2022 World Cup Group C first round competition was held, and the Asian champion Saudi team faced South American champion and even world champion Argentina. The final result was unexpected that Argentina, which had a great advantage in the whole game, eventually lost to Saudi Arabia unexpectedly, thus creating a big upset since the start of this World Cup.
If you look at the post-match statistics, this result will not be accepted by anyone. The Argentina team, led by world star Messi , has more than twice the ball in the whole game than Saudi Arabia, with as many as 16 shots, while its opponent Saudi Arabia has only three shots. However, the Asian champion defeated the arrogant Argentina team twice in these three shots, which made many people unable to believe.
In fact, after watching this game, people generally had this view: Messi is old and can’t accept his old age; Saudi Arabia is so good that it’s not good to not pay attention to tactics in football games!
Messi is really old, and even he himself said: This may be the last World Cup he participated in. This is by no means an excuse to please the fans, but a heartfelt truth. Messi, who is 35 years old, has been in international football for 21 years, and has always been rooted in , Barcelona , and is loyal to Barcelona. He has participated in countless club competitions and Argentina national team competitions, and has also won numerous honors. However, behind the honor is his bruises and the spiritual trauma caused by conflicts with the club. All of these cannot be restricted from his development.
To be fair, this game against Saudi Arabia should be the most awkward game Messi felt. He is not standing at the forward position. The task he performs is to create opportunities for his teammates. In the first half, his passes were still very pleasing to the eye, but they all made his teammates fall into the opponent's carefully designed "offside" trap. Although he scored a penalty, it was obvious that the quality of the free throw was not high. If Ovais had not judged the wrong direction, such a free throw with no force and no tricky angle would be likely to be blocked. To be honest, in the whole game, except for him receiving the ball in the offside position in the first half and bypassing , Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper scored 1 goal, we find it difficult to find other highlights of him. It can be seen that Messi is really old, and those who have grown older with him are Otamendi, di Maria and Gomez, all of whom are over 34 years old.
Saudi Arabia is a god. Their magic is not in the final victory over the world champion Argentina, but in the fact that they have a magical head coach Renard. The coach who once led two different teams to win the African championships with a "magic" tactic that defeated the powerful Argentina team without any effort. His tactic of commanding players to "construct offside" in the first half was quite successful, and Messi and his teammates returned in vain again and again. Not only that, he knew that the opponent's experience and skills were better than his players, but age and physical strength were the main problem. Therefore, he made a fuss about consuming the opponent's physical strength. It seemed that the Saudi team was being suppressed by the Argentina team, but in fact, it was consuming the opponent's physical strength. He just waited for the 4-minute strike in the second half. After leading the score, Renard waved the flag and adjusted the substitutions to ensure that the goal was not lost until the long stoppage time ended.
upset is a unique landscape of every World Cup. This time it is Argentina's turn, which really makes fans who like Messi feel uncomfortable. I heard that a famous host burst into tears, and I felt incredible! The Chinese men's football team has repeatedly failed to compete for the World Cup, and you have never cried. All you have is anger and reprimand. Is this normal?
