Today, the development of international football is becoming more and more utilitarian, and only South American football still maintains the basic pursuit of beauty.

This has to do with the enthusiastic and unrestrained national identity of South America.

Therefore, the Copa America is, to some extent, more enjoyable than the World Cup and the European Cup.

No one knows what the talented South American players who often do amazing things will do on the pitch!

Moreover, the result of the Copa America is also the most unpredictable!

Because the difference in the strength of the participating teams is not particularly large, it seems that any outcome of the game is possible!

In the first two Copa Americas, the Argentine team led by Messi, who was strong and in its prime, fell in front of the Chilean team twice in the final, which is a clear proof of this.

Of course, the Chilean team is not weak, and the Sanchez, Vidal, and Hernandez in their team are all top players in international football today, and their strength is outstanding.

However, compared with Messi, the international influence of these Chilean players is far worse.

This also proves that fame on the football field is not a necessary condition for success!

In international football, the reputation of the Dragon Country team can't be compared with the Brazilian team and the Argentine team, but in the past two years, it is no worse than the Venezuelan team and the Bolivian team!

In the past two years, the Dragons have also had a clear upper hand compared with Venezuela and Bolivia.

This makes the Dragon Team, which is standing on the Copa America for the first time, have a certain confidence when facing the Venezuelan team.

However, the process of the Copa America group stage match with Venezuela was not as smooth as the Dragons expected before the game.

In this game, Lippi sent a very young starting lineup, with an average age of only 25 years old, and players over 30 years old, only Zhang Linpeng was sent alone, and the front line sent Shen Feng and Hu Jingheng, who are also 97 years old, to partner together.

This lineup, because it is young, is extremely aggressive, but relatively speaking, the game experience is lacking, and the control of the game is not as strong as imagined.

In particular, several young players who made their official appearances for the first time for the Dragon Country team were too nervous, resulting in not being able to play their full strength, and their performance in the game was not satisfactory, which was a bit disappointing.

Shen Feng's performance was still steady, and the Dragon Country team finally drew 1:1 with the Venezuelan team with a goal he scored in the 72nd minute of the game.

The first group stage was a draw, and the result is acceptable to the Dragons.

But throughout the game, the Dragon Country team actually occupied some advantages on the field, and created more shooting opportunities than the opponent, but there were some problems in the handling of the goal, resulting in few goals.

After the game, the media of the Dragon Kingdom euphemistically criticized Lippi's lineup in this game, thinking that he was too eager to change the Dragon Country team, and he was a bit of a seedling.

Although Hu Jingheng performed well in the new season of the Dragon Super League, he is still young after all, and he is more than inferior to Wu Lei, who has experienced a year of training in Europe and has become more mature and powerful, both in terms of personal ability and competition experience.

Judging from his performance in this game, he obviously can't keep up with Shen Feng's rhythm at the moment, and he can't form a good interaction with Shen Feng.

If Shen Feng's partner in this game is replaced by Wu Lei, there will definitely be more than one goal for the Dragon Country team!

At the post-match press conference, some reporters threw this question directly to Lippi, and Lippi's answer to this was, "The purpose of the Dragon Team to participate in this Copa America is only one - to train the team and test the ability of new players!" ”

"In this game, although the result of the game is a bit regrettable, the process of the game has met the requirements of the team, and the performance of several new players in this game has shortcomings, but there are also outstanding points."

'For young players, how can you help them grow? Only give them trust and give them more opportunities to play! You can't expect young players to sit on the bench and complete their transformation and growth! ”

Lippi's rhetoric has been recognized to a certain extent.

He's right, young players really need to play more games if they want to grow and transform!

The reason why Hu Jingheng was able to achieve the achievements and performance second only to Shen Feng among players of the same age at this age is most directly related to the large amount of playing time obtained in the Jianye team!

If he had stayed in the SIPG team, it is unknown whether he would have been able to achieve today's achievements.

Shen Feng is the same, if it weren't for the chance that Lippi took the risk and gave him the opportunity to play, he would not have achieved what he is today!

However, having said that, in the second game of the group stage, against the Bolivian team, Lippi still adjusted the starting list of the Dragon Country team and sent the strongest lineup!

In Group A of this Copa America, the strength of the host Brazil team is naturally outstanding, in the other game before the game between the Dragons and Bolivia, the Brazilian team defeated the Venezuelan team 3:1, won two consecutive wins in the group stage, and has advanced to the quarterfinals one round in advance.

The difference in strength between the Dragons, Venezuela, and Bolivia is not very obvious, who can win the second place in the group, and who can fight for the third place in the group with better results, there is no conclusion, and it will only be known after the end of the game.

Because of the draw with Venezuela in the first group stage, if the Dragons want to go further in this Copa America, this match with Bolivia is crucial!

If they can win, even if they can't finish second in the group and advance directly to the quarterfinals, they are very likely to finish third in the group with better results.

If they can't win, if they want to advance to the quarterfinals, they will have to fight Brazil in the last group game!

Although the Dragon Football Association did not set any performance goals for the Dragon Team to participate in this Copa America, the Dragon Team itself did not want to come to a round of tours.

Not to mention anything else, the Dragon Team is now the new champion of the Asian Cup, which represents the face of Asian football to a certain extent, and if it is eliminated in the group stage in the Copa America, it will definitely be a big loss.

The Japanese and South Korean media, which are already envious and jealous of the rise of Dragon Country football, will definitely not show mercy when the time comes, and will definitely ridicule the Dragon Country team wantonly.

Especially the Japanese team, which was replaced by the Dragon Country team, has even more to say!

Originally, the Japanese team's escape from the battle was criticized, and if they could have the Dragon Country team to cover for them, their life would be much better.