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The victory against Colombia blew away a lot of the gloom over the Ezeiza base, and although Argentina still exposed a lot of problems, the psychological pressure caused by the victory and the defeat is completely different, at least now they can get together to talk and laugh, and they can start to have the leisure to follow the games of other countries.
For example, Argentina's biggest enemies in South America, Uruguay and Brazil.
However, this America's Cup seems destined to let those gamblers meet on the rooftop and go to the bottom of the underdog.
In the second game of the second round of the group stage, Costa Rica, known as the worst player in this Copa America, defeated the Bolivian team that drew Argentina in the first game 2-0, which was really surprising.
When Soy Sauce is no longer satisfied with making a soy sauce, the qualifying situation of Group A immediately becomes confusing.
Whether Argentina will be able to get out of Costa Rica's hands is a question mark for a while.
As the newspaper Ole said: "After Costa Rica won a victory, they saw the hope of qualifying, and the final game will inevitably be a fish and death with Argentina." Imagine if both teams could push Argentina into a corner, which would be something that would excite Costa Rica. ”
Today, Argentina is at the top of the table with four points with one win and one draw, Costa Rica is second with two goals difference, Colombia is also third with three points, and Bolivia is at the bottom with only one point. Should Costa Rica opt for Argentina, there is a silver lining if they remain unbeaten and can qualify, while Argentina could fall to second or third place in the group, which could lead to an early encounter.
Fans who don't think it's a big deal are already secretly cheering for Costa Rica, and they expect to see more underdogs and dark horses than South American two-man or threesome.
So, the day after the end of this match, Rafael learned from his teammates that some media were hyping the possibility of capsizing in the Argentine gutter in the third round.
The two teams haven't started yet, and these people can't wait to put the title of dark horse on Costa Rica's head. Even some gambling companies have come to join in the fun, offering some outrageous odds on the market to lure the crazy gamblers.
Although this also reflects the true attitude of the company from the side.
The Argentine players scoffed at this, if they couldn't even play Costa Rica...... Phew, they didn't even think about it in the toughest of times.
As for Rafael, he has never paid much attention to the situation of the opponent, and the impression of Costa Rica is probably after that friendly match, when the opposing players rushed to the bench like wild horses, and then lined up to ask Messi for autographs.
That night, it was Group C top seed Uruguay against Chile, because the match happened to start at 7 o'clock in the evening at the Argentine Stadium in Malvinas, Mendoza Province, Batista simply organized the players to watch together in the conference room, the result is that Uruguay, who have won the Copa America the most times, drew again, after a 1-1 draw with Peru, they were again forced to draw 1-1 by Chile.
The two sides exchanged a goalless first half, with Uruguay opening the scoring in the 52nd minute of the second half, when Alvaré Pereira scored a goal from Suarez's cross. Just 12 minutes later, Bosejúl tapped the back arch into the middle of the penalty zone, and Chilean striker Sanchez received the ball and volleyed into the bottom corner of the net to equalize the score.
Although there were two goals, Rafael almost fell asleep in this game, this kind of game without substitution, playing conservatively, giving him a pillow, he can sleep until he is old. So much so that he didn't listen carefully to Batista's post-match analysis, and after the meeting ended, he was pulled away by Messi in a daze.
Messi was speechless at him: "Don't tell me, your biological clock is ahead again!"
Raphael yawned, his eyes blurred: "No way, the hypnotic effect is too strong, but the all-martial arts trip in the first half was quite exciting, but unfortunately, this is not a martial arts competition." ”
The corners of Messi's mouth twitched, and he was very glad that Che Qiao didn't mention the child's name just now.
The match between Uruguay and Chile was very hot, and the two sides made a series of hard tackles near the midfield, causing the referee to stop the game and adjust the mood of the players on both sides in time. In the whole game, the two sides received a total of 9 yellow cards, which is still in the case of the referee's restraint, you can imagine how "exciting" the game is.
The second match of Group C was again played at the Estadio Argentines in Malvinas, between Peru and Mexico. However, in this game, the Argentine team did not watch many people, and Rafael didn't want to torture himself, so he simply went to sleep.
He didn't know the result until the next day, with Peru beating Mexico by a single goal.
As a result, Uruguay, who had drawn both matches, instantly fell into a very unfavorable situation. In Group C, Chile is ranked first with four points from three goals, Peru with four goals from four points, Uruguay with two goals from third, and Mexico with two defeats from both games.
This makes the Argentines seem worried, you know, what are they desperately trying to win the group for? Isn't it just to avoid a decisive battle in advance? But Uruguay's performance is clearly aiming for the third place in the group stage!
Well, because in the Copa America's format, in the quarter-finals, the first place in Group A will face the third place with the best result......
