If someone had told Argentine fans and Messi fans before the World Cup that Argentina would be eliminated in the round of 16, they would definitely have been regarded as fools by the other side.

But after watching Argentina's poor group stage performance, everyone seemed to be able to accept the result that Argentina was eliminated in the round of 16?

What's more, they lost to the powerful French team, which made the result more reasonable.

But Argentine fans still find it hard to accept this result, and the biggest blame is naturally put on Messi.

After the game, criticism against Messi came from all sides.

Some radical Argentine fans took to the streets and burned Messi's jersey.

Others went to his home in Argentina, holding signs telling him to get out of the country and shouting insults at him.

Not only ordinary fans were disappointed and even angry with Messi's performance, but even some of the Argentine team's famous players stood up to criticize Messi.

In an interview with a reporter from Argentina's authoritative media Ole, Argentine legendary star Mario Kempes publicly accused Messi of doing nothing in the national team in his ten years and even asked him to quit the national team.

"In Messi's ten years in Argentina, I have never seen Messi have even one outstanding performance. Many people call him the best player in the world, but this best seems to be only valid when he is in Barcelona. At least in the national team, he has not been able to prove himself. I don't want to criticize the players' attitude towards the game, but if the players prefer to stay in their comfortable clubs, then please withdraw from the national team."

One stone stirs a thousand ripples. Kempes is a giant in Argentine football. He is the number one contributor to leading the Argentine national team to win Argentina's first World Cup title. His qualifications and status in Argentine football are even not inferior to those of the King of Football Maradona.

His criticism put Messi in a very unfavorable situation.

With Kempes taking the lead, the others also opened fire and launched a fierce attack on Messi from 360 degrees.

An American soccer show host even thought Messi was a liar, saying that his success at Barcelona was all due to his teammates, but he was immediately exposed after leaving Barcelona: "The top stars I've seen can play with any teammate and succeed!"

"For example, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lin have proven themselves in different teams, but Messi has only proven himself in Barcelona, ​​so those who brag about Messi should stop talking. If Messi can prove his strength in another team, then I will apologize for my remarks today, otherwise please shut up and admit this reality. Messi is a system player. Without Barcelona, ​​he is nothing!"

The host's remarks immediately caused an uproar after being widely circulated on television and social media.

Fans who support and oppose Messi engaged in fierce verbal battles both online and offline.

Fans who support Messi think that the host is talking nonsense. It is pure nonsense. Messi's strength does not need to be proven at all, because as long as you are not blind, you can see it.

"Haha, this host is just a clown, he is here to take advantage of the popularity and become famous. In the past ten years, there have been so many professional players playing in the top leagues who endorsed him, including players of Ronaldinho and Henry's level. Don't those players know more than these half-baked hosts and commentators?"

"You're right. This host is a die-hard fan of Ronaldo. He can't say anything about Messi. What he said doesn't stand up to scrutiny."

Opponents do not debate with Messi's fans, but only seize on their weaknesses: "Since Messi is so strong, why doesn't he dare to leave Barcelona and go to other teams to prove that he is not a system player?"

The host's point of view is actually not new in the football world. Some people have long believed that Messi is a system player.

At first, this view did not attract much attention, but as the Argentina national team suffered successive defeats in the World Cup and the America's Cup, Messi's performance in the national team was a mess, and it seemed that he would not be able to play football if he left the Barcelona system.

The outside world gradually began to become suspicious, and more and more people even began to believe this view.

And as Messi led his team to its third defeat in the World Cup, such doubts reached a peak.

What's worse is that with Argentine legends publicly asking Messi to quit the national team, his future prospects in the national team are bleak.

If he cannot prove himself in the national team, then it seems that his only option is to leave Barcelona.

But for Messi, who is already 31 years old, leaving Barcelona, ​​where he has been for more than ten years, and going to a completely unfamiliar team is too risky.

What's more, Barcelona may not be willing to let him go, so the probability of Messi leaving Barcelona is not high.

…

After learning about what happened to Messi, Guardiola was deeply saddened. He wanted to call him to comfort him, but found that his phone had been turned off.

Well, maybe Messi is seriously thinking about his future path!

Lin Quan's relationship with Messi is not that deep, and the two have not interacted very often, so he cannot feel any sympathy for Messi's experience.

If you think about it carefully, Messi's performance in the national team is indeed very exaggerated.

Not the kind of exaggeration that means a very good performance, but the kind that means a very bad performance.

This is just like the criticism of Serris fans against their country's national team players. A certain national team player was very good when he was in the club, but when he joined the national team, he became like dough and could be kneaded by anyone.

This makes people suspect that they are not working hard.

As for those people, Lin Quan felt that they might simply be bad players, but as Messi was a quasi-king of football, he certainly could not be bad, so it was normal for people to suspect him.

Rather than sympathizing with Messi, Lin Quan felt that it would be better to focus on the next game.

The host country of this year's tournament is not weak. Although not as strong as Brazil in 2014, it is still stronger than South Africa in 2010.

Drawing the host country is neither good nor bad for Spain.

The good thing is that the opponent is not very strong, and Spain avoided the stronger second place in the group.

The bad thing is that the other team is the host, and any stadium will become their home court, and they may even enjoy the treatment of the home whistle.

The referee has a great influence on the game and can even directly determine the outcome of the game.

This is something we must be vigilant about!

…

At 5:00 p.m. on July 1, the Luzhniki Stadium in southwest Moscow was already packed with more than 80,000 fans attending the game, and the huge stadium was packed.

The Spanish players who entered the stadium were surprised to find that the stands were filled with Spanish fans wearing red jerseys.

"Wow, so many people have come! I thought the stadium would be completely occupied by the Russians today!"

