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The defending champion Italy was defeated by Croatia in the opening game! At this moment, all the fans in the world who sat in front of the TV to watch the game and witnessed this scene with their own eyes could not believe the reality before them.

This is the Italy that won the World Cup and European Cup championships one after another? The Italy that once used defense to leave the Dutch helpless for 120 minutes and finally returned with hatred? The Italy that could defeat the top powerhouses such as Brazil, France, and the Netherlands and become the first team in history to win the European Cup after winning the World Cup?

Italy, which is famous for its reinforced concrete defense, was shocking to be two goals by his opponent in just three minutes. What's more, it was even more surprising that Croatia, which has become a second-rate European team, has achieved this feat.

Therefore, with this incredible magical reversal, the two forwards who contributed key goals to Croatia, namely Olic and Lapac, not only became household names overnight under the strong publicity of the media, but also became a hot commodity for many teams to compete in the transfer market with the help of this victory, winning a turning point for their originally unsatisfactory career.

Perhaps with Olic and Lapach's current abilities, it may be difficult to make achievements in the four major leagues, but it is still not a problem to gain a foothold in some second-rate leagues in Europe. Therefore, if they can seize this opportunity well and join a team that can give them enough trust, it will not be difficult to write a good chapter in their career.

Having said that, if this victory was not the opportunity, Olic and Lapatch, who were not talented in football, would probably end their careers in a daze even if they were diligent in disarray.

It can be said that whether to seize this rare opportunity to take your career a step further, or to waste this opportunity to become famous overnight in vain, it depends on Olic and Lapatch's subsequent actions.

While Croatia was excited to defeat the powerful Italy and won the good start of the World Cup group stage, the Italians were depressedly "enjoying" the series of bitter fruits brought by this defeat.

For example, Italy's defeat against Croatia in the opening match greatly gave the Mexican and Ecuadorians who were in the same group as Italy, as well as all teams that could face Italy in the World Cup. They began to realize that the Apennines coached by Zov is no longer the champion team led by Old Martini, and as long as the tactics are used properly, there is a chance to defeat Italy.

Like Ecuador and the Mexicans who were excited to see the hope of defeating powerful enemies, Italy was not at this time. After winning first and losing in the first game of the group stage, and finally being defeated by Croatia, the direction of public opinion changed significantly overnight.

Although the Italian media did not condemn Dino Zov as soon as possible out of consideration for the team's atmosphere and World Cup matches, instead continuing to support the national team head coach, in the eyes of many Italian supporters, Dino Zov is obviously the culprit that led to the disadvantage of Italy's development.

It is precisely because of this that Zov's arrangement and on-site command in the first game of the group stage have been criticized and criticized by many celebrities and professionals. Among them, pipe coach Bearzot's comments are the most sharp!

The pipe coach who once coached Dino Zov and led Italy to beat strong enemies such as Brazil and Federal Germany in a row, and finally brought back the third Hercules Cup to Italy in a shocked gaze. When commenting on his disciple, Zov's performance in this game is really disappointing. He did not use these resources in his hands at all. Vieri is indeed the world's leading powerful center.

But the ability to support him trained in Fiorentina is not reflected in this national team, but Zov is used as a siege hammer. Inzaghi is a top hunter, but Zov is pressed on the bench and the light of day is gone. Albertini needs help to share the organizational pressure on him, but look at who Zov has arranged for him to help? It is Dibiagio and Tomasi and other midfield engineers! Oh my God! Does he think football matches are just a competition of muscles?!"

Even Zov's ex, the old Maldini, who was at home at this time, got into the fun: "I personally think that Coach Zov made some mistakes that should not have when he was deploying troops. For example, he did not provide qualified helpers for Demi (Albertini's nickname), but just allowed him to face the encirclement of Croatian midfielders alone. This is a very wrong approach. You should know that when I was coaching the national team, Albertini never fought alone. Robert (Baggio), Toti and Feorre can all share the pressure on Demi well. Now? Zov chose to push Toti to the forward line and press Inzag on the bench. Doing so will only reduce the team's control in the midfield in vain, but the threat on the offensive end will not increase much."

Faced with criticism and accusations from all walks of life, Dino Zov did not respond immediately. Although as the head coach, Zov is just an absolute rookie with no much coaching experience, he has been living in the football world for many years as general manager Lazio, and naturally he will not panic because of this.

Fortunately, Zov is not Saki. He is not a hopeless person. After being turned over by Croatia in the first round, Zov, who realized that he had made a mistake, seemed very tough in an interview with the outside world, took the initiative to review it at the team meeting. At the same time, based on the loopholes and shortcomings exposed by the team in the previous game, the starting lineup was improved and prepared to try the effect in the next game against Ecuador.

Some people may ask, Zov was the Italian national team that Maldini stepped down after the 2000 European Cup. He had two full years to prepare for the Korean and Japanese World Cup, so how could he not even create a complete main lineup?

Although this is reasonable, please don't forget that Italy, as the defending champion, does not need to participate in the World Cup qualifiers. This means that in the past two years, Zoff can only run-in the lineup through friendly matches and select players who suit them.
Chapter completed!