Chapter 962： Messi, please stand up!

With a whistle from the referee from Colombia, the game time is up again

Why is it again?

Because the time for the whole game has just arrived once, and now it is the second time.

Yes, overtime, it's the 120th minute.

This is the National Stadium in Santiago, the capital of Chile. The Copa America final is underway. Argentina is playing against host Chile. The score now is zero to zero, and neither of them can score in the regular game time.

The game played from afternoon to night, and everyone was tired.

Messi dragged his tired but sweaty body, moved a heavy step, and slowly walked off the court.

"Come on, drink some water"

Aguero, a friend who had been replaced early, greeted him and handed over a bottle of water.

Messi unscrewed the cap and sipped it. He didn't dare to drink too fast.

But in the end, he raised his head and turned towards himself, pouring down his head and face, and let out a sigh of relief.

Di Maria also came slowly from the side. He was also on the court just now, but he strained his right leg and was off in less than half an hour. If this were not the case, I believe that Argentina would not be so passive. .

At least Messi is sure that if Di Maria is here, Argentina will definitely have a chance to score

But now... it's fate

"How is it? It's alright?" Di Maria asked concerned.

At the World Cup in Brazil last year, Argentina lost the final, and Di Maria cried like a tearful, unwilling.

Therefore, like Messi, he is desperate to win a national team championship and fill the gap of honor.

Messi nodded, "It's okay, I can hold it."

In fact, his body is really tired, very tired, and it all depends on strong support.

For him, everyone is watching, only those fans who are unknown are still spraying his bad state.

Just kidding, as a professional player, playing so many games a year, scoring so many goals, and being able to maintain such a state, maintain this game, not bad

As friends, they don't need to talk too much, they understand each other.

Therefore, the three of them were a little silent.

At exactly this time, the head coach Martino walked out of the coaching bench and waved to the players, apparently about to start arranging the penalty kick.

As a result, everyone immediately surrounded them.

"Well, the game is up to now, there is no need to say anything. I believe that even if we enter the penalty shootout, we can still win. You must have confidence in yourself."

Martino is making the final mobilization.

But very few people responded.

Obviously, in the eyes of many people in the team, Martino does not have the qualifications to coach them.

Martino also saw this, but he couldn't help it.

As long as there are people, there are bound to be rivers and lakes, whoever does not, who is the core, who is the assistant, this must be a division of labor, and as long as there is a division of labor, there will definitely be people who are happy and others will complain.

You know, in the Argentina team, many players are well-deserved cores in their respective club teams.

Let me ask, who is willing to lay hands on others in this national team?

Even if this core is Messi

Martino has heard private talks and complaints from players more than once, such as "How about Messi?", "Is Messi strong?" "I think Messi is not much better than me?", etc. There are many speeches.

In Martino's view, the well-deserved core of the Argentine national team must be Messi.

Di Maria Arquieromas Cherano Bigglia Otamendi and other players assisted.

But the problem is that Argentina now lacks a midfield organizer.

In the World Cup in Brazil, Messi had to be sacrificed to allow him to retreat to the midfield to participate in the organization.

It can be said that without the sacrifice of Messi, Argentina would not have reached the World Cup final.

After the World Cup, who will act as the midfield organization and share the pressure of Messi, so that Argentina's biggest superstar can devote himself to the offense and exert his strong offensive power when he was in Barcelona. This has become the concern of Argentine fans. topic.

Pastoré can be said to be well received. The whole country hopes that he can liberate Messi, and he himself is full of eager expectations for this and thinks he can do it.

But in fact?

Pastore’s appearance did not activate Messi. On the contrary, he still played in accordance with his style of playing in Paris Saint-Germain. He hopes that he can control the midfield and let Messi and other teammates surround him. Kick the ball beside him.

The most direct manifestation is that in many situations where Messi and Di Maria have run out of space, he did not choose to pass.

The core player’s way of playing is that I can pass the ball to you or not. The choice is mys.

Pastore is on the court, but the Argentine midfield is very chaotic, and this is the reason.

The reason why Martino replaced him in every game was to try to adjust some changes, but the competition was too tight and he couldn't help it.

But this is not the worst.

The worst thing about this game is that Di Maria exited early, which directly disrupted Martino's plan and had to change to Ravic early.

A player who dared to spray his head coach in the face of the world media in the World Cup.

More importantly, don’t look at him having a personal relationship with Messi, but in the football field, he is the oldest player in the Argentine national team who has never interacted with Messi. People give nicknames and kill Messi. It's him

It is conceivable that in this case, even if Martino is outstanding, he can't reverse the situation.

