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Chapter 259 Red and Black Years Rain in Tbilisi
In the end, the score of this world-renowned Milan Derby was finally fixed at [-]:[-]! !
In the post-match press conference, Mourinho unexpectedly first congratulated Basten. However, when talking about the title of this season's Serie A champion, 'Magic Bird' still did not show any weakness , I think that Inter Milan is the most competitive one! ! !
At the press conference after the game, Basten expressed his satisfaction with the score, but it was the last sentence of the Dutchman that made the reporters on the scene bleed...

"In some positions, our players are not performing well... After the next national team game week,... I hope to see some changes..."

Some of the positions that Basten mentioned were very clear to the reporters at the scene. Basten pointed directly at the right back Zambrotta in this game. In the game, the main right back of the Italian national team showed his old age. , especially in the second half of the game, it was extremely embarrassing to be broken by Balotelli...

However, Basten praised Abate, who came on as a substitute for Zambrotta and served as a right back...

"Abate? He performed well, he knew what to do when he came on the field..."

Regarding Xiangnan's performance in this game, Basten summed it up in one sentence, "Andre's performance was even better than the first game. In fact, I have confidence in him..."

After the match day, the Apennines media, when summing up the 'Milan Derby', described it like this...

"Compared to the long season, this game will arrange the Milan Derby in the second round of the league. The result of the game has no meaning for the league champion... This game is more of a test of the summer new signings of both sides. Result? Not bad... Andre proved his worth and Eto'o proved he is one of the top goalscorers on the planet... Huntelaar? He also scored, he let Basten not worried……"

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After playing the 'Milan Derby', Xiang Nan and his teammates from the domestic national team set off from Malpensa Airport in Milan, took a flight, and arrived in Rome directly to join the Italian national team, and then head to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia , preparing for the 9 World Cup European qualifier against Georgia on September 5th, Italy...

Among the AC Milan players recruited by Lippi this time, there are Pirlo, Ambrosini, Zambrotta and Xiangnan. Gattuso was not selected because of a knee injury. In fact, in the new season Since the beginning, Gattuso has never had a record in the league...

On September [-], [-], the entire Italian national team took a flight from Pisa to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia...

Georgia's Argentine coach Cooper had previously coached Inter Milan, and he also called up Palermo striker Miche de Lize and AC Milan defender Karadze, two players who played in the Apennine Peninsula.The last time Georgia won an official game was in October 2007, when they beat Scotland 10-2 at home with their youth team.

Everyone thinks that Italy's victory over Georgia is no problem. In fact, even Lippi, the head coach of the Italian national team, said in an interview with the media...

"Georgia is a difficult opponent, Cooper is an experienced coach,... this game is not easy to play..."

However, it is estimated that in the heart of 'Silver Fox', the game against Georgia has been directly filtered out. He is thinking about the next game, which is also three days later, the game against Bulgaria at home...

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Xiang Nan has no impression of the country of Tbilisi, er, if there is any connection between him and this country, it is that AC Milan's defender Karadze is a Georgian, and he is also a Georgian The captain of the national team, although, since the start of the new Serie A season, Karadze has not even got a chance to play for a minute, but in Georgia, he is still a veritable core leader...

After getting off the plane, the pattering rain in Tbilisi gave Xiangnan a strange feeling, which reminded him of the famous song "Tbilisi" written by Vitas when he was [-] years old. The Rain of Sri Lanka...

"The rain in Tbilisi

It's raining in Tbilisi
white zhiguli car
like a spaceship
Mercedes on the road
fall in love with you
can't i be happy like a child
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I finally understand that I love you
Now I'm still living for that unattainable dream
May the day when we meet here will come
We will walk into the rain of Tbilisi together
It’s like walking into that happy auditorium.”

The first time Xiang Nan heard this song was when he was in middle school in Liege, Belgium. The reason why this sad song with a touch of happiness and pursuit makes Xiang Nan unforgettable, because it is precisely Under the atmosphere of this song, in a birch forest, a Chinese boy named Xiangnan lost his first kiss...

