"Luo, I almost wanted to strangle you just now!"

Kane put his arm around Rossi's shoulders and shoved him into his arms.

Rossi knew in his heart that the penalty just now was not Kane who had kicked the crucial penalty and was afraid to stand twelve yards in front of him.

Instead, he wants to help himself catch up with Messi in terms of goal count.

Today, both men are tied for the top scorer with seven goals.

The first goal in the final, the England team has a certain advantage in mentality.

Scaloni was cheering on the sidelines, and what the players needed was encouragement.

Argentina's tactics were not too wrong, effectively suppressing the opponent's right flank and creating frequent chances.

But England only made a simple adjustment and took their chances to score.

It's not a tactical success, it's a reflection of the player's individual ability.

Rossi is a player who can change the game in a certain moment.

When Alvarez kicked off in the centre circle, the angry Argentine fans stopped cursing at Rossi and began to cheer on the team.

Scaloni has no intention of abandoning his previous tactical approach, using Di Maria's pace and dribbling to attack England's wide defence.

In order to better create 1v1 opportunities for Di Maria, full-back Tagliafico pressed forward and adducted in the middle to attract Kyle Walker's defence.

This time, it was the defender De Paul who delivered a precise long ball for Di Maria.

In the face of Argentina's resolute attack, England stepped up their midfield movement in order to quickly move their defence horizontally.

The fast-paced offense and defense bring physical consumption to the players on both sides.

In particular, Di Maria and Kyle Walker, the main offensive and defensive aspects of both teams in the first half were focused on them.

In the full 35 minutes, Di Maria made four successful dribbles and three dangerous passes in 51 touches, making him Argentina's most dangerous player in the first half.

Despite the impressive statistics, no goals were ever scored.

And the physical energy in the last few minutes of the first half has been unable to maintain the high-intensity rhythm of the game.

Scaloni observed this carefully and began to gesture to the field.

In the 42nd minute, after Messi retreated to get the ball in the ribs, he did not use the pass to mobilize the defense as before.

Instead, he sank his shoulders on the spot and feint, passed Bellingham and accelerated forward.

In the face of Messi's sudden acceleration, the England team was obviously ill-prepared, and the back line suddenly gasped.

Fortunately, Bellingham put a tackle from behind and tripped Messi directly.

Drip!

Marciniak showed Bellingham a yellow card, the first of the first half so far.

The lack of yellow cards indicates that the technical and tactical level of both sides is high, and the attack is wide open and closed.

Messi shot straight over the crossbar from 30 yards.

Argentina's offensive focus began to focus on Messi.

His dribbling can often change the game.

In order to limit Messi's breakthrough and end the first half with a score of 1:0, Southgate did not hesitate to let Rossi retreat and strengthen the team's midfield defense.

In the 45th minute, with two minutes left before the end of the first half, Argentina controlled the ball and was making the last offensive attempt.

In order to be able to match Messi, Alvarez came to the right to pick up.

Midfielder McAllister was in the middle of the pitch and pressed very high.

Enzo spotted the moment when England's defence was lax and tucked the ball straight into Messi, who retreated from the ribs.

Southgate blushed with anger and was speechless.

The more the first half came to an end, the more relaxed the players became, and the pressure and disruption were relatively reduced.

During Messi's retreat, he easily received the ball without a trace of interference.

Maguire's defence wasn't wrong either.

His turning speed is slow, and if he is too far forward, he will be hit by the opponent in the space behind him.

This person is still Messi.

But Messi used another way to make Maguire deflated in an instant.

As the passion of the on-site commentators slowly climbed, the Argentine fans also boiled, wildly waving the blue and white flag in their hands.

Alvarez's pass was just right.

McAllister unloaded the ball and didn't pause, sprinting towards the right side of the penalty area and widening it.

I can't catch up with Messi, and I can't catch up with you!

After a sneer, Stones managed to stick to McAllister and form a defence that interfered with his shot.

McAllister, who had already run to the outside of the penalty area, was interfered with by Stones and had a hard time getting up and shooting.

At this time, Di Maria suddenly came out from the unguarded left side!

Bang!

McAllister crossed the ball to the back post and the outflanked Di Maria adjusted his pace in the process of quick follow-up and fired a direct left-footed shot at goal.

From the moment Messi retreated to receive the ball, Argentina's attack in the front court was so fast that England's defense was unprepared.

Pickford came out and fell to the ground quickly, using his body to extend the range of the defence.

But Di Maria's shot was clever and it was a high ball that went just above the goalkeeper's body and headed straight for the far post.

After the goal, Di Maria burst into tears of excitement and celebrated with his hands.

This is the way he celebrates most familiarly.

But this time, he was particularly excited.

It was also his last World Cup.

Perhaps his last goal at the World Cup.

The equaliser just before the break was not good news for England.

Although the score is a draw at the moment, the change in mentality of the players is very different.

As soon as stoppage time arrived, the referee blew the whistle.

Beckham shook hands with the returning players in front of the tunnel one by one.

Unable to play for England, Beckham used his own way to encourage the players.

Southgate, who returned to the dressing room, was unhappy with the goal he conceded towards the end of the first half.

Bellingham didn't do enough to protect the back, resulting in Messi being able to catch the ball easily in the ribs.

Want to rely on Maguire to intercept Messi?

No kidding!

Can't prevent it!

Without this ability, you know!