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Chapter 171 The Years of the Premier League: A Star-studded Stage ([-])
In the south locker room of the Roedsgrund Stadium, there was silence, except for the somewhat hoarse voice.

Donadoni put his hands on the table.

"The importance of today's game is needless to say."

"Now, what I want to say is that we are world champions!! Know what the media out there like to watch the most?"

"What a lively scene it was when the world champion rolled home in despair!!"

"So, our purpose is only one, and that is to win the game and let the Romanians go home!!"

"Coach, we will win!!" Buffon raised his right arm.

"We will win!!" Everyone yelled.

Donadoni stretched out his right hand and waved it vigorously, as if the opponent in front of him was the Romanian today.

Glancing at the status of the team, Donadoni nodded, and quickly arranged on the tactical board——
"Be careful with Romania's No. 7, Florentin Petre, be careful with his dribbling, especially in the midfield, and don't give him a chance to break through with the ball."

Donadoni glanced at De Rossi and Perotta, who immediately knew what they should do and nodded.

Florentine Patras, nicknamed "The Dwarf", is only 1 meters tall. This person was once out fishing because the fishing rod was entangled in a high-voltage wire. After being shocked by the electric shock, his hair, right arm and many skins were almost The man, who was scorched and his eyesight was severely damaged, returned to the field tenaciously.

Florentin Patras' technique is excellent, and against such a strong heart, the Italian midfielder needs special attention.

"Cosmin Contra!!" Donadoni wrote the name of the Romanian right back on the tactical board——
"Andre, you have to take advantage of Cosmin Contra's assist to move forward, here——" Donadoni draws a big circle on the left side of the penalty area on the tactical board, "Here, It's your place!!!"

Xiang Nan only felt a surge in his heart, and nodded, "No problem, coach!!"

In fact, the tactical arrangement has been explained many times, but at this moment, no one speaks, thinking it is redundant.

Ready to enter the field, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and the cheers from the Roedsgrund Stadium rushed towards us...

"Okay, boys!! Let's go!!!"

Xiang Nan and his teammates file out, the cheers are getting closer, the noise is getting louder and louder, the ground is trembling under their feet...

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The player tunnel of the Roedsgrund Stadium is relatively long. Players from both sides stand in the tunnel and look at each other.

Feeling a cold stare on him, Xiang Nan raised his head and glanced at the provocative guy. It was a guy with black hair and a beard. On the back of the jersey was a big number 2 with the words 'COSMIN' -Contra'.

Contra?
Romania's right back today, he will face the onslaught going south! !

Xiang Nan still has some impressions of this Romanian veteran. Back then, after Contra was sold by AC Milan to Atletico Madrid, the Romanian was most famous for being reported by the Spanish media that he contracted syphilis because of promiscuous sex. , something that almost ruined his career.

As for what happened to this former syphilis carrier, Xiang Nan is not particularly clear. He pays relatively little attention to La Liga. After all, the rise of La Liga only started in recent years.

A team of small Swiss caddies ran over happily from the other side of the channel, stood beside each player, and looked excitedly at the stars around them, which they could only see on TV. Football star.

Standing beside Xiang Nan was a little fat man with eyes, perhaps because of nervousness or excitement, his body was trembling slightly.

"Kid, what's your name?"

"Hyde." Hearing that his favorite star talked to him, the little caddy's face flushed with excitement.

"Hyde, don't be nervous, I'm not a monster like Hulk." Xiang Nan patted the little caddy on the head and said with a smile.

"Andre, you will score, you are fine." The little caddy waved his arm vigorously and whispered.

At this time, the referee Tom Henin from Norway looked at the watch on his wrist and raised his arm. The players of the two teams, holding the little caddy beside them, walked out of the player channel and strode forward...

The Roedsgrund Stadium suddenly fell into a boiling sea...

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"The starting lineups of both sides have been played on the big screen in the stadium." Tomasi's voice roared.

