Chapter 131: Gloom and Opportunity

Regardless of whether Maradona's policy of recruiting a large number of players to play in the local league into the national team was right or wrong, to the frustration of Santi, he was not called up by the old horse this time, although Argentina defeated Panama 3-1 in the warm-up match that followed with domestic players, prompting the old horse to make up his mind to reuse the Argentine local league players.

But unfortunately, in the rematch of World Cup qualifying, Argentina first beat Colombia at home with a goal from defender Dias, and then lost again on the road, losing 0-2 to Ecuador. For the first time after the game, the Argentine media began to doubt the correctness of choosing Maradona as the coach, and Maradona said he was as confident as ever. At the end of December, President Grondona interviewed Riquelme and Maradona before the South American Club Cup final, hoping to mediate the conflict and return Riquelme to the national team, but Ma Dashuai resolutely said that he did not accept it.

As the president of the Football Association, Grondona is also helpless, and he can only run to the black to support Maradona, otherwise he will undoubtedly slap himself in the face.

Originally, when Basile left class, Argentine football was in the most chaotic situation in recent years. Due to the Great Depression in Argentina, the Argentine League has been in turmoil, and the construction of football has become full of holes. It takes great courage and the deepest love for Argentina to come forward at this time. Maradona can continue to be a spectator as the king of the ball, but for the future of the team, Lao Ma would rather gamble on his half-world fame, which shows Maradona's courage and patriotism.

However, everything must be treated rationally after the emotional, and for competitive sports such as football, only results can explain everything.

And the next few World Cup qualifiers are really Maradona's lifesaver, everyone knows that only by winning these games can Maradona continue his national team coaching career, otherwise even if he is the king of the ball, it will be difficult to escape the doom of class.

"Me? Oh, I'm fine, Romy. “

Looking back and seeing that Riquelme was already standing behind him, Santhiago turned his head and said with a smile.

He wanted to pretend that nothing had happened with the strength of the wine, but Riquelme's smile on his face said it all.

"Thinking about the national team? Or something else? If it's a national team, then it's a pity, it's a dead stubborn cow, don't hit the south wall and don't give up, I think you should know who I'm talking about, Santi. “

There are only two things that can make Santiago ponder at the time of the coronation, Riquelme easily hit the question, at this moment no matter how he looks at it, he looks like the Chinese teacher of Santi in junior high school thousands of miles away, standing on the podium and swearing to himself that this question must be taken this year.

"Hahahaha, dead stubborn cow? Haha, that sounds like that? “

The first time he heard someone call an old horse with such a high status in Argentina, and Riquelme, who is also recognized as a top midfielder, Santi couldn't help but laugh and laughed.

If there are reporters present at this moment, then it must be extremely surprising that the two former national team players are so unscrupulously talking about and even belittling the current manager, and the spread is definitely enough for them to drink a pot! However, at this time, neither of them had any awe, for Riquelme he no longer cared about everything, and for Santhiago, he knew that Romy was right, although Maradona was known as the king of the ball, he was still a mortal after all, a mortal who ate firewood, rice, oil and salt.

He is like a stubborn cow, once he recognizes something, he will not compromise at all, which undoubtedly indicates that the future of Santiago's national team will be extremely difficult, at least in the short term, there will be no possibility of Santigo being called up.

This is very different from the career plan of the previous team of Santi.

At the beginning, Boca returned to Boca in order to quickly regain recognition with the help of familiar league regain form, and on the other hand, to enter the eyes of the national team coach in the eyes of many options. And now the first thing Santi has done, although there are Boca fans who have a little flaw in the process, but the second thing has been completely aborted. Even if Maradona now clearly reuses the local players who play in the domestic league, it will be difficult for him to get a chance.

That defeat was enough for Maradona to blacklist Santi, after all, as Argentina coach has too many options at his disposal.

In this regard, it is absolutely impossible for Saint-Tiago not to complain about the old horse, but if you think about it seriously, there is really nothing he can do.

