Chapter 46: Bosque's Troubles
"The Spanish team, qualified!"
"Sure enough, the two teams in the Iberian Peninsula are still stronger than the Spanish team! Fan has a strong team to back him up, and it's hard not to gain the upper hand in the competition with Cristiano. ”
"However, this guy's condition is really good, five goals in three games, it's really the same as in the league, it's like a bug in the data!"
Messi sits in his hotel room in Argentina, his bed covered with newspapers and reports on the latest World Cup matches.
The newspapers at the top of the list reported on yesterday's match between Spain and Portugal, as well as some post-match commentary from professionals.
“1:0! The Spanish team successfully advanced to the quarterfinals! ”
"The super shooter is powerful again, and Fan is determined by one foot! With five goals in three games, Fan's footsteps keep going! ”
"It's a small scoreline, but it's huge, and if you watch the whole game live, you won't have any doubts about Spain's promotion – in fact, if the strikers had been better, Spain could have scored more goals!"
"The battle between Van and C. Ronaldo ended with the victory of Van and Spain! Fan personally put his club buddy on the return flight! ”
In the reports of these newspapers, the admiration and praise for Spain and Van Bizhuang was almost one-sided. It's no wonder that in the world of football, the winner deserves all sorts of praise.
Messi has long been accustomed to this situation, just like after their victory in the duel with Mexico, fans and the media are also very booked, and they can't send all the praise in the world to the Pampas Eagles, and there are countless words of praise around him - although in this game, Messi's performance was very average, and he only scored the third goal with some luck at the last moment, but who made Argentina the winner, and he is the most watched and expected star of this Argentine team, so he also received the most cheers and compliments.
But Fan Bizhuang is a little different, for the newspaper to boast about it, Messi feels that it is really not an exaggeration, five goals in three games, such a performance, worthy of all praise.
How many players have made it their lifelong dream to play in a World Cup? And how many players are proud to score a goal on the World Cup stage? How many people have been able to score five goals in three games?
Fan Bizhuang has done a lot of things that professional players can't do in their lifetime, and he is still very young, his future has more possibilities, and now he is so radiant, no one can predict how many miracles he will perform in the future, how many records he will break!
Even as a competitor on the football field, Messi has to admit that in some aspects, Fan Bizhuang is really better than football.
Of course, this also stimulated his fighting spirit even more. The two of them are chasing each other in the league and competing with each other, and in the World Cup, Fan Bizhuang has taken the lead in shining brightly, and he naturally does not want to be left behind.
"You have to work harder, but you can't let that guy be pretty!"
Messi sighed like this, and picked up a newspaper on the bed, which is a local football newspaper called "South African Sports Newspaper", which has a small circulation, but in the local area, there are still a lot of audiences, and Messi also bought a copy when he was wandering outside.
"Fan, Cristiano. Ronaldo, Lionel. Messi ...... These are the three most dazzling names in today's football, and they are also the most eye-catching and anticipated names in this World Cup! Fans want these three players to play well in the World Cup, and of course, if the three of them can meet in the game and talk to each other directly, it will be even more wonderful, because there will always be a winner in the game, and there will be a winner and a winner between the three people!
Thankfully, Spain and Portugal met, and it turned out to be a little regrettable for Portugal, but the truth is that in this dialogue between Van and Cristiano, Van became the ultimate winner!
The competition and contest between the three, Cristiano has been out of the tournament early, and only Van and Messi are left.
I'm really looking forward to the next game when Spain can meet Argentina, Van defeated Cristiano, can he continue to work hard and kill Argentina with Messi? Or will Messi lead the blue and white team to kick the championship favorite Spain back to his hometown......"
Unlike many well-known newspapers, South African Sport not only reports on the latest World Cup matches, but also publishes some speculative and speculative articles in order to attract attention and increase sales, but this time, they have focused on the rivalry between Van Bizhuang, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.
