The first-half draw made everyone feel bad, especially the starters, who felt the helplessness of having nowhere to focus the most, obviously everyone was working hard, but they were always a little bit away from scoring. So when they returned to the locker room, there was no chatting except for the noise of drinking water and changing clothes.

Mascherano fulfilled his duty as captain by standing up to cheer his team-mates on, and Zanetti said a few words about the dressing room with 45 minutes to go. Batista then walked in and the dressing room was quiet again, with little response when the coach summed up what had been wrong in the first half.

The prolonged attack in the first half made them doubt the correctness of Batista's tactics.

Only Raphael looked up and listened attentively. Although he has only been with the team for a few days, he is present at every tactical meeting, and he knows Batista's ideas well. Batista has said that he will learn from Barça, but definitely not by copying, in fact, he does the same. In his 433, Messi is not playing as a center forward as outsiders think, but more as a midfielder, or more like a "midfield breakout". All he has to do is get the ball from the back, then dribble it all the way forward at high speed and look for opportunities to split or pass through. When Messi broke through, the two wingers moved forward at high speed, answering the pass and looking for a passing opportunity.

Cambiaso stepped up in the midfield position and retreated to attract or block the opposition midfielder's pursuit, while when Messi rushed up, he stepped forward again, looking for opportunities for the winger to go down and return to the top of the arc to shoot a long shot or pick up a leak in front of goal.

In Rafael's opinion, there is nothing wrong with this tactic in itself, the problem is that the team seems to lack a little luck, plus the rhythm is not tacit - well, he is not a professional coach, so he can only guess from this aspect why the team was unable to score despite so many chances in the first half.

In fact, the operation of this team always gives him a very awkward feeling, there is no smooth cooperation, most people are like puppets pulling the strings, when the conditions are passively triggered, they will act, to cater to, instead of actively looking for opportunities, throughout the game, the players run less without the ball. Not to mention the frontcourt, just the two fullbacks in the backfield basically didn't get forward to connect assists, especially Rojo, and the activity against the United States team is almost like two people.

This isn't the first time Rafael has felt this way, as he used it to win for his side back in training.

So, the curious baby wonders how the coach will face this in the main test - if Batista would be better off if he were willing to switch to two wingers who are faster, better coordinated and shoot more accurately...... It doesn't seem like he doesn't have a chance in that case......

While the little angel was entertaining himself, Batista had already set his eyes on Tevez, praising the opponent's fighting spirit while also implicitly criticizing his style of being too one-mand, and the beast's expression was a little unconvinced, "No. 11 is a new challenge for me, and I am a little unaccustomed to this position. ”

But he was clearly a smart guy, so he added: "But you're right, I'll definitely adjust myself to adapt, don't worry about the second half." ”

Batista was annoyed when he saw the other party's unruly appearance, but when he remembered the haunting "Tevez +10" in the stands, he still endured it.

Then he looked at Ravitch, and at the touch of his gaze, Ravitch lowered his head.

Ravic knew very well that he didn't play well in the first half because he was impatient and no one wanted to show himself more than relying on his direct relationship to get on top.

Batista also knows that because his mood is the same as that of the other party, he wants to prove himself as soon as possible. If you replace him now, it will not only be a denial of yourself, but also easily hurt the self-confidence of the opponent, didn't he perform well against Albania last time?

Batista decides to give Ai Jiang a little more time.

He rejected the two options he had discussed with the coaching staff one after another, and in the end, his eyes fell on Cambiaso.

In the first half, Cambiaso played as a midfielder, but more as a target to help Messi attract hatred, although this is his tactical arrangement, but it is not his intention to rely on Messi almost entirely for the whole team's attack. Cambiaso's play in the midfield could not satisfy him.

The team now wanted to score goals, and Batista decided to go with the third option.

Batista then made a personnel change, replacing Cambiasso with Di Maria, on the grounds that Cambiasso had just recovered from injury and should not be overworked, and Cambiasso nodded and accepted with no objections.

Batista then negated the front-court arrangement of the first half. Push Tevez straight to the middle - doesn't it mean that the No. 11 position is not playing well? Then satisfy you! If you can't win Bolivia, you will sit on the bench for me in the next game, Batista said cruelly in his heart.

Di Maria and Ravic play each other as left and right wingers, and he hopes that the two can open up the situation on the flanks and share the defensive pressure in the middle. Messi is behind Tevez but seems to be more up front, while Banega is partnered with Mascherano in the back. This made Banega, who was really unable to organize the task of attacking, also breathed a sigh of relief.

