Owen's departure took away what little fighting spirit Newcastle had left, and they chose to give up in the final twenty minutes of the game due to a lack of physical strength and will.

Arsene Wenger is also well aware of the principle of taking it when he sees it, and after seeing Newcastle recover all the lines, he also cooperated to make adjustments, and the captains Fabregas and Gala, who have been in full attendance so far this season, have both been replaced, and Diaby and Djolu have been replaced, and the team's offensive has slowed down.

In the end, the game ended with a score of 3:0, but everyone was no longer concerned about the score of the game, but about Owen's injury.

With the international break just around the corner, Owen was hopeful of once again appearing in the England squad for the England squad and joining Wayne Rooney in a formidable attack, but the injury cast a shadow over his international career.

The diagnosis was soon announced, and the ankle fracture was crushed!

This result caused everyone to be in an uproar, what kind of ankle is this, just like this, it was broken and shattered in one fell swoop?

Of course, they don't know that the ankle joint is one of the most vulnerable parts of the athlete, and Owen has had many surgeries in this position, and his ligaments have long been unable to protect the joint part, although Van Persie only kicked his heel, but the moment he slumped on the ground when he landed was the key, and this kind of power is no longer something that Owen can withstand today.

Once again, the national team dream was shattered, and Owen shed sad tears in front of the media, which brought him countless greeting cards and postcards, but could not exchange that broken heart.

At a time when the English media were reporting on Owen's injury. Descartes has already taken a flight back to Italy, and his target is Corviziano, the training base of the Italian national team, the "blue house" in the mouth of the media.

This time, Descartes really feels at home, because there is a coach Lippi who is both familiar and unfamiliar to him, as well as his former teammates Pirlo, Cannavaro, Buffon and others.

In his first World Cup, Descartes only got a minute on the pitch, but he was helped by the veterans in training and he learned a lot from them. A year after being expelled from the national team by Donadoni. Being able to reunite with these old friends naturally has endless topics to talk about.

However, this group of teammates is most interested in the scandal between Descartes and Cristiano Ronaldo and Zhenma.

Although this scandal has long since changed from news to "old news", it is definitely very different from the media reports when you hear it again. So this is a past that Descartes no longer wants to talk about. But it has become the most common topic of ridicule in the mouths of these old guys.

This can't be blamed on these old guys' poor mouths. After this summer's transfer turmoil, Ronaldo has become the "first brother" of world football, and he broke the world football transfer record set by Zinedine Zidane. He is also far ahead in the upcoming Ballon d'Or and the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, it can be said that he is already the most well-known player in world football today, and Descartes can "snatch love" from under him, I believe this is something that everyone will gossip about.

Descartes was speechless in the face of this group of old, old, but not old in heart, he casually perfunctory a few times these unscrupulous guys, and then turned to devote himself to active training.

After the first announcement of the squad and the adjustment of the players' injuries and other circumstances, Lippi gathered for the first round of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in South Africa on September 6 against Eastern European side Cyprus.

It's a standard belly that the world doesn't think they pose any threat to Italy, and even though Italy is in the midst of a painful transition, the media is still focusing on the national team roster, not their opponents.

Compared with the first list announced a few months ago, there are several new names in this national team, Dosena from Liverpool, Bocchietti from Genoa, Gambellini from Fiorentina, and Foggia from Lazio, these are all new faces of the national team, and Piero and Cassano are absent from the front line, replaced by Di Natale, Toni, Pazzini and Gilardino, Descartes.

The later "life thinker" Ba Shen, who had just obtained Italian citizenship on August 13, was then called up to the Italian U21 youth team to prepare for the European U2 Youth Championship.

Like Donadoni, Lippi struggled with the lack of world-class players up front, but he had more vision than Donadoni and he recruited Descartes, who he had always been optimistic about, because he always believed that Descartes had the potential to become a superstar.

Yes, although Descartes has made a name for himself in England at the moment, he is not yet a world-class star, he must prove himself on the stage of the World Cup or the European Championship to be called "world-class", and this World Cup qualifier in South Africa is the first step on his road to fame.

Descartes observed that in the Italian national striker, in addition to Toney's position can be guaranteed, the only person competing for the main position with him is the small striker Di Natale from Udinese, although the left-footed player has not performed very well in the European Championship finals, but he is already the only striker of the Italian national team who has scored a goal, and other people such as Iaquinta, Quagliarella and others have not scored a goal in total, and Di Natale has scored one in the game against France.

As for the other Milan striker, Gilardino has not been able to live up to expectations at the club, and he and Toney have overlapped functions, and the two have not appeared much in the forward line for the national team, making him little of a threat to Descartes.

However, Di Natale is a left-footed player, which means that he is destined to appear more on the left side of the team, so Descartes is confident in his future in this national team, and he believes that Lippi is different from Donadoni. Since you have recruited yourself, you will definitely not put yourself on the bench.

Lippi really did not disappoint Descartes, in the team's internal training, after several training sessions of adjustment, he immediately put Descartes on the side of the yellow vest lineup, which shows that in Lippi's mind, Descartes has occupied a main position, which is a great encouragement to him, but also a very high expectation.

There is just one more question, whether it is Mr. Mankald or Mr. Donatoni (head coach of Pavia's senior team). Including Arsene Wenger. They usually put Descartes into the second half, so what will Lippi do with him?

On September 6, at the Papadopoulos Stadium in Cyprus, Lippi gave his final answer.

