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Truth be told, Cameroon are a very strange team, since the 1990 Italian summer, they have been stronger than Cameroon in any World Cup, but their results in the World Cup have become more and more clumsy, giving people the feeling that they are just coming to play a bottle of soy sauce.

This time was no exception, and the old Maldini, who still insisted on playing in a four-three-three, was finally proud this time, because it only took his team about half an hour to shoot the opponent's goal into a sieve!

With the three points already on their hands, Maldini Sr. rotated his players to the fullest of their players, with Inzaghi replacing Di Matteo in the starting line-up, and Panucci and Tomasi coming in for Zambrotta and Dino Baggio respectively for their first World Cup game.

In addition, Toldo became the starting goalkeeper in this game, while Pagliuca sat on the bench and waited for the old Maldini to call.

With the help of Roberto Di Matteo, Baggio and Totti, Vieri at the front of the pack rampaged through the Cameroonian penalty area and scored his first hat-trick in the World Cup with just 25 minutes of head-to-head kicks!

By the way, Vieri's hat-trick is also the first hat-trick in this World Cup!

The situation of falling behind 0-3 in less than 30 minutes made the Cameroonians chaotic, so the Italian players took this opportunity to continue to attack and further expand the score advantage!

Totti scored his first goal of the World Cup, increasing his tally to nine goals in the tournament, with second-half substitutes Andrea Pirlo and Inzaghi scoring one each to make it 7-0!

This game made all Italian fans feel refreshed, they had long been accustomed to defensive counterattacks, they never thought that Italy could also play such a pleasing game, and they could also win the opponent by a full seven goals!

The media who have always been undisciplined also saw the wind at this time, vigorously touting the wisdom and martial arts of the old Maldini, and the originally criticized four-three-three formation has also become the most suitable tactical style of play for Italy under their propaganda, and everyone in the Italian national team is ashamed of the use of words.

Chile and Austria drew 1-1 after a ninety-minute battle in the other Group B match, with Salas, who scored a brace in the opening game, adding another goal to the Chilean killer's top scorer at the tournament with three World Cup goals, just one goal behind Vieri at the top.

Due to the draw between Cameroon and Austria in the first round of the group stage of Group B, the current points of each team in Group B are Italy 6 points, Austria 2 points, Cameroon and Chile are tied with 1 point.

This also means that Italy, which has poured a whole bottle of 7-up from the Cameroonians, won the group in advance with six points after two rounds of the group stage, and also locked the top spot in the group!

The result of locking the top spot in the group ahead of time gave Maldini Sr. more confidence to adopt rotation tactics in the final group game, so that his players on his side could get more rest to adjust their form, so as to better cope with the next knockout round.

As a result, in the match with Austria six days later, the old Maldini, who had insisted on using the four-three-three formation in the face of countless people's criticism in the first two games, suddenly changed the formation without warning, and directly played the Austrians, who had been carefully studying how to deal with Italy's four-three-three style of play for several days.

Pagliuca, Panucci, Bergomi, Materazzi, Di Livio, Tomasi, Dino Baggio, Pirlo, Di Matteo, Vieri and Inzaghi, that's what Italy will start against Austria.

Although Maldini Sr. rotated most of his main players in this game, the quality of the starting eleven was still a cut above the Austrians, and the situation on the field was firmly controlled from the beginning of the game, with Pirlo and others constantly shifting the ball, leaving the Austrians desperate to compete for a place in another group.

'Andre [Pirlo] is such an incredible player, it stands to reason that in a star-studded Italy, a young player like him should be honest with the old players, but he can command these stars who are much more famous than him on the pitch and let these people surround him closely and play according to his own ideas." This is the comment that Dino Zoff, who appeared in the live broadcast room as a special guest, gave Pirlo during the game, "Before the year of the weak championship, he can have such a strong influence and control over the game and the team, and in time, this kid will become a big weapon!" ”

Under Pirlo's organization and management, Italy firmly controlled the pace of the game, thus creating more scoring opportunities. The biggest beneficiary of this was Italy's starting attacking pairing, as well as Andrea Pirlo's team-mates in Fiorentina, Vieri and Inzaghi.

In the 42nd minute, Pirlo sent a through ball after passing two Austrian players in the middle in a row, and Inzaghi, who was successful in the anti-offside position, shot the ball and took the lead for Italy, 1-0!

Since then, Vieri and Baggio, who came on as a substitute, have also made contributions, and it was Pirlo, who was only 19 years old, who provided them with assists!

The Austrians, led by captain Andres Herzog, tried their best to fight back, but the huge difference in quality between the two teams left the Austrian players feeling powerless.

In the end, when the game was over, Italy won with a score of 3-1, thus winning all three games and advancing to the round of 16 of the World Cup!

With their impressive performance in the group stage, the value of Italy's internationals has also risen: Vieri, who has scored five goals in three group games, has dominated the scorer list and become one of the most powerful stars in this World Cup; Pirlo, who was hailed as a must-do by Zoff, attracted the attention of giants such as Lazio and Real Madrid, and the deep-pocketed Cragnotti even made a high offer of $20 million for him; Tomasi's performance in the game was also remarkable, which gave Fiorentina the confidence to ask for a higher offer when negotiating transfers with other clubs......

Austria, on the other hand, had to face the bitter consequences of being eliminated from the tournament - in the other Group B game at the same time, the veteran Zamorano came out in full swing to beat Cameroon with a goalmouth point before the final whistle to earn Chile a valuable three points.

It was with the three priceless points from Cameroon that Chile squeezed out Austria at the last minute and followed Italy into the knockout stages of the World Cup!