Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 470
Chapter 470 The gain outweighs the loss
Seeing Javier Mascherano being passed by Kaka, and the others had no time to come over to defend, central defender Demichelis had no choice but to push out from the penalty area to intercept Kaka.
However, Kaka’s speed was too fast. Demichelis had just rushed over, and before his heels were firmly established, Kaka had already swiped the ball to the front left, bypassing Demichelis and entering the Argentine penalty area.
Goalkeeper Romero realized that the situation was not good, so he quickly abandoned the goal and rushed towards Kaka.
Kaka took another step forward with the ball to the left. After evading Romero’s save, he pushed the ball with one foot, and the ball rolled directly into the Argentine net against the turf.
“GOAL!!!”
Just ten minutes into the game, Kaka helped Brazil break through the goal of rival Argentina and achieved a 1:0 lead.
“Oh!”
The entire Maracana Stadium suddenly became a sea of joy.
“Fuck! Brazil scored a goal so quickly? Chen Ran’s transformation effect is so good?”
“Hahahaha, Chen Ran’s coaching ability is really amazing, and he is indeed a top coach recognized by the world.”
“The Brazilian team scored so early, it seems that they should have no problem winning the game today.”
“Let’s keep a low profile upstairs. The game has only been played for more than ten minutes, and there is still plenty of time left for Argentina. With Argentina’s offensive strength, it is not impossible to break through the Brazilian team’s goal.”
“That’s right. Everyone knows Messi’s performance in Crystal Palace these years. It’s not easy to defend against him. With the help of Higuain and Aguero and others, how the next game will develop is still unclear. Hard to say.”
“If you want me to say, you are overly cautious. When has the team coached by that guy Chen Ran been reversed?”
Being scored by the Brazilian team so early is also far beyond the expectations of Argentine coach Alejandro Savilla.
Standing on the sidelines, Alejandro Savilla frowned. After repeated weighing, he decided to continue to trust the players on the field. After all, this has only just started, and it is not a good time for substitutions and adjustments.
It didn’t take long for Alejandro Savilla’s trust to be rewarded.
Less than ten minutes after Kaka broke the Argentine goal, Messi first broke through the defense of Brazil’s left-back Marcelo, and then dribbled the ball laterally along the Brazilian team’s penalty area line.
After avoiding the steals of Fernandinho and Ramirez in a row, Messi took a curved shot with his left foot.
With a strong spin, the ball flew directly to the upper right corner of the Brazil goal.
Because Messi’s shot angle was too tricky, goalkeeper Cesar tried his best but failed to touch the ball. He could only watch the ball fly into his own net.
Messi relied on his own strength to help Argentina tie the score to 1:1.
“Good guy, Messi’s current ability is really too strong, and the Brazilian team’s defense line can’t defend at all.”
“Messi is really strong. Since Kaka got older, Crystal Palace has relied on him and Ronaldo for the past two years.”
“After Argentina equalized the score, their morale has been boosted. The Brazilian team will not play well this time.”
“There is nothing bad to play, isn’t it just being equalized, at worst, just score another one.”
“I’ll go, what you said upstairs is easy. This is the World Cup final, and Argentina is also a strong team at the same level as Brazil. You drink water when you score a goal, and you can score if you want?”
“It’s okay, with Chen Ran here, he must be able to score goals.”
“The one upstairs is Chen Ran’s brainless fan, the identification has been completed.”
“Hehe, wait and see if you don’t believe me.”
Seeing Messi’s goal, Chen Ran on the sidelines curled his lips helplessly.
Although he had repeatedly emphasized the threat of Messi to Brazil’s defenders, he finally let Messi seize the opportunity to score. Once this kind of top star breaks out, he really can’t be defended if he wants to.
However, Chen Ran was not in a hurry when the score was equalized by Argentina.
He firmly believes that Kaka, Coutinho and Oscar who used the “first-level chicken blood card” and Diego Costa who used the “first-level sight card” will definitely bring goals for the Brazilian team.
Just as the first half was about to end, Oscar on the right dribbled the ball forward at high speed.
He first made the appearance of obliquely inserting into Argentina’s penalty area, attracting the defensive attention of Argentine left-back Rojo to the inside.
