MTL - Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs-Chapter 499 be calm

  Messi first flicked the ball to the left, and then immediately dunked it to the right. Kanter turned around continuously, almost twisting his waist, so that he was not distracted by Messi.

   Before Kanter could catch his breath, Messi immediately flicked the ball to the left again. After changing direction three times in a row, Kanter really couldn't keep up this time.

  After flashing out of space, Messi didn't continue to break through with the ball, but directly used the inner instep of his left foot to make an arc.

"boom!"

  The ball stuck to the turf, drew an arc and turned to the lower right corner of the French goal.

  Just now, not only Kanter was dizzy by Messi, but even Lori on the goal line was constantly adjusting his center of gravity and position following Messi's movements, and was confused.

   At this time, the ball suddenly jumped out against the turf. Lori had just moved his position over, and now he had to switch back quickly.

   In a hurry, he could only take off on the spot, and threw himself sideways, trying to block Messi's shot.

  Unfortunately, due to Lori's poor positioning, when his hand rushed over, the ball had already flown into the net against the inside of the goal post.

   "GOAL!!!"

  With Messi's wonderful individual performance, Argentina took the lead in breaking the deadlock, leading France 1:0.

  "Messi is so strong, he broke through the entire defense line of the French team by himself!"

   "It feels like Messi is back in his twenties today, and the frequency of his movements is so fast that he can't stop it!"

  "That's right. Kanter is already considered the world's top midfielder, but he was almost confused by his Crystal Palace teammate Messi."

   "I didn't expect Messi to be in such a good state when he reached the World Cup final. Chen Ran is really lucky."

   "Hehe, upstairs, how do you know that Messi's state is not specially adjusted by Chen Ran?"

   "Exactly. In the teams coached by Chen Ran, important stars often have outstanding performances in key games. This is not an accidental phenomenon."

   "I'll go! No wonder the team coached by Chen Ran can always win the championship. It turns out that's the case."

  On the sidelines, on the bench of the French team, Didier Deschamps' heart sank when he saw Argentina break through their own goal so early.

  Since losing to Chen Ran in the European Cup final two years ago, he has studied the video of Chen Ran coaching the team's game in the past two years.

   From these game videos, Deschamps was shocked to find that, as long as the team led by Chen Ran took the lead in the game, there was almost no record of being reversed by the opponent.

  Now, Argentina scored the first goal, and an ominous premonition flooded Deschamps' heart.

   Squeezing the space between his brows vigorously, Deschamps forcibly suppressed those messy thoughts. Immediately got up and walked to the sidelines, and began to shout to his players to increase their offensive intensity.

  After the French team aggressively attacked, Chen Ran remained indifferent. The Argentine team still maintained the offensive posture since the start of the game.

   In this way, the two teams, Argentina and France, actually fought against each other in the final of the World Cup.

  Suddenly, the game was played openly and brilliantly, which made the fans hooked.

  On the sidelines, Chen Ran was as stable as Mount Tai, but Simeone was terrified and a little bit impatient.

   "Boss, we have now taken the lead, and there is no need to play against the French team. It is better to change the tactics to the defensive counterattack we have been using before, and keep the lead until the end of the game."

  "Diego, don't worry. In this game, many of our Argentine players are at their peak, and they have the confidence to play against the French team."

  "The French team is now aggressively attacking the offense. We can just take this opportunity to score one or two goals for them and kill the game as soon as possible."

   "Boss, is the peak state you are talking about the same as in the Crystal Palace?"

   "That's right, it's the same as before."

  Chen Ran reached out and patted Simeone on the shoulder, smiling meaningfully.

   "I see, it seems that I was worrying too much."

  As an old man who has followed Chen Ran for many years, Simeone naturally knows Chen Ran's special ability.

   Now that he heard Chen Ran say that, he felt a lot more at ease.

  Since the two teams have focused their energy on offense, the loopholes in the defense will inevitably increase.

  At the end of the first half, Di Maria dribbled the ball along the left line.

