Chapter 24 Contradictions
Originally, according to the original schedule of Cairo on March 26 against the Egyptian Olympic team, the Argentine Olympic team was supposed to play an exhibition match with Mexico, but the Argentine Football Association recently negotiated with the Mexican football team and failed to reach an agreement in the process of a friendly match between Dubai and Mexico, and finally the Mexican Football Association rejected the proposal of the Argentine team to play, so the Argentine Football Association turned to contact Cameroon and Scotland and other football associations, and determined the future warm-up matches of the Argentine Olympic team.
Scotland in Glasgow, Egypt in Cairo, Poland in London and now Cameroon at the Maradona Stadium.
Although the total number of fans on both sides did not exceed 4,000, and the Cameroon team did not play its main role, the boys of the Argentine Olympic team showed their strength and did their best to fight their opponents.
However, the trend of this game was a surprise to the reporters and fans present, the Argentine Olympic team, which is more familiar with the stadium and turf, immediately fell into the disadvantage after launching a fierce attack at the beginning, and the Cameroonians seized the opportunity to play high-quality counterattacks many times, and even almost broke through the door of the Argentine team twice, compared to the two attacks of the Argentine team.
Unless Riquelme is willing to use his individual ability to break through and hit the goal, it will be difficult for Argentina to cooperate effectively, but obviously the purpose of organizing warm-up matches is not to blindly win, how to run in and find their own shortcomings is the most important. As a result, Riquelme would always pass the ball to the receiver after a small show, and after a few times, the Cameroonians also learned about this and became more strict with Riquelme's defense.
In the 23rd minute, Riquelme flicked past a Cameroonian defender and found River Plate's Bonanote with a precise through-ball, the very fast player who picked up the ball and started quickly and drove all the way to the Cameroonian penalty area, only to stop when he was tackled by a defender on the edge of the box, which would be a free-kick.
"Hey, you should pass the ball to Diego! I'm in a very good position just now, and if you can take the time to look at me, then you won't want to refute it! ”
A good chance to open the scoring was converted into a free-kick, which was not acceptable to everyone despite being in a good position, and Ravic stepped forward to question the River Plate player as soon as his team-mate pulled Bonanott up.
In this game, the coach of the national Olympic team, Batista, sent a double striker composed of Ravic and Bonanot, and the two players who are also good at speed showed Batista's strategic intentions, but unfortunately the two players have little tacit understanding.
In the round of attack just now, due to the attack told by Bonanot, the Cameroonian defenders were difficult to deal with, and they could only mobilize heavy troops to pack, and in this case, Lavic, who was also extremely fast, easily threw off half of the defenders and ran out of the gap. For Ravitch, as long as Bonanotte passed it to him just now, then he would definitely be able to score, but no matter how openly he shouted, Bonanott did not have any intention of changing his personal ability, which made Ravitch very annoyed.
After being brought to Serie A by Napoli for €6 million last summer, Ravic was out of the limelight, and it was not easy for Ravic to follow the call of the Olympic team when the club was reluctant to let him go.
And the reason why he is willing to do so much is very simple, that is, Ravitch wants to perform in this Beijing Olympics in order to get his chance to enter the national team.
But now the situation in the first game of the warm-up match is not smooth, and Bonanotte has missed the opportunity because of going it alone, which makes him a little anxious, and now Serie A is not completely over! After this game, he had to rush back to Napoli overnight! Ravitch doesn't want to leave with an undeserved defeat!
But where is Bonanott a master to provoke?
Bonanotte, known as Argentina's new generation of "Diego" and "Messi II", entered the River Plate 9 team at the age of 12, although he suffered a lot in terms of physical strength, but with talent and hard work, he rose all the way to the River Plate 1 team. He is characterized by his speed and skill, his ability to dribble at high speed, as well as his awareness and vision, as well as his dangerous long-range shots.
Bonanotte's first start came on 7 October 2007 against arch-rivals Boca Juniors. He lived up to the trust of coach Passarella in the starter, and his performance was extremely eye-catching, and he disturbed Boca's defense by himself, and the opposing defender had to use fouls to stop his advance, and Banega's red card was given to him. Although he did not score a goal or assist, he deserved to be the hero of River Plate's 2-0 victory in the super derby.
