With the onset of the cold in full swing, Raphael now knows how painful this seemingly inconspicuous condition is. That night, he began to have headaches, a constant cough, a stuffy nose and a runny nose...... It didn't take long for the whole person to be sick, sore, weak, let alone playing, and he didn't even want to move.

Originally, he wanted to watch the live broadcast of the game, but he fell asleep directly while lying on the bed without paying attention. However, after the symptoms broke out, Raphael, who followed the doctor's advice, got better quickly. On the fourth day, in addition to the runny nose, the cough and body aches and weakness have disappeared, and the fifth day ...... The lively Raphael returned.

With a week between the two rounds of the final, Rafael's timely return was a relief to both the upper and lower levels of River Plate.

During Rafael's illness, the schedule of this season's A-League was only left with the relegation play-offs, and all 19 rounds of matches have been completed, the Sarsfield Cup was lost, the league was proud, and won the championship one round ahead of schedule, while River Plate League lost the last five rounds of non-draw and defeat, and finally ranked 9th in the standings with 26 points.

In fact, this is also something that cannot be helped, the later the season, the more physical fitness is a big problem for the whole team, under the two-line battle, Kappa's rotation has become frequent, the club's goal at the beginning of the season, the gap between the substitute and the main strength is too large, which is the main reason for River Plate's weak follow-up.

As a result, River Plate fans can only hope for the Copa Libertadores, where the pent-up enthusiasm of the first round continued to ferment during the week, attracting the attention of most of the media, and the national team's final warm-up match before the start of the Copa America received far less attention than the former. According to a survey by the newspaper "Ole", 75% of fans are more concerned about whether River Plate can win the Copa Libertadores, while the national team preparing for the Copa America has attracted only 25% of fans.

Of course, this is also related to the low-key preparation of the national team during this time. The warm-up match will be played at the Candy Box Stadium against Albania.

The reason why it is in the candy box instead of the fixed home monument of the national team is because the monument has played two consecutive games in three days, of which there was a little light rain on the day of the cup match, and the grass did not have time to be maintained, it is simply a rotten vegetable field.

It will be a very important game for Batista as he needs to formalise his 23-man squad for the Copa America and wash away the heavy defeat to Nigeria a week ago. Batista transferred a group of third-tier players to participate in that friendly match, and the result was a 1:4 defeat, not only losing in disgrace, but also being involved in a match-fixing scandal, which attracted an investigation by FIFA. If it weren't for the media's attention on the duel between Rafael and Neymar, Batista would have been sprayed miserably.

In this respect, Batista has to thank Raphael.

The friendly match comes just two days before the start of the second round of the Copa Libertadores, which is also the day of the Argentine flag, on which Rafael also returned to training. The game time is 9 p.m., and he can actually go to watch the game, but considering that the venue is Boca's home stadium, it is still a bit dangerous for him to go as a spectator, so think about it......

Gentlemen don't stand under dangerous walls.

However, if he finds a new camouflage, he can take the opportunity to go to Don Carlos with Lamela to try it out......

Messi has only one sentence for this: "You better watch the live broadcast at home...... There won't be a normal person to accompany you to a barbecue at this time!"

Raphael is also thinking about it, barbecue is now on his mother's diet blacklist.

In addition to the fixed five players on the list announced by Battista in the warm-up game, there is also an additional Palermo on the forward line, but Palermo's selection is more of a tribute to the retired veteran, and Battista has made it clear that there will be no other party's name on the official list.

The biggest impression on Rafael in the whole game was Tevez, who returned to the national team after six months, and his terrifying popularity and influence among fans.

The Candy Box Stadium is Tevez's home stadium, not to mention the "People's Player" in the hearts of Argentine fans, and the status of the number one idol is unshakable.

When the names of the players on both sides were read on the stadium, the cheers he received were even more enthusiastic than Messi. However, Batista's starting trident was Messi, Ravic and Di Maria, and Tevez sat on the bench, which made the fans very unhappy, and the banners in the stands were all warning Batista to hurry up and replace Tevez.

'Checho [Batista], if you don't play Tevez, you're going to feel very difficult!'

"National team = Tevez + 10 others!"

In the minds of these people, Tevez is the only main force in Argentina.

The opponent of the national team, Albania, is not the main force of the real team, only 5 of the 18 players are the main force of the double-headed eagles in the preliminary round of the European Cup, and the Argentine generals are a little lacking in motivation, after all, the difference in strength is there. The national team took the lead in the 6th minute, Messi took the ball in the middle and sent a through ball after a continuous tackle, and Ravic pushed the goal from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty zone. In the 43rd minute, they doubled the score, Ravitch passed, Messi hit the bottom right corner with his left foot from 13 yards.

However, after the cheers, the audience still persevered to build momentum for Tevez, and was very dissatisfied with Batista always pressing the other party on the bench, and even Rafael could hear the neat call of the fans in front of the TV: ", send Tevez,!"

