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Chapter 406 Chapter [037] - The World Preliminaries - [Today's third update]

3:2, Manchester United defeated Arsenal with difficulty in their home stadium, Old Trafford. Did Manchester United get three points as they wished!In this way, Manchester United temporarily ranked No. 3 in the league with three wins in four games, behind Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, who had won all four games.Due to the loss and one less game, Arsenal fell out of the top four!
However, the league has just started, and these are not important. Everyone knows that as the game progresses, Arsenal will slowly catch up. Arsenal have performed very well since the beginning of this season, and they are in good shape!

After the end of this game, the entire European league will be suspended for half a month, about twelve or three days.Because the European qualifiers of the 2010 South African World are about to start again at this time!

Prior to this, the 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifiers had officially started on September 2008, 9. Prior to this, the Italian national team had played 6 games, with 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 points, ranking first in the group, and qualifying is just around the corner!

A total of 53 teams participated in the World Cup European qualifiers, divided into 9 groups, with 13 qualifying places. The European qualifiers are divided into two stages:
第一阶段：53支球队分为9个组进行主客场比赛，每组6队，其中一个组为5队。每个小组第一的9支球队直接获得世界杯参赛名额；8个成绩最好的小组第二进入第二阶段。
The second stage: The 8 teams that advanced to the second stage will play home and away games, and the 4 winning teams will enter South Africa.

And as the champion of the last competition, the Italian national team will also participate in the World Cup qualifiers. This is a new policy introduced after the 2002 World Cup, and after 2002, the World Cup opening game will no longer be played by the champion of the previous World Cup, because it must be taken into account that sometimes the world champion may not qualify from the qualifiers!
Therefore, the Italian national team will also participate in the 2010 South Africa World Cup European qualifiers. In the previous grouping, the Italian national team was divided into the first-class teams and won a good lottery. The following is the grouping format of the 2010 South African World Cup European qualifiers:
Group A: Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Hungary, Albania, Malta.

Group B: Switzerland, Greece, Latvia, Israel, Luxembourg, Moldova.

Group C: Slovakia, Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Czech Republic, Poland, San Marino.

Group D: Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan.

Group E: Spain, Bosnia, Turkey, Belgium, Estonia, Armenia.

Group F: England, Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra.

Group G: Serbia, France, Austria, Lithuania, Romania, Faroe Islands.

Group H: Italy, Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Montenegro, Georgia.

Group I: Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Macedonia, Iceland

The previous champions, Italy, were drawn in Group H, along with Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Montenegro and Georgia.Among them, the Bulgarian national team, the Irish national team and the Republic of Montenegro have all experienced World Cup finals.Of course, Montenegro's World Cup experience dates back to the time when their country had not yet been disbanded. At that time, they were still called Serbia and Montenegro.

Among these teams, the best performance in the World Cup is the Bulgarian national team. In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Bulgaria won the fourth place [No.4].However, the strength of the current Bulgarian national team has declined, and they have not advanced to the World Cup finals for two consecutive World Cups. Therefore, they want to re-enter the World Cup finals through this competition!

The Irish national team has also achieved very good results in the history of the World Cup. In the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the Bulgarian national team broke into the quarter-finals. In the 1994 US World Cup, the Irish national team stopped at the top 16. In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Ireland rushed to the top 16 and finally won the No.12 in the World Cup!
But since then, the Irish national team has failed to hit Europe in 04, the World Cup in 06, and the European Cup in 08. The coaching position of the Irish national team has also been rotated several times.Now in order to impact the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Irish Football Association began to look for an experienced coach with brilliant coaching experience to lead the Irish team.After some selection, the Irish Football Association set its target on the famous Italian gold medal coach Trapattoni.After several exchanges, Trapattoni agreed to take charge of the Irish national team and lead the Emerald Army to the World Cup in South Africa.

On February 2008, 2, the Austrian Red Bull Club Salzburg officially announced that the team's Italian coach Trapattoni will officially leave in May this year.Trapattoni signed a two-year work contract with the Irish Football Association: the goal is very clear, that is, to lead the Irish team to the finals of the 13 World Cup
These two teams are now able to pose a threat to the Italian country, and other teams should not be able to cause any trouble to the former world champion.

Of course, everyone thinks that the signing of the Italian national team is a good one. There is no suspense for the Italian national team to qualify. Now the Italian national team has already stepped into the finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa!

In this grouping, there are actually only two groups that are a little more difficult, that is, Group F and Group G. These two groups are a bit like a "small death group"! Among the four teams in Group F England, Croatia, Ukraine, and Belarus, the England national team is superior. However, the current England national team is not very reassuring. They did not enter the European Cup in 08. Moreover, Croatia, Ukraine, and Belarus are not very weak.

The situation in Group G is the same. Serbia, France, Austria, and Romania cannot be underestimated. We won’t be surprised whoever ranks first in the group, because they all have this strength, so this group will also be very chaotic.As for the other groups, it shouldn't be too chaotic, because the strength gap is obvious.

Oh, by the way, there is another group that should also be very chaotic, and that is Group B. The strength of these teams in Group B is also almost the same. Of course, the strength of the Swiss national team is slightly stronger, but not much stronger.Therefore, although the overall strength of this group is weak, it is not without highlights. This group is also chaotic, and it is also worth looking forward to!

The 2010 South Africa World Qualifiers will officially start on September 2009, 9. Therefore, after the end of this round of competition, all major European leagues have been suspended!All national teams are starting to prepare for the next World Cup qualifiers.

