Chapter 917 China VS Argentina, New and Old Hatreds Arise

"We tried our best. The Greek team's technical and tactical performance was quite good. We suppressed them in the half court throughout the game. However, Messi left the field injured and other players were not in good condition, which hurt Argentina very much." Maradona looked frustrated and ugly at the press conference.

He kept pressing his ear with his left index finger, as if his ear was always itchy and he never stopped doing this.

No matter what the occasion, the ball king doesn't care what moves he makes.

"I know a lot of people think we didn't win on purpose, but this speculation is quite ridiculous! At this moment, I feel angrier than anyone else because I never accept defeat, ever since I played for Argentina. I hope the team will do their best and win every game for the team!”

He pouted and spread his hands: "But that's how football is. It doesn't mean you can win just because you are strong. We have to get used to this."

"Messi is also as angry as me. I originally let him play the whole game, but something happened in the first half. I was worried that his injury would worsen, so I replaced him resolutely. Believe me, he really Very unhappy, he wants to score goals, he wants to be the top scorer in the World Cup, I can understand this feeling, but for the sake of the whole Argentina, I have to do it, because we all want a healthy Messi and then win World Cup champion."

"Now, we should focus on the knockout rounds. Our opponent is the Chinese team. We must be prepared to face them. You must know that they are first in Group A, but we are confident to eliminate them. They have a genius, But we have 11 talented players and that’s our strength.”

"We have Messi, Aguero, Tevez, Pastore, Di Maria, Gago, Lavezzi... I can't count them on two fingers."

"We will tell China in the knockout rounds so that we can advance to the quarterfinals."

11 geniuses, Maradona really doesn't take the Chinese team seriously. What does it mean if the Chinese team has Dong Fangzhuo? We have so many talents, we can beat the Chinese team hard and advance to the quarterfinals. This is what Maradona meant.

Maradona also brought his son-in-law Aguero to the press conference. Aguero also expressed his opinion: "It is unfortunate to lose to Greece, but we are still in the World Cup. What we are thinking about now is to compete with China. In a few days, I think we will try our best to enter the top 8. I will never forget the pain of losing in the Olympic finals, so the knockout match against the Chinese team will be a battle of revenge. I think Messi thinks so too. We met the best opponent, this is God’s arrangement!”

Aguero also remembers his defeat in the Olympic final, and they are full of hatred for China.

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Subsequently,

Argentina is also avoiding the important and taking the easy.

"The opponent in the quarter-finals! China!" Argentina's "Clarion" reported and predicted: "In the third round of the group stage, Argentina overwhelmed the Greek team and bombed them, but ultimately lost 0:1. Winning or losing does not affect Argentina's advancement to the top 16 of the World Cup, but as a blessing in disguise, we met the Chinese team. Old hatred and new hatred. Playing the knockout round with the Chinese team may be fate, but also the best result. Avoiding Uruguay and playing China, Argentina also entered In the top half, as long as nothing unexpected happens, Argentina should be able to go very far..."

How far can you go?

The Herald went into more detail: "After defeating China and advancing to the quarterfinals, Argentina's opponents are not strong either. It doesn't matter who the winner is between Ghana and the United States. Then they advance to the semifinals, and the semifinals may meet Brazil." Or the Netherlands. No matter what, this is the World Cup that Argentines are most looking forward to."

The "Herald" seems to have smelled the semi-finals of the World Cup, and did not pay attention to the Chinese team at all, and 'reminded' the people, "We were defeated by the Chinese Olympic team in the Olympics. This time, the national team must Revenge! When Messi proves himself, he finally knows that the strongest teammates in Argentina are by his side. If he can't defeat the Chinese Dong, then this year's Ballon d'Or award will be in danger again."

"The Nation" believes that Maradona's luck is quite good: "Some people say that Argentina lost the game on purpose, but during the game we saw that every player wanted to win for Argentina, and everyone tried their best, but God needed us to fight China, so we went. Maradona's luck was good, Argentina successfully entered the coveted top half and met China. If everything goes well, Argentina can at least play in this World Cup To the semi-finals. If Messi is better, maybe we will be the World Cup champions in 2010."

Several major newspapers did not say that Maradona's team engaged in match-fixing, but they all looked forward to Argentina's future in the World Cup. Even the chairman of the Argentine Football Association, Grondona, stood up and rebuked the irresponsible reports of other countries' media: "European media They are always so irresponsible because they cannot see how good the South American teams are. Anyone who has watched the game knows that Argentina has tried its best, but luck is not on our side. Their baseless speculation is extremely unfair to Greece. Respect, everyone was fighting for the World Cup, but Argentina unfortunately lost."

"These rumors cannot stop Argentina from moving forward. Argentina will always fight for the championship!"

