Argentina defeated Italy with an absolute advantage, and this result made many people unbelievable. You should know that everyone was watching a battle before the game. But this is the fact that in front of the Argentine offensive line with Gago as the core, the old Italy was beaten to no avail.

It was originally thought that the peak duel between Pirlo and Gago, two midfield masters, became a slash, and Gago's light shone alone in the whole game. Although Pirlo performed well, he was a little silent under the joint defense between Mascherano and Cambiaso.

The most important thing is that Italy, which seems to have not known how to score a goal, was defended by Tony, who was at the forefront, but his teammate Demichelis had no temper at all. Samuel's addition instantly raised Argentina's originally unstable defense line to a higher level.

After this game, Argentina's championship odds were adjusted again, and it was only a few decimal points away from Spain. The semi-final match of the Federation Cup also came out, Spain was against the United States and Argentina against South Africa.

"See you in the final!"

After the game, Gago sent a text message to Ramos, which was a reply to his previous provocation. After the game with Italy, Gago's confidence in his team became more and more strong. As long as they can play their best, it is not impossible to defeat Spain.

After the group stage, each national team has three days of rest and adjustment time, so don't underestimate the short three days. You should know that the three group stages ended within six days, which means that Gago and the others were playing in high-intensity states of two days and one game. Fortunately, the team's physical reserves are well done. And there is no such easy-to-harm glass man. Until now, the players in Argentina are in good shape, which makes Brazil very satisfied.

However, although he was not injured, everyone's body was tightened to the limit. These three days of vacation were the final adjustments for Gago and the others. In the future, they would not lose in a game. If they lost a game, they would go home directly.

"We have to play the next two games as the finals, and even prepare for penalty kicks in advance. Our opponent South Africa is not strong. But their morale is definitely the strongest among all teams. Many players have only one chance of fighting at home in their lifetime. The running and fighting of South African players will surprise you."

Basilé summoned all the players before the semi-finals to hold a tactical meeting, and played three South African games on the projector.

The first game was tied with Iraq 0:0. The second game defeated New Zealand 2:0 and the third game lost to Spain 0:2. After the highlights of these three games, the Argentine players began to look a little solemn. Indeed, it was luck that South Africa could enter the semi-finals, but behind the luck was their desperate efforts. Each game was basically 10,000 meters per game. The crazy running and rushing of the whole game made them very lucky to squeeze out Iraq.

"The only advantage of South Africa and the only hope that we can defeat us is to press the ball all the time, so in the next game, I want you to control the ball more and use the pass to mobilize the opponent's players. Can't they run? Let them run the whole game after the ball."

After Basile finished speaking, he took out a tactical board and introduced the tactics of the semi-finals to Gago and others in detail. He would rather not attack than let the ball fall under the opponent's feet.

"Skip the monkey!"

After listening to Basilé's words, this word appeared in his mind. I have to say that it describes this word very appropriately.

Everyone was very tacit about the finals and did not ask about it, because the current team of Spain looks really unsolvable!

Everyone thought Spain would easily defeat the United States and then gather in the final with Argentina, who defeated South Africa, to stage a peak showdown between Europe and the Americas.

So, when news came after Spain was eliminated 2:0 by the United States, all the players in Argentina couldn't believe it.

"Feer. Sorry, I failed to comply with your reservation!"

After the game, Gago received a text message from Ramos. When playing against Team USA, Ramos made a clearance error on the back line and sent the ball to the feet of Dempsey of Team USA, allowing the team to concede the second goal in the 76 minutes, completely losing the chance to win.

All Argentine fans were stunned by this sudden surprise, and after repeated confirmation, they believed that this was true. So the blue and white crowds all laughed to the sky, and the pride made other fans envious and jealous.

"Spain has lost, which team can stop the great Pampas in this game!"

"Sure enough, God prefers Argentina, otherwise why is the sky blue and the clouds white!"

...

This surprise not only shocked the fans, but even Basil did not expect that Spain would lose like this. He also lost without temper, with a 15-game winning streak, and his unbeaten record of 37 games was gone!

"Now, if we don't win the championship, we are going to be a sin!"

