At 18 o'clock on August 16, Beijing time, the Olympic men's football 1/4 finals started a competition at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, and Brazil finally eliminated Cameroon 2-0 in extra time. In the second half, Banin received Cameroon's third red card of the Games. In the first half of extra time, Brazilian striker Sobis and wingback Marcelo scored twice in five minutes. On August 19, Brazil will face Argentina in Beijing for a place in the final.

Compared to the main squad in the first two rounds of the group stage, Dunga only made one change to the starting line-up, with Sobis replacing Pato. With only 18 players available for Cameroon due to injury and two suspensions, Arsenal defender Alexander Song switched to central defence. Football legend Roger Milla also came to watch the game. In the quarter-finals of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Cameroon eliminated Brazil 2-1 in extra time after sending off two men, and the assistant coach at the time, Ntunou, is now the head coach, and the 20-year-old leader Ronaldo is now the captain of Brazil.

Cameroon's failure to cross Brazil's huge threshold is still under speculation, even though the five-time World Cup winners have yet to win a single Olympic gold medal. However, the Samba Army's best results at the Olympics were still the two silver medals they won in 1984 and 1988.

In this Olympic Games, Kaka's failure to be selected for the national Olympic team is the biggest regret of head coach Dunga, but the joining of Robinho and Ronaldo in the overage players can also be described as luxurious, although Ronaldo is now in a sluggish state, there should not be much problem in a game at the level of U23, not to mention Pato, Anderson, Diego These age-appropriate players are also quite amazing.

Brazil were in the same group as hosts China, Belgium and New Zealand in the group stage, and after winning three teams without bloodshed, the Brazilians killed the African Lions in the quarterfinals, and the result of not conceding a goal in four games is indeed staggering.

If the stunning performance of Angel Di Maria and the resurgence of Santiago in Argentina are the most commendable discoveries, then Marcelo, the young wing-back in Brazil's squad, is a rising star in Brazil.

Marcelo was arguably the biggest contributor to Brazil's victory over Cameroon, as the Real Madrid left-winger not only left their opponents inactive in his defensive area, but also scored the game-winning goal for Brazil with a sudden insertion. With excellence on both ends of the pitch, Marcelo showed the world his talent and potential.

In fact, Marcelo has been in good form since the start of the Games. In the first game against Belgium, Marcelo was the best player in the Brazilian team. In the second game against New Zealand, the left side supported by Marcelo and Ronaldo became the central bolt of the attack. His tight defense, blazing speed, and skilful technique all impressed.

Since moving to Real Madrid at the end of 2006, Marcelo has completed his transformation from rookie to maturity in less than two seasons. This young player, who was originally intended to be Carlos's successor, can finally laugh at the great deeds of his predecessors. Even if it is not surpassing enough, he has begun to have the figure left by his predecessors.

Last season, Marcelo won the La Liga title with Real Madrid. Marcelo has not only impressed in key games at the end of the season. He used his outstanding performance to squeeze out the main position of the Dutchman Drenthe. Although he will still compete with Heinze on the left wing next season, it is expected that he will occupy an increasingly important position in the Real Madrid and Brazilian teams.

And how to suppress this player at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is what the Argentines need to think about next, of course, this is not just a collision between several players, there are too many unclear grievances between the two families, and Messi and Ronaldinho are even more unavoidable topics.

As the historical enemy of South American football and the sworn rival of international football, such a game does not need to be mobilized, and the players of both teams will also give 120% motivation, and before the game, the players and coaches of Argentina and Brazil also launched a fierce war of words.

Brazilian midfielder Anderson was the first to open the ammunition box, and after the recent victory over Cameroon to reach the semi-finals, the Samba member fired a shot at his opponent: "Argentina in the semi-finals? Well, they've always had a fear of us. Maybe they don't admit it themselves, but in fact most people can feel it. ”

Anderson made a splash with one stone, and a few hours later, Argentine striker Sergio Aguero responded to the Manchester United player's provocation: "Argentines are never afraid of anyone. We would love to play against Brazil because we will double or triple our strength against them, and Brazil is the opponent we want to beat the most. ”

At the same time, Aguero also said that the core of the Brazilian team, Ronaldo, is not as good as Messi, "Now Messi is better than Ronaldo." Messi is the best player in the world, and it's not just me who says it, it's everyone who has watched him play. Again, we're not afraid of Brazil at all, I've never lost against Brazil at youth level, so I'm expecting that unbeaten run to continue, and I'm expecting to score against Brazil. ”

Aguero's words made the Brazilian players very uncomfortable to listen to, so Brazilian midfielder Hernanes countered and said: "Aguero should shut up, he is not qualified to belittle Ronaldo, if he wants to be qualified, he will first win the honor of 'World Footballer' twice like Ronnie." Hernanes said Ronaldo would play a decisive role on the pitch: "They have Maradona in the VIP box, but we have Ronaldo leading the way on the pitch and obviously Ronaldo has helped us more. ”

Dunga has always pursued a pragmatic style, saying that 1-0 is enough to win the title, and because of this, he is reluctant to guarantee that the match against Argentina will be an "open-ended and good game". In contrast to Dunga, Argentina coach Batista did not hesitate to say that Argentina would play passionately in this game, while criticizing Brazil's style of football, "We thought from the beginning that we were going to win the game and the team would attack with all their might. The last few games in which Brazil have won against us have been very stingy and conservative, so we have to be smarter as well. We respect our opponents, but they are definitely worried about us. ”

However, the two big stars of Messi and Ronaldo kept calm, Messi did not speak, and Ronaldo said: "This is a game I like to play very much, and I am very happy to play against Argentina, because it is a pleasure to play such a classic game." And Riquelme also put it in moderation: "Both teams respect each other and it's going to be a very interesting game. "The referee of this match is Uruguayan Vázquez, and the Argentine media is now very worried about whether Vázquez can have a fair performance, because Argentina and Uruguay have a lot of confrontation due to historical and geographical reasons.

San Thiago is also a little worried about this, the Argentine Football Association's attitude has always been like a fool, and it is impossible to say that he has already offended the Uruguayan referee unconsciously, and the more he hopes that the media can calm down and stop stirring people's nerves.

At the same time, due to the fact that the semi-finals between Argentina and Brazil will be played at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, the Argentine team also arrived in Beijing by plane early, and in essence, Santiago, who arrived in the capital for the first time, took a deep breath of haze, saying that it was not as exaggerated as circulated on the Internet, and hurried to the hotel that had been booked with the team again.

After arriving in Beijing, the Argentine team did not choose to live in the Olympic Village, but chose to stay in a hotel, a move that of course caused doubts from the outside world. In this regard, in an interview with the German news agency dpa, the spokesman of the Argentine Olympic Committee Moyano said: "The Argentine national team will live in a private hotel. I don't know why, maybe it's because they want to focus more on preparing for the game against Brazil. ”

However, the real reason is that after receiving definite information from athletes in other sports, complaining that they are not comfortable living in the Olympic Village, these well-paid and famous professional players will naturally not want to stay in the Olympic Village anymore, and in their rooms, there may be no Internet access, and there may not even be a TV, as Liverpool's Argentine midfielder Mascherano complained.

Seeing that his teammates were reluctant to stay in the Olympic Village, San Tiago regretted that he was quite interested in staying in the Olympic Village, but now it seems that he can only change to a temporary trip.

But what makes him even more sad is that in the face of Brazil, an old rival, Argentina is like a big enemy, especially in recent years, the senior national team has been suppressed, this time the coaching staff led by Batista did not even give everyone a half-day vacation, so they immediately launched a vigorous training, and even the old horse came to teach the boys face-to-face.