The Era of Emerald

The first ray of sunlight in the morning shot into Zhuang Mingge's bedroom.

On the big bed in the bedroom, the smooth bodies of a man and a woman were entangled together, and the dots of red on the bed sheets silently told what happened last night.

In this way, Florence ushered in a new day in tranquility.

However, at this moment, in the Milanello training base, it was a very lively scene.

Thirty players in the training uniforms of the Italian national team were doing recovery training step by step in the No. [-] venue. A day ago, the Italian national team had just completed the last domestic warm-up match before the World Cup.After more than an hour, what awaits them will be the final "sentence" on whether they can participate in the World Cup in the United States.

On the adjacent No. [-] training ground, some players of the Milan youth team are conducting more intensive training with the ball under the guidance of the coach. The players who are worried, have a sense of urgency in addition to being excited.

At this time, Milanello is no longer quiet, and the attention of the fans is no longer just linking it with AC Milan, as the place and temporary place where the Italian national team announced the final 22-man roster before going to the World Cup in the United States. The base, the Milanello base during the truce of the league, has been bestowed with the meaning of "Azzurri".

At nine o'clock in the morning, after many days of closed management, Milanello finally fully opened to the outside world.Outside the gate of the Milanello base, various media reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed to the scheduled location of the press conference immediately under the guidance of the base staff.

At [-]:[-], the press conference of the national team organized by the Italian Football Association was held on time in the venue temporarily arranged by the staff of Milan.

This is an "informal" press conference, but the task it will accomplish is highly valued by all walks of life in Italy, and it is expected to take no more than 3 minutes.In addition to answering some reporters' questions, the most important thing is to announce the final list of players for the Italian national team to go to the World Cup in the United States.

The reason why such an important matter was chosen to be "published" in Milanello, a seemingly casual place, was mainly inspired by the Italian coach Sacchi, because the old man Sacchi reached the pinnacle of his coaching career in AC Milan. He resigned from Milan because of the quarrel with Van Basten, but in some things, the old man Sacchi still takes good care of his "former club".

Therefore, for this eye-catching press conference, Sacchi chose the Milanello base he is most familiar with. The old man hopes that this place will bring him good luck as before.

However, when the uneasy Saki appeared at the press conference, what he saw were the sharp gazes of the reporters like wolves, and when he felt the gazes of idiots who were eager for infinity, he led the country for the first time. The old man Saki who participated in the competition finally realized that the attention of this press conference seems to have far exceeded his estimation...

"Tony, do you guess which players Coach Sacchi will choose to enter the squad for the World Cup?"

In a luxurious villa in Florence, Karin, who had undergone a morning bath with Zhuang Mingge, was dressed in a set of home clothes, and leaned obediently beside her sweetheart, watching the live signal of the press conference coming from the TV , asked thoughtfully.

Successfully transferred from "magician" to "knight", Zhuang Mingge's mood is obviously very good, from the moment he received the news yesterday afternoon that Italy announced that the venue for the World Cup roster was selected as the Milanello training base From the beginning, there was a premonition in his mind.

A night of fierce fighting and sleepless nights, but Zhuang Mingge's thinking became clearer. He has realized that some people will still miss the World Cup after all, and some people will be in the World Cup because of Saki's "preference" This top stage.

"Coach Saki, he... is too stubborn. A person as stubborn as him is impossible to accept players who are not in line with him!" Fingers brushed Karin's long hair lightly, Zhuang Mingge spit out what had been deposited in his heart. Long emotion.

"Are you talking about Mancini and Vialli?" Karin's moving eyes jumped a few times. Zhuang Mingge's emotion made her, who is also an Italian fan, a little unwilling to accept this reality.

Zhuang Mingge stretched noncommittally. On the TV, the press conference that was being broadcast live, after the host gave a brief opening speech, soon entered the "main scene".

Sacchi, the coach of the Italian national team in front of the camera, sat in the middle right and said nothing. This is completely in line with his idea of ​​keeping a low profile before the start of the World Cup. If the Italian Football Association had not repeatedly asked him to do so on the grounds of "convention" Sacchi, who had to attend in person and decided to act "low-key", even hoped that he could completely disappear in front of the public before the end of the World Cup.Since the head coach has become a "vase" without saying a word, Pero, the chairman of the Italian Football Association, had to stage a "one-man show", and he naturally became the focus of this press conference.

The chairman of the Football Association, who has been in the Italian football world for many years, still maintains a faint smile in front of the public as always. In his concise and clear words, the final version of the Italian national team list finally revealed its "true face" ":

"Pagliuca, Marchegiani, Maldini, Costacurta, Baresi, Tassotti, Benaribo, Abroni, Albertini, Donadoni, Antonio Conte , Dino Baggio, Roberto Baggio, Zola, Signori..."

