Chapter Eighty-Seven: Defeat and Decision
Sweat continued to drip from his forehead, and even a few drops had already rubbed into his eyes, but Saintie did not dare to make any unnecessary moves, not even blinking, he was afraid that at that moment Veron would pass by him.
He gasped and looked at the big bald head in front of him, and sometimes he wanted to knock it, but this desire could not hide Saintie's fighting spirit, and he hung unhurriedly beside Veron while observing the next move of the big bald head.
Veron is 1.86 meters tall and weighs 80KG, which is one of the tallest South American players, while San Tiago, his height is only the same as Riquelme, only 1.82 meters, and he remains at 75KG under the condition of continuous physical training, which is not the opponent of the seasoned Veron at all.
Then Stanti's gasping became louder and louder, like a bellows, and even he thought he was about to lose his hand.
At this time, Veron suddenly moved, he first played the ball with the inside of his right foot and pushed to the left, and at the same time leaned to the left, making an illusion of feint attack on the left side. But just as he moved to the left and his center of gravity was tilted, Veron suddenly and quickly moved his right foot to the left back of the ball, supported by his left foot, and quickly dribbled with his right foot to complete the breakthrough directly.
At the moment when Peron completed the breakthrough, Santhiago sat on the ground in a state of disarray, drained of all his strength, and he knew that he had lost.
The match ended with a 2-1 victory for Estudiantes de La Plata, with Veron impressive, with Boseli scoring twice and scoring two goals to kill the savior, compared to Boca, who had lost by only one goal. Riquelme had little to offer after providing an assist in the first half, and Santhiago was even more "bloody" by Veron.
However, the most surprising thing was that at the end of the game, Veron took the initiative to walk in front of Santiago, who was no longer able to stand up, and took the initiative to exchange jerseys with him, and the Boca fans in the candy box also sent a tidal round of applause to Santi, because in this game, only Santi showed in addition to the indomitable Boca spirit.
When Santi got up with the help of his teammates, he was very moved when he saw this scene, and he didn't expect that he would be so praised! Unfortunately, until the last minute, he still failed to complete the small goal of stealing Veron. Looking at the big round bald head, Saintie couldn't help but feel sorry.
When they walked out of the aisle, Peron, Riquelme, Santiago, and Boseli were all frantically sought after by media reporters, all of whom were looking forward to a hot topic coming out of the four mouths, no matter which one was enough to make them a big topic and increase sales. Think about it, Ribei's-for-tat, little Belon's unwillingness? Boseli's blatant call Boca? This is not a topic that is extremely eye-catching.
But surprisingly, none of the four touched on any sensitive topics, including Veron, who held Riquelme to death in this game, and Boseli, who completed revenge.
In an interview with a reporter from an Argentine TV station, Lao Ma made a negative evaluation of Romy in a very spicy tone, and Lao Ma thought that Riquelme's enthusiasm for participating in the race was not high, and his decision in the last 20 meters was not strong.
"If Riquelme is in good health, he will still be useful to me," he said. My request to Riquelme is that he needs to decide the race in the last 20 metres, which requires him to be more involved with Messi, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez. If he's always dragging behind, only receiving the ball from the centre-back, or just circling around the midfield, Riquelme is of no use to me.
If he's fit, if he can get me to remove a guy from the front, then he's available, otherwise he's not on the same level as the other players in the air. I'm not asking him to do anything greater, that's all so we can win the game. ”
This remark immediately caused an uproar, reporters and media wrote hard, and then Lao Ma highly praised Santiago: "As for Santigo, he is a good boy, an extremely good player, his performance is obvious to all, I think he deserves to be called up to the national team!" ”
Hearing this, looking at the broadcast on TV, Saint-Tiago breathed a sigh of relief, but then his eyes showed sadness, he knew that as soon as Lao Ma's words came out, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Romy! Fortunately, many media and fans still sided with Riquelme, believing that Lao Ma's evaluation was biased.
In this way, on the third day after the end of the game, the 48-year-old Maradona spoke at a press conference with a little emotion: "It is a great honor for me to be the coach of the national team, I will do everything I can to lead the team to success, we will work hard every day to make Argentina the best team in the world".
In addition to the president of the Argentine Football Association, Grondona, who attended the press conference with Maradona, there is also the veteran coach Bilardo, who led Maradona to win the World Cup in 1986, the latter will serve as the Argentine team leader and consultant this time, and fully assist Maradona in communication, coordination and tactical formulation. Both were key members of the 1986 World Championship team.
It is reported that Maradona will also use his huge prestige to continue to invite some celebrities to contribute to the national team, and at the same time, Maradona also issued his first order after straightening - appointing Mascherano as the captain of the national team, Lao Ma admires the latter very much, "I hope Mascherano to be my captain, because I think he is the closest to the ideal Argentine player, selfless, extremely professional, and has a good relationship with his teammates." I will convince him to be a good captain".
Maradona is officially the coach of the national team, Mr. Batista is the deputy coach, and Lao Ma is more optimistic about himself, all of which seems to have entered the norm for Santiago, walking on the streets of Boca District often greeted him with enthusiastic Boca fans, as well as the winking of beautiful eyebrows and the adoration of children, all of which are very different from when Santiago just returned, and he enjoyed this feeling very much.
And the most heard phrase from Santiago during this period was: "Santiago, it's up to you!" Kill them! Kill those riverbed guys!! ”
That's right, the Argentine national derby is coming!