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Because of Vieri's statement before the start of the game, when the game officially started at the referee's whistle, the Italian players were still very cautious on the pitch, and did not launch a fierce attack at the beginning because of the pressure of qualifying from the group. After all, the result of this game is related to Italy's qualification, so they can't help but be less careful.

Compared with the cautious Italians, the Mexican players were much more active on the field, and the forward line formed by Borgetti and Blanco, the "Leaping Prince", was active from the beginning of the game, supported by a midfield composed of Morales, Arellano, Torrado and others, constantly looking for lethal opportunities in the Italian penalty area.

It's no wonder who allowed Mexico to take all six points from their first two group games, and the current qualifier is in their favour to qualify for the quarter-finals as top of the group as long as they draw to finish at the top of the group? In addition, although Mexican players have good physicality and awareness, they tend to prefer to attack freely and play with their opponents with their skills, rather than more steadily huddle in their own half to play the opponent's defensive counter-attack. Otherwise, Blanco would not have been able to make such an astonishing move as "frog jumping" at the World Cup in France. Therefore, it is natural for Mexican coach Aguirre to let the players take the initiative in this game.

The Italians did not show any flustery in the face of the seemingly endless attacking action of the Mexicans, and under the command of Maldini and Nesta, they quickly set up a heavy defence in their own half, fending off the opposition's attacks while looking for opportunities to launch quick counter-attacks.

Italy were lucky, and just two minutes into the game, they had a good counter-attack: Morales was fouled by Zambrotta, who was dribbling through the ball, and gave Italy a free-kick in front of the right touchline, Albertini drove the ball into the crowd and was cleared by the Mexican defender's header, and Pirlo, who received it from outside the box, pulled out a beautiful curling ball without interference!

Unfortunately, Pirlo's shot bypassed Oscar Pérez's 10-finger pass but hit the right-hand post and bounced off the bottom line, unfortunately failing to open the scoring for Italy.

After narrowly escaping with the help of the goalpost, the Mexican players who were shocked into a cold sweat soon returned to color, Arellano forced a cross under the marking of Maldini, and Borgetti, who received in the middle, shook his head in the running Although he bypassed Buffon's blockade, he was cleared by Cannavaro, who returned to the defense in time, on the goal line!

With both teams coming close to scoring in their first tentative attack after the opening kick-off, both players became more cautious on the pitch in the following fixtures, fearing that one of their own inadvertences would give their opponents a chance to score.

In this stalemate, the midfield quartet of Totti, Andrea Pirlo, Di Biagio and Albertini began to play their part, although they were one less than Mexico in the main three-five-two formation, but they were not inferior to the opponent's technical level and more team style of play, as well as a clear outperformance of the opponent's big picture, allowing Italy to gradually dominate the midfield confrontation.

Finally, in the twenty-sixth minute of the game, Italy, which had the initiative in the game, began to attack Mexico's goal under the dispatch of Pirlo and Albertini!

Seeing Andrea Pirlo dribbling across the halfway line, Torrado immediately pressed towards him and tried to use his physical advantage to snatch the ball. In Torado's eyes, although the No. 21 of the Italian team has good skills, but looking at his thin figure, he should be a very good guy to deal with, at least in terms of strength and physical confrontation, this guy will definitely not be his opponent.

However, Torrado still underestimated Pirlo after all. You know, Pirlo has always thrived under Fiorentina's targeted training, and the tailor-made training programs of Mulensten and Moniz have allowed him to develop his outstanding football talent well, and he has not had to waste a long loan career for a long time because he did not get the opportunity to play in his previous life. Therefore, the current Pirlo is much stronger in terms of strength than the same period in history, and it is obvious that a mere Torado cannot be his opponent!

Defensively, Pirlo is still unable to go toe-to-toe with Gattuso and can only rely on his anticipation to defend or help his team-mates, but he has made great strides in fitness, enough to run 90 minutes in a game without a fitness crisis.

Not to mention the attacking and organisational qualities, although Fiorentina have been empty of four this season, Pirlo's ability has been unanimously recognized as being enough to take over the mantle of Redondo, the master of midfield art, but he is still lacking in stability. Otherwise, Pirlo, who became famous at a young age, would have been among the top international midfielders a long time ago.

Therefore, in the face of the menacing Torrado, Pirlo, who was obviously in quite good form, was not in a hurry, and he did not choose to engage in too much physical entanglement with the opponent, but played a standard one-two with Albertini, got rid of the entanglement of the Mexican midfielder as quickly as possible, and seized the gap exposed after the opponent's grabs to send a precise through ball!

At this time, Inzaghi, who saw the opportunity, was unusually shrewd to burst out of the corner that no one was paying attention to, and before Rafael Marquez cleared the ball, he received Pirlo's scalpel-like pass at the top of the arc of Mexico's big penalty area!

Seeing that Inzaghi, who suddenly appeared from nowhere, got the ball, Max couldn't help but be shocked. Although he has not played directly against Pippo before, he still knows a little about Inzaghi's ability as a player at the Monaco club. Therefore, Max made an instant decision, did not give Inzaghi a chance to make adjustments, and pounced directly on the opponent!

I have to say that Max's move is quite wise. If he had just hesitated, then Inzaghi, who had adjusted up, would have hit the door directly on the spot! Although Inzaghi is certainly not as strong as Vieri, as a striker who specializes in shooting, he is still very dangerous with his shot from the top of the box.

Now, Max's decisive up-and-coming not only blocked Inzaghi's shot angle to the maximum, but also bullied the opponent with his physical advantage and forced Inzaghi to make mistakes. After all, everyone knows that Inzaghi's thin body and poor technique can't protect the ball at all, as long as the body fights against the ball, it's basically appropriate.

If the defense is successful this time, maybe there will be a wave of counterattacks, Max thought proudly.