Chapter Ninety-Eight: Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana

"Viva Boca!! "Santiago !!"

The roar of the tsunami resounded over Buenos Aires, and the bus full of Boca players was escorted by countless Boca fans who spontaneously rushed all the way through the streets towards the Boca district, as if Boca had won the Copa Libertadores! The momentum even surpassed that of the National Olympic team when they won the gold medal in Beijing and returned home!

Every Boca player was treated like a national hero, especially Santhiago, who finished the final solo Longtan and reversed the score strongly!

When the bus arrived directly at the Candy Box Stadium and the players walked down one by one, the crazy fans called each player's name in unison, and when it was the turn of San Tiago, the shouts reached the maximum, and the atmosphere of the scene reached the maximum! Seeing this scene, Santiago was so excited that he almost couldn't control his emotions again, and only the real Boca people understood how important the national derby, which is only once a season in the regular league, is for both sides!!

After the game, the major Argentine media also used the front page headlines to tell people the result of the derby for the first time, while Boca, especially Santo Thiago won great praise, River Plate was unanimously criticized by its fans, and coach Simeone was directly pushed to the brink of dismissal! Many football bigwigs, River Plate celebrities even use the term "dry River Plate" to describe today's millionaires, and for River Plate players, the reversal of this derby has directly knocked them into the abyss!

Over the next few days, the story between the media and the club's spokesperson continued to ferment, with many media outlets clamoring for River Plate's rigid thinking and inaction in the transfer market, and manager Simeone being a complete inexperienced young man. As for the spokesperson of River Plate Club, he threw a huge pressure cooker on the referee on duty, accusing him of wrongful decisions and sending off two of his own players in succession to change the trend of the game.

However, when the two sides were arguing and arguing, San Tiago was busy, and after filming two commercials in a row accompanied by his agent Isabella, he lay down on the big bed at home and took a good breath.

After returning to Argentina, Santi's football career was finally smooth sailing again with a series of victories, and the enthusiastic support of the fans, sponsors and advertisers made him suddenly return to the smug days when he was in Milan, of course, this time he did not flutter, but really enjoyed the success. In addition to her daily training and continuous physical strengthening, Santi occasionally participates in one or two simple TV shows and charity galas, showing her face, all of which are Isabella's whitewashing plan for Santi.

Success on the pitch is not enough, if you want to completely change the deep-rooted prodigal son image in people's hearts before, you must start from many aspects, even social welfare activities can not be an exception, for which Sainti can only sigh why did he know today? There is still a long way to go to truly change people's perception of themselves! For now, it is limited to the fans of Boca and Buenos Aires to accept themselves!

As for Europe, it has to be taken one step at a time!

“goal!!!!!!!! Palacio!! Scored the goal that decided the outcome of the game! It was the final goal!! It's amazing! A subtle heel assist from Santiago, a great tacit understanding! A great fit! After beating their rivals River Plate away in the previous round, Boca's spirit has gone up again!! ”

"Even more surprising is Santhiago, the former golden boy who returned from Europe at the beginning of the season! He provided a crucial assist in the game to help the team win over Rosario Central, and Santi's impressive performance was simply the biggest gain of Boca this season! ”

At the beginning of the season, when Santi returned as a free agent, public opinion was generally ridiculed, and they ridiculed Santi's automatic termination and return of the contract to lose the face of Argentine footballers, and even more so for Boca's high-level "take-in" Santi as scratching the lottery! And now, I don't think anyone in the whole of Argentina will taunt Boca and Santi anymore! ”

"Aside from the contribution of helping the national Olympic team win the Olympic gold medal for a second time, the results of two goals and six assists in eight games are enough to satisfy every discerning fan and football person! This is the absolute golden boy, and now watching his celebration at the Candy Box Stadium, we can shout loudly: the all-powerful Argentine midfielder is back!! ”

Rosario Central, which has always regarded itself as an old powerhouse, is one of the first clubs in Argentina, with a huge fan base and good strength that makes it enough to firmly entrench itself in the middle of the Argentine League, and often become a spoiler in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. However, this time, in the fantastic Candy Box Stadium, the players of Rosario Central had a game that was not a dream, they were beaten by Boca's powerful attack, and finally could only swallow the defeat of 0:2.