There is no suspense about the "main" list of the top ten players, because as early as half a month ago, coach Saki first announced the list of players he relies on most:

"Luca Butch!" The position of the third goalkeeper of the Azzurri was given to the main goalkeeper from Parma. In Zhuang Mingge's view, this is also quite controversial because of AC Milan's excellent record this season and the main goalkeeper. Sebastian Rossi's outstanding performance, anyway, this World Cup should also bring this Milan's main goalkeeper.Zhuang Mingge speculated that the reason why Rossi lost early in the competition with Parma goalkeeper Butch for the third goalkeeper of the national team was largely due to the fact that too many AC Milan players had been recruited. If he occupies another spot, the old man Saki will inevitably be criticized.That being the case, the Parma team, another old club of Sacchi, has benefited. Butch successfully squeezed out Juventus' young goalkeeper Peruzzi and Milan goalkeeper Rossi to become the lucky one.

Perhaps, the only unpredictable thing about the goalkeeper is whether Pagliuca, who is the No. [-] national goalkeeper, can continue to stay in the familiar Sampdoria after the end of the World Cup and before the start of the new season...

"Roberto Musi!" The veteran Musi who followed Sacchi in Parma and AC Milan squeezed out Milan's young right back Christian Panucci, which made Zhuang Mingge very puzzled. No matter how you look at it, It is much more cost-effective to bring Comrade Xiaopa than bring the veteran Musi. After all, there is a left-handed Benarivo, Panucci and Musi on the bench whoever goes to the World Cup is a soy sauce. In this case, it is better to take a young player to experience the atmosphere of an international competition.

Before Sacchi took charge, Italy has always had a tradition of bringing several young players to experience the atmosphere in international competitions, such as Massaro and Bergomi in the 1982 World Cup, Vialli and De Napoli in 1986, and Roberto in 1990. · Baggio... Zhuang Mingge always thought in his previous life that Sacchi chose too many veterans when coaching the national team, which disrupted the orderly inheritance of experience.

"Minotti!" A central defender in his prime, plus Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta, and Abroni, the old man Sacchi has brought five players who can play. A player in the central defender position, but this choice should not cause too much controversy. After all, Xiao Ma has to sit on the left, and his style of play is similar to that of Baresi. Minotti, who is also the captain of Parma, belongs to Baresi natural substitute.

"Nicola Berti!" Berti may be lucky. He played for AC Milan's "rival in the same city" and got this precious quota. I just don't know if he will usher in a real World Cup. Opportunity to play...

"Evani!" The last lucky one to become a substitute midfielder belongs to the former teammate of Basten and Gullit, and the former subordinate of Sacchi...

The time to really test the nerves has come!The last thing to be announced will be the list of two substitute forwards!

One thing I have to praise is that the "secrecy" work of the Italian Football Association has been done very well this time, although Zhuang Minge has vaguely learned through the relevant "information" channels that the possibility of Mancini's inclusion in the final list does not exceed [-]%. , but many times, the slim hope can still make people want to stop.

The high attention to Man Qiao is not only because Zhuang Mingge was a die-hard fan of the Italian team "before his death", but more importantly, the experience of "rebirth" over the past year has made him gradually accept himself as an Italian fact.

In any case, as an Italian fan, he is more than a hundred times luckier than the large number of Chinese fans. Who doesn't want the team he supports to be invincible and make great strides in such an important competition? !And the memory of being a Chinese fan and the awareness of being an Italian fan are telling him at the same time that if a player of Mancini's level cannot appear in this World Cup, it will be a loss for the entire Italian national team!

Mancini, Vialli, Lombardo, Bergomi... A group of famous generals could not fight under Sacchi's "colorful glasses", which may be the last World Cup in their careers. Now, it is still in Zhuang Mingge's "previous life", which makes many Italian fans regret it.

"Daniele Massaro!"

"Pierluigi Casiraghi!"

In the gentle and cautious tone of Italian Football Association President Pero, the final suspense on the list was finally revealed. This is obviously not a satisfactory "answer". After the list was announced, the suddenly "hot" atmosphere at the press conference was The best proof, but in front of the final result written in black and white, everything in Zhuang Mingge's memory will remain unchangeable.

Mancini and Vialli are two more tragic stars!In front of the wheel of fate, even if the heart is unwilling, the head has to hang down slowly, leaving only a few long sighs...

ps1: The part between Chapter 50 and Chapter 51 is too harmonious, so in order to avoid being poisoned by a bitch, the author decided to enjoy it by himself. Readers, please make up your own mind...

ps2: 1600 votes will be added tonight~