Chapter 66: Two Eagles Fight for the Nest (6)

Of course, this is just a joke, and there is nothing wrong with Batista's idea of slamming the enemy in the sore spots.

Just 100 seconds after the start of the second half, Mascherano took the ball and counterattacked in the middle and was intercepted, but Messi, who was nearby, immediately rushed up to counter-grab and took the ball back.

Seeing that this good opportunity was missed, Aguero was impressed by Nigerian goalkeeper Van Zekin as he stood up.

The single knife after the opening can be said to be a portrayal of the trend of the entire second half of the game, and the Argentine boys who dominated the game were unforgiving according to the tactics laid out by the head coach Batista, and reacted round after round of onslaught.

In the fiftieth minute, Zabaleta knocked back on the right, Santhiago pulled the ball with the ball at the bottom of his foot and turned away from the defense, faked a shot from 20 meters in front of the goal, and suddenly volleyed with his left foot, and the ball was blocked by goalkeeper Van Zekin Fei. In the 55th minute, it was again Saint-Tiago who volleyed the ball with his left foot 27 meters in front of the goal, and then he immediately stepped forward to press after the opponent opened the goalkeeper.

Born in Kano, Nigeria in 1986, Sani Keita is a simple, hard-working engineer midfielder who was also a regular player at the '05 World Youth Championships. After an unsuccessful three years at Sparta Rotterdam after the World Youth Championships, he moved to Monaco, where he was re-loaned to Russian Ruby Kazan due to the presence of Nkuru and Goso.

His play-up was all about strengthening the Nigerian's hardness in midfield, so he naturally didn't want to back down against Santiago when he was behind, and Sani Keita did have real skills, and he held the ball firmly at his feet in the face of Santiago and quickly completed the breakthrough.

Seeing Keita go away with the ball, Santhiago was also helpless, he thought that he had just seen the opportunity to take the lead, but what he didn't expect was that Sani Keita was very smart, and his body had been holding the Stanti who was about to move, even if he saw Stanti kick, there was no misposition, and finally he returned in vain. Santiago patted the weeds on his knees awkwardly in the face of the boos of the Nigerian fans, and his face was expressionless, in fact, he already hated it in his heart.

After successive breakthroughs in the first half, he has almost become the public enemy of Nigerian fans, and every time he dribbles the ball, he will be greeted with a lot of boos, but fortunately, there are not many Nigerian fans present in this game. However, the boos still made him feel depressed, and it does take courage to play in 37 degrees weather.

Saintie repeatedly tried to plug the Nigerian group with goals, but two long-range shots were unsuccessful, and this time the top grab was ruthlessly thrown away, how could this not make his teeth itch?

"Sainty, normal heart! Relax and don't waste your chances! ”

Riquelme caught a glimpse of San Tiago's state and immediately sensed his psychological change, leaned over and patted him on the shoulder. Seeing Big Brother's admonition, Saint-Tiago sighed helplessly, he thought that he was not carried away by anger, but he couldn't bear it for a while, and he still knew the priorities.

However, to the surprise of all Argentine fans, Nigerian striker Obiena's ability to seize the opportunity was indeed unsatisfactory, and then the weak push on the left side of the penalty area was obtained by Romero without any suspense. It seems that the positive Indian center forwards of all the teams in this Olympics are no longer in shape, and none of them are playing as well as they should, which makes people surprised.

Ten minutes later, Nigerian coach Xia Xia Tie blushed and replaced Okronkwo with Everton striker Anish Be, seeing this situation, the Argentine fans responded with huge boos, but they did not expect that this substitution had an immediate effect, and Anish Bey immediately got the equalizer. Adefemi sent a low cross from the right and Anish Bey fired wide of the near post from four yards out!

There was a sparse round of applause in the stands, mixed with cheers from a handful of Nigerian fans, and although people were expecting a battle of dragons and tigers, public opinion was mostly in favor of the Argentine Olympic team, which was especially evident in the reaction of the fans during the game.

Argentina made a change soon after a throw-in, with Ravic coming on in place of Sergio Aguero, and after taking the opportunity to run to the sidelines and take a sip of a drink, Santhiago was replaced with a sweat-soaked shirt and put on a clean shirt again. The heat overwhelmed every player, especially the Nigerians, who were getting anxious and fouled.

In an attack, Messi broke through the left rib and was tripped by Nigerian central defender Apan, who received a yellow card, and soon after the captain of the Nigerian Olympic team, Isak, also tackled Mascherano on the other side and received a yellow card.

After the last 20 minutes of the game, most of the Argentine players were out of breath, and their physical strength was extremely exhausted in the hot weather and high-intensity confrontation, and only a few people were still fully engaged in the game, the first of which were Santhiago and Messi. The two of them have undertaken too many combat missions in the Argentine team, and it is undisguised that the task of moving forward is undertaken by the two of them, so the physical exertion is also the most huge.

Seeing this situation, Batista did not dare to reluctantly make another substitution adjustment, but fortunately, the depth of the Argentine bench was enough to make all the coaches envious, Di Maria replaced Messi, and Sosa replaced San Thiago.

Saint-Tiago, who went off the field first, walked off the field with applause, and after high-fived Sosa, he took the towel and went to the bench, but Messi, who came off the field one step later, was not treated so well. When Messi was substituted, the audience was not applauded, but booed.

Discovering this scene, Santo Thiago and other Argentine players were puzzled, why did the fans collectively boo Messi? You know, at least 80% of these people are coming for Messi. Could it be that the fans are booing Argentina coach Batista because they want to see Messi fight until the last minute? But that's not in line with football conventions, where substitutions are made to cheer for the best of the best.

Santtiago, who had no clue after thinking about it, could only blame it on the fact that people's expectations of Messi were too high.

Watching the game that was gradually coming to an end with a towel, Santiago couldn't help but get excited, as long as he could stabilize the situation, then a gold medal would be in his pocket! This is an Olympic honor that many people can't ask for!

In the 82nd minute, Nigeria replaced the captain Isak with Ekpo, and then Di Maria pulled Adefermi, who was warned by a yellow card, Nigeria crossed the curve ball on the right side, and Odenwenji and Ekpo, who were outflanked in front of the goal, were interfered with by goalkeeper Romero and did not touch the ball! Then, Di Maria cut inside in midfield, facing two defenders to block his left foot and poke into the middle, Ravitch's shot was blocked by the defenders.

In the 86th minute, Ravitch steals from the feet of Adelaie in the front field and rushes into the penalty area, and is destroyed by Apan's hard pursuit and tackle! Monzon received a yellow card for delaying time with a throw-in, and the Nigerian fans burst into extremely dissatisfied boos.

Riquelme was soon shown a yellow card for delaying a free-kick, but it didn't matter, and the Argentine Olympic players stood nervously on the sidelines as the game entered stoppage time, waiting for the game to end.

In the 92nd minute, Obiena crossed from the left, and Anish Bey was about to score with a cushion in front of him, but Romero reacted quickly and pressed the ball under him!

Then the whistle blew and the game was over!!