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The Costa Rican coach used up all the substitutions, and in the end, he went from being one goal behind to three goals behind.
Argentina's two second-half goals came from assists from Lionel Messi.
In the 53rd minute, Messi scalpel went straight through, and Aguero scored with a single push from 10 yards.
In the 63rd minute, Messi swung his left foot again, and the football instantly penetrated the opponent's defense and went straight into the ribs of the forbidden area, and Di Maria shot with his left foot into the near corner from 11 yards on the left rib of the forbidden area.
With less than 30 minutes to go, 3-0! There was almost no suspense in the result, whether it was the current score or the situation on the field, Argentina dominated the game.
The Costa Rican fans in the stands are still stubbornly stationed, still hoping that the players will pull a few goals back so that they can even hold the tail of the quarter-finals.
Batista, who had the chance to win, began to make substitutions.
Three group games, finally looking forward to ten minutes of garbage time to test the new lineup, is it easy......
In the 77th minute, Batista replaced Di Maria with Rafael and Pastore for Higuain. Di Maria and Higuain received warm applause from the fans when they left the field, but Higuain was in a lower mood, he knew very well that this was stained with the light of his teammates, after all, in the trident today, only he did not score, and he also knew that although he created countless chances, he also wasted countless chances, if he could kick the ball given to him by Messi or Gagose, the score is now estimated to be in double digits......
Batista's substitution hurt the little smoker's confidence.
Rafael was brought on as a happy person, because this time he came up and played as a striker.
Batista put Pastore in Messi's place, pushing Messi forward as a central striker, while Rafael and Di Maria were substituted in opposite positions.
Rafael smiled and hugged Messi, "Are you happy to see me?"
Messi hugged his hand and grinned: "I'm so happy, as if I saw 7 goals beckoning to me." ”
"......" Raphael indifferently pushed the briquette king away, turned his head and rushed to Gago, "Fair, ask for an assist, ask for a !!"
Pastore watched Rafael greet his teammates in a cold sweat, but found that each teammate couldn't help but smile when they saw each other, and remembered what Angel whispered to him when he was warming up.
"Javier, with the friendship of our multi-day substitute work together, you understand me, and you must remember to achieve each other later!
How domineering the words are, why is it different from what is said as soon as it is played?
- Pastore has been thinking about one thing lately, that is, if you want to eat well in the main team, do you have to learn to sell cute ......?
Ahem, I hope Pastore doesn't go astray, you know, if it doesn't have Raphael's face, Moe wouldn't be so easy to sell......
'Batista made a substitution...... Aha, our female fans must be very excited, after all, the Argentine front court is full of handsome guys now......"
Di Maria: ????
Higuain: You can insult my shooting skills, but you can't insult my looks!
Argentina, who have been replaced with fresh blood, continued to put pressure on the Costa Rican team, and even more crazy, after all, there was an excited Rafael on the field. Batista had told the little angel to be active in defending before putting him on the pitch, and Rafael did it, but his return and steals were not for defense, but for offense.
"Costa Rica's goal at the beginning was very clear, which was to play defense, but why couldn't they stick to 80 minutes like Colombia? Lavolpe later realised the problem and made several substitutions to tighten control of the midfield, but it was too late. Against a crazy Argentina, it was difficult for them to get their ball past the centre circle. ”
"Look at the ball, Costa Rica have the ball...... Oh, Rafael forced the opponent to make a mistake and handed the ball to the feet of Gago through the ball through active scrambling!"
As soon as they saw Gago get the ball, Costa Rica's heart was alarmed, but Gago and Pastore simply collided with the wall twice, and easily left the interceptor behind.
The Argentine commentator shouted: "Now it's Pastore who has the ball. He's got a pass! Oh, Raphael's speed, when is he going to be back in the opposition's zone?"
Rafael gave the ball to Gago and then started running, shaking off the defender who was marking him, and cutting into the penalty zone from the left rib for the first time, looking for an opportunity.
Just kidding, he's trying to score now, so of course he's going to be in front of goal.
Pastore's eyes swept away, his mind was quick to consider, his feet moved at will, and at the same time as Rafael started, his ball was also sent out.
It was a parabolic pass that went perfectly over the heads of the defender in front of him. That's when Rafael, who flanked right-back Acosta, showed his killing chance.
