Argentina are sought after because of the strong squad, and they have another strong point --

They are the defending champions of Olympic football.

Four years ago, at the Athens Olympics, Argentina defeated one opponent after another to win the gold medal.

Head coach Battista has been coaching Argentina's U-20 youth team for a long time, and was promoted to coach of the national Olympic team in January this year, and he used the World Youth Championship champion squad as the team, and called in a group of stars such as Messi and Riquelme to form this powerful Argentine team.

No doubt.

Argentina has only one goal - to win the gold medal!

The Argentine Olympic team is indeed very strong, most of their players play in the top leagues of Europe and Argentina, and their ability is far higher than other teams, and Brazil, which is considered to be the second strongest, cannot be compared with Argentina.

The most talked-about star of the Argentine team is Lionel Messi.

It is not easy for Messi to join the Argentine team, he is already very famous in the world, but he has never played for the Argentine national team at all levels, mainly because Barcelona has not let go for a long time.

The Olympics are held in August, and participating in the Olympics will definitely affect the league preparations, and even miss one or two rounds of the league, and Barcelona certainly don't want to let them go.

Because of the question of whether Messi will join, there is a huge dispute between the Argentine Football Federation and FC Barcelona, and before the start of the Olympics, there are reports everywhere about whether Messi will participate in the Olympics.

It wasn't until July 30, just before the Olympics were about to begin, that FIFA finally ruled that Argentina's Lionel Messi should join the national Olympic team in the Olympics.

At that time, the Barcelona club was still preparing to appeal, and Messi said that he would not wait for the outcome of the appeal, but packed his bags and went to China to join the Argentine Olympic team.

It can be seen from this that Messi and Barcelona are in dispute over participating in the Olympic Games.

After the verdict came out, Messi, who had been silent, showed a side of character, saying, "If the FIFA ruling asks me to stay, I will stay; If I was asked to compete in the Olympics, I would immediately pack up my things and leave for the Olympic team round in China and Argentina. I'm not going to wait for the appeal verdict, it's too late. ”

Barcelona certainly didn't want to clash with Messi, and they finally accepted the result, otherwise it would be a bit more than worth the loss for the talented talent in the team to be dissatisfied with the club and not be able to let the other team return normally.

Messi's addition has greatly strengthened Argentina.

If placed on a World Cup-level field, Messi will also receive huge attention, but considering his age, experience and other issues, he is only one of the top stars.

But it's a different story at the Olympics.

The Olympic team participating in the Olympic Games is the national Olympic team, except for special overage players, the other players are under the age of 23, Messi's strength is quite strong, he is far higher than other players of the same age.

The same is true for past competitions.

In the match between Argentina and the Netherlands, it was precisely by relying on Messi's shot and pass that Argentina successfully defeated the Netherlands and advanced to the semifinals of Olympic football.

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After beating the Netherlands, Argentina quickly returned to the capital to prepare for the semi-finals.

They kept a low profile the whole time.

When asked about the semi-final against China, the coaches, the players, and the external press officers just said that they were looking forward to playing the host Chinese team.

Or just a few words of nonsense, such as--

"China is one of the largest countries in the world with a population of 1.3 billion, and it is our honor to play against the Chinese team......

"We are looking forward to playing against the Chinese team."

"Zhen Shaolong, the 13th of the Chinese team, is the top scorer in the world, and we need to be very cautious in the game."

'The semi-final was not easy for us and we had to be very serious......

Although Argentina as a whole appears to be low-key and what is said in interviews is very pleasant, the media know that Argentina is saying 'official words', and they do not want to reveal anything at all.

Maybe......

"Argentina probably thinks it's rude to talk about defeating China in China?"

Some media speculated.

Argentina's low-key attitude is a good impression for Chinese fans, after all, no one wants to hear that a strong opponent says 'easily defeat the Chinese team', which is really hurtful.

Argentina also had players in the squad and really talked about the game.

Messi is one.

Messi, one of the most talked-about stars, said of Zhen Shaolong in an interview, "He is the best goalscorer, I can't imagine that someone can score so many goals." ”

"He's going to give us a lot of trouble."

"I'm looking forward to playing him."

“……”

Argentina is very low-key to the outside world, and there are constant discussions about the final internally, and most of the players don't care very much.

Aguero, who is Maradona's son-in-law, joked during training, "Our luck is really good, the Chinese team." If I hadn't come here for the Olympics, I wouldn't have imagined playing against the Chinese team, you know what I mean. ”

Aguero was talking about the poor results of the Chinese team, which has only entered the Olympics once, the World Cup once, and participated in the World Series twice, and has not scored a single goal.

That sounds a bit miserable.

If it weren't for the Olympics in the capital, it would be really difficult for Argentina to meet the Chinese team.

Others followed suit.

"Zhen Shaolong is a player of the Chinese team, in fact, I only know Zhen Shaolong."

'He's really good, the number of goals is staggering, but he can't beat us alone.

"Yes, there is only Zhen Shaolong in the Chinese team."

"It's easy."

"I'm already looking forward to the final, and if nothing else, it should be Brazil."

"I'm looking forward to fighting Brazil too!"

“……”

Argentina does not take the Chinese team seriously, and they feel that there is only one Zhen Shaolong in the Chinese team.

Ahem......

In a way, they are right.

