The Era of Emerald

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As Italy defeated Ecuador in the second round of the group stage, and their rival Croatia lost at the feet of Mexico, at this moment, the qualifying situation of the Azzurri's Group G has become extremely chaotic!

Take, for example, Mexico, which currently tops the list.Regardless of the fact that Mexico has already scored six points with two wins and two wins at this time, it has overtaken Italy and Croatia, the champions and runners-up of the last World Cup, by three points, but if they lose in the last round If it is given to Italy, and Croatia beats Ecuador, which has lost two games in a row and is basically hopeless to qualify, and gets enough goal difference from it, then they are still very likely to be blocked by Croatia and Italy. Outside the top six.

Another example is Italy, which has just squeezed out Croatia and ranked second in the standings. Although the result of scoring all three points against Ecuador has relieved some of the pressure on their shoulders, the qualifying situation is still not optimistic. Even if they are in the last group match The same is true for defeating Mexico, because Croatia's opponent is Ecuador, a well-recognized team in Group G!

Therefore, unless Italy can get enough goal difference in the game against Mexico, they are still very likely to become the second defending champion in the history of the World Cup that failed to emerge from the group stage. (Note: The first such a cup team was Brazil in 1966. Due to the injury of Pele and the aging of key players such as Garrincha, they only achieved one win and two losses in that World Cup. In the end, Portugal, led by Eusebio, and Hungary, which still survived, were strangled in the group stage.)

Therefore, although leading Italy to a clean victory over Ecuador saved Zoff a lot of face and made fans criticize him much less, it does not mean that Zoff can sit back and relax.After all, Italy still has a lot of pressure to qualify. If it is too early to be happy, it is impossible to guarantee that it will not repeat the mistakes of the Brazilians; moreover, although the team won the game against Ecuador, it does not mean that Zoff is now promoting His tactics are flawless.In fact, there are still many deficiencies in Italy today, which urgently need Zoff to make up for and strengthen them.

After all, through these two group games, the strengths and weaknesses of Italy have been clearly seen by most coaches and experts.They realized that the Italian coach's talent is absolutely focused on defense, and he really doesn't know anything about the offensive end. He only knows how to let the players rely on their personal ability to attack the opponent's defense, or use the tacit understanding and flashes of inspiration between the players. To complete some offensive cooperation.

It is foreseeable that it is definitely not an easy task for Zoff to reach the height of his predecessor Maldini in his current national team coaching career.Unless he can find a way to optimize Italy's current offensive system, it will not be a problem to wait until the knockout stage to rely on Vieri's dull head and rush.After all, the defensive lines of those traditional strong teams are not easy to eat. Vieri's personal ability is strong, but he is not able to pick a group of people on the field. Otherwise, Inter Milan in the previous life would not be forced to miss it for many years League champions.

After talking about Italy, let us now take a look at the situation of other teams.

Compared with the unpopularity in the first round of the group stage, generally speaking, the traditional strong teams seem to have regained the feeling of winning after taking a blow in this round.Spain and Brazil both won two games in their respective groups, and they both qualified ahead of schedule; England relied on a penalty kick from Beckham to defeat Argentina, the sworn enemy, in the England-Argentina war, and Beckham also successfully reported Four years ago in the World Cup in France; Portugal, which lost to the US team in the first round, also won the ball. They defeated Poland cleanly and [-]-[-] in the heavy rain, which proved to people the quality of the golden generation.

However, in this round of the group stage, not all the traditional strong teams have won.Not to mention Argentina, which won the first game, Beckham's penalty made the favorite to face the reality of the final round and the Swedes; in the first game, they beat Saudi Arabia [-]-[-] The German team also suffered a draw. Although Klose, who shined in the last game, scored his fourth goal in this World Cup, he still could not change the team's battle with the Irish. Not to mention Russia, which once dominated for a while, the Polar Bear, which had been sluggish after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, even lost to the host Japanese team in this round. The veteran group headed by "Tsar" Mostovoi The exhaustion was evident, suggesting to people that the last batch of former Soviet era survivors in the Russian team were about to bid farewell to this stage.

The most unlucky is the French team. After being upset by Senegal, the "French second team" in the first round, they drew with Uruguay in the second group match, whether it was Trezeguet, Cisse or Henry. There is no way to bring a goal to the French team.In the end, this team, which had won the European Cup runner-up two years ago, could only accept the embarrassing reality of failing to score a goal in two games and being on the verge of being eliminated.

Time waits for no one. Immediately after the second round of group matches ended, the final round of group matches related to the final fate of the 32 teams participating in the World Cup finals began immediately. All the teams that have ensured their qualifications and still have a glimmer of hope for advancement are all gearing up, preparing to make a last-ditch effort for a place in the top sixteen!

All teams are working hard to qualify, and Italy is no exception.No, there were still three days before the match against Mexico, and Zoff took Maldini to his room, preparing to have a detailed discussion with the team captain on the team's next tactics.

"Paul, I want to hear your opinion about the next match against Mexico." After the two sides sat down, Zoff asked Maldini kindly. For the captain of the national team who participated in four World Cups , he will still give certain preferential treatment, "Of course, if you don't know where to start, let me give you an example first. For example, what good do you have about the team's starting lineup for the next game?" Suggestions to say?"

The reason why he decided to ask Maldini about this is because Zoff felt that one more person would give him more power, and he has followed many tactical masters such as old Maldini, Sacchi and Capello for many years. With his experience, he must be able to see some problems that the team has now but he has not seen.Therefore, if the starting lineup is adjusted according to his suggestions, then these problems may be solved.