And there is no change in the backcourt.

Compared with Tevez's complacency, Messi is a little dissatisfied with this arrangement, which is obviously not 433 anymore, his center forward position was inexplicably removed and turned into a forward midfielder, and Tevez also squeezed his space for action in the middle. But he didn't say anything, he wanted to win so much that he chose to trust the manager.

The more Raphael listened, the more disappointed he became, Batista actually gave up the tactics that had been practiced for a long time and chose a new tactic that had never been practiced, which could really play a good role for the team that lacked tacit understanding?

Raphael could only allow himself to think optimistically.

By the time Batista had been arranged, time was running out and the players began to return to the pitch one after another. Raphael also spoke a few words to his friend before being dragged away by Carriso.

He flashed his palm at Messi, and said with a smile: "Although I don't know if it's useful, but last time the media said that thanks to it, you broke the British curse, I hope they can say it right." Oh, the reward after the goal is given to you in advance, don't let me down. ”

Messi was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and couldn't help but smile and scolded: "Raphael, you are really shameless, obviously I am powerful, huh?

Without waiting for Raphael to reply, he added: "Also, I remember you brought apples, do you want to be so stingy? You don't even want to give me a real apple! You haven't forgotten how many big boxes of birthday gifts you owe me?"

As soon as he saw that someone coveted the only apple he had in his hand now, Raphael suddenly forgot to refute the previous fallacy about his painting skills, and looked at him vigilantly: "Don't even think about it, of course the apples I bring are for myself, and you can go to the basement to get them whenever you want to eat them, don't you know that there is an old saying that a gentleman does not take the favor of others?"

After Raphael finished speaking, he deliberately glanced at his locker, well, very good, locked. Then he immediately forgot his purpose and patted his ass and ran away.

The friendship of foodies is like this, which does not stand the test.

Messi looked at his back, he was angry and funny, and then he was deeply moved.

He knew that Raphael had actually come to cheer him on, albeit in a way that was characteristically stinky and reserved. In fact, this apple painting did make him feel a lot more relaxed and think a lot. He remembered that Champions League night a month ago, when he didn't score in the first half, and he was facing the same so-called curse that had left him helpless, but so what? He scored in the second half and won for the team, right...... Will Bolivia be scarier than the Red Devils?

Whether it is the British curse or the national team curse, it is not terrible, what is terrible is that the fighting spirit and courage to break the curse are lost.

Not to mention that he is not greedy, it doesn't matter if he can score goals or not, as long as the team can win, he is very satisfied.

However, Messi, who has given himself enough motivation, forgot that although Bolivia is not a Red Devil, Argentina ...... It's not Barça either......

Only 2 minutes into the second half, the goal that the Argentine team has been working so hard for did not come, but Bolivia scored!

It was a ridiculous goal. It was so ridiculous that the morale accumulated by the Argentine team at halftime dropped in an instant, because it was almost an own goal!

The goal began when Zanetti cleared the ball wide and scooped it off the line, which led to a corner kick for Bolivia.

Campos, who served, drove the ball directly into the penalty area, and Rojas, who was squatting in front of the point, was the first to grab. He rubbed his right foot back, so that the ball changed direction, straight to the goal, Banega stood in front of the goal line to block the near corner of the goal, because the ball came too suddenly, plus the speed is not fast, it seems that the strength is not enough, which makes him misjudge, subconsciously choose to stop the ball. Who knew that the spinning ball was not docile, and not only was it not controlled by him, but it slipped between his open feet and into the goal line.

Romero, who rushed to the rescue, then fell to the ground and held the ball in his hands, but it was too late and the referee had already blew the whistle for the goal.

When the Bolivian players began to celebrate with surprise and delight, the hearts of the Argentines were like today's weather, cold and about to snow.

The goal also completely disrupted all of Argentina's tactical arrangements, and no matter how much the players tried to calm down, the piercing 0:1 was a reminder that they were behind!

At this time, not only Ravic was impatient, but the entire Argentine team began to be impatient.

This is obviously not a good thing.

In the 54th minute, in order to get the ball, Ravitch first knocked Campos down, and then tackled Robles from behind, and was sent off with a yellow card.

When Tevez came to the middle and Messi was also in the middle, it undoubtedly attracted most of the Bolivian defence, and in this situation, the ball at the back began to split to both sides, Di Maria and Ravic got a lot of possession, and the two men's crazy breakthroughs on the flanks failed to help the team.

