Section 919 Against Argentina
South Korea and Greece are in Group B and have already played two Group A matches before the two teams. They were South Africa vs. Mexico in the opening match, and Uruguay vs. France later.
South Africa drew 1-1 with Mexico, while Uruguay and France also played a draw with a 0-0 scoreline.
Although only three games have been played, the statistical base is indeed a bit small, but it is undeniable that the South Korean team is indeed the first team to get three points in this World Cup.
The South Korean team got the first 'three points' and won the 'first victory' in this World Cup. Correspondingly, Lee Kyung-won, who has made great contributions to the South Korean team, also won several honors.
The first player to score two goals in a game, the first goalkeeper to score a goal, these two are already in place and are unlikely to change because of the rest of the fixtures.
Fastest goal after the opening kick-off; The farthest free-kick goes straight into the net; The fastest free-kick to score; The player who scored the most free kicks was also hung under Li Jingyuan's name before, but it may change as the schedule continues.
Of course, it must not be forgotten that there is also one of the most important honors. After scoring two free kicks, Li Jingyuan temporarily ranked first in the 'Golden Boot List', which is the most surprising thing.
For Koreans, this is unprecedented. In the past, no player in the South Korean team has been able to stay at the top of the scorer list, even for a short moment.
Therefore, even if only three games were played, the South Korean side would also be trumpeted with Lee Kyung-won's 'top scorer list', for example, the headline of a newspaper the next morning was "South Korea won the first game, Lee Kyung-won led the scorer list".
In addition to the Korean media, the media from other countries also made a lot of reports. In their report, Li Jingyuan even occupies a larger space, and the most important thing is because of his identity as a goalkeeper. A goalkeeper can lead the scorer charts. This is the biggest gimmick, so many media have named Li Jingyuan a 'wonder boy'.
The outside world was full of praise, which also made the atmosphere within the Korean team a lot more relaxed. With a win, they have already got three points first. The qualifying situation is very good, which makes the mentality of the players relax a lot.
In such a relaxed atmosphere, the South Korean team rested for five days and welcomed their next opponent in the group stage, which is also the seeded team in this group, Argentina, on the 17th.
Argentina is one of the most successful national teams in the world, having won 19 major national tournaments (the same record as Uruguay), including two World Cups (1978, 1986), 14 Copa Americas, and two Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008).
But. Argentina have never won the World Cup. Especially in the last few World Cups, Argentina has been the favorite to win the championship every time, but they have not been able to win the championship every time, and the worst thing is that in 02, they have not even been able to qualify from the group. Combined with these histories, in a sense, the World Cup seems to be a big hurdle that the Argentine team cannot overcome.
This year's Argentina team doesn't seem to be out of form either.
Although the team has Messi, who is known as the world's No. 1 player, there are also big players such as Mascherano, Di Maria, Veron, Tevez, Higuain, Samuel and so on. However, there are still many good players who have not been able to make it to the Argentine national team, such as Zanetti. Another example is Cambiasso.
Zanetti and others were not selected, which may not be a big deal, after all, there are too many good players in the Argentine team, and it is not difficult to find some substitutes of comparable strength. …,
But is it enough to have someone? Apparently not. If you want to win the game, the most important thing is the tacit understanding between the players.
At this point, the current head coach of the Argentine team is not up to the mark.
By the way, forgot to say it. The current head coach of the Argentine team is Maradona, who has the title of the king of the ball.
The old horse is indeed too individual. Easy to be impulsive and open-mouthed, but his natural competitive personality makes him never admit defeat and give in. This kind of personality may not have a bad effect on him as a player. It may even be worshipped by fans as a highlight.
But after becoming the head coach, Lao Ma's personality became his weakness. For example, in the selection of the lineup, the old horse has a lot of arbitrariness and uncertainty, Argentina had as many as 50 players on the field during the World Cup qualifiers, many of whom were called in during Maradona's tenure.
What kind of result does this kind of squad rotation bring? Argentina came close to failing to qualify.
At the beginning of leading the team. Maradona won three in a row, but the 6-1 defeat away to Bolivia was a turning point, followed by a narrow 1-0 win over Colombia, 0-2 to Ecuador, 1-3 to Brazil and 0-1 to Paraguay. After three consecutive defeats, Argentina have been pushed to the brink, and if it were not for the tough wins over Peru and Uruguay in the last two games, Argentina would not have missed the main match of this World Cup.
What are the big ups and downs in the results of the Argentine team? In the final analysis, it is because Maradona is not stable enough as a manager. Under his influence, although this Argentine team has strength, it is a little impetuous, and it is easy to be unstable, and it is naturally impossible to maintain stability in performance.
After seeing the first game of the South Korean team, if it were any other manager, he would definitely study Lee Kyung-won as a key object of care, but Maradona did not do so.
