Chapter 626: Messi is questioned about Diego Costa’s little move!
If someone had told Argentine fans and Messi fans before the start of the World Cup that Argentina would not make it to the top 16, they would have been regarded as fools.
But after watching Argentina's poor group stage performance, everyone seems to be able to accept Argentina's failure to reach the top 16?
What's more, they still fell at the feet of the powerful French team, which made this result more reasonable.
But local fans in Argentina still find it difficult to accept this result, and the biggest blame should be placed on Messi's head.
After the game, criticism of Messi came from all directions.
Some radical Argentine fans took to the streets and burned Messi's jerseys in the streets.
Others ran outside his home in Argentina, holding signs telling him to get out of the country and shouting insults at him.
Not only ordinary fans are disappointed or even angry with Messi's performance, but even some famous players of the Argentine team have come out to criticize Messi.
In an interview with a reporter from Argentina's authoritative media "Ole", Argentina's legendary superstar Mario Kempes publicly accused Messi of doing nothing for the national team in ten years and even asked him to quit the national team.
"In the ten years Messi has been in Argentina, I have never seen Messi perform even once. Many people call him the best player in the world, but this best seems to be only when he is at Barcelona. It is effective, at least in the national team, he has not been able to prove himself. I don’t want to criticize the player’s attitude towards the game, but if the player prefers to stay in the club where he is comfortable, then please quit the national team.”
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Kempes is a giant in Argentine football. He is the number one contributor in leading the Argentine national team to win Argentina's first World Cup championship. His qualifications and status in Argentine football are not inferior to that of the football king Marado. Accept.
His criticism put Messi in a very disadvantageous situation.
With Kempes taking the lead, others were also firing on all cylinders, attacking Messi from 360 degrees.
An American football program host even believed that Messi was a liar. He relied on his teammates to achieve good results in Barcelona. After leaving Barcelona, he was immediately beaten back to his original form:
“The top stars I’ve seen, they can play with any teammate and be successful!”
"For example, Cristiano Ronaldo, such as Lin, they have proven themselves in different teams, but Messi has only proven himself in Barcelona, so those who brag about Messi should save it, if Messi can play in another team If the team proves its strength, then I will apologize for my remarks today, otherwise please shut up and admit this reality. Messi is a system player. Without Barcelona, he is nothing!”
The host's remarks immediately caused an uproar after being widely circulated on television and social media.
Fans who support Messi and those who oppose Messi have launched a fierce war of words both online and offline.
Fans who support Messi think that the host is a bunch of nonsense and pure nonsense. Messi's strength does not need to be proven at all, because as long as the eyes are not blind, they can definitely see it.
"Haha, this host is just a clown, just here to gain popularity and become famous. In the past ten years, so many professional players playing in top leagues have endorsed him, including players of Ronaldinho and Henry's level. Don’t those players know better than these half-hearted hosts and commentators?”
"That's right. This host is a die-hard fan of Cristiano Ronaldo. He naturally has a dog's mouth and cannot spit out ivory towards Messi. What he said cannot withstand scrutiny at all."
Opponents do not argue with Messi's fans, but only grasp the opponent's sore feet:
"Since Messi is so strong, why doesn't he dare to leave Barcelona and go to other teams to prove that he is not a system player?"
The host's views are actually not new in the football world. Some people have believed that Messi is a system player for a long time.
At first this point of view did not attract much attention, but as the Argentine national team lost successively in the World Cup and Copa America, Messi's performance in the national team was a mess, and he seemed to be unable to play football without Barcelona's system.
The outside world began to become suspicious, and more and more people even began to believe this point of view.
And with Messi leading the team to defeat in the World Cup for the third time, this doubt has reached its peak.
What's even more terrible is that when the famous Argentinian star publicly asked Messi to withdraw from the national team, the future of his national team career is bleak.
If he cannot prove himself in the national team, then it seems that he has only one option left: leaving Barcelona.
