"Wow! As you can see, there is still a little time left before the two teams play, and the photographers have already focused their lenses on Maradona, the football king who came to the World Cup stadium in Hamburg today to help the Argentine team, and his family! Maradona declared before the start of this World Cup that this Argentine team will be able to defend the title, I wonder if the prediction of the football king can come true? Argentine Digital Satellite TV, commentator Varidec said before the start of the game.

"Yes, Maradona is an idol for many of us, and of course, Maradona's idol is definitely Mr. Kempes." Barty, who has just joined Argentine Digital Satellite TV, also said with a smile.

"Oh, Gabriel, you're holding me up too much, okay, let's tell the crowd about the squad for the game. On the Argentine side, apart from the fact that Leo Messi replaced Maxi Rodriguez as the starter, it was not unexpected by everyone......"

A list of Argentina's starters today.

Goalkeeper: Abang Dancelli

Left-back: Milito

Right-back: Javier Zanetti

Centre-back: Ayala

Centre-back: Samuel

Defender: Leonwill (c)

Defender: Cambiasso

Left midfielder: Lionel Messi

Right midfielder: Gonzalez

Second striker: Carlos Tevez

Centre-forward: Crespo

"The reason why Coach Bielsa uses the young Messi, I think he is also to strengthen the vitality of the Argentine lineup, Maxi is very clear to all of us, that is, he is very comprehensive, but players with more characteristics like Messi are often more able to create miracles in this kind of cup competition. Just like Caniggia back then, and Ortega, the king of our national team on the left side. After Kempes finished talking about the starting list of the Argentine team, Barty also commented.

"Well, that's true, so let's take a look at the starting line-up of Ivory Coast today......"

Ivory Coast's starting line-up for the day.

Goalkeeper: Tisser

Left-back: Eboue

Right-back: Boca

Centre-back: Colo Toure

Centre-back: A-Met

Defender: Yaya Toure

Defender: E-Faye

Left midfielder: Zokorra

Right midfielder: Kalaw

Second striker: A-Koné

Centre-forward: Didier Drogba (c)

"It's not hard to see from the starting line-up of Ivory Coast that they have a lot of talented players, like Didier Drogba, Toure are all from the Premier League giants, especially Drogba, who will be the most threatening figure in Ivory Coast. He's going to have a strong impact, and before this World Cup, we've all talked about Argentina's defence, Argentina don't really have that kind of strong central defender, and Ayala and Samuel defending against Didier Drogba today will be decisive in the outcome of this game. Barty commented again.

"Yes, well, you can see, the FIFA fair play song has been played, and the players of both teams are starting to step on the pitch......"

Hamburg World Cup Stadium, today the stadium that can accommodate more than 40,000 people is divided into two halves, half is an orange ocean, because Côte d'Ivoire is wearing an orange jersey today, as a new team of the World Cup, African elephants under the leadership of Drogba majestic on the World Cup field!

In the previous life, the Ivory Coast actually created great trouble for the Argentine team and the Dutch team in this group, and in the first game against Argentina in the previous life, the Ivory Coast even overwhelmed Argentina in possession and shots.

In the second match against the Netherlands, Ivory Coast at that time was too nervous in the opening game due to lack of experience, otherwise it is really difficult to say who will die. In the last battle, Serbia, which has already fought for dignity, African elephants have fully demonstrated their strength and talent.

This is the most threatening team against Argentina and the Netherlands in the entire Group C.

They have the core of Arsenal's defense, the number one iron of the future Manchester City, Drogba, a center forward with strong impact ability like Koné, and a talented winger like Kalou.

Underestimating an elephant will be trampled flat!

By the way, as I said earlier, today the World Cup stadium in Hamburg was divided into two halves, one half occupied by the Ivorian fans and the other half by the Argentine fans.

It was the most familiar Argentine uniform, with the blue and white Argentine team coming on under their captain, the new world king Leon Weil, and the appearance of the defending champions ushered in a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene, where the inexperienced Ivorian fans were the opponents of the Argentine fans.

You know, the fans of the Argentine team are some of the best at making noise in the world.

At the World Cup stadium in Hamburg, the appearance of players from both teams made the scene reach a short time.

