But I knew it, so I sat in front of the TV and watched the World Cup that year. The opening game was between Argentina, the previous champion, and Cameroon. The king of the 1986 World Cup, Maradona, was kicked around like a ball by Cameroon's black uncles. I really can’t see what’s so good about his skills?
But as the subsequent process progressed, it became increasingly clear that the Argentina team with Maradona had a different spirit. After failing in the opening game, under the leadership of Maradona, they actually advanced all the way to the final and competed with the German team for the World Cup championship.
Especially the 16-to-8 knockout round, the Brazilian team played against Argentina. The Brazilian team at that time was full of talents. They blasted around the Argentine team's goal and almost broke it down, but they just couldn't score. The Argentina team, with the inspiration of Maradona and the spiritual understanding of Caniggia , defeated Brazil with one goal and eliminated them.
I was really dumbfounded after watching this game. From then on, Argentina became my home team for the World Cup. Although the Argentine team lost to the German team in the end and only won the runner-up.
html In the 2094 World Cup, the Argentina team opened high and went low . In the first few games, they played well under the leadership of Maradona, but after the incident of Maradona taking banned drugs, he was forced to withdraw from the World Cup. Without him, the Argentina team completely lost its energy and was eliminated in the group stage.
In the subsequent World Cup, countless stars emerged in the Argentine team, Veron , Little Donkey Ortega, God of War Batistuta, Rabbit Saviola, Simeone, Clown Aimar, Riquelme, Beast Tevez. It can be said that from the density and quantity of football talents emerging, between 1990 and this World Cup, the Argentine team should be able to win one or two more championships.
But helplessly, after 1994, it was the era of Ronaldo's rise. The two Ronaldo's Brazil became an unchallengable god-like existence. Ronaldo The rise of Ronaldinho is phenomenal in world football, and almost no other team can compare with it. This led to the silence of the entire Argentine team's stars born in the 1970s and 1985s.
At the same time, European teams rose strongly with their strong national strength. In previous World Cup competitions, South American teams could evenly compete with European teams. However, after Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho retired, European teams almost monopolized the World Cup. At the same time, Argentina and other South American teams had almost no way to compete with them. Therefore, the Argentina team was ups and downs in the subsequent World Cup, doing nothing until the emergence of Messi .
It should be said that Messi has high hopes, including Maradona, who has been appointed as his successor. But Messi has one characteristic compared to Maradona, and that is his lack of aggressive dominance. This makes it difficult for him to lead the Argentina team to play as passionate a game as Maradona.
Until his heyday, in the final of the 2014 World Cup, he still lost to the German team by a goal in overtime, which became a permanent regret.
But no one thought that at the 2022 Qatar World Cup eight years later, the 35-year-old Messi would be able to lead a united Argentina team and finally win the championship and the Hercules Cup . For 36 years from 1986 to 2022, it has settled a worry for Messi, a worry for Argentines, and a worry for Argentine fans all over the world. For me, it also settled one of my worries.
From a brilliant 15-year-old boy in 1990 to a 47-year-old middle-aged uncle now, how many players have he watched like a lantern? Maybe I will never watch football or the World Cup again. 32 years, starting from 1990, I felt that Argentina could win the championship in every World Cup, four years after four years, and finally this time was a long 32 years, which was long enough. It can be considered that I have seen the joys and sorrows of the World Cup, the joys and sorrows. In fact, I don’t know much about Argentina or this country.I have never been to Argentina. The Argentine team winning the Hercules Cup was just a dream of mine when I was a teenager.
html It has been 32 years, and the dream of the 15-year-old boy back then has finally come true. He has also become an old man who has experienced all the vicissitudes of life. The boy's wish has been fulfilled perfectly. So is there any need to continue reading?