But for Messi, who is already 31 years old, leaving Barcelona, where he has been for more than ten years, and going to a completely unfamiliar team is too risky.
What's more, Barcelona may not be willing to let him go, so the probability of Messi leaving Barcelona is not high.
……
After learning about Messi's experience, Guardiola was so sad that he wanted to call him to comfort him, but found that his phone had been turned off.
That's all, maybe Messi is seriously thinking about the path he wants to take in the future!
Lin Quan's relationship with Messi is not that deep, and the two of them don't interact much, so he can't have any sympathy for Messi's experience.
If you think about it carefully, Messi's performance in the national team is indeed very exaggerated.
Not the kind of exaggeration that shows good performance, but the kind that shows poor performance.
This is just like how Seris fans criticize their country's international players. A certain international player was very good when he was in the club, but when he got to the national team, he became dough and could be kneaded by others.
This has to make people suspect that they are working hard but not doing their best.
For those people, Lin Quan felt that they might be simple losers, but as Messi, the quasi-ball king, naturally could not be a loser, so it was normal for others to suspect him.
Rather than sympathizing with Messi, Lin Quan felt it was better to focus on the next game.
The strength of this host country is not weak. Although it is not as good as Brazil in 14, it is still better than South Africa in 10.
Drawing the host country is not a bad thing for Spain.
The good thing is that the opponent's strength is not very strong, and Spain avoids the stronger second place in the group.
The bad thing is that the other team is the host, so any stadium will become their home stadium, and they may even enjoy the care of the home whistle.
The referee has a great influence on the game and can even directly determine the outcome of the game.
This is something that people have to be vigilant about!
……
On July 7st, at 1:17 sharp, the Luzhniki Stadium in southwest Moscow was already packed. More than fans came to the game, and the huge stadium was packed to the brim.
The Spanish players who entered the stadium were surprised to find that the stands were filled with Spanish fans wearing red jerseys.
"Hey, there are so many people here. I thought the stadium would be completely occupied by Russians today!"
"This stadium can seat 70,000 to 80,000 people, right? I think we have about half of them!"
"I heard from media reports that the number of Spanish fans attending this World Cup exceeded 100,000!"
"Really? So many?"
The players were shocked. Spain's population is not that large, with only more than 4000 million people, which is tens of millions behind the most populous countries such as Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
One hundred thousand people out of more than 4000 million people traveled tens of thousands of miles away to watch the game. I have to say that this is really an exaggeration.
Spain's economy is not good, and it is far less wealthy than other Western European countries, so theoretically not many fans should be able to afford such a large expense.
Unless they are just watching a game, it is normal to spend thousands or tens of thousands of euros on a trip to the World Cup, staying in a hotel for ten or twenty days, eating, drinking, and buying tickets. This amount of money is considered a huge amount of money for most Spaniards, but in order to support the national team, they are willing to spend the money.
The status of football in the hearts of Spaniards seems to be much higher than I imagined!
Lin Quan had a clear understanding in his heart. No wonder the level of football in Spain is so high. With such a fanatical football atmosphere, it would be weird if the level of football is not high.
The Russian fans felt very humiliated because this was their home stadium, but there seemed to be less people there than their opponents.
What is this thing called?
As a result, some Russian fans began to take the lead and organized Russian fans to start singing and shouting to cheer and cheer for the Russian players on the field.
However, the Luzhniki Stadium was not divided into divisions. Fans from both sides were mixed and the Russians were surrounded by Spanish fans wearing red jerseys.
They were not gathered together, making it difficult for the cheering voices to come together, and they were easily interfered by each other. They sounded unimpressive...
As soon as the game time came, the referee quickly blew the whistle to start the game.
After the game started, the Russian team took advantage of their home court and tried to launch a surprise attack on Spain.
For weak teams, if they can get a perfect start, then they can safely retreat to defensive counterattacks.
Spain likes to press and attack, and there will be a lot of space in the backcourt. As long as they can seize the opportunity and successfully launch one or two efficient counterattacks, they may win this game.
