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Just when Zhuang Mingge was stranded in Tenerife in Spain for the future of Fiorentina, the much-anticipated European Cup has kicked off vigorously.

The opening game kicked off at Wembley Stadium on the afternoon of 8 June, with England opening in the 23rd minute with first-choice centre-forward Alan Shearer, but Switzerland, playing in the final of the European Championship for the first time, won a penalty in Zuihou to turn the Englishman's on-the-go three points into one.

Well, and leaving aside the depressed England players and their fans, let's turn our attention to Italy, who have been at the centre of the maelstrom of public opinion since before the start of the European Championships.

As the runner-up of the Shijie Cup in the United States, Saki's Italy is naturally considered one of the favorites to win the championship, and although Italy's odds to win the championship have dropped to a certain extent after the 22-man roster was announced, no one dares to ignore this Italy. You don't see the Shijie Cup in the United States two years ago, Italy, which stumbled out of the group stage, went all the way to the final of Zuihou after entering the knockout round.

"I'm sure everyone in the national team is ready to win now, don't talk to me about Baggio, it's the European Championship and I'm only responsible for leading Italy to victory, I don't care about anything else."

The first group game with Russia on June 11 seemed to be the same as what Sacchi said before the game, Italy firmly dominated the field throughout the game, beating Russia to the ground, and Saki pushed the crowd to the European Championship Kasirachi scored twice in the game to help Italy beat Russia 2-1 and get off to a good start to the European Championship.

After getting three points, Sacchi, who had been suppressed by the criticism of fans and public opinion, finally straightened his waist, and when interviewed by reporters, the old man strongly said that the players he chose were the most suitable for his own tactics, and Baggio and Pagliuca, although they were good, but because they were not suitable for their own tactical system, they had to endure the pain and so on......

If it doesn't suit your tactical system, Pagliuca and Baggio have a chance to play in the Shijie Cup two years ago? It is clearly your own narrow-mindedness and personal revenge, Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but downgrade Saki's character evaluation again after seeing this interview.

Think about it, how many coaches can go against Pagliuca, Baggio, Mancini, Vialli, Panucci and many other stars? Being a man can do this, Saki is also rare.

Incidentally, Baggio's failure to be selected for the European Championship squad was one of the reasons why he was determined to leave Fiorentina, after all, he was a little disheartened by not being selected for the national team despite winning the treble.

Just as Sacchi was in full swing, Italy ushered in the second group stage of the tournament, with the Azzurri playing a match against the Czech Republic, who lost their opening game in Liverpool.

With the Czech Republic beaten 0-2 by the Germans in their opening group game, no one thought the Bohemians would be able to win against Italy, who were stronger than Germany.

On 14 June, Anfield was packed, and the stadium was almost a sea of blue surrounded by Italian fans. However, while the Italian fans dominated the stands, the teams they supported did not have the means to dominate the game.

Nedved opened the scoring for the Czechs in the fourth minute of the game, and although Chiesa equalised in the 18th minute, the rest of the game was a showtime for the Czech international Kuba, who made heroic saves from Chiesa, Casirać and Gianfranco Zola in quick succession to save the Italian scoreline. The Czech side was scored by striker Beybur in the 35th minute of the game, 2-1, and the new Eastern European team Czechs defeated Italy in an upset. Tens of thousands of Italian fans in attendance were devastated that their team had lost.

Sacchi, who made a lot of nonsense before the game, was almost not drowned by the angry Italian fans after the game, look at the starting lineup arranged by this guy, the 33-year-old Mousse actually replaced Torricelli as the starting right-back in this game, and it was he who was repeatedly broken through by Nedved opposite him on the right side to create a killing opportunity, which led to the collapse of the Italian defense across the board.

After an unexpected upset defeat to the Czech Republic, Italy's qualification situation in Group C began to get weird, not to mention Germany, who won both games, and they only need to win a game against the Czech Republic to ensure that they qualify as group leaders as long as they do not lose a game.

And Russia, which lost both games, has bid farewell to this European Championship in advance. After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russia, which won the largest part of the big cake of Soviet football, has been getting worse and worse in the competition, which makes people have to sigh that the powerful Soviet football has completely become a thing of the past.

As a result, the focus of Group C is now on the Czech Republic and Italy, and Italy must win Germany in a group stage to ensure group qualification; Although the Czech Republic defeated Italy, if Italy got three points in a game and the Czech Republic also won against Russia, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy can only compare each other's records when they have six points in three games, and there is no doubt that the Czech Republic, which scored two goals and conceded three goals in two games with Germany and Italy, is the most unfavorable, after all, as long as Italy wins the opponent 1-0 in the next game, it is enough to join hands with the Germans to qualify.

It is precisely because of this that although the Italian media and fans have a lot of dissatisfaction with the loss to the Czech Republic, it is still within the range of what they can bear, after all, Italy still occupies a certain advantage in qualifying.

On June 19, Italy ushered in a do-or-die match with Germany at Old Trafford in Manchester, but to everyone's surprise, Moussi, who was beaten into a sieve by Nedved in the last game, still appeared in the starting line-up for this game, while Fiorentina central defender Nesta was pressed to the cold bench for the third consecutive game as an onlooker, and another Fiorentina player, Toldo, also suffered the same fate as Nesta, because Saki chose Juventus goalkeeper Peruzzi.

With more than 20,000 Italian fans cheering on the scene, the Azzurri launched a fierce attack like the door of the German team.

The game was intense, but neither side scored, and Italy had a chance to change the scoreline, but Gianfranco Zola missed arguably the most important penalty of his career.

When the referee blew the final whistle, Italy and Germany ended up in a scoreless draw with a 0-0 draw.

However, in the other match played at the same time, the Czech Republic and Russia staged a frantic goal battle, with Zuihou winning 3-3 and both teams taking a point each.

In this way, the German team won the group with two wins and one draw and seven points, while the Czech Republic and Italy had the advantage of each other's records in the case of four points, so the second team in the group was the Czech Republic! Italy was eliminated only in third place in the group!

All the Italian fans couldn't believe the facts in front of them, and some even couldn't stop crying.

I thought that none of them could have imagined that Italy, as the runner-up of the Shijie Cup, would actually be out of the group stage in this European Cup!