At this time, Santilgo didn't know that his big brother and friend Riquelme had already spurred himself on, he just continued to run towards the edge of the penalty area while watching intently at the ball he passed and the Pokémon Di Maria who quickly inserted on the side.

Di Maria's position in this national Olympic team is very awkward now, as a winger with a typical style, but also a winger who plays in a league like the Portuguese Super League, as the best replacement for former Benfica captain Simão Sabrosa after leaving, his strength is undoubted, but now Di Maria is not happy in this national Olympic team.

His speed, skill and passing ability in the attacking end showed his extraordinary talent, his blistering speed, razor-sharp penetration, good in-cut cuts, good crosses, good long-range shots and off-ball movement are all reasons why Di Maria has been able to stay in the Portuguese Super League, the fifth largest league in Europe today.

But in this national Olympic team, his place is bound to be placed behind Aguero and Ravic to compete with Bonanuette. It's okay for Messi to go to the front, but if he doesn't, then there is still one more person in the queue in front of Di Maria!

No way, now the national Olympic team is copied from the national team's 4-2-2-2 formation, although sometimes it changes to 4231 or 42211, but almost all of them are single center or double center, nothing without him! The Argentine players have long been accustomed to this tactical style of play! Unless one of the previous brothers played abnormally, but this kind of other people's state is obviously very unreasonable, plus Di Maria has the usual shortcomings of technical players, his body is too thin, his confrontation ability is limited, and his single defense ability, defensive skills and defensive awareness are relatively insufficient.

Although the previous brothers did not do a very good job at this point, they may be shining and technically overwhelming, or they may have their own body in the center position. In contrast, Di Maria is clearly not a good candidate for a two-centre-forward or a single-centre-forward, and if you were to ask him to step back a bit as a wing-back, then that would be a matter of defence! However, in the position of full-back, Di Maria's position when attacking with the ball, the depth of the forward insertion and the degree of tactical freedom will be limited, so in this situation, Di Maria has become a well-deserved Mr. Chicken Rib.

It's a pity to discard it.

Either play as a substitute and go up and rush when the time is almost up, or curse his teammate JJ in front of him for pain, there is nothing else to do.

But now Di Maria may be about to turn around, because Santhiago has appeared!

At present, Saint-Tiago's pass is to eat Di Maria's personal technical characteristics, relying on fast passing and matching to hit the opponent by surprise, so that Di Maria's personal skills can be maximized. And Di Maria immediately chased the ball to the landing point after seeing Saint-Tiago's long pass to find him, such a fast pace is exactly what he wants!

At the same time, Zabaleta, who defended Di Maria, also showed no weakness and quickly chased back, the former captain of the Argentine under-20 national team has a strong explosiveness and strong fighting spirit, as a right wing-back he can always appear in the position that the team needs, and he will not show mercy when it is time to foul! Of course, although Zabaleta will not give Di Maria a kick in frenzy, it will not affect his immediate recovery at all, and his strong short-range explosive power is fully revealed in such a needle-to-needle scramble!

But... Soon the two stopped, as they were stunned to discover that Santhiago's seemingly threatening pass turned out to be... Spread it big! Not only was the ball far away from Di Maria, but more importantly, the landing point of this powerful pass flew directly to a metre out of bounds...... Such a mistake is not small, after all, there are deviations that can be understood, but you are too exaggerated!

Seeing this scene, Saint-Tiago also stopped, scratched his head a little stupidly, and explained to his teammates with strange expressions around him: "Hehe, don't be weird, I haven't played with my teammates for a long time, and I'm not used to it!" ”

In the face of Santo Tiago's explanation, everyone didn't know what to say, it seems that this kid is even worse than others in AC Milan! Only Banega slapped Saint-Tiago's head fiercely, whistling and chirping: "That's so much, little Saintie!" It's a fork! As he spoke, Banega glanced at a certain part of San Tiago with an indescribable gaze, which made the latter feel a chill.

But Rao is so, Di Maria still gave his thumbs up to San Tiago after reacting, although he didn't catch up with the ball, but this time the run made Di Maria quite hearty and got a sense of catharsis. Compared with Riquelme's accurate ball jamming, although there is a big deviation in Santtiago's big-footed long pass, it can be won in a fast word, it can be said that relying on Santtiago's series of moves, he invisibly raised the speed of his whole team.

On the other hand, Riquelme, although almost no one can snatch the ball from his feet in a one-on-one situation, and every pass has a wide vision and accurate position, but too many gorgeous and beautiful dribbles make him invisibly slow down the rhythm of the whole team, especially when encountering pressing, Riquelme will choose to dribble instead of sharing the ball to continue to let his teammates attack, he has become accustomed to dragging the whole team with himself as the core.

Of course, Di Maria can only slander in his heart, if he really says it, first of all, he can't afford to bear the charge of a big brother in diss, and secondly, South American audiences like this! It's as if you can't prove your skills without two feet!

But Di Maria didn't know that at this time, the head coach on the sidelines, Batista, also had the same idea as him! In contrast to Riquelme's self-centered approach to dragging the team, Santhiago sees itself as an engine, not as an engine or steering wheel. Indeed, the maestro as we define it today seems to be able to rely on his own vision, dribble, pass the ball to change the situation on the field, pull the opponent's defensive center of gravity to expose his weaknesses, and then put on a gorgeous show, and finally either send a beautiful assist or score directly to complete the show.

This approach is understandable, not only showing himself, but also loved by the fans, but in the position of the forward midfield, this flaw is the reason why Riquelme was able to defeat Real Madrid at the turn of the century, but he could not sit firmly in the main force of Barcelona with his own strength later.

In the old world of football, the midfielder was the midfielder, the defender was the defender, each position had its own specific range of motion, and the corresponding player was a good player if he did his best in his position. But gradually, people found that when the offensive end was pressed on a large scale, once the attack crossed the area and encircled the attack, then the local number of suppression was very dominant, so gradually the positions began to blur.

Fullback? Full-backs? Attacking full-backs refer to McCone and others, all-round full-backs refer to Maldini and others, and defensive full-backs refer to Ivanovic and others. If you think about it, attacking full-backs like McCone and Carlos are impressive, attacking and defensive full-backs like Maldini are the backbone of the team, and finally, there are fewer and fewer purely defensive full-backs.

Why is that? Because in the era of football, where player positions are increasingly blurred, and the emphasis on overall defense and tactical evolution is increasing, players with too one-dimensional characteristics will eventually be phased out. Although a classical striker like Riquelme is strong, it is too risky to rely on a single core to lead the team and has no effect on the defensive end, and the characteristics are too one-dimensional, and it is okay to rely on the core of a small and medium-sized club like Villarreal, but it is difficult to move forward in the giants.

Therefore, although Saint-Tiago's pass was out of the penalty area at the moment, Batista saw what he wanted, without too much dribbling, and quickly passed and received the ball to guide the team to make rapid changes in rhythm, and a wide range of runs pulled the opponent's defense line and mobilized his own players, actively and decisively in defense! While his gaze changed with the movement of Santiago, gradually, the coach of the Argentine Olympic team, Batista, felt that Santiago did not seem to be so unpleasant, but more and more cute!