Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar Italy in front of him, Zhuo Yang couldn't help but sigh a little.

Familiar because he had been proud of Serie A for three years and had made many friends there, there was no one in the Italian team that he didn't know. is unfamiliar, because there are not many old internationals with whom he has been with day and night.

The Italian national team has always been based on the top three in the north, and the Milan duo occupy half of them. But looking at it today, the only people from Milan in the starting lineup are Meng Ergo, Jia Baye and Zambrotta.

Not to mention the nine masters, Neimeiren, Pharaoh, and Toldo, who have announced their retirement from the national team four years ago, Ambrosini, Borriello, Bonella, Abbiati, and Materazzi, who have been rooted all these years, have not been selected into Lippi's squad, plus Piero, Grosso, Totti, and other famous players, this Italian team is indeed very strange to Zhuo Yang.

This World Cup, as in previous editions, has many famous players absent, and the most regrettable thing is that Beckham and Ballack, with their age, can no longer have a future.

The 35-year-old was diagnosed with a torn Achilles tendon in his left foot after picking up an injury at AC Milan's match against Chievo in Serie A in March, and was expected to be out for three months at best. On that day, when Xiaobei was carried out of the field on a stretcher, he seemed to anticipate the seriousness of the situation, he held his head in his hands, and tears kept falling from his fingers.

Beckham loaned to AC Milan twice, the most important purpose was for the World Cup in South Africa, but after this injury, the World Cup finally became a dream. This summer, Beckham was an official accompanying the England national team, and the specific responsibilities are unknown, and from time to time a three-piece suit and leather suit appeared in the camera.

The 33-year-old was also a tragedy, less than a month before the start of the World Cup, he was trampled on by Germany-born Ghanaian international Boateng, who played for Hertha Berlin, in the FA Cup match against Portsmouth, and was later diagnosed with a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right ankle.

Ballack has been captain of the German national team since 2002 and has had two goals in his footballing life: the Champions Cup and the World Cup. Ballack has won seven titles in his career, but it is his 13 runner-up finishes, which appear to be Guinness World Records.

The legendary 'King of Sanya' in 2002 can only erase the mark with the Champions Cup and the World Cup. That year, Zhuo Yang joked with Barak and suggested that he go on vacation to Hainan Island in China, where there is a very beautiful city of natural water - Sanya. Barak's face was blue.

Ballack also came to South Africa with the national team, and followed the team leader Bierhoff all day long to do some things on the field.

The most traumatic absences of this summer were Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, and with this departure there is no way to go, and the World Cup may be the farewell to two of the unrivaled football elves of the past.

In last season's Brazilian Liga, Ronaldo was not an absolute mainstay in Corinthians, but he still maintained an average efficiency of one goal in two games. It's just that Dunga, who is very European, never considered bringing Ronaldo to South Africa from the beginning, and his style of play is very Brazilian, not the type Dunga likes.

Ronaldinho was also selected from the squad for this reason, and his performance at AC Milan this year was not good enough to convince the public. Under his influence, it is not surprising that Pato, who has become more and more fond of 'juggling the ball' and lacks goalscoring efficiency, has been defeated.

AC Milan's top scorer last season was Inzaghi, and Jiuye's 18 goals also ranked sixth in the Serie A scorers' list. This time, Lippi made a special trip to ask the ninth master to go out of the mountain to help him, but the ninth master did not agree. The 37-year-old demon knife can no longer withstand continuous tossing, and with the current realm of the ninth master, everything is floating clouds, including football and goals.

Also declining Lippi's invitation was Nesta, whose strength since Milan's treble was enough to push captain Cannavaro off the bench, but that was one of the reasons why he refused to come out again. The fairy-like Nesta just wants to enjoy the last days of football in peace, and fame and fortune are all things outside of him.

Jiu Ye and Neimei don't take the World Cup seriously, but some people are looking forward to it but never get Lippi's favor. Borriello, who scored 15 goals this season, was unable to play in the qualifiers and the boss finally gave up on him, and AC Milan captain Ambrosini was not called up because of his gradual decline to mediocrity.

King Totti of Rome also withdrew from the national team four years ago, but this time he didn't know if he couldn't suppress the blood in his body, and he yelled and expressed his willingness to play for the national team again. However, Lippi politely said: Hey, I don't have a good signal, I can't hear clearly......

The same happened to Piero, who and Totti were both hated by Lippi because of their style of dominance. They have to be the core when they play, and the coach with excellent ability can still endure it when he is young, and naturally no one wants to give them up after they are old.

Among Zhuo Yang's friends, Flamini was not selected for the French team due to style problems, and he didn't care at all when he listened to his tone. Another famous man who did not come to South Africa was Riquelme, but he was a bit gossipy.

In fact, Maradona admires Riquelme, he has always been a frequent visitor to the old Malaysian national team in the early stage, and he can't wear No. 10 but No. 8 is still fine, but things are bad because of the temper of Maradona and Riquelme.

Riquelme has a younger brother named Christian, and the two brothers have a good relationship. In 2002, Christian was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, and his brother ransomed his brother back with 160,000 yuan in bargaining.

Christian and Aguero are young, and their relationship is very porcelain. That year, two young men in white fell in love with Giannina Maradona, the daughter of the football king. Maybe Aguero played better, maybe he was more handsome, and Giannina and Aquinn became lovers.

But Christian was unwilling to admit defeat like this, and still pursued Gianina, three text messages a day, and one phone call every two days. Until Giannina became pregnant with Aguero's child, he still had no regrets.

For this reason, not only did Aguero and Christian break up completely, but also angered the football king who loved his daughter. Maradona once said that he could die for football, but he could give up football for the sake of his two daughters.

The king called Riquelme and asked him to restrain his brother. If Riquelme knew how to be a man, in fact, he would not do anything after verbally agreeing, and he would just go back to Lao Ma and say that he really couldn't control his younger brother.

However, Maradona is the number one stubborn in the football world, and Riquelme is also a super stubborn. He was stunned and straightened his neck and said: I have a fart relationship, let them solve it themselves. The angry ball king directly dropped the phone.

Looking back, Riquelme felt that it was not a taste, Maradona would definitely not let himself go, and he would definitely find an excuse to expel him from the national team. The more I thought about it, the more real it became, Riquelme never wanted to be pickled, so he preemptively announced his retirement from the national team in the media.

Dozing and handing the pillow, Maradona laughed angrily.