Chapter 17

Rafael stood in the center circle waiting for the match to start, and the striker he was partnered with was Javier Correa, who looked a little nervous and kept adjusting his standing position, Rafael patted his arm to let him relax, Correa smiled at him and whispered, "Rafael, aren't you nervous?" Although they are only sparring partners, it is also both anticipatory and scary for him to be on the field with so many superstars.

"I think the defenders are more nervous than you. Raphael also whispered back, eliciting Correa's burst laughter.

The current six strikers of the national team are all in good form, and in the past season, they have scored a whopping 176 goals for their respective clubs. The most of them was Messi's 47 goals. Messi not only equalled Ronaldo's La Liga record of 34 goals set in 1997 last season, but also Ronaldo's club record of 47 goals in a single season that year. 47 goals, also the most in the past season in Europe.

Behind Messi, Diego Milito scored a total of 30 goals for Inter, including 22 in the league. And Milito's two goals in the Champions League final directly helped Inter win the Champions League again after 45 years. Carlos Tevez and Gonzalo Higuain have scored 29 goals for Manchester City and Real Madrid respectively, but Higuain's goals have been concentrated in La Liga (29), while Tevez has scored 22 goals in the Premier League. Aguero scored 12 goals in La Liga, bringing his total to 20 in a single season, and Aguero also helped Atletico win the UEFA Europa League title.

And Palermo, who play for Boca Juniors in the domestic league, also have at least 21 goals. It is worth mentioning that the combined seven strikers of Brazil and Spain have only 107 goals.

With such a terrifying attack, the defenders of their sparring team will experience it from beginning to end, and they can't help but tear tears of sympathy for them.

Batista didn't give them a lot of tactics, but they were mainly defensive counter-attackers, so the pressure on the defenders was definitely more than theirs.

As soon as Rafael put Correa at ease, he noticed that someone was watching him, and when he looked up, it was Messi, the idol of the original and the number one star of the national team. Although Messi is only 22 years old, he has won both the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or last year, and can be called the first person in world football today, worth as much as 80 million euros, and is also the most expensive player in this World Cup.

This was the first time Raphael had been so close to this person, and there was only two meters between them. Even though he was six years older than him, he didn't look much older than him, especially with a baby face, which always made Raphael think that he was smaller than himself. However, his long hair, which was not flowing, balanced his age, and Raphael's original hairstyle was modeled after the other party's hairstyle, and he was so embarrassed that he went to the barber shop to trim his current clean and neat short hair.

Rafael thinks the big star should consider a personal stylist...... If he had seen Messi's crazy primitive appearance at the World Cup in Germany four years ago, it is estimated that his complaints would have been more violent......

Of course, these thoughts only flashed through his mind, Messi's soft eyebrows and deep eye sockets matched it to look very innocent, he smiled at Raphael, and smiled warmly: "That long biography of yours is perfect, Yun." ”

Rafael was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was yesterday's pass, because he didn't care about it at the time, he didn't take it to heart, but he didn't expect Messi to deliberately bring it up. Now the autograph book incident has made him experience a day of teasing and teasing from teammates or seniors, even if it is well-intentioned, he feels very depressed, Messi is one of the few stars who did not talk to him about this matter, he saw his gaze, and thought that the other party was finally going to mention this stubble...... Anyway, on this face, Rafael's favor for Messi is rising.

He grinned, his eyes smiling into two crooked crescents: "Thank you!"

The coach of the coaching staff acts as the referee and the game officially begins.

Batista frowned off the court, the shape on the court was exactly the same as he had thought before, completely one-sided. In the eighth minute of the opening game, Higuain scored with a clever pass from Messi. The inexperienced sparring players looked more casual and disorganized, and if it weren't for the national team's aim to train together, the goal would have been shot into a sieve.

He waved his fist at the players on the field with some anger: "Won't you all know how to kick the ball?!The formation is closed, and the defense can't be done?!Have you forgotten that you still have your teammates?Will you pass the ball? Will you cooperate?Pezzella, are you going to take the ball from our big forbidden zone to the opponent's forbidden zone?!Kick them like!!Correa, do you know that your current position is called offside?!"

He scolded the players one by one, and then to Rafael: "Yun, you are a striker, not a defender, you know which side of the opponent's goal is?!

"This is just a training match, don't care so much about winning or losing, kick out of your level! It's just a mess of, the national youth team is better than you! Do you only want to enter the national youth team this time in your life?!"

