The African elephants in Côte d'Ivoire had a really sharp start to the game, using their strengths: their bodies and speed to suppress the momentum of the defending champions.

As African players continue to flock to Europe's top five leagues, countries from this magical continent are always going to surprise people at every World Cup.

Senegal in '02 was a case in point, when they were upset by beating defending champions France 1-0 in their opening game.

Argentina definitely doesn't want to be second to France.

So Leon did not panic under the aggressive momentum of Ivory Coast just now, and what was better than the French team was that the French team lacked their core Zidane, while the core of the Argentine team, Leonwill, was on the field at this time.

The strength of the Argentine team is teamwork and foot skills, so Leon and Cambiaso constantly use running, passing, receiving and the width and space of the pitch to pull the Ivory Coast defense.

However, I don't know if it was too exciting to participate in the World Cup for the first time, the Ivorians were like one buffalo after another, and they were entangled in the core of the Argentine team.

Faced with such a situation, Leon, who had been mentally prepared before the game, began to strengthen his personal breakthrough on the court, and at the same time he began to encourage his teammates to boldly move forward.

Because under the pressure of the opponent, handing the ball to his teammates like a hot potato is a very cheating national pig move. When the opponent is pressing, there are generally two moves, one is to pass the ball quickly, and the other is to break through the personal ability.

The Ivory Coast's defense made it difficult for Argentina to pass quickly effectively, so individual breakthroughs became Argentina's choice on the field at this time.

León's individual breakthrough will inevitably take away the strong points of Ivory Coast's defense, so that it can be a good relief for other teammates. However, Leon's breakthrough alone was not enough, and soon, Messi, a young player who was reused by coach Bielsa today, began to keep getting the ball.

He was a sharp knife that the Argentine team used to break through.

The Ivorians are clearly aware of this, too, so their right-back Boca and midfielder Yaya Toure are taking extra care of the young Messi.

Messi finally felt the defense that his predecessor Caniggia encountered back then, with fierce tackles, all kinds of pushing, and the strong running ability of African players.

The little flea, who was omnipotent in La Masia, soon became deflated in succession.

The first time was when Messi wanted to dunk Boca with the ball, he had already passed, but Yaya Toure, who was making up for the defense, directly put Messi down with a flying tackle, because Yaya Toure touched the ball first with this tackle, and there was no deliberate hurtful action, so the referee Durihoff from Asia was also aware of the foul and did not blow the foul.

At this time, Messi is not the Messi of the future, and young people do not have the privilege of stardom.

Although the Uzbek Durikhev's decision drew boos from the Argentine fans in attendance, it was applauded by the Ivory Coast fans.

Sometimes being a referee is so difficult, but as a referee, you must stick to your own judgment and never hesitate, because hesitation or interference by the fans may lead to deviations in your next decision.

From this point of view, to be able to judge the penalty in the face of the boos of countless defending champion Argentina fans, Durihoff has achieved the standard of a good referee.

After being shoveled, Messi Jr. patted the dirt on his body and got up again from the pitch, he was a little frustrated and annoyed...... At this time, with the steal just now, Yaya Toure had already led the African elephants to wave their noses again.

Ivory Coast's fast attack quickly hit the front of the Argentine team after three passes and two guides, Kalou's breakthrough and cross from the right, Drogba's header in the middle, although this set of tactics in one go did not succeed in the end, but still caused cheers from the Ivory Coast fans on the scene.

Because, in front of the defending champion Argentina, the Ivorians showed their fighting spirit!

The defending champion, if you want to win this game, it's not that easy~.

...... "Damn! After being successfully defended by Yaya Toure again, the young and immature Messi pulled Yaya Toure down with some revenge.

Messi played very depressed today, as long as he brought the ball, he would be called to the focus of the Ivory Coast defense. Who says African countries are necessarily lagging behind? At least with the French mahout Michel with his successful set-up of Messi, it is not difficult to see that the Ivorians are ahead of Argentina in today's tactics!

