104: Crossing the moat
After Argentina's equaliser, the Ivory Coast did not perform as African teams in the World Cup before, at least not in terms of situation.
French mahout Michel looked intent on making his start to the end, and with more than 70 minutes to go, there was still no sign of making any substitutions on the Ivorian side.
And here, Bielsa is ready to make another substitution, when deciding life and death, Bielsa chose Veron, the hero of the Argentine team who won the World Cup in 02 is in very bad form this season, and even many people in Argentina think that Bielsa should not bring Veron.
However, Bielsa not only brought Veron with him, but also chose to replace him in Argentina's first game of the World Cup. Veron came on and he replaced Luis Gonzalez.
"Leon! Go to the front. As soon as Veron came on the field, he yelled at Leon.
Bielsa's purpose for replacing Veron is obvious, he wants to completely unleash Leonwill's attacking talent, and at this time, Bielsa needs his attack more than Leon's all-round ability.
Leon nodded, and then gave up the position in the middle of the midfield to Uncle Veron, compared with four years ago, Veron's body has been a little blessed, and his speed and strength are in a declining stage.
If Han said that Veron in the World Cup in 02 was an out-and-out star, then it is difficult to say that his current level can be said to be 60% of what he was four years ago.
However, whether it is Leon or Bielsa, they are looking forward to Veron, because this guy's experience is valuable for the Argentine team, and Mascherano is still too tender in the midfield position. Sometimes, veterans are crucial for a team.
With the arrival of Veron and the liberation of Leonville, the Ivorians soon felt the pressure from Leonville, the king of the world.
Once León's offensive talent is unleashed, it will be difficult for Ivory Coast to stop him even in a double bag, because León's dribbling breakthrough is completely irregular, and he is still the kind of attacker who likes to use fancy combos to end attacks. It's like playing cards, and the most terrible enemy is the kind of opponent who doesn't play cards according to common sense.
And León's individual ability is so strong that if Ivory Coast wants to limit his play in the front court, the restrictions on other Argentine players will have to be weakened. León, who has fully unleashed his attacking power, led the players of the Argentine team to press Ivory Coast round after round.
Michel, the French mahout on the sidelines, was already getting anxious, because he knew that if Argentina were allowed to play like this, Ivory Coast's efforts for more than 70 minutes today would probably be in vain. That's what Michelle doesn't want and doesn't want to see.
Michel began to use his gestures to remind the Ivorian players that it is useless to blindly defend because Leonwill is the best weapon in modern football to break down dense defences. He has a strong individual combat ability, as well as a strong sniper ability, and he is also an excellent frontcourt commander, so if you want to fend off the Argentine's crazy comeback at the end, then the Ivorian team must have a counter-attack.
Defence alone is not enough, only counter-attacks can make Argentina's attack take back. Michel, who has been playing football for many years, knows this well, so he began to remind the Ivorian players to press on.
Drogba is the most solid executor of Michel's tactics, although he is still a little worried about his teammates, but Drogba still pressed forward, and Drogba's forward pressure began to worry the Argentine players. You must know that at this time, their most trusted captain Leonwill has come to the frontcourt, can Veron and Cambiaso withstand the impact of Drogba? If they can't stop it, then Drogba, the African elephant, will go straight to the Argentine defence, and today Drogba has scored twice, and the Argentines don't want Drogba to complete a hat-trick over their heads.
"Trust your teammates!" Looking at his nervous teammates, taking advantage of a dead-ball opportunity, Leon said, "All we have to do now is score this goal that is overbearing, there are only ten minutes left in the game, and we have to kill the game as soon as possible." ”
Although in the dressing room, León is the target of bullying, but on the pitch, he is the true leader of Argentina.
Argentina don't have time to worry about the Ivory Coast's counter-attack, as the defending champions will have to score another goal.
Soon, the Argentine team's all-round pressure gave the Ivorians a chance to counterattack, Tevez made a mistake in front of the ball, and Colo Toure quickly launched a counterattack with a long pass......
Drogba intends to use his body to protect the ball near the center circle, and at this time, the Argentine team's backline, Zanetti and Cambiaso have already assisted, if Drogba takes the ball in this position, it is very likely that the Ivorian counterattack can penetrate the Argentine defense at once.
At the World Cup stadium in Hamburg, the fans of the Argentine team have become nervous.
And the fans of Ivory Coast are looking forward to Drogba to bring them joy again!
At the critical moment, Veron stepped up, he leaned on Drogba with his body, and the cunning Veron secretly observed the referees' positions and then pulled Drogba with his hand in the blind spot of the referees, which made Drogba's center of gravity shift.
You know, no matter how strong a footballer is, as long as his center of gravity falls, then he will definitely not be able to stand on his feet, because no one is a tumbler.
However, even with his loss of balance, Drogba stubbornly stopped the ball......
But at the moment when Drogba stopped the ball, Veron, who had been making small movements behind him just now, suddenly let go, he bypassed Drogba, Drogba was pulled by Veron and leaned on Veron to stand firm, but Veron suddenly unloaded his force obscenely...... Don't blame our army for being incompetent, only blame the enemy for being too cunning!
