Italy's first opponent to advance to the knockout stage is very suitable, and it is Spain, the champion of the last European Cup.

As the only team in the history of the European Cup that won the championship for two consecutive times, Spain is of course not comparable to Spain in the previous two sessions.

As the saying goes, heroes are not allowed to turn white.

This sentence is definitely suitable for sports, and in the football world, as we grow older, the competitive state of players will naturally gradually decline.

Now it is no longer Saint Cassi guarding the goal for Spain, but goalkeeper Ducks De Gea from Manchester United, and the midfielder's players are no longer the cooperation of Xavi and Xiaobai. Fabregas occupies an important position.

There is no T9 Torres on the forward line, but the younger Morata.

The only possibility that remains unchanged is their head coach, the old coach Boske. This old coach has led the current Bullfighter Army to win two European Cup championships and one World Cup championship in a row, and is also Spain's only World Cup championship.

Boske is already very old. Perhaps this European Cup is his last European Cup.

At the press conference before the game, Boske said with a little emotion, "Every time I see Gao Fei playing football on the court, I feel like I see the assembly of Xavi and Iniesta. He redefined the position of a player on the court and brought the libero system to the fullest."

"This is an absolute defensive midfielder and an absolute offensive midfielder. I can't figure out that after so many years, it's a lucky thing for our European football world to see such a player appear again."

"In the past few years, the Italian head coach has given us many demonstrations on how to limit such a player's performance. It is impossible to completely limit his performance. So what we need to do is to show better performance and be good for ourselves. It depends on whoever performs better in the end will be able to advance to the next round of the game."

Boske's speech made Gao Fei a headline again. Now everyone is giving advice on how to defend a player in a libero system. Some very old fans said.

"It's impossible. Think about Beckenbauer back then. Unless they perform poorly and have stronger opponents, it's generally difficult to defend a player who has been running around the whole game."

"It will disrupt the head coach's tactical arrangements."

"It can only be the area defense. Whoever goes to the defense zone will be responsible for the heavy responsibility of defense."

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The match between Italy and Spain is already the penultimate game in the quarterfinals, with six games already in the previous quarterfinals, including Poland, Wales, Portugal, France, Germany and Belgium.

Except for the unexpected game between Portugal and Croatia, the others are the strength of their respective teams. Although Portugal has outstanding players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, their strength is still very different from Croatia.

Croatia's overall strength is definitely much stronger than Portugal, but I didn't expect that they were defeated by Portugal 1:0 in the 1/8 final.

Spain also achieved 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, and qualified as the first in the group. In terms of strength, they are definitely a little worse than the Italian team, which won all three games.

As Boske said at a press conference before the game, Italy is not inferior to any national team in the world.

The goalkeeper is Dea, the No. 1 goalkeeper from Manchester United;

Now Alba, Ramos, Pique and Juan Fran;

Iniesta, Busquets and Xiaofa;

The three forwards are Nolito, Morata and David Silva.

Morata must be at the forefront, with Nolito and Silva on both sides respectively on the left and right. In this offensive combination, Morata and Silva are both relatively famous players in Europe. It surprised many people that Nolito was able to play.

Xavi is already old and has withdrawn from the national team. Fabregas is the youngest player in the third midfielder and the most highly anticipated player. Spanish fans hope that he can inherit the mantle of Xavi and others and become the new midfielder!

On the Italian side, Conte had only one personnel adjustment. Fullback Barzali appeared and replaced Damian, whose physical condition did not return to the best.

The goalkeeper is naturally Buffon;

Three defenders Barzali, Bonucci, Chiellini;

Gao Fei stood in front of them;

The three midfielders are De Rossi, Parollo, Jakelini and Desilio;

Pelle and Edel were still at the forefront.

There were three European Cup games. If Italy really wanted to pick on the trick, it was that their forward line was not strong enough. Pelle and Edel were unable to completely convert Gao Fei's pass into goals. Instead, Insigne and Inmobile, who were sitting on the bench, each scored a goal.

No one knows what Conte thinks. Judging from the arrangement of troops on the court, Conte trusts his midfielders more, including Gao Fei. The forward who is at the forefront only needs to open up space for midfielders to get opportunities.

This is also an effective way. After all, the forward will definitely arrange defensive players when he hits the opponent's penalty area, especially in the Italian team, there are top passers like Gao Fei and De Rossi, who dare not give Pelle and the others a good chance.

No Spanish player is familiar with Gao Fei, and the one he is most familiar with is Morata, because he is now the main striker of Juventus.

Other players did not play football in Serie A.

While queuing up to enter the field, many Spanish players set their sights on Gao Fei, who was at the end of the team.

In this game, Gao Fei will definitely be the biggest in their game. As long as the enemy can control Gao Fei's performance, their game can increase the chance of winning several levels.

With the referee's whistle, this impressive European Cup began and Italy chose to take the lead in attacking.

Gao Fei received the ball too much in the midfield and then pushed towards the middle, and Iniesta stood beside him. It seemed that Boske didn't want Gao Fei to make trouble in his own half.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Spanish defensive player had not yet fallen, Jakelini made a strong breakthrough along the wing. After being forced to the bottom line by Alba, he forced a cross to hit Alba and bounced out of the bottom line.

Corner kick!

De Rossi took the corner kick, and Pelle topped the ball high, ending Italy's first attack.

Soon, in the third minute, Gao Fei blocked the ball at Iniesta's feet in the midfield. Seeing Gao Fei stealing and then rushing to his penalty area, Iniesta felt a little old now, and now the midfield was directly intercepted by the opponent.

Ramos did not let Gao Fei enter, but put him on the grass in the frontcourt ribs. The referee came up to warn him, but there was no yellow card, and he gave Gao Fei a free kick.
Chapter completed!