Argentina is placed in Group B of this World Cup, so the opening day and the end of the final round are earlier than the lower-ranked teams.
Argentina finished the group on June 23, and as the last group, the last game of Group H is on June 26.
This also means that Chen Mo has three days of rest.
However, it doesn't matter. This year, after Chen Mo finished playing in the Champions League, he brought his two girls to South Africa. He spent more than half a month before the training camp visiting all the interesting attractions in the surrounding area.
In this case, Chen Mo was naturally busy every day during the three days of rest.
This is also thanks to the fact that Chen Fei and Yuechi's parents also came to South Africa to watch the game, so they could take care of their children. Otherwise, it would be a bit inconvenient to do some fun after having a baby.
However, it was not Chen Mo who was most excited.
Keli is twenty-four this year, and Yue Chixun is twenty-seven. In addition, Chen Mo is usually slovenly in front of his children, and both girls act like serious mothers, so they have been holding back for a long time.
Now that I finally got the opportunity, I naturally couldn't let it go.
Every morning there were fierce battles.
At noon, the three of them would sit on the sofa, watch movies and take a nap. In the afternoon, Keli and Yuechi Xun were the codewords that should be coded, and those who should be doing work went to work and typed in front of the laptop.
At this time, Chen Mo was doing some basic exercises to maintain his physical condition in the hotel room.
Throughout the afternoon, few people took the initiative to speak. Everyone was immersed in their own world.
In the evening, the three of them gathered in front of the TV to watch the World Cup.
Get together and rely on each other without disturbing each other.
Chen Mo likes this feeling very much. Not to mention that Chen Mo likes this feeling. People like Di Maria and others who know Chen Mo's living conditions are also very envious.
However, I can only envy him.
Chen Mo and Yuechi Xunkeli are both in their twenties. They look young, but in fact the three of them have lived together for seven or eight years and grew up together.
Once you take a picture of Dabaiding, you will know what kind of look you want to pose.
Chen Mo's emotional experience is something that can be encountered but cannot be sought, and cannot be envied.
However, not everyone likes this kind of life. People like Higuain prefer South Africa's glamorous nightclubs.
As the captain, Chen Mo didn't care about them going to the nightclub to have fun. He just told them that if it affected their competitive status, they would wait to become substitutes.
Very intimidating.
The current head coach of Argentina is said to be Lao Ma, but Lao Ma is actually more like a mascot, mainly responsible for things like diplomacy.
Tactics and other matters are often communicated between Chen Mo and the coaching team, and the story of Chen Mo and Lao Ma almost having a fight at the wine table a few years ago is also a secret of the Argentina national team.
In this case, if Chen Mo said it, Higuain and the others were naturally not having too much fun.
In this somewhat leisurely time, the days passed day by day.
This year's World Cup actually has a lot of upsets.
First, France and Italy were eliminated one after another, and then Spain lost to Switzerland. However, Spain immediately regrouped after losing to Switzerland and won two games in a row, which can be regarded as a narrow escape from the group.
The most thrilling thing is actually England.
England are in the same group as the United States, Slovenia and Algeria.
To be honest, England's paper strength completely overwhelms the other three teams.
Joe Hart, Terry, Carragher, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Crouch
All of them are world-renowned players, but the Three Lions have always been weak in competitions.
First it was a 1-1 draw with the United States, and then it was a 0-0 draw with Algeria.
Two draws almost failed to send England off, but luckily, England narrowly defeated Slovenia in the last game and qualified for second place in the group behind the United States.
With England qualifying, the list of top 16 matches for this World Cup has also come out.
There is no suspense or shock.
The grouping rules of the World Cup's top 16 are that the second place in Group A beats the first place in Group B, and so on. Therefore, after Argentina played France, Argentina's opponent in the top 16 has already been determined-Mexico.
Mexico is an amazing team.
Teams like France, Italy, and Argentina have reached the top of their game and also had their troughs when they failed to qualify for the group stage, but Mexico
It feels like they don't have any top stars, but their names can be heard in every World Cup.
This is indeed the case. From 1994 to 2018, Mexico was in the top 16 of every World Cup.
It is very stable. Only the national football team in the world can compare with the stability of its results.
However, there are still some outstanding players in Mexico this year.
For example, the Mexican Wu Zhenyu-Ochoa is at the goalkeeper position.
For example, Little Pea Fernandez at the forward position.