The black-bellied Veron used his clever defense to bring down the African elephant Drogba, which made the referee on duty Durihoff stunned, because he watched carefully for a long time, and did not see Veron foul action, and when Dury Huff was about to look up to see if the other two linesmen had observed whether Veron had fouled or not, the cunning Veron broke the ball and directly launched a counterattack with a long pass!
This made Durikhev helpless, so he could only quickly turn his head back!
The Argentine counterattack is coming! On the right side of the frontfield, the captain of the Argentine team, León, stopped the ball with his right foot and directly pulled the ball past to shake off Ebo, Ivory Coast just because of the counterattack, so the front line at the moment looks very messy!
They really trust Drogba too much, but the Ivory Coast players don't know that Drogba has met the most cunning Veron of the Argentine team!
Although Veron's long pass has lost its speed, its accuracy is still world-class, so Leon was able to stop the ball and pull the ball directly past Ebous!
As León began to cut inside, Ivory Coast's second defender, Yaya Toure, had to give up the marking in front of him to help the defence.
Seeing Yaya Toure rushing towards him, Leon was not in a hurry, he waited for Yaya Toure's body to rush to the fastest moment when he suddenly smashed the ball! I saw a black shadow slip in front of Leon, Leon just smashed the ball to avoid Yaya Toure, and because he rushed too fast, Yaya Toure almost lost his center of gravity and fell on the court!
After two delicate dribbles in a row, León burst into the left side of the Ivory Coast penalty area, and the Ivory Coast defense was now wide open!
Youth, immaturity and inexperience cost Côte d'Ivoire dearly! After bursting into the penalty area, León easily crossed the middle, and the follow-up Crespo pushed the empty goal for the Argentine team to rewrite the score on the field again!
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!”
"Crespo's goal, the assist after captain Leonwill's brilliant breakthrough! Three to two, we overtook the score! ”
Crespo's goal was finally able to put the Argentine fans at ease with the heart that had been hanging in their throats, and for the Ivory Coast fans, it was definitely regrettable and frustrating.
Drogba ran to complain to the referee about Peron's pull after Argentina's goal, but Uzbekistan's Durikhev could only pretend to be confused at this time.
At 3-2, the defending champions finally took the lead in the 82nd minute of the match.
With eight minutes remaining, Ivory Coast did not give up and were ready to fight to the death, but just as Ivory Coast pressed hard, Argentina soon scored again.
This time it was Leonwill who played a fantastic melody in midfield, who used a brilliant Marseille maneuver in midfield to pull through Yaya Toure's defence before striking in front of Ivory Coast defender Faye!
Obviously looking at Maxi Rodriguez on the left, he sent a through ball from the right wing! Crespo! Crespo, who had been lying in ambush in the Ivory Coast penalty area, ran out like a ghost!
He caught Leon's kick and didn't look at the pass, and then scored a low shot and scored twice!
Four to two, in the eighty-seventh minute of the second half, the Argentine team completely killed the suspense of the game, and the defending champions drew a successful end to their first World Cup match with a thrilling match!
“b――――――――――!! b――――――――――――――! b――――――――――――――!!! "After the Uzbek Durikhev blew the whistle for the end of the match, the players of the Argentine team have already started to celebrate the victory!
"It's not easy, Leon, I'm tired." Cambiaso rubbed his calves and complained to his partner.
"Me too, those defenders in Côte d'Ivoire are too good to run, but Leon, your passing is amazing, and the Ivory Coast defense is attracted by your eyes!" Crespo said with a smile as he looked at captain Leon.
"Isn't this the legendary attack with eyes?" Maxi Rodriguez also teased.
"Alright, everyone! I think we should go take a shower now and get some rest! I'm really tired. Leon looked helplessly at the group of souls and said.
"Hahaha, to be able to make Leon say tired, Côte d'Ivoire is indeed very strong!" The players of the Argentine team said.
Just as the Argentine team was celebrating the victory, on the other side, Drogba walked towards Leon with his No. 11 jersey, "You are strong, but you can win more glory!" "Drogba is still angry about Veron's small actions against him.
"Intelligence is part of the game of football, man, you did a great job tonight." Leon said after taking the shirt from Drogba and handing his own to Drogba.
"Thank you, you did a great job too. We're going to make it. 'Despite the defeat in the opening game and the fact that it was a group of death, Drogba did not show any frustration because in this game, Ivory Coast had shown the world their potential.
A player like Yaya Toure will soon be picked by Europe's top giants.
After exchanging jerseys with Drogba, León also returned to the queue and returned to the locker room with his teammates.
Despite the defeat, French mahout Michel shook hands with Bielsa after the match and hugged and wished Argentina a defence of their title.
It was a thrilling night, with defending champions Argentina in a desperate situation and Bielsa's side doing everything they could, but the final takeover was a delight.
Four to two, after the Germans' brilliant opener, England and Sweden had a dull match against Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago respectively, leaving many fans unsatisfied.
Today, however, defending champions Argentina have seen another enjoyable match.
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