At the same time, he has scored 9 goals in the 08 autumn league at this time, is the top scorer in the River Plate team, and ranks third in the overall scorer list, so Bonanotte, like the rest of his teammates, is also one of the best talents in Argentina, even the best. To be a 19-year-old in River Plate's main team is enough to make him proud, but how can Bonanot be willing to accept Ravitch's accusations after the club's success and star-studded success?
In Bonanot's view, although a club like Napoli is a place where Maradona once stayed, it can't get rid of the title of a small club, and Ravitch, who struggles there, is not in his eyes!
After a cold snort of disdain, Bonanott turned and walked forward without any counterattack, leaving Ravitch behind him.
Seeing this scene, Ravitch was of course furious, and he wanted to step forward to continue the question, but after glancing at the position of coach Batista, he still gave up this plan and walked towards the Cameroon penalty area angrily. Although a conflict did not break out, it was obviously impossible for the two to continue to cooperate in the subsequent matches.
"It's not a good stubble~~~"
Sitting on the bench, Saint-Tiago saw everything in his eyes and smacked his lips and sighed.
I have to say that although the talented Argentine national teams at all levels are coveted by outside coaches, it is not easy to manage and coordinate this group of proud people from all over the world.
There is no way, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are gangs. Although rivers and lakes are the Chinese's term, this inexplicable "rivers and lakes" actually exist in every corner of the world. In the Argentine football team, there is also such a "river and lake", and in the rivers and lakes of the Argentine national team, there are also many gang stories.
It can be said that gangs are a cultural tradition of Argentine football, and when the gang problem is solved, it can be a booster for the team. But when gang issues burn eyebrows, it only ruins Argentine football and leaves the highly anticipated talents to the table.
Almost every Argentine manager has the question: River Plate, or Boca? As we all know, River Plate and Boca are the two giants of Argentina, and both teams have contributed a lot of stars and coaches to Argentine football. In particular, the head coaches produced by both teams will be biased when coaching the Argentine national team, which is actually normal, after all, this move is human nature.
However, this is not over, in addition to the two giants, in the Argentine national team, it is divided into various youth teams, which have great differences and form various mountains.
96 Atlanta Olympics, Crespo, López, Zanetti, Almeida, Verón a group of people; The 97 World Junior Championships are a group of Aimar, Riquelme, Scaloni, Samuel, Cambiaso; 05 World Youth Championship Messi, Zabaleta, Garay, Cardoso, Aguero a group of people; 07 World Junior Championships Banega, Santo Tiago, Romero, Di Maria.
It can be said that in a team of more than 20 people, everyone has their own small circle, from the two major factions to the teammates of the youth team, the relationship is complicated, plus everyone is a genius, and no one is convinced by anyone, so at this moment there will be a lot of contradictions on the field between Ravitch and Bonanott.
Who told you that Ravic came out of the Boca Academy? Everyone is in their early twenties, and they are not the old fritters of the senior national team, let alone them!
Fortunately, Santiago is not only a product of Boca's academy, but also barely a member of the 07 World Youth Class, so its popularity is not bad. Throwing the water bottle aside and watching Riquelme's free-kick go to naught, Santhiago sighed unconsciously, knowing that he had missed this opportunity, and the Argentine Olympic team did not know how long it would take to get a better chance.
A national Olympic team that is full of contradictions and has not yet been fully established is indeed powerful, but if you want to change in a stalemate situation, then the cooperation of spirit and tacit understanding is indispensable, and now it seems that these two things are bad.
Turning their gaze to coach Batista, who was constantly yelling loudly, Santhiago knew that his chance to play was not far off.
The contrast in the situation is not only puzzling for reporters and fans, but also for the players on the field.
In the 35th minute of the first half, what had been a close draw was broken by the Cameroonian, who was beaten by Eredivisie Mboa and headed in the box by Bekamanga. The Cameroonians celebrated happily after the goal, and the Cameroonian fans who emigrated to Buenos Aires did not hesitate to applaud and cheer.
The excitement of celebration was particularly harsh in the empty stadium.