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Chapter 578 Chapter [012] - Trust Crisis - [Today's third update]

Chapter 578 Chapter [012] - Trust Crisis - [Today's third update]

From the Italian national team's first game against Paraguay, the famous Spanish media "Marca" summarized three problems for the Italian national team!

First, it is difficult for the Italian defense to replicate the miracle of 06, and the Blues are struggling to find a successor to the central defender.

The overall aging problem in Italy does not need too much justification, especially in their central defender position. The 36-year-old Cannavaro and the injured Chiellini, the Italian central defender combination does not seem safe, and the facts have proved this. Santa Cruz easily got rid of Cannavaro and succeeded in anti-offside. The single-handed goal is a true portrayal of the Italian defense. In 2006, Italy only conceded 7 goals in 2 games, but now Italy can only rely on luck and fresh blood if they want to repeat the miracle of winning that year.

The Italian defense line has always been synonymous with solidity in the past, and many great central defenders have been born in history. The Azzurri is one of the few teams in the world whose defenders are more famous than their strikers. Maldini, Nesta, and Cannavaro used to be the nightmare of all forwards.

In 2006, the 32-year-old Cannavaro's state was enough to support the national team's game, at least he could rely on experience to help the team, but as he grew older, Cannavaro proved to be unavailable when he played Juventus.He has been making low-level mistakes in the defense line, it is difficult to concentrate on defense, and his physical strength cannot keep up with the requirements of the game, but Lippi seems not to care about this, it seems that he is helping the love to brush up the national love team.Cannavaro was responsible for the first goal conceded in this game. Santa Cruz easily got rid of Cannavaro and scored a single-handed goal. In addition, in the subsequent attack, the national team captain also slipped and was easily swayed away. The 135-year-old veteran is no longer suitable for the national team.Chiellini's performance in this game was quite satisfactory, without the previous eye-catching performance, but more stable.

In the past, I have been criticizing the incompleteness of Italian central defenders, thinking that this is an unsolvable problem, but the birth of the Bari twins this season has given Lippi more choices. Bonucci’s selection also just illustrates this problem. Previously, due to Chiellini’s injury, Bari defenders and Juventus iron guards did not try to combine. However, with the downturn of Cannavaro and the decline of Italian air defense capabilities, Bonucci’s replacement is the first choice. .Although Bocchetti suffered injuries and performed mediocre in Genoa, being selected for the national team also shows Lippi's trust in him. The two newly selected central defenders can all perform better than Cannavaro.

For Italy, defense is king and is a life-saving straw. If they want to defend their title, they must strengthen their defense. In 2006, they only conceded 7 goals in 2 games. In the first game of 2010, they were already broken by their opponents. If they want to reproduce 2006, they need more support from young people besides luck...

Second, the weakness of the front has become an embarrassment for Italy, and the great front in blue has no one to inherit the tradition!

Italy, which has been labeled as "anti-anti" for decades, has in fact never lacked top strikers (attacking players), Rossina's golden boy, Baggio's one-man protection of Italy's World Cup feat, and Vieri and even Toni who was decisively supported by Lippi in the last World Cup... But the more you compare the past, the more embarrassing Italy is now.

Without Del Piero, Totti refused to return. Toni, who was already a late bloomer, is no longer available because of his sharp decline in status. This is the status quo of Italy's striker before entering the World Cup.Therefore, in the striker position, the top player of the Italian team is Gilardino, who occasionally returns to the San Siro Stadium and will be booed by the audience.To put it bluntly, the failure in Milan proved that there is a clear boundary between Gilardino and world-class strikers. Today's Italy is led by such a character, and it is almost the most provable decline in strength in all aspects.

In the game against Paraguay, Gilardino, one of the bridgeheads of the double ghost shot, still bravely restrained the performance on the front line, but the actual effect was basically just a sense of melee combat.As for Ya Kunta, who was listed as the starter, this seems to be an example to prove that "there is no general in Sichuan". Before the game, Ya Kunta complained that he was not used to being placed on the wing.

Di Natale is really a good player. European public opinion always defines him as "should not be ignored by the rich". However, Di Natale's weak body cannot support Italy's attack line after all, and his civilian qualifications cannot even get Lippi's full trust.How much hope of defending the title can such an Italian frontcourt afford?Just before the match against Paraguay, captain Cannavaro just talked about the reality that Italy has "no genius". The geniuses he cited were Messi, Ronaldo and Rooney, all of whom are attackers. This seems to be another analysis of Italy's weakness compared to other powerful players.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about the shouts of the Italian fans. Before the Italian national team went to South Africa, the Italian fans had a voice to put Xu Zhou on the front line, and let this European super shooter who had never been on the front line be the forward of the Italian national team. It can also be seen that the Italian fans are dissatisfied with the current forward of the Italian national team! !

In fact, in terms of attacking players, Italy still has a few very good players. Of course, the first one to bear the brunt is the extremely popular super Xu Zhou this season. However, everyone thinks that Xu Zhou, who represented the Italian national team for the first time in a world competition, will find it difficult to carry the banner of the Italian national team. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi did not perform well in the first World Series. Italian fans look forward to the future for Xu Zhou!

Then there are Giovinco, Balotelli, Giulio Rossi, etc., but these people have the same problem as Xu Zhou. They are too young. Although they have strength, they have too little competition experience.Moreover, Lippi is relatively conservative, and it is difficult for everyone to see that this group of people will carry the banner of the Italian national team in this competition.

