Arena de Mineiro.

Argentina were close to half-time in attack, but the lack of points exposed their shortcomings in attacking creativity.

Argentine football itself has been shaped and torn apart by two schools of thought over the past few decades: Menottiism, in which talented players tend to shine, and Bilardoism, which values discipline and pragmatism, and does anything to win.

Both schools of thought have brought glory to Argentina, so Argentina has always rotated between the two schools, such as Argentina in 2006, who played very aggressive and exciting, and once played the best team goal in Germany, but after the defeat in 2010, Argentina is now also falling towards Biraldoism due to poor defense.

Just like Argentina once revolved around Maradona's tactical design, the other players served Maradona.

But when applied to today's Argentina team, the situation is a bit complicated.

They have too many excellent forwards, and the midfield talent is obviously broken, even if they want to fully activate Messi, but the lack of matching role players has also led to the team's tactical system is quite deformed.

If it weren't for the fact that the Chinese team is indeed weak and is a soft persimmon kneaded wantonly in the eyes of the Argentines, then Argentina would not dare to rashly pile up strikers in the front court.

Under Argentina's continuous attack, the Chinese team's counterattack was also staged non-stop.

The task of the Chinese team is very simple, defense, and after the defense is successful, pass the ball to Tang Hong or Wu Lei.

Wu Lei's assault threat was still enough to attract the attention of the Argentine defense, which would allow Tang Hong to have better space to respond.

Argentina is also very simple, never dragging mud when defending, and simply committing fouls when they can't prevent it.

Tang Hong and Messi are the players who are most frequently fouled by the opposing team's defense on the field.

When the game came to the 39th minute, Tang Hong received Luo Hongkai's long pass on the left side of the front field, and when Fernandes rushed towards him, Tang Hong suddenly dialed the ball and changed to the front of the cross-cutting penalty area.

Fernandez didn't even have time to foul, Tang Hong slipped past him and killed!

Compared with Messi, who is difficult to get a breakthrough space in the face of the dense defense of the Chinese team, Tang Hong has a broad space to show his personal speed and technical strength in the counterattack, but this is completely a one-man operation!

When Tang Hong dribbled into the middle, Mascherano stretched out his leg from the side back to force and kicked Tang Hong to the ground.

Tang Hong fell to the ground and smashed his fist on the turf with some chagrin.

If he can dodge Mascherano's foul faster, then he can go into the box and face Garay, who has been in the Portuguese Super League, he will definitely be confident of forming a dangerous shot!

Unfortunately, Mascherano didn't let him get his wish.

After standing up and calming down and adjusting his mentality, Tang Hong took a direct free kick, the Chinese team only had three players in the front, Wu Lei was ready to respond in the penalty area, and Luo Hongkai was in the middle of the penalty area as a receiving point.

The free-kick was in a perfect position, and Argentina looked nervous after setting up the wall.

Those Argentine players who have played against Tang Hong on the field know that Tang Hong's footwork is comparable to Messi!

Is this a free kick?

No, in a sense, it is a penalty for Tang Hong and Messi to be very close, as long as the angle and position distance are right!

After the referee blew the whistle, under the watchful eye of everyone, Tang Hong ran and shot the ball with his right foot, his shot was clean and neat, and the football flew forward? Falling rapidly after jumping over the top of the human wall? Different from the previous inner arc, this time Tang Hong's shot is pursuing a parabola that just crosses the head of the human wall!

And the soccer ball fell straight to the top left corner of the goal after it crossed the human wall!

Goalkeeper Romero didn't save at all? The angle that should have been blocked by the human wall was penetrated? There is nothing the goalkeeper can do!

The Arena of Mineiro erupted in earth-shattering cheers!

Chinese fans are excited!

Tang Hong also roared passionately and rushed to the sidelines, frantically tugging at the hem of his jersey and vibrating up and down repeatedly!

The Argentine generals look serious? Unbelievable?

No, since it was Tang Hong who scored the goal? What's the surprise?

It's just that the game situation has become a little tougher for them!

"Tang Hong scored a direct free kick! The Chinese team is ahead of Argentina!

Flawless deciduous balls!

We were worried about the Chinese defence throughout the first half? I'm afraid that Argentina's next attack, the next shot on goal will turn into a goal.

But we definitely didn't expect the Chinese team to take the lead in this extremely passive situation!

It's the power of a superstar!

Tang Hong made Mascherano foul in the counterattack, and then took the penalty himself to shoot a perfect leaf ball to score!

Before the game, some media questioned whether Van der Shearer's Chinese team was overly reliant on Tang Hong.

I think this question may be reasonable in front of the world's strong teams, but there is no need to think about it in the Chinese team at all.

If we don't rely on Tang Hong? What do we rely on?

Tang Hong arranged the two goals of the Chinese team in the World Cup? If today's goal can bring three points to the Chinese team, then the Chinese team will have a great hope of advancing to the round of 16 of the World Cup!