Descartes remained unincluded in the starting line-up. Looks. Lippi also learned a hand from Arsene Wenger. Descartes, who played in the second half, was the most powerful Descartes.

Italy's starting line-up for this game was goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, and Cannavaro, who retired from the national team due to injury at the European Championships at the back, re-wore the captain's armband. He was partnered by Cindy Gambellini, from Florence, flanked by Zambrotta and Grosso to the left and right.

In midfield, Andrea Pirlo firmly occupies a place in the midfield, De Rossi managed to squeeze out Gattuso to take the main position, and the two wings are occupied by Camoranesi and Di Natale, who will be a sharp weapon for the Italian wide attack.

In the forward line, Toney unsurprisingly appeared in the starting lineup, as for his partner, Lippi unexpectedly chose Gilardino who had just recovered from injury, rather than Pazzini, who was in better form, and Gilardino's club background gave him a natural advantage.

After this starting lineup was announced the day before the game, it was called "killing chickens with a knife" by the Italian media, Gilardino, Cannavaro and several other players have just recovered from injury, but Lippi chose to let them start, which will undoubtedly make the media feel overkill, Lippi is too cautious and careful.

However, the course of the game quickly proved Lippi's foresight, as the Cypriot national team, dubbed "the belly of the fish" by the media, put on an astonishing display of fighting power on their home turf before the game, taking the lead just 13 minutes into the game.

Italy and the Cypriot national team have played each other a total of 6 times in the past, with an absolute advantage of 5 wins and 1 draw, so it is not unreasonable for the media to think that this game is just a formality, but they have also forgotten that Cyprus can always burst out with great energy at their home stadium, they have defeated the world champion France 2:1 here (the first defeat of the European Championship qualifiers here after winning the World Cup in 98), and also defeated Spain 3:2 and Scotland 2:1, These games have taught people a fact: don't underestimate the "belly of the fish" of Cyprus.

Italy's goal was due to their undermatch, just one minute into the game, Gambellini fell to the ground in the collision and dislocated his shoulder, the team doctor signaled that Lippi could no longer continue the game, and Lippi had to replace Barzagli with a gloomy face.

Then there was a mistake in the Italian defence, when Chararam Peters' cross from the right was headed at the back post by Cannavaro, and Gaposic knocked in from seven yards before Buffon could even reach out.

After conceding the goal, Italy finally picked up their spirits, and they realised that the Cypriot national team is not an underdog to be left to the mercy, and if they do not show their full strength, they are likely to be the boat that capsits in the gutter.

In the 28th minute, Grosso and Di Natale combined on the left wing, Grosso stepped forward to attract the attention of two opponents, Di Natale cut inside on the side and volleyed the ball into the corner of the goal from 20 meters out.

The Italian team was in high spirits after the equaliser, bombarding the Cyprus goal, and as they were about to score a second goal, they were hit again when Grosso broke his ribs while scrambling for a corner in the box and had to be stretchered off the pitch again.

Folding two defenders in a row, Lippi had to push back the time of Descartes' play, and if he used up three substitutions at halftime, what if he injured another in the second half?

So it wasn't until 15 minutes before the end of the game that Descartes finally got his first chance to play after returning to the national team, and the score was still 1:1.

Descartes came out to replace not Milan striker Gilardino, but Toney, who had a mediocre performance in this game, because Lippi saw that the situation was not good, so he simply changed the formation to 433, Di Natale became the left winger, Gilardino was in the middle, and Descartes played the position of right winger.

352 does not mean that it must be attacked, but 433 is definitely a recognized formation for all-out attack, except for Mourinho's strange configuration of 3 backs, I have not heard of any team that discharges 433 for defense.

Lippi's change of formation gave the Italian players a very clear signal: the boss is very dissatisfied with this game, if he doesn't score again, he will have your good fruit to eat!

The Italian team that was spurred on then launched a more fierce attack, and there was a storm in front of the Cyprus goal, Gapositic, Chararam Peters and others received yellow cards one after another, and the left-back Nicolao even had cramps, but the fighting spirit of the Cypriots was very tenacious, and they gritted their teeth to resist the Italian attack, and the time went on until the 89th minute, Italy still failed to overtake.

Just when the Italian media were waiting for the game to end and the team was upset in the first round, Descartes stood up and told everyone how wise Lippi was to recruit him into the national team!

Gilardino received a desperate long pass from the back line in the front field, knocked back with his heel on the right side of the penalty area, and Camoranesi, who was following him, made a feint to shoot, but picked the ball to the left side the moment his right foot touched the ball, and here, the Cartesian ball arrived, and a volley ruthlessly pierced the door that Cyprus held for 60 minutes!

The goal silenced the nearly 30,000 Cypriot fans in attendance, but it caused excitement to be heard on countless television stations in Italy.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！ Descartes, Descartes, Descartes! Donadoni, did you see it, did you see it, you idiot, did you see it??!!! This is the roar of a commentator on the local television station in Milan, Italy, who is also a staunch supporter of the original "Reverse Multisport", and is said to be a fan of Descartes, who has been following his games since he was a child.

His roar was undoubtedly revenge for Donadoni's rejection of Descartes in the first place, what did Donadoni's brain think about such a good player?

Descartes' goal saved Italy from being held to a draw by a weaker team in the first round, and also opened up his account for the national team, which was of great significance to his career. (To be continued......)