Raphinha, who plays for Schalke 04, had received an offer from Schalke for a long time, but it was only after his participation in the 2005 Under-20 World Cup that the diminutive Brazilian decided to accept the offer from Schalke 04.

In the tournament just mentioned, Raphinha played in every game and helped the team eliminate Germany 2-1 with a decisive goal in extra time in the quarter-finals. The manager at the time, Asauer, described him as "an unpolished diamond", and the chairman Schnusenberg was keen to have the 19-year-old in the team. Schalke's sincerity and tireless efforts impressed the defender, who turned down offers from other top European clubs to move to the Ruhr area.

This choice was the right decision for both parties. Raphinha settled into his new team very quickly and played well. His back-heel passing and excellent dribbling skills often confuse opponents, his right flank is his game, and his possession rate is often the highest in the game, all of which make Schalke's game exciting.

Soon, he was loved and embraced by Schalke fans. In his first season, he was voted Player of the Season by Schalke Supporters' Club. And it's not just in football that he improves: he learns German very well and gets along with the people around him very quickly. Raphinha's consistent and impressive performances earned him the opportunity to wear the national team uniform, and he was the first Schalke player to be named in the Brazilian national team in recent years. On 26 March 2008, he made his international debut in Brazil's 1-0 win over Sweden, thus fulfilling a dream of his own.

Exquisite ball skills and sharp attack is Raphinha's magic weapon to gallop on the right side, in this game he and Marcelo in the middle of the field in the absence of a state of complete attack, whether it is a direct breakthrough or with Marcelo has brought great pressure to Argentina, even the strong Monzon, Zabaleta both were suppressed, this situation is simply terrifying.

Zabaleta is a long-established player, and Monzon is one of the best stars in the Argentine full-back position, but this time they are suppressed to the death, which shows the strength of Raphinha and Marcelo.

As the saying goes, the east is not bright and the west is bright, Raphinha's successive breakthroughs made Zabaleta swallow a yellow card, and at the same time, it also surprised the Brazilian fans who did not pay attention to him before. In this case, the head coach of the bone broth who saw that the situation was not good, naturally did not want to be led by the nose, and he gathered the superior forces of the Argentines with a wave of his hand, and attacked the Brazilians' home stadium with one force, intending to open a road from here first.

Originally, before the game, the battle between the two teams in the midfield was considered by the majority of fans to be the most fierce competition, you must know that the Brazilian midfielder is led by the superstar Ronaldinho, plus Liverpool's new star Lucas, known as the new Ronaldinho's Manchester United rookie Anderson, the best newcomer in the 07-08 season in the Brazilian league Hernanes and the Bremen king Hernanes are composed of five people!

But what I didn't expect was that in the face of the Brazilian midfield, which was outnumbered by him, the Argentine midfielder led by Riquelme was firmly dominant, and the master of tango dancing made the Brazilian samba look dull in this game!

Everyone knows that the Brazilians need this gold medal so badly. World Cup, Beach World Cup, Indoor Soccer World Cup, Esports World Cup...... As long as we can think of football honours, Brazil has won almost everything, and the Olympic champion is the only title they are missing. Dunga, the current head coach of Brazil's Olympic team, is the closest Brazilian to an Olympic gold medal, having won a silver medal in Los Angeles in 1984.

But this time the match against the Argentine was unexpected by most people. What was supposed to be an evenly matched duel turned into a one-sided suppression.

According to Brazil, the most recent battle between the two teams should be Brazil's dominance, citing the fact that Brazil defeated Argentina in the finals of the Copa America in 2004 and 2007, and in the 2005 Confederations Cup, the Brazilian team led by Ronaldo defeated Riquelme's Argentina and was successfully crowned, when the two also won the individual Golden Boot and Silver Boot awards. However, in this match, Riquelme raised his eyebrows and led the team to fully play the momentum of the defending champions.

