Everyone knows that the US team is not Argentina's opponent, but everyone also knows that facing Argentina, the US team will definitely set up a defensive counterattack.
It is not easy to break through a dense defense, so most fans expect Argentina to win this game, but the goal will not come too early, and it will take a lot of effort.
But now Argentina scored in seven minutes!
The fans on the sidelines were extremely excited. Everyone was cheering for Chen Mo and others at the corner kick. Compared with the Argentina fans, the fans on the US team were madly insulting coach Garnett.
They all scolded Garnett for being an arrogant man who dared to fight against Argentina!
"Shet! Shit! These guys don't know anything!"
Hearing countless words starting with F lingering in his ears, Garnett was extremely aggrieved. At this time, his heart collapsed, but he could not turn around and explain to the fans. He could only pretend to be calm with a cold face, but his face was dark. His big eyes were always staring at Chen Mo, who was rubbing Aguero's hair at the corner.
After watching for a while, Garnett finally sighed helplessly.
"This kind of mentality is really a more terrifying monster than the rumors say."
Garnett's sigh was not only because of Chen Mo's strength and high IQ. Who in the world doesn't know that Chen Mo is very capable?
He sighed because Chen Mo's mentality was too stable.
Yes, mentality.
Argentina and Brazil are both countries that play purely offensive football. From the first appearance of the two teams in history, no matter they faced any opponent, they all used offensive football and achieved results.
Therefore, fans in both countries look down on defensive counterattacks and think defensive football is too ugly.
What is offensive football? In fact, it is simple to understand. Having more possession of the ball, suppressing the opponent for more time in the game, and actively seeking goals is offensive football, but Chen Mo directly gave up possession of the ball in the seven minutes just now. !
Facing the United States, which is weaker than Argentina, Chen Mo actually chose to give up possession of the ball. From the scene, Argentina was suppressed by the weaker United States!
While this tactic turned out to be effective, no one could have foreseen the future!
Everyone knows that the on-field coach of Argentina is Chen Mo. Once the tactics fail, Chen Mo will definitely become the target of criticism by everyone after the game!
You must know that many people will be in a bad mood for a day after having some quarrels with others online, and they may even think about it and get sulky for several nights.
Facing being criticized verbally and written by the whole world, this kind of pressure is absolutely huge, so before the game, Garnett did not think too much about Argentina's way of giving up the ball under the huge pressure. He was more often thinking about defense. How to fight back, the result was that the American team was confused after kick-off.
Thinking of this, Garnett shook his head helplessly and quickly walked to the sidelines to call the team's core Ivano to explain the next tactical play.
After hearing Garnett's explanation, Ivano's expression became a little serious, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.
Trailing 0 to 1, Garnett did not let the team attack, but directly set up the bus!
If Argentina wants to give away the ball again, just let the players on the team make a long pass to find Ivano!
If you can score, score, and if you can't, hand over the ball. In short, don't take the ball without an excellent counterattack opportunity!
One goal behind, the tactics were more conservative than at the start, but there was actually no problem.
Of the four teams in the group stage, the top two have qualified. Instead of fighting Argentina here, it is better to focus on Uruguay and Colombia behind them. After all, Argentina is currently showing a fiery state.
If they attack, they are likely to be beaten by Argentina, and qualifying for the group stage depends not only on points, but also on goal difference.
Uruguay and Colombia are also teams that focus on counterattacks, so it is very likely that there will be a tie in the end and the right to qualify will be determined by the goal difference.
Chen Mo, who was celebrating with his teammates, naturally didn't know what Garnett was thinking.
After all, it was just a group match, and the opponent was the United States, which was relatively weak. Argentina did not celebrate for too long after the goal.
Soon, as the referee blew his whistle, American forward Donovan kicked off the ball in the center circle.
Having previously relied on a non-pressing tactic to score a goal, Chen Mo was not in a hurry to change his formation, but continued to use the previous 1+3 pressing strategy. However, the American team's tactical execution ability was quite strong.
As soon as the ball kicked off, the American team's five-back midfielder immediately retreated. After forward Donovan reached the Argentinian backline, he directly passed the ball high and long.
There was only one striker in front of him, so this kind of lob was naturally not a deterrent. Donovan barely resisted Samuel's stretch of his foot to stop the ball, but the ball was intercepted by Ma Ma who was retreating as soon as it hit the ground.
"This is a complete lack of possession of the ball."
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo was secretly speechless, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the American team was already prepared to lose. In this case, the previous tactics would not be effective.
However, it's not a big problem.
The unwillingness to press high is not because Chen Mo is not confident that he can use high pressure to break the American bus, but the tactics just now are more likely to be effective.
Soon, with the cheers of the fans in the audience, facing the American team that did not dare to challenge, Chen Mo directly led the entire team to press forward.
The emphasis of high-post pressing is to invest more players on the offensive end to create more contact points. At the same time, the two wings need to be lethal enough to prevent the opponent's defensive players from concentrating too much in the center.
Messi and Di Maria are both very capable of passing the ball, but this is not enough.
In anti-counterattack under the 541 system, both Messi and Di Maria will be double-teamed by full-backs and full-midfielders at the same time.
