green winger

Chapter 125 Battle of Britain and Italy
I have to say that the Italian internationals guessed very accurately. Facing this England team, Zoff did come up with the lineup he is most satisfied with at present, but he made a small change before the game.

When this eye-catching British-Italian battle started on time at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the media from all walks of life and commentators from major TV stations were surprised.As an old rival who has been in love with each other for many years, every collision between Italy and England attracts people's attention, even this time it is a warm-up match.Because of the upcoming European qualifiers, this warm-up match was once hyped by the media as a test match for the coaches of both sides to determine the lineups of the two teams.What's more, he directly and boldly said that this game will determine the trend of the two teams in their respective groups in the next qualifiers.

Although such remarks are generally not accepted by people, it is conceivable that the players of the two teams are under pressure at the moment.

But this time Zoff surprised everyone, because at this time the formation of the Italian national team was not 4231 or the 4141 chain formation that Italy is good at, but the simplest 433.

That's right, it's 4-3-3, and what's even more unexpected is that this time the starting 11 players can be said to be beyond everyone's imagination. Hierro, Vieri, and Montella.The midfield is composed of Totti, Gattuso, and Zanetti, who put Zambrotta and others on the bench, and the defense finally let people breathe a sigh of relief. Tini led, Nesta, Cannavaro, Juliano guarded by four people, but then there was another heavy rotation, the goalkeeper was replaced by Buffon, who performed well in the European Cup. Toldo.

Italian coach Zoff's formation first broke everyone's expectations and put Piero on the bench. You must know that the prince of the Bianconeri, the darling of Italy, has always been the core player of the Italian team. This time unexpectedly was replaced by Inzaghi for the first time.

As the British Sky Sports TV commentator saw this starting list and said: "In the past nearly seven years, Del Piero, who is regarded as Baggio's successor, has been one of the unshakable core players in Italy. Although I don’t know why the Italian coach Zoff put him on the bench in this important game, but Inzaghi’s starting has to make people think, which is an extraordinary signal to the outside world.”

Indeed, people are so strange not because Inzaghi is not strong enough. On the contrary, Inzaghi, who is a terminator in Italy's current lineup, can be said to be more suitable for the team, but has always been inferior to Del Piero in the national team. It is undoubtedly a terrible signal for the outsiders that he got the starting chance in such an important game this time. Could it be that Zoff has already made a decision?

All this is because the most difficult thing in the Italian team is not who will play between Kenny and Vieri, or who will play between Buffon and Toldo, but who will play between Inzaghi and Del Piero!

After all, everyone knows that the former Apennine twin stars have completely fallen out at this moment. Not only is Inzaghi leaving AC Milan, but also because the news of the quarrel between the Italian players at the private celebration banquet after winning the championship has already caused trouble in European football. There is an uproar, and now people are concerned about one issue, that is, how Zoff will arrange for the two to achieve reunion, whether to let the two settle down or to deploy tactically, this is what people are concerned about.

And now everything seems to have a preliminary answer. Compared with Kenny replacing Vieri, it is not so noticeable. After all, Vieira has just recovered from his injury and Kenny is in the limelight. , Such a trade-off is also under speculation.

So amid the doubts and speculations of TV commentators from various countries and the cheering songs of Italian fans as always, the warm-up match officially started.Listening to the singing of tens of thousands of Italian fans, Kenny took a deep breath. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. When Zoff really told him that he would get the chance to start, even if he restrained him repeatedly He couldn't completely hide his excitement, because this was his first start for the Italian national team.

Standing beside Inzaghi and receiving the ball from him, Kenny suppressed his excitement and started the game. He knew that as long as he succeeds this time, he will get more opportunities in the future!
After receiving the ball, Kenny turned around and gave the ball back to Totti who was following him. I don’t know whether the game was intentional or not. Ni more quickly entered his role.After the opening, the two sides entered into a short-term trial. Because of the international friendly match, this time, Italy, as the host, specially left about [-] tickets for the England fans who came from afar. The widespread praise from the media and fans also made the atmosphere in the stadium even more enthusiastic.

Because England fans never lack passion.

At this time, the acting head coach of England is Peter Taylor. He has been coaching the England U20 youth team before, and has no experience in coaching the national team or large clubs. The FA's appointment of him as the acting head coach can be said to be a transition. .And his predecessor, Kevin Keegan, had just been fired after the European Cup. As the head coach with the lowest coaching winning percentage of 38.9% in England's history, Keegan's only memorable contribution was in the European Cup. The 1-0 victory over Germany ended England's 30-year history of invincibility against Germany, but he had no achievements other than this.

So under such circumstances the FA found Peter Taylor to act as a temporary firefighter.For the FA's decision, Peter Taylor, an excellent staff member, could not resist and could not resist, so he could only accept the appointment obediently, and he ushered in a new chapter in his life with the idea of ​​being a monk for a day.It was the first time in his life to coach the national team, and his first opponent was the new European champion Italy.

However, Peter Taylor is not a fool. Although there have been reports in the media that the FA has picked Eriksson, he still wants to give it a go. After all, no one wants to be a salty fish forever, let alone now. His best chance is against Italy, who seem to be fine-tuning their lineup.

　Watching the game tonight, Portugal vs Chile, is there any book friends watching it together, the train starts at two o'clock on time.

　　Boldly predict a wave of fruit teeth 2:1,,,, hey, look forward to hitting the face.

　　
　
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