In the 21st minute, Riquelme took the ball and faced the pressure of Liverpool's rising star Lucas, suddenly picked up the ball between shaking, and provided a rebound for the ball with the help of Lucas's knee, and rushed out while dodging the tackle. Seeing this scene, there was an exclamation of disbelief from the stands, and immediately after that, Hernanes just thought that he had firmly blocked Riquelme's body, but he was also thrown away in embarrassment!

The back-to-back breakaways were dizzying, and the Brazilians were furious as they rushed to keep Riquelme at bay, but Romy showed everyone what a true world-class master is. He completely dominated the midfield, which made his fellow teammates San Tiago amazed, and helplessly glanced at Mascherano and Gago, who were also surprised, behind him.

Could it be that when you meet Brazil, you activate the buff on Romy's body? How can it be so fierce!!

"Bang !!"

The goal shook again and again after a muffled sound, causing Brazilian goalkeeper Reina to gasp, and he watched in horror as he completed a dragon breakthrough, and Riquelme, whose powerful volley was blocked by the poster, was full of shock. If this goal had been scored, he couldn't have imagined how his team would have been nailed to the pillar of shame!

Coming back to his senses, the Inter Milan goalkeeper yelled at his teammates in front of him, what the hell is going on, why is it that he and others, who seem to be invincible all the way, are tired in front of their old opponents and are tired of coping!? Even the attack needs two wing-backs to intervene? What is Sobis doing! What are Ronaldinho and Diego doing again!

What are you doing? No one knows that Ronaldinho's presence has not been strong at all since the beginning of the game, which has made Brazilian fans very disappointed, as the leader of this national Olympic team, he and Riquelme, who were also recruited into the national team as an overage player, are dwarfed by the former. Perhaps it was because he was not very accustomed to the weather in Beijing, which made Santiago, who had been ready to devote himself to defense, a lot of surprise and sighing.

Such a performance did not look like the much-acclaimed football elf at all!

In the 27th minute, Sergio Aguero received a straight pass from Saint-Tiago and turned to get rid of Bayern central defender Breno, who had to stretch his leg and tripped him and received a yellow card, and Messi's left-footed free kick from 27 meters from goal on the right side was confiscated by goalkeeper Reina.

The worried Brazilian goalkeeper then threw the ball into the ball and flew straight to Ronaldo's feet, this time Ronaldinho finally showed a little bit of his outstanding skills, he cleverly passed through Sorbius on the left side, but the Real Betis striker tripped Pareja when he won the ball on the baseline, causing a right elbow injury, although it did not affect the game, this attack also ended without problems.

In the 30th minute, Riquelme's corner from the left was disrupted and Santiago's shot from 22 yards was blocked off the touchline. In the 32nd minute, Messi broke the ball in front of the corner of the right penalty area, Hernanes kicked him down and received a yellow card, Riquelme took a free kick and shot directly from the wall, but Argentina got the ball and continued to attack, and the left side of the San Thiago penalty area made a low cross in front of the goal, but unfortunately it was passed behind Aguero!

"Damn it!"

Saint-Tiago wiped his face regretfully, patted his thigh and stood up again, the more relaxed situation made him play more and more relaxed when he was still a little nervous, but unfortunately the situation was too smooth to play unfavorably for Saintie, after two consecutive passes were missed, in the face of the puzzled eyes of his teammates, he was a little blushing, and he could only pretend to tie his shoes to relieve the embarrassment.

In the rest of the game, Brazil's attack was always open up from the wings, but Sorbis repeatedly wasted chances, and a few minutes later Marcelo received a pass from Diego and crossed from the left, and Soris headed wide of the far post from nine yards in front of goal, which was also the most dangerous attack of the entire first half.

In the 45th minute, Riquelme cut inside on the left side and fired a low left-footed shot from a small angle 11 meters in front of the goal, which was saved by Brazilian goalkeeper Reina, but after Aguero failed to make up for it, the referee also blew the whistle at the end of the first half.