Argentines who have been suppressed by Brazil since Maradona raise their eyebrows fiercely, but it also exposed too many of Pekerman's hole cards, so that Pereira has enough time to think and figure out how to deal with this Argentina!
For example, in this Confederations Cup final, in addition to seizing the current Argentina team that is extremely dependent on Riquelme, let Emerson and Ze Roberto uninterruptedly implement a close pressing tactic of 360 degrees around the clock, so that Argentina's offensive can not be carried out smoothly, another trick Pereira used to deal with Argentina is to take advantage of Riquelme's slow speed and weak defensive attitude to seize the opportunity of Argentina's blocked attack to launch a quick counterattack!
Football is a team sport, and if one player doesn't run well or doesn't defend aggressively, it takes ten of his teammates to make more effort to fill the holes he has left behind. In the face of Brazil, which has an extremely strong attacking power, and even Lucio, who is a defender, has an extremely strong desire to attack, Riquelme's attitude is undoubtedly extremely deadly!
No, after Riquelme's shot was wide of the goal, Brazil seized the opportunity of Riquelme's untimely return to the defense by Dida quickly sent a goal kick, Lucio took the ball along the middle and drove straight into the middle and sent a long pass over the top, Robinho stopped the ball on his chest at the left rib of the penalty area and transferred the ball to the right side of the pitch without waiting for Zanetti to return to the right side of the field. Kaka won the ball and turned around, then kicked a curling shot with his right foot at the top of the penalty area, and the ball flew past Lukes's ten fingers and into the top right corner of the goal!
In this way, in the sixteenth minute of the game, the Argentine team suffered another heavy blow, and Brazil penetrated their own goal for the second time, and the distance from the championship trophy became more and more distant!
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