During this league suspension period, there will be three rounds of European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and the Italian national team will play on September 2009, 9 and September 6, 2009. The opponents of the Italian national team are Georgia and Bulgaria respectively.

Just after the match against Manchester United, Xu Zhou received a call-up order from the Italian Football Association for the Italian national team, which means that Xu Zhou was once again selected for the Italian national team.Yes, again.Before that, Xu Zhou was selected for the Italian national team.

However, at that time, the Italian national team was not participating in any major competitions, but some warm-up matches that were so simple that they were not necessary.Therefore, Xu Zhou's status in the Italian national team was also very poor before. It can be said that he is a dispensable soy sauce emperor!

I don't know, can his status be improved this time?
Although at the end of the 2006 World Cup, the Italian Football Association and Italian fans also hoped that the team would be able to resolve the problem of aging teams, and Lippi did so in normal times.During the usual friendly matches, he still recruits a lot of young players, which makes people think that Lippi is investigating young players, and the aging of the team can be alleviated.

However, when it came to big games and important games, the young players in Lippi's team dropped suddenly. He still used the team that won the 2006 World Cup, which also led to the team's Waterloo in the 2008 European Cup.Losing to the German national team, the famous youth guard at the time, made Italian fans and the Italian Football Association see the bigger disadvantage of the aging team!

At this time, the Italian Football Association and fans desperately hope that Lippi can solve the problem of aging teams.Moreover, during this period of time, many talented teenagers have emerged in Italy, such as Balotelli, Giulio Rossi, Giovinco, Montereyvo, Parowski, Xu Zhou, etc.!
The emergence of batches of young talents has excited the Italian Football Association and Italian fans, but Lippi did not recruit them into the Italian national team, which made the Italian Football Association and fans a little confused.

Just when the Italian national team was frustrated with the European Cup and the Confederations Cup.Italy's national Olympic team won the Olympic championship in the magical BJ in the East, and the Italian national youth team won the U21 European Cup in Sweden. The names of Monterey, Giovinco, Balotelli, Parowski, Ranocchia, Xu Zhou, etc. resounded throughout the world of football!

The Italian Football Association and Italian fans urgently need to solve this problem, and Lippi, as a famous coach, doesn't want to solve this problem?

But the 2006 World Cup champion team left too much impression on him, left too deep an impression, which made him a little timid!
Italian coach Marcello-Lippi was a special figure at the 2006 FIFA-World-Cup.Unlike most, the Tuscan-born coach has never ventured outside Italy.But this does not mean that he lacks experience, on the contrary, his coaching experience is very complete, from the youth team in the lower leagues to the Serie A team.

He has coached little-known teams such as Pontedella, Pistois, and Kelleres. He has also coached the world's top giants such as Juventus and Inter Milan. He has won the Serie A championship, the UEFA Champions League, the European Super Cup, and even the World Cup!

Such a coach, would you say he is incapable?This should be regarded as one of the most famous and powerful coaches in Italy at present!
Therefore, the Italian Football Association and fans trust him very much. Although he still has not solved the problem of aging teams, the Football Association and fans support him very much.

And at this time, Mario Lippi is definitely giving it a try. For the team to improve, it is very important to replace the old with the new. Fortunately, at this time, Italian football has not weakened, and batch after batch of talented youngsters have emerged.And this is all-round, almost every position is available. The only thing Mario Lippi needs now is to combine these young people with the framework of the previous national team.

There is still a lot of time left for Mario Lippi. He still has time to solve this problem and make the Italian national team stronger. The European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa are a very good touchstone!

Because the opponent is not very strong, Mario Lippi is confident that the team can qualify from this group, so he wants to take this opportunity to run the team and try to solve the problem of the replacement of the old and the new!

Therefore, Xu Zhou, Balotelli, Acquafresca, Ranocchia, Criscito, Giovinco, Giulio Rossi, and Montelivo appeared in the new training list of the Italian national team.

When the list was announced, the whole of Italy was a little shocked.Although everyone thinks that these players are capable of entering the national team, the Italian Football Association and fans are very shocked that Mario Lippi has recruited so many young players at one time! !

After the Italian national team's national team list was released, the whole of Europe was a little shocked.However, after thinking about the next opponents of the Italian national team, everyone is relieved.After all, the next two opponents of the Italian national team are not very strong, and they will not pose any threat to the Italian national team at all!
However, these are not what Xu Zhou should care about now. What he should care about now is how to impress that stubborn Silver Fox with his actions, so that Xu Zhou can stay in the national team and go to South Africa to participate in the World Cup!

However, Xu Zhou's next game task is still very heavy.After participating in the two games of the Italian national team, he must rush back to England non-stop to participate in Manchester United's away game against Tottenham Hotspur on September 2009, 9, and then he will fly to Turkey on September 13, 2009 to participate in the new UEFA Champions League group stage!
也就是说徐周接下来的半个月内的行程是这样的，2009年9月2日，从因格兰飞赴意大利，参加意大利国家队的本次集训。然后在2009年9月5日的时候分赴格鲁吉亚，参加2009年9月6日和格鲁吉亚的比赛。然后2009年9月7日，徐周又飞回意大利继续集训，参加2009年9月10日和保加利亚的比赛，然后结束比赛后，徐周直接飞回英格兰，或许还要参加2009年9月13日，曼联客场挑战托特纳姆热刺队的比赛。然后在2009年9月14日这天，徐周将和曼联队一起分赴土耳其，参加2009年9月16日曼联队客场挑战贝西克塔斯的欧冠小组赛！
Grandma, the schedule is too dense, Xu Zhou must be exhausted to death! ! !
(End of this chapter)