In the training of the detachment before the start of the Olympic journey, head coach Batista arranged a full-court 9-on-9 match. Messi, Riquelme and Boranotte wore red vests and formed a front-court attacking trident, with Riquelme in the center and Messi still occupying the right winger position he was used to at Barcelona. In the 20 minutes of confrontation in each half, the cooperation between the two cores was not tacit, and Riquelme only took the initiative to pass the ball to Messi twice, one of which was cut off by Banega. The two tried a two-one-one in the ribs of the right penalty area, and this time it was Messi's turn to have a heel pass broken, and Riquelme could only shake his head helplessly.

Messi's sudden addition suddenly gave the Argentine team a little more of a different atmosphere, not to mention, when the Argentine team arrived at Shanghai Airport, Riquelme was the last to walk out of the airport and waved frequently in the call of the fans. After getting on the bus, Riquelme went straight to the last row of the window seat on the left, judging from the order of getting out of the airport and the seats on the bus, Riquelme is a veritable boss of the team.

But after the end of this game, the president of the Football Association, Grondona, was sent away, and the last person in the team became Messi, and Riquelme was mixed in the crowd.

When Batista, who was returning to the bus from the press conference with great interest, heard the news, his face turned blue directly, he didn't understand what happened to Grondona's teammate, whether it was a twitch in his head or an IQ that suddenly went offline! After hesitating for a while, Battista chose to remain silent, at this time he never dared to express his position easily, which would only make the relationship between the two worse, and at the same time, not only Riquelme, but also the words of the president of the Football Association, Grondona, also made the entire Argentine Olympic team feel strange.

What do you mean this team is yours?

Hearing this, even Santo Tiago, who had been staying out of the way, almost wondered if Grondona really loved Messi!

According to the usual practice, the Argentine Olympic team will arrange for two players to be interviewed by the media before the public training every day, and in the interview, whether it is an Argentine reporter or a Chinese reporter, the question must involve Messi. From Zabaleta to Monzon to Gago, everyone's answer is the same: "Messi is an extremely important member of our team. It's boring to hear too many polite words, and even local Argentine reporters are wondering: Messi's coming to China is not necessarily a good thing......

Talking about the relationship between himself and Riquelme, Messi said: "Romi and I have a personal relationship, not friends, but we respect each other. That's true, the two barely communicated in open training, and only talked on the sidelines for about 1 minute after training, and then parted from each other, looking like they were respectful of each other.

Seeing this situation, Saint-Tiago thought about it and invited Riquelme and himself and others to go out after training, starting from the early qualification of the group stage, and after training every day, the players had free time. However, compared to his teammates' desire to go shopping, Riquelme would rather stay in the room and incubate the air conditioner, "It's too hot, I don't want to go out, and besides, the security is very strict, and I don't want to cause trouble for them." ”

Sure enough, Romy still rejected a piece of kindness from Santiago, and so far, Riquelme has only participated in three group activities, one is to visit the "Bethbuy" in Xujiahui to see electrical appliances, once is to go to Henglong Plaza on Nanjing West Road, and once is accompanied by volunteers to shave his head, "This is called 'traveling light'." Riquelme made a rare joke about touching his short black curly hair.

Riquelme is not tempted by the night in Shanghai, he has to turn on his computer regularly every night to video chat with his daughter in Argentina, and his brother will come to Shanghai to see him in a few days. Family is very important to Romi, and he also retired from the national team at one point to take care of his ailing mother.

couldn't let Romy go out for a walk, Saint-Tiago could only shake his head regretfully, for this big brother who is also introverted, he can't talk to him! Romi has always been a legendary player, and he knows how to deal with such situations, so he doesn't need to think too much about himself, and soon his third match against the Serbian Olympic team came in such an awkward and stiff atmosphere.

In the Athens Olympics, the Serbian Olympic team scored 3 goals and conceded 14 goals in 3 games, lost 0-6 to Argentina, lost 1-5 to Australia, and lost 2-3 to Tunisia, finishing at the bottom of the group. However, in this year's European Youth Championship and Olympic Games European qualifiers, the Serbian Olympic team performed well, unfortunately, the main players of that team were born in 1984, and only three overage players can be selected to participate in the Olympics. In addition, most of Serbia's post-85 outstanding players have been poached by Montenegro, and their strength may only be described as mediocre.

