The Era of Emerald

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The defending champion Italy was reversed and defeated by Croatia in the opener!At this moment, all the fans around the world who are sitting in front of the TV watching this game and witnessing this scene with their own eyes can't believe the reality before them.

This is the Italian team that won the World Cup and the European Cup one after another?The Italian team that used defense to overwhelm the Dutch for 120 minutes and finally returned with hatred?The Italian team that can beat the top teams such as Brazil, France, and the Netherlands to become the first team in history to win the European Cup after winning the World Cup?

It is surprising that Italy, which is famous for its reinforced concrete defense, was conceded two goals in just 3 minutes, not to mention that it was Croatia, which has become a second-tier team in Europe, who accomplished this feat. People were surprised.

Therefore, with this unbelievable miraculous reversal, the two forwards who contributed key goals for Croatia, that is, Olic and Lapac, not only became well-known figures overnight under the vigorous media publicity , With the help of this victory, many teams have become the sweet pastry that many teams are competing for in the transfer market, and they have won a turning point for their originally unsatisfactory careers.

Perhaps with the current abilities of Olić and Lapace, it may be difficult to make achievements in the four major leagues, but it is not a problem to gain a foothold in some second-tier leagues in Europe, so if they can do well If they grasp this opportunity carefully and join a team that can give them enough trust, then it will not be difficult to write a good chapter in their career.

Having said that, without this victory as an opportunity, then no matter how hard-working Olić and La Pacci, who are not outstanding in football talent, are likely to end their careers in a daze.

It can be said that whether to seize this rare opportunity to further his career, or to waste this opportunity of overnight fame and finally disappear from everyone, depends on the actions of Olic and La Pacci.

While Croatia was excited about defeating the powerful Italy and getting a good start in the World Cup group stage, the Italians were depressedly "enjoying" a series of bitter fruits of this defeat.

For example, Italy's defeat against Croatia in the opening game has largely given enough confidence to Mexico and Ecuador, who are in the same group as Italy, and all the teams that may play against Italy in the World Cup.They began to realize that the Apennines team coached by Zoff is no longer the champion team led by the old Maldini. As long as the tactics are used properly, there is no chance of defeating Italy.

Similar to the Ecuadorians and Mexicans who were excited by the hope of defeating a powerful enemy, Italy at this time was not peaceful.After winning first and then losing in the first game of the group stage, and finally being reversed and defeated by Croatia, the wind direction of public opinion changed a lot overnight.

Although the domestic media in Italy did not condemn Dino Zoff at the first time out of consideration of the team atmosphere and the World Cup, but continued to support the national team coach, but in many Italian In the eyes of supporters, Dino Zoff is obviously the culprit that led to Italy's unfavorable start.

It is precisely because of this that Zoff's formation and on-the-spot command in the first match of the group stage have been criticized and criticized by many celebrities and professionals.Among them, the pipe-smoking coach Bearzot's comments were the sharpest!

The pipe-smoking coach who once coached Dino Zoff, led the unpopular Italy to defeat Brazil and the Federal Republic of Germany, and finally brought Italy back the third Hercules Cup in the eyes of people's astonishment, commented on himself He was very rude when talking about this student: "As a head coach, Zoff's performance in this game is really disappointing. He didn't make good use of these resources at all. Vieri is indeed full The world's leading powerful center, but his coping ability honed in Fiorentina was not reflected in this national team, but was used by Zoff as a battering ram. Inzaghi is a top hunter, but was used by Zoff Lie on the bench and see the light of day. Albertini needs helpers to share the organizational pressure on him, but do you see who Zoff arranged for him to help? It turned out to be Di Biagio, Tomasi and other midfield engineers God! Does he think football games are about muscle?!"

Even Zoff's predecessor, the old Maldini, who was at home at this time, also joined the fun at this time: "I personally think that Coach Zoff made some mistakes that should not have been made when he was arranging troops. For example, he did not equip Demi (Albertini's nickname) with qualified helpers, but let him face the siege of Croatian midfielders alone. This is a very wrong approach. You know, when I coached the national team At that time, Albertini was never fighting alone. Robert (Baggio), Totti and Fiore could all share the pressure on Demi very well. But now? Zoff chose to put Totti on top Putting Inzaghi on the bench will only reduce the team's control in the midfield in vain, but the threat on the offensive end will not increase much."

In the face of criticism and accusations from all walks of life, Dino Zoff did not immediately respond.Although as the head coach, Zoff is just an out-and-out rookie without much coaching experience, but he has been in the football world for many years as the general manager of Lazio, but he has seen a lot of turmoil. Panic.

Fortunately, Zoff is not Saki, he is not a person who is self-willed and hopeless. After being overturned by Croatia in the first round, Zoff realized that he made a mistake. Very tough, but he took the initiative to conduct a review at the team meeting. At the same time, according to the loopholes and deficiencies exposed by the team in the last game, he made an improvement to the starting lineup and prepared for the next game against Ecuador. Try the effect.

Some people may ask, Zoff is the Italian national team that the old Maldini took over after the 2000 European Cup. He has two full years to prepare for the World Cup in Korea and Japan. How can he not even build a complete main lineup? ?

Although this is reasonable, please don't forget that Italy, as the defending champion, does not need to participate in the World Cup qualifiers.This also means that in the past two years, Zoff can only run-in the lineup through friendly matches and select the players he likes.

As for the effect... I believe everyone should be aware of the intensity of a friendly match. How can a match like this possibly test out the shortcomings and loopholes in Zoff's tactical arrangements?