Chapter 422 The Boy Praised by the Whole World

The game was over. The Argentine players who lost 1:5 no longer covered their faces and stayed in the Spartak Arena. They almost all swarmed towards the player tunnel, allowing the Argentine fans to curse them.

Messi reached out and grabbed his friend Aguero who also wanted to escape reality. Aguero turned his head and looked over curiously, only to hear Messi say: "Akun, we lost too badly, we should be scolded, come with me to apologize to them on behalf of the whole team, okay?"

Aguero wanted to refuse, but then he thought about it, sighed in his heart, and nodded lightly: "Okay."

"England won a big victory over its qualifying rival Argentina in the first round, and Chinese player Li Qing made great contributions..."

The broadcast screen was originally given to the English players who won the game, but the screen suddenly cut to Messi and Aguero. The professional quality of the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, He Wei, was quite high. He changed the subject: "Oh? Messi and Aguero walked towards the gathering area of ​​Argentine fans, he They seemed to apologize to the fans on behalf of the whole team. They should apologize for the loss. 1:5 created the biggest score difference since the two teams met. "

Commentary guest Xu Yang said in a deep voice: "Messi and Aguero are indeed world-class players. They are responsible. Unlike our national team players, they just train and go away when they lose. They don't care about the fans' mood at all. The national team players sitting in front of the TV, did you see it? With an annual salary that most people can't spend in their lifetime, they should learn to be human first."

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV couldn't help but think of the 1:9 loss at the Workers' Stadium. They were furious and began to attack the national team players and the top officials of the Football Association who performed poorly on the Internet.

Li Qing originally wanted to exchange jerseys with Messi, but after thinking about it, he finally gave up the idea and put himself in his shoes. If he suffered a 1:5 defeat, he would definitely not want to face the winner.

It is the captain's duty to endure the fans' abuse and thank the fans for their presence and support. It is his obligation, but he has no such obligation to the opponent.

"What a good captain!"

Messi is not good at speaking, he prefers to use actions. Li Qing gave Messi a thumbs up in his heart.

The current Argentina is no longer the daunting Argentina of the past. Perhaps the offensive configuration is still as sharp as before, but the ability of the defensive players is really terrible, and the attitude of the players is very problematic. If Messi hadn't turned the tide in many games, Argentina would not even be able to qualify for the Russian World Cup.

To be proud, he scored four goals without much effort. What if... he used all his strength?

As Messi and Aguero entered the player tunnel, Li Qing turned around and followed the captain Harry Kane to thank the fans for their support.

At the routine press conference after the game, Sampaoli, who led the team to a big loss, took the initiative to take responsibility for the defeat. Facing the soul-searching questions of the Argentine media and other media reporters, he said that there were still two rounds in the group stage and there was still a good chance of qualifying for the group, and then left the press conference hall early.

Southgate, who won the game, was in high spirits. Facing the questions of media reporters as long as they did not involve the team's tactical secrets, he tried his best to cooperate.

Southgate, who has been quite successful in his career, did not get carried away. He said that the team's big win in the first round was due to Argentina's overall poor adjustment, not England's performance. By the way, he used the media to spur the players, hoping that the players could maintain their focus on the game, win the next two group matches, and advance to the top 16 of the World Cup as the first in the group.

As expected, France is the first in Group C. Getting the first in the group means that France can be avoided in the 1/8 finals. It's not that Southgate is afraid of France, but France's overall strength is too strong. Even if it wins, it will consume too much energy, which is not conducive to the preparation for the quarter-finals.

After the routine press conference of the two teams, the sports media and fans around the world still focused on the England-Argentina war that ended, because the series of World Cup records created by Li Qing are worth the fans to savor slowly, and each of Li Qing's goals is very exciting. Watching it a few more times will make you feel happy, so that the ratings of another game between Peru and Denmark in the first round of Group C have dropped significantly.

Of course, this is also closely related to the overall weak strength of the two teams.

The English players who returned to their hotel from the Spartak Arena also paid attention to the group match between Peru and Denmark. According to the odds given by the three major European bookmakers, Peru and Denmark both have the possibility of qualifying, which means that once England qualifies from Group D, its opponent in the 1/8 finals will be Peru or Denmark.

There is also a chance to face France in the 1/8 finals, but this possibility is very small. Neither Southgate nor Deschamps want the two teams to meet before three games are left in the final.

England defeated Argentina 5:1 in the first round, which gave a lot of confidence to the fans/pseudo-fans who bought England to win the World Cup, so there were a lot of followers. However, with the big score, England's odds of winning the championship dropped significantly, surpassing Brazil to become the biggest favorite to win the championship after France.

Two hours later, the match between Peru and Denmark ended. With Poulsen's goal in the 59th minute, Denmark won the game 1:0.

The last match of the third match day of the Russian World Cup was Iceland vs. Nigeria. This Iceland team is somewhat different from the upset to advance to the quarterfinals of the European Cup two years ago, so it is reasonable that it lost 0:2 to the African Eagle Nigeria.

The next day, the sports media around the world reported on the England-Argentina match that ended at 6 pm yesterday evening local time in Russia. Li Qing, who scored four goals, became the headline figure without any dispute. He broke the records of the youngest goal scorer in the World Cup created by Pele and Fontaine, which was the top priority of the report.

The Times of Great Britain: Breaking the record of the best player, is Russia a god?

The Telegraph of the Netherlands: The youngest player to score four goals, who else can stop England

Kicker of Germany: The youngest player, the best player

L'Equipe of France: The favorite to win the championship that deceived the whole world

China's Sports Daily: England's great victory, made in China!

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Various eye-catching headlines emerged one after another. The merchants who signed endorsement contracts with Li Qing this summer were laughing in their dreams. Even if Li Qing performed poorly in the next game, it didn't matter. His super performance in the England-Argentina match alone was enough to make up for the endorsement fee.

Nike was the happiest. Argentina's jerseys were sponsored by Adidas, and captain Messi was its top star. Li Qing's overwhelming performance helped England, sponsored by Nike, beat Argentina by a large margin, which can be seen as Nike's first victory in the World Cup.

In addition, Li Qing appeared in the World Cup for the first time wearing Lee series shoes, which made this pair of shoes endorsed by Li Qing sell well, so that the official website was sold out, and the factory had to work overtime.