After coming off the bench to provide two assists to help Argentina win over Cameroon, Santhiago was gradually put to use, whether it was a 3-0 win over Scotland in the subsequent friendly match, or a volley from outside the box in this game, helping the team to win 1-0 against Poland, Santhiago finally established itself in the heart of coach Batista.

"Santi, have another drink! Come on, this thing is good, you haven't drunk it in a long time! “

After the friendly match against Poland, at the suggestion of Banega, everyone went to a famous bar in London to relax, and Aguero, Mascherano and others who came to report after the season were all happy to go, only Messi and a few others refused the invitation. In this regard, San Tiago unconsciously breathed a sigh from the bottom of his heart, to be honest, in addition to being on the field, greeting Messi on weekdays made him feel uncomfortable.

Thinking about it left and right, in the end, Santiago still found the crux of the problem by himself, the gap, yes, the gap!

Previously, he and Messi won the European golden boy for two consecutive years, and they entered the two giants of Barcelona and AC Milan respectively, which made him the South American double pride after Kaka. But now, although the winner of life Kaka has reached the level of people's expectations, and the thriving Messi is bound to become one of Barcelona's core players after Ronaldinho, Deco and others leave, but he is far behind.

This situation has also been compared many times by the media of those good things, although Messi himself did not mean that and was very friendly with Santhiago in training, but it still made Santhiago not embarrassed. He can fully imagine that if Messi agrees, and this small-scale bar party happens to be secretly photographed by reporters and paparazzi, even if coach Batista can't say anything, he will become an instigator in the eyes of the media and a fox friend around Messi.

There is no way, although I listen to some Santiago's small belly and chicken intestines, looking forward and backward, but the current domestic public opinion in Argentina is like this, Messi is the treasure in the palm of his hand, and he is a figure who may become a cancer at any time, and the view of being even more fatal and depressed will not change in the short term, and this is caused by himself!

A glass of bitter wine, looking at Banega smiling and groaning, San Tiago couldn't help but kick at him, but this guy was a little more sensitive, and he dodged when he tilted his body, and when he saw this scene, all his teammates around him laughed loudly.

After a series of friendly victories, the training camp of the national Olympic team has also come to an end, and in a few days the national Olympic team will be the first force of the Argentine delegation to Beijing, and tonight's drink may be the last relaxing time for young people before the Olympic Games. Argentina, the defending champions of the men's football division, will face Ivory Coast, Australia and Serbia in Shanghai.

On the whole, the Olympic team has taken on a lot of pressure, and it is good that the stars are star-studded, but too many expectations also follow.

First of all, domestic fans are clamoring to defeat their old rival Brazil, who is bent on winning the championship, and secondly, the reason why the Football Association was able to let coach Batista let go of the call-up is to win this Olympic medal in men's football, plus the brilliant record of winning all 6 games in the last Athens Olympics, so the pressure on the players is not small.

Relaxing leisure time always passed quickly, and after a pleasant night, three days later the players of the national Olympic team embarked on a flight to Shanghai, China. Because of the special nature of the football game, this time the national Olympic team will not follow the Argentine delegation to Beijing to participate in the opening ceremony, which also makes San Tiago, who learned of this situation, very regretful, for such a special event, he can only watch it on TV.

After a long flight, the plane landed at Shanghai International Airport at 7 p.m., and although it was already raining lightly, the cheers of the Argentine players as they stepped off the plane were enough to move everyone. Braving the raindrops, hundreds of Argentine fans in China waited in front of the bus outside the airport, calling out the names of their favorite players.

Among them, the most vocal are naturally Riquelme and Messi, but Riquelme, who is in a hurry, simply waved his arms and quickly boarded the bus of the Argentine team, as a veteran player he knows that now is not the time to say hello, and the body's health system is actually very fragile before it has been able to adapt to the new environment. In contrast, Messi, who was a step slower, was quickly surrounded by a crowd of onlookers, hoping to take a photo with him, and the extremely popular star naturally did not refuse to come, and met everyone's requests with a smile.

The most unexpected thing was Santhiago, who was already notorious in European football in the astonished eyes of his teammates, but was second only to the first two, which made Santhiago very useful. Braving the light rain while taking a group photo and giving the fans their autographs, in fact, Santhiago knows that the reason why he can have such a high popularity in China is very simple.

One is because the Argentine old-timers, Redondo, Batistuta and others have left a deep impression on Chinese fans, which makes fans feel no stranger to San Tiago, who is also an Argentine player, and second, his relationship with AC Milan. The Rossoneri's influence in China is extremely deep, otherwise Santhiago would not have identified AC Milan as the most difficult of the many options when they came out of Boca Juniors.

After reluctantly saying goodbye to the fans, after stepping on the bus, San Tiago and the others finally headed towards the hotel where they had already been confirmed.

Hollywood A-listers, pop kings or royalty may make arrogant requests for a hotel to stay, but in world football, teams have a variety of requirements for a hotel to stay. Without exception, the strange requirements listed by some of the teams participating in Beijing will impress the general manager of the hotel who has worked all his life with gray hair.

The Dutch Olympic team urged the hotel to avoid noise in the air conditioning of the room, which is to ensure that the players have a "peaceful and quiet environment" when they arrive; Côte d'Ivoia requires the hotel to deliver locally produced bananas every day, and the bananas in the fruit basket are readily available; The Italian Olympic team requires a new bed in every player's room, a flat-screen TV for every TV, and it is said that they like to play FIFA on the screen; The Honduran team decided to stay in the hotel most of the time, and they asked for two more Spanish channels and two national channels, as well as wireless high-speed internet......

The most terrifying thing is to insist that all rooms be the same, including the color of the paint. "They asked us to buy two types of liquid soap, one specifically for showers and the other for hand washing." The general manager of a well-known hotel revealed that the Japanese team made one of the craziest requests, installing a jacuzzi in every room.

In contrast, Batista's Argentine Olympic team has been one of the least demanding teams in the Olympic finals, "they asked us to set aside only one of the three restaurants for their exclusive use, to provide the players with a dedicated room with three televisions and the latest game footage, and they also asked for a dedicated gym and swimming pool, but only a few hours a day." ”