Romania (4-4-2):
Goalkeeper: 1-Lobant;
Defense line: 2-Cosmin Contra, 4-Gabriel Tamas, 15-Goian, 2-Latt;

Midfielder: 5-Christian Chivu, 7-Florentin Patras, 8-Codelia, 6-Ledoy;
Forwards: 10-Mutu, 21-D-Nikulei

Italy: (4-4-2)

Goalkeeper: 1-Buffon;

Defensive line: No. 19 Zambrotta, No. 2 Panucci, No. 4 Chiellini, No. 3 Grosso;

Midfield: No. 10 De Rossi, No. 21 Pirlo, No. 20 Perotta, No. 7 Piero;

Forwards: 18-Cassano, 15-South
"Donadoni started Andre, God testify, this is the most correct thing this guy has done in this period of time." Since the Italian team and the Romanian team have been keeping secret, the starting list of the game was not announced until the start of the game , so Justin only now knows Xiang Nan's starter.

However, what is interesting is that although the Romanian coach Piturka kept his starting lineup secret, the Italian coach Donadoni actually guessed Romania's starting lineup in terms of tactical arrangements. The starters are basically the same as the previous games.

Uh... Is Romania's head coach Piturka also following the trend and playing with secrecy?
"The No. 15 Goian of the Romanian team is 194cm tall and has a strong physique. This is not a small test for Andre. However, the training in the Premier League should allow Andre to learn how to deal with the body Strong defender."

at this time---
"Here we go, the players are here, let's give our fighters our biggest cheers with the loudest cheers!!!" Tomasi became excited and roared.

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beep! ! ! !

With a clear whistle from Norwegian referee Tom Heining, the second round of the 2008 Swiss-Austria European Cup Group C group match, Italy VS Netherlands began! !
Cassano knocked the ball back to Xiang Nan's feet. At this time, dazzling flashing lights sounded in the stadium. On the star-studded stage, a one-act play belonging to heroes began! ! !

Xiangnan took the ball two steps forward, facing the Romanian No. 6 Ledoy who came up to press; he pulled his right foot, tapped his heel lightly, and the ball reached Pirlo's feet. Pirlo didn't stop the ball, and went straight Knock, the ball reaches Del Piero's feet...

Facing Chivu in front of him, Del Piero constantly changed his position, trying to find gaps for passing the ball. This pair of opponents who have faced off many times in Serie A are well aware of the opponent's technical characteristics.

Seeing that Piero had no way to break through, he retreated to the outside of the restricted area to the south, and made a gesture towards Piero quietly.

Zebra Prince saw Xiangnan retreating, understood it, and made a gesture to break through. Before Chivu came up to steal, he rubbed his right foot covertly, and the ball reached Xiangnan's feet.

There was applause in the sky above the Rötzgrund Stadium. This was the Italian fans in the South Stand. The tacit understanding between Xiangnan and Del Piero gave them a glimmer of expectation for the new Italian lineup.

Xiang Nan made a beautiful accelerated change of direction, shaking away Cordelia who was coming up to press, and then made a half-high pass. After the ball was touched by Romania's midfielder Florentin Petre, it went out of the sideline.

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This game is extremely important to the previous teams, which were drawn with France and bloodbathed by the Netherlands, so both sides were more cautious. In the midfield, they launched an on-the-spot press. The people on the field were turned on their backs. The referee Tom Henin from Norway, in less than 15 minutes, showed a yellow card to Italy's Perotta and Romania's Rat respectively, controlling the tension between the two sides. Gradually rising anger.

"The Romanian team stepped up their pressure on Del Piero. Chivu's close defense made Alessandro very uncomfortable. There was a fault in Italy's frontcourt, and Andre had to retreat many times to get the ball."

"The offense of the Romanian team has not improved much. The Italian defenders are too familiar with Mutu." Justin did not forget, and made a sarcasm of Mutu who was boastful before the game.

