The stadium is at Giant's Stadium in New Jersey, which also hosted the 1994 World Cup final in the United States and has a capacity of more than 60,000 people.

Today, the stadium was all full, and the Argentine fans from afar could only huddle in a small area of stands, trying to wave the blue and white flag, but they were still helplessly covered by the huge momentum of the home stadium, and the United States flag fluttered around every corner.

Rafael was a little surprised when he saw it in the players' tunnel, which is different from saying yes, doesn't it mean that Americans don't like to watch football? The atmosphere at home is obviously very warm.

Little did he know that although soccer is not the number one sport in the United States, its popularity is indeed increasing year by year, and even in some elementary and high school campuses, the popularity of Cheng Dù has surpassed baseball and basketball to become the second most popular sport after football.

Last year's World Cup in South Africa also broke the previous viewership record in the United States.

And the U.S. team is not bad, including the last World Cup, the U.S. team has participated in the last six consecutive World Cup tournaments.

The match was also the 10th meeting between Argentina and the United States, after Argentina held the advantage with six wins, one draw and two defeats, and the last meeting between the two teams was also at this stadium, where Argentina played the United States in June 2008.

Rafael held the hand of the little caddy, and this kind of regular international friendly match requires the little caddie to play.

The little caddies prepared in the United States are only five or six years old, and their height is also very uniform, and they all look pink, tender, and tender.

Because it's winter in North America and the weather is still cold, their players wear long-sleeved jerseys and black gloves.

However, Raphael didn't wear it, his internal strength was added, his body was warm in winter and cool in summer, and he felt that the little caddy's little hands were cold and cold, so he simply took gloves and put them on Xiao Zhengtai, and touched his head: "You use it first." ”

Xiao Zhengtai gave him a sweet smile, and his voice was crisp: "Thank you, brother, but I still can't cheer you for this game, because I'm a fan of the American team." ”

"It's okay," Rafael laughed at his serious look, "we have fans supporting us. ”

Xiao Zhengtai tilted his head: "Okay, but for the sake of you being as cute as me, I can secretly cheer for you." ”

Raphael coughed: "Thank you so much. ”

"You're welcome. ”

Because the two of them spoke in English the whole time, no one else knew what they were saying. But just looking at it, I also feel that Raphael, who communicates with children, is warm like an angel falling from the sky.

According to the American tradition, a male singer at the scene held a microphone to sing the American national anthem, from the solo to the louder and louder chorus of the whole audience, which mobilized the atmosphere of the home stadium more and more.

After that, the two sides stood on each side of the central circle and observed a moment of silence for the people who died in the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the 11th of this month.

After the process is completed, they start to warm up on the field.

Messi, who was standing next to Rafael, stretched on the spot and found that he was still not wearing gloves, so he couldn't help but say: "You forgot to take back your gloves, go to the sidelines and ask for another pair." ”

Raphael shook his head: "It's okay, I'm not cold." ”

"Fingers rarely move, beware of frostbite. Messi himself put on gloves, and in his eyes Rafael was still quite a thin child, he shook his head and ran straight to the sidelines.

Raphael grabbed him, clenched his right hand into a fist, and touched his face: "Look, it's not cold at all." I don't like wearing gloves, it feels weird. ”

Messi felt the warmth on his face, so he had to spread his hands: "Okay." ”

This scene was filmed by the camera that focused on Messi, and this was also the first time Rafael appeared on the broadcast screen, and for a while, commentators from all over the country remembered to introduce him.

United Kingdom: "The youngster who touched Messi's face is Argentina's rising star, Rafael Yun. He won the South American Youth Championship with Argentina's Under-20 team just last month. Because of Lavic's unexpected injury, the Argentine coach chose to let him start on the wing, I don't know if it was because he had a good relationship with Messi. Aha, how exactly did the two of them become friends is still an unsolved mystery in football right now...... Maybe Messi is looking for his friends because of his looks. ”

Catalonia: "It's inhumane for the Argentines to sacrifice Messi's fitness to get our king on the pitch in order to get more appearances. After complaining as usual, "Rafael Yun, nicknamed Angel, is a newcomer to the Argentine team, but in the past six months, he has been hot in international football, he single-handedly pulled the old giants River Plate out of the quagmire, don't look at him now in the fans is not famous, but there must be many teams secretly continue to pay attention to his cousin, he and Brazil's Neymar are known as the two superstars in South America, I hope he can have a good appearance in this game." ”

Because of Messi's relationship, Catalan has a friendly attitude towards Rafael.

The Madrid commentary was spitting: "This action is really basic, we should take a screenshot of this picture, the title - the shy Messi." ”

Netizens burst into laughter all of a sudden.

