The Era of Emerald

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The five-day training time passed quickly. In the early morning of June 6, Maldini Sr. held a press conference as scheduled at the training site, publicly announcing the 3-man roster that will represent the Italian national team in the European Cup. ↖,

Compared with the Italian national team in the same period of history, the 22-man roster announced by Maldini has changed to a certain extent.

The first person to be kicked out was the zebra prince Pierrot.Due to Fiorentina's strong performance and Italy's successful victory in the World Cup in France two years ago, the old Maldini no longer has the superstitious belief in Piero as in history, and he will not still stand against the crowd when he is in a sluggish state Take him on the train to the European Cup.

Therefore, in the Italian squad for the European Cup this time, the first one to be crossed out by the old Maldini is naturally Delphi, who only scored one goal in sports in the league this season (the other eight are penalty kicks). Pierrot!

In addition to Piero, Fiorentina veteran Ferrara and Juventus defender Iuliano also missed the final list of 22 people.The former is mainly because he has served as a substitute in Fiorentina for a long time after his comeback, and his performance in several appearances is also ups and downs. Naturally, the old Maldini will not bring such a veteran who cannot guarantee his state to the European Cup; Much simpler, that is because the Fiorentina gang headed by Vieri, Nesta and others have a very bad relationship with this traitor teammate, and most of them are the pillars of the team that Maldini relied on very much!

Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of the locker room and the harmony of the atmosphere in the team, the old Maldini had to exclude Juliano.However, apart from Juventus fans, not many people complained about Juliano's loss-who made this guy give his old club a bad review after switching to Juventus?If I take the initiative to jump out and die, I can't blame others for doing the trick.

In addition, the original third goalkeeper Antonioli was robbed of the main position in Bologna by Pagliuca, coupled with the fact that Barthez, who is not stable but still outstanding, is still standing in front of Rome. In the past year, he didn't get many opportunities to perform, and the position of the third goalkeeper was naturally obtained by Peruzzi who played for Inter Milan.

In the end, a total of seven people from Fiorentina were selected for the Italian national team's squad for this European Cup, namely Toldo, Nesta, Di Livio, Zambrotta, Pirlo, Vieri and Philippe. Inzaghi.At the last moment, the old Maldini decided to bring the more experienced and more stable Antonio Conte, excluding Gattuso from the squad.

Among the seven shortlisted, only Inzaghi's selection has caused some minor controversies.After all, Pippo has only scored [-] league goals this season, and his playing time is quite limited, and Vicenza center C. Lucarelli and Turin striker Ferrante who are ahead of him are also considered by many A good choice, there is absolutely no need for the old Maldini to call Inzaghi into the national team.

Little did he know that the reason why the old Maldini chose to recruit Inzaghi was precisely because of his experience as a substitute in Florence this year-since Inzaghi was able to survive in the cracks of several top strikers and maintain a very High scoring efficiency, then when it comes to the European Cup, it can naturally be counted on at critical moments.

What's more, Inzaghi, who has been fighting with Florence all the year round, has extremely rich experience in competitions, and his strength has also been recognized by most people. Therefore, although there are some controversies about his selection, in general, there are opposition opinions The people are only a very small part.

After the old Maldini announced the 22-man roster, Juliano and Gattuso, who were shortlisted for the initial 40-man roster but ultimately lost, looked disappointed, and Piero hid in his room and cried bitterly. Runny nose—Prince Zebra realizes that losing this time means that he will never have the core position in the Italian national team that he had in Juventus!

Among all the unselected stars, only Roberto Baggio's expression is still calm. The melancholy prince who has experienced countless ups and downs has already passed the age of great joy and sorrow, and the World Cup champion two years ago has already passed him. Most of the wishes, so Baggio himself was very calm after getting the news.

Roberto Baggio's defeat did not surprise people's expectations. After all, unlike Inzaghi, who has the opportunity to play from time to time, but the time has shrunk, the melancholy prince has never played for Inter Milan under the pressure of Lippi this season. No one can tell how many games and how the competitive state is, so it is understandable for the old Maldini to abandon the team's hero who won the World Cup in France.

Although this Italian national team composed of 22 players can be said to be extremely strong in the eyes of outsiders, Maldini Sr. himself has a different view.

The first is the goalkeeper position. The original first goalkeeper Buffon was accidentally injured in the warm-up match with the Norwegian team during the training camp. He will definitely miss the European Cup this summer; the original main goalkeeper Pagliuca has been in a state since leaving Inter Milan last season. This time, he didn't even make it into the big list; Abbiati is too young, with less than two seasons of top league experience, his main goal this time is to experience the atmosphere of the competition, and the old Maldini didn't have it at all. How much combat power can you expect him to provide to the team... In this way, the only people that the old Maldini can choose are Toldo and Peruzzi, a pair of goalkeepers with obvious advantages and disadvantages.

Regarding this situation, after worrying about losing a lot of hair, the old Maldini finally decided to play a competitive job, and decide who will be the starter and who will be the substitute based on the competitive status of the two.However, no matter how the old coach adjusts, Italy will not be able to send the strongest person in the goalkeeper position.

In addition, in terms of the choice of the core of the organization, due to Robert Baggio being suppressed this season and Piero's sluggishness, the Italian coach is also quite scratching his head-who made Robert Baggio and Piero suffer this season? An accident caused the old Maldini to choose from the young Totti and the younger Pirlo?

Although these two have performed quite well this season and do not lack experience in major competitions, the old Maldini, who has always sought stability, still feels that it is not safe.For this reason, the old man cursed Lippi a lot in his heart, saying that I could let Baggio take the two of them with him, but you are good, you are just making things up for me behind my back...

In this way, accompanied by this anxiety, the old Maldini took an Apennines team that was not in the strongest state (on paper) to the No.11 European Cup that will be held in the Netherlands and Belgium!