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After the Italian Super Cup was settled, the new season of Serie A did not start immediately, because before that, the coaches of national teams from European countries were deploying troops to prepare for the upcoming European Cup qualifiers.

Because he led the Italian national team to win a World Cup championship, the old Maldini, as a meritorious coach, was not sacked after the World Cup as in history, but renewed a job contract with the Italian Football Association. If nothing unexpected happens, this Italian football star and the godfather of the Italian Youth Army will coach the Apennines until the end of the 2002 Korean and Japanese World Cup!

At the grouping ceremony of the European Cup qualifiers, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Wales and Belarus were divided into the same group.

There are different opinions from all walks of life in Italy regarding this grouping result.

Fans are obviously not very satisfied with this grouping. After all, judging from the fame and past record of these teams in the same group as Italy, it is still quite difficult for Italy to successfully break through this group and enter the European Cup finals.

Not to mention, the Danish team, the champion of the European Cup in 1992, is enough to cause a lot of trouble for Italy in the eyes of fans. In addition, Wales, led by famous players such as Giggs and Steed, and Switzerland, in the eyes of many people, Italy's group is full of mines, and it is very likely that the gutter will capsize if you are not careful.

However, compared with the worried fans, Old Maldini was very happy because he knew very well what a good draw Italy had this time.

Nowadays, most of the creators of Danish fairy tales were old, especially after the French World Cup, the Lauderup brothers announced their retirement from the national team, which caused the Danish team's strength to fall from the European first-class to the second-class European, and it will no longer be as glorious as it was back then.

The problems faced by Wales and Switzerland at this time are similar to those in Denmark. Although the former has first-class stars such as Giggs and Speed, it is inevitable that the striker will be deserted after star scorers such as Rush and Sanders have grown one after another; although Chap Issat is a very outstanding striker, the weak midfielder of the Swiss team dragged him down, which is not enough to worry about.

Therefore, compared with the eighth group where Yugoslavia, Croatia and Ireland gathered, and the fourth group of France, Ukraine and Russia, the group where Italy is located is really good. At least other teams in the first group cannot pose too much threat to the old Maldini's team, and at best it can only cause some trouble.

Therefore, Old Maldini, who knows very well about other opponents in the group, is quite optimistic about Italy's qualifying situation, believing that as long as the players can play every game seriously, entering the European Cup finals is simply a matter of holding hands.

Since veteran Bergomi announced his retirement from the national team after the World Cup in France, and the national team's main central defender Ferrara has not recovered from serious injury, and the main players of the national team such as Baggio and Maldini are all over the age of the year, Maldini has recruited some new faces from Italian clubs in the new national team roster and is preparing to start an update of the national team.

For example, the small plane Montera played for Sampdoria, Dinatale, who performed well in Ajax last season, as well as the defensive star Koko who played in Vicenza, and the midfielder Ambrosini, etc., were all recruited by old Martini into the national team for close observation.

The selection of these new players will naturally squeeze out the positions of players who originally occupied a place in the national team.

The first thing to be hit was Pierro who played a full bottle of soy sauce in the World Cup. Due to the presence of Vieri and Inzaghi on the forward line, and veteran stars such as Robert Baggio, Totti, and Pirlo in the midfield, the Zebra Prince's position in the national team was extremely embarrassing and he did not get much chance to perform.

In this regard, Mo Lao Fox has expressed dissatisfaction with the employment of old Maldini at the beginning, believing that the Italian national team with Pierro as the core of the new generation should be established. It is not a good thing for the renewal of the national team...

The old Martini in this world doesn't look down on Pierro. Who made those honors that should have belonged to the Zebra Prince, now the troubled times of Zhuang Mingge, the time traveler, have now returned to Florence?

Without these champion halos, Pierro is naturally not as good as Baggio, who is more sophisticated and calm in the eyes of Old Horse, as well as Totti and Pirlo, who are also young and talented.

So, the unlucky Pierro was kicked out of the national team roster by Old Maldini.

In addition, Lavanelli and Dilivio, two players who have been selected for Italy's squad in the French World Cup, have become brothers and brothers in distress, mainly because they are both over 30 years old and their position in the national team is also indispensable. Therefore, once the old Martini begins to renew the pace, marginal international players like them will definitely be the first to be eliminated.

In Fiorentina, although players such as Dibiagio and Tomasi have already transferred to his team, Fiorentina still occupies many seats in the national team: Tordo, Nesta, Matrazi, Zambrota, Pirlo, Grand Inzagi and Vieri are all selected. In addition to young player Dinatale, these eight players declare Fiorentina's unshakable dominance in the national team.

In this way, the Italian national team, which had undergone personnel adjustments, finally ushered in its first official game since the end of the French World Cup.

On September 2, Italy, who was visiting the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, was controlled by three midfielders, Baggio, Albertini and Pirlo, firmly grasped the trend of the entire game, completely shattering the Welsh dream of scoring points at home!

In this game, Old Martini lined up a starting lineup that made many Italian fans quite unfamiliar: goalkeeper Buffon, defenders Pesotto, Nesta, Cannavaro and Panucci, midfielders Pirlo, Albertini, Dino Baggio and Robert Baggio, and forwards were Montera and Chiesa.

Although main strikers such as Vieri and Inzaghi did not appear, the forward line composed of Montera and Chiesa is not something that Wales' defense line can handle, not to mention that behind them there is a midfielder with such strong assist capabilities and an extremely powerful defense line.
Chapter completed!