Then Oscar suddenly changed direction and rushed to the baseline with the ball.
At this time, Rojo was a step too late to turn around and chase after Oscar.
Oscar even had enough time to look up and observe the outflanking of his teammates in the middle. Then he flicked his right ankle and sent the ball into the penalty area of Argentina.
Seeing that the ball was passed into the penalty area, Demichelis entangled Diego Costa tightly with both hands and feet.
Under Demichelis’ close pressing, Diego Costa couldn’t even jump up, let alone grab a shot. He could only watch the ball pass over his head.
Just when everyone thought the attack was over, a figure suddenly rushed out from the left.
It’s Coutinho!
When Oscar made a cross, this guy immediately started from the left and pushed forward desperately into Argentina’s penalty area.
Argentina’s right back Zabaleta reacted a bit too late. When he discovered Coutinho’s intentions, he tried to catch up but couldn’t catch up.
Oscar’s passing speed is very fast. In order to reach the ball, Coutinho directly made a sliding tackle.
“boom!”
The ball was shoveled towards Argentina’s goal by Coutinho.
Coutinho’s sudden appearance was completely beyond the expectations of Argentina’s goalkeeper Romero.
For Coutinho’s shot, he had no time to react.
By the time Romero rushed over, the ball had already flown into Argentina’s net.
“GOAL!!!”
With Oscar’s assists and Coutinho’s shovel shot, Brazil leads Argentina again 2:1.
“Damn it! Chen Ran’s employment is amazing!”
“Oscar and Coutinho, two teenagers teamed up to score, Chen Ran is awesome!”
“Who questioned Chen Ran before putting Coutinho and Oscar in the starting list? Come out and apologize.”
“That’s right! You must apologize!”
“The punishment should not be too severe, just play JJ until death.”
“Ahem, the upstairs is too ruthless!”
“In the future, who will dare to doubt Chen Ran’s formation.”
“If the Brazilian team ends the game with this score today, then Chen Ran will really win the game.”
“Hehe, does Chen Ran still need to prove himself?”
“That’s right, so many championship trophies are not fake.”
After Coutinho scored, the referee Rizzoli blew the whistle for the end of the first half soon.
During the intermission, as the team took the lead again, the Brazil locker room was full of laughter and teammates congratulated Coutinho and Oscar.
Chen Ran also stood aside and watched with a smile, without any intention of interrupting.
Seeing that the rest time was coming to an end, he walked in front of the players.
“Guys, I don’t want to talk redundant nonsense. I just ask you one question, do you want to keep the World Cup championship trophy in Brazil?”
“certainly!”
“The champion belongs to Brazil!”
“Boss, don’t worry, we will definitely win the championship trophy!”
Although the answers were not neat, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction seeing the faces of the players with high fighting spirit.
“Very good. Stay focused and don’t let up. Got it?”
“clear!”
In Argentina, the atmosphere in the locker room was completely different.
The team members lowered their heads one by one to wipe their sweat and change their clothes. No one spoke.
The head coach Alejandro Savilla has rich experience, knowing that this situation will definitely not work, he immediately stepped forward to beat the Argentine players.
Moreover, Alejandro Savilla also adjusted Argentina’s formation, changing the 433 used by the team in the first half to 4231.
He first replaced Lavezzi with Aguero, and then replaced Enzo Perez with Di Maria.
Let Di Maria serve as the left midfielder, Aguero play the right midfielder, and Messi pulls to the center as the midfielder. Higuain also played center forward, Mascherano and Biglia served as double midfielders.
Alejandro Savilla’s purpose is very clear, that is to continue to strengthen the offense.
As soon as the second half of the game started, everyone saw Argentina’s substitution adjustments.
“Replacing the defensive midfielder with an offensive player, Argentina is going desperate.”
“It’s normal. Argentina is behind in the score now. If you don’t score the championship, Brazil will go to Brazil. You must fight.”
“Messi, Higuain, Aguero and Di Maria are all top offensive players. I don’t know if Brazil’s defense can withstand it?”
“It doesn’t matter. Kaka, Diego Costa, Oscar and Coutinho, the offensive combination of the Brazilian team is not bad, the big deal is to see who scores more goals.”