After the ensuing singing of the national anthem, the captains of the two teams, Leonville and Drogba, exchanged flags with each other, Drogba and Leon are old acquaintances, because Chelsea have met Inter Milan in the Champions League for two consecutive years, so when exchanging team flags, Drogba also smiled at Leon.

"We are a new team, but we will not show mercy to the defending champions."

"I hope so!"

In the first round of confrontation, which smelled of a little gunpowder, the African elephant had already shown its hideous side, and Leon was like a Tai Chi master, taking it in stride.

Today's referee is the referee from Uzbekistan in Asia, Durihoff, in Leon's memory, he seems to remember that there were a bunch of blind referees in 06 years, but the referees from Asia have the highest evaluation in all aspects.

This may have something to do with the fact that Asia is not the center of world football, and both teams don't have to worry about the referee today.

Uzbekistan's Durikhev motioned for the captains of both teams to step forward and pick a side, which Leon lost, but won the kick-off for Argentina.

So, after the players of both sides took their positions, the Uzbek Durikhev began to look at his watch.

At 9:30 p.m. local time in Germany, this high-profile battle kicked off at the World Cup stadium in Hamburg, Germany!

Argentina kicked off first in the first half, with Crespo kicking the ball to Tevez at the Hamburg World Cup Stadium......

"Argentina! Argentina!! Argentina !! Argentina !!!! ”

"We will win! We will win! Argentina must win!!! Argentina must win!!!! ”

The experienced Argentine fans began to chant in unison, and Maradona, the king of the ball in the stands, even waved an Argentine flag he was holding!

"Viewers in front of the TV, welcome to the live commentary of the 06 World Cup in Germany brought to you by Argentine Digital Satellite TV, today we bring you the match between Argentina and Ivory Coast! I'm the narrator Varidek, and I'm going to bring you a live commentary today! ”

Argentina, Buenos Aires, just like when they won the championship four years ago, countless fans gathered at the Rose Garden Center to watch Argentina's first World Cup match on a huge screen!

Argentina started the game with a quick attack after a slight adjustment by captain Leonwill, and Ivory Coast adopted a Chelsea-style pressing style today, as the Ivorian players were fit enough to splurge without hesitation.

Under Drogba's pressure, Leon calmly knocked the ball in the opposite direction with his right heel, and this wonderful escape of the noble son also won him bursts of applause from the fans!

León dribbled the ball to the centre circle after shaking off Drogba, and the Ivorian players methodically stepped back to maintain the distance between the three lines, and it was clear that French mahout Michel had made Ivory Coast improve a lot.

You must know that this kind of close positioning requires tactical execution, and the talent of African teams is undoubted, but it is difficult for them to create that kind of results such as the Final Four and the Final because of their tactical execution.

However, today's Ivory Coast felt completely different, they were like a well-tactical, Argentina's first attack in the opening game was fruitless, León's long ball was stopped by Crespo, but Toure, who was marking Crespo, suddenly went around to steal and clear.

"It was exactly what we expected, the power, the speed...... The talent of this team is unmatched, and they also have the same tactical quality and execution as Nishelia back then, this team is indeed the most formidable in this group. Leon thought to himself.

Before this game, after watching the video of Ivory Coast, the players of the Argentine team did not dare to underestimate the opponent, because Ivory Coast showed the strength of the world's best team in the video.

Maybe they are still far from the best teams, but as long as they can play good football, then they are definitely unstoppable elephants.

The defending champions met a stubborn resistance in Hamburg and in the fourth minute of the first half, the African elephant flicked his nose for the first time! Chelsea winger Kalou broke Milito's defence down the right before sending in a low cross that Didier Drogba followed up in the middle and almost opened the scoring for Ivory Coast with a powerful header......

Thankfully, Argentina's goalkeeper Abang Dancelli was focused and made a world-class save!

"What a hanging! The Argentine team should still pay attention to this sudden acceleration in Côte d'Ivoire, their speed is indeed amazing! Validek, the commentator of the Argentine Digital Satellite TV station, explained.

Corner kick, the nose of the African elephant almost didn't knock the proud Pampas Eagle directly from the sky, but fortunately, after the opening nose, the Argentine team under the leadership of León slowly regained the feeling of the defending champions......