When Ramon Cantero followed his teammates and passed by Hulay, he just shook hands with the opponent as usual and resisted the urge to speak.
Of course he knew why not to talk to Hu Lai, because he had also heard the rumor on the Internet.
What surprised him was that Melly cared so much about this matter.
Cantero didn't talk to Hu Lai, and Hu Lai didn't pay attention to him. The two men's hands separated with a light touch.
But when Meili and Hu Lai shook hands, Hu Lai took the initiative to greet him: "Hey, I didn't expect that we could actually meet. Well, now you have a chance to avenge the loss of the 'Triple Crown'!"
Melly took a deep breath, finally ignored Hu Lai, let go of his hand and turned around to leave.
Hu Lai refused to let him go, shouting behind him: "What are you afraid of? Are you admitting defeat before the game even starts?"
Melly still pretended not to hear, shook hands with other Olympic team players one by one, and left quickly.
Cantero looked back and saw Meili looking like this. He actually had the same problem as Hu Lai - it was just a matter of saying something. What was there to be afraid of?
You must know that Hulay's voice has attracted the attention of everyone present. This bastard still spoke in Spanish, deliberately speaking loudly, as if he was speaking to the entire Argentine team...
Sure enough, after he roared like this, all the Argentine players, whether they were passing by or not, turned their eyes towards him.
Not only the Argentinian players, but also the players from the Chinese Olympic team looked at Hulay and Melli curiously.
They couldn't understand what Hu Lai said, but they all had eyes to see.
What they saw in this scene was that Hu Lai was aggressive, but Meili seemed to be "running away with his head in his arms" when faced with such Hu Lai...
Cantero couldn't stand it anymore. Taking advantage of everyone's handshake and running back to his own half, he leaned over and asked Melly in a low voice: "Melly, we are both forwards and we can talk directly on the court.
There are only a handful of times. Even if I say a few words to him, what does it matter?"
Of course he knew what the rumor on the Internet was about.
It just means that as a defender, don't talk to Hu Lai during the game, because it is easy to be distracted by Hu Lai and lose the goal.
But that's something that defenders need to pay attention to.
What does it have to do with forwards?
Both sides are forwards, and they encounter each other very rarely in the game. Even if they chat with Hu Lai during the game, it will not affect the performance of the forwards.
Melly turned to look at Cantero: "I just don't want to talk to that nasty guy, Ramon."
Cantero said to himself, "Then why don't you let me talk to Hu? I'm not afraid of talking to that nasty guy, I can talk him to death!"
However, Cantero only said this in his heart and did not actually say it out loud.
Through this incident, he could see that Merry was particularly concerned about any factors that might affect the outcome of today's game, even to the point of being a little suspicious.
This can also show how eager Melli is to win today's game.
Although Melli defeated Hu once in the Champions League, he was not satisfied with this.
Cantero fully agrees with this point.
Because he also defeated Hulay's Leeds City when he was in the Premier League. But Cantero himself would never consider that as completing his revenge against Hulay.
He believes that revenge must at least eliminate the Chinese team from the Olympics.
Of course, even if he eliminated the Chinese team in today's game, he would still feel a little regretful. After all, the Chinese team that reached the semifinals had already created the history of their national football.
If Argentina and China were in the same group as four years ago, and Argentina defeated the Chinese team in the group stage, preventing them from even getting out of the group stage, that would be the most perfect revenge...
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Melly retreated to catch the ball. Before catching the ball, he looked back left and right according to his habit. When he looked to the left first, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow from the corner of his eye, but it passed quickly and he could not see it clearly.
He quickly turned his head and looked to his right rear, and sure enough he saw the Chinese team's No. 6 defensive midfielder, right behind him.
So when Melli caught the ball, he pretended to catch the ball with his right foot, but instead passed the football from the left side of his body, and at the same time turned around, blocking the Chinese team's midfielder behind him.
Speed up!
Just let him go.
"Merry! Watch out!"
If Ou Yangjin catches up again, it will be difficult to keep up with Meili's speed.
Melly rushed to the penalty area with the ball. Faced with the fierce defense of the Chinese Olympic team, he chose a long shot.
However, when he was shooting, he was bumped from the side by Zhang Qinghuan and was slightly disturbed. The shot was not fully powered and hit too straight, and was firmly caught by goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan.
"Just five minutes into the game, Melli hit Argentina's first shot of the game! It can be seen that the Olympic team attaches great importance to Melli. Even Zhang Qinghuan actively returned to the penalty area to help contain it. Melly..."
Regarding the Argentina Olympic team, Mai Zhaocheng actually did not make any major adjustments in tactics. He continued the tactics of the previous four games, focusing on controlling the ball. Center Zhou Zijing actively retreated, and midfielder Xia Xiaoyu frequently advanced.
