Chapter 17 Messi was played badly! Seeing that the area defended by left-back Zheng Tao was facing tremendous pressure, Zhao Xuri had to come over to help. But even so, the two still failed to limit Messi. In the 38th minute, Argentina quickly took a free kick and Messi on the side received a pass from his teammate in the middle. Zhao Xuri and Zheng Tao immediately double-teamed him upon seeing this, but Messi's footwork was too agile. He first suddenly changed direction to pass Zhao Xuri, and then changed direction again at high speed to get rid of Zheng Tao. Zheng Tao was stunned! When he was playing football in the country, had he ever seen such an extraordinary player? The opponent's feet moved at an incredibly fast frequency, and he couldn't see his movements clearly at all. Even if I could barely see it clearly, my brain couldn't keep up. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
After all, a certain defender who caught up with the game made a big mistake when defending Messi... The ball seemed to have life under Messi's feet, moving left and right, forward and backward, making it impossible to defend against. If you look closely at Messi's dribbling moves, you can see that his movements are very simple and plain, without any fancy performances. But such a simple and ordinary action seems particularly deadly under Messi's feet. Seeing that Messi was unstoppable, Feng Xiaoting quickly came over to defend, and goalkeeper Yang Cheng also moved to the left side of the goal, ready to block Messi's shot. At this time, Messi had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area. If he had played more independently, he could have forced a shot at this time. But Messi didn't do it because he saw teammates in better positions. Before Feng Xiaoting could block the position, Messi raised his foot and sent a straight pass into the middle of the penalty area. Argentina's midfielder Cardoso suddenly rushed out, received the pass from Messi and shot the ball easily into the goal. The score became 1:2 and Argentina took the lead again in the first half. The Argentine and Messi fans in the stands were all excited. Although the goal was scored by Cardoso, Messi played an indispensable role in this goal. It can be said that without his successful breakthrough on the right, Argentina would not have had such a good chance to score. "Leo, great pass!" Cardoso was obviously also aware of this, so he rushed towards Messi immediately after scoring the goal and gave him a warm hug. Messi's body swayed slightly and he smiled very reluctantly. At this moment, he was panting and breathing rapidly. And with every breath I took, my lungs felt like they were about to explode. The high-intensity exercise made him sweat profusely, and the continuous changes of direction and breakthroughs caused great consumption of his physical strength, not to mention that he was constantly harassed and consumed by the opponent, which further aggravated Messi's physical consumption.
Even if I was just standing at this moment, my legs felt a little weak. After playing for less than 40 minutes, Messi felt as tired as if he had played a whole game. But finally another goal was scored, which made Messi feel a little relieved. However, the one-goal lead is not safe. The opponent's previous counterattack proved that the National Youth Team was not a weak team that could only take a beating and had no ability to fight back. On the contrary, they have a very sharp sword. Once the sword is unsheathed, blood will inevitably be shed. The score of 2:1 is not safe, they still need to score more goals. Thinking of this, Messi gritted his teeth and tried to seize the last bit of time before the end of the first half to score another goal! …… "Oh my, I missed someone!" Chen Tao raised his hand and took the initiative to admit his mistake. Cardoso slipped through his defensive area and the defender cannot be blamed. "It's okay. Our attention was drawn to Messi and the opponent's forward in the penalty area. We didn't notice someone coming in from behind!" Feng Xiaoting and Zhao Ming were both very generous and had no intention of blaming Chen Tao. "Brother Chen, don't blame yourself. I am also at fault for conceding the goal just now. It was after I left my defensive position that the opponent had an opportunity to take advantage of." Zhao Xuri also stepped forward to share the blame. Actually, it was Cardoso who was responsible for defense, and Chen Tao's job was not defense, so it was not appropriate to put the blame on the opponent. "You have to help defend Messi. This ball has nothing to do with you." "..." Everyone was talking at once, vying to take their share of the blame, and no one wanted to shirk responsibility. This made Lin Feng feel very emotional. These teammates of the National Youth Team were still very pure at that time and had not been contaminated too much by the big dye vat of domestic football. Unlike the Chinese national football team, because of the involvement of interests from all aspects, there is intrigue and factions within the national football team, and it is far from being as united as the young players of the national youth team. Thinking of this, Lin Feng cherished this group of teammates even more, and at the same time he became more determined to help them escape from the big dye vat of domestic football. Their talents should not be buried, they should have a broader stage. After discussion, the National Youth Team made subtle adjustments to the personnel allocation on how to defend Messi. After the game resumed, in addition to Zheng Tao and Zhao Xuri, even Lin Feng and Zhou Haibin, who were active in the frontcourt, began to join the righteous beating of Messi. Messi is too strong. He is no match for me in a one-on-one situation, and he may not even be able to win in a two-on-one situation. In this case, the National Youth Team will give him the greatest respect—and use all their strength to deal with him. There is no need to talk about chivalry when dealing with such a big boss. In the 41st minute, Messi received a pass from his teammate and planned to repeat the same trick.
But at the moment his teammate passed the ball to him, several burly men from the National Youth Team rushed over from all directions and surrounded him! Messi is dumbfounded! He never expected that human hearts could be so sinister. In order to deal with him, the National Youth Team was so unethical! After nearly 40 minutes of high-intensity competition, Messi's physical strength had reached a bottleneck. At this time, he was relying entirely on his faith to persevere. Seeing four or five opponents rushing towards him aggressively, Messi suddenly felt something was wrong and wanted to pass the ball immediately. But how could the National Youth Team not be prepared? When several players double-teamed him, they had already cut off Messi's passing route and separated him from his teammates. Messi now has only one choice - either hand over the ball honestly, or burst out with his inner strength, pass the five players who are double-teaming him, and break out of the siege. Messi is clearly not the type to sit back and wait for death. He took a deep breath and tried to increase his speed so that he could use his almost unstoppable dribbling skills to get past the defender. But just as he sped up, a red figure jumped out from the left. This is the National Youth Team’s midfielder Zhou Haibin! Another figure jumped out from the right. This is another attacking midfielder of the National Youth Team, Lin Feng! Zhou Haibin and Lin Feng were on Messi's left and right, like two personal bodyguards. The two of them worked together to let Messi fully experience the taste of the Chinese specialty food, roujiamo. But Messi's role is the meat in the Roujiamo... The two men were so strong that Messi couldn't break free. He used all his strength and his face gradually turned the color of liver. But it was of no use, he felt himself being lifted up by two people, his feet almost leaving the ground. The fans at the scene and those watching the live broadcast saw Messi's embarrassing look and burst into laughter, laughing so hard that they fell forward. "It's so despicable. It's really so despicable." "Which wicked fellow came up with this idea?" "Hahahaha, can football be played like this?" "Haha, these guys are so wicked. They bullied Messi until he ran out of energy. Haha, I can't take it anymore. I'm dying of laughter!" "Messi is so miserable. He may be traumatized by playing like this!" "I think Messi will probably go see a psychiatrist after this game!" (End of this chapter)