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Chapter 145 Chapter 【002】Things about the European Cup【Please subscribe, monthly ticket】

Chapter 145 Chapter 【002】Things about the European Cup【Please subscribe, monthly ticket】

On June 6th, the most passionate month in Europe ushered in the midsummer, and the 7 Switzerland-Austria European Cup officially kicked off.But the Italian team will start their group opener on June 2008th. This time the European Cup Italian team was quite unlucky. They were assigned to the death group. The Netherlands and France in this group are both strong teams in Europe, and Romania is not weak in this group.It has to be said that there are no weak teams in this group.

Perhaps many Nadonis are also out of consideration in this regard, and have not given too many opportunities to young people. On the evening of June 2008, 6, the opening match of the 7 European Cup was launched between the Swiss team and the Czech team.At the beginning of the game, as the host, the Swiss team showed great strength, especially the performance of their defense, which gave people a bright feeling.However, the strength shown by the Czech team is not very embarrassing. The current Czech national team is not only weaker than the Czech national team in a few years.However, fortunately, their background is still there, and they beat the hosts by one goal in this somewhat dull opener.

After the game ended, the 2008 Switzerland-Austria European Cup officially kicked off, and the next players to play were the Portugal and Turkey teams where Cristiano Ronaldo was.Portugal showed their strength in this game, especially Cristiano Ronaldo. The strength he showed made Portuguese fans forget the depression of Figo leaving the national team. In this game, Portugal defeated the Turkish team cleanly with a score of 2:0.

The next Group B game officially kicked off. The Croatian teammates who left a deep impression on people in the 2006 World Cup surprisingly won another host Austria team, and then the 06 World Cup third place German team defeated Poland with 2 goals.These two games did not leave too much impression on people, but the young Croatian coach Radić left a deep impression on people.

On June 6th, the Italian national team ushered in their first opponent in the group stage, the Dutch team with strong players such as Sneijder, Robben, Huntelaar, Van der Vaart, and Van Persie.This is definitely a tough battle. The Italian Olympic team came to the stadium early under the leadership of head coach Casiraghi, waiting for the start of the game.At this moment, the cameras on the scene captured the entire Italian Olympic team, and their faces stayed in front of the TV screen for more than a minute.Seeing such a lineup, the commentators who commented on this game also had a lot of talk before the game. Of course, the loss of Xu Zhou and Montereyvo to the Italian national team was the most important part of their ridicule.

At 20 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the match between the Italian team and the Dutch team officially began.In the 15 confrontations between Italy and the Netherlands in history, the Italian team has achieved 8 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses, scoring 22 goals and conceding 15 goals.The last time the Dutch team defeated Italy was 30 years ago in 1978. Italy's unbeaten record against the Netherlands has been maintained for 30 years.In this game, Italy's advantage was also shown at the beginning of the game. Just 10 minutes into the game, the Italian team threatened the Dutch team's defense many times in a row, causing great chaos in front of the opponent's goal.

Seeing the start of the Italian team, everyone thought that the Dutch team would have a very difficult time in this game.However, in the 25th minute of the game, the scene suddenly changed. The Dutch team passed a free kick from the right into the penalty area. Buffon failed to hit the ball far in the melee in the penalty area. 1 to 0.The Dutch team, which was not dominant in the scene, took the lead to break the deadlock, but the slow motion showed that the Dutch team's goal player Ruud van Nistelrooy was offside before touching the ball.The Italian team strongly protested, but the referee Flofidette not only did not change the sentence, but also showed Tony a yellow card.

Perhaps this ball affected the emotions of the Italian players, and their performance was a bit abnormal in the following games.It stands to reason that this Italian national team is not inexperienced and should be able to face all this calmly.However, in the face of the strong impact of the Dutch team, the old Italian gradually couldn't support it.

Five minutes after conceding the goal, the Italian team was hit hard, and the Dutch team counterattacked quickly. After receiving a long diagonal pass from the left, Dirk Didier headed the ball to the center. 2 to 0, the Dutch team expanded its lead.