Before the game, Mutu once claimed that he was very familiar with the Italian style of play, and he was not afraid of the Italian defense. Now it seems that Mutu is right, because the Italian defensive players are very familiar with the technical characteristics of the Romanian striker. It's too familiar.

"Cassano!!! Shot!!! The ball almost touched the left post and went out of the bottom line. Andre's heel pass was wonderful. This is the first effective cooperation between Andre and Antonio in this game. , as the game progresses, the two talented strikers will definitely bring us surprises!!"

"Watch out, Mutu!! God!! Buffon's great save!! He saved Italy again, Grosso's assist was too high!! Give the Romanians a chance to attack!!"

Then, Florentin Patras' corner kick was headed over by Chiellini.

...

In the 21st minute of the game, the Italian team took possession of the ball, and De Rossi distributed the ball to Pirlo who asked for a retreat from the left.

After Pirlo got the ball, he swayed away from Nikule's counter-grab, then took the ball one step forward, shifted it with a big foot, and the ball reached Piero's feet.

"Great job!! Wonderful transfer, there is space in front of Alessandro!!" Tomasi's loud voice rang out.

Piero stood up with a beautiful chest, deftly unloaded the ball, and then pulled back with his right foot naturally, controlled the ball under his feet, and began to accelerate.

After breaking through a certain distance along the right, the Zebra Prince made an emergency stop in the face of Chivu who was approaching from behind, shaking the Romanian away. Towards the restricted area——
The erratic running positions of Xiangnan constantly changed made Contra very uncomfortable, which also made the former "syphilis carrier" who was good at assists very depressed. The head coach of the Romanian team, Piturka, responded quickly. After the opening , After discovering that the one who appeared on the left was Xiangnan's starter, he immediately made a change. Contra was strictly ordered not to assist too much forward.

The moment Piero passed the ball, Xiang Nan suddenly started, using his body to squeeze away Contra who was defending beside him, facing the falling ball, and slammed it hard——
"Beautiful!!! Andre's header ferry!! Cassano's volley!!! Unfortunately, the Romanian goalkeeper Lobente made a save comparable to Spiderman!! Corner kick!! The game is on At 25 minutes, Italy got the second corner, will that get us a goal?"

"Romania's No. 15 Goian's height of 194cm will cause trouble for Andre and Antonio. Andre will suffer a lot when he is fighting for the header."

The corner kick was taken quickly, and the Italian team took a tactical corner kick.

Pirlo passed the ball to De Rossi, and the Roman midfielder directly passed the ball to Del Piero on the edge of the penalty area. Hang into the restricted area.

The ball crossed a wonderful arc and ran towards the back point, where Cassano was located.

The Sampdoria striker jumped high, the ball was smashed out of a direction, and flew towards the goal——
Here's your chance! !
Like a leopard that has been starving for a long time, Xiang Nan suddenly rushed out of the cage, pushed Tamas away from him, and leaped high...

In mid-air, a blue shadow, on the path of the ball, chased heavily...

"Andre!!! Andre!!! Andre!!! God!!!" Justin stood up excitedly, "God, did Robont drink spider blood? Blocked Andre's shot like a Spiderman!!! God, corner!!! Second consecutive corner for Italy!!"

"This is Italy's chance!! This is Andre's chance, this kid has never let me down Justin, that's why I fell in love with him the first time I watched him play!! Believe this time , Andre won’t let me down either!!!”

"The cooperation between Cassano and Andre is already very good!! Now, we need a goal!!!"

There was applause over the South Stand of Roedsgrund Stadium, and the blue ocean made a new round of tsunami...

Xiang Nan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and fixed his eyes on Pirlo who was about to take a corner kick. At this time, no one noticed the gesture of Xiang Nan's right hand behind his hand, except for Pirlo...

The resolute eyes collided in the air and sparked, just like the sea of ​​stars in the night sky of Zurich.
(End of this chapter)