With last season's de facto treble winners AC Milan stripped of all honours and Serie A second-place Juventus relegated to the scoreline, the new season of the Italian Super Cup turned out to be between Prato and Sampdoria, who finished third in Serie A. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Chen Lin accidentally saved the old Mantovani who should have died in a car accident, Sampdoria's fate was also changed, and the powerful golden Samp team in the 93/94 season was retained. Italy's No. 1 goalkeeper Pagliuca was not replaced by the aging Zenga, the veteran Katanic was not forced to retire, and even the "pigtail" Gullit was not bought back to Milan by Berlusconi because of the chaos in AC Milan.

On the other hand, the elder Manvatoni has also begun to gradually revamp Sampdoria's slightly aging backline, with Sampdoria scoring a league-high 64 goals last season, but 39 goals were scored by their opponents, only less than Lazio in the top eight. This was when Viljovod and Pagliuca played exceptionally well, and as a result, the famous Yugoslav defender Mihajnovic switched from Roma to Sampdoria this season.

The already star-studded Sampdoria shines even more, with Italy's and even the world's best goalkeeper Pagliuca in the goalkeeper position, Manini, Michele Serena, Viljoward, Mihajnovic in the backline are all well-known names, midfield, Gullit as an organizational winger, and he shoulders the responsibility of the organization with Evani, the other wing is Yugovic, and the striker is the famous England midfielder David. Pratt. On the front line, Lombardo, who originally played in midfield, switched to striker after Vialli's departure, and the result was eye-catching, coupled with Mancini, who is known as not inferior to Baggio, the attack is amazing.

As for Prato, almost half of the newcomers have been added this season, and due to the interference of the World Cup and the trip to China to play commercial games, the team has hardly been fully trained until now.

It's just that Spalletti showed one of the skills of his future Serie A coach at this time, quickly kneading the team.

Spalletti also almost lined up the strongest lineup in his hand in this game, with Vieri and Inzaghi on the forward line, and in the midfield, Effenberg played as the forward midfielder, behind him, Tomasi, Veron, and Dunga lined up, which turned out to be a rare three-back configuration, while Leonardo, another powerful player who joined Prato, appeared in the left-back position, and he was partnered in the backline with Iuliano, Ayala and Zanetti, and the goalkeeper was still Toldo. The reason why I say almost is because Spalletti pressed the old horse to the bench.

This made many fans who came all the way to see the old horse in a bad mood and shouted one after another, but before that, Spalletti had specially communicated with Maradona, and there was no expression on the old horse's face at this time.

Not surprisingly after the opening, Sampdoria immediately launched a fierce attack on the Prato team.

In the 7th minute, Yugoslav midfielder Yugovic broke through on a flowing side and passed the new left-back Leonardo, although Leonardo has also played the left-back position in the Brazilian national team, and his defensive ability is not bad, but his main characteristics are smart skills and accurate left-sided crosses, and defense is not what he is best at. However, before Gullitt could react after passing the man, Dunga rushed over and shoveled the ball out viciously;

In the 13th minute, Sampdoria's midfield organization core Evani took the ball in the front court, and Veron immediately pasted it in front of him, after two years of edification in the Italian league, Veron's defensive ability has improved a lot compared with the same period in history, Evani lowered his center of gravity to control the ball at his feet, while watching the position of other Samp players on the field, a long leg rose behind him and stabbed the ball away, and it was the "tiger" Effenberg who did not know when to return to defense;

In the 19th minute, Sampdoria made a comeback, and Manini found David in front of him with a long pass from the back. Pratt, as a result, Platt found that Sampdoria's two strikers, Lombardo and Mancini, were being targeted by the opposing two central defenders. In this game, the reason why Spalletti abandoned Materazzi and did not send two central defenders to partner with one gang and one soft, but sent two "soft" defenders of Giuliano and Ayala, was aimed at the particularity of Sampdoria's two strikers. Lombardo was originally a midfielder, with excellent breakthrough ability with the ball, and he is also very good at passing, and Mancini is the best second striker in Serie A, one of the nine and a half players, most of the goals of the two are scored through wonderful cooperation and frequent cross-positioning, relying on body and speed to eat the opponent's ball very little, so Spalletti sent his best two marking central defenders, and the task he gave the two is to manage their own people no matter how the opponent changes, and do not let them catch the ball or let them pass, At least don't make it easy for them. That's exactly what Iuliano and Ayala are good at, and when it comes to marking people, putting together all the defenders in the world for the next decade, both of them can be ranked in the top 10.

Seeing this, Pratt had to adjust his pace and suddenly pull out a long-range shot, his long-range shooting ability was still very strong. However, for Toldo, who is tall and has long arms and amazing reflexes, the ball that may not be afraid of him is a long-range shot, and perhaps Buffon is counted, and he can be ranked first among the goalkeepers who are best at saving long-range shots in Serie A in the future. So Pratt's shot was easily saved by Toldo;

In the 26th minute, seeing that Evani was entangled by Effenberg and Veron in the middle, another organizer in the Sampdoria midfield, Gullit stepped up, he and Mihajnovic, Pratt did a series of collision wall cooperation, and quickly advanced the ball to the front, but there was always a Prato player next to him who was clinging to it like a dog skin plaster, following from the Sampdoria backfield to the front, a series of runs, even Gullit, who took the initiative to attack, was a little out of breath, but the other party was like no one. Tomasi, who only joined Prato this season, was given the main position as soon as he arrived in Prato, and it was in such an important game as the Italian Super Cup, which made Tomasi extremely excited, almost showing his perverted longitudinal running ability and pressing defensive ability, even in Gullit's honor, he felt tricky.

However, Gullitt is Gullitt after all, and although Tomasi's defense makes him feel uncomfortable, how many winds and waves have come, which can't affect his state of mind. He quickly analysed the situation on the pitch, and although Mancini and Lombardo were targeted, he also limited the opposition's two centre-backs, and the presence of strength in the attack could leave Prato's backline porous. So Gullitt decisively dribbled the ball to advance the sideline, although Tomasi kept pushing behind him, and also used his body to try to destroy Gullit's center of gravity with the ball, but was thrown out of position by several changes in Gullit's rhythm.

At this time, Zanetti flew up to meet him, Gullit glanced at Zanetti, made a forward kick action, tried to break through from the side and crossed the bottom, but after Zanetti reacted, he pulled the ball back sharply, and an extremely wonderful stop changed direction, turned into an inward cut with the ball, and went straight to the goal.

The 105,000-capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome was greeted with an astonishing roar, and it was clear that more than 100,000 fans were cheering for this wonderful action, but before Gullit could speed up, he made an extremely vicious tackle that knocked him to the ground with the ball.

The referee's whistle blew immediately, and next to Gullit, a stocky figure with an old face crawled up, patting the grass clippings on his body without saying a word, and it was Zanetti who everyone thought he had been deceived.