The Era of Emerald

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The news that the Argentine Olympic team, one of the favorites to win the championship, was bloodbathed by Italy [-]-[-] in the semi-finals shocked many people. After all, the strength of this Argentine Olympic team is obvious to all. If Simeone, Veron and Barcelona If Tie replaces the two full-backs and Crespo, then this is the main lineup of the Argentine national team.

However, it is such an Argentine team that will be beaten helplessly by the Italian Olympic team. Such a result makes people have to wonder whether Argentina is too weak or Italy is too strong?

The Argentine media will obviously not admit that their country's team was eliminated by the Italians due to lack of strength. In their view, the main reason why the Argentine Olympic team was eliminated by the opponent in the semi-finals was Passarella's self-willedness. An extremely serious mistake was made when arranging troops.

Just like the Copa America a year ago, Argentina, which had won the first two games in the group stage, had already known that Brazil had secured the top spot in another group before the final game against the United States. At that time, all the Argentine media and celebrities They all suggested that Passarella win the Americans to avoid an early encounter with Brazil in the knockout round. As a result, Passarella insisted on fighting with everyone and replaced the full bench in the last group match (actually for Supporting his confidant Gallardo), the result was forced to meet Brazil in the quarterfinals by the Americans who had been out early.

Everyone knows the later results. Brazil relied on Tulio's "hand of God" to eliminate Argentina, and the Pampas Eagles lost in the quarter-finals.

Now, a year later, Passarella obviously did not accept the lessons of last year's Copa America. Facing the powerful Italian Olympic team, he actually put general Diego Simeone on the bench and chose to support Barçades and Morales, who played in Argentina, ended up with another disastrous defeat.

Therefore, the Argentine media began to express strong doubts about Passarella's move to promote Argentine domestic players and turn against the international players who played in Europe after two failures in two years.

The Italian media cheered for the wonderful performance of the Olympic team. The poor performance of the national team in the European Cup made many people feel extremely depressed this summer, and the news that the Olympic team killed Argentina with four goals eased their original depressed mood. Quite a lot.

"When we saw Pagliuca and Nesta's wonderful performance in the Olympic football match in front of the TV, and then recalled the experience of the national team being eliminated in the European Cup group stage the next month, we have reason to doubt, What kind of criteria does the former national team coach Sacchi use to select players.” This is a comment issued by Gazzetta dello Sport after Italy reached the final, and the topic is naturally inseparable from some frustrated people under Sacchi. player, "Pagliuca used his outstanding performance in the Olympics to prove that he is more qualified to be the No. [-] goalkeeper of the national team than Peruzzi, who played three games. The team's turmoil is not his own strength decline; the Dinghaishenzhen Nesta on the defense line is obviously more qualified to wear the national team's jersey than the declining Costacurta and Abroni; The forward duo of Arrow and Philippe Inzaghi..."

This report by Gazzetta dello Sport puts Sacchi, who has resigned from the position of coach of the Italian national team, on the cusp again, and by the way, Sacchi is charged with the crime of "unknown people".

Sacchi, who was lying down again, did not remain silent when questioned by reporters, but insisted that his choice was not wrong. Italy's elimination in the group stage was purely accidental, and the reasons he gave were also very good: The good performance of a group of players in the Olympics does not necessarily mean that they will be able to perform well in the bigger European Cup. Players with rich experience in games like Costacurta and Abroni are the foundation of the team.

When Sacchi said these words, he obviously forgot that the reason why he was able to leap from an unknown second-tier team coach to a world-class coach back then was that he relied on many young talents, for example, he was just 20 years old at the time Maldini Jr. and Costacurta who are in their early years, and Donadoni who has not yet entered the golden period of his career...

So, he dug a hole for himself and jumped in to try the size himself, and Sacchi once again fell into the endless debate with the Italian media.

Leaving aside Saki's mess, let's turn our attention back to the Olympics.

As Italy and Nigeria both won the semi-finals and advanced to the Olympic football final, the South American duo who lost in the semi-finals had no choice but to compete for the bronze medal that they had never put their eyes on before the start of the game.

Although Brazil, which was eliminated by Nigeria with three consecutive goals in the semi-finals, lost the possibility of competing for the gold medal, under the encouragement of coach Zagallo, the players of the Brazilian Olympic team quickly recovered from the shadow of being reversed by their opponents After walking out, the team was gearing up and down, determined to take this bronze medal home as a commemoration of this trip to the United States.

The state of Argentina at this time is completely opposite to that of Brazil. The disastrous defeat to Italy three days ago is still lingering in the hearts of these young Argentines, and Passarella obviously did not expect that the previous fiasco left in the hearts of the players. With such a heavy shadow, he still puts a group of players he is optimistic about on the starting list.

In this way, in the three or four finals, the Argentine Olympic team, who had no intention of fighting, ran into the Samba Army, which had nowhere to vent their anger after being reversed and eliminated by Nigeria. As a result, the Pampas Eagles lost to Italy was then ravaged by rival Brazil. Ronaldo scored twice in this game, Bebeto, Savio, Carlos, and Juninho each scored a goal. In the end, Brazil won the Olympic Games [-]-[-] Argentina brought back an Olympic bronze medal to Brazil, proving that their previous defeat to Nigeria was nothing more than an accident.

The Argentine Olympic team, which conceded ten goals and failed to score in two games, was given the title of "bullying the weak and fearing the hard" by the fans. Because of the disastrous defeat in these two games, the team did not even dare to book a ticket back to Argentina. Immediately after the match with the Brazilian team, they announced their disbandment on the spot...

After the three or four finalists, the Olympic football match finally ushered in the final stage, the final between the Italian Olympic team and the Nigerian Olympic team!

In the final, facing the Italian team, which started with defense, the Nigerian players felt a completely different style of play from their previous opponent Brazil.

If the Brazilian used his powerful offensive ability to suppress the Nigerian for almost the entire game, then the Italian used a strong defensive system to make the African Eagle helpless. After all, apart from the midfielder Okocha, Kanu It's still Finidi George, or Babangida. They can charge forward, but they are not the core material of the organization.

So the old Maldini arranged for Kripa to mark Okocha specifically in this game, which directly caused the engine of the Nigerian team to completely shut down. Without Okocha's scheduling, the African Eagles could only use individual breakthroughs throughout the game To solve the problem, and the effect is naturally conceivable.

Nigeria's rushing style of play gave Italian players more chances to counterattack, while Nigerian players can only use their better physical fitness than their opponents to save in front of their own goal frequently, and their behavior is impossible to keep the ball The team is safe for life.

No. In 603 minutes, Nesta cut off the ball from Kanu's feet. Pirlo, who came on as a substitute for Tomasi, received the ball and made a long pass directly over the top. After passing the opponent's goalkeeper, the prince scored the only goal of the game, helping Italy win the first Olympic football gold medal in history!