[Football] Bad Boy Batty

"Are you crazy? Why did you pass the ball to that Argentine?" Alves shouted angrily to Batistuta, pointing at the corner of his eye. "Look at your jersey carefully. You are playing for Brazil, not Manchester City!"

"Damn it, I didn't pass it to him! It was a mistake!" Batistuta was equally annoyed. He had explained it to Alves many times, but he got nothing except a few duck-like shut-up gestures.

Swear to God he wasn't blindsided and intentionally passed the ball to Aguero.

"I fucking missed the ball. It was a very, very, very stupid mistake!" Batistuta shook his hands in annoyance. "Only a loser would pass it to him on purpose! I can recognize the jerseys of Brazil and Argentina!"

Alves was indeed a bit talkative on the court, but he had no intention of arguing with his teammates. After muttering a few more words, he returned to his position, leaving Batistuta in the front court, so angry that he bit his collar and tore it.

This thing has already happened and it cannot be undone and there is no need to undone it. It is a fact that Batistuta made a mistake. Regardless of whether he intended to pass the ball to Aguero or not, it resulted in the loss of the ball. Fortunately, Argentina did not seize this opportunity and Batistuta escaped (he was criticized after the game).

But you can escape being criticized, but you can’t escape being ridiculed.

This is football, the world's largest sport, so it should also be the world's largest meme sport. No matter what the truth is, Batistuta's pass to Aguero will become a joke among fans within two days, and the clip of him mistakenly sending the ball to Aguero's feet will definitely be made into a gif and circulated on the Internet.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Neymar ran to comfort Batistuta. He ruffled the boy's hair and kissed him on the side of his cheek: "Don't take it too seriously. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes."

"I don't think of this place as a club!" Batty reiterated, frowning at Neymar, "Do you believe me?"

"I believe you." Neymar kissed Batistuta again. He did not lie to him. He really saw the whole process.

The truth can only be said -

Batty was unlucky the first time.

At that time, Argentina was organizing an attack in the midfield. In order to pull the defense line, Di Maria chose to pass the ball back to the wing, which happened to be Batistuta's side. According to the tactical requirements, he returned to the midfield to coordinate defense. In fact, Neymar felt that Batistuta retreated a little too deep, but after thinking about it, it was understandable. After all, this was his first appearance for the national team, and it was understandable that he was so excited that he ran all over the field.

It just so happened that everything happened at that moment.

Di Maria did not coordinate with his teammates well, Batistuta stole the ball, and Alves saw this and directed him to pass it back. Now thinking back to that moment, Neymar thought he should have wanted to cooperate with Miranda, but it is obvious that the tacit understanding between him and Miranda was almost zero, and Batistuta did pass the ball a little wrong, plus Aguero just retreated (who knows how Aguero retreated to the midfield, maybe it was a habit brought by Guardiola?)
So the scene became like Batistuta passed the ball to Aguero.

Neymar's kisses were nice, but they didn't bring much comfort to Batistuta because this was Argentina's home ground and they were laughing at him wildly whenever he had the ball.

No one here cares that he is not even 19 years old. In the eyes of Argentine fans, he is just an annoying Brazilian player. Maybe he is a little bit pretty, but that doesn't stop them from masturbating to his photo while cursing that he can't score a goal.

Soon the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. Neither side scored a goal and the score was 0-0 at halftime.

As he walked into the entrance to the player tunnel, a fan threw down a half-full drink and made an excessive joke about Batistuta's dead mother, which accurately stepped on his minefield.

"Relax Batistuta, relax, don't let them control your emotions!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Neymar hurried forward to hug him, and then winked at his teammates to help, "That guy deserves to die, but you shouldn't punish yourself. Scoring a goal is the biggest response to him."

Batistuta finally gave up on doing anything to the bastard, but he had to vent, so the half cup of drink became the scapegoat. It was kicked hard into the middle of the stadium, and in the full anger it miraculously stopped at Aguero's feet.

So Aguero, who was about to go over to say a few words of comfort, retracted his leg.

"You can talk to him after the game. There's still time." Messi patted his friend on the shoulder and pulled him back to the locker room. "Bati is a good kid. He won't blame you."

……

Of course Batistuta will not blame Aguero, he will only blame himself, the playing field, and the damn world.

