Chapter 128: Tenacious Mexico
"I want to say sorry to everyone, it was my command mistake in the first half." Aguirre said that his expression couldn't help but be a little gloomy, he is the hero of Mexico's qualification for the World Cup, but to be honest, his coaching level can only be said to be average, it can be seen that Aguirre is reckless, aggressive, interested, and when it comes to critical times, he will mess up and follow the steps of others.
Mexico were able to emerge from the group with a lot of luck, first of all, the first game against South Africa's Aguirre was confusing, with right-back Aguilar providing frequent assists, while Osorio, who is good at playing at right-back, played at central defense. At that time, goalkeeper Perez had already reflected Mexico's shortcomings, and striker Franco repeatedly wasted good opportunities, but the young Hernandez in the center position did not start, and when he fell behind, Aguirre was forced to play his two cards Blanco and Guardado.
In the second game against France, Aguirre improved the lineup, let Osorio return to the right side, Marques, who is good at passing, played the back, and let Moreno, who was more flexible and fast to turn, play central defender, it is not difficult to guess the tactical system arranged by Aguirre, Torrado and Juarez form protection on Marques's left and right, and the midfielder is Marquis, Torrado and Juarez are mainly responsible for defense. But what is incomprehensible is that Aguirre asked Vela to play left winger, first of all, Vela is not good at playing left, he often habitually returns to the back of the middle striker, he does not take much in the game, often disappears, and his state is very bad, dribbling, passing, shooting mistakes too much, and Guardado, who is good at playing on the left side and has strong passing ability, does not give any chance.
The third game was almost a remake of the second, but sadly, Mexico lost. In this game, Aguirre finally corrected all his mistakes and played with all the strong soldiers in his hands, but he mistakenly chose to play against the Belgian team, and the Mexican team was already two goals behind at the end of the first half.
"But we have no other choice!"
Obviously, Aguirre is planning to attack to the end, and it can't be said whether Aguirre is right or wrong, this time, he really has no other better choice.
Two goals behind, if you don't attack with all your strength, it's also a death, since there is only one way left, Aguirre can only go one way to the dark.
At the start of the second half, Mexico continued their onslaught like a group of gamblers, and Belgium clearly had already dealt with it, and the three midfielders became a stone wall in front of the Mexicans, no matter how much the Mexican team attacked, they could never break it down.
Frontal attacks have proven to be ineffective, with Mexico starting to attack on both flanks, but Belgium's defensive system has done a great job, with Marouane Fellaini continuing to play in the middle, and Drew and Naeng protecting the two full-backs respectively, creating a situation of more play and less at any point.
But even so, the Mexican team is still playing very tenacious, perhaps it is still a little incomplete to describe tenacity, hard, this word can best describe the state of the Mexican team at the moment.
From 1994 to 2010, Mexico broke through in the group stage of five consecutive World Cups, and the previous four times were immediately eliminated as soon as they qualified. Such a record has to make people sigh, it turns out that in the Mexican team, history is strikingly similar, or it should be said, history is constantly repeated.
If that fate were allowed to continue today, the Belgian would have handed Mexico a very embarrassing record of topping the World Cup rankings for consecutive exits at the same stage.
Mexico may not be a strong team that can match their world rankings, and some people even feel that Mexico's ability to become a regular in the World Cup finals is a stain on the North American division.
And in the final stage, he couldn't go too far, which was also due to his own strength, and he couldn't complain. But I believe that there are many people, every time they see the Mexican team's game, they will still have a good impression inexplicably, Mexicans are enthusiastic but not fanatical, and the football style is passionate and calm, which may be the key to making fans feel conflicted.
People may be tired of watching Spain's hypnotic style of play and label Italy's concrete defense as ugly, but they will definitely be impressed by the creativity and talent of Latin American football, which makes people boil and marvel at it. And now even Brazil and Argentina are losing their original temperament more and more, it is difficult to see any team from the back to the front, through continuous delicate cooperation and clever passing to attack the opponent's lifeline, the Straw Hats may be an exception, the perfect integration of technology and passion into football, different from the art of Brazilians, the spirit of Germany, the blood of Eastern Europeans, this is their football philosophy, and extremely persistent.