Uzbek Durikhev showed a yellow card to Messi, who was in revenge for a foul, which was not the first yellow card in this World Cup, but the first yellow card received by the defending champion Argentina in this World Cup.

The defending champions were held back by the African elephants after the opening kick-off, with their starting left midfielder Lionel Messi failing to break through repeatedly, Argentina's attack stalled up front, and the Ivory Coast's counter-attack was incisive...... The situation was a bit passive, and the captain of the Argentine team, León, walked towards Messi, and he patted Messi on the shoulder: "Leo, put your mind down, don't blindly act brutally, use your wisdom to defeat the opponent." ”

"I see, Captain." Messi shrugged his head, it was obvious that the Argentine golden boy was very unhappy today, very unhappy.

It's been a tough game.

…… The match between Argentina and the Ivory Coast has been almost twenty-five minutes on, the Argentine team has not had many chances, they have completely dominated the possession, but the madman Bielsa wants to use Messi to copy the idea of Caniggia back then is bankrupt, Messi tried to break through seven times today, but all failed without exception, his seven heads-up defeats meant that the Argentine team was counterattacked by the Ivorians like a storm.

In the words of the commentators of major TV stations, if there is no stable Leonwill and Super Abang Dancelli, it is estimated that the Argentine team is now behind in the score.

The Ivorian was thrilled to appear on the World Cup stage for the first time.

Soon they really had their chances.

It was Messi's mistake, the captain of the Argentine national team, Leonwill, was very stubborn and kept feeding Messi today, even if Messi Jr. failed his expectations again and again...... This time, however, the Ivorians did not waste God's favor on them.

Yaya Toure's performance has caught the attention of many European scouts in the stands, and his tough body and super interception ability can't help but remind people of the former generation of Premier League king Patrick Vieira.

This time, Yaya Toure did not disappoint the European scouts either, not only did he show his excellent defense, but he also showed his excellent attacking awareness in this offensive and defensive battle!

Messi was intercepted by Yaya Toure again, and the depressed Messi did not have a chance to pull Yaya Toure down this time, and Yaya Toure had already turned around with a delicate pull ball after the steal to shake off the distance between him and Messi.

The front court of the Argentine team could not form an effective counter-robbery, and Yaya Toure took advantage of the situation to take the ball through the midfield and bring away the midfield of the Argentine team!

It's out of touch!

Leon's partner Cambiaso pressed up immediately, but Yaya Toure calmly pulled the ball from his right foot to his left foot to avoid Cambiaso's robbery!

Wonderful! In Yaya Toure's body, people seem to see the shadow of Vieira back then!

That Arsenal is the best midfielder in the Premier League in the Premier League era! One of the four big midfielders in the world, one person can stand up to the midfield maniac of Fabregas and Gilberto Silva!

Yaya Toure was like a black axe that split a hole in the Argentine midfield, and his ensuing long ball went over the head of the king of the world, Leonwill, and hit the feet of Drogba!

After Andy Lau stopped the ball on his chest, he gave the ball to his club teammate Kalou who followed up, and Kalau shot to deceive the Argentine team's defender Ayala who had stepped forward to make up for the defense, and then crossed again, Drogba received the ball from behind at this time, and then flicked horizontally, and led it vertically into the penalty area!

African Andy Lau used his strong body to carry the powerful central defender Samuel of the Great International Era II, and then he looked up to observe the position of the Argentine goalkeeper Abang Dancelli!

Drogba takes a low left-footed shot inside the inside!

Abang Dancelli reacted at the same time!

Hmmm――――――――――!!!! The ball spun extremely fast in the air and Drogba's low shot flew into the bottom right corner of the goal with the turf fee!

1 to 0!!

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！”

"Drogba!! Drogba!!! ”

"Is Côte d'Ivoire going to perform a miracle?!!!!"