The king of the ball has the pride of the king of the ball. Maradona didn't take Lee Kyung-won and South Korea seriously at all, and he didn't even tell the Argentine players not to foul at the back. In Lao Ma's view, the South Korean team's defense is simply vulnerable in front of the Argentine team, and the Argentine team will definitely be able to score a lot of goals, even if Lee Kyung-won can seize the opportunity of a free kick to score for the South Korean team, it will not be able to change the final result.
Because of Maradona's attitude, the players of the Argentine team have also been affected a little. Even in the interview, they claimed to attach great importance to the game against the Korean team, but in private, these people still despised the Korean team.
The South Korean team is very cautious, and the Argentine team is a little careless, which is interesting now.
On June 17, it was still half past two in the afternoon. In Johannesburg, Argentina and South Korea played in the second round of the group stage.
Although it was Thursday, the girls of Girls' Generation still invited many people to gather together again and stay in Li Jingyuan's villa waiting to watch the game together.
There were a little fewer people coming than last time. But Lee Hyori, Liu Jae-seok, and Jiang Hudong, a few friends who have a good relationship, still arrived, and in terms of the overall atmosphere, it was not much worse than in the first game.
The camera still started from the player tunnel, while listening to the commentator broadcast the list of the two teams, while looking for Li Jingyuan's figure in the camera, and after a while, Lee Hyori shouted in surprise.
"Huh?? What kind of clothes is Jing Yuan wearing? Isn't he a goalkeeper? Li Jingyuan on the screen. He didn't even wear the goalkeeper's clothes, but wore a regular jersey like other Korean team members.
"It's Jing Yuan, the number on the back or the name is right, why is this guy wearing such clothes?" Even Li Xiugen, who knows football very well, is confused, and he can't figure out what the situation is. …,
There were also many people who were a little confused, including the commentators who were in charge of commentating the game, and after checking the information, they figured out the situation.
That's when I found out. It turned out that when the South Korean team submitted the list, it turned out to be the goalkeeper and striker for Lee Kyung-won, and it seems that in today's game. Lee Kyung-won played in the name of a striker. ”
"It was a real surprise. Here I want to say sorry to the audience, although we have already got this list, but because Li Jingyuan has always played the goalkeeper position, we subconsciously ignored his identity as another striker. ”
"This is really ......, ah, the players of the two teams have entered, and the game is about to start, let's wait and see what kind of performance Li Jingyuan will have on the forward line~!"
Because it was so unexpected, the commentators were a little flustered when they were commenting. After saying it upside down, I didn't explain things clearly.
Commentators from almost all countries discovered the change in Li Jingyuan's identity at the same time, and everyone's reaction was similar, and the comment seat was suddenly a lot of chickens and dogs, and this moment was also photographed by an ordinary fan and put on Youtobe. Netizens who were sent by good things gave a title of 'The busiest moment in the world's Cup'.
For the media, Li Jingyuan's transformation from a goalkeeper to a striker can be said to be a good news material, but for the game, this is a very important variable.
Xu Dingmao made this decision, not because he was hot-headed, but after careful consideration.
Although some don't want to admit it, Xu Dingmao also knows that the strength of the South Korean team is indeed inferior to the Argentine team, if you don't want to lose too ugly, or be more greedy, if you want to score points from the Argentine team, then you must make some changes.
As the brightest person in the last match, Lee Kyung-won will definitely get special attention. Well, well, Maradona didn't do that, but that didn't prevent Xu Dingmao from thinking so.
Since the opponent will conduct research on Li Jingyuan, he can't let them succeed. With such an idea, Xu Dingmao decided to let Li Jingyuan play as a striker. In this way, it may be possible to disrupt the arrangements made by the Argentine team in advance.
Moreover, the forward line of the Argentine team not only has big names such as Tevez and Higuain, but even Messi, the world's No. 1 master. No matter how arrogant Xu Dingmao is, he doesn't think that the back line of the South Korean team can resist the attacks of this group of people.
Since you can't stop it, you can't stop it. Instead of letting Li Jingyuan waste energy in the goalkeeper position, it is better to put him in the opponent's penalty area to stir up the wind and rain.
Lee Kyung-won is a strong pillar center, and nailing him in the Argentine penalty area will definitely put a lot of pressure on the Argentine team's backline, which may reduce the attack of the Argentine midfielders and reduce the defensive pressure on the South Korean team.
Of course, it is also Li Jingyuan's task to score goals. If you want to qualify from the group, in addition to comparing points, the number of goals scored is also a very important indicator. The more goals scored, the more secure qualification will be, and from that point of view, a goal against Argentina would already be a good result.
In addition to pinning near the opponent's penalty area to put pressure on the opponent and try to score goals. Li Jingyuan may have one more task.
