(a)

The day before the Hong Kong match, there was an upset in the opening match, and Argentina, the favourites to win the tournament, were held to a draw by Bolivia.

Argentina and Bolivia have met 30 times in international A-level competitions, with Argentina having an absolute advantage with 22 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. In the history of the Copa America, the two sides have met 14 times, and Argentina has a clear advantage of 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

However, these statistics are only representative of the past, in April 2009, in the South American qualifiers for the Shijie Cup in South Africa, Bolivia defeated Argentina 6-1 at home, of course, this game is also Bolivia's home advantage.

In this game, Argentina lined up in a 4-3-3 formation, with the attacking trident of No. 10 Messi, No. 11 Tevez and No. 21 Ravic in front, the three midfielders No. 14 Mascherano, No. 19 Banega and No. 5 Cambiaso, the four defenders are No. 8 Zanetti, No. 4 Burdisso, No. 6 Gabriel Milito and No. 17 Rojo, and the goalkeeper is No. 23 Romero.

No. 6 Milito is Barcelona's Argentine defender, and he is not alone with Inter Milan's Milito.

The match was held after the opening ceremony, with the presidents of Argentina and Bolivia attending the Stadio de La Plata.

(b)

Argentina had a big advantage throughout the game, but they couldn't score and were unlucky, and the goal they conceded just two minutes into the second half was a pure accident.

It was a corner from the right that Bolivia fired into Hermosa's right-footed heel. Valencia midfielder Banega, who was guarding the front post, was about to step on the ball on the goal line, but the ball slipped under his feet and into the goal! In this way, Argentina was the first to score by Bolivia.

After that, the two sides were in a stalemate, until the 76th minute of the game, Aguero, who had just been on the field for 5 minutes, received the ball from Burdisso's chest, volleyed about 9 meters from the goal in the penalty area, and sent the ball into the upper left corner of the Bolivian team's goal, and Atletico Madrid's chief striker was in a brave state.

Argentina had a chance to reverse until the 93rd minute, but unfortunately it was defused by the Bolivian goalkeeper Abias, who was in great form, and in the end Argentina had no choice but to accept this embarrassing draw.

Bolivian tactics throughout the game. It is to rely on abundant physical strength to divide and encircle the Argentine team. They were running all over the field and worked tirelessly to disrupt Argentina's smooth coordination. In terms of yellow cards, Bolivia has 3 and Argentina has 2, and both sides have said the past.

Compared with Argentina, which is full of big names, the Bolivian team is not as valuable as a Messi together. They and Venezuela are both civilian teams in this Copa America. Bolivia, who drew with Argentina in the first game, also gave the Hong Kong team a wake-up call. In the Copa America, no team is easy to deal with!

(c)

Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, and the name of the city is Spanish which means "What a fresh air!" "Legend of the early 16th century. As the Spanish expedition team sailed into the mouth of the Río de la Plata, the sun was shining, the fields were green, and the air was fresh, and a crew member could not help but shout: "Buenos Aires!" (Buenos-Aires), an exclamation that would later become the name of the city built here. This legend is somewhat similar to the origin of Macau's foreign name "maco".

Consisting of the CBD and 22 nearby satellite towns, Buenos Aires has a population of 14 million, accounting for more than one-third of Argentina's population and the second largest city in the southern hemisphere after São Paulo.

For players from Hong Kong, a city known as a "food paradise", Buenos Aires' food is naturally to be enjoyed, as a taste and as a relaxation, and Baggio also took them to a roast beef meal himself.

The beef of the Pampas grassland is delicious and delicious, and the locals cherish every part of the cattle, and they use the most traditional and authentic method, simply put the original cattle on an iron frame, around the large charcoal stove with charcoal fire and slowly roast, let the fat drip slowly, retain the gravy, and slowly roast.

Beef was edible, but the players were temporarily banned from drinking the equally prestigious Argentinian red wine, which was kept until after the game, when Baggio agreed to give them a day off and let them move freely. Views, food, wine, including beauties, wait until after the game to let them enjoy.

(iv)

Colombia is also a star-studded team, and in the odds to win the championship, Colombia is second only to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, and is regarded as one of the teams that can challenge for the title.

"Tiger" Falcao, who just helped Portuguese Super League hegemon Porto win the Europa League double, Molano, the core player of the Argentine league giants Athletic team, and Hertha Berlin's main striker Ramos, like Argentina Colombia who like to use a 4-3-3 formation, this trident lineup can basically be worthy of the word luxury.

Colombia's three midfielders are Porto defender Guarin, Zaragoza midfielder Aguilar and Bolívar, who plays in Colombia's domestic league.

