Rodriguez had two options, the first was to pass the ball directly into the penalty area, and the second was to give the ball to Messi. Of course, he also chose to break through with the ball by himself, but now he is on the bottom line, the space is very narrow, and it is unlikely that he will succeed in breaking through.

Yuan Chengye's pressure on Rodriguez is definitely much less than Messi's, but that doesn't mean it's very easy to defend. Rodriguez made the best choice at the moment: pass the ball to Messi.

Messi received the ball, and Zhao Wenkang stood in front of him. This is the strongest opponent that Zhao Wenkang has encountered in defense since entering the World Cup, he did not dare to be careless at all, staring at the ball at Messi's feet.

With Messi's ability, he can now lead, he can burst, he can shoot, he can pass the ball, always he has a lot of ways to deal with the ball, and no one knows what he will do. He took a few steps, and Zhao Wenkang also moved a few steps. At this time, Messi looked at the goal and measured the distance, about twenty-three meters together, the distance is not too far, especially for a player with high long-range shooting ability like Messi, this is completely within the range of the shot.

There is also a Zhao Wenkang in front of him, but it doesn't matter, he is fully capable of opening a gap, Chen Zihua saw a hint of it, and immediately came up and joined forces with Zhao Wenkang to block it. Messi flicked the ball horizontally, raised his foot to shoot, Zhao Wenkang and Chen Zihua both turned their backs half, but Messi's shot was fake, and the pass was real.

The ball passed between Chen Zihua and Zhao Wenkang and into the penalty area, where Rodriguez never came. Yuan Chengye is not close to people this time, and Rodriguez is already undefended.

"Yuan Chengye made a mistake in defense, and Rodriguez burst into the penalty area!" He Wei said anxiously.

Not only Rodriguez, but also Icardi, Dybala, Correa and other players in the middle were outflanked, and Yan Tao, Tang Ling, and Xu Ziyi of the Chinese team also retreated to the penalty area. Rodriguez picked up the ball and passed it to the back of the penalty area, Ma Junqiang jumped up to catch the ball, but Rodriguez used the outside of his right foot to instep the ball, with an outward arc, and he was already passing to the outside, making it difficult for Ma Junqiang to catch the ball.

Ma Junqiang had to temporarily change his mind, from "catching the ball" to "hitting the ball", he clenched his right hand into a fist and knocked the ball out with a single fist, usually the goalkeeper will not deliberately hit the ball to anyone when hitting the ball, and they have no time to make this preparation. So generally when hitting the ball, they hit as far as possible.

Ma Junqiang's ball was not too far, but it was not close, at least it was shot out of the penalty area, very unlucky, Messi did not rush into the Chinese penalty area for the first time in Argentina's attack, probably because he saw that several teammates were already inside, so he did not go in to grab the position, so as not to cause overlapping positions.

And Ma Junqiang's hit hit right in front of Messi. In the face of such a big gift, Messi certainly would not refuse, and he used his right foot to volley. Although Messi is a left-footed player, he has also scored many wonderful goals with his right foot, such as teasing Boateng in the Champions League and the goal that paid tribute to Maradona.

The ball hit the goal of the Chinese team, and Ma Junqiang instinctively made a save when he didn't have time to adjust his posture, but he didn't dare to guarantee how sure he could save. When he was in a hurry, Yan Tao stepped out of his body, turned his back, and blocked Messi's shot with his back.

The ball changed course and bounced high to the other side, flying off the far post. Argentina got a corner, which was also the first corner of the first half.

Xu Yang said: "Yan Tao's blocking of the ball is very important, if he doesn't block it like this, Ma Junqiang may not be able to save." At that time, Ma Junqiang had just hit a pass from Rodriguez and had not yet returned to his best position. ”

He Wei agreed with Xu Yang's words and said, "Yan Tao really made a contribution this time. But Yuan Chengye, Argentina's shot has a lot to do with his disposition, he should have been patronizing the game just now, but not looking at people, allowing Rodriguez to create a good opportunity. ”

Argentina were going to take a corner kick and Paredes was in the corner. The players of the Chinese team came back to defend, even Zhang Shujie came back, Ma Junqiang took the time to warn Yuan Chengye: "Pay attention when defending, Anzhi let us play regional joint defense, but in the area of the penalty area, we must follow good people, not sloppy." ”

Yuan Chengye glanced at Ma Junqiang, nodded, and said, "Okay." ”

Paredes drove the ball to the penalty area, the ball fell in the middle of the crowd, Tang Ling topped to the first point, Dybala next to him jumped at the same time, the two had a slight collision in the air, making Tang Ling's top ball also a little off, he was going to go to the outside of the penalty area, but because of this "air impact", the ball was pushed behind him, Icardi jumped up from the crowd, a flick of his head to attack the goal, and the ball hit the post of the goal.

'Icardi's header this time. The Chinese team has to do a good job of protecting the second point, always letting Argentina get the second landing point, and if it goes on like this for a long time, the goal will be dangerous. ”

He Wei could see the problem, An Rong naturally could see it, he shouted to the players on the sidelines: "Look at the landing point! Don't always be grabbed by the opponent to grab the second landing point!"

An Rong rarely shouts to the players like this, and it can be inferred from this detail that An Rong is still a little dissatisfied with the defense line. Argentina's second point on both occasions was obtained near the penalty area, and in the long run, it was difficult for the Chinese team to keep the goal from conceding.

Ma Junqiang put the ball in the small penalty area, and he wanted to wait for everyone to retreat to the center circle before kicking off. But the Argentine players did not retreat far at all, Icardi was about 30 meters away from the backfield of the Chinese team, Messi was a little back, and Tang Ling dragged at the end, replacing the role of Liang Xiran.

Ma Junqiang saw that the Argentine players did not retreat, so he simply didn't kick back, and passed the ball directly to Tang Ling, Yan Tao answered not far away, Icardi forced Tang Ling, Tang Ling divided the ball and gave it to Huang Yu.

The side is a little less than the middle, Huang Yu held the ball and pushed forward, and then handed the ball to Xu Ziyi, Xu Ziyi did not take more, and passed to Chen Zihua before Rodriguez approached.

Standing in front of Chen Zihua is Messi, on the surface, this is Chen Zihua attacking, Messi is defending, but in fact, Messi does not participate in defense, unless he is willing, no one in Argentina dares to make defensive requirements for him. Now that the ball is still in the Chinese team's half, Messi will definitely not rush towards Chen Zihua with all his might, and the Argentine king's physical strength is more to be used in the team's attack.

(End of chapter)