"This stadium can seat 70,000 to 80,000 people, right? I think we have about half of them!"

"I heard from the media that the number of Spanish fans who came to watch the World Cup exceeded 100,000!"

"Is this true? So many?"

The players were shocked. Spain's population is not that large, only more than 40 million, which is tens of millions less than that of Germany, France and the United Kingdom, which are populous countries.

It is really an exaggerated thing that 100,000 people out of more than 40 million travel thousands of miles to watch the game.

Spain's economy is not good and is far less wealthy than other Western European countries, so theoretically not many fans should be able to afford such a huge expense.

Unless they are just here to watch a game, it is normal to spend thousands or even tens of thousands of euros staying in a hotel for more than ten or twenty days, plus food, drink, and tickets.

This amount of money is a huge sum for most Spaniards, but they are willing to spend it to support the national team.

The status of football in the minds of the Spanish people seems to be much higher than I imagined! Lin Quan had an epiphany. No wonder the level of football in Spain is so high. With such a fanatical football atmosphere, it would be strange if the level of football is not high.

Russian fans felt very embarrassed because this was their home game, but it seemed that even fewer people showed up than their opponents.

What is this?

So, some Russian fans began to take the lead and organized Russian fans to start singing and shouting, cheering and cheering for the Russian players on the field.

But there was no zoning at the Luzhniki Stadium, with fans of both sides sitting together, and the Russians were surrounded by Spanish fans in red jerseys.

They were not gathered together, so it was difficult for the cheers to merge together, and they were easily disturbed by each other, so it didn't sound very impressive...

As soon as the game time was up, the referee quickly blew the whistle to start the game.

After the game started, the Russian team took advantage of their home court and tried to launch a surprise attack on Spain.

For the weaker teams, if they can get a perfect start, they can then retreat and play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind.

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Spain likes to press and attack, and there will be a lot of space in the backcourt. As long as they can seize the opportunity to launch one or two efficient counterattacks, they have a chance to win the game.

But unfortunately, Spain had already done its homework and was wary of this move by its opponents.

After the Russian players attacked, they were at a loss as to where to start facing the Spanish defense that was ready for battle.

The opponent's defense in the middle was too dense, and they tried several times but couldn't find any opportunities.

So they had to pass the ball to the flanks and try to use the opportunities of crosses from the flanks to find scoring opportunities.

However, due to the interference of the Spanish full-back, the cross from the opponent's winger was of poor quality and was directly confiscated by De Gea.

De Gea rushed out with the ball, using the advantage of his strong arms to throw the ball far away to his teammate on the wing.

After receiving the ball, Isco passed it diagonally to the middle. Diego Costa received the ball and rushed into the opponent's penalty area. The Spanish team launched an extremely fast counterattack.

At this time, most of the Russian players were in the Spanish half and had no time to return to defense.

They could only pin their hopes on Ignashevich, who would defend deep.

The latter quickly turned around, kept pace with Diego Costa, and tried to use physical confrontation to interfere with the opponent and disrupt the opponent's dribbling rhythm.

But Ignashevich obviously doesn't understand Costa's style very well. This guy is notoriously dirty in his little moves.

While Diego Costa was physically confronting his opponent, he secretly pulled the opponent's jersey with his hands.

He not only pulled the jersey, but also pulled the flesh inside.

Ignashevich was furious and pushed him angrily.

Unexpectedly, Diego Costa had already been prepared for this move. Not only did his push fail to knock his opponent down, but it also made the opponent escape from his defensive range.

broken!

I was fooled by this kid! Diego Costa stumbled and rushed into the penalty area with the ball in a somewhat awkward manner.

The referee had put the whistle in his mouth, and whenever Diego Costa fell, he would blow the whistle and penalize the Russian player for a foul.

Of course, he saw clearly that the opponent committed the foul outside the penalty area, so even if the whistle was blown, no penalty would be awarded.

Russia's goalkeeper Afekinev had already left the goal and Diego Costa saw that the opponent's middle gate was wide open and tried to hit the opponent's small gate, but Afekinev was experienced and quickly brought his legs together, bent his knees and squatted to hold the ball.

Seeing that his shot was caught by the opponent, Diego Costa slapped his thigh in anger.

Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I should have screamed and fallen down, then rolled over!

In that case, maybe I could get a red card or something.

He shook his head, turned around and walked towards his own half.

As he passed by Ignashevich, he heard him say "rubbish" in English.

Diego Costa smiled brilliantly and replied: "You are so strong, almost as strong as my 80-year-old grandmother!"

After saying this, he burst into laughter, full of sarcasm.

Ignashevich's English was average, and it took him a while to understand.

The other party is mocking his strength!

It seems that the push just now did not push the opponent down, so he was ridiculed by his opponent.

This made him feel a little angry, and he decided to teach his opponent a lesson and take revenge in the next game.

Diego Costa seemed to be unconcerned about Ignashevich's reaction, but he was actually secretly observing the other's expression.

He was overjoyed to see that the other party was really angry.

He angered the other party so easily. He is worthy of being a Russian. His temper is like vodka, which can be ignited at any time!

If it were the old hands in the Premier League, this level of verbal greetings would not anger the other party at all, and they might even be greeted with more "mommy" words from the other party.

"What did you say to that guy?"

Seeing Diego Costa retreating, Isco came over curiously and asked.

"I'm communicating with him. Maybe after the game is over, he will ask me for an autograph!"

Diego Costa said seriously.

The simple-minded Isco was fooled and seemed to really believe the lies made up by the other party.

Lin Quan on the side felt a little sympathy for Isco and also a little sympathy for the opposing defender.

Being targeted by Diego Costa is not a good thing! (End of this chapter)