The back four are led by AC Milan's backup defender Yeppers, 32-year-old Atletico Madrid centre-back Andreas Perea, left-back Sergio Amelo from Udinese, right-back Zuniga from Napoli and three of the four starting defenders from Italy.

The 1.90-meter-tall goalkeeper Martinez is 29 years old, and five years ago, in a warm-up match with Poland before the 2006 Shijie Cup in Germany, the goalkeeper who kicked the ball into the opponent's goal was this Martinez.

Against the Colombian team, Baggio also honestly discharged a 5-4-1 formation, still a drag-back scavenger, two sweeping marking central defenders plus a dense defensive formation of two backs, at least 5 to 10 years, defensive counterattack must be the only tactic that the Hong Kong team can choose.

(5)

The Hong Kong team is still the main lineup of the Asian Games, adding several Olympic overage players over the age of 23 such as Chen Weihao and Luo Gangwei, who are also players in Baggio's first squad.

The starting goalkeeper Liang Xingjie, the dragged central defender Rong Aping from the Eredivisie, the sweeping marking central defender was served by Zhai Tingfeng and Xie Jiaqiang, and the double back was played by Chen Zhuo and Lin Zhijian. The left and right fullbacks Luo Gangwei and Chen Weihao, the left and right wingbacks Garson and Ju Yingzhi, and the single arrow is still played by Chen Zhaoqi.

Compared with the Asian Games, Guo Jianbang and Ouyang Yaochong on the left and right wings were not put on the starting list by Baggio, and were changed to two Olympic overage players Luo Gangwei and Chen Weihao, who were better adjusted in physical training.

For the first game, Colombia took three points as the first goal, while Baggio's goal was very clear, a draw and a small defeat were acceptable, not to be unmotivated, but to be cautious and objective.

(f)

"Based on the information we have, the Colombian team we are going to meet is a complete change in style from the Colombian team I was familiar with in my time!" Baggio makes an introduction before the game.

"I don't know if any of you still have an impression of the Colombian team in the 90s, the crazy goalkeeper Ikita, the golden lion king Valderrama, participated in the Shijie Cup three times in a row from 1990 to 1998, and they were even more Brazilian than Brazil at that time, and they were a pure jishu type team."

Chen Zhuo nodded, he knew, the Colombian team at that time was known as the best embroidery team on Shijie.

Since 1998, Colombia has disappeared from the stage of international competitions, and this time in the warm-up match before the debut of the Copa America, Colombia gave the impression that it was a complete makeover from the team 13 years ago!

Stout and tall body, concise and bright ball path, frequent high-altitude bombing, strict tactical discipline, this style should be a summary of the England team or the German team!

1.90m goalkeeper Martinez, 1.86m central defender Yepes, 1.84m Guarin, 1.85m striker Ramos...... Even the shortest, Falcao, is 1.77m, and the average height of this Colombian team reaches 1.82m.

You must know that the average height of the two Colombian teams that participated in the Shijie Cup in 1994 and 1998 did not exceed 1.77 meters, Valderrama was only 1.75 meters, and the substitute striker Avila at that time was even only 1.57 meters tall!

If Colombia played Barcelona's TikiTak football in 1994, the current team is more like Inter Milan, who won the Champions League last year.

The Colombian Football Federation in 2010 brought 1998 national team coach Dario ? Gomez was recalled, a veteran assistant coach of Colombia in 1990 and 1994, who earned him the title of "South American Wisdom Star" for his varied tactical style, and in 2002 he led Ecuador to their first Shijie Cup final ticket, culminating in his opening win over France.

The Colombian team, which has an almost "all-European" lineup, has given up the "classic No. 10 tactic" of short pass penetration, and the characteristics of this Colombian team have completely become a speed liliang team!

(g)

In the 40th second of the opening game, Porto star Falcao received a long pass from his teammates and stopped the ball in the penalty area and hit the goal.

A minute later, Porto midfielder Guarin broke down the flank at high speed and crossed, and Ramos fired a powerful right-footed volley from 26 yards out to deflect the ball wide!

In the 3rd minute, left-back Armelo inserted at high speed, received a long pass from the backfield near the corner area, cut inside to the edge of the big penalty area and returned a diagonal pass, Porto midfielder Gualin made a very wonderful volley at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Liang Xingjie struggled to save the ball from the bottom line. A corner from the left was then slotted wide by Ramos.

In just three minutes, Colombia had four shots on goal, and the live commentators didn't even have time to introduce their line-up. (To be continued......)