Jagged Wings

Chapter 134 Before the Game
What the media like to do most before the game is to evaluate the "hardware" of the two teams, that is, the three lines of the team.

In terms of forwards, Spain completely beat Italy. The two Spanish forwards Torres and Villa both scored five goals, tied for the top scorer list; and among all the goals scored by Italy, only one goal was The striker scored.

In terms of midfield, Spain's Harvey and Francois ranked the top two in the average number of passes per game in the World Cup, but Pirlo has the highest pass success rate of 88%, and Gattuso's tackle data also tops the list, reaching With an average of 2.3 per game, the two sides are evenly divided in this respect.On the wing, Camoranesi, who was born in Argentina, played a key role in the midfield. Will the tireless runner ignite the spark of aura; while Reyes made 7 grains by himself Ball, the scenery in the World Cup is unparalleled for a while!
In terms of defenders, Italy is better than Spain.The cooperation between the middle and rear partners of the two teams is very good.Cannavaro performed bravely in Italy's semi-final victory over Germany and is also one of the strong contenders for the Ballon d'Or.Although teammate Materazzi may seem rude, he is decisive and efficient in steals.

Spain's Puyol and Pablo have not suffered any serious test because the team's offensive is very fierce. In the next final, they still need to prove themselves!
Italian goalkeeper Buffon's performance in this World Cup is almost perfect.After recovering from a shoulder injury, he has only conceded one goal in six games, and has never been "broken by the opponent".Cassie's performance is stable, but there are still too few performance opportunities.

There are also egg-painful British media who counted the "diving ranking" before the World Cup finals.According to the survey, in terms of diving, the Italian team seems to have the most data, reaching an astonishing 32 times.In the dispute rankings, another team that reached the final, the Spanish team, is far ahead.

The popularity of the final is not only reflected in the attention of the media and audience, but also the ticket price is a good reflection!

Fans who did not book tickets to the World Cup finals before the game are going crazy, because now, the final tickets have been sold to 1500 euros each, and this price is ten times the original price.As for the black market tickets on the Internet, they are more than the market, and they have reached a crazy state of rising by an average of 1 euro every 1 second.

The World Cup makes the fans crazy, and it also makes the ticket dealers crazy.Therefore, in order to prevent ticket reselling and regulate ticket trading activities, FIFA officials have racked their brains and done enough homework.To this end, they implemented the practice of "ticket real-name system", deliberately printing the viewer's name on the face of each ticket.Unfortunately, these preventive measures have lost their effect in front of scalpers.According to a Munich ticket vendor who did not want to give his name, "Every game will be watched by tens of thousands of people. How can so many people find out? There will be no problem with the tickets I get, because There are already quite a few fans who can testify for you."

As for online black market transactions, it is even more rampant.On one website, a ticket seller from Bonn blatantly advertised VIP seats for the World Cup final, including parking and champagne, for as much as 5990 euros!What's even more outrageous is that he will increase the price by 1 euro for every second of time.

But even so, this ticket was quickly bought by someone.

For such an important final, of course some celebrities will come out.Naturally, Spanish celebrities are optimistic about Spain, and Italian celebrities are optimistic about Italy.

It's meaningless to interview them, so many people went to interview some neutral celebrities, such as "Crow's Mouth" Bailey!
Before the start of the World Cup in Germany, Bailey predicted that England, Brazil and Italy would be champions. Now, the top two teams have gone home, and only Italy is qualified to compete with Spain for the Hercules Cup.

It has to be said that Italy's winning odds are lower than Spain's, and Pele has played a big role in this!

Not only Pele's forecast is "optimistic" about Spain, but even some players in the Italian team praised Spain. Zebra Prince Piero said in an interview: "I think the Spanish team will have an advantage in the final. They go The final was easier and more convincing than ours. There are many famous and strong players in the Spanish team, so I am not very confident in winning the final!"

"They surrendered? That's great!" When facing the reporter's interview, Reyes had a heartless expression on his face. I really don't know if he is really stupid or pretending to be dumbfounded...

Hey, do you think my brother will win your psychological battle?
Reyes felt that Piero was deliberately showing weakness, and then let the Spanish players underestimate the enemy in the final.Ordinary games might be fine.But when it comes to games like the World Cup finals, such a strategy is obviously a bit clumsy.

And Aragones also came and went indecently, he pointed the offensive at the Italian defense: "Although the Italian defenders are famous, I think that the reason why they rarely concede the ball is because they adopt a zone defense. And the tactics of filling the position are not because of the excellent personal skills of Cannavaro or Materazzi."

As the Italian team reached the final all the way, Cannavaro, as the captain, will also usher in his 100th game representing the Italian national team. He very much hopes to celebrate his [-]th commemoration with a victory: "We are A whole, everyone is an indispensable part of the whole, a good line of defense is a combination of excellent players and full tacit understanding!"

And Spain's spiritual leader Raul, as a striker, pointed his finger at Italy's conservative tactics: "The three candidates for the Ballon d'Or in Italy are all defensive players. As a team that can enter the World Cup finals, they are like cowards." They also shrank in their own backcourt, don't they have a little bit of enthusiasm to fight their opponents to the death?"

Raul's "coward theory" angered the Italian media. They blamed Spain's flashy tactics, backward and monotonous style of play, and players who can only attack but not defend...

But the Italian team is as stable as Mount Tai, not moving at all.Lippi went from Juventus to the Italian national team. While bringing over several main players from Juventus, he also brought over the calm and calm temperament of the old woman.Throughout the World Cup, Lippi always had only one response in the face of mountains of criticism: "If you think you can do better than me, then you can be the head coach!"

Of course, as such an important final, Lippi obviously couldn't do this anymore.Even if he doesn't care about what the outside world says or he has a strong heart, his players may obviously have psychological fluctuations, which is what he must do as a head coach.

"Spain is a very strong team!" Lippi's first sentence first complimented Spain, and then said: "In addition to their good offense, they are also smart enough in many games. From At this point, we have to be resilient enough and not expose our weaknesses!"

"Then what is Italy's weakness?" A reporter who is not afraid of death kicked his nose and face.

Lippi smiled: "If you know, please tell me, I will change!"

For the Italians, the World Cup final with the French team tomorrow morning is very important, because the Italian judicial department stated that if Italy can win the championship, it may be exchanged for an important "amnesty order".If the team involved in the match-fixing scandal can really get an "amnesty", then the Juventus team, which has superstars such as Buffon and Cannavaro, is expected to escape the penalty of relegation.

Buffon said: "I can't say where I will go in the future, it depends on the final result. If we can win the championship, I hope we can get 'amnesty'."

Italian football had a similar precedent before. Rossi was found to be a match-fixer, but he scored 1982 goals in the 3 World Cup match against Brazil. Everyone forgave his fault and he became a national hero again.

Of course, this does not rule out that it is the smoke bomb released by the Italian Football Association before the game, the purpose is to stimulate the team's combat effectiveness.

(End of this chapter)