He is strong with him, and the breeze blows on the hills; He is horizontal, and the bright moon shines on the river.
For many years, Mexican football is like Jin Yong's casual and frank "old naughty boy" Zhou Botong, although under the trend of pragmatist football, Brazil, Argentina and other Latin football originators seem to be a little forbearing, but Mexico has always insisted on their artistic football dreams, in their eyes, football can not only be played as you want, but also must be played beautifully.
The Mexicans may not be as skilled on their feet as the South Americans with solid fundamentals, but they always create some unbelievable spectacle to please the crowd.
In the 1986 World Cup, in the match with the Bulgarian team, Negret's sideways volley became a classic shot often seen in World Cup promotional videos, and in the 1998 World Cup, Blanco's "leapfrogging pass" attracted countless young people to follow suit.
Andreas Pereira, the former head coach of Brazil, once said: "Mexico has a very different style of football, they rude the ball and it is more dangerous when they have the ball, and they play with a very traditional and standard style of play. ”
Some people say that Mexicans actually play "grassroots football", and Blanco's "frog jumping" is completely born out of street football, but compared with the modern player training system of "socialized mass production" of giant clubs, isn't the grassroots closer to the essence of football?
Short passes, penetrations, intersperses, breakthroughs, Mexican football belongs to the traditional Latin style, the sword is light and surprisingly successful, but when it comes to the real competition with disciplined, tough opponents, they will not fall behind, and the Aztecs have a hard word in their blood.
On the field, the Mexican team attacked very fiercely, completely ignoring the behind, but their attack was like a wave hitting the reef, which did not play the slightest role, and was injured by the edges and corners of the reef from time to time, but even so, they still refused to give up, and kept attacking, attacking!
They seem to have a very strong belief that as long as they stick to it, they will definitely reap the rewards!
Finally, in the 65th minute of the game, Mexico's attack once again hit the Belgian half, dos Santos's skillful dribbling, so that Nainggolan also looked very embarrassed, after rushing through the Belgian central defense, dos Santos did not let the football, stayed at his feet too much, and passed the ball before Fellaini stepped forward to fill the position.
In this game, Hernandez, the little pea who had high hopes for Aguirre, was facing away from Kompany when he got the ball, and the best central defender in Europe was very confident that he would stick to him, but Hernandez had thought about turning to the right side before getting the ball and seized the opportunity, and the defender was very passive at this time, and when he was still thinking about what to do next, the attacker had already taken the lead.
Hernandez easily shook off Kompany, this is the first step, because there is still a Vermaelen on the side, Hernandez has wind at his feet, and then accelerates, Vermaelen is embarrassed to deal with it, but he almost collided with Kompany, Hernandez shook off two people in a row, and shot angrily, so fast, Courtois even judged the direction of Hernandez's shot in advance, but there was no time to spread his body to save this almost dead corner goal.
The soccer ball got into the corner and hit the net.
After the goal, Hernandez climbed up with his hands and feet supporting his body, roared and rushed out, his face was a little hideous, this was a sudden outburst after a long period of suppressed emotions.
The Mexican fans in the field also went crazy, it was the goal they had been waiting for, and now it has finally arrived.
The Mexican coaching staff on the sidelines had long been hugged, and Aguirre, who was surrounded in the middle, couldn't help but blush a little in front of him.
At this moment, even the Belgian players on the field couldn't help but be shocked by Mexico's tenacity, such an opponent, they really met for the first time.
With two goals behind, there was no advantage at all on the field, but this team had no intention of giving up at all from beginning to end, and there was no trace of it.
"We seem to be in trouble, the Mexicans are coming up!" François couldn't help but be a little worried.
Antienes didn't care, but smiled: "It's okay! Old man, we have to trust our players, they can handle it! ”
Antienes said that Deegan had already run into the goal first, picked up the football, and ran towards the halfway line.
The tenacity of the Mexicans also stimulated Digan's fighting spirit, the game is only interesting like this, otherwise, before it happens, think about how to save face, how to not be too embarrassed in the case of losing, that kind of game, Degan is not interested at all.
Mexico is an opponent, Degan likes it very much!