Chapter 2097 The Speechless Incident
"Melli! Beautiful!! He opened the scoring for the team and also scored his first goal in this World Cup!"
"In less than ten minutes after the opening, Argentina took the lead! It seems that this game will be a 'massacre' with a big score! No matter what arrangements Saudi Arabia has before the game, they will be in vain in the face of the absolute strength gap. Save!”
"After taking a one-goal lead, Argentina completely gained the upper hand and suppressed Saudi Arabia. They launched continuous attacks on Saudi Arabia's goal. It seems that Argentina is planning to respond to the outside world's optimism with a hearty victory!"< br>
"Cantero——! Good goal! Argentina leads Saudi Arabia 2:0! The game has only lasted twenty-one minutes! Oh my god! Argentina is on full fire! Ha!"
"Eh? Wait...offside?! The referee ruled that Cantero's ball was offside? Let's see what the video referee team thinks...Ah, it turns out that Cantero did pass the ball when Melly passed the ball. ...Half the ball of the foot... Well, the foot is indeed the effective contact position, so even if it goes over half the ball of the foot, it is considered offside. Unfortunately, Cantero's goal was cancelled, and Argentina still led Saudi Arabia 1:0... ”
"Although the goal was canceled, Argentina's advantage is still huge. They completely suppressed Saudi Arabia on the scene. As long as they continue to play like this, winning is not a problem. The only suspense is how many goals Argentina can win in the end!"
"Argentina's offense is back! Farias' diagonal ball... This time it's Melli who receives the ball in front! Good ball! Melli! Melli! Single shot! Passed the goalkeeper! Pushed into the empty goal - 2:0! ! ! Melly scored twice! Fully suppressed! ...Eh? Offside again! Oh my god...this is too...Ah, VAR crossed the line. This time it was even more offside than Cantero's last time. It’s more obvious... Alas! ”
"This ball...is this ball offside again? Sure enough, it's offside again. Now Saudi Arabia's overall defense is very high, and there is a huge space behind them. But as long as Argentina passes the ball forward, it will fall offside. Trap... Nowadays, through the technology of sensors inside the football and receivers and high-definition cameras throughout the stadium, it is possible to calculate whether the football is offside in real time. In many cases, there is no need to rely on it. The linesman or referee determines whether it is offside, they just confirm the result at the end... Saudi Arabia obviously makes full use of this technology to formulate tactics. Argentina is unprepared for this and always falls into offside traps, which also makes the players. Getting more and more impatient... I think Argentina coach Feisol should make a good adjustment during the halftime break..."
"The first half is finally over. Unlike what everyone thought, although Argentina took the lead early, they have been unable to continue to expand their lead. They then frequently fell into offside traps carefully arranged by Saudi Arabia. In the first half, they had a total of There were five offsides, four of which directly resulted in shots... Frequent offsides also made the Argentine players restless, and their performance in the second half of the first half was greatly compromised..."
"Although there were some accidents in the first half, I believe that after halftime adjustments, Argentina will be able to find the rhythm of the game again. At the same time, Saudi Arabia's tactics of frequently causing offsides have huge risks. If it fails once, it will It puts the team into a desperate situation, so they cannot persist with this tactic. As long as Argentina is patient, they can still win this game..."
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"Hey, guess what? Not only did we not win, we also lost! Who would have thought of this?"
"My family, who understands this whole silent incident! Argentina, the favorite to win the championship before the game, lost to Saudi Arabia in the first group match! There is a 48-place difference in the FIFA rankings between the two teams!"
"I feel like Saudi Arabia's crazy offside tactics in the first half broke the mentality of the Argentine players... By the way, Saudi Arabia's offside tactics are really awesome. They are really not afraid of missing! If they miss once, they can win. Beaten by Argentina..."
"Saudi Arabia's luck is incredible. They were called offside so many times in the first half and didn't overturn even once. Just at the beginning of the second half, they scored two goals in five minutes... I feel like they have used up all their luck in the past four years. ! ”
"It's so funny! Before the game, Argentina was still the favorite to win the championship, and the odds of winning were second only to Brazil... but they failed in the first game. And they still won the championship? I don't even know if they can get out of the group stage! If it really happens then It would be really embarrassing to be eliminated in the group stage!”
