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The five-day training camp passed quickly, and on the morning of June 3, Maldini Sr. held a press conference at the training site as scheduled, publicly announcing the list of 22 people who will represent the Italian national team in the European Championship.

Compared with the Italian national team in the same period in history, the 22-man list announced by Maldini Sr. has changed to a certain extent.

The first person to be kicked out was Prince Pierrot of the Zebras. Thanks to Fiorentina's strong performance and Italy's success at the World Cup in France two years ago, Maldini Sr. is no longer as superstitious as he was in the past, let alone pushing him on the European Championship train despite his sluggish form.

Therefore, in Italy's squad for the European Championship this time, the first one to be crossed out by the old Maldini is naturally Del Pierrot, who has only one open goal in the league this season (the other eight are penalties)!

In addition to Pierrot, Fiorentina veteran Ferrara and Juventus centre-back Iuliano are also missing out on the final 22-man squad. The former is mainly because he has been a substitute in Fiorentina for a long time after his comeback, and his appearance in several appearances is also up and down, and the old Maldini will naturally not take such a veteran whose condition is difficult to guarantee to play in the European Cup; The reason for the latter's exclusion is much simpler, that is, because the Fiorentina gang, led by Vieri and Nesta, have a very bad relationship with this traitorous teammate, and most of them are the pillars of the team that the old Maldini relied on very much!

So, in order to ensure the stability of the dressing room and the harmony of the atmosphere in the team, the elder Maldini had to exclude Iuliano. However, apart from Juventus fans, not many people were upset about Iuliano's defeat - who let this guy give his old club a bad review after switching to Juventus? If you take the initiative to jump out and die, you can't complain about others.

In addition, the original third goalkeeper Antonioli was robbed of his main position in Bologna by Pagliuca, and there is still Barthez standing in front of the Roma goal, which is not a stable but excellent god, so he has not had many opportunities to show Xiàn in the past year, and his third goalkeeper position was naturally obtained by Peruzzi, who plays for Inter Milan.

In the end, Fiorentina have a total of seven players in the Italian national team's squad for this European Championship: Toldo, Nesta, Di Livio, Zambrotta, Pirlo, Vieri and Philippe Inzaghi. Maldini Sr. decided to bring in the more experienced and more stable Antonio Conte at the last minute to leave Gattuso out of the squad.

Of the seven finalists, only Inzaghi's selection has sparked some minor controversy. After all, Pippo has only scored 14 league goals this season and has played a limited amount of minutes, and with Vicenza centre-forward C. Lucarelli and Torino goalscorer Ferrante in front of him both good options in the eyes of many, there is no need for Maldini Sr. to call Inzaghi into the national team.

As everyone knows, the reason why the old Maldini chose to recruit Inzaghi is precisely because of his substitute experience in Fiorentina this year - since Inzaghi can survive in the gap between several top strikers and maintain a very high scoring efficiency, then in the European Cup, it is natural that he can count on it at critical moments.

What's more, Inzaghi, who has been playing with Fiorentina for many years, has a lot of experience in major tournaments, and his strength has been recognized by most people, so although his selection is somewhat controversial, in general, only a very small number of people oppose it.

After the elder Maldini announced the 22-man squad, Iuliano and Gattuso, who were shortlisted for the initial 40-man list but were ultimately defeated, looked disappointed, and Pierrot hid in his room and cried bitterly - the zebra prince realized that this defeat meant that he would never have the central position of the Italian national team when he was at Juventus!

Among all the stars who were defeated, only Robert Baggio's expression was calm, the melancholy prince who had experienced countless ups and downs had already passed the age of great joy and sorrow, and the World Cup championship two years ago had already fulfilled most of his wishes, so Baggio himself was still very calm after getting the news.

Robert Baggio's defeat was not unexpected, after all, unlike Inzaghi, who has a chance to play from time to time, but the time has shrunk, the melancholy prince has not played many games for Inter Milan this season under the pressure of Lippi, and no one can say what the competitive state is, so it is understandable that the old Maldini abandoned the hero of the team's victory in the World Cup in France.

While the 22-player Italian national team may seem unusually strong to outsiders, Maldini himself has a different view.

The first is the goalkeeper position, the original first goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was accidentally injured in the warm-up match with the Norwegian team during the training camp, and he is determined to miss this summer's European Championship; Pagliuca, the former main goalkeeper, has been in a decline since he left Inter Milan last season, and this time he didn't even squeeze into the squad; Abbiati is too young with less than two seasons of top-flight experience, and his main goal this time is to experience the atmosphere of a tournament, and Maldini Sr. simply didn't expect much power from him to give the team...... As a result, the only people that the elder Maldini can choose from are the goalkeepers who have equally obvious advantages and disadvantages, Toldo and Peruzzi.

For this situation, after losing a lot of hair, the elder Maldini finally decided to play a competitive role, and decided who would be the starter and who would be the substitute according to the competitive state of the two. However, no matter how the old coach adjusts, Italy will not be able to send the strongest man in the goalkeeper position.

In addition, in terms of the choice of the core of the organization, due to Roberto Baggio's suppression this season and Pierrot's malaise, the Italian coach is also quite scratching his head - who made Roberto Baggio and Pierrot both suffer accidents this season, and the old Maldini now has only the young Totti and the younger Andrea Pirlo to choose from?

Although both men have performed quite well this season and are not lacking in tournament experience, the old Maldini, who has always sought stability, still feels unsafe. For this reason, the old man cursed Lippi in his heart, and said in his heart that I could have asked Baggio to bring the two of them again, you kid is good, and I will tear down the stage behind my back......

In this way, along with this uneasiness, Maldini the Elder took an Apennine army that was not at its strongest (on paper) to the 11th European Championship to be held in the Netherlands and Belgium!