  For the French team, Mbappe, one of the core of the team's offense, plays the right midfielder.

  Mbappe's mind is on offense. He just chased Di Maria a few steps symbolically before giving up defense.

  The defensive midfielder on the right side of the French team is Pogba again.

  Yes, like the European Cup final two years ago, Deschamps still put Pogba in the defensive midfielder position.

  However, Deschamps obviously told Pogba this time.

  So Pogba did not focus on offense as before. When Di Maria broke through Mbappe's defense, Pogba immediately made up for it.

   Working hard, the two Di Maria together are not Pogba's opponent.

  But after using the "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card", Di Maria, who is at his peak, has speed and flexibility that Pogba can't match.

  Although Pogba has exerted all his breastfeeding strength, he strode forward with two long legs and desperately chased Di Maria.

  However, the distance between him and Di Maria did not show any sign of shrinking, instead, it became farther and farther away.

   Seeing this situation, Pogba had no choice but to use his last trump card.

  Fighting the risk of getting a card for a foul, he made a flying shovel and shoveled the ball at Di Maria's feet from the back side.

   At the moment Pogba kicked out, Di Maria seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and moved the ball forward, and then he jumped up himself.

   Di Maria's jump just escaped Pogba's flying shovel.

   Pogba slid out of Di Maria's sideline against the turf, and Di Maria rushed to the French team's defense with the ball after landing.

   Seeing that Pogba failed to stop Di Maria, the French team's right back Paval rushed up to block Di Maria's advance.

  However, before Pavar could gain a firm foothold, Di Maria flicked the ball with his left foot, and the ball passed through Pavar's legs in an instant.

   Immediately after, Di Maria bypassed Paval and drove the ball straight into the French team's penalty area.

  Finding that the situation was not good, central defender Umtiti had to give up Aguero, who he was in charge of marking, and pushed out from the penalty area to defend.

  Seeing that Aguero was empty, Di Maria didn't choose to pass someone this time. Instead, before Umtiti came to intercept him, he made a diagonal pass and passed the ball straight to Aguero.

   Aguero understood, and immediately started to rush towards the goal of the French team.

  Di Maria's pass strength and angle are just right, Aguero doesn't need to adjust, the ball arrives at the person, and he directly kicks his left foot and shoots from a small angle.

"boom!"

  France's goalkeeper Lloris reacted very quickly and started moving towards the near post the moment Aguero started.

  But Aguero did not make adjustments and directly chose to shoot from a small angle, which still greatly exceeded Lori's expectations.

  The ball flew straight to the upper corner of the goal like a fired shell. Lori tried his best but was half a beat behind, and finally he could only watch the ball fly into the net from the junction of the goal post and the crossbar.

   "GOAL!!!"

  With Di Maria's breakthrough and Aguero's shot, Argentina 2:0 France, continuing to expand its lead.

   "Damn it! Did Argentina have a collective fight today? Messi alone performed well, but I didn't expect Di Maria and Aguero to be not inferior at all. How does this make the French team play?"

   "Who would have thought that Argentina played so many defensive counterattacks before, but in the final of the World Cup, they started to attack aggressively uncharacteristically. This guy, Chen Ran, has deceived the whole world!"

   "Hahahahahaha, this is probably the so-called 'soldiers never tire of cheating'!"

   "The French team is in a terrible situation. The team behind Chen Ran is two goals away, and there is basically no hope of a comeback."

  " Deschamps is too miserable. After the European Cup two years ago, is he going to win another runner-up this time?"

   "Hahahahahaha, it's okay, just get used to this kind of thing. If you still don't get used to it, I suggest Deschamps can talk to Mourinho."

   "I'll go! Those upstairs, please be yourself!"

   "Hahahahahaha, that's right, grab the bamboo shoots!"

  When Aguero scored Argentina's second goal, the referee Aguilar quickly blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

   Without waiting for the players on the field, Deschamps went straight into the player tunnel with a dark face.