0 goals behind, the Italian team launched a fierce counterattack in the first half, but they were all blocked by the Dutch.During the intermission, the Italian team trailed the Dutch team with a score of 2:[-]. All the Italians looked solemn at this time.And the Italian Olympic team in the stands was even more clouded. They didn't expect the game to be like this.Xu Zhou and Montriveau looked at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight again, and the Italian team continued to attack. In the 50th minute of the game, Gattuso's Didier Dirk made a foul and received a yellow card.This is also a microcosm of Italy's subsequent games, and their actions have gradually increased.In the case of being unable to attack for a long time, Del Piero replaced Di Natale, and the offense has improved somewhat, but it is still a bit short of scoring goals.

In the 79th minute, the Dutch team once again instigated a classic counterattack. Van Persie formed a single shot from the left and then flatly pushed to the right. 3 to 0, the Dutch team expanded its lead.

At this time, all the Italian fans were staring at the stadium absently. There was no smile on their faces, but only pain.Although at the end of the game, Italy made a crazy attack, but the physical and psychological pressure made their last efforts come to naught. 0:3, Italy lost the first match of the 2008 European group stage, and even lost the 30-year advantage over the Dutch.

After the game, the Italian team and Donadoni were bombarded by the domestic media and some foreign media. They believed that the Italian team had lived up to their hopes and that the Italian team was really old.It is no longer possible to support the glory of Italy. If the Italian team wants to move forward, it must introduce new blood. Italian football can no longer stick to it.

After this game, the Italian team ranked last in the group with [-] points, almost everyone is not optimistic about the Italian team.Of course, the performance of the French team this year is not good, and there are also big internal problems.If Italy wants to qualify, then the match against France will be crucial.

In Group D, Spain's performance was shocking, beating the Russian team led by Guus Hiddink 4:1.Sweden defeated the Greek team with two goals. The current Greek team is no longer the super dark horse in 04. In this group, their strength is enough to qualify for the bottom position.

At the end of the first round of the group stage, there were many exciting games and many embarrassing teams.The performance of the traditional strong teams in this first round of the game is a bit disappointing. However, everyone believes that as the game progresses, these teams will definitely recover slowly.However, the second game of the Italian national team made Italian fans and fans all over the world feel angry. In the game against Romania, the Italian team even drew with their opponents.Now, the Italians need to smash the French team in the last round of the group stage. This is almost something the Italians don't want to see, but unfortunately, it happened to him.

The east wind blows on the eve of the war, and the drums beat at the beginning of the war.The Italians are ready to fight to the death, this game is a highlight of the final round of the group stage.Now the Italians have given the initiative to others. If they want to qualify, they must call the French team loudly, and they must go to the Dutch to kill the Romanians.

But the Romanians are not soft persimmons, and in the European Cup qualifiers, Romania's record against the Netherlands was one win and one draw.Therefore, in the battle against the Dutch, the Romanians still have an advantage.This puts a lot of pressure on the Italians, and now the Italians have to pray that the Dutch will use all their strength to deal with the Romanians.Before the game, Donadoni also appealed in front of the media, calling on the Dutch to treat the game in the spirit of fair competition.

It has to be said that in the final game, the Italians had to act according to the faces of others.However, the first thing they have to do is to ensure that they can kill the French, and then see if they have the form to qualify, so their primary goal now is to defeat the French.

Half an hour before the start of the game, there was light rain in the sky, which seemed to indicate something.In the 7th minute after the start of the game, Ribery fouled Zambrotta, but he sprained his left ankle and calf and had to be carried off by a stretcher. Domenech had no choice but to replace Ribery with Nasri, which greatly reduced the Frenchman's attack.This also eased the defensive pressure on the Italians, and it seemed that everything was moving in favor of Italy.

Now the Italians saw an opportunity, and they began to aggressively attack, frequently threatening the French defense. This French team posed a very big threat and caused some confusion to the French. At this time, the game came to a turning point!

(End of this chapter)