Chapter 80: Substitute Appearance!
Wednesday, April 27.
Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, the crowded Monumental Stadium.
As a series of superstars such as the five-time Champions League winner "Golden Arrow" Di Stefano, the 78 World Cup Golden Boot Kempes, the "God of War" Batistuta, the "Son of the Wind" Caniggia and a series of superstars, the 50,000-seat home stadium of River Plate, the fan atmosphere here is simply breathtaking.
"Savio-la!"
"Sa-Vio-La!"
The match on the pitch was the first round of the group stage, Argentina versus Finland, and the Argentine players in blue and white stripes attacked from left to right, and every time Saviola touched the ball, the Argentine fans in the stadium let out a landslide and tsunami-cheer, he is the most visible jewel in the crown of the current River Plate team.
The cheers of the fans clearly made Saviola even more excited, frequently dropping back to get the ball and playing with opponents in midfield.
Chen Mo sat on the bench, his eyes moving with the players running around the field, and at the same time looked at the scoreboard.
In the sixty-two minutes of the second half, the score was 1:0, and Argentina was ahead.
Finland is not a strong team, but Argentina is the top favorite to win the World Youth Championships. For more than 60 minutes, Argentina has been pressing Finland near the penalty area, and with the skillful passing and cutting cooperation of the players, it is difficult for Finland to break the ball, let alone counterattack.
"I don't know if playing this kind of weak team will let me play."
Sneaking a glance at Pekerman, Chen Mo was a little itchy, a month of intensive training made him understand how big a gap there is between himself and Argentina's batch of professional players in their twenties who can play the main team in the first team of major clubs, so he doesn't feel that he has a chance to play in the strong dialogue, but playing Finland...
Just thinking about it, suddenly the situation on the field suddenly changed, Saviola, who was originally on the front line, retreated to get the ball, and the Finnish back immediately went up, but Saviola, who was very dexterous, crossed the back and went straight to the back line with the ball!
"Oh! Very beautiful! Is Argentina going to speed up? β
"Saviola!! Defeat them! β
The commentator's passionate shouts echoed in the sky as Saviola ran to the edge of the box to draw the attention of the two centre-backs, who used to pick up the ball and either shoot with his feet or dribble into the box.
It's hard to break his ball! The two central defenders put their hands behind their backs to lower their center of gravity, and at this moment, Saviola, who ran to the right side of the penalty area, gently pushed with his right foot, and the ball slid straight into the box from under the crotch of the Finnish central defender in a half-crouching position.
βGoaββGoaββGoaββtοΌ The ball is in, No. 37 Andres NicolΓ‘s Da Alessandro, who has just been on the bench for five minutes, receives Saviola diagonally and stabs the ball into the net! Argentina extended the score to two goals!! This goal has to be praised for Da Lisandro's forward awareness, Saviola was already forward when he broke through the midfield! β
"Indeed, but the most important thing for me to see is that Saviola broke through after retreating, and passed the back of the Finnish team in one step, his state is really explosive!"
Under the commentary, Da Lisandro rushed to the corner kick and slid the track to celebrate, his face flushed with excitement and joy, and on the other side, Chen Mo on the bench carefully glanced at Rome Gnori, who was not very good-looking but forced to smile beside him.
Da Alessandro is only a substitute, Roma Gnori is the team's main striker, wearing the number 10 shirt that symbolizes the core, but as his recent form has been getting worse and worse, Da Alessandro's playing time has begun to be severely squeezed.
"Football, sure enough, you still have to speak with strength."
During this time, the care of his teammates and coaches made Chen Mo a little fluttery, but the scene in front of him made him instantly alert.
Soon, the celebration ended and the game continued.
In the 70th minute, the Finnish team had already understood that it was useless to hold on, and their coach was very bold in a desperate situation, and he didn't care about the goal difference, and directly replaced three defenders with two wingers and a forward midfielder, and the formation changed from 532 to 343!
Finland suddenly added three players in the midfield, and at this time Argentina either attacked directly or adjusted the formation conservatively, and the score was ahead anyway.
After thinking for a moment, Pekerman walked into the bench: "Xiao Mo, go warm up and get ready to play." β
Let me play?!
Chen Mo stood up suddenly: "Okay boss!" β
As soon as he walked out of the shed, Pekerman pulled him to his side and smiled: "Nervous, little guy?" β
"It's okay, not too nervous."
Chen Mo scratched his head, Pekerman smiled and rubbed his head, took the tactical board and drawn: "Very good, I want this mentality." When you come on the pitch and play on the right side of the midfield, the main task is to cut off the passing path between the midfielder and the winger, and in the middle of the area Colocini and Mecro will go up, so you don't have to worry too much. β
"Yes, sir."
Chen Mo bit his lip and couldn't wait to warm up, but then Pekerman grabbed him again and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your task is not only on the defensive end. β
"Chief, you mean..."
Chen Mo's pupils contracted suddenly, and Pekerman smiled: "They are playing three central defenders, and the two midfielders are not strong in running, so in this game, I need you to step forward to the opponent's side more often to attract the defense." β
Pekerman wielded a black pen and drew an upward arrow on the right side of the tactical board, "When we attack with the ball, you can get into this position along the wing, but be careful, at all times, your first priority is always to defend." It's a very, very important international tournament that the world is watching very, very high, and it's the first time you've played for Argentina in your life, so it's more important than anything else to be sure and not make mistakes, and I don't want to see you being besieged by journalists after the game. β
Pekerman winked teasingly, and Chen Mo smiled: "I understand the boss, I promise not to disappoint you!" β
"Go ahead, warm up well."
"Thank you, Boss!"
Chen Mo put on a small vest and ran to the sidelines to start warming up, and this scene was immediately captured by the camera.
"Oh! Oooooooo Look who this little guy is?! The youngest participant in the World Youth Championships in history - Chen Mo, he has started to warm up, is he finally going to play?! β
The commentator shouted very excitedly, and the audience and fans immediately turned their attention to this little boy who was waving his arms on the sidelines to warm up, childish, and his face was full of sunshine and handsomeness.
"Oh! Spectators and fans from all over the country! Please let me introduce you to this little guy on the sidelines, his name is Chen Mo, our future star of Argentina! Fourteen years and three months old this year, 176 cm tall, 140 pounds in weight, good at the position of midfielder, previously created 37 unbeaten games in the Spanish U15 Youth League, an average of 0.7 goals per game, 1.3 assists, a pass success rate of more than 87% of the super record! This World Youth Championships, Mr. Maradona personally ordered him to enter the team! β
"Yes, it's an incredible little talent, I didn't expect that today would be his first game for Argentina, I'm super excited! Well, Argentine defender Coloccini shoveled the ball out of the bottom line, Chen Mo has gone to the fourth official to prepare to play, and he is about to substitute for... Oh?! Romero? Mr. Pekerman actually let Chen Mo, who plays through the core of the midfield, play in the back? ! β