But unfortunately, Spain has already done its homework and is wary of this move from its opponent.
After the Russian players came up to attack, they were suddenly at a loss to deal with the well-prepared Spanish defense.
The opponent's defense in the middle was too dense. They tried several times but couldn't find a chance at all.
So he had to distribute the ball to the wings and try to use the crosses from the wings to find opportunities to score goals.
However, under the interference of the Spanish full-back, the quality of the opponent's wide player's cross was not high and was directly confiscated by De Gea.
De Gea rushed out with the ball, taking advantage of his unicorn arm, and threw the ball far to his teammates on the wing.
Isco received the ball and passed it diagonally to the center. Diego Costa received the ball and headed towards the opponent's penalty area. The Spanish team launched a very fast counterattack.
At this time, most of Russia's players were in Spain's half and had no time to return to defense.
They can only place their hope on Ignashevich, who is holding back in defence.
The latter quickly turned around, kept pace with Diego Costa, and tried to interfere with the opponent with physical confrontation and disrupt the opponent's rhythm with the ball.
But Ignashevic obviously doesn't understand Costa's style very well. This guy's little moves are notoriously dirty.
While Diego Costa was engaging in physical confrontation with the opponent, he used his hands to pull the opponent's jersey covertly.
He not only pulled the jersey, but even the flesh inside.
Ignashevich became angry and pushed him angrily.
Unexpectedly, Diego Costa had been guarding against this move for a long time. Not only did his push not knock down the opponent, but it also caused the opponent to escape from his defensive range.
broken!
Fell into this boy's trap!
Diego Costa stumbled and carried the ball into the penalty area in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
The referee has put the whistle in his mouth. As long as Diego Costa falls, he will blow the whistle and punish the Russian player for a foul.
Of course, he could see clearly that the opponent's foul was outside the penalty area, so even if the whistle was blown, a penalty kick would not be awarded.
Russia's goalkeeper Afeijinyev had already abandoned the goal. Diego Costa saw that the opponent's center goal was wide open and tried to hit the opponent's wicket. However, Afeijinyev was experienced and quickly closed his legs and bent his knees. Squat down and hug the ball.
Seeing that his shot was caught by the opponent, Diego Costa slapped his thigh in anger.
Damn it, if I had known this, I should have screamed and fallen down just now, and then rolled around!
In that case, maybe you can get a red card or something.
He shook his head, turned around, and walked towards his own half.
When passing by Ignashevich, he heard the other person say "garbage" in English.
Diego Costa showed a 'bright' smile on his face and replied:
"You are so strong, you can almost catch up with my eighty-year-old grandmother!"
After saying that, he burst out laughing, full of sarcasm.
Ignashevich's English level was average, and it took him a while to understand.
The other party was mocking his strength!
It seems that the push just now did not push the opponent down, so he was ridiculed by his opponent.
This made him feel a little angry, and he decided to teach the opponent a lesson in the next game and get revenge.
Diego Costa seemed to be unconcerned about Ignashevich's reaction, but he was actually secretly observing the other's expression.
He was overjoyed to see that the other party was really irritated.
He was worthy of being Maozi for irritating the other party so easily. His temper was like vodka, it was instant!
If it were those veterans of the Premier League, this level of verbal greetings would not irritate the other party at all, and they would even receive more "mommy" verbal greetings from the other party.
"What did you just say to that guy?"
Seeing Diego Costa retreating, Isco on the side stepped forward curiously and asked.
"I am exchanging feelings with him. Maybe he will ask me for an autograph after the game is over!"
Diego Costa said seriously.
The innocent Isco was stunned for a moment after being fooled, and it seemed that he really believed the lies made up by the other party.
Lin Quan on the side felt a little sympathetic to Isco, and also a little sympathetic to the opponent's defender.
Being targeted by Diego Costa is really not a good thing! (End of chapter)