The new Di Maria made the same mistake as Tevez in the first half and was overconfident.

Batista's intentions are good, a break down the flanks will relieve the pressure in the middle, and at this point, the winger's pass or burst is enough to deal a fatal blow to Bolivia.

But a commentator has counted: "Only 15 minutes into the second half, Di Maria broke through 4 times on the left side, 2 of which were broken and 2 times were knocked out of the bottom line, and Ravitch broke through 3 times on the right side, 1 was broken, and 2 breakthroughs were successful, but I have to say that his cross is really a ball of, every time I see him pass the ball to a Bolivian player, I suspect that he is an undercover agent in Bolivia, maybe I can pass more accurately than him with my eyes closed...... Well, actually, what I want to say is, is there anything else Argentina can do but cross the bottom? Didn't they find it difficult to get through? Why don't they consider a different way of attacking? Oh, in fact, in a normal team, this way of attacking is not impossible, but Argentina are too impatient, and many times, their players face the goal, and they can't see other teammates in their eyes, especially Di Maria. As for Ravitch, I don't think we can criticize him too much, compared to the first half, he's trying hard to help his team-mates, but he's really weak. Maybe at this point he was praying to God, God, let me score a goal, and God said, oh dear, it's so hard, you can change it. Okay, so let me cross a teammate, and God says, oh no, you better shoot and try it. ”

When the Argentine winger was ridiculed by the commentator, Battista on the sidelines also jumped angrily and kept waving and shouting something on the sidelines.

This scene fell in the eyes of the commentator and was ridiculed again: "The whole world knows that the Argentine coach's on-the-spot command is a hard injury, he really doesn't need to deliberately disguise, if the coach's job is to have a louder voice and richer body movements, then his predecessor will be more qualified than him." ”

That's right, the narrator of this poisonous tongue is an Englishman.

The difficulty of forming an effective threat on the Argentine side is also seen by Bolivia, and the unexpected lead makes Bolivia play more and more relaxed, and this game is not surprising for them, even if they draw, even if they are surprised, and now they are actually ahead? This is simply a surprise! Therefore, they will only play more and more bravely, where will there be any pressure.

In such a mentality, Bolivia's defense is watertight, implementing its policy of strictly grasping the middle and letting go of the side, as long as Messi is guarded well, the three points are beckoning to them! So in this case, in the Bolivian team that concentrates on defense, No. 7 Rojas returned to the midfield, no longer partnered with No. 9 Martins as a double striker, and re-changed to 451, and the overall defense line also retreated a lot.

In the Argentine team, because the two sides divided Messi's possession, there was no way, Messi had to retreat back to the midfield again in order to get the ball, and during this time, he played a position that can even be said to be a midfielder. Battista's pre-function has become a joke again.

The pressure of falling behind also made Messi's psychological defense continue to retreat, and in the 65th minute, he chose to break through with the ball on the right side. But as soon as he started, the ball was poked off. Messi turned to chase back, but the ball had already crossed a graceful arc and landed in the Argentine backfield.

At this point, Bolivia's only striker, Martins, picked up the pass after a successful offside attack, and at this point, he was only facing goalkeeper Romero.

Go to the meeting alone!

At this moment, the hearts of all Argentines rose to their throats.

Simply, as an excellent goalkeeper, Romero's psychological quality is very strong, and Martins is not decisive enough, maybe it is the first time to get such a good opportunity, maybe he also wants to pass the goalkeeper to seek a more secure shot, the opportunity is fleeting, Romero decisively reached out and stabbed the ball at his feet, Martins again banned the left side of the shot was also confiscated by Romero.

"Romero heroically saved the game, if it wasn't for him, Argentina would now be two goals behind, which was unimaginable before the game. ”

"Argentina played a chaotic game in this game, and their weak attacking ability made them powerless in the face of Bolivia's steel defense, and they couldn't open up the situation in the front, and the back court was also on fire, can Argentina turn defeat into victory? Perhaps the first thing they have to consider is whether they can qualify. ”

This single knife made countless people break out in a cold sweat, and at the same time, it also made the commentators from all over the country begin to sing about the Argentine team.

But what about the Argentine fans? That's the way it is on the pitch.

