On August 19th, Beijing time, Migu released a clip of an exclusive interview with Bai Yansong, a well-known CCTV host, in which Bai Yansong talked about why he supports Argentina and his thoughts on Argentine football.
Bai Yansong stated: "Anyone who says Ronaldo only has hard work but no talent, or Messi only has talent but no hard work, has never worn cleats. Utilitarianism is the passport of the utilitarian, and beauty is the epitaph of the beautiful. Many teams that play beautifully have ultimately perished in flames."
" I've found that the spirit of hard work permeates Argentine football; it's almost in their genes. Scaloni also largely preserved the core of the team that won the previous World Cup, and then added some new players. However, he really didn't dare to use them in crucial moments, showing a certain conservative tendency. Sometimes, it's precisely because of mistakes, flaws, and something unpredictable that classics are created."
“I like style, I like differences, I don’t like football becoming more and more the same. So now I’m glad that I like Argentina. They still maintain their traditional way of playing: they have to have a number 10, they have to have a group of people around them, including intellectuals and bandits, a sense of江湖 (jianghu, a kind of chivalrous spirit), and this kind of ups and downs, it’s still very Argentine. The style of the clubs is really weakening, it’s weakening, so there’s no style anymore. Will we one day see an AI World Cup?”