Now we can proudly inform the fans across the country about the game, and the Chinese team leads the Argentine team 1:0! ”

All the generals of the Chinese team were also ecstatic and rushed to Tang Hong's side to celebrate wildly!

Tang Hong once again made the entire Chinese football world boil!

After Argentina's kick-off, the Chinese team continued to retreat to defend with all its members.

Before the end of the first half, Aguero's header from inside the box was too high and was confiscated by Zeng Cheng.

At the end of the half, the two teams returned to the dressing room for a short rest.

Van der Heer boosted the morale of the whole team at half-time, and at this time began to play chicken? Let the team not let up in the slightest in the second half!

In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again.

Argentina quickened the pace of the game, and the Chinese team was able to get more counter-attacking opportunities than in the first half.

However, the players in the Argentine midfield used decisive fouls again and again to stifle the counterattack of the Chinese team.

Due to the long propulsion distance? It is difficult for Tang Hong and Wu Lei to avoid contact with their opponents before entering the range, so although the counterattack is threatening? But there is a lack of opportunity to kick the door.

Gago, Mascherano? Zabaleta? Fernández was dyed yellow one after another.

Argentina's offense also made the Chinese team's defensive players constantly eat cards.

Wu Xi and Sun Xiang moved too much because of defensive restrictions? There are also out-of-the-ordinary pulls, so they have successively eaten cards.

Zhao Xujun also received a yellow card while defending Sergio Aguero.

Zhao Hanchun knocked Di Maria out of the sideline in the 71st minute of the game and annoyed the Argentine players.

The referee also showed Zhao Hanchun a yellow card.

Argentina couldn't attack for a long time, and Van der Hiller made a decisive substitution.

Zheng Zhi came on the scene to replace Wu Lei.

The Chinese team further strengthened its defense.

Zheng Zhi came on the court less than 3 minutes ago and received a yellow card for shoveling Messi.

In the 76th minute of the game, Tang Hong came to the right side of the front court to receive the ball and pass Rojo, and the latter grabbed the jersey directly from behind and was shown a yellow card warning by the referee.

The second half was undoubtedly an ugly one.

Both teams were fouling incessantly and the continuity of the game was very poor.

When Dalin was booked for a foul on Gonzalo Higuain on the line of the box, Van der Hiller had to substitute him with Feng Xiaoting to avoid a last-minute attrition.

Dalin was also suspended for the next round due to accumulating yellow cards.

In the final 85 minutes of the game, it was already difficult for the Chinese team to organize a counterattack, because the formation was extremely delayed, and Tang Hong was defensive and harassing behind the center circle.

Argentina only left Garay and Mascherano to mark him, and the other players assisted in the front field for a wild attack!

Even with little time left, the Chinese live commentators did not dare to say, "There is not much time left for Argentina!" ”

It never takes much time to score a goal!

Argentina's offensive momentum looks like it could score at any moment!

The cheers of the fans of the two teams on the scene never fell, and the Argentine generals on the field tirelessly sought to score opportunities, while the Chinese team generals reminded each other all the time to keep the lineup compact and do a good job in joint defense.

When the game entered injury time, Di Maria crossed from the left, and the football was cleared by Feng Xiaoting with a nod from behind the penalty area.

The ball flew to the right in front of the penalty area.

Messi stopped the ball on his chest in the retreat and opened the distance between him and the defenders, because the defenders of the Chinese team were subconsciously retreating into the penalty area.

The ball cut across the middle of the road, Messi's possession and dribbling made the Chinese team panic very much, and they stepped forward to chase and intercept, but this did not intercept Messi!

When Messi took a shot with his foot in the middle of the penalty area, the ball he shot with his left foot crossed an inner arc and fell into the top left corner of the goal!

Zeng Cheng has tried his best to make a save, but he has not been able to touch the football!

The Argentine fans in the stands at the Arena Mineiro raised their arms and cheered!

The Chinese team will feel like their scalps are numb, and they feel like the world is spinning!

After all, I still couldn't hold it!

"Messi's shot goes straight into the corner! Argentina equalized!

The Chinese team conceded a goal in stoppage time!

That's the power of superstardom!

Messi stepped up when Argentina needed heroes the most!

This is Messi's second goal in this World Cup, and as the captain of the Argentine team, Messi saved Argentina today!

It also made the Chinese team's promotion situation take a sharp turn.

If China win this game, we only need to draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last game to qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup.

Now we need to try to win the last group game! ”

Argentina are also looking forward to a final attack.

Tang Hong stood in the middle circle and prepared to kick off, but there were no teammates around him, and this scene was a little weird.

The Chinese team has not yet recovered from the blow of losing the ball, no one took the initiative to walk into the middle circle, Tang Hong had to turn around and wave to Luo Hongkai, so there were teammates who kicked off.

When the Chinese team kicked off, Tang Hong dribbled forward to the frontcourt, and was put to the ground by the opponent while deducting Higuain, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game!

The first two rounds of the World Cup group stage of the Chinese team were drawn twice!