After a few days, Messi, who has long been in a normal state of mind, has shown his usual calmness again, and sometimes he is in the mood to joke with his friends and purely mediate the atmosphere.

Although Rafael did not dare to compliment Messi's level of humor, the details can be referred to the friendly match in Costa Rica, which can be shown in Messi's famous joke about who has the most animal-like name in the sports world.

However, at the moment of the war, Rafael can only press the complaint, wishing his friends to enjoy the earth-shaking sheep cry on the field as usual - but Messi, who always feels weird, does not appreciate it, and slaps it on the angel's head.

Raphael was disgusted by his behavior and strongly denounced it.

Messi innocently spread his hands: "Easy, get used to it." In fact, as early as he watched him play before, he found that the angels' teammates seemed to care for his golden head for a long time, and he once sighed that the team's big brothers may have implanted a template, until he spent more time with each other He didn't know, no, it may be that this kid is too bad.

Sure enough, Raphael's next sentence was: "Easy??? are you embarrassed to say it's easy to jump and hit, don't you blush???

Mei Xiaoxi grinded his teeth: "I'm not only handy, I'm also smooth." After saying that, he kicked it over.

The match against Colombia took place on July 6 at the Commodore López Stadium, a stadium built in 1946 south of Santa Fe with a capacity of nearly 40,000 people and the home of Atlético Colón, a club that has beaten many strong teams on the pitch, so it is also known as the "Elephant Cemetery Stadium", which means the burial place of the strong team.

Rafael is also a return to the same place, having last time he represented River Plate and took a valuable three points from Atletico Cologne as an opposition, and the game caused a flurry of curses that drew the hatred of the Cologne people, and their die-hard fans put up banners in the stands to taunt him and Lamela when they visited the Atletico monument last season, even though they did not play that game.

Now that he's here as a member of the national team, he doesn't know how the fans feel, he just knows – the home and away dressing rooms are a world of difference.

Think about it, in this cold winter, the Colombian team doesn't even have hot water, and you have to laugh out loud when you think about it......

However, Raphael only thought divergently, and he knew that the organizers could not afford to lose this person......

Colombia can be said to be Argentina's biggest opponent in Group A, if the first match against Argentina is out of the importance of the meaning of the opening game, then this game is more from the importance of the opponent's own strength, which is also reflected in Batista's tactical arrangement.

Although he only changed one full-back, many people mistakenly thought that he would continue to carry the banner of attack and salvage the face of the winless first game with a big victory. But in reality, Batista's tactics were much more conservative. Not only did he not increase the number of attacking troops, but the one word he emphasized the most, whether it was in the tactical meeting or in his speech before the game, was to defend, defend, defend! The three midfielders all played as midfielders, and the two wingers needed to drop back to defend.

Only Messi was left in front of him.

It's obviously 433, but it's actually taking the path of defense and counterattack.

It can be seen that it is general.

Although Colombia is not as star-studded as Argentina, it is not comparable to the belly of the fish, and in the odds to win this time, it is second only to the traditional South American top three, and is regarded as one of the teams that can challenge for the title.

In addition to the Europa League Golden Boot Falcao, there are also Hertha Berlin's main striker Ramos, and the prolific goalscorer Dayro Moreno, who plays for Colombia's domestic league giants.

The three midfielders are Porto midfielder Guarin, Spanish Hercules midfielder Aguilar and Ligue 1 Valenciennes' Carlos Sanchez.

Three of the four starting defenders were from Italy, led by AC Milan's backup defender Yeppers, 32-year-old Atletico Madrid centre-back Andreas Perea, left-back Sergio Amelo from Udinese and right-back Suniga from Napoli.

Colombia's goalkeeper Luis Martínez and Daairo Moreno are club team-mates, and the 29-year-old has impressed with a spooky super world wave. It was five years before the World Cup in Germany, during a warm-up match between Colombia and Poland, Martinez had the whimsical idea to kick off the ball in his own penalty zone to attack, but he successfully broke through the door of Polish goalkeeper Kuszczak and nailed him to the shame post.

Even if it was just an accident that could not be replicated, Batista couldn't help but mention it as a reminder to the disciples to always pay attention.

Colombia's squad is undoubtedly very "European", and the previous match with Costa Rica also showed that they are not only Europeanized in personnel, but also play in the same way as European teams.

Among them, the goalkeeper Martinez of 1.91 meters, the central defender Yepes of 1.86 meters, the Guarin of 1.84 meters, and the striker Ramos of 1.85 meters ...... Even the shortest, Falcao, is 1.77m, and the average height of this Colombian team is 1.82m, the highest of any participating team.

The stout and tall body, the concise and crisp ball path, the frequent high-altitude bombing, and the strict tactical discipline don't sound like the style of a South American team at all, more like an introduction to England or Germany, but it is indeed the symbol that Colombia is attached to now.