However, all of this has passed and must be temporarily suppressed.

The top priority now is penalty kicks

"Which one of you wants to kick the first ball?" Martino glanced at the eleven players in front of him and asked in a deep voice.

Everyone knows the weight of a penalty shootout. The first person to kick a penalty bears the heaviest pressure. At the same time, he bears the hopes of everyone on the team and plays a key role in the final decision.

"Who will come?" Martino asked again.

The Argentine internationals around you look at me and I look at you, but no one is the first to speak up.

At this time, whoever kicks and kicks in is the hero, but if the kick is wrong, it is the sinner.

Therefore, it seems that many people are hesitant.

Martino was a little disappointed seeing this situation. He wished to see everyone vying for it, but...

"I'm coming" Messi took the initiative to walk out, his eyes swept across his teammates firmly, and then to the coach.

"I will kick the first one"

Martino looked at Messi, short, but carrying a team and even the hope of a country.

At this moment, he really thought of Maradona

Although Messi's character is not as domineering as Maradona, but his heart is extremely strong.

If I remember correctly, Messi was also the first in the penalty shoot-out against the Netherlands in the World Cup last year.

What is the core? What is the soul?

This is the core this is the soul

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"The penalty kick has officially started, and the first Chilean to take the penalty is Fernandez."

"Wow, good job, volley the upper left corner vigorously"

"This is a dead end in an absolute sense"

"Argentine goalkeeper Romero is totally unstoppable. This is a dead end in an absolute sense."

"Let's look at the first player in Argentina to take a penalty kick, Messi."

"The fans are booing. Is this an attempt to interfere and influence Messi?"

"Good job, the ball is in, the lower right corner, the ball is very fast, although Bravo judged the right direction, but there is no way to stop it, one to one, the two sides once again tied."

"In the second round of penalty kicks, Chile chose Vidal"

"The ball has been scored. I pushed the lower left corner. Both times I chose the left. Chile seems to have come prepared."

"Argentina's second penalty player is Higuain..."

"Wow, my goodness, Higuain, this penalty kick went high"

"Oh my god, things are not good now, two to one"

"It's a bit disadvantaged for Argentina now."

"In the third round of penalty shootouts, Chile selected Arangis."

"Okay, the ball is in, bottom right corner"

"Three to one, Argentina is under great pressure now."

"We see that the Argentine players are cheering for the third player, Barne."

"His free throw is very important. Argentina can no longer make a mistake."

"Banega punished..."

"Ah, the ball was saved, Bravo, Bravo saved a penalty"

"Argentina, three to one, my God, the situation is too bad for Argentina."

"We saw Messi holding his head from the side, and it looks like he is on the verge of collapse."

"In the fourth round of the penalty shootout, as long as Sanchez scores a penalty kick, Argentina will only be second."

"This is really cruel to Messi. Before the America's Cup, he also said to the media that he was willing to use everything he had in exchange for a champion of the national team championship. He was eager to leave a champion for his homeland. Invaluable championship trophy."

"However, this superstar who has won championship trophies in almost all club matches has never made a breakthrough in the national team."

"Sanchez appeared on the penalty spot, and Romero on the opposite side failed to save a penalty in this game. I don't know if he can perform a miracle this time."

"The ball is in"

"Sanchez scored a goal"

"Four to one, Chile won and won the America's Cup"

"Argentina, Messi, can only be second place"

"This is indeed quite unacceptable."

"Just last year, Messi just led Argentina to the World Cup finals, but ended up with a runner-up. Now, he once again led the Argentine national team and appeared on the stage of the finals. As a result, what awaited him was Another runner-up"

"We see that Messi has completely collapsed"

"On the stage of last year's World Cup, Aguero and Di Maria both cried into tears, but Messi was very strong and he did not cry."

"But tonight, at the Santiago National Stadium in Chile, he cried and broke completely."

"This is really sad, he has tried his best."

"After playing dozens of club matches, he dragged his tired and painful body, leading the national team of his beloved motherland all the way to the Copa America. In the final, as a result, what awaited him was another runner-up."

"We can no longer accuse Messi more, he has done well enough."

"This is a tragedy. We saw Messi's tears. I believe that at this moment, there will be countless fans all over the world who will accompany Messi in tears."

"He is twenty-eight years old. To a certain extent, he may not be able to win any national team honors anymore."

"His tears will break the hearts of countless people with him."

"But we have to say, Messi, please stand up"

"Tonight, on this football field, although you lost the game, you have won respect. No matter what other people think of you, no matter what they say, you are the world's number one superstar."

The camera is always on Messi, on the man sitting on the grass holding a headache and crying

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