If Uruguay don't want to bet on the best group finish, the final round of matches will definitely break out, and a win will guarantee second place in the group. But in this way, Argentina will have to beat Costa Rica, otherwise, the opponent who is second in Group A will be the second in Group C.
If Raphael wants to say, why do you want so much? The rules of football are the simplest, as long as you win all the way, you can reap the fruits of victory.
However, God seems to want to muddy this pool as much as possible, and the second round of Group A and Group C has been kicked out, and Group B led by Brazil has once again been exposed to upsets.
Brazil drew 2-2 with Paraguay, and both teams are tied on 2 points.
One hour before the game, Menezes announced the same starting line-up as in the first game, but before kick-off, he made a change of players and replaced Robinho with Yadson. Yadsson scored the first goal of the group at the start of the game, but Paraguayan striker Santa Cruz and substitute striker Valdés put the lead in quick succession, before Brazilian substitute Fred equalised in the final game.
From the first flat belly troops in Venezuela, to the lucky draw in Paraguay. Brazil's performance has never lived up to the expectations of the media and fans, and the optimistic Brazilian fans have also been disappointed with the performance of the stars, shouting the name of Brazilian women's football star Marta and using headlines such as "Upper Marta" to satirize the men's football team.
And Neymar, who was pinned on by Menezes, has never shown the strength of the number one talent of Brazil's new generation touted by the media, and he has not scored in 2 games, and he and his coach have been criticized by the Brazilian domestic media as incomplete.
When the game started, the Argentine team was training in the afternoon, so they didn't pay attention to it, and it wasn't until they had dinner together that anyone mentioned it.
"This kid is crazy, isn't he? Aguero pointed to Twitter and told Messi.
Messi glanced at you, "The people who criticized you today actually praised you before, and he will definitely praise you again after that." "Look at the spokesman again, Neymar.
Messi wondered: "Why do you follow his Twitter?"
Sergio Aguero: "...... That's not the point, don't you think kids are crazy these days?" can he say that he wants to go to Real Madrid so much that he can't help but pay attention to potential competitors?
Messi thought for a moment: "Who else do you want to say?"
Aguero: ...... That's not the point, either!
Messi thought about it again: "But what you said is right," he turned his head to pat Raphael's head, "Raphael, look at you, keep a low profile in the future, you know!"
Aguero: ????
Raphael, who was eating spaghetti and almost got a nose sauce for some reason: ????
However, Ah Kun's efforts still paid off, Messi quickly took out his mobile phone after educating Rafael, and sent a text message to his teammate Alves in Barcelona, Brazil had a goal lost because of his mistake, he thought that his friend must be very uncomfortable now, and he had to comfort and comfort.
Aguero suddenly felt that today's dinner was so unpalatable......
Although they didn't find resonance with Messi, the other teammates were also a little interested in Neymar, who was suddenly emerging next door, and the topic still chatted, during which they inevitably asked Rafael, who played against him twice.
In fact, as early as the end of the Copa Libertadores, Rafael has never had contact with the Brazilian unruly talent, either in reality or online. Neymar's malicious revenge on his teammates in the game was unacceptable to Rafael, who had already classified him into the category of people who could not intersect.
Now that he was mentioned by his teammates, he found out that this guy who was too smooth in the national team is now having such a difficult time, and Rafael can't help but gloat.
So Raphael decided to make up for it.
At this time, Neymar, who was far away in Córdoba, locked himself in his room, and he was in a terrible mood right now.
It's really hateful, he hates the cold weather in Argentina, he misses the sunny beaches of Brazil, the warmth of the breeze! He hates those two-faced media, when he performs well, he can't wait to lift him to the sky, and once he plays poorly, he will instantly knock him to the eighteenth layer of hell! He also hates the TV signal here, how can it be so rubbish, he can't even search for the global international channel, so that he wants to relax and watch some favorite TV series at night!
Everything is nasty here!
Whether it's the environment, or the people!
Well, in the end, in fact, what he hates the most is himself, why is he not playing well?
After all, Neymar is only an 18 or 9-year-old child, and his sharp and arrogant appearance is sometimes just a disguise for him to protect himself, and no one knows how strong the frustration and loss in his heart are at this moment.
Until a teammate called him to see Twitter.
Then he found that he was @, @他的人, the last person he wanted to hear, see, meet, (dream of).
Raphael: When you grow up, you will find that your current hairstyle is not suitable for you @Neymar.
He also attached two pictures, both of which were taken from his first two games.
Neymar's mood was strangely calm for a moment, his frustration and loss disappeared, and then his anger suddenly broke through the sky.
Wait! One day I want you to get down on your knees and scream!
Raphael from the Ezeiza base sneezed a few times, but it still couldn't hide his comfortable mood, ah...... He had wanted to say something for a long time and finally said it, God, this feeling is amazing, well, now, he can happily talk to that washing, shuffling and blowing without disturbing each other =3=