In fact, this task was not explained at the beginning, it was just in Xu Dingmao's mind.
Anything can happen on the football field. Who can guarantee that Argentina will be able to lead South Korea by a large score. Maybe before the end. There will be a draw between the two teams, and even South Korea will take the lead. …,
If that happens, Argentina will definitely launch the most furious attack. The superstars will also play to their full strength under pressure, and maybe there will be various one-on-one attack scenes at the very last moment of the game.
At such a time, it is necessary to resort to more insidious means. Can't save Messi's ball. It's not hard to knock him down. South Korea's goalkeeper was able to use unconventional means to prevent Argentina from scoring.
It doesn't matter if you're sent off, it doesn't matter if you don't have a substitution. Isn't there still Li Jingyuan on the field? Just let him put on his gloves and be back to the goalkeeper. And then again, even if the Argentine team wants to take a penalty, it is more certain to let Lee Kyung-won save than to let others save, after all, his saving ability is the strongest among the goalkeepers of the South Korean team.
The goalkeeper blocked the opponent with a foul, and after being sent off, Lee Kyung-won went up and saved the opponent's penalty. For the rest of the time, the goalkeeper was replaced by Lee Kyung-won. South Korea's defense will increase a lot, and then hold on to the last few minutes to get a point or even three points from Argentina.
No matter how oddly it is. It can't be denied that this kind of script will not appear, and if the above situation happens, then Xu Dingmao's move to send Li Jingyuan on the field as a striker is a wonderful move.
Of course, this latter task cannot be clearly stated, and it is still a bit insidious in the end. It's not a big deal to do that out of desperation, but if you plan it before the opening, it's inevitable that it's a little inauthentic.
Well, no more gossip. Now turn your attention back to the arena.
After singing the national anthem, exchanging team flags, shaking hands with each other and taking photos. The players of both teams returned to their respective halves, leaving only the captains of both teams still standing next to the referee.
Coins were used to determine tee-off, and South Korea were lucky to get the right to tee off first.
As a striker, Lee Kyung-won and Park Joo-young stood in the center circle, outside the center circle, behind him. Also standing Ki Seong-yong and Park Ji-sung and others.
Li Jingyuan has always stood on the goal line to watch others kick off, and he has never had the experience of kicking off, let alone receiving the attention of thousands of people in a field like the World Lujie Cup, standing in the middle circle and waiting for the whistle to blow.
looked at his teammates behind him, and then looked at the Argentine players in front of him, Li Jingyuan even saw the stubble on Messi's face, which felt too novel, and it made him a little shaken.
Fortunately, the referee hadn't blown the whistle yet, and Park Joo-young also discovered his abnormality, and after hurriedly greeting him, Li Jingyuan came back to his senses.
"Uh, sorry, it feels so novel." Smiled apologetically, Li Jingyuan also knew how outrageous his behavior was.
Retracting his mind, and at the same time wanting to make up for his mistakes, Li Jingyuan once again looked at the opponent's position. Not to mention, this look really made him find a flaw.
I am a goalkeeper, so when observing the opponent, Li Jingyuan subconsciously looked at the position of the opponent's goalkeeper first.
"Brother, do you want to sneak attack, their goalkeeper's position is a little forward, and he doesn't seem to be very concentrated." Standing in front of the ball, not only did his expression not change, but even the volume of his speech did not decrease at all, thinking that the players of the Argentine team could not understand Korean at all, Lee Kyung-won directly made a suggestion to Park Joo-young in front of them.
"Are you sure?" Hearing Li Jingyuan's proposal, Park Zhouyong was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted, and glanced at the Argentine door more covertly.
"You can't run backwards, so the ball speed can be a little bit slower. Half and half, if he retreats quickly, he should be able to pounce. In order not to let the opponent find out, Li Jingyuan naturally couldn't run first and then serve like he did in the last game, and after a little consideration, he gave such an answer.
"Then let's do it, it's best if you can enter, and there is no loss if you can't enter. By the way, don't miss it. ”
In this way, when outsiders didn't know what to do, Lee Kyung-won and Park Joo-young made a decision on their own, waiting to sneak attack.
The conversation between the two lasted only a few sentences, and after that, the referee pinched the stopwatch and blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Park Joo-young stood in front of the football, while Lee Kyung-won was a little farther away from the football, about 1.5 meters away.
Park Joo-young stretched out his right foot and tapped it lightly on the football. The ball just moved less than ten centimeters.
Li Jingyuan took advantage of the fact that everyone did not react, and took a step and put on a shooting pose.
"Bang~~~~!!" After a muffled sound, the football flew straight up, pulled a dazzling white line in mid-air, and flew directly to the Argentine goal from the middle circle service point. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )