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The five-day training time passed quickly. Early in the morning on June 3, Old Maldini held a press conference as scheduled at the training site, and publicly announced that the 22-man roster who would represent the Italian national team in the European Cup.

Compared with the Italian national team in the same period of history, the 22-man roster released by Maldini has changed to a certain extent.

The first person to be kicked off was the Zebra Prince Pierro. Due to Fiorentina's strong performance and Italy's successful World Cup win at the France World Cup two years ago, Maldini is no longer as superstitious as in history, and will not continue to resist the opposition and take him to the train to the European Cup when his condition is in a downturn.

Therefore, in the roster of Italy's European Cup, the first one to be crossed out by Old Maldini is naturally Del Pierro who only scored one goal in the league this season (the other eight are penalty kicks)!

In addition to Pierro, Florence veteran Ferrara and Juventus centerback Iuliano also missed the final 22-man roster. The former is mainly because he has served as a substitute in Fiorentina for a long time after his comeback, and his performance in several appearances has been ups and downs. The old Martini naturally would not bring such a veteran who is difficult to guarantee to play in the European Cup; the reason for the latter to be excluded is much simpler, that is, because the Fiorentina Gang, led by Vieri and Nesta, has a very bad relationship with the traitor teammate, and most of them are team pillars that Old Martini relies very heavily on!

Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of the locker room and the harmony of the atmosphere in the team, Maldini had to exclude Uliano. However, except for Juventus fans, not many people stood up for Uliano's defeat - who made this guy give his old club a bad review after he switched to Juventus? He took the initiative to jump out and tried to die, and he couldn't blame others for his attacks.

In addition, the original third goalkeeper Antonioli was snatched from his main position in Bologna by Palioca, and in addition, Batz is still standing in front of Roma's goal, which is not stable but outstanding, so he has not had much chance of performance in the past year. His third goalkeeper position was naturally obtained by Peruzzi, who played for Inter Milan.

In the end, a total of seven players from Fiorentina were selected for the Italian national team to compete in this European Cup, namely Toldo, Nesta, Dilivio, Zambrota, Pirlo, Vieri and Philip Inzagi. At the last moment, the old Martini decided to bring Antonio Conte, who was more experienced and more stable, and exclude Gattuso from the roster.

Among the seven players shortlisted, only the selection of Inzaghi's big shot has caused some controversy. After all, Pipo only scored fourteen league goals this season, and his playing time is quite limited. Moreover, Vicenza center C Lucarelli and Torino scorer Ferrante, who are ahead of him, are also good choices in the eyes of many people. There is no need for Old Maldini to call Inzaghi into the national team.

Little did he know that the reason why Maldini chose to recruit Inzaghi was his substitute experience in Fiorentina this year. Since Inzaghi was able to survive in the cracks between several top strikers and maintain extremely high goal efficiency, then in the European Cup, he could naturally count on him at critical moments.

What's more, Inzagi, who has been fighting around with Florence for many years, has extremely rich experience in competitions and has been recognized by most people. Therefore, although there are some controversies in his selection, in general, only a very small number of people oppose this.

After Maldini announced the 22-man roster, Yuliano, Gattuso and others who were shortlisted for the initial forty-man roster but were eventually lost were disappointed, and Pierro hid in his room and cried bitterly. Prince Zebra realized that this time the defeat meant that he would never have the core position he had in the Italian national team!

Among all the unselected stars, only Robert Baggio's expression was still calm. The melancholy prince who had experienced countless ups and downs had already passed the age of great joy and sorrow. In addition, the World Cup champion two years ago had fulfilled most of his wishes, so Baggio himself was still very calm after receiving the news.

Robert Baggio's defeat was not beyond people's expectations. After all, there is a chance to play, but Inzaghi, whose time has shrunk. Prince Murderer has not played many games on behalf of Inter Milan this season under the suppression of Lippi. It is hard to say what the competitive state is. Therefore, it is understandable that Old Maldini abandoned the team's hero to win the World Cup in France.

Although this Italian national team composed of twenty-two players can be said to be extremely powerful in the eyes of outsiders, Old Maldini himself has a different view.

The first is the goalkeeper position. The original first goalkeeper Buffon was accidentally injured in the warm-up match with Norway during the training camp and was sure to miss the European Cup this summer. The original main goalkeeper Palioca has been declining since leaving Inter Milan last season, and this time he has not even squeezed into the roster. Abiati is too young and has less than two seasons of experience in the top league. His main goal this time is to experience the atmosphere of the competition. Old Maldini has no hope that he can provide much combat power to the team... In this way, the only goalkeepers who can choose from Tordo and Peruzzi are the same advantages and disadvantages.

Regarding this situation, after worrying about losing a lot of hair, Old Maldini finally decided to compete for the job. Based on the competitive status of the two, who will be the starter and who will be the substitute. However, no matter how the old coach adjusts, Italy will be destined to be unable to send out the strongest person in the goalkeeper position.

In addition, in terms of the core choice of the organization, due to Robert Baggio being suppressed this season and Pierro's sluggishness, the Italian coach was also quite scratching his head - who caused Robert Baggio and Pierro to encounter both accidents this season, resulting in the fact that the old Martini is now left with the young Totti and the younger Pirlo to choose?

Although these two have performed quite well this season and have no lack of experience in the competition, the old Maldini, who has always been seeking stability, still feels that it is not safe. For this reason, the old coach cursed Lippi a lot, thinking that I could have asked Baggio to take them with them again. You guys are just going to ruin me behind my back...
Chapter completed!