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Chapter 657 A Different World Cup (12)

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At 9 p.m. on July 12, the French Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 spectators, was packed. There were still many fans who had not bought tickets a step slower than they could wait outside the stadium, hoping to get good luck and get a precious ticket.

However, they are obviously disappointed. After all, this is the World Cup final that only once every four years. Who would be willing to transfer the hard-won tickets to someone else?

Zhuang Mingge, who had been sitting in the VIP box early and enjoying the air conditioning and sofa, naturally could not experience the anxious mood of ordinary fans. At this time, he was holding a World Cup schedule and chatting with Karin and Groz about some of his latest discoveries:

"Carin, Rebecca, come and see, these French guys are really smart, but unfortunately they made wedding clothes for others in the end, but they didn't get any benefits."

"I heard from Antonio that, it seems that this is really true." Groz Jr. looked at the schedule among the singer Zhuang Ming and said, "If France defeated our Italy in the quarter-finals and finally entered the finals, then their last three games will be held at the Stadium of France. In this way, the French team can avoid the long-distance running and ready for the game with all their strength!"

Although this may not be worth making a fuss about in the eyes of ordinary fans, it is not the case for industry insiders like Zhuang Mingge. Because they all know that for large cups like the World Cup, which are much more intensive than club events, a team can play in the same stadium in a row, which will have a considerable advantage.

There are two main advantages. One is what Groz said before, the team does not have to run around France, which avoids players consuming more physical fitness during the journey and can better prepare for the next game; the second point is the adaptability to the venue. Players who play in the same venue for three consecutive games will obviously adapt to this venue much higher than the other team! Especially for those professional players, this impact is particularly obvious!

Think about it, if one side is still adapting to the venue and the other side is already aware of the environment and venue conditions of the court, then at the beginning of the game, the side who is more familiar with this venue will obviously have more advantages! This advantage is naturally extremely important for a knockout match that determines the outcome.

However, the French Football Association, which made the small abacus, did not expect that the French team, which had the right time, place and people, would be killed in the quarter-finals. All of their plans were cheap and eliminated the Italians in France, but they did not gain any benefits.

However, Zhuang Mingge's discoveries can only be said in this small circle composed of the three of them. If these remarks are heard and promoted by those who are interested, they will definitely cause some unnecessary and quite troublesome storms.

At the same time, the only two teams remaining in the World Cup, Brazil and Italy, have stepped onto the stadium, with captains from both sides Dunga and Maldini Jr. playing the game of guessing the front and back of the coin led by Moroccan Said Belgra.

In this final, the coach of the Brazilian national team, Zagalo, did not make much adjustments to the starting lineup, and also reused the players in the national team as always: goalkeeper Tafarell, and the four defenders were Carlos, Bayano, Aldal and Cafo from left to right; Sampayo and Dunga formed a double midfielder to protect the defense line, Rivaldo and Leonardo were separated from the midfield wings; on the forward line, the alien Ronaldo, who was in good shape and veteran Bebeto were on the front line.

Some people may ask why Zagalo did not send the Ronaldo-Royce combination that is stunning the world? The reason is very simple, because, as happened in history, the lone wolf Romario was excluded from the 22-man roster by coach Zagalo before the start of the World Cup, and he did not even have the chance to participate in the World Cup.

By the way, in the days before the finals, Ronaldo has been in a very healthy state and has not had the strange symptoms of pre-match epilepsy as in history.

Let’s look at Italy. Since Brazil’s starting lineup has always been very stable, while giving Brazilian players a more tacit understanding, it also gives Old Maldini more room to arrange targeted tactics.

Paliuca, Martini, Nesta, Matrazi, Zambrota, Dino Baggio, Albertini, Dilivio, Dimatio, Robert Baggio, Vieri, this is Italy's starting eleven players in the finals!

Old Maldini has his priorities for placing troops like this: as Ronaldo's teammate in Fiorentina, Nesta and Matrazi must have more experience in dealing with aliens than others, and it is also for Zanbrotta to face Carlos. Martini and Cafu have also faced each other several times in the league, which is enough to deal with this Brazilian right-back with excellent assists. Due to Carlos and Cafu's existence and personal character, Rivaldo prefers to run in the middle, but there are Dino Baggio and Albertini waiting for him; as for Bebeto and Leonardo, they did not attract the attention of Old Maldini at all, but just ordered to deal with them in a normal way. After all, the competitive state of these two players has declined very much, and there is no need to pay attention to them at all.

In fact, Brazil is regarded as a favorite to win the championship, more because of Ronaldo, a player with no solution and his almost invincible performance in the Four Nations Invitational and the Copa America last year, Brazil's strength in this World Cup has not actually reached the level of seeing the mountains at a glance.

Some people say that Ronaldo has a strength to handle a defense line at this time, but Vieri and Baggio in Italy also have this ability, and are not worse than aliens.

In this way, Italy and Brazil, who had all the main players and had no troubles, joined forces to contribute a wonderful performance to fans all over the world on this night!

In the 22nd minute, Rivaldo and Ronaldo made a consecutive two-pass cooperation in the frontcourt, and the latter broke into the penalty area and scored, and Brazil led 1-0!

However, Brazilian fans were not happy for long. Italy was sent a cross from the left in a strong attack. Vieri, who was receiving in the penalty area, beat Bayano to the header, helping Italy equalize the score!

Although Ronaldo tried his best to assist Rivaldo to surpass the score before the end of the first half, Brazil's defense once again proved the correctness of people's evaluation of his "unreliable" performance at this time.

Aldal is indeed reliable, but his partner Bayano's ability is not complimentary. Moreover, under Zagalo's free-range management, Carlos and Kafu's attitude towards returning to defense is obviously not as active as in the club. In addition, a very old Tafarel... This led to Italy's two goals scored by the Brazilians, the Samba Legion's goal was also shot into a scum by the Vieri!

First, Vieri scored his ninth goal in the second half to help Italy equalize again, and then Dino Baggio used a kick outside the 30-meter world wave to overtake the score!
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