But you know, 13 years ago, this team was more technically important than Brazil, more focused on short passes than Barcelona, and was known as the best embroidery team in the world. The changes are now jaw-dropping, and after the first game, Colombia has received noticeable attention, and many people are wondering how far Colombia can go after the makeover.

Colombia's change is largely due to the efforts of its coach Dario Gómez.

The Colombian Football Federation brought back Gomez last year, and the South American coach who led Colombia to the 1998 World Cup and was also an assistant coach for Colombia in 1990 and 1994. Gomez has earned him the nickname "South America's Wise Star" for his versatile tactical style, having led Ecuador to their first World Cup final in 2002, culminating in his opening win over France.

When he picked up the coaching whip of the Colombian team again, he made a major change to the team's line-up, the most important of which was to replace the classic number 10 with a creative attacking wing-back. He prefers players who are physically fit and fast.

And its courage and courage are completely two styles with Batista, and it is no wonder that Battista is so jealous.

In short, the second match of the Copa America against Colombia's home Argentina began with the whistle of Brazilian referee Fagundes. No matter how well prepared you are before the game, football still has to be seen on the pitch.

Although Batista was fully aware of the difficulty of overcoming this match, he did not expect it to be so difficult......

After a pick-and-roll, Argentina kicked off first, and as in the previous game, Argentina were firmly in possession and the ball was circling in their half, but the threat came from Colombia first.

Just five minutes into the game, Colombia won a corner and a free kick on the right, and although they were cleared, the tempo was clearly out of Argentina's control.

Subsequently, Aguilar was booked for a foul on Tevez. A minute later, Zabaleta, who switched to Zanetti at right-back, burst into the penalty area and crossed, but unfortunately the outflanker in front of the Argentine goal was half a step slow and did not grab the landing point, and was blocked by Perea. Compared to Marcos Rojo, the older Zabaleta is more confident in getting on the ball.

In the 8th minute, Messi took a long shot after dribbling horizontally at the edge of the forbidden area, and the ball was blocked by a Colombian defender. Half a minute later, Banega, who received a pass from Messi, tried again to shoot from distance, but the ball went wide of the left post. This is also the first time that Messi has appeared in the mouths of various commentators after disappearing for eight minutes. On the pitch, Messi sometimes deliberately disappears to distract opponents from his opponents, so that he can get fewer constraints when the chances are better.

This game is very important for Argentina and for him, especially when Messi saw the banners and avatars held high by the fans who supported him in the stands, and the huge text "Messi, save us", and heard the shouts of "Leao, Leao" in his ears, which made him full of motivation.

At this time, Messi is still very strategic and relatively quiet, and the belief in recharging a few days ago is still playing a role.

However, Argentina's attack has never improved, and there are even faint signs of being forced by Colombia's sharp knives.

Batista can see that Gomez's plan is the same as him, it is clearly a 433 strong offensive lineup, in fact, it is also a "defensive counterattack"!

Batista's strategy is this: once Cambiasso or Banega gets the ball, he immediately passes it to Messi, or Mascherano and two central defenders play a long pass from the back, directly to the wingers, and the wingers or full-backs sprint.

But this single way of attacking has entered the quagmire at this time and is in trouble. One of the biggest reasons is that Colombia also plays defense, the back line retreats very quickly, and most of the players in the team are physically fit and fast, even if Argentina is fast attacking, it is difficult to play a role. Ten minutes passed, Argentina did not even enter the forbidden zone of Colombia a few times, and even most of the time they could only try to shoot from a distance, and some of them gambled on luck.

Gomez is also not afraid of slapping himself in the face, even if he said before the game that he has absolutely no intention of targeting Messi and wants to play in his own way. But in the game, he was even more shameless than Bolivia, and his No. 6 midfielder Sanchez pressed Messi closely from the beginning of the game, almost to the point of inseparability. If it hadn't been for his instructions, Batista would have screwed his head off and kicked him as a ball.

But football is like that, no matter if he is conspiratorial, as long as the final result is favorable, there is no shortage of people to sing praise.

Moreover, Batista's defensive concerns and limited offensive force are also limited, which is like a vicious circle, and the team is unable to open the situation.

Although Batista understands where the problem comes from, he does not dare to change it easily, he has been waiting and watching, and he still feels that it is too early to make a conclusion.

But the fans don't have that patience anymore. Tonight's Santa Fe city is very cold, the temperature is only 6 degrees, and the Argentine's hot heart is also blown cold by the mediocre performance of the national team on the field.

From being forced to be depressed by Bolivia to still not seeing the hope of victory, the mood began to vent, and the stands began to shout "Diego, Diego", which was their nostalgia for Maradona.

The fan's defection was like a slap in the face of the players and even Batista.

On the bench, Raphael, who had an internal force protector and no blanket, actually began to feel a little cold.