One after another, there is no middle. It is obvious that Mexico's midfield is not strong.
But the impact on Mexico is not that big.
Most things have a logical relationship.
Argentina, Italy, and France all failed to qualify in the group stage. Why can Mexico always stay in the top 16?
In addition to Mexico’s domestic youth training system being the best in the world, there has always been a steady stream of football talents.
This is because Mexico is a typical defensive counterattack team, and it is a defensive counterattack that bypasses the midfield.
However, this is one of the reasons why Mexico has always been able to enter the top 16, and it is also one of the reasons why Mexico has been unable to go further for so many years.
Defensive counterattack, a defensive counterattack that bypasses the midfielder, has the advantage of being very stable, because the midfielder will not be too pressed during the counterattack phase.
Therefore, if the counterattack is unsuccessful, it will be easier to deal with the opponent's counterattack.
But correspondingly, the offensive firepower must be reduced a lot.
Obviously, for Argentina, this game is about how to knock the turtle shell off, and what Chen Mo studies the most is not only Mexico's defense and midfield, but also Mexico's goalkeeper, Ochoa.
It was the Ochoa who was cut down by Messi on the ground in 2022 and penetrated by Enzo's "Sword Art" shot.
Normally, the goalkeeper position requires height and length, generally over 1.9 meters, while Ochoa is only 1.85 meters.
Although he has a size disadvantage, he can still play in Mexico.
Obviously, Ochoa has his own uniqueness. His reaction ability, ground speed and bullet speed are all very strong.
Ochoa, who was still playing in the Mexican League in 2007, even entered the shortlist of candidates for the Footballer of the Year. It can be said that he is very strong.
In the 2014 match between Mexico and Brazil, Brazil shot 14 times, and Ochoa contributed 6 key saves, including a shot from Neymar in the penalty area and a header from his sister-in-law, which eventually tied Brazil.
To put it bluntly, this kind of goalkeeper is a cup goalkeeper.
Because of his natural advantage in height, he is not stable enough in the league, but because of his strong reflexes, bounce speed, and speed on the ground, it is very easy to perform superbly if he feels it in the cup.
When playing against this kind of goalkeeper, the first thing to do is to seize the opportunity and kill him with one blow. You can't let him keep pounce. After a few more pounces, the feel condition will come up and it will be difficult to deal with later.
Secondly, it is said that strategically, we despise the enemy and tactically, we value the enemy.
I don’t think Mexico is strong, but Chen Mo is still preparing for the worst. For example, if Ochoa performs exceptionally, they will be ready for a penalty shootout.
However, Chen Mo did not take Messi and the others to practice penalty kicks.
Argentinian players have always been known for their delicate footwork. During training, they were asked to kick penalty kicks into the blind spot. Not to mention that all ten goals went into the blind spot, and nine shots into the blind spot were still no problem.
The main problem is mentality, and mentality is this thing.
Can be improved with some hints.
It's a simple truth. If a boy is called handsome every day when he goes out, he will definitely have more self-confidence. But if a boy is called "pretty boy" when he goes out every day, he probably won't even dare to raise his head when he sees a girl.
What Chen Mo did was to study Ochoa's saving posture with Messi and the others, emphasizing that he could score by kicking to the right!
Of course, Ochoa is not bad at attacking on the left side. Chen Mo's purpose is just to stop rookies like Otamendi from worrying about which side to play.
Missing a penalty kick generally occurs in two situations: one is too much pursuit of angles and ends up missing the center post; the other is hesitation and not knowing which side to kick, and the final penalty kick is slow and soft.
Of course, Chen Mo was not completely fooling around with Tietou.
Ochoa's height and wingspan are not enough, so it is definitely harder than other goalkeepers to cover the left and right blind spots when making a shot. As long as the Argentinian players have enough confidence to hit the blind spots, it will be difficult for Ochoa to hit even if he guesses the right direction.
Argentina, under the leadership of Chen Mo, is discussing tactics with Mexico, while outside, the World Cup round of 16 has already begun.
On June 26, the first match of the Round of 16 between Uruguay and Nigeria started at the Mandela Bay Stadium.
In the original timeline, this game was Uruguay versus South Korea.
But it is a pity that in the first game of the World Cup group stage, South Korea was beaten 12 to 0 by Chen Mo. After being permanently nailed to the pillar of shame in football history [the largest score difference in the World Cup], the Korean players were directly heartbroken. They lost to Nigeria in the game and lost their chance to qualify.