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In Asia, Koreans are laughing crazy because they feel that the Korean team has done a great thing and created a new football history for the Korean team.

“First place in the group, beating Argentina! The pride of Asia!” South Korea’s Dong-A Ilbo reported the news on the front page, “South Korea defeated Nigeria 2:0 and beat the World Cup favorite Argentina to become the first place in the group. This is A great victory in Korean football history, the Korean team proved to the world that Asian teams can be better than South American teams!"

"Chosun Ilbo" continued to highlight South Korea's face: "In Asia, it is not only the Chinese team that can win the first place in the group, South Korea can also win the first place in the group. China defeated the French team that had no fighting spirit. South Korea is riding on the head of the World Cup favorites!"

The Korean media is very shameless because they forgot that they lost to Argentina in the group stage...

However, Chinese people who are familiar with South Korea have taken it for granted. It would not be surprising at all for them to say that football was invented in South Korea...

The same goes for South Korean fans, who took to the internet to praise their national team.

"Although we don't have superstars, we have a better team."

"Beating Uruguay and advancing to the quarterfinals does not seem to be an impossible task. We want to repeat the glory of the 2002 World Cup."

Shamelessly, they have never thought about how the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan came about.

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There is a conflict in Uruguay. After all, they have a great advantage against South Korea, but after beating South Korea, they are likely to encounter Germany. This seems to be a tragedy of advantage.

And if Uruguay is in the top half, they will play Argentina directly, which seems to be more risky. If they win against Argentina, it will be a smooth road...

So they are not that concerned about the results of Group B. They have no choice. They can only be in the bottom half...

In Europe, there is another picture, especially in the English media. Because England and Argentina have national feuds and because of the Falklands War, the two countries are basically hostile at any level, so their The coverage is all about negative news.

The Times directly pointed out: "Match-fixing! Cowardly football champion, dirty Argentina!"

The same headline stated that Argentina's 0:1 defeat was all attributed to conspiracy: "Argentina had a thousand reasons not to lose the game, but they still lost. Why? Because they didn't want to be in the bottom half, they wanted to meet When it comes to the Chinese team, it's not that they want revenge, but that the teams in the top half are very weak. As long as they finish second in the group, they can basically reach the semi-finals smoothly, so Maradona and his team It was a dirty game and the whole team was focused on losing!”

The "Daily Mail" has exactly the same view: "Concocting Messi's dismissal and then deliberately losing the game are all Maradona's tricks, just as disgusting and dirty as his Hand of God back then!"

"The Guardian" pointed out: "All this was actually planned three days ago. At that time, many media believed that Argentina would deliberately lose the game, and then let the South Korean team take first place in the group, and then they naturally came to the first half. district and met their favorite team.”

"The Sun" pointed out with seriousness: "In the locker room, Maradona even told their players that we are going to lose, lose, lose! Then, the result is a loss."

Of course, such a report by "The Sun" is irresponsible, because they cannot know the contents of the Argentine locker room. These are all fabrications, but are these important? It doesn't matter, because many fans speculate and think that there is something wrong with Argentina.

Although the German "Bild" did not say that Maradona led the team to deliberately lose the game, their ridicule was obvious: "Argentines should snicker at the unexpected loss to Greece, because they are likely to meet in the quarter-finals." Going to Germany, we believe, they were afraid of us and now they should be lucky that they went to a relatively easy half."

The French newspaper L'Equipe was envious: "Same people but different lives... If France had such a choice, they would not have gone home in the group stage. However, Argentina lost to Greece. Such a result is really questionable. I believe FIFA will intervene in the investigation."

The Spanish media also had a mocking tone, because Spain was also in the bottom half. "Marca" mocked: "Messi led Argentina to escape the bottom half. They were lucky, and their opponent was actually the Chinese team. No matter what, , they can reach the quarterfinals."

Only the Chinese media seemed completely innocent.

Tencent Sports posted: "It's so fake. The Chinese team's opponent was obviously South Korea, but it turned out to be Argentina. Argentina definitely played a match-fixing match. They lost the game on purpose and wanted to play against the Chinese team. .”

Sohu.com: "These days, even the world's top players cannot be trusted. Maradona clearly wants the team to lose. Don't look at the indignant look on his face at the press conference. In fact, he is just acting, and the routine is too deep. "

People's Daily: China vs. Argentina, a rematch of the Olympic finals! Old grudges and new grudges come together. Does Argentina think China is easy to bully? There's no telling who will win this war. I believe that Krauchen and Dong Fangzhuo are well prepared!

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FIFA's official website had to stand up and express its opinion immediately: We paid close attention throughout the game and there was no problem with this game. It was a game that was more than exciting but not intense enough. What is certain is that the first two knockout matches of the World Cup have been released, that is Uruguay vs. South Korea, China vs. Argentina...

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