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Although Italy cleanly settled the hosts Belgium in the second game of the group stage, then again, the choice to change the team's starting lineup for this game against Belgium has put a lot of pressure on the elder Maldini, the head coach of the Italian national team.

You know, under normal circumstances, the manager doesn't make too many changes to the lineup of the team that wins a game. Because if you do this, it means that the players who have just formed a certain tacit understanding will be broken up again, so that they can run in again in the next games. This will inevitably have a big impact on the team's appearance, and it is also unknown what kind of chemistry will be produced.

Therefore, if Italy does not play well or wins hard in this match with Belgium, then the old Maldini who chooses to change the formation is bound to become the target of criticism from many media and fans!

Fortunately, the Toldos played enough in this game to live up to the trust of the old Maldini: the back line led by Nesta did not give the Belgians any chance at all; The combination of Vieri and Inzaghi contributed a goal and an assist in the game and was the biggest contributor to Italy's victory; Toldo, who didn't get many chances, also played steadily, and made several saves very steadily, and he was not inferior to the starting goalkeeper Peruzzi in the last game!

By the way, after the first two rounds of the group stage, Inzaghi, who is tied with Yugoslav striker Milosevic for the top scorer's list, has rightfully become one of the most eye-catching strikers in this European Championship with his three goals in the first two group games!

It was with the undisputed dominance of the game against Turkey that the pre-match media changed their tune and began to praise Maldini Sr., believing that his tactical level and vision were first-class, worthy of the head coach of the World Cup-winning team.

The old Maldini, who has long been accustomed to the style of the media, naturally does not take these praises and belittlements to heart, and the attitude of the old coach and the results of two consecutive wins in the group stage have also affected the mentality of these international players under him to a great extent, so that the whole team did not have any contradictions because of the change of starting positions, but firmly surrounded the old Maldini and worked hard for the final championship trophy!

For Maldini Sr., the excellent performance of the Fiorentina player he supported in the second group game was certainly welcome, but it was Udinese's Stefano Fiore who made Italy's biggest discovery at this tournament. The versatile midfielder, who was selected for the national team squad at the last moment, was originally only saved by the old Maldini as a wonder soldier, but he did not expect to have a good chemistry with Totti, whose threading and large-scale runs in the midfield revitalized the Italian midfield, allowing Totti to get out of the heavy organizational work and devote more energy to attacking!

However, although Italy has won two consecutive victories in the European Championship, the outside media has not given up on picking and choosing the Apennines. This time, Vieri, who is the winner of the French World Cup Golden Boot and a Serie A Golden Boot, was unfortunately recruited and became the target of criticism from many media!

And the media chose to criticize Vieri for a very good reason, after all, as the main center forward of the Italian national team in the European Cup, Vieri, who played 180 minutes in the two group games, still has no results! Such a report card allowed these news media, who have always made it their duty to do nothing, to find a breakthrough in attacking Italy, and also made Vieri unlucky to become a victim of the media to increase the sales and ratings of the newspaper!

As a player who has experienced countless storms and waves, Vieri did not take these criticisms too seriously, but he still felt a little depressed: "Philippe (Inzaghi), what do you think is the matter? I just didn't score in two games, why was I told so strictly by these people, as if I didn't score Italy was going to be out of the European Championship! ”

"Haha, Christian (Vieri), who made you the Golden Boot winner of the World Cup in France? It's normal for them to demand more from you than others. As a good friend of Vieri, Inzaghi gloated with the mentality of a friend who is a dead friend and a poor friend, "Look at me, people don't expect much from me, so even if I don't score, it's not a big deal." And now, I've only scored three goals and they've blown it up as Italy's Romario...... Alas, therefore, the low-key me is the real ace killer on the Italian front! ”

“…… You give me death! Looking at Inzaghi with a sequipy expression on his face, Vieri flew up and kicked at his friend, and said angrily, "Hmph, one day, I will make them regret what they said today!" ”

However, after Inzaghi's gag, the depression in Vieri's heart has long disappeared without a trace. All that's left is endless fighting spirit and determination to make a name for yourself!

Although the hapless Vieri was caught by the media who had to find a bone in the egg, he was not the most severely criticized by the media and fans. At the moment when the first two rounds of the group stage have all ended, the Czech Republic, the runner-up of the last European Championship, who has become the target of a new round of these media, is undoubtedly the runner-up of the last European Championship, and only lost to Bierhoff's golden goal!

Hawkers, who let the Czech Republic, the favorite with a golden generation, lose to France and the Netherlands in the first two rounds of the group stage and lose the qualification one round early? If your own achievements are not competitive, you can't blame others for falling into the ground.

In fact, strictly speaking, the reason why the Czech Republic had such a miserable result in this European Championship was mainly due to their bad luck in the grouping - France and the Netherlands, two strong teams with neat personnel and relatively mature tactical play, were placed in the same group, and it is not surprising that the Czech Republic, which has obvious advantages and disadvantages, will suffer such a fate.

What's more, the Czechs only lost by one goal to their opponents in both games, and they did not fall behind at all on the field, such a table is enough to prove their strength!

It's a pity that for the vast majority of media and fans, they don't care what the reasons for the Czech's defeat are, and the consequentialist will only think that this Eastern European team has not met people's expectations, and is just a pseudo-strong team with a strong outside and a strong team.