"Argentina have conceded their first goal of the World Cup in Germany! The mighty defending champion was met with stubborn resistance from African elephants! ”

At the World Cup stadium in Hamburg, the Ivorians are crazy, the Ivorian fans are crazy, Drogba is crazy, and the Ivorian players on the bench are crazy to rush to Drogba who scored the goal!

It was the first goal in the history of the World Cup in Côte d'Ivoire!

Didier Drogba became a hero of Côte d'Ivoire!

The powerful centre-forward from Stamford Bridge has proven his worth! They are elephants from Africa, eagles of the Pampas, and you have been shot down!

After the goal, Drogba kept kissing the national team logo on his chest, and the excited Ivorians cheered unpassionately.

At this time, the most ending on the field was nothing less than Messi, because it was his mistake that caused the Argentine team to concede this goal.

Frustrated, Messi lowered his head, and at this moment, Cambiaso suddenly walked up to his partner Leon.

"Leon, is it really good that you keep feeding Leo like this, I feel like his confidence is almost gone." Cambiaso looked at Leon with a puzzled expression.

León calmly answered Cambiaso's question, brushed his hair with his hand, and then looked at his good partner and said: "Hitting is the best way to grow, the past year has been a dream for Leo, and the hat-trick of assists in the Champions League final has made him almost forget about himself." We have to thank Côte d'Ivoire because the Ivorians have told Leo that we are still ...... Four years ago, we were indeed kings of the world, but four years later, we are nothing. ”

Cambiaso nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, I understand, partner, so what are you going to do next, we're already behind." ”

Leon shrugged, "I don't know. ”

"Damn! No way? Cambiaso looked frustrated, and at this time, Leon patted him on the shoulder, "The road is walked out by people, and we haven't kicked the ball that turned the table, the Ivorians are indeed very imposing, but the momentum will make people get carried away." Their three lines are too open, and as long as we can play deep, then we have a good chance of equalising before half-time. ”

"Really? So how do we do that? Give the order! Captain. Cambiaso looked at Leon with a serious face.

"I think our team-mates already know how to play." Leon smiled as he pointed to Cambiaso at his teammates in front of him, where Tevez, Crespo, Gonzalez and others had already switched positions.

Argentina's attack became a triangular stance rather than a parallel stance in the opening game.

However, the Ivorians, who were still celebrating, apparently did not notice the change in Argentina's position, and it was not until referee Durihoff kept urging them that they remembered that there were 75 minutes left in the game.

It's an experienced Argentine team, Camby, who believes in our team-mates.

Leon's calm eyes became hot after the opening of the game, as if an iceberg had been melted, and Leon felt that his whole body was trembling!

Côte d'Ivoire is indeed a good opponent!

Such an opponent can give the Argentine team too much, too many valuable things.

The game continues!

Amid the joys of the Ivorians and the doubts of fans around the world, the defending champions Argentina restarted the game.

The captain of the Argentine team, León, suddenly changed the way Argentina played after the kick-off, and they no longer had Messi at the heart of the attack...... Gonzalez's position has begun to retreat, and he will fill it for León.

The captain of the Argentine team, the king of the world, Leon Well, jumped over the midfield with the ball to the cheers of the Argentine fans.

Fans all over the world know that he's going to take over the game!

First, a long pass with his right foot, the long pass with León's logo surname accurately found the top of Crespo's head, and the frontcourt header who made a great contribution to Argentina's championship in 02 returned to the top!

Tevez, who was following up, stopped the ball with his right foot and carried the Ivory Coast player, and he turned the ball back to captain Leão!

At this time, Yaya Toure had to give up his marking of Messi and make up for Leon.

However, when he ran towards Leon's side, Leon suddenly crossed Cambiaso!

Double back plug tactics!

Leon started to cut forward himself after the pass, and Cambiaso, who stopped Leon's crossing, took advantage of the situation and hit the ball back at Leon's feet with a diagonal pass that didn't stop the ball!

At the moment when the Ivory Coast defense began to recycle, on the right, Javier Zanetti began to leap forward!

The Argentine team's attack suddenly blossomed!