Rafael wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose, his eyes were condensed, of course he knew that he was a striker, but the ball could not enter the opponent's half at all, he had a fart as a striker! The ball is always passed at the opponent's feet, launching wave after wave of offensives, even if the defender intercepts successfully, as soon as the ball reaches the foot of the midfielder, it has not been taken to the midfield line, it is broken again, but these teammates of his, one by one, have brain cramps, as soon as they see the ball, they automatically ignore all teammates, only know that they are going forward, and it is not too easy to be broken!

It's not that he's willing to defend, but his teammates can't be trusted!

But he couldn't ignore the coach's advice and could only wait in the opposition half with Correa, hoping to wait for a good opportunity...... This is tantamount to whimsical, the bloody teenagers who were scolded by the coach kicked even more messily, even if they wanted to cooperate, they had not cooperated before, at this time they were temporarily cramming, naturally they were full of loopholes, and they were once again picked up by the national team, and Tevez scored another point with a furious shot.

By this time, 30 minutes had passed, and Rafael had only touched the ball three times when he returned to defend...... And now he's standing in the middle circle waiting for kick-off.

He only felt that the fire in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and he took advantage of Maradona's opportunity to pull the players to face to face during this time, and he also took the opportunity to cheer up his teammates, because of the position, he only circled his teammates in the midfield: "Hey guys, I think we just played so badly, not how well they played, but we couldn't let go of ourselves." So, forget who our opponents are, don't think about whether we're going to lose badly, it's just a training game! Don't be afraid of making mistakes, let's try boldly! If we don't try, how will we know that we don't work well together? After receiving the ball, you just kick the ball forward, and Javier and I will take care of the rest!"

If you want to attack and do it yourself, and you want to cooperate but are afraid of losing the ball, then you can't win this game at all!

Perhaps it was Raphael's calm expression that gave them some confidence, and his teammates, who had just had an apocalyptic expression, looked a lot better, patted him on the shoulder, and nodded heavily.

"Raphael, I'm sorry, I finally had a chance before, I completely forgot about you. Correa said to him when he went back. The only good chance before, Rodriguez's long ball landed at his feet, but he was led into a dead end and squandered.

"It's okay, Javier, but you can ignore me as handsome, which means you must not be a GAY. Raphael made a joke.

Correa was amused by him and pushed him: "Get out, how can you boast about yourself like this, it's really shameless!"

Here, Maradona finally finished speaking, and the national team stood in a good position again, but Ma Dashuai saw that the little ghost who had found nothing for half an hour was actually in a good mood, and he felt inexplicably unhappy, and his loud voice shouted to Raphael again: "Hey little ghost, your time is running out! Or do you can't wait to go back?"

The national team members, who had no idea what was going on, looked at the manager in amazement, and then at Rafael. This is the second time Maradona has fired at this young player. Is it the aftermath of the signature book?

"It's not over yet," Rafael dismissed, "only when I get off the game can I decide if I win or lose." ”

Messi, who was diagonally facing him, looked at him clearly, and although he didn't know what was wrong with him and Diego, he felt the vigorous will to fight in him.

Rafael glanced at their position, pulled Correa over, and ignored the other party's inquiring eyes: "Wait for you to kick off, don't pass back, and gently push the ball in front of me." ”

Isn't it all like this? Do you still need to remind him? Correa felt strange, and when the whistle blew, he subconsciously pushed the ball to the right according to Raphael's request.

Rafael, who was still relaxed just now, was like a cheetah that had been gathering momentum for a long time at the moment the ball came, accelerating in two steps to rush to the ball, supporting his body with his left foot, pulling his right leg back, leaning forward with his upper body, the whole posture was like a full moon drawing a bow, extremely smooth, Correa only heard a "bang", Raphael's right instep was pumped the ball.

Correa's mouth grew up, and he couldn't understand that Raphael was kicking like this, where was he going to kick?!

Except for Raphael himself, I guess no one thought of it. Messi, who was about to grab it, watched the ball rise into the air, as if going straight to the sky, those national team stars who were in place did not react at all, they watched the ball fly towards the goal, this kid wants to shoot in the circle?!

Romero, who was guarding in front of the goal, was a little relaxed when he kicked off, but he reacted quickly and realized that the ball was coming towards the goal, but the ball was too high, he didn't need to care at all, in his experience, the ball would be high above the crossbar, and if there were spectators in the stands behind the goal, he would definitely scold: "! Is this player's brain in water? It's really whimsical!"

So, when the ball suddenly fell in front of his eyes, Romero could imagine how frightened he was, and he could only symbolically wave his hand and watch the ball graze the crossbar and crash into the net!

The ball is in!