In the past few days waiting for Platini's reply, Li Byrne has not been idle, he and Sophie have their own things during the day, and the two only get together at night.

Li Bourne first visited some of the old players who announced their retirement after this World Cup. With the help of Gullit, Lao Ma and Rice's European social circle, plus his own memories in his previous life, Li Bern has signed several good candidates, such as Deschamps and Dunga. There are also some players who are about to retire, even if they can't be the head coach, they can be signed to be technical coaches, physical coaches, these positions. In addition, I also got to know a lot of active players, after all, Milan's current squad has not yet reached full fitness in the eyes of teenagers.

On July 10th, the strongest 3-star showdown between Germany and Italy came as scheduled. The German team has unexpectedly put on a new line-up:

Goalkeeper: Koepke

Defenders: Zigger, Helmer, Coral Korr, Heinrich

Defenders: Mateus, Hamann

Forward: Hasler

Striker: Russ. Ricken, Bierhoff, Müller

On the surface, Germany are in a 4-2-1-3 formation, but in fact Ricken and Muller are very flexible in their positions, in addition to providing firepower for the golden head Bierhoff up front, the two can also drop back and form a three-front midfield with Hasler. For Italy, whose offensive tempo is not fast, the front court can give enough pressure to the Italian defense and decompress their own defense in disguise. The two full-backs assisted with Mateus and Hamann both stepping forward to get involved in the attack, and the German team's style of play undoubtedly built a more three-dimensional attacking line. It can be said that Vogts's arrangement is already beyond the style of play of this era, and the most important thing now is whether the German team can improve the team's passing control to a level that is enough to match this style of play.

In view of Di Matteo's sluggish performance in the last game, Italy also made adjustments to the lineup, but no one expected that the old Maldini actually put out a 5-3-2 defensive counterattack lineup:

Goalkeeper: Pagliuca

Defenders: Maldini, Costacuta, Nesta, Cannavaro, Pesoto

Defenders: Dino Baggio, Albertini

Forward: Robert. Baggio

Forwards: Vieri, Chiesa

I have to say that the old Maldini, as an old handsome man who is over his age, is indeed a little out of step with the times in terms of skills and tactics. In fact, it can be seen from the group stage that Italy is weak as a whole, if it weren't for Baggio's magical play, I believe that the blue coats in this cup would not have been able to go to this place at all. From a professional point of view, Italy has a 40% chance of winning.

Sure enough, Germany's seemingly advanced style of play did not allow the players to adapt well, and both Hasler and Muller needed the ball to play in the forward midfield position, and the result was that Hasler made concessions on the field. Müller, on the other hand, was a lackluster player in his ability to organise attacks, and as a result, the German tank's attack was difficult to produce a dangerous shot against the Italian five-man defence.

Later, this game was rated as the most ugly game played in this World Cup, although the Azzurri did a good job of limiting the Germans' attack, but the old Maldini's line-up made it difficult for Italy to attack, the two wings had few assists, and Baggio was the only one in the midfield, who had to break through and organize the attack. Albertini occasionally stepped forward to create a definite threat, before Vieri simply dropped back to ask for the ball, and the front line relied on Chiesa's speed and movement to weave around the German defence.

Both teams even had only two shots on goal in the first 45 minutes of the first half, and the crowd booed, but Vogts and Maldini Sr. didn't care so much, and in their eyes they felt that their teams were doing a good job defensively.

The whole game of the German team was limited by their own tactics, until the 21st minute of the second half, Hamann's back insertion of a long shot to create a threat to Pagliuca, the powerful long-range shot in the noisy stands can be clearly heard "BONG", but unfortunately the ball is too positive, Pagliuca quickly fell to the ground after getting rid of the ball and pressed the ball under him, and the follow-up Ricken could only helplessly kick the turf next to him.

The game Russ. Ricken played very frustratedly, with Hasler and Muller basically sharing the ball, and one of his few breakthroughs was against world number one left-back Maldini. Ricken firmly believed that if he could give himself a few more chances, he would always have a chance to break through the old horse's defense, but unfortunately it all turned into Muller's unreliable inward long-range shot.

Different from the previous life, the strength of the German team after the rebirth of the teenager is still good, and it can still be stably ranked in the top 5 in the world, probably that is, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, Argentina, and France can have the opportunity to fight with Lao Germany. What the Germans are lacking right now is a quality manager who can boldly use young people and turn them into a team. If Germany can find a suitable coach in 99, I believe that the European Cup of the millennium will still have a chance to fight.

The 27-year-old Albertini was tortured by Mateus, who was 10 years older than him, and Dino Baggio met Hamann, who was 1.88 meters tall, and Italy's No. 11 widened his eyes and couldn't believe that he would always be half a beat slower than Haman.

The number of tackles between the two teams in this game is probably the highest in this tournament, which also gives both teams a lot of opportunities to counterattack.

It wasn't until the 38th minute of the second half that Dino Baggio and Hamann got together in a header dubbling between their legs after the ball hit the ground, and Penta's team-mates at the club finally won once. Dino Baggio grabbed the ball and quickly passed it to Bobo, who was retreating. The latter dribbled forward, raised his left foot in front of the German penalty area to face Helmer's defence, and then slammed the ball down the middle.

Just as Helmer and Coral were about to flank Vieri, the humanoid tank BOBO suddenly flicked the ball with his left foot to the empty space on his left.

Wearing the number 18 jersey, Robert. True. Baggio went around the left side of Vieri from the middle at some point, received a wonderful pass from his teammate, Baggio easily burst into the penalty area, and the small penalty line faced the attacking Koepke with a right-footed shot, and the ball hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the goal!

Italy 1:0 Germany!

In the last 10 minutes of the game, the Italian team, who had shrunk their defence, did not give the Germans any chance. When Belgra blew the whistle at the end of the game, Baggio was held high by his teammates, and there were already Italian fans in front of the TV who began to call Baggio "Savior". Baggio 1:0 Germany".

Italy has reached the final of the World Cup for two consecutive editions after the World Cup in the United States in '94!