"Huh? This is my first time watching a game. Is this what everyone calls the favorite?"
"Football is round! Anything can happen in the World Cup! Don't think that just because the stronger teams won before, Argentina will definitely win..."
"Argentina: Shame on the seeded team!"
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The momentum behind Argentina's upset loss to Saudi Arabia 1:2 was so great that even after one night, the Chinese Internet was still in a state of carnival and excitement.
The reason why it is called a "carnival" is because many people on the Internet are indeed gloating about Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia.
In fact, Argentine football used to have a large number of fans in China. After all, it is a traditional world power team, and it has given birth to "football kings" like Fiorijo Igovara. While its football style is full of passion, this team also Like my own country, it has a strong sense of tragedy.
These complex factors are intertwined, giving Argentina a huge number of fans in China.
But in the past ten years or so, the personal competition between Melly and Hulay has also affected the mentality of fans in China and Argentina.
As a Chinese fan, if you want Argentina to perform well, it means that if Melli plays well, he can suppress Hulay.
Naturally, Chinese fans still have to support Hu Lai.
Especially this World Cup.
Hu Lai is still more than two months away from turning thirty-one, while Meili is already thirty-one.
It can be said that this was the World Cup at the peak of their careers.
If the Chinese team cannot win the championship, then Chinese fans hope that Argentina will not win the championship either.
Otherwise, once Argentina wins the championship, Melly will have the biggest advantage in the showdown with Hulay.
Out of this simple emotion, the vast majority of Chinese fans are happy to see Argentina's misfortune.
This is why Chinese fans were particularly happy after Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia.
They hope that this game will be the beginning of Argentina's defeat, and then go home after playing three group matches.
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Argentina's 1:2 loss to Saudi Arabia is definitely the biggest news of this World Cup so far, and its influence has not dissipated even after one night.
Even the four games on the fourth matchday failed to steal attention.
Under the influence of Argentina, the "top player", France defeated New Zealand 4:1, the Czech Republic defeated the United States 2:1, Italy defeated Iran 2:0, and Uruguay's 1:1 draw with Nigeria lost the heat of discussion.
In addition, after the game between Argentina and Saudi Arabia, the game between Serbia and Tunisia that started immediately was completely submerged in the "traffic" of Argentina's upset, without even making a splash.
Many people know that Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia, but they don’t know that on the same day, Serbia defeated Tunisia 1:0, and Julay’s Madrid Pirates teammate Milos Vukovic won the first game of his career. World Cup victory.
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"Argentina can be beaten by Saudi Arabia, and we can be beaten by Canada. I hope Argentina's defeat the day before yesterday was a wake-up call for all of you. It made you realize that this is a World Cup, unlike anything you have ever experienced. It’s different. There is no absolute strength gap here. I know that we were the World Cup champions four years ago, but so what? That can only show that we have done well in the past, but it cannot explain the present, nor can it prove the future.”
Before the game between Brazil and Canada, the head coach of the Brazilian national team, Pedro Garcia, was admonishing his players.
"As the defending champions, we are the target of public criticism. Even Canada will aim to defeat us. So don't think that we can scare away our opponents with the title of world champion. In order not to repeat the mistakes of Argentina, each of us is Be extremely focused during the game! Don’t give your opponents any chances or unrealistic illusions!”
When Garcia said this, his expression was very serious.
As a Brazilian, with his understanding of his compatriots and these players, he might really treat this game like a party.
Fortunately, at this critical moment, the Argentina team lost to Saudi Arabia at just the right time. While causing a big upset, Garcia also found a reason for the players to deal with Canada seriously.
He really thanked Argentina, an old enemy in South America, from the bottom of his heart...
Others are crossing the river by feeling for stones, but they are crossing by feeling for Argentina's head.
Kabangka, who was wearing the captain's armband, stood up and expressed his opinion: "Before the World Cup, the media was hyping up the so-called 'curse of the defending champion group not being able to qualify.' I believe everyone will sneer at this statement. Now we have such an opportunity to pay tribute to the team." They proved: The so-called curse of the defending champion group not qualifying does not apply to the football kingdom Brazil” (End of Chapter)