golden ball prince

Chapter 237 The First Training Session of the National Team
In the qualifiers of this European Cup, Italy's qualifying process can be said to be smooth sailing.Italy, which was assigned to Group C of the 2012 European Cup qualifiers, scored 26 goals and only conceded 2 goals with [-] matches, [-] wins, [-] draws, and an absolute advantage of [-] points ahead of No.[-].

In the first match of the qualifiers, Italy got off to a bad start against Estonia, but eventually reversed and won.After a rather "difficult" start, the adjusted Italy first had a five-goal bloodbath against the Faroe Islands, followed by an away draw with Northern Ireland. After the home game against Serbia was canceled due to riots caused by visiting fans, UEFA ruled that Italy won the game 3-0.

Since then, under the command of Prandelli, Italy has won consecutive battles and successfully qualified ahead of schedule.

In the final round against Northern Ireland, Italy relied on Cassano's double goal and the opponent's own goal to complete the double play against Northern Ireland, and also perfectly ended the journey of the qualifiers.

Through the qualifiers, the head coach Prandelli has actually finalized the main players in many positions.

Italy scored a total of [-] goals in the qualifiers, and six of them came from Cassano, and the Milan forward became the top scorer of the national team in the qualifiers.As for his favorite player, it should not take too long for Prandelli to put him in the starting lineup.

But the reason why I have to think about it is because Prandelli actually didn't fix a real striker combination in the qualifiers, and he is also trying different lineups.

In the midfield, Pirlo naturally plays the role of team commander as he helped the national team win the Hercules Cup six years ago.

Although he is six years older, "Sleeping Skin" is able to devote more energy to the offense because of the assistance of the young and powerful Marchisio, and the power of assists is also far beyond the level of the past few seasons.In the qualifiers, Pirlo was also the assist king of the national team.

In terms of defense, Italy's "reinforced concrete" defense line has never lacked a core. The core central defender Chiellini played every minute of the qualifiers.It was under his leadership that the Italian team qualified ahead of schedule with an impressive record of being unbeaten and conceding only two goals.

In addition, it is precisely because of the defense led by Chiellini that Juventus can remain unbeaten in all 38 games in the league this season. If it were not for the loss in the Coppa Italia final, the "Bianconeri" could have maintained their unbeaten season.

There are also no two candidates for the goalkeeper position, and captain Buffon is the absolute main force.

Therefore, Italy, where the core players collectively shine, also makes Prandelli no longer need to worry about these positions, so that he can better examine players in other positions and substitutes.

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Wang Zi went to the Vilciano training base with Sirigu, because both of them participated in the awards ceremony held by the French Professional Football Association.Wang Zi won several awards, while Sirigu, who was shortlisted for the best goalkeeper selection, could only accompany him, watching Lori win the best goalkeeper.

Motta, another Paris Saint-Germain player, had to arrive at the national team training base one day earlier than the two club teammates, because the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder who had only played for half a season was not eligible to be nominated for the most competitive midfielder in Ligue [-].

Because the registration time was later, and considering that Wang Zi and Sirigu were teammates in the club, the two were assigned to the same room.

The first training session in Italy was at ten o'clock in the morning after the full report.

Before the official training, the players had already changed their clothes and came to the training field. Before the head coach Prandelli appeared, everyone chatted with each other.

Among a group of people, some are reminiscing about the old days, because they all knew each other before, either teammates of the club or old teammates of the national team, while some players are meeting new friends, because they are not regular visitors of the national team.

This is the second time for Wang Zi to be selected for the national team. For the first time, with the help of Sirigu and Mota, he also met a lot of friends, at least he can get acquainted among them.

"Raiola doesn't like you, but Thiago said you are very good, so I don't want to be friends with you for the time being." Balotelli pretended to be "vicious" after finishing speaking.

Beside Wang Zi, Siligu looked bewildered, while Mota was speechless for a while.

"Mario, you already said it when you were in the national team last time." Wang Zi laughed, but he didn't care what Balotelli thought of him.

"Really? I said it?" Balotelli turned to Mota for confirmation.

"Yes, it was the king I introduced to you at that time." This is why Mota was speechless.

Balotelli, who couldn't remember anything at all, was not embarrassed, and continued to say fiercely: "Okay! Then I will say it again."

When Balotelli left, Motta shook his head, "This bastard..."

Siligu echoed, "It's pretty cool."

"Indeed." Wang Zi also nodded.

Mota looked at it jokingly, "Maybe Mario didn't pay attention to you last time."

"Haha, it doesn't matter." Wang Zi didn't mind at all, because he knew that Balotelli was known as a "naughty guy".

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The first training session in Italy was open to the media, so the outside of the training ground was naturally surrounded by the "long guns and short guns" of the reporters.

However, for the first formal training session, head coach Prandelli did not conduct too many training subjects, and the team focused on restorative training to maintain their state.

The reason why Prandelli did this is because the team members have just experienced a season, and the main players in the club are rushing to the Vilciano training base in a short period of time after the end of the season, so of course there is a lot of physical consumption.

The team's training in the morning was basically carried out under the arrangement of the physical fitness coach, and Prandelli took advantage of the training time of the players and was not idle. He called the players one by one from the sidelines of the training field to have a conversation.

After the one-hour training session in the morning, Prandelli also spoke in front of all the players for the first time.

"Starting today, everyone is a member of the national team. I hope that everyone will remain focused and serious in the next training. We must all be worthy of the national team uniform in front of us!"

"In the European Cup four years ago and the World Cup two years ago, we were humiliated in two consecutive major competitions, which made the outside world look down on us now."

"But we can't look down on ourselves! Even if Italy is far away from the aura of the World Cup, even if Italy is no longer the favorite of this European Cup, even if we are forgotten by the outside world, we must work hard to complete every training session!"

"Northern Italy suffered a lot from the earthquake, but the fans still did not forget to support us. This is our motivation! So we have to work harder! At least we must have a clear conscience about the jersey we wear! Let the fans feel that their support is worth it!"

"Understand?"

Prandelli's voice is not loud, but full of air.

In front of Prandelli, all the players replied loudly: "Understood!"

Everyone's face is full of fighting spirit.

Nodding in satisfaction, Prandelli continued: "As long as we train hard, we will definitely gain something! In history, Italy has always played poorly when it was regarded as the favorite, but it was soul-stirring when it was not favored."

After a pause for a second or two, Prandelli said again: "And in all fairness, I don't think we are worse than any of the participating national teams!"

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