In the league, the competition between the three people is fierce, you chase me, now the battlefield has changed to the World Cup, fans are also full of expectations for the possible collision between the three, "South African Sports Newspaper" is very good at catching the curious kitten in people's hearts, analyzing the "grievances and hatred" between the three, and at the same time with the "defeated" C. Ronaldo as the background, setting off the final battle will be staged between Messi and Fan Bizhuang.
"Whoever can lead the team farther, who can have the last laugh in the final competition, will be the best and most special one in world football!"
This is the closing remark of South African Sport.
Seeing this, Messi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The word "grandstanding" came to his mind, and he shook his head and threw down the newspaper in his hand, but his heart was full of excitement about the last sentence.
Although in the camera, he is more of a warm image of a big boy next door, but in fact, he is also a very proud and strong person, but compared with Fan Bizhuang and C. Ronaldo's "domineering exposure", he is more low-key and introverted, but this does not mean that his arrogance will lose to the first two.
In this season's La Liga, Barcelona lost to Real Madrid in the competition for the league title, and Fan Bizhuang is also ahead of him in personal data and honors.
Messi is unwilling, and now the World Cup is another chance for him to face the competition with the other party again.
Although "South African Sports Newspaper" is suspected of "grandstanding", I have to say that it really speaks to Messi's heart. He's just going to get to the win against Van Bizhuang, he's just going to show that he's better than the other side, and if Argentina can face Spain head-on, that's ......
Messi was looking forward to seeing the two teams meet.
Spain and Argentina are both in the same semi-zone, and with both of them advancing to the quarter-finals, the chances of meeting each other are getting bigger and bigger. However, according to the rules of the tournament, if Argentina wants to meet Spain, it will have to be in the semi-finals, provided that both Argentina and Spain can beat their respective opponents in the next quarter-finals.
Spain should have no big problem progressing to the last four as their next opponent is Paraguay from South America, which is not a tough opponent given the quality and form of the Spanish team.
Argentina's side will have a much tougher chance of qualifying, as they face their biggest favourites at the moment, Germany, who are the top odds to win the tournament.
Germany have never been an easy opponent to play against, and it is arguably an opponent that no team in the world wants to face. But Argentina also has no way, if Messi wants to have a direct dialogue with Van Bizhuang in the semi-finals, then this is a hurdle that he and Argentina must overcome.
"I'm really looking forward to fighting you directly!"
"So, I'm going to win! We will definitely win against Germany! ”
Messi stood up and looked at the beautiful night scene outside the floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes flashing with determination and confidence.
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For Spain coach Bosque, it is a great joy to be able to lead the team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, of course, with the ability of the Spanish team, and so many outstanding players, it is a matter of course to reach the quarterfinals, they are only a small step towards the set goal, although excited, but not so forgetful.
The joy brought by the promotion has made the old coach always in a high state in the past two days, and even in the daily training with the team, he is always smiling and kind.
But in addition to the excitement, an annoyance found him. A blissful annoyance, to be exact.
In the first game against Switzerland, the World Cup's main striker David Brown. Villa suffered an unexpected injury in the final minute and missed the next few games.
Fan Bizhuang was appointed to become the team's starting striker, and his performance is also obvious to all, scoring a hat-trick on his debut, and also scoring two goals in the next two games, and is currently the top scorer in this World Cup.
Based on Van Bizhuang's performances and hot form, it makes sense for him to continue as the team's starting striker, and there is no reason to put such a consistent and excellent scorer on the cold bench.
But I have to say that Villa is also an excellent striker, and he is also the "old man" of the national team, who is familiar with the tactical system of the Spanish team, and has a more advantage than Fan Bizhuang in terms of qualifications, and in these two days of training, Villa also showed a very good competitive state.
This presented Bosque with a dilemma. On the one hand, Fan Bizhuang, who is in a hot state and saves the team when it is in difficulty, can be called the biggest contributor to the team's ability to advance to the quarterfinals, and on the other hand, the equally excellent old courtier Villa, Bosque is a little dilemma, and it is a little difficult to choose for a while.