Since the old horse entered the national team, after Riquelme left the team, the national team members have changed frequently, and stable tactics have not been able to talk about, Maradona has not been able to find a way to integrate the team's offensive and defensive system. 442, 343, 3313, 433, Maradona's trial formation has a great chance and collision with great luck, Argentina's victory, most of which stems from the player's personal ability, to tell the truth, Maradona has made only a handful of contributions in terms of technology and tactics.

At the same time, because Riquelme was the undisputed soul of the Argentine midfield in the Basille era, although there are too many controversies surrounding Romy, it is true that there is no second master like him in the current Argentine football. Maradona forced Riquelme away, and at the same time forced the soul and spiritual leader of the Argentine team, and Argentina's offensive system was immediately shattered.

After that, whether the old horse pressed the treasure on the body of Veron, who is also a veteran, or briefly pressed on the body of Saint-Tiago, the effect was not ideal, and the reason was very simple, the former's strength declined, the inspiration was no longer there, and the latter was still shallow and difficult to convince the public, and could not command the midfielder, let alone the whole team.

So even if Lao Ma sacrificed a lot for Argentina, it does not excuse his poor coaching ability. When it comes to talent selection, he has been too emotional, recruiting a large number of players who are no longer in their prime, and banishing many of Argentina's most capable pillars of the moment because of his personal likes and dislikes. In less than three months, the media was surprised to find that he had recruited more than 40 players!

Therefore, from the perspective of Santo Tiago, if there is no major turnaround, he has no hope of being selected for the national team again, and naturally his good opinion of Maradona as a coach has disappeared.

In this way, the two of them continued to laugh vigorously before returning to the table side by side, and there were some things that Santiago did not want to take the initiative to mention, and Riquelme would not ask.

The feast was not over until late in the evening, and the drunken players returned to their rooms with the help of the staff, and like the others, the unconscious Santiago fell asleep and did not wake up until the next afternoon.

Sleepy-eyed as he watched the bright sunshine outside the stadium and the still celebratory Boca district, Santiago felt a pain in his head as he tried to get up to get water, as if countless beans were swaying in his head as he moved.

"Hiss"

With a low snort, Shengdi was about to hold back and get up, but unexpectedly, a ** water was handed over from the front.

"Wow, you? Why are you here? “

As soon as the casual thank you was spoken, Saint raised her head like a ghost, looked at the female agent who was sitting on the side of her bed in disbelief, and exclaimed. Then Shengdi subconsciously looked at his clothes, and then looked at the trash can to see if there was anything unusual, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily: "Why are you here?" Hell yes! ”

"Me? You still have a face, I'm not waiting, what do you mean by your suspicious eyes and fly-like expression? Still looking at the trash can?? What do you think happened! ”

Isabella was about to hold back her anger and explain, but after seeing Santy's actions, she couldn't help it and went berserk.

God is above, what is he thinking? When has this been?

"Uh-me-hey-hey-me"

"Okay, I don't need you to explain, the transfer is already in sight!"

Without waiting for Saint-Tiago's stupid explanation, Isabella saw that his face was a little pale, so she snatched the mineral water from his hand, quickly unscrewed it, and handed it back again.

"Transfer? Oh, yes, how's it going. ”

Before she had time to feel the sudden tenderness, Saintie was so absorbed by Isabella's words that she forgot to drink the mineral water in her hand. After confirming that his return to the national team was hopeless, he signaled Isabella to continue to engage with the clubs he was interested in in Europe, to which Isabella was initially reluctant but quickly stepped into her role after learning about the cause and effect.

After all, as a professional agent, only the future of the player is the most important thing.

Since there is no hope of being selected for the national team in the short term, Boca, as the current club, will no longer be the best choice, especially at a time when many European clubs are very interested in Santiago.

You must know that the end of the Argentine spring league coincides with the winter break in Europe, and this is a good time for teams to make up for it, and everyone wants to get a good player. But what is more realistic is that most clubs are holding on to the players in their hands, and no one wants to let go of strong players at this time, so in this special opportunity, after returning to South America, Santilago, which has repeatedly proven itself to win championships and has a successful experience in European football, has become one of the excellent choices.