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At 8 p.m. on July 4th, the De Kuyp Stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was packed with fans from France and Italy. In addition, according to the statistics of relevant institutions, more than 100 million viewers around the world sat in front of the TV to watch tonight's European Cup final, setting a new record for the European Cup since it was televised!

The Dutch Football Federation and UEFA, as well as the sponsors, are very happy with this situation, because the more people follow the European Championships, the more they will benefit from it!

At the same time, inside the de Coyp Stadium, Italian and French fans, who were carefully separated by the organizers in different areas, were provoking each other with words and gestures, pushing the atmosphere of the game to a small climax in advance!

Although Italy and France have played each other in the past few decades, the conflict between the two sides has intensified in the World Cup for two years. At that time, Italy eliminated the French team as the host in the quarterfinals, which not only made the four-year hard work of French coach Jacques go to waste overnight, but also caused his own disgrace because of this defeat, but also completely shattered the French dream of winning the cup on home soil!

Therefore, although they don't say anything, French fans still have a lot of doubts about Italy in their hearts. In their opinion, if Italy hadn't eliminated France in the quarter-finals with despicable means (referring to Materazzi to lure Zinedine Zidane), then France, which was getting better and better after qualifying from the group stage, might have really won the first World Cup title in football history on home soil.

It is precisely for this reason that the smell of gunpowder in the stands has excited the TV broadcasters before the players of both sides walk out of the tunnel. Because only this kind of game can have enough attractions to attract more people's attention, so that they can get more advertising and sponsorship money - if the players and fans on both sides are in harmony on the field, and there is nothing to attract attention, then it will be these sponsors who will cry at that time.

For the sake of interest, UEFA has turned a blind eye to allow such confrontation and provocation between players and players, and even between fans and fans, on the pitch. Of course, the degree of this still has to be grasped, otherwise it will be difficult to get rid of it, and then a Heysel tragedy will come out, and then it will be very happy and sad.

And now the most nervous is the security personnel inside and outside the stadium, they not only have to carefully check the hardware facilities in the stadium for abnormal conditions, but also shoulder the responsibility of supervising the discipline of fans entering the stadium on both sides to avoid negative incidents such as fights and brawls!

Leaving aside the grievances between Italy and France, let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both teams.

On the French side, as a head coach, Le Maire, who only knows how to follow the rules, does not have the courage and domineering courage and domineering of his teacher Jacques who dares to break the rules, so the starting eleven he sent is almost the same as two years ago. Goalkeepers Fabian Barthez, Thuram and Lizarazu played at left and right wing-backs, while the centre-back positions remained the old duo of Blank and Desailly; Patrick Vieira, who has been in the thick since his move to Arsenal, has replaced his club team-mate Petit and formed a back pair with Didier Deschamps, responsible for clearing the way for Zinedine Zidane and being the most solid barrier in front of the backline. It is still Zinedine Zidane who appears in the midfield position, and the two red cards at the World Cup in France have not changed his central position in the national team; Djokaeff is standing not far to Zidane's left, and his task is to distract his opponent and create enough space for Zidane to play so as not to fall into the trap of his opponent; Up front, Thierry Henry, who was frustrated at Juventus, has become more and more secure in the national team, forming a high-pitched and fast combination with Dugarry, responsible for converting his team-mates' passes into goals!

Compared to the French team in the '98 World Cup, Le Maire's French team only replaced Petit and Givash with the more capable Vieira and Henry, and the rest were exactly the same as before, only two years older.

Looking at the Italian side again, there is a difference from the semi-finals, the old Maldini is obviously not as jealous of the French team's offensive ability as he was against the Netherlands, so the Italian coach changed his formation again in this European Cup final and put on a four-four-two formation!

The goalkeeper was Toldo, who made a name for himself in the last semi-final, and at the back, the left wing-back was Maldini Jr., Zambrotta appeared at right-back, Nesta and Materazzi partnered in central defence, and Cannavaro was on the bench. Obviously, the elder Maldini is still quite jealous of the height of the French team's frontcourt players, so he would rather put the more capable Cannavaro on the bench, but also use the more dominant Materazzi in height to strengthen his own anti-aircraft firepower!

After all, although Cannavaro's ability to bounce and anticipate the position of the card can be said to be outstanding among today's defenders, and it is also a guarantee that he can defend those high forwards, no one can be sure that he will make mistakes this time under the onslaught of Dugari and Zidane and others. You know, when he played for Parma in Serie A, Cannavaro had more than one mistake, and it was normal for the old Maldini to be wary of this.

In the midfield, Albertini and Di Biagio form a double back, and the two have a clear division of labor between one attack and one defense; Stefano Fiore, who has emerged as a star at this tournament, has been deployed at right midfield, but Maldini Sr. has not limited his range to a narrow right flank, giving him considerable freedom. Obviously, Maldini Sr. intends to use his excellent dribbling skills and versatility in any position in central midfield to share some of the pressure on Totti, who is the heart of the team's playmaking, so that Italy's attacking and quick counter-attacks can run more fluidly and efficiently.

Up front, Vieri, known as the world's number one centre-forward, and Filip Inzaghi, who is currently tied for the top scorer with Kluivert and Milosevic, started the game. This pair of strikers with complementary characteristics and tacit understanding are enough to tear any backline that dares to stand in front of them to shreds!

When the players from both sides stepped onto the court from the players' tunnel, the cheers from the stands were amplified several times in an instant, and the fans who were still provoking each other just now put aside their disputes for the time being, and used this simplest and most direct way to express their emotions to cheer for the teams they support!

The competition is about to begin.