Xiang Nan even remembered that the bold girl's name was Kelly. You know, at that time, Xiang Nan was a real 'kissed'...

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Perhaps it was the pattering rain in Tbilisi that extinguished all the artillery fire of the Azzurri. In a sweltering match in the rain, Italy unexpectedly, the manic noise of nearly [-] fans in Tbilisi In a [-]:[-] draw with the Georgians, when the referee, the Polish Borski, blew the whistle for the end of the game, Lippi's face became as gray as Tbilisi's on the sidelines. The sky is the same... Ugly...

Xiang Nan started the game. At the end of the first half, Xiang Nan broke into the penalty area and was about to shoot. He was pulled down in the penalty area by Georgian defender No. 6 Kizanishvili. Italy won An undisputed penalty kick, Pirlo hit the penalty --- [-]:[-]! ! !

Everything, it seems, is so normal. When Pirlo scored a penalty kick, Lippi was on the sidelines, and in the light rain in Tbilisi, he smoked a cigar by himself, and the faint smoke released Silver Fox's good mood...

However, after the opening of the second half, the situation changed suddenly. First, the Georgian striker and Palermo striker Michedliser received a pass from No. 10 Konya in the penalty area, and broke the goal guarded by Buffon with a header. At the [-]th minute of the game, Nan hit the goal post with a strong shot. He was also knocked down by Kaladze who returned to the defense because of the supporting leg after the shot, so he had to leave the field injured...

In the next nearly [-] minutes, the two sides did not score any more goals, and the score of [-]:[-] was maintained until the end...The Georgian also gained the second point since the start of the European qualifiers for the [-] World Cup in South Africa...

At the post-match press conference, Lippi formulaically congratulated his opponents... "Koopa is a great coach, Georgia is a strong team... a draw? Everyone has seen this game, our opponents did not Not weak..."

Maybe it was because of Cooper's smug and happy expression. In short, after answering a few questions from the reporters, Lippi left the press conference in a hurry. Cooper's face was ashen from the back, but he understood that no matter what, the title of the coach of the [-] World Cup champion was not covered...

After returning to the hotel, Lippi was most anxious about Xiangnan's injury. At the same time, the 'Silver Fox' had greeted Karadze many times in his heart. This game can be seen completely. Without Xiangnan, the Italian national team , in terms of offense, almost completely messed up, Lippi understands that his team has suffered from a kind of 'Andre dependency', but 'Silver Fox' also knows that there are superstars like Xiang Nan, It's impossible for any team not to organize around him...

Fortunately, the diagnosis by the team doctor of the Italian national team showed that Xiang Nan's injury was not serious, and he should be able to catch up with the focus of the battle with Bulgaria at the Olympic Stadium in Turin three days later...

If, in this game, Italy can beat Bulgaria at home, they will get tickets to the World Cup in South Africa two rounds in advance... So... there is no room for loss in this game! ! ! !
On September [-], [-], at [-]:[-], the Georgian National Airlines flight on which the Italian national team players took off from Tbilisi International Airport, headed for Turin, the training ground of the Italian national team...

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Just before the flight of the Italian national team arrived in Turin, Turin International Airport was surrounded by a large number of media reporters. After Italy drew with Georgia, which was at the bottom of the group, there was an uproar in the entire Apennine Peninsula. Among the fans and the media, there was a feeling of distrust towards the team. The Turin Post even wrote a headline on its front page, "Except for Andre, everyone is an ostrich!!"...

In the next game against Bulgaria, although Italy beats their opponents, they may qualify two rounds ahead of schedule, but, correspondingly, once Italy loses, the point gap between him and the second-ranked Ireland will be narrowed. To [-] points, and after the game against Bulgaria, on October [-]th, Italy will challenge Ireland in an away game. Once Italy loses, Ireland will directly surpass Italy and get a place to qualify directly...

What's more, once Italy loses to Bulgaria and Ireland, Italy will even lose its No.2 ranking, and even the chance of play-offs will be GAME-OVER...

The attention of the entire Apennine Peninsula is on the Turin International Airport, or [-] days later, the match with Bulgaria...

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