The media, who are keen to find new topics and exposures, also took advantage of the situation to start new discussions.

"From the perspective of the national team, the decline of the A-League, there are only two local teams for the 12 participating teams, and the proportion of the local team is the least, and the A-League players are really not as good as the overseas legions?"

"Angel's local club has surpassed most of the national team's teammates in one year, and it is normal for the fan support rate to rise all the way"

Raphael = Second Tevez?"

……

Batista, who woke up, sadly found that the media and fans had started a new round of finger-pointing again.

He couldn't resist the urge to scold his mother, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh - the quality of this audience is really T|M|D Difference!

Rafael, on the other hand, only found out about this after receiving a call from his mother, when he confidently told Terri that he had gone to the manager to recommend himself. At that time, although Terri was happy that he had completely recovered, she was also a little speechless, and had to sigh that her son's luck was really good, and the timing was just right.

If it had been earlier, the national team had not suffered setbacks, and Rafael himself did not have any capital, and Batista would not have paid attention to it at all. If it is a little later, in the current situation, maybe Battista thinks that Rafael is coercing the fans to come to the palace, and his perception is estimated to plummet.

And self-recommendation is very counterproductive to the kind of head coach with strong wrists, but it is a good choice for a coach like Batista who has soft ears and is not firm.

Even if Batista wouldn't even consider starting Rafael, he might think of Rafael first when he needs to come off the bench, even if it's just a little more probability, than to have no hope at all.

Provided, of course, that Raphael himself does not mess everything up.

However, with Raphael's mental qualities, this is obviously impossible.

Batista did waver, which was reflected in the past few days of training - he wanted to continue to implement his previous tactics, with the unwillingness to not die without the heart of Huang He - he believed that his tactical approach was fine, but the players did not implement his tactical ideas. But in fact, his self-confidence was not strong enough, so he began to think about the way back, such as ...... What to do when the team is once again faced with the embarrassment of not being able to attack for a long time?

As a result, the frequent turnover of the main squad has confused all the players, and Ravic and Tevez have a great sense of crisis, as they find themselves often the ones who are replaced.

Batista experimented with a lot of new combinations, especially in midfield, with Rafael being part of the main squad for the first time, partnering Messi again, either as a winger or in midfield.

Of course, Rafael was happy to see the hope of playing, but he inevitably had some doubts, Batista's lineup is so changeable, and his tactical thinking is so inconsistent, can the players really keep up with his brain circuit? It is said that grinding guns in battle is not fast and light, but there are inevitably too many guns to be sharpened, right? Batista simply treats everyone as roundworms in his stomach. A good boy like Rafael, who doesn't miss every tactical lesson and is very serious, is sometimes inevitably confused, and I don't know if the other teammates are the same, and Ezeiza has always been filled with a kind of mysterious silence.

Batista also seems to be afraid of the frequent changes in the training lineup, so he announced the starting list for the game against Colombia early, he once again chose the 433 formation that the team has been training for the longest time, and the only personnel change from the previous start was to replace Rojo with Zabaleta.

This made Aguero, who scored the crucial goal against Bolivia, a little disappointed, and Battista went out of his way to talk to him individually, and in short, the starting line-up was decided.

However, Tevez and Ravic are clearly not going to let up on this, and the two who were voted the worst performers in the opening game are well aware that the next game in such a competitive front line may be their last start, if they are not up to par.

The Argentine team turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and prepared intensively, and all six matches in the first round of the Copa America were played over time. Batista can also breathe a sigh of relief because Argentina are no longer the only team to disappoint......

Among them, the samba corps quartet failed in its debut and was forced to draw by the weak team Venezuela, 0:0, and Brazil did not receive anything.

Menezes and the Brazilian team he led are simply using practical actions to interpret what it means to be a difficult brother and a brother, and what it means to be blessed and enjoy hardship, and how badly Argentina was sprayed before, they were not much more questioned.

The media have lamented that the South American duo is in a collective downturn, where is the Copa America?

After Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay, another favorite to win the championship, failed to withstand the pressure, drawing 1:1 with Peru, Argentina relied on Aguero, and Uruguay relied on Suarez, barely maintaining its unbeaten streak.

The appearance of the traditional top three in this Copa America was all drawn, without a single win, so sluggish that the fans were a little dumbfounded, saying that the passionate Copa America?