There is no doubt that the Korean team failed to qualify in the group stage and was humiliated by Argentina. It can be said that the Korean team is now being crazily humiliated by Korean domestic media fans and foreign media fans.
It is very difficult to be attacked internally and externally.
However, what is interesting is that after the Korean team failed to qualify, foreign media dug up fierce news within the Korean Football Association, saying that a leader within the Korean Football Association proposed banning Chen Mo.
Not only must we boycott the products endorsed by Chen Mo, but the Korean League will never open its doors to Chen Mo!
Breaking news.
But it’s not so much breaking news as it is a global joke.
First of all, Chen Mo will definitely not play in the Korean league. Even if he gets older in the future, he will still choose one of the leagues of China, Japan and Afghanistan, not to mention that Chen Mo will most likely hang up his boots at Arsenal.
As for boycotting the products endorsed by Chen Mo.
As soon as the news came out, Keli directly attacked the Korean Football Association.
Chen Mo is now also one of the spokespersons of Mmc.
Of course, this cannot be said. Keli mainly accused the Korean Football Association of engaging in feudalism and forcibly influencing the market.
Although Keli has many congressman friends in the United States with whom she has business interests, she certainly cannot cover the sky with one hand, or even be considered a first-tier member.
The top richest people in the United States are all super families like Trump, which have been passed down for generations, take in both politics and business, and can run for president.
However, if Keli wanted to beat a leader of the Korean Football Association, it would be easy.
When the father speaks, the son will stand at attention and receive a beating.
The result is naturally.
Although it was just a proposal, and this proposal was rejected by other sane Korean Football Association leaders, in the end the Korean Football Association held a press conference to apologize to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo actually didn't care about this matter. He had nothing to do with South Korea in the first place, and it was only one of them who had a headache. In fact, he had been preparing for war these days and didn't pay much attention to this matter.
Now that he apologized after being sprayed by Keli, he didn't bother to bother anymore, but.
Lao Ma disagreed.
Speaking of which, Lao Ma was actually quite bored during this time.
He does not have much talent in coaching. Chen Mo and his assistants are responsible for team tactics and training. And because of Chen Mo, there is no internal strife in the Argentine team that he worried about before taking office.
Don't worry about anything.
At first, he felt very relieved that there was a successor to Argentina, and he could enjoy life to the fullest. By the way, he became the third player and coach after Mario in 1970 and Beckenbauer in 1986. A super legend who has won the World Cup.
But then he felt a little bored again, and felt like "I didn't seem to have any effect at all".
At this time, the Korean Football Association came to the door
Facing the apology from the Korean Football Association, Lao Ma directly criticized [even if they kneel down and lick Chen Mo's sneakers, Chen Mo will not go to South Korea to play football].
There is no doubt that Lao Ma's words are very lethal. Otamendi in the team is worried about whether the situation will escalate, but it is obvious that he does not understand the little stick very well.
The day after Lao Ma's bombardment, Xiaobangzi apologized again, and they also sent a very beautiful "female employee" to negotiate.
There was no suspense. With Lao Ma staying up all night, the matter was resolved perfectly.
Thinking of this, Chen Mo, who was watching the game in front of the TV at this time, was a little speechless. However, he had known Lao Ma for so many years and he had long known that Lao Ma was an old bastard with no inhibitions, so he was not too surprised.
Thoughts were running through my mind, while the match between Uruguay and Ecuador continued on TV.
In fact, there isn’t much to see.
Ecuador was able to advance thanks to Chen Mo who fucked Xiaobangzi until his heart was broken. In fact, Ecuador's strength was very poor.
However, there was one person who performed very well in this game - Suarez.
Sixty minutes into the game, when Chen Mo walked into the bathroom to take a shower, the score on TV had been fixed at 3-0. Su Ya, who had just completed his hat trick, kissed his fingers and ran towards the corner kick to celebrate.
Uruguay fans all over the world are very excited, but they don't know that the excitement is yet to come.
In the quarter-finals of this World Cup, it was Su Ya's much-reviled handball on the goal line that enabled Uruguay to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup again after 56 years since 1954.
However, these things have nothing to do with Chen Mo. After watching the game for sixty minutes, he took a shower and went to the training ground to start preparing for the game two days later.