[Hahaha, where is Messi shy...... His expression has always been like this, and when he focuses on it, everyone is affectionate. ]

[If a handsome guy touches me like this, I'm also shy 23333333]

On the Huaxia side, because CCTV attaches more importance to this game, the commentator is jointly served by CCTV's famous "Philosophical Emperor" Fang Shen and special guest Gong Shigong Guide, although CCTV commentary has always required fairness and objectivity, but before the start of the game, even if there has been no Raphael shot, Fang Shen has been gushing about his information, and the topic is still around him, and even Messi has been piggybacking on it in one sentence.

"I was a little surprised to see the starting list yesterday, or rather, everyone didn't expect Yunyi to compete with Messi so soon, what about Gong Gui You?"

"Well, although it was sudden, it was also an inevitable factor, Yunyi's strength was very outstanding, his shooting was quite accurate, and he often played as a striker in River Plate, so it was the right time and place to be the starter this time. In addition to Ravich, Batista did not bring any other strikers, and only Yunyi is like a fish in water in this position, and he is a good friend of Messi...... So who is he not on?"

"That makes sense, but isn't it that when Ravitch recovers, Yunyi has no hope?"

"It should be, and there is no Ravitch, there is Higuain, Aguero...... It's also a good thing for him, he's too young to get into the muddy waters of the national team so early. ”

Some viewers who got up early in the morning and turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast did not all pay attention to Ajia, and they were immediately confused.

[Is this a channel?]

[Isn't Di Maria and Messi on the screen?]

[What has been said Yunyi, please, isn't this a match between Argentina and the United States, why is there a Chinese name.] ]

[Yun Yi is an Argentinian Chinese, starting this game.] ]

Until Rafael was brought into the mirror by Messi.

Fang Shen smiled: "Maybe Messi has mosquitoes on his face?"

Gong Shi: "...... The relationship between Yunyi and Messi is really good. "Where do mosquitoes come from in the big winter!

[, it turns out that this is Yunyi?!]

[He looks so small!]

['94, what do you say?]

[If you pay a little attention to the trends in football, you should know who he is, right?Even if you don't know, you should have a little impression, right?Now playing FM and live is not a must to open the file? ]

[What's going on with this strong sense of superiority?, but it's a newcomer and not a world superstar, isn't it normal not to know each other?]

The people who don't have the most impression of Rafael are the American people, who watch this game completely for superstars, such as Messi, Di Maria, Mascherano and others. Therefore, even if the narrator introduced Raphael's information a little, the American people were still at a loss, and their impression of him only stayed on the "ah, what a beautiful boy!

The real shock was a few high school students who met to watch the game together, yes, it was Crockett and his teammates who had been entangled with Raphael for a long time.

"Billy, am I dazzled? Why do I think he's so familiar!"

"I think he's familiar, too......"

Crockett opened his mouth wide: "If we're all mistaken, three days ago...... I tried it against him, and he taught us how to pedal and smash the ball. ”

"OMG! It turned out to be him, but why did he appear in the camera!"

"He still stands with Messi, he still talks to Messi, he touches Messi's face!!"

"Paul, you stupid, sue me that he's a nobody?!! my signature!!"

No matter how lively it was outside the field, the players on the field couldn't feel it, and after 10 minutes of warm-up time, the game finally started after the referee's whistle!

In this game, the Argentine team played 4-3-3, the goalkeeper was Andujar, the back line was composed of Zanetti, Burdisso, Milito and Rojo, the midfield Mascherano and Banega were double backs, Cambiasso played as the central midfielder, and on the front line, Messi and Di Maria held the wings, and Rafael rushed forward.

As for the United States, their lineup is a 4-5-1 formation with a focus on defense, and the United States Football Association also attaches great importance to this warm-up game, and has summoned many main players to return to China to compete.

Because there were only 23 people on this call-up, and the Argentine Football Federation only prepared shirts for them from 1-23, Rafael failed to wear his favorite number 27 shirt in this game, and instead wore number 23.

Argentina chose a side and the United States kicked off, but they only held the ball for three seconds before they mismade a pass and the ball flew out of bounds, leaving the ball directly at the feet of Argentina.

Di Maria passed back to the backfield, Zanetti took the ball and looked at the front of the field and passed the ball to the midfield, but because the midfield was densely populated at this time, the ball was not received by his teammates.

The U.S. team won the ball on the right flank and passed it to the front of the court with another kick, Rojo rushed to the front of the American player next to him, stepped forward in two steps, and with a heavy shot, the ball soared into the air and crossed the halfway line, flew out of the boundary and smashed into the audience.

American fans are like grabbing hydrangeas, and no one grabs the ball for a long time.

Raphael, who chased after him but watched the ball fly out of his head, gave Rohoby a thumbs up, dare not be so hard, and didn't give me a chance to make amends!

Rojo scratched his head, wasn't he too nervous.