Tite had already watched the replay and knew that Batistuta did not do it on purpose, so he did not say anything. He went up to him and gave him a comforting hug and told him not to take it to heart, as it was Argentina that should be anxious as they were only ranked 5th.

This made Batty feel a little relieved.

After seeing off the head coach, he sat in his seat, took off his socks and removed his bandages. The locker room was in a mess, and Batistuta threw away several jerseys with unknown numbers on them before he found a place to sit down.

Loach brought him a new jersey. Argentina's midfield and backcourt were difficult to deal with. He was knocked to the ground several times in the first half. Although it did not cause any substantial damage, his jersey had turned from bright yellow to a dirty brown.

"This game is for you to adapt, Batistuta, relax." Neymar walked over while taking off his clothes. "Nothing is more important than you playing this game completely."

"I'm fine. Don't be nervous. I won't rush out and punch that fan in the face." Batistuta rested his legs in his seat, with a mocking arc on his lips. "Anyway, they (the media) have already decided on tomorrow's headline: 'Concerned about his friends, Batistuta actually passed the ball to Aguero in the South American derby. Is this a loss of morality or the extinction of humanity?' What do you think of this headline?"

Neymar gave him a thumbs up: "What a genius idea! You can definitely go to The Sun, they will definitely offer you a high salary."

Batty was pleased with his exaggerated compliment and pantomimed the shock of an ordinary person after seeing the newspaper. The two looked at each other for a few seconds and then burst into laughter.

With only a few minutes left before the start of the second half and Tite's speech coming to an end, Batistuta dug out his own jersey from a pile of jerseys and put it on, then returned to the field applauding with everyone, but before he went out, Neymar stopped him and threw the captain's armband to him.

"Put it on for me," Neymar said, turning sideways to Batistuta and raising his left arm. "I think we need some luck."

Batistuta curled the corners of his mouth, gave a quick kiss on the captain's armband and then put it on Neymar. After putting it on, he patted Neymar's arm and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.

"Let's go, Captain. Let's kick them up a notch."

……

The score was still 60-0 until the 0th minute in the second half.

Seeing that the game was about to be deadlocked, Argentina made the first substitution, with Enzo Perez and Dybala coming on to strengthen the frontcourt attack. Brazil was not to be outdone and replaced Paulinho and Thiago to attack Argentina.

In the 63rd minute, Brazil attacked from the right, Jesus retreated to help, and formed a small-scale cooperation with Batistuta and Alves who came up the side. Unfortunately, Jesus and Mascherano had a conflict and almost came to blows. Batistuta stepped forward to help, and the situation became chaotic. In order to calm things down, the referee showed a yellow card to each of Jesus and Mascherano.

Less than 3 minutes later, Neymar took the ball on the left side of the ribs, dribbled sideways in front of the penalty area, and then created an angle and shot, but unfortunately it did not hit the goal.

In the 69th minute, Alves came up from the right and passed the ball 45 degrees back to Batistuta. Batistuta took the ball with his back, made a beautiful stop and shot in one go. The Argentine goalkeeper reacted quickly and flew to save the ball, but the ball changed its trajectory after being touched and deviated from the goal.

In the 72nd minute, Jesus' follow-up shot from the top of the penalty area was saved by Romero, and Neymar's follow-up shot was blocked by Mascherano's legs.

The game was still close, but it was clear that Brazil was gaining momentum. In the 75th minute, the first goal of the game was scored.

Brazil first got a corner kick, Neymar took the ball from the front point, and there was chaos in the Argentine penalty area, with the players heading the ball back and forth like dolphins.

"Foul! Sir!" Batistuta was knocked to the ground during the fight. He spread his hands to protest to the referee, "Give him a yellow card, that's a - wait!"

Before Batistuta could finish his complaint, a white ball somehow landed at his feet. Without thinking, he kicked the ball towards the goal.

As if to make up for the misfortune in the first half, at this moment, Batty was favored by the goddess of luck.

The ball passed through the feet of at least five people and flew into the net before the Argentine goalkeeper could react.

1-0! The visiting Brazilian team was the first to break the deadlock.

"That's great! Your first goal!" Jesus rushed over first. He hugged Batistuta's head and kissed him several times. "I thought the ball was going to go away, but it actually went in!"