Boca regained the top spot in the Liga with a strong winning streak before flying to Ecuador, where they faced Ecuadorian league giants Quitos de Sudamericana in the second leg.

In the second leg, Boca was completely limited by the weather, both the veteran Riquelme and the young Santhiago were lost in the plateau, and finally Boca could only end 0:1, but Boca still advanced to the next quarter-knockout round with an aggregate score advantage in the two rounds. However, after qualifying, the fans did not celebrate too wildly, because the South American Club Cup is the second largest continental competition in South America, and after the game entered this stage, the competition began to be intense.

After knocking out Guyto Sport, Boca's next opponent before reaching the semi-finals will be the Brazilian league side Internacional Brasil, one of the country's most famous star factories. This opponent is definitely the last thing Boca wants to meet at the moment, because among the South American clubs, the Arabie team has always been a strong representative, and the Brazilian team is a dual representative of strength and physical fitness.

Brazil has a national league, a state league in its own state, plus a domestic cup, an intrastate cup, and a copa libertadores, all of which are played in a calendar year!

Last season's Brazil International, for example, not only did they have to participate in 19 state leagues in a single round robin of 20 teams in Rio Grande do Sul, but the state league is still in the NBA-like format, once they enter the playoffs, then it will take 4 games to reach the finals, that is, the Gwangju League Brazil International must play a total of 23 games at most! Add to that the 38 matches of the Brazilian Liga double round-robin at the same time, 14 Copa do Brasil, 20 Rio Grande do Sul and 16 Copa Sudamericana, and Internacional do Brasil has experienced almost four times as many fixtures as Boca!

If all the matches that the Brazilian International participate in are played to the end, then it is equivalent to every three and a half days that they will have to play, that is, a double match every week with no holidays throughout the year!

In such a situation, some people must say that for second-rate competitions such as state leagues and state cups, Brazilian teams should be able to play with youth teams! But it's a pity that the state league is also a rising and lowering system, and Brazil, as a country with a full name of football, has an average player level that is not weak! Let's say that the football level is weak, although it is not as famous as Sao Paulo and Rio, it still has three Brazilian clubs, Gremio, International and Juventud, and below them there are countless small and medium-sized clubs that are eager to be on top and ambitious to rush to the Brazilian league!!

Therefore, the intensive schedule and high-intensity matches have created many talented Brazilian players, and people think that they are just born out of thin air, but in fact, these talents are all one in a million in Brazil! It's just that the overly dense schedule allows these to land in Europe, suddenly relaxed and famous, and the acclaimed geniuses often have the feeling that Europe is nothing more than that, followed by the indulgence that follows.

At present, facing the upcoming Brazilian International, even if they are old rivals, the Boca people still dare not relax in the slightest, and they all look like they are facing a big enemy. The Brazilian team has always been at home and away, and when they are away to Brazil, the Arab giants have all had the experience of being slaughtered by a large score, coupled with the traditional confrontation between the football circles of the two countries, which also makes the two sides look like enemies.

After returning to Buenos Aires, Boca immediately began to train specially, focusing on away pressure and physical training, no way, it is unrealistic to ask players to practice physical fitness at all times in a more relaxed league environment, and the players will not agree. It also gives every Liga manager a headache when they meet Brazilian teams. Fortunately, there is still half a month before the game, which is enough for coach Ischea to express his sorrow.

You must know that the physical training that he has continued since returning to China is not as simple as bubble gym and training pectoralis major muscles, but mainly includes strength training, speed training, endurance training, flexibility training and so on. After all, in order to develop different weapons, sometimes you have to build muscle, sometimes you have to lose weight, and sometimes you have to strengthen your upper limbs to be able to withstand those wolf-like opponents.