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"It's five minutes since the start of the game, and the Italian players are still in the backcourt. It seems that they have no intention of taking the initiative to attack." The voice of the commentator of Sky TV reached Zhuang Mingge's ears through the TV in the box. Hearing his tone, he seemed to be very depressed by the conservative behavior after Italy's opening. "This is really the most boring European Cup final I have ever seen. I think UEFA should issue a regulation after this European Cup, prohibiting two teams participating in the final from playing defensive counterattacks on the court at the same time, otherwise, the game would be really impossible to watch."

After the game began, Italy, which won the right to kick off in the coin guessing session before the game, did not rush to launch an attack, but focused on stabilizing the defense. Under the command of Pirlo and Deco, they slowly stepped back in the backcourt, occasionally passing forward to test the strength of Greece's defensiveness, and at the same time checking whether the opponent's attention was concentrated.

Seeing the Italian players taking a defensive counterattack after the opening, the Greek players did not act rashly, such as taking the opportunity to rush into Italy's halftime to grab the ball, but instead carefully stared at Casano and several Italian players who stayed in their own halftime, so as not to be taken advantage of by the opponent if they were not careful, which led to the team falling behind the opponent in the game.

After all, in the field of defensive counterattack, Italians are real experts and masters. Although Greece, who has been trained by Rehager for nearly three years, has achieved some success in this, it is obviously a bit worse than Italy's reinforced concrete defense line.

However, even so, the defensive system that Rehager spent three years to build is indeed extraordinary. Although there is no truly first-class star in the Greek team, and the most famous one in the team is Carragones who plays for Inter Milan and Charisteas who plays at Werder Bremen, Otto has already built the Greek team into a whole. The strict team defense and active midfield battle have become the label of this Greek team. Not only did they get used to playing soybeans in international competitions and reach the final of the European Cup for the first time, but they can also make Italy's offensive trident in the frontcourt come back in vain before they can reach their range!

The above scene only happened in this European Cup final when players were extremely careful: for five minutes after the start of the game, Italy, which controlled the ball, did not shoot once, and the attack was only a brief attempt, and Greece naturally was even more unlikely to launch an offensive without obtaining the ball.

Of course, this does not mean that the game is not intense enough. In fact, whenever Italy tries to pass the ball to Milito and others in the front, or tries to drive the ball through, they will be actively intercepted by Greek players in the midfield. Even if they successfully drive the ball through, they will be interrupted by the opponent's foul at the first time.

Since Greek players have a good grasp of the location and timing of the foul, they have not received a few yellow cards. Italy's frontcourt set-piece opportunities are not very good, and it is difficult to create opportunities to directly attack or assist teammates in shooting.

You know, there is no such a despicable existence in the Italian team, who can directly hit the free kick from 30 meters away into the goal.

Although this game made most fans sitting in front of the TV and watching the game feel a little drowsy, the originally warm atmosphere in the Guangming Stadium gradually cooled down over time, but this does not mean that the game is not intense at all. In fact, both sides do not lack intense physical confrontation on the field, and exquisite tactical cooperation also appears frequently. However, because both teams hoard heavy troops in the backcourt, the game scene is not very good.

Trapatoni is not anxious about this situation. For him, the process is not important, and a good result of the game is the most important thing. Therefore, even if the team's opponent in the European Cup final this time is a "weak team" like Greece, he doesn't mind playing defensive counterattack on the court.

What a joke? With the lessons of France and the Czech Republic, how dare Trapatony take the initiative to attack in front of Greece? If Italy eventually falls under the Greeks' defensive counterattack, then he and his players will become laughing stocks for a long time in the future!

Although it is difficult for Italy to open up the situation on the offensive end under the extremely aggressive and targeted defense of Greek players, Greece, on the other hand, also faces the same, even more serious offensive problems than Italy. The existence of Casano and Camoranesi made Sitaridis and Fezsas cautious and did not dare to enter the wings and participate in the offense at will, which makes it difficult for Greece to weaken Italy's defensive power in the middle and allow the front double towers to have enough room for display.

When the game entered the last ten minutes of the first half, Italy's offense finally improved. Pirlo, who had adapted to the strength of Greece's defensiveness, played two passes and one match in the middle, and then mixed Greece's middle defense into a pot of congee, Pirlo distributed the ball to Camoranesi who was inserted on the right. After getting the ball, the latter directly crossed without waiting for Fezsaas to foul!

Although Diego Milito, who was ambushing in the penalty area, hit the ball before Delas and Capsis, unfortunately, his header from ten meters in front of the goal just hit the left post and bounced out of the baseline, and unfortunately passed the goal!

The Greeks who escaped the disaster were not to be outdone. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Italian players did not completely withdraw the half after an attack, Nicopolidis quickly took the goal. Sitaridis successfully broke through Grosso's defense with the help of his teammates such as Brazilianas and Cachulanis and sent a low cross. Casano, who returned to defend to his own half, stretched out his foot to block the ball from the baseline in time.

Basinas took a corner kick on the right. Charlesteyas in the penalty area pushed Matrazi away and jumped high, heading the ball six meters in front of the goal!

Seeing that Charlesteyas actually got rid of Matrazi's marks and headed the ball at this distance, tens of thousands of fans in the stands couldn't help but feel nervous at the same time, and some Greek fans even showed smiles celebrating the goal. After all, in theory, when it comes to a header with such a fast speed at such a close distance, most goalkeepers could only sigh.

However, Buffon obviously could not be classified in this category. He saw that he appeared on the ball's flight route at some point, opened his hands and hugged the flying ball tightly in his arms, directly dissolving Charlesteas's sure-lose attack!
Chapter completed!