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Chapter 572 Chapter [005] - Unexpected - [Today's second update]

"Oh, Italy's starting lineup today is somewhat expected. Lippi still uses the lineup from the 2006 World Cup in Italy. Most of them participated in the 2006 World Cup. Only Xu Zhouzhou was not a member of that World Cup. It can be seen that Lippi still believes in his old team. However, Xu Zhou's appearance in the starting lineup is indeed somewhat unexpected. Before the game, some people predicted that Xu Zhou would not appear in the starting lineup. After all, he and Gattuso have different styles, so it is difficult to choose! "The commentator of the Italian national sports began to explain.

"However, today we saw that these two men appeared in the starting lineup. Xu Zhou appeared in the position he is good at, while Gattuso appeared in the position of left midfielder. Lippi actually let Gattuso make way for Xu Zhou. It can be seen that Lippi still values ​​​​Xu Zhou very much. Maybe he wants to use Xu Zhou's impact and attack power to add a little vitality to the aging Italian team!" Said the commentator of the Italian national sports team.

"We are not surprised that Xu Zhou appeared in the starting list, but the change of Gattuso's position is beyond the surprise of all of us. After all, Gattuso rarely goes to the left. If Gattuso and Pirlo are paired in the midfielder and De Rossi goes to the left, will the effect be better? In the middle, Pirlo and Gattuso attack and defend, one side has speed and technology, and the other side has impact. Wouldn't this configuration be better?" Duan Xuan, a commentator of CCTV, said. I still have some doubts about the formation of troops!
"Compared to Lippi's formation, Martino's formation is a bit mediocre, without any change!" Duan Xuan said indifferently.

Martino (Gerardo-Martino), an Argentine, took over the Paraguay team in 2007. Before that, he led the Portino Hills team to win the Paraguayan domestic league championship, and he also received the favor of the Paraguayan Football Association.

The 47-year-old Martino followed another Argentine coach Bielsa in his early years, and learned a lot of offensive concepts from the "crazy" Bielsa. After accepting the Paraguay team, Martino also injected the offensive factor into Paraguayan football, which has always been good at defense.In this qualifier, Martino led the Paraguayan team to defeat the Chilean team led by teacher Bielsa and the Argentina team coached by Maradona, especially in September 09 when they defeated Argentina 9-1. Martino almost made his homeland team miss the World Cup.

Perhaps because of Martino, this Paraguayan team played very differently from the previous Paraguayan teams. They showed their crazy attacking ability when they came up, while the Italian national team could only hide in the half-court to defend and counterattack!
This is the style of play that the Italian national team is best at. They did not panic and waited for the soldiers of the Paraguayan team to press in, and then they found an opportunity to counterattack and give the opponent a fatal blow! !

However, when the old Italian team faced the ferocious attack of the Paraguayan team, their defense was a little unstable, and the goal was frequently threatened by Paraguay.The defenders of the Italian national team turn around slowly. The head coach of the Paraguay team, Martino, is very aware of this weakness of the Italian national team.

This game was dubbed the "Italian Derby" by many media before the game. This is because Paraguay has a bad nickname "Copy Italy". Yes, the Paraguay team has always relied on table defense to mix in the world football.
Many media revealed before the game that if Paraguay continues to do this and does not work hard on offense, they will not be able to qualify from the group stage in this World Cup!Perhaps it was also affected by this. At the beginning of the game, Paraguay launched a fierce attack on the big brother Italy!
Paraguay resolutely implemented the tactics arranged by the head coach before the game, playing behind the Italian defender!

In the 8th minute of the first half, Valdez suddenly received a direct pass from his teammate Barreto and succeeded in anti-offside.I finally broke through the defense of the Italian team. It was the first time for me today. This Cannavaro followed too closely. I was almost overwhelmed by him today.Fortunately, I finally got the chance.Valdes quickly moved the ball forward, and then he saw Buffon strike.

The near corner has no chance, the far corner.Valdez reacted quickly and pushed the ball into the far corner.At the same time, Buffon's body quickly fell to his side, and he stretched out his hands to block the ball.The ball rolled quickly on the ground, and then hit Buffon's fingers to change direction.Chiellini quickly kicked the ball out of the penalty area when it rolled to his feet.

The ball flew high and high and flew out of the penalty area, but it did not fly far.Falling at the feet of Santa Cruz on the edge of the penalty area, Santa Cruz didn't have too much time to think about it. He directly raised his foot and pumped towards the ball, and made a volley. The ball flew towards the goal like a fired shell.