One-on-two, it’s not easy to find opportunities.
Ever since, amidst Chen Mo's shouts, the two full-backs Zanetti and Scaloni directly moved to the winger position.
To the winger position, but their positions and Messi Di Maria do not overlap.
As they stand outside to attract the two full-backs of the American team, Messi Angel will move in towards the center.
Of course, the defensive density in the center is stronger than that on the wings, but the problem is that Messi and Angel have very strong one-on-one abilities. The US team's midfielders must be slightly stretched to both sides to help defend.
At this time, Chen Mo in the middle will get more space.
And when the people moving in towards the center are Argentina's two full-backs, Messi and Di Maria will get one-on-one opportunities on the wing.
This is why Scaloni, who is now weaker in overall strength but stronger in offense, can squeeze out Burdisso and become the starting right back.
Argentina needs his containment to help Messi create space.
When the two full-backs press forward, they naturally have to make a fuss on the wing.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Messi, who had been unable to find a chance after being tucked in for a long time, once again changed positions with Scaloni and went to the area close to the sideline.
Upon seeing this, Kalif, the left back of the US team, who knew that he could not guard Messi one-on-one, immediately moved next to Messi.
In the confrontation, don't turn around and face the goal!
But he didn't notice that Messi had indeed moved to the wing, but his position was much further back than before. He was no longer on the front line, but almost parallel to Chen Mo in the midfielder position!
Kalif followed Messi to such a forward position, which directly caused a completely unmarked area to appear on the right side of the US team's penalty area!
At the same time, he didn't see Messi making a subtle eye contact with Chen Mo before changing positions!
"Chance!"
Just a second before Kalif got in front of Messi, while Messi was still running, Chen Mo's eyes narrowed and he immediately sent the pass!
The ball has arrived!
Messi had just moved to the wing, and the ball had already rolled to his feet. At this time, there was still an arm's length between Kalif and him!
There was room to pass, but Messi didn't pass!
Facing the ball from Chen Mo in the middle, Messi on the right directly met the ball and swept it with his left foot!
Arch push!
Low crotch ball penetration!
The ball passed through the crotch of full-back Kalif, like a sharp knife, piercing straight into the space in the penalty area left by Kalif!
Along with the ball, rushing into the right side of the US team's penalty area was Scaloni, who was inserted close to the center!
Amid the exclamations of the commentators and fans, Scaloni caught up with the ball on the right side of the goal, and at this time the US team goalkeeper had also blocked the right side of the goal!
"This is the closest Scaloni gets to scoring a goal for the national team! Will he choose to shoot it himself?!"
"The angle is not good! Aguero's side is already empty!"
The commentary is exciting and looking forward to it!
There are not many shooting angles for Scaloni at the moment, and Aguero is already open.
but!
Scaloni was a member of Argentina's World Youth Championship in 1997, but now ten years have passed and he has yet to score a goal in the national team.
Although it doesn’t matter whether the full-back scores or not, this is ten years!
It was the first time in ten years that he had such a good chance to score goals in the national team!
What Argentine doesn't want to score goals for his country? !
Do it yourself or pass it to Aguero? !
The commentator was looking forward to it. On the sidelines, Pekerman, who had already walked to the sideline, was also staring at Scaloni. The next second, amid the exclamations of the fans in the audience, facing such a huge temptation, Scaloni Ni directly struck with his right foot!
In the desperate eyes of the US team goalkeeper Keller, the ball rolled straight to the left, where it was Aguero facing the empty goal!
Nothing to say, keep eating the cake!
Facing the ball, Aguero pushed lightly with his right foot, and the ball rolled straight into the net!
Two to zero!
Only twenty-three minutes into the game, Argentina took a two-goal lead!
The whole place was boiling instantly!
Whistles, applause, cheers, and Aguero, who scored twice, did not rush to the corner alone after scoring. He laughed and pointed at Scaloni while running towards the opponent!
As Chen Mo, who was jogging to celebrate, smiled widely, the two of them rushed to the corner side by side!
"What a nice group of guys."
Seeing all this, Pekerman on the sidelines applauded, smiled and shook his head, his face full of relief.
More than this goal, he is more concerned about whether Scaloni can integrate into the group after starting the game!
Scaloni's character is a bit strange. He always has a straight face and has no expression no matter what he faces. He doesn't interact much with Chen Mo, Messi and others, but the key is that Scaloni is now where he is. An indispensable part of the Argentina team!
His offensive ability is the key factor in liberating Messi!
Scaloni's level is indeed not top-notch, and he is not well-known, but now there is no full-back in the Argentine team with a stronger offensive ability than him, and the football system is full of links.
It was Scaloni's move up top that attracted defensive players and relieved Messi's pressure. When Messi's pressure was relieved and he got more opportunities, the opponent could only move closer to the wing.
The opponent's formation will be stretched to both sides, and Chen Mo will also get more opportunities by then!
This is a chain reaction!
Pekerman was overjoyed, but next to him, Garnett, the head coach of the US team, was completely helpless and just shook his head speechlessly.
If Argentina's first goal was more about Chen Mo's tactical choices that led to the goal, then this second goal was Messi's actual personal ability.
