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Although the strategy adopted by the two teams in this game can be seen from the starting lineups of both sides, after the start of the game, the table of Italian players has once again refreshed people's perception of Italian football!

“Oh，mygod！” This was the most frequent sentence spoken by the Sky TV commentator in the five minutes after the game began, "It seems that we still don't know enough about the Italians' discipline and lower limit, and we thought that Coach Maldini was going to play a defensive counterattack in this game, but judging from the current situation, this semi-final will turn into a half-court offensive and defensive drill between the two teams of the Netherlands and Italy!" ”

That's right, although people's consistent impression of Italian football is a reinforced concrete defense and an unstoppable quick counterattack, no one thought that the old Maldini would ignore the so-called giants in this much-anticipated semi-final, and let all the players retreat from the beginning of the game, and put on an iron bucket formation in their own half, as if they wanted to defend with all their might!

The Dutch players, who have the advantage of being at home, also find it a little tricky to face Italy's sluggish defence, because although they are good at attacking, their strength lies in their speed and impact, and their ability to take chances and break through dense defence is quite average. Italy's iron bucket formation based on the two theories of chain defense and zone defense, if the opponent is a team like Barcelona that focuses on passing and cutting, it may create enough trouble for them, and the most feared is the kind of opponent who focuses on breakthroughs.

Although with the technical and attacking talent of these Dutch players, it is not a problem to play the same attacking football, but with a good winger such as Overmars, Zenden, Ronald de Boer, etc., they have taken the initiative to weaken this link, and Bergkamp and others in the middle are more responsible for the tasks of distributing the ball, grabbing points and making the final pass.

So, after the start of the game, although from the scene, Italy was suppressed by the host to the point that it could only defend within its own half, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the offensive of the Dutch team was only thunder and rain. For the most part, the Orange attack was a bit overwhelming before it reached Italy's penalty area.

This is also inevitable, after all, no matter which team is attacking, it will have this feeling of powerlessness when it finds that its three or four offensive players are at least facing the opponent's eight or more people in a systematic circle.

Although Zhuang Mingge has been emphasizing the importance of running and all-out attack and defense since he took charge of Fiorentina, and Purple Lily's domination of European football has also promoted the development of European football in a large way, the running distance of most players in this era is generally not as terrifying as ten years later, and there are still very few players who can run more than 10,000 meters in a game.

And the Netherlands is one of those teams that has not yet realised the importance of running!

Therefore, in this situation, the Dutch players had to pin their hopes of scoring on Kluivert, constantly passing the ball to him, hoping that he could rely on his individual ability to break through the Italian defensive system, so as to break the current embarrassing situation of no points.

And Kluivert scolded his teammates for this behavior in his heart at this time, although he can pull outside the penalty area to launch an attack, he is very confident in his ability, but this does not mean that he can pick three! Even if there is a Bergkamp by his side to help, then he will have to face two Italian defenders!

As a result, with the likes of Nesta and Cannavaro under the mark, it was difficult for Kluivert to comfortably receive passes from his teammates, let alone complete shots.

Seeing the attack hit a wall one after another, and realizing that it was too difficult to break through the Italian defense from the front, the nimble Dutch players couldn't help but start to use their brains. In the 23rd minute, Cannavaro fouled Bergkamp while defending, and Merck awarded a set-piece to the Netherlands.

However, while the Italian players and Merck were theorizing about Cannavaro's foul, Bergkamp kicked the ball out without waiting for the referee's whistle, and the inserted Cendon received the ball and quickly advanced along the left sideline, and at this time, Cannavaro, Albertini, and Zambrotta were still gathered around the referee, and they were caught off guard and had no time to defend! The unguarded Cendon took the ball and burst into the penalty area, and Nesta, who came from the middle to make a tackle, made a tackle but didn't touch anything!

I don't know if it's because his mind is too flexible, but Cen Deng played a clever trick at this good time, pretending to be shoveled by Nesta, and he fell to the ground in an attempt to cheat a penalty. However, Merck saw through Cenden's small abacus, decisively blew Cendeng's fake fall, and showed him a yellow card.

In this way, thanks to Zenden's death, Italy escaped by chance!

Maldini Sr., who was almost scared of a heart attack by the Dutchman's sneak attack, burst into a rage on the sidelines, yelling at his son Maldini Jr., who is also the captain of the team, to stop dwelling with the referee about the decision: "Paul! Defend and give me a little concentration! Don't let me remind you a second time! ”

However, what many did not expect was that the reminder of the elder Maldini did not seem to have much effect, because it did not take long for the Italian player to make a second mistake in the game!

In the thirty-ninth minute of the first half, Nesta, who has always shown a steady image, made a serious mistake! When he was about to receive the ball in the penalty area, Kluivert accidentally reached out and pulled the opponent to the ground without touching the ball with his outstretched foot!

Seeing that the evidence was conclusive, Merck decisively awarded a penalty to the Dutch team, and showed a yellow card to Toldo, who expressed strong dissatisfaction with the decision and roared loudly at herself!

"Oh! The Netherlands won a penalty! The commentator, who watched the dozens of minutes of offensive and defensive drills between the two sides, couldn't help but get excited, and shouted excitedly into the microphone, "This is the best chance for the hosts to break the deadlock on the field, if they can rely on this penalty to score, then the situation that Italy will face will become quite troublesome!" ”

Indeed, Italy, which focuses on defensive counterattacks, is a headache for many teams, but if they can score first in the game, then Italy's tactics are useless - after all, defensive counterattacks need to be used by both sides at the same starting line or when their own side is leading, if the opponent has the advantage in the score, who will be stupid to choose defensive counterattack?

The penalty was taken by Dutch captain Frank de Boer, who saw the Barcelona centre-back run before firing into the bottom right corner!

At this time, Toldo showed off his superhuman reflex speed and goalkeeping skills in front of fans all over the world. At the moment when De Boer shot the ball, Toldo, who was already ready to attack, immediately pounced on his left side, blocked De Boer's inevitable shot, and saved the flying ball from the bottom line!