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With Italy defeating Ecuador in the second round of group stage and their rival Croatia lost at the feet of Mexico, at this moment, the situation of qualifying in Group G where the Blues is located has become extremely chaotic!

For example, Mexico, which currently ranks first, has won six points in two games and won two games at this time, and has surpassed Italy and Croatia by three points, the champions and third-place winners of the last World Cup, but if they lose to Italy in the last round and Croatia defeats Ecuador, which has basically lost two consecutive games on the other side, and gets enough goal difference from it, then they are still very likely to be blocked by Croatia and Italy in the quarterfinals.

For example, Italy, which just squeezed out Croatia and ranked second in the standings, although the result of taking three points on Ecuador alleviated some of the pressure on their shoulders, the qualifying situation is still not optimistic, even if they beat Mexico in the last group match, because Croatia's opponent is Ecuador's recognized bottom team in Group G!

So, unless Italy can get enough goal difference in the game against Mexico, they are still likely to become the second defending champion in the history of the World Cup to fail to emerge from the group stage. (Note: The first team to be so smug was Brazil in 1966. Due to Pele's injury and the aging of key players such as Galincha, they only achieved one win or two losses in that World Cup, and were eventually strangled in the group stage by Portugal led by Eusepio and Hungary, who still had the remaining Hungary.)

Therefore, although leading Italy to defeat Ecuador in a clean and neat way, Zov has saved a lot of face and made fans criticize him much less, this does not mean that Zov can rest assured. After all, Italy still has a lot of pressure to qualify. If you are happy too early, it is impossible to guarantee that you will not repeat the mistakes of the Brazilian. Moreover, although the team won the game against Ecuador, this does not mean that Zov is now perfect. In fact, Italy still has many shortcomings in its current situation, and Zov urgently needs to make up for and strengthen it.

After all, through these two group matches, Italy's advantages and disadvantages have been clearly seen by most coaches and experts. They realized that the Italian coach's talent points are definitely on defense and know nothing about the offensive end. They only know how to let players rely on their personal abilities to attack the opponent's defense, or use the tacit understanding and inspiration between the players to complete some offensive cooperation.

It is foreseeable that Zov wants to reach the height of his predecessor, Maldini, in his career as the head coach of the national team, it is definitely not easy for Zov to reach the height of his predecessor, Maldini, unless he can find a way to optimize Italy's current offensive system, it will not be a problem to rely on Vieri to rush and fight hard when it comes to the knockout stage. After all, the defense of those traditional strong teams is not a good deal. Vieri's personal ability is strong, but he has not been able to pick one group at every game. Otherwise, Inter Milan in his previous life would not have missed the league championship for many years.

After talking about Italy, let’s take a look at the battle situation of other groups.

Compared to the unpopularity in the first round of the group stage, overall, traditional strong teams seemed to have regained the feeling of winning after taking a blow in this round. Spain and Brazil both won both in their respective groups and both qualified for qualifying in advance; England relied on a penalty kick from Beckham to defeat Argentina, the mortal enemy, and Beckham, successfully avenged a revenge in the French World Cup four years ago; Portugal, which lost to the United States in the first round, also won the ball. They defeated Poland 3-0 in the heavy rain, proving to people the quality of the golden generation.

However, in this round of group matches, not all traditional strong teams won. Not to mention Argentina, which won the first game, the penalty kick of Beckham forced the favorite to face the reality of fighting with the Swedes in the last round; and the German team, which defeated Saudi Arabia 8-0 in the first game, also encountered a draw. Although Klose, who shined in the last game, scored his fourth goal in this World Cup, still could not change the result of the team's draw with the Irish; as for Russia, which once dominated for a while, the polar bears, who had been in a slump after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, even lost to the host Japan team in this round. The veteran group led by "Tsar" Mostovoi was exhausted, hinting to people that the last group of the former Soviet era's remains were about to bid farewell to this stage.

The most unlucky thing is the French team. After being overwhelmed by Senegal's "French Second Team", they tied with Uruguay in the second group stage. Neither Trezege, Cice nor Henry could bring a goal to the French team. In the end, this team that had won the second place in the European Cup two years ago could only accept the embarrassing reality of not scoring a goal in two games and was on the verge of being eliminated.

Time does not wait for anyone. After the second round of group stages ended, the final round of group stage, which was related to the final fate of the thirty-two teams participating in the World Cup final circle, was about to begin. All teams that had not yet ensured their qualifications to qualify and had a glimmer of hope for promotion were all ready to make a final try for a seat in the top 16!

All teams are working hard to qualify, and Italy is naturally no exception. Just now, there are three days left before the fight with Mexico, Zoff pulled Maldini to his room and prepared to have a detailed discussion with the team's captain on the team's next tactical style.

"Paul, I want to hear your opinions on the next game against Mexico." After both sides sat down, Zoff asked Maldini with a kind look on his face. He would still give certain preferential treatment to the captain of the national team that participated in the four World Cups. "Of course, if you don't know where to start, then I'll give an example first. For example, do you have any good suggestions for the team's starting lineup in the next game?"
Chapter completed!