This ball seemed to be Scaloni running out of space, but in the final analysis, it was because Messi's personal ability was too strong. The American left back did not dare to let him get the ball, so he had to go up top, which resulted in a gap behind him.
Tactical tactics cannot be compared, and abilities cannot be compared.
Garnett was very desperate at this time, but as a coach, he still called the players in front of him and muttered targeted tactics.
Well, targeted tactics.
In fact, there is nothing specific.
With Aguero's celebration over, the game resumed.
Chen Mo discovered that the American team had directly turned into a turtle.
The U.S. team also used a defensive counterattack before, but at that time their defense line was relatively open, and the two full-backs were defending on both sides of the penalty area. But after the restart this time, all members of the U.S. team shrank into the penalty area.
Yes.
In the eleven-man team, except for forward Donovan, who stood at the top of the penalty area, everyone else stood in the penalty area. Even the midfielder stepped on the penalty area line and took half a step back!
The intention is very obvious, let Argentina pass from the bottom, and even give Argentina space to easily kick and shoot from an area about 30 meters away, but not give a little space to cooperate with the pass and cut!
This scene stunned everyone, including Chen Mo.
In more than ten years of playing football, this was the first time he had seen such an extreme defensive formation.
The effect is not bad.
Except for forward Donovan, the other players on the American team are all tall. There are about a dozen strong American men in the penalty area. Not to mention passing the ball in, the angle of long shots must be raised.
Only two corners can be shot.
It was indeed difficult to play in this situation. In the end, Argentina, which took a two-goal lead in the 23rd minute, failed to score another goal until the halftime whistle sounded.
The first group match was about to be won. The locker room was filled with laughter during the halftime break, and the happiest person was undoubtedly Aguero, who scored twice.
That one sings and dances like a primary school student.
Everyone chatted and laughed and rested for a while. Not long after, Pekerman began to make tactical arrangements for the second half of the game.
But in terms of tactical arrangements, there haven't been many changes.
The main thing is to let Messi retreat to the midfield, Di Maria goes to the right, and Aimar is replaced by Saviola.
Saviola, Aguero, Di Maria.
——Chen Mo——Messi——
————Brother Ma————
Saviola has been on the bench since the World Cup. The reason is that he cannot be a fulcrum like Crespo when he plays center. His physical confrontation and running ability are not even as good as Aguero, who is still very young and plays as a winger. Di Maria's long-distance running ability is missing.
His characteristic is that he has strong dribbling ability and can blast one-on-one.
Now that the US team is shrinking across the board, it does not need to travel long distances. More often, it needs two wingers to blast one-on-one, and this is exactly Saviola's strength.
As for the position changes between Chen Mo and Messi, it is obvious that Pekerman hopes to use Chen Mo's golden right foot and Messi's golden left foot to take more long-range shots.
It's a very simple tactical change, but the effect can only be said to be both sweet and smelly.
After being fixed to the left midfielder, Chen Mo can indeed take more long-range shots, and the same goes for Messi who retreats to the right midfielder, but to be honest, the shooting skills of the two today are not particularly good.
In just twenty minutes, the two completed five blacksmithing tasks!
Messi is the coolest among them.
All three long-range shots hit the upper left corner of the goal.
To be honest, it's harder than scoring a goal.
Chen Mo's side was similar, with one kick on the left goalpost and one on the crossbar.
No goal was scored, but these shots did have a knock-on effect. The American team started to position a little further outside than at the beginning.
In the end, with Messi's explosive shot at the top of the arc in the 83rd minute of the game, goalkeeper Keller made a save and missed. Aguero took the lead and succeeded in grabbing the point in front of the goal. The score was fixed at 3-0.
With the referee's three whistles, amidst the applause and cheers of the fans, and under countless flashing lights, Chen Mo, with Donovan's No. 9 jersey on his shoulders, chatted and laughed with Aguero Messi and others. Enter the tunnel.
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[Dragon Sports News: Another demon star in Argentina! Yesterday afternoon in the 2007 America's Cup group stage held in Venezuela, 19-year-old Aguero completed a hat trick! 】
[Korea MS City News: The fallen genius! With zero goals and zero assists, Chen Mo fell into a sluggish state after winning the World Cup and Champions League! Smecta! 】
[U.S. national team coach Garnett was interviewed: Is Chen Mo in a sluggish state? Well, I very much hope that the Koreans can come to participate in the America's Cup. Then they will know how "down" Chen Mo's state is. 】
[American football legend Donovan was interviewed: Yes, I took the initiative to find Chen Mo after the game to exchange jerseys. I was also sad to lose 3-0, but you know, maybe this is the only chance in my life to play against Chen Mo, so I didn’t think too much after the game and went directly to him to exchange jerseys. Teammate They also expressed understanding of my behavior.
And, to be honest, I already felt very scary watching his kicks on TV, but after playing against each other in person, you will find that the level of terror is magnified a hundred times. In front of him, you will feel as if you are walking. A defenseless child in a dark forest. 】
Originally I wanted to write this chapter before morning, but the power went out last night.
Then, there is another chapter in the evening, but it will be later.
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