The Era of Emerald

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On the second day of the World Cup, the Apennines led by the old Maldini finally ushered in their first group match in the World Cup. Their opponent is the South American team that has the "double-sa combination" of Zamorano and Salas chile team.

Due to the sudden emergence of Florence in this world, under the influence of Florence, the old Maldini is gradually getting closer to Viola in terms of tactics. Start experimenting more with other tactical variations.For example, the four-three-three that Capello often uses in decisive battles, and the four-four-two formation that is dominated by small diamond-shaped midfielders as Fiorentina's regular style of play.

It is precisely because of this that Italy's 22-man roster for the World Cup in France has changed a lot compared with the list in Zhuang Mingge's memory-the two low-key and powerful factions of Moreno and Coyce were replaced by Totti and Pirlo's two teenagers took the place, and Costacurta, who was in a sluggish state, was also excluded from the squad by the old horse because of the sudden emergence of Materazzi. Di Biagio was left in Florence due to injuries Teammate Tomasi replaced the seat in the national team.

By the way, this time Panucci finally reversed the tragic fate of losing every major competition. He was selected by the old Maldini together with Zambrotta. The selection of these two full-backs made Torricelli and Pesotto These two players regretfully lost their chance to participate in the World Cup in France.

It can be said that there is no shortage of good defenders in Italy during this period. Pesotto, Torricelli, Zambrotta, Panucci, Bergomi, Benarivo... put these full-backs in any team. The national team has the ability to be the absolute main force, but in Italy, which is full of talents, they can only squeeze their scalps in order to enter the national team.

In Italy, the good friends Vieri and Inzaghi together with Roma teenager Totti formed the Italian trident in the frontcourt of this game. The task of organizing the attack.

Behind Baggio is Albertini and another Baggio in the Italian national team - Dino Baggio.Both of them are at the peak of their careers, and they are super midfielders who can attack and defend well, so this combination of double midfielders is enough to provide double insurance for Italy's defense line; on the defense line, the right side is Zambrotta , Panucci was put on the bench, Nesta and Cannavaro, who replaced Ferrara as the starter, partnered with the central defender, and the left back was still the unshakable Maldini Jr., the world's best left-back The defender can be said to be the most discussed existence in the entire national team.There is no other reason, just because this time Paolo Maldini and his father Maldini Sr. appeared side by side in the World Cup at the same time. This rare scene of father and son playing together will naturally arouse heated discussions among people. .

Standing in front of the goal is Pagliuca from the Inter Milan club. Obviously, the old Maldini trusts this goalkeeper who played well in the World Cup in the United States four years ago.Whether it is Toldo or Buffon, they still seem a bit too immature compared to Pagliuca, far from the latter's sense of stability and security.

In this way, the formation of Italy in the first game of the World Cup finally surfaced.Obviously, the old Maldini intends to use this first group match with the Chilean national team to observe how powerful the three-forward play style he arranged after Fiorentina can play in the World Cup.

However, before the Italians themselves expressed their opinions, the outside media took the lead in discussing the old Maldini's formation.After all, what impresses people the most in Italy is the reinforced concrete defense line and chain defense. This kind of four-three-three formation that pays more attention to offense is really rare. The Italian coach who dared to use this tactic in the competition It is even rarer.

So, under the watchful eyes of countless fans and the media, the old Maldini took his four-three-three formation and appeared with the players at the Saban del Polo Stadium on the evening of June 6.

Faced with the Chilean team led by Salas and Zamorano, Italy's debut in the World Cup in France was not perfect. Although Vieri opened the scoring for Italy in just 10 minutes of the game, he played for the traditional giants of Argentina. However, Salas of the River Plate Club unexpectedly scored two consecutive cities near the end of the first half, helping the Chilean team to reverse the score on the field!

However, although the Chilean's offense has surprised many people by surprise, the quality of their defense is obviously inversely proportional to their offensive end-whether it is Vieri and Philippe Inzaghi, or Roberto Baggio , and even the fledgling Totti can easily find a good chance to shoot in the restricted area of ​​the Chilean team.

It was also because of the drag of this cheating defense that Chile failed to hold on to the advantage of the ball when the score was ahead, and was smashed by the Italians with a tidal wave of offense, losing the first group match.

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Italian national team won [-]-[-] in the first game of the group stage with goals from Vieri, Inzaghi and Roberto Baggio. Overwhelmed the South American powerhouse Chile team and won a good start in the World Cup in France!

However, although Italy won the final victory, the Italian media were unanimously worried about the team's performance in the first game-it was scored twice by a team like Chile. Said, it is too abnormal.

Although everyone knows that Italy has always had the habit of slowing down, but it is so easy to be scored by the opponent, and it is still an unknown Salas (Note: Before the arrival of the Internet age, what European teams knew about players outside Europe Most of them are limited to their performance in the big competition, so it is normal not to know Salas at this time), is this kind of defensive quality really okay?

As a result, the Italian media and fans asked the old Maldini to change his formation in the next game after the game to consolidate his defense before attacking.However, the old horse who has made up his mind obviously will not change his decision easily, after all, he won the first game, right?This proves that this tactic has good practical value. The reason why two goals were conceded was more because of the lack of tacit understanding between Nesta and Cannavaro, which led to many loopholes in the team's defense. , not the fault of a certain formation.

In this way, in this uneasy atmosphere, six days after the victory over Chile, in the port city of Montpellier in southern France, Italy ushered in its second opponent in the group stage, the African lion Cameroon.