In the 69th minute, Messi was given a direct free-kick from 20 yards, but his shot was knocked down by the Bolivian wall, and the player immediately covered his face and fell to the ground. Messi was immediately angry, not only angry at his failure to take the free kick, but shocked by Bolivia's shamelessness.

The ball obviously hit the opponent's head, what does it mean to cover your face and fall to the ground......? Is acting serious?

In order to delay time, Bolivia also gave up, ignoring Argentina's protests and calling the team doctor. The farce managed to waste 30 seconds and also allowed Argentina to make a substitution.

Battista, who was anxious on the sidelines, made up his mind that the previous changes did not seem to be enough to open up the stalemate for him, and Di Maria was not his redeemer.

So, Aguero, who has been warming up, finally got the chance to play.

In the 70th minute, Aguero replaced the last pass of Ravitch, which made countless fans cry, and finally saw one less person waste opportunities, which is gratifying. Having said that, if they were to be coaches, maybe all the current frontcourt tridents would be replaced by them.

In this game, Tevez, Ravitch, and Di Maria were in terrible shape, which was beyond their imagination. Not to mention the two wingers, Tevez who pushed to the middle neither contained the top of the opponent's two central defenders in the center position, nor did he have the ability to give Messi the ball, every time Tevez took the ball with his back in front, he was either pulled down or the pass was broken, Messi took the initiative to cooperate with him, and he rarely gave Messi anything in return. In the later stage, Messi retreated too much in order to get the ball and cut off his connection with the front three forwards, so what is the meaning of Tevez's existence?

Aguero's arrival brought a new atmosphere to the team, I don't know if he saw the bleak prospect of the bottom cross, Aguero did not choose to break through to the end on the side, his first attack after coming on the field, was to receive a long pass on the right side, and then to the middle of the cross, and after switching positions with Tevez, he suddenly shot from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball deflected off the right post.

Although he didn't score, Aguero's performance was still a sign of hope.

Sure enough, Argentina's equalizer was Aguero.

In the 75th minute, Bolivian substitute Vacca Chavez fouled Messi, was booked and given an indirect free kick. Subsequently, Argentina sent quickly, Di Maria, who got the ball, hoisted the ball from the left and hoisted it into the forbidden area, Burdisso stopped the ball on his chest from afar, and Aguero volleyed into the net for the first time from 14 yards!

This goal made Aguero's individual ability vividly reflected, at least let many fans who were desperate because of Ravic know what a good striker is like!

The long-suppressed enthusiasm of the Stadio de la Plata finally exploded, and the long-dormant singing was loud again. Once again, hope rose in the Argentine.

But the commentators are not optimistic about this: "This is just a demonstration of Aguero's personal strength, and it has nothing to do with Argentina's overall tactical coordination. ”

Sure enough, Argentina's morale rebounded after the goal, and the attack was like waves hitting the Bolivian goal in waves, but there was no hope of breaking the goal. Argentina also took the path of attacking on the side again, after all, compared to the heavy defense in the middle, the side is still better to break through.

But perhaps the Argentine wing was cursed today, with Angel Di Maria delivering two more failed crosses from the wing, while Zanetti had a successful break down the right, but the ball was denied to Tevez after being blocked by Bolivia.

Batista finally woke up to the fact that his hopes of victory still fell on the attack in the middle, and he chose to abandon the attack on the wing and make the final adjustment, switching Tevez and Messi to free Messi and increase his chances of getting the ball.

Messi's ability to handle the ball is much better than Tevez's.

All Tevez had to do was shoot the ball Messi gave him into the goal. But Argentina did not have Xavi and Iniesta, and without Messi taking the initiative to retreat to get the ball, he had few chances to get the ball, and the best of these opportunities came in the 85th minute, when Messi passed the ball and Tevez's low shot from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty zone was confiscated by Arias.

Bolivian defender Rivero was then booked for a foul on Messi. The more it came to the last minute, the more Bolivia was frenzied by Messi's defense.

In stoppage time, Di Maria's cross from the left was met by Arias with an 11-yard header from Burdisso.

It was Argentina's last chance on goal.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the Argentine fans who had been in a carnival mood before coming were at a loss for a moment, and the 1:1 on the scoreboard was like a dream, full of unreality. Only the Bolivian fans cheered as if the team had won a big game.

They certainly have the right to cheer, and the pre-match Argentina team was deflated at home, and they drew 490 million euros with a squad worth 12 million!

Messi bowed his head and hid his face, his heart was full of bitterness, how long will this feeling of powerlessness in the national team last?