  During the intermission, in the locker room of the French team, Didier Deschamps' roar was deafening, and could be heard clearly even in the aisle outside.

   Fortunately, Deschamps managed to control his emotions in time after venting his anger.

  He replaced Matuidi with Dembele, then moved Mbappe to the left.

  The formation of the team has changed from the previous 4231 to the current 433.

   Giroud is the center forward, Mbappe is the left winger and Dembele is the right winger.

   Deschamps made it very clear to the French team members that they now have no other way out except offense.

   As for Argentina, Chen Ran was very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half.

  So, apart from letting the players make persistent efforts in the second half of the game, he did not make any substitution adjustments.

  Before the start of the second half, seeing the French team replace Matuidi with Dembele, Chen Ran immediately understood in his heart that Deschamps was going to do his best.

  However, now that he has decided to adopt the strategy of attacking against attacking, Chen Ran has no intention of giving up halfway.

   After all, he is very confident in Messi, Di Maria, Aguero and Higuain who have used various system cards.

  So, at the beginning of the second half of the game, the two teams continued the confrontation scene of the first half of the game.

   Moreover, since the French team replaced Dembele as an offensive player, the offensive on the court has become more aggressive.

   Soon, less than ten minutes into the second half, the newly replaced Dembele broke through the defense of Argentine left-back Acuna and made a cross.

  In the penalty area, Giroud was flanked by Romero and Otamendi, and none of the three could touch the ball.

   But when the ball passed over Argentina's penalty area and flew to the sideline, Mbappe suddenly rushed out.

   Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, Mbappe directly faced the ball with a volley shot.

   Mbappe's shot is powerful and has a tricky angle.

  Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was caught off guard. By the time he made a save, the ball had already flown into the goal he was guarding.

  Relying on Mbappe's world wave goal, the French team 1:2 Argentina, narrowing the score gap to one goal.

   "Boss, we are only one goal ahead of the French team now, should we switch to defensive counterattack tactics?"

   On the sidelines, Simeone couldn't help but walk up to Chen Ran again.

   "Diego, you also said that we are still one goal ahead of the French team, and the initiative of the game is still on our side."

  Chen Ran turned his head and glanced at Simeone, who was obviously anxious, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

   "Calm down, have confidence in our team members!"

"But."

   "No but. Diego, remember, as a coach, you must be calm. If you mess up first, the players will lose confidence. Understand?"

  “.Boss, I understand!”

   After reassuring Simeone, Chen Ran turned his attention to the court again.

  In fact, according to common sense, Simeone's suggestion is a more reasonable response.

  However, after all, Chen Ran has the trump card of the system in his hand, which is also the reason why he can not take the usual path.

   After pulling back a goal, the players of the French team seemed to have received a shot in the arm.

   Didn't need Deschamps to urge them, they immediately launched a more fierce offensive against Argentina's defense.

  However, their happiness did not last even five minutes.

  Messi dribbled the ball from the right, broke through the defenses of Kanter and Lucas Hernandez in a row, and then directly inserted into the French team's penalty area.

  Varane had to give up Higuain, who he was in charge of marking, and came up to intercept Messi. As a result, Messi saw Higuain's space and made a pick pass to Higuain in the penalty area.

   Higuain didn't wait for the ball to land, but before Pogba came back to defend, he shook his head with a lion and pushed the ball towards the goal of the French team.

  Goalkeeper Lori reacted quickly and blocked the ball with a sideways pounce.

  However, the ball did not fly far.

  Before everyone could react, Aguero suddenly rushed out from behind Umtiti, kicked the ball towards the goal of the French team with a shovel.

   At this moment, Lori, who had just finished making a save, had no time to get up, and could only watch helplessly as the ball flew into the net from beside him.

   "GOAL!!!"

  With Aguero's brace, Argentina led France 3:1, once again extending the lead to two goals.

  At this time, the second half of the game has just lasted for 60 minutes, and there is still plenty of time.