However, instead of hitting the target he should, he hits Chiellini's body and pops out.

The popped ball rolled directly to the feet of Pirlo, the midfielder of the Italian national team. This was a chance to counterattack. Pirlo quickly turned around and was about to transfer the ball to the right. At this time, Xu Zhou had already advanced at high speed.However, at the moment Pirlo wanted to pass the ball, Paraguay's midfielder Barreto rushed up quickly. Pirlo had to use his feet to flick the ball to the side, and after shaking a little gap, he quickly transferred the ball to the side!

Xu Zhou, who was advancing at high speed, looked at the ball, judged where the ball landed, and then rushed to the landing point quickly. When he saw that he was about to receive the ball, the referee's whistle rang!

Throwin! !

Pirlo's hasty pass failed to grasp the strength and sent the ball directly to the sideline.It seems that Paraguay's oppressive style of play has achieved very good results, so that Italy's counterattack cannot be organized, and they can devote themselves to the offense!

Xu Zhou shook his head helplessly and sighed silently.At this time, Pirlo raised his hand to apologize to Xu Zhou.But Lippi stood on the sidelines and signaled the Italian players to calm down, don't worry, don't be brought up by Paraguay, and don't follow the opponent's rhythm!

It stands to reason that the experienced Italian national team would not make such a mistake. Why was it dispatched by Paraguay as soon as it came up today?This made the Italian fans and African fans on the sidelines a little confused!
At this moment, Xu Zhou felt a little bored. Damn it, the damned Uwuzu of the African fans was really damned, it made him a little uneasy.This is the disadvantage of not participating in last year's Confederations Cup. Now these Italian players on the field are basically familiar with this. After all, they have seen this thing last year and have adapted to it! !

But why do people in Paraguay seem to be okay?

In fact, Paraguayans are also very annoyed by this thing. Is this really affecting their mood? Woohoo, it's fatal! !
At the beginning of the game, the Port Elizabeth Stadium was full of jubilation. Fans from both sides cheered wildly. Their festival finally came. They cheered wildly and cheered for their teams.Especially the fans of the Paraguay team, they have never seen such an active and offensive Paraguay team, and now they have more expectations for this team!
Barreto quickly pushed the ball flat to midfielder Enrique Vela, who quickly turned the ball wide after receiving the ball, Martinez dribbled the ball forward at high speed, and Zambrotta quickly posted it.Martinez tried to break through, but was unsuccessful.He quickly went to the bottom, swayed a bit of space, and then went straight to the ball.

The ball quickly flew into the penalty area, where Valdez grabbed the point and gave the ball to Barreto who was plugged in behind.As soon as Barreto saw the ball coming into the penalty area, he quickly kicked the ball and flew towards the goal, but the ball was slightly higher and flew out of the baseline, and the Paraguayan team returned without success.

Buffon kicked the goal kick, midfielder Barreto and Pirlo competed.Pirlo failed to win the point, and the ball was thrown to Martinez on the wing by Barreto.After Martinez received the ball, he was going to break through directly, but when he received the ball, he found a gap, so he immediately passed the ball to the right.Santana advanced at high speed, caught the ball, and then quickly feinted, shaking a little space, and directly took the ball.

The ball flew to the middle, and Santa Cruz jumped to the top.However, he still failed to touch the ball, because the ball was hit by Buffon and flew out of the penalty area.

The ball fell to Pirlo's feet. Before Pirlo could turn around, Paraguay's Enrique Vela shoveled the ball off Pirlo's feet with a sliding tackle, and Valdez retreated to catch the ball.Before Valdes could turn around after catching the ball, Chiellini quickly came up, clinging to Valdes, preventing him from turning around!

After a series of failed attempts to turn around, Valdes pushed the ball back to Enrique Vela before Pirlo pounced on him.Enrique Bella rushed up and slammed the goal, and the ball flew towards the goal of the Italian national team like a shell fired!
"SHOOT..." The commentator at the scene roared in shock, which made the Italian fans at the scene break out in cold sweat! !

The Paraguayan fans jumped up from their seats and raised their hands! !

The goalkeeper of the Italian national team, Buffon, made a sideways save, but he still missed the ball when he jumped up. The ball rubbed against the post and flew out of the bottom line! ! !
(End of this chapter)