“Hehe, you upstairs don’t think Coutinho and Oscar will score in the second half of the game, right?”
“That’s not necessarily the case. Chen Ran dared to send them to start in the World Cup final, so he must have confidence in them. Chen Ran looked at the players, when did he make a mistake?”
“I’m going, the upstairs is crazy, right?”
“Don’t believe me? Let’s just read on.”
Alejandro Savilla’s substitutions and adjustments, Chen Ran naturally also noticed.
However, he is very confident in Brazil’s current defense, so he has no plans to make adjustments.
It’s not that they will be able to prevent Argentina from scoring, but Chen Ran firmly believes that Brazil’s defense must be stronger than Argentina’s.
Even if both sides conceded goals, Brazil must concede fewer goals than Argentina.
Moreover, in order to strengthen the offense, Alejandro Savilla lost a midfielder, which is simply a huge benefit for the Brazilian team’s offense.
In Chen Ran’s view, it is not certain who will benefit more after Alejandro Savilla’s substitutions and adjustments.
As expected by Chen Ran, after Argentina’s formation change, the consequences of weakening the thickness of the midfield gradually emerged.
When the game progressed to the 61st minute, Alves dribbled the ball along the right and made a high-speed breakthrough. Argentine left-back Rojo immediately stepped up and blocked Alves’ path.
Alves did not get entangled with Rojo, and directly passed the ball to Oscar who ran over to meet him, and then continued to run forward, taking Rojo away.
As soon as Oscar received the ball, Mascherano immediately posted it, blocking Oscar’s route to the Argentine penalty area.
After discovering that his best breakthrough route was blocked by Mascherano, Oscar did not choose to push forward.
Facing the top defensive midfielders in today’s football, Oscar feels that he is not sure that he can break through Mascherano’s defense. So, he passed the ball to Kaka who came from the middle to respond.
At this time, Kaka is also closely following another Argentine midfielder, Biglia.
After Kaka received the ball, he found that Argentina’s two defensive midfielders were now attracted to him, and on the right half of Argentina’s midfield, there was a large space.
Such a good opportunity, Kaka naturally cannot let go.
With a flick of his ankle, he passed the ball to Coutinho on the left, and reached out to Coutinho to indicate the direction of the breakthrough.
After catching the ball, Coutinho, who understood it, immediately took the ball and rushed to the large space in front of him.
At this time, Argentina’s two defensive midfielders Mascherano and Biglia are both on the left half of the court, and it is too late to rush to defend.
In desperation, right back Zabaleta had to step in to intercept Coutinho.
This time, the entire right side of Argentina is wide open.
On the Brazilian side, left back Marcelo rushed up from behind immediately. As he ran, he shouted for Coutinho to pass the ball.
Hearing Marcelo’s yell, Coutinho, who originally wanted to force Zabaleta, immediately passed the ball through to Marcelo’s high-speed forward line.
Marcelo has no barriers in front of him now. After receiving a pass from Coutinho, he directly dribbled the ball diagonally into Argentina’s penalty area.
Realizing that the situation was not good, Demichelis, who was in charge of marking Diego Costa, had to rush over to intercept.
Seeing that Diego Costa had an opening, Marcelo pushed the ball with his arch and pushed the ball across.
At this time, another Argentine central defender, Garay, was desperately rushing towards Diego Costa, trying to help Demichelis defend.
Finding that Marcelo had passed the ball, in a hurry, Garay threw his body out with a shoveling action, trying to block the shot from Diego Costa.
Although Diego Costa looks like a rough man, he is actually very careful.
He also noticed Garay’s movements, so he didn’t choose to hit the ball immediately.
Instead, he used his left foot to buckle the ball behind him, and immediately hit the goal with his right foot after turning around.
“boom!”
Diego Costa’s dunk not only failed Gareth’s plan to block the hole, but even Argentina’s goalkeeper Romero was tricked into losing his focus.
The ball drew an arc and flew towards Argentina’s goal against the turf.
Romero, who had lost his center of gravity and hadn’t had time to return to his position, didn’t even make a save. He could only watch the ball fly into the net he was guarding again.
“GOAL!!!”
(end of this chapter)