"I didn't expect that either." Batistuta carried Jesus to his feet. "I was just complaining to the referee, but the ball flew to me by itself - who assisted me?"

None of the Brazilian players spoke.

Oh, so this is an own goal assist.

Batistuta curled his lips and hugged Neymar who came over.

"How do you feel now?" Neymar asked, "You know what I mean when I say that scoring a goal is the best counterattack, right?"

"Of course." Batistuta laughed loudly, then raised two index fingers towards the stands above the player's tunnel. Everyone knew what that meant, but they could do nothing. The Chinese Football Association stipulated that middle fingers could not be raised on the field, but there was no rule that prohibited index fingers. He used this method to fight back against the fan who disrespected his mother.

……

Unfortunately, Brazil's lead did not last long. In the 83rd minute of the game, Messi returned to the midfield to pass the ball, and Aguero successfully made an offside move and the score was tied to 1-1.

Ten minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and the score remained 10-1 until the end.

With Argentina's draw with Brazil, they were teetering on the edge of the World Cup in Russia with only one point, but fortunately, Colombia's upset loss to Peru allowed Argentina to rise to fourth in the standings and into the qualifying zone.

But this does not mean that they are safe. Colombia is only 1 point lower than them, so they must win the last round against Ecuador to ensure their qualification.

Compared to the nervous Argentina, Brazil is much more relaxed.

As a young player who scored the only goal and made his national team debut at the age of 18, Batistuta won unanimous praise in Brazil. Some street artists used him as material on the wall. For a moment, it seemed as if everyone had forgotten his outrageous mistake in the first half.

Well, not everyone has forgotten.

The next day, The Sun reported the incident with a title that was almost identical to what Batistuta had guessed, except that it added a bit of suspense. They suspected that Brazil wanted to give Argentina a break so that they would not miss the World Cup.

The Manchester City group went crazy, even Guardiola laughed until his stomach hurt.

After the game, Batistuta was repeatedly beaten by them every day, and he had to look at the GIFs of his mistakes hundreds of times.

So when faced with media questioning, Batty's face turned black.

"That was a stupid mistake. Letting the game go? Argentina? Don't be ridiculous." He said disdainfully to the camera, "Is there anything better than a World Cup without Argentina?"

Batistuta's statement that he "didn't want Argentina to qualify for the World Cup" immediately drew the wrath and criticism of countless Argentine fans around the world, and Aguero kicked him in the ass with a little more force. Then many media outlets followed suit and made a big fuss about his response to the fan after he scored, and even fabricated that he cursed the fan's mother in the audience.

Except for the last one, which Batty himself denied, he accepted all the other accusations. As for why -

All we can say is that he's enjoying it.

……

On the day when the fans were cursing the most fiercely, before Batistuta returned to Manchester, Sterling took screenshots of the forum and moved them to Manchester City's chat group.

Sterling
Batistuta is causing trouble again. Look at what he said. If I were an Argentine, I would scold him too.
Walker
If he doesn't cause trouble, is he still Batistuta? Damn it, let's go.

萨内
It was obviously the fault of that stupid fan, but the toilet paper newspaper put the blame on Batistuta
Walker
They've already paid for toilet paper, what else can you ask for?
Walker
@Kevin why are you so quiet today? You are talking about Batty

De Bruyne never responded to Kyle Walker's call because he was talking to Batistuta at the time. To be precise, Batistuta didn't know they were on the phone because the call was answered by Neymar.

After realizing that the call was from De Bruyne, Neymar retaliated, and soon, in addition to his whispered conversation with Batistuta, some other sounds were transmitted through the microphone to the Belgian midfielder's ears, other sounds that were difficult to describe.

"Louder, I want to hear it."

Neymar received enthusiastic feedback, and then, out of Batistuta's sight, he picked up his phone and pointed the receiver towards the loudest sound.

"If you still want me to play dangerous games with you later, move on your own."

De Bruyne almost crushed his phone.

He already knew what Neymar was planning, but what he didn't know was that he had already succeeded, and it sounded like it was not just this time.

A certain emotion called jealousy was surging in his heart.

However, the finger hanging in the air above the screen could not press the hang-up button. After thinking it over, he hesitated and clicked on the recording function, and then listened to the entire meeting.

(End of this chapter)