Therefore, in general, the Italian national team is indeed weak!

Third, Italy's trapped midfield lacks a core, and Pirlo has no absolute brains after that.

World Cup defending champion Italy 1-1 difficult draw with Paraguay, with a draw began with a gloomy journey to defend the title.Compared with the Italian team that won the championship in 2006, apart from being 4 years older, the biggest difference between tonight's Azzurri team is the lack of core Pirlo.Due to the injury in the game, when Pirlo only played half of the game, the "brainless" Italian tactical organization was in a mess, and the lack of core has become Italy's biggest problem.

In the 2006 World Cup, Italy held the Hercules Cup in Germany. Although Cannavaro, Buffon, Materazzi and Grosso attracted the most attention, Pirlo was actually the biggest contributor to Italy's victory.Since being creatively arranged from the front midfielder to the back midfielder by Ancelotti in 2002, Pirlo has also been sublimated from a mediocre front midfielder to the world's top midfielder, and even created a new term "Pirlo-style midfielder".As the core and brain of the team, Pirlo is Italy's offensive and defensive converter and the lifeblood of the team.

Before the start of this World Cup, Pirlo was unfortunately injured in the match against Paraguay. This led to the Italian national team's fierce offensive in the second half of the game, but the messy scene was still manifested.Such a change suddenly made Italy's offense disorganized.In this game, the Italian team passed 469 times, which was much lower than Germany's 579 times and Mexico's 578 times; the success rate was only 65.2%, ranking second to last among the teams that had played the game, only better than 2% of the United States and 60.9% of Paraguay.What's more, such data is still in the case that Italy has the advantage of possession of the ball. The number and quality of Italy's passes are obviously not ideal.

After Pirlo was injured, Lippi replaced Pirlo with Marchisio and Montelivo.But Marchisio is purely an engineer-type player, and he can't do it, let alone replace Pirlo's role in the Italian national team!The organizational midfielder Marchisio, who Lippi placed high hopes on, was relatively unsuccessful, with only 34 passes and 24 successful passes in the audience, and no key pass.This caused Marchisio's performance on the court to be very unbearable, which made Lippi use Montereyvo!

It is worth noting that Montolivo, like Pirlo, made his debut as a midfielder, but in the past two seasons in Florence, he has successfully transformed into a "Pirlo-style" organizational midfielder.In the game, Montolivo succeeded in 58 of 39 passes, but there was no key pass. Although his performance was acceptable, there was still a big gap compared with Pirlo's more than 1 passes in a single game.

In fact, since the 2008 European Cup, Italy has been looking for Pirlo's successor, but it has always encountered failure. In the European Cup in 2008, Aquilani was placed with high hopes, but he suffered a complete failure.In this world preliminaries and the pre-match warm-up match, Juventus' Marchisio is considered to be an excellent successor to Pirlo, but from the performance point of view, Marchisio is more suitable to be a core deputy rather than a real core.

Without Pirlo, who has superb footwork and excellent overall situation, Italy has no quick and effective long pass from the backcourt, and no precise and powerful through pass in the middle.In the match against Paraguay, the Italian team had messy tactics and disorganized pass organization, making it difficult to organize an effective attack. They often passed the ball to the opponent's half and returned without success.

A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Whether it is Donadoni or Lippi, Pirlo has always been the absolute core that cannot be replaced.However, Pirlo is now 31 years old, and his poor physical condition is even more unable to withstand the blow of injuries. It is hard to imagine that Italy will still have the same Pirlo as before in 4 years.In the history of Italy, super-class forwards, defenders, and goalkeepers abound, but there are very few super-class midfielders, and there are even fewer midfield masters like Rivera.After Pirlo, Italy no longer has an "absolute brain", which has become an unsolvable problem for the Azzurri, and the lack of core has also become the biggest obstacle for this Italian team to advance.

Yes, from such a simple game, "Marca" saw all the problems of the three lines of the Italian national team.Seeing this, Italian fans will definitely be terrified. According to "Marca", isn't the defending champion useless?Will the Italian national team defend their title in this way?I think even a three-year-old child would not believe that the Italian national team will successfully defend their title! !

Yes, after this game, the Italian national team is facing an unprecedented crisis-a crisis of confidence!

At this time, there must be someone in the Italian national team to stand up and stabilize the situation, otherwise, this Italian national team is likely to collapse in the group stage!

So, who could this person be?Is it World Cup champion coach Lippi?Or the current Italian national team captain Cannavaro?Or the midfielder Pirlo who is in urgent need of injury?Or is it the Roman general De Rossi?Or what about Super Xu, who represented the Italian national team for the first time in an international competition but performed well?

I think everyone has a favorite candidate in their minds, but can these people stand out?We just have to wait and see! !

During this period of time, the Italian national team has received a lot of attention from the outside world, with both good and bad reviews, and even more doubts.However, Lippi and the Italian national team ignored it. They were all training intensely for the next game against New Zealand.

Although the draw in the first game is regrettable, it is not the end of the world, and the defending champion is not so easy to be beaten.The Italian players are training meticulously. They believe that their trip to the World Cup will not be just for the group stage!

Will this really be the case?

Let's keep our eyes open and wait and see!

(End of this chapter)