Acosta was very weak, and when Rafael returned from the middle circle, he was not fast, so when he guessed the opponent's intentions, the first choice was to create an offside position, but Rafael was not fooled, and he perfectly maintained half of his body, waiting for Pastore's foot, plus the consequences of the foul in the penalty zone made him hesitate, and the opponent had already crossed him.
Rafael was quick and Pastore was quick to pass the ball just to avoid the opposition filling in and missing the opportunity.
However, Pastore's pass was still too fast, and Rafael, who was in sync with his thinking, couldn't catch up, and then Aguero, who had just seen his teammate's intentions on the other side, also began to accelerate, but he was even farther away than Rafael, obviously to no avail.
"This ball is going to qualify...... It seems that Pastore has just come on the field, and Pastore has not found the right rhythm, and the pass is too fast!" the commentator concluded with some regret.
But Raphael didn't give up, and if he gave up so easily, he wouldn't be an angel who repeatedly works miracles.
Rafael, gritting his teeth, relied on his incomparably abundant physical strength when he had just come on the field, and he was about to catch up with the ball before it could be qualified. But under such an extreme sprint, there are Costa Rican players chasing and blocking behind him, such a tight space and distance, even with Rafael's super high reaction and physical fitness, it is impossible to calmly stop the ball and turn around, and even if the player behind him hits him lightly, he will roll to the runway with the ball.
Raphael didn't want to make a wedding dress for someone else.
So in the midst of the crisis, he had a flash of inspiration, simply relaxed his body and let himself fall backwards, and then with the impact inertia of his sprint and the soft grass bonus, like a sliding tackle, the whole person slid to the corner kick area, and at the same time, with his unparalleled ball sense, he raised his left foot.
Why did he stop the ball? He just had to pass the ball out.
And in the eyes of Duarte behind him, Raphael's movements are tantamount to juggling on the court.
Duarte judged from his own experience that there was a 90% chance that the ball would go straight out and become their throw-in, and there was 1 achievement that the opponent struggled before the ball went out and sent the ball back to the court, so he reserved a little distance and did a good job of reacting to either way.
This caused the ball to land and was about to qualify in mid-air by Rafael's left instep, abruptly changed direction, and took off again in front of Duatte, the path of the ball was so close that as long as he silently stretched out his hand, he could stop the ball, but he couldn't!
Messi, who was robbed of his position by Rafael and didn't care about it, actually didn't expect Rafael to save the ball back, he just looked at Rafael's wind-like figure, and his heart moved, and he didn't go to the side to fill the position, but quietly returned to the forbidden area.
When he saw Rafael sliding the ball in the air and intercepting it back, he didn't think about jumping straight away.
The instincts of top scorers are often the key to distinguishing them from ordinary goalscorers, and when Messi has already jumped into the air to prepare for the relay, the Costa Rican centre-back only realizes that he is jumping to the top of the ladder, and the result of a slow step is that he does not interfere with Messi at all.
Messi comfortably topped the ball, and the ball folded again, this time, it was the goal!
He didn't pay attention to whether the ball went in or not, because when his body fell, his chin hit the opponent's jumping head.
Both of them covered their faces and fell to the ground.
Moreira had a feeling of being a dog, and he also thought that the destination of this ball was a throw-in, but he knew that the twists and turns actually came straight to the goal!
His position is biased towards Rafael's near corner, so Messi's header he really tried his best, but he could still only pounce on a cloud of air, listening to the sound of the ball falling into the net, and the sudden clamor of the stand behind him......
"Oh my God!!Fourth goal!Argentina scored the fourth goal of the game!It's crazy, is Argentina going to vent all the energy that hasn't been exhausted in the first two games?!! this time it's Messi! Messi's !! assist is Rafael, who has just been on the pitch for less than two minutes! Our angels have once again shown us how efficient he is on the pitch!"
"Rafael's assist is really!It's really wonderful!!He saved the ball from the edge of out of bounds, making it impossible to make it possible, it can be said that without him, there would be no goal! At first, I didn't expect that Rafael would want to pass back, but he not only passed back, but also passed so accurately! Of course, Messi's position is also very good, fully trusting his friend, and the cooperation between the two reminds me once again of the friendly match in March, when Rafael assisted Messi to score three goals, one of which was a header, and the pass was also super difficult. ”
"Anyway, congratulations Argentina to Messi, congratulations to him for opening the scoring in this Copa America, if the game is over, he deserves to be the best of the match with 2 passes and 1 shot!"
The Costa Rican players are really going to collapse, 4-0, it was a complete nightmare game.