This is what Barsile said to his players, and when he heard this, all the players in Argentina smiled very happily. Only Gago had a slight disappointment on his face. He originally wanted to compete with Spain to see what Argentina is still far from the world's top teams.

"It seems that it's not time for us to fight!"

Shaking his head, Gago began to prepare for the match against South Africa. Since Spain can capsize in the gutter, Argentina, which is even worse than Spain, may be overturned by its opponent if it is not careful.

It has to be said that Basil's caution is very correct. In the second semi-final, Argentina faced the host South Africa. The "whimper" sound like flies made the blue and white stars want to stuff cotton into their ears. The host's state suddenly rose to a higher level with the added momentum of the home court.

Every time Gago catches the ball, there are at least two people around them, and they don’t seem to know they are tired. Even if they throw them away as soon as they get the ball, they will stick them like dog skin plaster. Gago can pass one or two, but when the third one is over, the first one is already catching up.

South Africa used its physical fitness to build a "wall of sighs" that was stronger than Italy. Argentina passed the ball more than 500 times in the first half under the leadership of Gago, but at the end of the half, the players of the entire South Africa team still couldn't see any fatigue.

"Sister, you're all taking drugs!"

During the intermission, Tevez gasped and cursed in the locker room.

"Continue to persist in the second half, they have reached their limit. If you work harder, the opponent's collapse is right in front of you!"

At this time, Basil's strategy was absolutely impossible to overturn. He could only go all the way to the black, allowing Argentine players to continue to mobilize South Africa in the second half and consume their physical fitness.

However, by the 80th minute of the second half, Basilère had completely overturned his tactics, replaced Aguero in succession, and Di Maria strengthened the attack.

Because the score is still 0:0 now!

At this time, the eleven people of South Africa had all retreated. Needless to say, they wanted to drag the penalty shootout. At this time, except for two slow central defenders, Argentina's other players also passed the half to participate in the offense. At this time, Gago's organization had no effect. After getting the ball, everyone started to shoot, or they would hang the ball towards the penalty area to see who had the luck to touch it into the goal.

In the 85th minute, Gago and Di Maria made two passes and one pass to the penalty area, and shot directly at a small angle, and were subconsciously blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.

"Is another upset about to happen?"

At this time, this idea appeared in everyone's mind. Will Spain's outrageous unpopularity also appear in Argentina?

In the 88th minute, Gago received Aguero's return pass and was surrounded by five people. This scene became a classic after the game. After a continuous spike, the three people pulled the ball and the ball broke away from the ball. After Gago's heel gently knocked, the ball passed through the crotch of an opponent's defender and sent it to Messi's feet.

Then Messi made another cross, and at this time, Gago had already rushed out of the five-man siege, and his instant explosive power amazes everyone at this moment. However, at this time, all the players in the penalty area were played. When Gago was about to enter the penalty area, he was directly tackled by the opponent's defender.

Although Gago was very clever and rolled into the penalty area, the referee's ignorant eyes made him give him a yellow card and a free kick on the penalty area line.

"Didn't you see that it's in the penalty area? This should be a fucking penalty!"

Basile on the sidelines said to the fourth official angrily, of course, he is not sure whether he is in the penalty area, but he must do this at this time. Even if the judgment cannot be changed, please let the referee not favor the host too much in overtime.

"Slow motion shows that Gago was indeed placed outside the penalty area line. The referee's penalty was not wrong, but this position is very close to the goal, which is exactly the best range of Gago's free kick."

The first free kick hand of Argentina was Gago, which was undoubtedly true, and no one snatched him. Gago, with long hair, stood in front of the ball, watching the South African team lined up with a wall of people as if facing a big enemy.

"It's really incredible that South Africa's free kick against Gago actually lined up a double wall of men. Is this fear of Gago?"

Indeed, with the retirement of the older generation of superstars in the world, Gago's free kicks are no less than Beckham's nuclear weapon.

This goal may also be Argentina's last chance to attack. At this moment, Gago finally felt the pressure. In Real Madrid, the captain is Raul, and the criticism of the media and the pressure from the senior executives are carried by the Lord of the Rings. Gago just needs to play football with confidence.

But in Argentina, he assumed all the hopes of the fans. Although Zanetti is the captain, all the blue and white fans know that if you want to win, you can only rely on Gago! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!