Although they had nine overseas players in their starting line-up, from Chelsea, Valencia, PSV Eindhoven, Lazio, Sampdoria ...... From Valencia, the 2.02-meter-tall air tyrant Zhijic and the Serbian "Fabregas" known as Fiiza have both been eyed by Arsene Wenger, but the Serbian Olympic player list may make the rest of the team look at it differently, but it is not so strong in front of the Argentine.

Perhaps it was the results of the Athens Olympics that spurred the Serbs, and a few months ago the Serbian Football Federation announced to the public that they would be forming a strong national Olympic team to compete in Beijing. The Serbian Football Federation said they would select three outstanding overage players to fly to China and put national team coach Djukic at the helm of the Olympic team. In order to show that it attaches great importance to the national Olympic team, the Serbian Football Federation also issued a death order, and all clubs must give the green light to recruit people for the national Olympic team.

The team's big brother is centre-back Branislav Ivanovic, a player who is Serbia's future hope and is also highly regarded in the Serbian Olympic squad, having joined Chelsea from Lokomotiv Moscow in January but has yet to play at Stamford Bridge. Another superstar, 19-year-old centre-back Rajkovic, is also a Chelsea player but is currently on loan at PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Argentine coaching staff, this Serbian Olympic team has at least two major flaws, one, this is the first time they have concentrated on playing games, and they are not very familiar with each other; Second, and their biggest shortcoming, these Serbian players cannot be said to be stable in various clubs, so the club's reputation is indeed not small, but the strength is not satisfactory.

Batista didn't want to be soft against a team that won 6-0 at the last Olympics, and he almost replicated the line-up he was most comfortable with in the first win over Ivory Coast, except that he put Gago on the bench, put Mascherano as a single midfielder, and sent Di Maria on the pitch.

This is not only a time to show strength, but also a time to eliminate the contradictions within the team with a hearty victory! And this is also the reason why Argentina still played its main force after qualifying ahead of schedule, but this time the Serbs, who fought with their backs against the water, were unwilling to become soft persimmons to be manipulated.

In the first half of the game, the Serbian players showed great hard work and tenacity, threatening the Argentine defence, which made the main players who were still a little absent-minded immediately put into the rhythm of the game.

In the thirteenth minute, Santhiago made a long pass from the left, and Di Maria, who successfully countered offside, burst into the left side of the penalty area and shot from a small angle was saved by Stojkovic. In the seventeenth minute, Messi burst into the penalty area and shook a person, but the attacking Stojkovic confiscated the ball in time, Messi fell but was sentenced to fake a yellow card, the Argentine players are naturally extremely dissatisfied, although Messi's fall seems a little immature, lame, but the Serbian goalkeeper deliberately blocked when attacking is an indisputable fact, in this case Messi fell is also a natural thing.

I don't know if the referee is for the enjoyment of the game, or wants to keep Serbia's suspense of qualifying, and he didn't make a penalty or cancel Messi's yellow card, and even has obvious bias in some decisions.

The Argentine boys were naturally holding back their anger in their bellies, and soon they vented vigorously, and in the 21st minute, Saint-Tiago and Mascherano combined to complete a pass, and Serbian player Ivanovic tripped him on the edge of the box. Dissatisfied with the referee's failure to give a penalty, Santhiago ignored the threat, crawled quickly on all fours and headed the ball to Di Maria's feet, who lived up to the danger he had taken and fired a low shot into the bottom left corner.

After the goal, the Argentine players surrounded Santhiago and cheered excitedly, and the feeling of raising their eyebrows was intoxicating, except Riquelme angrily slapped Santi on the back of the head and warned him not to make such a dangerous move next time.

Argentina soon went close to doubling their lead when Riquelme's pass from the edge of the box was tackled and the referee did not award a penalty, and Sergio Aguero's follow-up shot from 12 yards was saved by the onrushing Stojkovic and Di Maria's diagonal shot from the edge of the box went wide.