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Chapter 652
Chapter 652
England and Argentina.
These two teams can be regarded as old enemies in the World Cup. In 1986, Maradona used his hand of God to take England home.
In the summer of France in 1998, Simeone's exaggerated fall to the ground caused Beckham to be sent off with a red card. In the end, England also lost to Argentina in a penalty shootout, and they hated the quarter-finals.
In 2002, the two teams were grouped together in the group stage. In the second game of the group stage, the two teams met on a narrow road. With a penalty kick from Beckham, England succeeded in revenge. In the end, Argentina was also eliminated in the group stage. Batty's tears moved countless people.
In Russia in 2018, another Anglo-African war is about to start, and the public opinion has already turned upside down before the game.
Maradona, Veron, and Batty all came to Russia, preparing to watch the upcoming war between Britain and Afghanistan.
In England, Owen and Shearer also came. Beckham did not come because of something, which also made the outside world less talkative. After all, the current Argentine coach is Simeone, the one who killed Beckham back then.
It's just that Beckham has transformed into a businessman now, and Simeone has become the world's top coach by virtue of his successful resume at Atletico Madrid for several years.
The older generation of stars can only watch from the sidelines, but now the focus of both sides, needless to say Argentina, is naturally the club king.
And England is Tottenham's leading striker-Harry Kane.
Neither side is traditionally a defensive team. The England-Arab war in 98 was even more passionate, and it is still one of the most classic games in the World Cup. Therefore, it is foreseeable that the two sides will definitely play against each other in this game.
Li Guo, who finished the game one day earlier, is in a good mood now, and he has also been invited to go to Moscow to watch the war between Britain and Afghanistan.
"Would you like to meet Argentina or England? Do you think Messi is getting old? Will Harry Kane be the next Lewandowski?"
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For all the questions from the reporters, Li Guo just smiled lightly. Now Li Guo can deal with the media calmly. For the media, Li Guo will not offend them, and will not let them get what they want.
But the other person is different, and he probably won't be able to change it for the rest of his life.
At the airport, Maradona heard that Li Guo had also come, put his arm around Oliva, and took off his sunglasses with the other.
"Li Guo? Since he came to Moscow, he didn't come to see me. It's too much."
"Diego, you and Li Guo should have been friends for more than ten years, right?"
"It probably started in 2008. It was that guy who was begging for nothing and stuck to me. I couldn't help it. He is my fan."
"Really? But as far as I know, Li Guo rarely mentions you, but you always mention Li Guo."
Maradona was furious, and his rogue broke out. He touched Oliva: "My dear, write down the newspaper and name of this idiot. I will call on my Argentine compatriots to boycott him."
"Hey, why are you swearing? Can you swear just because you are the king of the ball?" The reporter said angrily.
"Yeah, what's the matter? Let me tell you, if I wasn't in a good mood today, I would beat you up."
"You dare, you beat, you beat."
The reporter was worried that there would be no big news, Oliva persuaded him, the old horse was getting old, so he held back, and the villain was getting old, and finally said viciously: "Don't let me see you again."
"Bah, the era when you played football was still black and white TV. You are a million miles worse than Messi as a player, and you are a Pacific Ocean worse than Li Guo as a head coach."
But the old horse couldn't hear these words anymore, he had already got into the car with Oliva, and walked away.
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Moscow Luzhniki Stadium.
What is about to be staged here is the biggest collision of the World Cup so far. The total value of the starting players of both sides is almost 10 billion euros. It is not too much to describe it as a gathering of superstars.
Messi is still the focus of attention. This should be Messi's last World Cup, and what everyone doesn't know is that Messi has made up his mind to learn from the German team's Lahm and officially quit the national team after the World Cup.
That time two years ago could be said to be impulsive, but this time it is different. This time Messi is deliberate, and he is over 30 years old. Leaving is also a reasonable choice.
Of course, what Messi hopes most is to bring a championship to the fans, and it will be more wonderful to leave like that.
In England, no one expected them to reach the quarter-finals. This team is also strange. When Gerrard and Lampard were both in the past, England could not go far.
After the game started, Simeone found that he had underestimated England. This young England team was very aggressive. In fact, this England team transplanted Leicester City's style of play and used simple and fast football to win the world.
Maybe this is really the world of young people, and soon, Argentina's defense line was washed to pieces.
"Simeone underestimated Ranieri," Li Guo said.
Chen An shook his head. He looked at the England in front of him with admiration. It was a completely different team from the dull England in the past. It was like a national team version of Leicester City.
The first half ended 0-0.
During the half-time break, the commentator of the BBC beamed. He has been with England for decades, and his national team is like a douchebag that cannot be supported.
At the beginning of the second half, Simeone still put his treasure on Messi, but in the national team, it was still difficult for Messi to get support, and Messi, who was fighting alone, was restrained by Ranieri's reasonable tactics.
At the 85th minute of the game, the lore moment came. Left-back Danny Rose made a pass from the bottom, and the ball accurately found Tottenham teammate-Harry Kane.
Kane jumped up from about 15 yards in front of the goal and beat Garay with a header.
Romero makes a pounce, but misses and the ball goes in!
Immediately after Harry Kane scored the goal, the camera showed Messi. Messi lifted his jersey and covered his face. It seems that the club king is destined to have no championship in the national team in his life.
After conceding the ball, Simeone put up four forwards-Higuain, Icardi, Aguero, Messi.
But England withstood the final counterattack and kept the 1-0 victory.
The match was over, Li Guo patted Chen An, "Let's go, our next opponent has been determined."
"It's a little disappointing. In fact, I really want to take revenge on Argentina. For so many years, we have not defeated Argentina in the senior team."
Li Guo smiled slightly: "Life is not perfect," Li Guo looked at Messi in the distance after speaking.
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