"Ah!" After working hard for several days, I finally sorted out the information for Italy, France, and Romania. McLaren's busy schedule finally came to an end, and the time quietly came to June 18, 2008.
Later today, all the group stage matches will be played. By then, it will be known who will be England's opponent in the next round of the group!
Calling all the England players early was the last opportunity to inspect the opponent before the game. Without hesitation, McLaren chose France vs. Italy among the two games that started at the same time. This game was directly decided.
Who will appear in the life and death battle!
Speaking of which, before this game, Italy had a very disgraceful record that it still maintains, that is, since the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Italy has never had any success in the 30-year period.
Within 90 minutes of regular time, they could defeat the rooster standing in front of them today.
So, can Italy break this 30-year curse today?
After the commentator stated this, Li Yi deliberately did not recall the score and process of the game. Together with other England teammates, he quietly watched the competition between the two teams!
In this game, Italian coach Donadoni changed the 4-3-3 formation that was used in the previous two group matches, but the effect was not satisfactory, and changed to 4-3-1-2.
Cassano started for the national team for the first time in 21 months, replacing Del Piero and partnering with Toni on the striker. Perrotta served as the single attacking midfielder. Gattuso returned to the starting line-up to replace Camoranesi and teamed up with Pierre
Lo and De Rossi form the three defensive midfielders, and the defense has not changed. It is still the standard configuration of Gianluca Zambrotta, Chiellini, Panucci, Grosso plus goalkeeper Buffon! [
As for the French team, their coach Domenech's surgery mainly selected the team's backcourt.
Old central defender Thuram was abandoned, Abidal switched to the center, Evra and Claire were on the wings, and on the forward line, Benzema returned to the starting line to replace Anelka, who had performed poorly in the previous games, and
Team captain Henry.
But having said that, in this game, the two teams, Italy and France, were actually paying attention to their own game, but they also had to be distracted by another game that was going on at the same time.
Due to our unsatisfactory results in the previous two games, Italy lost to the Netherlands 0 to 3, and France lost to the Netherlands 1 to 4. In this game, if something happens to the Netherlands and Romania steals a victory,
This showdown between the new World Cup champions and runners-up will become meaningless!
Of course, regardless of the result of the Dutch game over there, first of all, both sides still have to play their own game well.
Less than a minute after the game started, the French team, which had the upper hand in history and hearts, first launched a very threatening offensive from Franck Ribery.
Holding the ball and running all the way, after reaching the Italian half, Scar Man took a wonderful long shot about 25 meters away from the goal, testing Italian goalkeeper Buffon!
Unfortunately, in the end, Ribery's shot missed the goal slightly.
It's not disrespectful to reciprocate. After Ribery first created a threat for the team, in the fifth minute of the first half, Italian center Toni got a single-handed goal opportunity that was much better than Ribery's previous opportunity!
With the help of French central defender Abidal's mistake, Toni received a long pass from De Rossi in the backcourt and got an excellent opportunity to directly face French goalkeeper Coupet!
However, I don’t know if it was affected by Li Yi’s lob shot against Spain. After clearly getting a single chance, Tony was very unwise and chose to hit directly about 30 meters away from the goal.
Door! As for the result? It goes without saying that it is definitely impossible to enter!
After seeing Tony handling the ball, everyone in England, including the staff, who had been watching the ball quietly, couldn't help but focus on Li Yi, who was specially placed in the center of the crowd by his teammates!
"Haha!" Li Yi touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly. He pointed at the game screen projected on the projector and said, "Watch the ball, watch the ball!"
The English players felt that Tony was imitating Li Yi. In fact, in Li Yi's view, Tony's choice for this ball was incomparable to his choice against Spain!
Damn it, French goalkeeper Coupet didn't expect Abidal to make a mistake. When faced with De Rossi's long pass, he didn't attack and stayed in front of the goal line. Under such circumstances, Toni single-handedly took a long shot.
That's not wise, that's 2b