The head coach of a national team is called a "" by fans, which is really embarrassing and sad.

This scene also shocked Raphael.

Batista did not withstand the pressure from the fans, replacing Di Maria with Tevez at the beginning of the second half, and when Tevez came on, the audience applauded. In the 75th minute, Messi passed the ball, and Aguero, who replaced Lavic, deceived the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal into the net from a small angle on the right side of the small penalty area, sealing the victory for Argentina. However, the atmosphere at the Candy Box Stadium was the hottest in the 90th minute, when Aguero made a wonderful pass in the forbidden area, and Tevez pushed forward the goal in the small forbidden area.

The cheers of the entire candy box resounded in the air.

This hearty victory still made Messi feel a little depressed, he inevitably thought of the criticism he received at home, and even the attack that happened not long ago, compared to Tevez's popularity, all this made him seem lonely.

However, as a professional footballer, he quickly adjusted his mentality. But he let himself go, and the media didn't let him go. The reporters made a big fuss about him once again not opening his mouth to sing the national anthem when his teammates sang the national anthem before the game.

This seems to have become a fixed black spot for Messi every time he participates in the national team game, and in contrast to praise Tevez's feelings and sacrifice for the national team, Rafael will not doubt each athlete's sense of belonging to their own country, but this kind of praise really makes him very disappointing.

However, Rafael's current focus is on the Copa Libertadores.

The day after his return, he had to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil, because of his cold, Capa has not confirmed the starting line-up, and even if he is active, Capa still decided to wait until he has adjusted to the field to see how everyone is doing...... Well, Raphael's moth made Capa have to guard against it.

The battle has been fought before, and now the media is quietly focusing on the state of the two sides, staffing and tactical analysis, just analysis and analysis, Santos, who has the advantage of home stadium, has a much higher winning rate than River Plate in their eyes, which can be seen in the pre-game betting odds.

The venue for the final of this tournament is at the Pacaembo Stadium in São Paulo, because Santos' own home stadium, the Urbano Caldera Stadium, although famous, but the facilities are old, and it can only accommodate 20,000 people, it does not meet the requirements of the South American Football Federation for the final venue, so Santos can only rent the stadium from the city of São Paulo.

The quaint and elegant Pacaimbu Stadium is the other famous stadium in Brazil that hosted the 1950 World Cup in addition to the Maracanã Stadium. The stadium also has a football museum, built in 2008, which is open to visitors, displaying precious pictures and film materials of the history of Brazilian football.

From the airport to the hotel, Rafael felt that Brazil was not welcoming to the Argentines, even if he was not a Santos fan, seeing that it was their Argentine club, the stares and abuse had become the norm, because Brazilians hated Argentines and did not need a reason.

Raphael had never understood before, according to the history he had studied, that the two countries bordered each other, had convenient exchanges, had never fought a war, and had no special territorial disputes.

However, after the Southern Youth Championship and then the last round of scolding, Rafael can probably feel it...... These two countries may be because the grievances in football are accumulating deeper and deeper, and in the end, whether it is politics, economy or humanities and culture, no one looks down on anyone, and no one obeys anyone.

From a football point of view, the relationship between Pele and Maradona can probably be glimpsed.

Anyway, for Brazilians, the word Argentine is enough to arouse their physiological disgust.

However, in the face of Brazil's unpopularity, River Plate fans don't care at all, and still go their own way on the land of their sworn enemies. Wearing River Plate team uniforms, pulling banners and team flags, picking up the team and escorting the team bus to the hotel, the team song was sung without incident.

Capa told the team that more than 10,000 fans came this time: "They want to see the club win the Copa Libertadores again after 15 years, you don't want to know...... Their round-trip expenses were made up by saving money and spending as many days as possible. A faint sentence made many players secretly clench their fists.

Because of the enthusiasm of the fans, Rafael and several teammates also signed the names of the fans for half an hour under the protection of security personnel. Normally, when the journey to such a remote game is tiring, the players will be directly arranged to rest, and now this habit is also brought out by Rafael. Because he thinks that the players are tired and the fans are not easy to follow after a long journey, and half an hour can not only make the players who receive the encouragement of the fans more motivated, but also make the fans who have received the autographs of the favorite players more supportive of the team, so why not do such a win-win thing?

From the beginning he was the only one to do this, and then gradually his teammates followed him, and under the club's default, this has become a permanent benefit for those fans who follow the team.

And Rafael will send a warm smile and a sincere thank you after signing the name, and he will always make people feel like a spring breeze for his fans.

Akuchi, a well-known reporter of "The Nation", once wrote an article lamenting: "It is not for nothing that the River Plate Angels can have such terrifying popularity in just one year...... It's hard for people to be seriously annoying, but it's easy for people to like seriously. ”

You know, as a Boca fan, Akuchi is not friendly to River Plate.