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Chapter 167 The Premier League Years: The Rebellious Buffon

At the press conference before the game, there was a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

Donadoni and Van Basten, the two Milan coaches who came out of Milan San Siro, while remembering the past Milan years, also praised the opponent's coaching career. Although, the two former Milan stars, who They didn't hide their desire to win.

This game is also seen as a contest between two young coaches from Milan.

"Robert is a very good coach. I believe his coaching career will be as good as his player career. However, I don't want to meet an Italian in good condition today."

"Basten is the goal and idol of countless players. The current Dutch team is strong and difficult to deal with. What? Of course, Italy has its own style of play."

The most frequently asked questions about Van Basten, apart from his predictions and tactics for the upcoming games, are about Xiang Nan, the so-called 'Van Basten's successor'.

"Marco, do you think Andre is your successor?"

Facing the reporter, Van Basten replied with a smile, "Uh, no, he's not anyone's successor! He's Andre!!"

This is also the first time that Van Basten directly answered the question about Xiang Nan being his successor.

At the end of the press conference, Donadoni and Van Basten shook hands in a friendly farewell.

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Before the start of the Italy-Netherlands game, another group match in Group C, at the Letzigren Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, went to France and Romania.

In this game, Thuram, the veteran of the French team, represented the French team for the 141st time, and wore the captain's armband for the 15th time in the European Cup finals, which also set a record.

Thuram became the player who surpassed Zidane, Figo and Poborski, and played the most times in the European Cup finals.

In stark contrast to Thuram's creation record——
The match between France and Romania has become a veritable boring battle...

0:0! ! !

The first goalless draw of this European Cup was born at the feet of Donadoni's French team without any accident. First European Cup honors…

In the north locker room of the Suez Stadium in Bern, Xiang Nan and his teammates from the Italian national team have already learned the results of the match at the Letzigren Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, using Materazzi In other words——
"I knew this would happen a long time ago. This is Domenech's French team..."

Uh... I have to say that although everyone on earth knows the conflict between Materazzi and Donadoni, the Azzurri, who are good at defensive counterattacks, can't stand it anymore...

Enen, this is really embarrassing! ! !
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The Suez Stadium in Bern is already packed.

The blue battle flag of Italy and the orange flag of the Netherlands fluttered above the Suez Stadium in Bern. The waving flags and the unceasing passionate singing ignited the atmosphere of the Suez Stadium in Bern continuously, and the passion was burning.

The reporters in the press seats in the stands have already obtained the starting lineups of both sides:

Italy (4-3-2-1):
Goalkeeper: 1-Buffon;

Defenders: 2-Panucci, 6-Barzagli, 23-Materazzi, 19-Zambrota;

Midfielder: 8-Gattuso, 13-Ambrosini, 21-Pirlo/
11-Di Natale, 16-Camoranesi

Forward: 9-Luka Toni
Italy's formation is actually a 4-3-3 formation. Di Natale is responsible for organizing the frontcourt. The Udinese striker is called by Maldini. The current Italian national team has the most technical skills. Excellent player.

Compared with the starting lineup, the reporters noticed that the captain of Italy, Cannavaro, appeared in the stands, which made the injury of the Real Madrid central defender before the game look more serious than expected.

In addition, Xiang Nan appeared on the bench, which also attracted the attention of reporters. Will the player with the highest voice of UEFA rookie of the year play in the game?In other words, will the talented shooter who attracted the attention of the whole world on this Moscow night bring surprises to everyone?

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Netherlands (4-2-3-1):
Goalkeeper: 1-Van der Sar;
Defenders: 2-Oyer, 4-Matheson, 21-Bolarouz, 5-Van Bronckhorst;
中场：8-恩格拉尔、17-德容/18-库伊特、23-范德法特、10-斯内德；
Forward: 9- Van Nistelrooy
In the lineup of the Dutch team, the injured Robben and Babel are missing. Compared with Babel, it is obvious that Robben is more important in Van Basten's tactics.

What the reporters are interested in is, what kind of performance will the Dutch team without Robben have?
Also, Englar, the Dutch midfielder wearing the No. 8 jersey, who was praised by Gullit as a young rookie who is a mixture of Vieira, Makelele and Gattuso, will he shine? ? ! !

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"Hi everyone, I'm Tomasi. Welcome to the Suez Stadium in Bern. This will be the starting point for the Italian team to win the Delaunay Cup. Now players from both sides are about to enter the field."

That's right, it's Tomasi, the Turin commentator. Now, Tomasi is the gold medal commentator of Italian National Sports Channel. As for his partner? ! !
Uh... everyone must be familiar with that crazy narrator——
Dude Justin! !
"In the 15 confrontations between Italy and the Netherlands in the history, the Italian team has achieved 8 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses, scoring 22 goals and conceding 15 goals. The last time the Netherlands defeated Italy was 30 years ago. In 1978, Italy’s unbeaten record against the Netherlands has been maintained for 30 years. However, according to history, as long as the Dutch team can beat Italy in a large tournament system, they will be able to reach the final four.” Thomasi read here , turned his head to look at his partner Justin——
"Who made this information? It's so fucking nonsense. I think if Italy wins the Netherlands, they will definitely win the championship."

"I can't wait for Andre's wonderful performance. Now that Andre is a MAN, we have more reason to believe that Prince Andre of Turin will use his sharp weapon , pierced the Dutch line of defense."

Uh... It's been a long time, but Justin's commentary is still so evil...
'Prince Andrea of ​​Turin? '

Perhaps, in the hearts of Turin people, going south has become an indelible memory...