The remaining three games also looked lackluster, Colombia 1:0 Costa Rica, Paraguay 0:0 Ecuador, Chile 2:1 Mexico, the media silently calculated, the first round of 6 games, a total of only 8 goals, an average of 1.33 goals per game, a new low since the reform of the Copa America format in 1993.

Not to mention the fans, even the media are depressed, which is completely different from what they expected. In their opinion, this Copa America should be a tournament with a lot of goals.

First of all, most of the participating teams in this Copa America adopt an attacking style of play, such as the traditional top three Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Among them, the most exaggerated Argentina even brought 7 strikers, using a formation of 433, Brazil is also using 433, Menezes designed the "new quartet" Neymar, Pato, Robinho, Ganso is expected a lot. There are also Uruguayan trident Forlan, Cavani, and Suarez, which are also a combination with super attacking power.

But in the first round, Argentina successively used Messi, Tevez, Lavic, Di Maria, Aguero, a total of 5 forwards, Brazil used Pato, Neymar, Robinho, Fred and other 4 forwards, and Uruguay also used Cavani, Forlan, Suarez, Hernandez and other 4 forwards. But this totals 13 strikers and only two goals have been scored in total.

Secondly, in the eyes of the media, even if the team as a whole is not playing well, the stars should play their part, because there are too many superstars who can change the game on their own in this Copa America. Lionel Messi scored 56 goals for Barcelona last season, Carlos Tevez won the Golden Boot with 20 Premier League goals, Neymar scored nine goals in 22 games for Santos, and Robinho and Pato also scored 14 goals, as well as the Europa League Golden Boot Falcao and many more.

All in all, with so many top strikers on the pitch, it's a shame to expect them without a double-digit score!

Of course, there are also media calm analysis, Brazil's "Globo Sports" believes that there are three reasons for the current too few goals.

First, most of the players in the Copa America have just finished a harsh season in Europe and are very tired.

Second, the cold weather brought by the sudden Argentine cold snap was not conducive to the players' performance.

Third, the players were affected by the transfer, and the pressure was too high and they did not play well.

As the third major competition in world football, the Copa America has always been known as the Transfer Cup, and South American players hope to use such a tournament to increase their value and grasp more transfer power. At this moment, European club scouts, transfer managers and even team owners are gathering in Argentina, because there are too many transfer transactions involved in this Copa America! Players such as Carlos Tevez and Aguero in Argentina, Ganso and Neymar in Brazil, Sanchez in Chile, and Falcao in Colombia may all transfer this summer. And there are too few strange people like Rafael who took the lead in making a statement that he would not transfer before the Copa America started!

Therefore, "Globe Sports" believes that as long as these players can get into the atmosphere of the game, then everything will change and the goals will roll in.

For this, everyone will wait and see.

The second round of the group stage was still played by the host Argentina, and the opponent was the South American Condor Colombia.

It's a battle of focus.

In order to seize the initiative to qualify and avoid falling to third place in the group, Argentina must win this game against Brazil in the quarter-finals. Their opponents in this tournament are not the traditional powerhouses of South America, having played in the Copa America 19 times since their participation in 1945 (not including this one), with their best result being the first and only one in 2001 when they won the Copa America on home soil. Compared to Argentina's 14 titles, Colombia pales in comparison.

However, there is still a feared figure in the Colombian squad today, and that is their striker Falcao.

This is also the biggest attraction of this game.

The 25-year-old striker has a lot of ties to Argentina, he joined the River Plate academy at the age of 15, was promoted to the River Plate first team in 2005, played for the millionaires for a few seasons, and landed in the Europa League in 2009 to join the European black shop Porto, he has been in very hot form in the past two years, especially last season, he not only scored 38 goals for the club, helped Porto win the league title and the Portuguese Cup, but also led the club to win the Europa League and achieve the treble. I also won the top scorer for scoring 17 goals in the Europa League.

As the Champions League Golden Boot, Messi VS Europa League Golden Boot, this should be a goal competition, so this game is particularly eye-catching.

Because the venue was in the south of Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe province, and some distance from the city, the Argentine team chose to fly here a day earlier.

Messi's hometown of Rosario is also in Santa Fe Province, and returning to his hometown to play gives Messi some peace of mind.

The last game was not worth remembering for him, in addition to the poor result in the process, part of the reason was the fans. La Plata was so close to Boca that the stands were filled with Tevez fans, and although Messi didn't want to admit it, he sneaked a look as he got close to the edge of the pitch, and there was not a single portrait or slogan about him in the stands, which hurt him.

And this game is a home game in the real sense for him.