Brazil's Olympic system is not the same as Argentina's, although the men's football team that has participated in the Olympics in the past ten years is only a reserve team of the national team, but it has always been the national team coach who is also the head coach.

The worst of the worst happened after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when Brazil's youngsters missed out on the semi-finals and Brazil coach Luxemberg was sacked. Although Dunga's position is now relatively consolidated, there are already calls in Brazil for him to step down. On the contrary, Argentina is managed separately by the national football team and the national Olympic team, with the national team coach Basile and the national Olympic team coach Battista in charge of each other, cooperating with each other and sharing responsibilities and pressure.

It is foreseeable that this game will have an impact on the coaches of both teams, if Brazil loses, then Dunga will inevitably suffer the bad luck of being sacked, if Argentina loses, then Batista's dream of being the national team manager will also be shattered, so the coaches of both sides are working hard to urge the players to prepare for the game.

Aug. 18, Argentina training ground.

"Hurry up!! Faster, you'll need to run faster! Brazilians aren't as effeminate as you've faced before, and I don't want to embarrass your boys in the semi-finals!! ”

Brazil coach Dunga has always liked to use forwards with strong running ability, because if they can attract the attention of the opposition defence, then they can provide opportunities for the attacking players in the midfield, and if they are neglected, these powerful forwards have the ability to score on their own, so Argentina can no longer be the same in defence.

After all, the opponents along the way have more or less their own flaws, and the Brazilian Olympic Games is not the case, they are not inferior to their own strength in terms of individual or overall strength, and in this case, the physical trainer specially recruited from the national team has been carrying out special training for the players.

The good news is that Dunga's reuse of Sorbis to replace Pato as a starter in this Olympic team has always been considered a wrong choice, and it just so happens that Dunga is a master who does not hit the south wall and does not look back, and it is obvious that the smoothness of the road has made him not change his mind, which also makes Batista breathe a sigh of relief from the heart.

To be fair, Sorbis is good, but the truth is that he struggled to play at Betis last season, scoring just four goals all season, including one penalty. In terms of ability and form, Sobis has been mediocre in the summer, with Argentina hardly having to mobilize more defensive resources to take care of him, and he himself has struggled to create chances up front, so the Argentines have more effort to limit Ronaldinho and Diego.

"Santi, what kind of player is that Pato, the Brazilian media has been criticizing Dunga for not using him recently?"

A rare respite, before Saint-Thiago could pick up the water bottle, a teammate asked him, which caused quite a reaction, and many players turned their attention to Saint-Tiago.

There is no way, there is a hot topic about Pato now, and this master is the best among the new generation of Brazilian stars, which can be seen from the reaction of the majority of the media after Dunga did not use him.

In the battle with Cameroon, Brazil coach Dunga surprisingly did not send Pato on the field, but used the previous substitute striker Sobis to play the full 90 minutes, and after Sobis scored in extra time, he was replaced by another substitute Ruo, what happened to Pato, is he injured? In fact, it was Dunga's punishment for him.

Explaining his decision after the game, Dunga criticised Pato, believing that the Brazilian must improve further, "Pato should learn how to get rid of his marking, Sobis knows how to deal with tight markings and can find space to avoid falling into the offside trap. ”

The 18-year-old is considered a superstar at the Olympics, but his performances have been underwhelming, with the exception of a goal in a 5-0 thrashing of New Zealand, a game against Belgium and China that has not been repeated, and his record of scoring on his debut has not continued, which is a huge contrast to his performances since joining AC Milan, where he has been in excellent form since his debut for the Rossoneri in January, scoring nine goals in 18 Serie A games in half a season.

Originally, criticism was criticism, and everyone thought that Dunga was likely to send Pato again in the battle with Argentina, but now it seems that Dunga clearly did not mean this.

Saint-Tiago looked at his teammates who were looking at him, and found that almost all of them were players who would land in Serie A next, and smiled and said: "To be honest, I don't know him very well, of course, if you ask me where the girl in Milan is strong enough, I can answer seriously!" ”

Saying that, Santiago blinked, not wanting to dwell too much on the topic, and the players saw him and knew that he didn't want to continue, so they didn't ask questions, but giggled and laughed until they restarted training.

"Pato?" When his teammates were gone, only Santiago sat still silently chanting the name.

Who knows what the name means to Santiago? It was precisely because of Pato's arrival that he announced the complete end of his Milanese career, and perhaps in the eyes of Milanese people, there will be no room for two South American geniuses!

"We can clearly see that the Argentine king Maradona also came to the Workers' Stadium to watch the South American duo fight, Brazil's starting lineup in this game did not change, Sobeys continued to replace Pato, Argentina changed one person, goalkeeper Romero replaced the injured Ustari in the quarter-finals. The starting line-up was a bit of a surprise for both sides, with Brazil's Pato not being able to play, while Argentina's Sergio Aguero was still playing! “

"Argentina were in complete control after the start of the game, and just three minutes Mascherano volleyed from 35 meters in front of goal, and the ball was just high over the crossbar, which was a real shock! And two minutes later, Argentina made a comeback again, Messi turned around in the middle to get rid of the back straight stopper, Di Maria made a low cross to Aguero on the left side of the penalty area, Bayern defender Brenaud stretched his leg in front of the point and almost made his own own, and the ball was deflected off the near post! ”

"Although the continuous offensive failed to break through the Brazilian goal, it has already made the Brazilian coach Dunga furious, and the coach does not want to see himself pressed and beaten like this! The Brazilians counter-attacked amid Dunga's roar, and in the seventh minute the Brazilians organised a long counter-attack, and Sobis volleyed wide of the far post from 14 yards out on the right side of the box. In the 11th minute, Raphinha broke through Monzon on the right and cut into the penalty area like a pass, but Sobeys's heel shot in front of the goal missed and the ball missed the far post!! “

Dunga's roar had an immediate effect on Brazil's attack, and the back-and-forth battles between the two sides kept the fans entertained, although overall Argentina still dominated the majority and the Brazilians could only rely on occasional counter-attacks to threaten.

The Brazilian used a 4-3-2-1 formation for this game, emphasizing that the 3-2 midfielder must take control of the midfield in order to better control the game. After the centre-forwards pull the opposition defence to create space, the timely impact of the five midfielders will be effective. Unfortunately, the Brazilian midfielder did not gain control from the start, and Lucas and Anderson gradually lost their way under heavy pressure.

Coupled with the lack of attacking points, Ronaldo and Diego did not have a better direction to play the ball after receiving the ball, and the Brazilian's breakthrough was not worth mentioning in the face of the Argentines who defended effectively.

However, in such a situation, there was a Brazilian youngster who was flashing, and in the 15th minute, Zabaleta was yellow carded for knocking down Raphinha in the penalty area behind him. Watching Raphinha being pulled up by his teammates, Santiago calculated that this was Raphinha's second successful breakthrough in the past fifteen minutes! He has been featured in almost every Brazilian counterattack, and this appearance rate is against the sky, and even Ronaldinho has only dominated one of the three counterattacks!