This is not a particularly clever tactical arrangement, nor is it a secret. The opponent already knows it.
And corresponding countermeasures will definitely be taken.
Mai Zhaocheng did not put too much thought into tactics, because from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals, there was only two days of rest in between.
During these two days, the first day was recovery training. The amount of training was not large and there were not many events. It was mainly to allow the players' bodies to recover from the game against the Spanish Olympic team the day before.
The second day focused on set-piece tactics and penalty kick training.
The next day is the match against Argentina.
What can you do in such a short time?
Special training for Argentina’s tactics?
It's simply impossible. Players are not computer programs. As long as you input instructions, they will immediately understand and follow them.
So Mai Zhaocheng just asked Ou Yangjin to entangle Melli in defense, because although Melli played as a forward, he would frequently drop back to catch the ball, and then push Argentina's offense forward through his own dribbling.
And this kind of adjustment does not need to be strengthened through targeted training, because Ou Yangjin already does this kind of work during the game.
It's just that this mission is a little more difficult...
For example, just now, he and Meili met each other and were easily shaken away. Meili only used the shaking of his upper body to trick Ou Yangjin away.
If Zhang Qinghuan hadn't returned to defense in time, the Chinese team's goal might have been in danger.
Ou Yangjin opened his mouth slightly, panting, and looked at Melly.
This is the top player in the world. Compared with him, he seems to be in the sky and on the earth...
At this moment, Zhang Qinghuan patted Ou Yangjin on the shoulder: "You are too far away. I know you wanted to hide the ball just now behind Melli, but this move is useless against Melli. You should
Just stick to it. To deal with Merry, even if you give him a crack, he will be able to get rid of you, not to mention that you were about one meter away from him just now."
Faced with Zhang Qinghuan's suggestion, Ou Yangjin nodded and accepted: "Okay, Brother Huan. I will post it directly next time!"
Zhang Qinghuan was right. He had indeed planned to hide in the blind spot of Meili's sight, and then when he caught the ball, he would quickly rush to grab the ball and catch the opponent off guard.
He often uses this trick in the Chinese Super League, and the effect is pretty good. It just catches the opponent by surprise.
Because not all Chinese Super League players will check the situation around them multiple times before catching the ball...
But Melli is obviously not a top-notch player in the Chinese Super League.
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Soon Ou Yangjin got another chance to defend Melli.
The Chinese team's offense failed. Under pressure, Xia Xiaoyu made a mistake in passing the ball and was not accurate. The ball was intercepted by Argentina in the backcourt and launched a counterattack.
Melly once again dropped back to midfield to take over.
As a player specifically responsible for defending Melli, Ou Yangjin stepped forward.
This time, he kept Brother Huan's teachings in mind and went directly to Melli without waiting for him to catch the ball.
"stick" in the physical sense.
Ou Yangjin's chest was directly pressed against Melly's back.
Melly looked back at him and still reached for the ball.
His teammates didn't stop passing the ball to Melli just because he was pressed against the opponent's midfielder.
When the football was passed to him, Melli moved ahead to catch the ball. Ou Yangjin followed suit.
Just when the football rolled over, Melli raised his foot to stop the ball, but used the sole of his foot to pull the ball behind him!
The football passed between Ou Yangjin's legs!
At the same time, before Ou Yangjin could react, Melly quickly turned around and passed in front of Ou Yangjin!
But Ou Yangjin didn't even react, he just stayed there, his whole body went rigid.
"Oh, Melli!!" the Argentinian commentator cheered excitedly, "What a wonderful dribble! He is in really good condition today! He has completed two beautiful back-to-back turns to get rid of him after the opening game!"
Meili passed Ou Yangjin and rushed forward with the ball. This time it was Xia Xiaoyu who came to defend.
Facing the menacing Xia Xiaoyu, Meili just made a change in rhythm - he stopped suddenly and let Xia Xiaoyu rush over.
Then Melli deftly started again and drove the ball towards the Chinese team's penalty area.
Facing the fierce defense of the Chinese team, he did not choose to shoot by himself, but used the instep of his outside foot to distribute the football to the right rib.
There Cantero cut in from the wing and received the ball!
"Merry has split sides...be careful!"
Amid He Feng's exclamations, Cantero directly used the outside instep of his right foot to slice the football toward the far corner of the goal!
When goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan moved his feet when Cantero kicked him, he took a step back and then jumped into the air!
Extend your arms!
He touched the football with the tip of his finger!
Football pops up the bottom line!
"Lin Zhiyuan! Beautiful! He made a key save!"
Although he didn't lose the ball, Ou Yangjin's heart was still beating fast, and he looked back from the baseline to Melli.
Holy shit, this Meili is so awesome!
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