"Our heroic fighters have appeared, let us dedicate our greatest cheers to our fighters, they are the pride of the Apennine Peninsula, and the one who walks in the front is our captain, the safest security gate on the planet, Gianluigi - Buffon, followed by Materazzi, Barzagli, Panucci...."

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beep! ! !
With the whistle of the referee Flofidette——
The game started, and the Italian team kicked off first.

Toni knocks the ball back to Di Natale, the Udinese striker takes two steps and passes the ball back to Camoranesi…

Dutch fans booed deafeningly in the south stand of Bern's Suez Stadium as they tried to use their voices to influence the actions of the Italian national team players.

"Dangerous!! Materazzi almost made a serious mistake, and Buffon made a contribution."

The Suez Stadium repeatedly replayed the game. The game has been going on for 2 minutes, and the Italian team is still skillfully backwards in the backcourt. The Dutch team has not even touched the ball since the start of the game.The sky above the Suez Stadium was filled with huge orange boos.

When Materazzi received Gattuso's return pass, he chose to head the ball back to the goalkeeper, but the goalkeeper's strength was slightly weaker. Van Nistelrooy rushed to the horse and almost succeeded in the shot. Fortunately, Buffon did not attack in time. lead to danger.

...

"This is an obvious offside, Ruud van Nistelrooy is offside!! God, is the referee Flofidette's eyes fascinated by horse manure? This is an offside!!!" Justin roared angrily Sound, circling crazily.

"The goal is valid!! Flofidette showed a yellow card to the protesting Tony!! I have every reason to doubt how Flofidette got his referee qualification certificate!!!"

In the 25th minute of the game, the Dutch team won a free kick.

Van der Vaart's free kick from the right passed into the penalty area. The 196cm tall Dutch midfielder Engelal posed a huge threat to Buffon. In the end, the Italian goalkeeper chose to attack and hit the ball with a single punch, but he did not The ball hits far, Van Bronckhorst takes a strong long shot from the left corner of the penalty area, Van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, touches the ball lightly in front of the goal and makes it into the goal!
1 to 0! !
It's just that the slow motion shows——
"Van Nistelrooy is at least 30 meters offside!! I simply don't know the referee Flofidette, why would he say that he didn't see this obvious offside!!!" Justin's poisonous snake kept spraying Venom, falling on the floor of the Suez stadium, hissing...

But, no matter what, with Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal, the Dutch team temporarily leads the Italian team 1:0.

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If it is said that the first goal of the Dutch team is hugely controversial——
"The goal is scored!! Sneijder!! A powerful long-range shot!! Even Buffon is helpless!! 0:2!!! Italy is already standing on the edge of the cliff."

"I don't know why Donadoni sent Materazzi. When Sneijder took a long shot, Materazzi didn't go forward to block it. In front of Sneijder's thick thigh, Materazzi Qi is like a dancer who was raped!!!" Justin was already out of anger, and the moment of scoring the goal was replayed, faithfully recording all of this——
In the 30 minutes of the game, the Dutch team attacked. After Van der Vaart got the ball, he faced Panucci who was defending him. He pulled and dunked and shook the Roman defender away. Then he made a big long pass and hoisted the ball to the penalty area. left -
At the moment when Van der Vaart passed the ball, he made a smart forward move, on the left side of the penalty area, deftly diverted the header to the middle——
In the middle of the penalty area in Italy, there was an obvious gap! ! !

On the football field, a moment's mistake will pay a high price! !

Sneijder appeared in the middle of the penalty area like a dexterous leopard. Before Materazzi came up to press, Sneijder swung his right foot, and the slowly falling ball was almost deformed by the pump. The arc, crossing Buffon's ten fingers, turned into the net, and a snowflake swayed in the net...

2 to 0! ! ! !
Only in the 30th minute of the first half of the game, the Dutch team has already led the world champion Italy 2:0. This is a score that no forecaster or critic thought of before the game...

"What the hell happened?!! Is this the Italian team that relied on defense to win the 2006 World Cup?!!!" Tomasi's frustrated question mark hovered over the Suez Stadium and was infinitely magnified...

Until, it exploded with a bang! ! !
At this time, the live camera captured Donadoni's bewildered eyes on the coach's bench at the Suez Stadium. Obviously, the head coach of the Italian national team also wanted to know the answer to Tomasi's question! ! !
only--
Time is running out for Donadoni! ! !

Dudu! !
The referee Flofidette blew the whistle to end the first half, and Van Basten's Dutch team entered the locker room with a 2-0 lead.

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"Mr. Coach, you can't go on like this, this is not the Italian national team!! The fans will not be satisfied with our performance, and we will be ashamed of ourselves!!"

Before coach Donadoni entered the locker room, the veterans of the Italian national team headed by Buffon and Toni held a short meeting.

Xiang Nan and Abbiati looked at the veterans whispering aside, and from Abbiati's surprised expression, they already sensed that something was about to happen.

However, Xiang Nan never thought that this matter would be related to him.

Then at the door of the locker room, before Donadoni came in, Buffon, the captain of the Italian team today, found Donadoni.

Donadoni looked at Buffon in surprise. Obviously, the head coach of the Italian national team did not expect that Buffon, who has never expressed his opinion much, would suddenly stand up. Then Donadoni felt that the dignity of the head coach was being contemptuous. And defiant rage! ! !
"Gianluigi, very good!!" Donadoni tried his best to control his emotions, but obviously, he couldn't control it. "Tell me, what do you think should be done?"

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