The outside media analyzed it like this, "It is very difficult for the Chinese team to beat Argentina, Zhen Shaolong's goal efficiency is indeed very high, but he is facing the entire Argentine team." ”

"Messi's performance is still a little immature compared to Zhen Shaolong, but he has a group of high-level teammates......"

"The game looks like Zhen Shaolong is facing all the stars of Argentina alone......"

The report embarrassed the rest of the team, but they had to admit that to some extent, the report was true.

Like, the last game.

Zhen Shaolong swept all the attacks of the National Olympic team, and the three goals were scored by himself, and all they did was keep defending.

Of course.

Defense is also important.

But football was originally a sport of eleven people, and Zhen Shaolong won all the goals, and it can be said that he led the National Olympic team alone, and their role was relatively weakened.

Now facing the match with Argentina, they must also count on Zhen Shaolong, otherwise they will not even have a chance.

What has improved morale is that even Argentina admits that Zhen Shaolong is the best star, and media reports also believe that Zhen Shaolong is better than Messi.

In other words, the Chinese team has the best stars.

This is a great relief to the Olympic team.

But there are still different voices from the outside world, the voice comes from the Argentine football king Maradona, Maradona, who has a big belly, also came to the Chinese team, he is cheering for the Argentine Olympic team, and by the way, he also cheers for his son-in-law Aguero.

In an interview with the media, Maradona said that the best star is Messi, and his son-in-law Aguero is also better than Zhen Shaolong, "To evaluate the strength level of a player, not only look at the goal statistics, but also look at the performance at other times." ”

"Zhen Shaolong scored a lot of goals, a surprising number, but other times he barely performed."

"Argentina is about to play against the Chinese team, I am optimistic about Argentina, I am optimistic about Messi, I believe that Argentina can beat China and advance to the final."

"Only when Argentina and Brazil meet will it be the perfect final!"

Meantime.

The Chinese team is stepping up preparations.

With only three days between the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, and only two short days of time left for preparation, the Chinese team had little time to relax and celebrate their entry into the semi-finals.

In fact, there is nothing to prepare for.

The coaching staff did not explain Argentina, analyze the strength and technical style of the Argentine players, but just let the team constantly practice the defensive formation and tell them to be prepared for high-intensity attacks.

That's all.

There is no good way for the coaching staff, because Argentina's strength is much stronger than the national Olympic team, and the two sides are teams of two dimensions, and they do not survive in the same world at all.

Analyze the strength of your opponents?

Pointless!

Players in every position in Argentina can be said to be famous stars, and even in the bench lineup, there are characters like Di Maria.

If every player in Argentina is analyzed, it seems that the national Olympic team does not have to play, and the whole team will lose their fighting spirit.

The coaching staff's requirements for the game are 'defensive', and more emphasis is placed on the players who want to learn from the experience of playing against the world's top teams in the game.

The Chinese Olympic team can't be said to have lost confidence, but they really don't care about the result, and to be able to reach the semi-finals of the Olympic Games, losing to a team like Argentina, they have done very well, even perfectly.

The Chinese players think a little differently, and they will also look forward to victory in the discussion.

"The opponent is Argentina!"

"There are Messi and Riquelme on the other side, I can't imagine that one day, I will play against such a team!"

"I'm starting to get nervous now!"

"Nervous fart! Isn't it just a football star? Brother Zhen is the biggest star! We might win! ”

"Yes, with Brother Zhen, it will definitely work!"

The Olympic team players were really excited, and some of the players were very nervous.

Zhen Shaolong is the same.

His nervousness was not due to the encounter with Argentina, but to the semi-finals, and he hoped that his team could beat Argentina and make it to the Olympic final.

It's hard.

It is precisely because it is very difficult that Zhen Shaolong is nervous.

The day before the game, the two sides announced their starting line-up, with Argentina in a star-studded starting line-up, with Sergio Romero replacing Ustari, who suffered a serious injury in the match against the Netherlands, as the main goalkeeper, and the rest of the starting line-up was defenders Zabaleta, Garay, Pareja and Monzon, midfielders Mascherano, Gago, Di Maria and Riquelme, and forwards Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero.

Such a gorgeous starting lineup, even if there was a previous speculation, makes people feel very shocking.

Zhen Shaolong was also shocked.

Not because of Argentina's lineup, but because of the system task that was received.

It's a system task again!

Zhen Shaolong felt a little ashamed, whenever he encountered a difficult match, the system task seemed to be easy to jump out, and he felt ashamed to use external strength to defeat the opponent.

But......

It's still very comfortable!

He immediately turned the nervousness in his heart into anticipation, "Promotion: A new system task has been triggered."

Argentina's star-studded team obscured the host's stardom, and the host needed to prove to everyone who was the best star in the match against Argentina.

Objective: Lead the team to defeat Argentina.

(During the mission, the host gains the special skill "Lethal Defense.")

"Lethal Defense": When you are defending, the opposing player has the intention to break through you, you can use skills to trigger the "Fatal Defense" effect, which allows you to complete the steal accurately.

After a successful steal, you'll get a special effect that lasts for five minutes --

1. The "Calibration" skill is doubled.

2. The shooting power is increased by 50%.

Lethal Defense can only be used ten times. ）

Reward: Improved appearance evaluation a little. ”