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Defending champions Italy were beaten by Croatia in the opening match! At this moment, all the fans around the world who sat in front of the TV to watch the game and witnessed it with their own eyes could not believe the reality in front of them.

This is the Italy team that has won the World Cup and the European Championship in succession? The Italy team that used to defendically leave the Dutch helpless for 120 minutes and finally returned with hatred? That Italy, which can beat top teams such as Brazil, France and the Netherlands at the top of their game, and become the first team in history to win the European Championship after winning the World Cup?

It is surprising that Italy, which is famous for its reinforced concrete defense, was shocked by two goals in just three minutes, not to mention that it was Croatia, which had been reduced to a second-rate team in Europe, who had completed this feat.

As a result, with this incredible and magical reversal, the two strikers who contributed the key goals for Croatia, namely Olic and Lapac, not only became household names under the heavy publicity of the media overnight, but also became the sweetheart of many teams in the transfer market with this victory, and won a little bit of a turnaround for their otherwise unremarkable careers.

Perhaps with the current ability of Olic and Lapacc, it may be difficult to make a difference in the big four leagues, but it is not a problem to establish themselves in some of the second-rate leagues in Europe, so if the two of them can make good use of this opportunity and join a team that can give them enough trust, it will not be difficult to write a good chapter in their careers.

Having said that, without this victory as an opportunity, Olic and Lapacc, who are not very talented in football, are likely to end their careers in chaos, no matter how diligent they are.

Suffice it to say, whether to seize this rare opportunity to take your career to the next level, or to waste this opportunity to become an overnight celebrity and end up in obscurity, it will depend on what Olic and Lapache do next.

While Croatia was excited about their victory over the mighty Italy and got off to a good start in the group stage of this World Cup, the Italians were depressed and "enjoying" a series of bitter fruits brought by this defeat.

Italy's defeat in the opening game against Croatia, for example, gave confidence to the Mexicans and Ecuadorians, who are in the same group as Italy, and to all the teams that could play Italy in the World Cup. They began to realise that the Apennines coached by Zoff were no longer the champions of Maldini Sr., and that there was no chance of victory over Italy if tactics were used correctly.

Similar to the Ecuadorians and Mexicans, who were excited to see the hope of victory over a strong enemy, Italy was not at peace at this time. After winning and then losing the first game of the group stage, and finally being defeated by Croatia, the wind of public opinion changed dramatically overnight.

Although the Italian media did not condemn Dino Zoff at the first time out of consideration for the team atmosphere and the World Cup match, but continued to support the national team coach, in the eyes of many Italian supporters, Dino Zoff is obviously the culprit of the disadvantage of leading Italy.

It is precisely because of this that Zoff's arrangement and on-the-spot command in the first game of the group stage have been criticized and criticized by many celebrities and professionals. Among them, the comments of pipe coach Bealzot are the most poignant!

The pipe coach, who once coached Dino Zoff, led the underdogs Italy to defeat strong opponents such as Brazil and the Federal Republic of Germany, and finally brought home a third Hercules Cup for Italy in the eyes of people in the eyes of the people, was very unkind when commenting on his disciple: "As a head coach, Zoff's performance in this game was so disappointing, he didn't make good use of these resources at his disposal. Vieri is indeed one of the world's most powerful centre-forwards, but the playmaking skills he developed in Fiorentina have not been reflected in this national team, and have only been used as a battering ram by Zoff. Inzaghi was a top hunter, but he was pressed to the bench by Zoff and never saw the light of day. Albertini needs helpers to take the pressure off him, but who do you see Zoff has for him? It's actually Di Biagio, Tomasi, these midfield sappers! Oh, my God! Did he think a football game was a battle for muscles?! ”

Even Zoff's predecessor, Maldini Sr., who was at home at this time, joined in the fun: "Personally, I think that Coach Zoff made some mistakes that should not have been made when arranging the lineup. For example, he did not provide Demi (Albertini's nickname) with a qualified helper, and only left him alone to face the siege of the Croatian midfielder, which is a very wrong approach. You know, when I was in charge of the national team, Albertini was never alone, and Robert [Baggio], Totti and Fiore all shared the pressure on Demi very well. And now? Zoff opted to put Totti up front and Inzaghi on the bench, which only reduced the team's control in midfield and did little in attack. ”

In the face of criticism and accusations from all walks of life, Dino Zoff did not respond immediately. Although as a head coach, Zoff is just an out-and-out rookie with little coaching experience, but as the general manager of Lazio, he has seen a lot of storms and waves in the football world for many years, so he naturally will not panic because of this matter.

Fortunately, Zoff is not Sachi, he is not a self-righteous person to be hopeless, after the first round of the game was overturned by Croatia, Zoff realized that he made a mistake, although he appeared very tough in the interview, but in the team meeting took the initiative to review, and according to the team's loopholes and shortcomings exposed in the last game, the starting lineup was improved, ready to try the effect in the next game against Ecuador.

Some people may ask, Zoff is the Italian national team that Maldini Sr. stepped down to take over after the 2000 European Championship, and he has two full years to prepare for the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, how can he not even build a complete set of main lineups?

While this is true, let's not forget that Italy, the defending champions, do not need to qualify for the World Cup. This also means that in the past two years, Zoff can only run in the squad through friendly matches and select the players who are suitable.

As for the effect...... I believe you should all know what kind of game intensity a friendly match is, and how can a game like this test Zoff's shortcomings and loopholes in tactical arrangement?