France, Saint-Denis Town in the Northern Suburbs of Paris, Stade de France.
European Cup, officially kicks off.
In just twenty minutes, France Team has put an end to this war of spear and shield.
From the start, France Team’s front-line players are particularly active.
In Zidane’s playmaking, you might not say it’s extremely stable.
But in his maneuvering, his passes can always potentially create deadly threats.
It’s just that Bernulin and Chiavich have been teammates for almost ten years, otherwise, Zidane would have at least two through balls that could penetrate Italy’s defense.
The French central forward Nelka is running very actively, completely different from his laziness in the Turkish Super League.
Although he may have exited the ranks of the world’s top central forwards, he still has the skills.
Several times he reversed offside and sprinted, making Bernulin grimace.
But as expected before the match, France Team’s strongest advantage is their left winger Robben.
Scamacca has been honed in Serie A and the Premier League and is a star player, yet against Robben, he was completely overpowered.
Zidane’s passes always make Scamacca extremely uncomfortable, and Robben’s cuts after taking the ball are impossible for Scamacca to deal with.
In this situation, Finger, playing the right midfield, should actively fall back to assist Scamacca.
But what is Finger?
Serie A’s assist king!
His defensive attributes are inherently not strong, his playstyle is practically that of an attacking midfielder.
So it falls to the defensive midfielder Drake to assist Scamacca.
But once Drake moves from his defensive midfield position,
Left midfielder Pellegrini must also move right, or else the gap between them becomes too large, making the central waist area vulnerable to the opponent’s through balls.
Zidane has the ability to thread the needle in this gap.
This series of movements resulted in a waste of personnel arrangements.
Italy’s Finger is left unused in the front field.
A large vacancy also appeared on Italy’s left side.
Bang!
Zidane calmly shifts the play.
The position is a bit deep.
Arsenal’s winger Rubeus rushes in on horseback, crossing the ball before Praxedes can catch up!
This is the style of France Team.
Sometimes intricate, sometimes swift, capable of playing very complexly or very simply, making it unpredictable.
Nelka rushes to the front point in the middle, but instead of going for a header at goal, he opts for a back header.
Robben is unguarded at the back post in the box, directly volleying with his right foot.
Bang!
The football flies into the goal with a curve.
This shot is extremely difficult!
Robben’s shooting skills are astonishing!
"One to zero! France Team takes the lead! Robben opens the scoring for France Team!"
"This goal came from Zidane’s coordination and Rubeus’s quick cross. Nelka, who just returned to the national team, delivers an assist; he is absolutely France Team’s answer for the central forward position!"
"France Team is too strong! This goal contains both seamless teamwork and flashes of genius, as well as the showcase of teammates’ tacit understanding and exceptional personal capabilities."
"In contrast, Italy Team clearly made some defensive errors and didn’t display their true defensive level."
"As is well known, Italy Team often struggles to score, usually winning or losing by one to zero or zero to one. So falling behind is very dangerous for Italy."
"But that’s outdated history; everyone knows there is an excellent goal-scoring player on the field for Italy now. Last season Lu Yang scored as many as seventy goals in all competitions combined! He has brought a new dynamic to Italy’s attack!"
Commentators strive to make the match exciting, so they can’t be one-sided.
While some believe France Team is in an advantageous position, there must be someone speaking out that Italy’s situation isn’t too bad either.
Overall, they have to create enough suspense for the match.
Unless it’s truly a one-sided match early on, then the commentary will start using the second tactic—lauding certain star players from the winning team, listing data to make the audience look forward to those stars scoring or assisting.
But the second tactic is easy to provoke complaints from the losing team’s fans, so it’s best to use the balancing method first.
"I have more opportunities here!" Finger actively communicates with his teammates after conceding the goal, meaning to pass the ball to me later.
And what he said makes sense.
While Robben is fiercely tormenting Scamacca, Finger’s side can indeed make some plays behind Robben.
His idleness in defense becomes an advantage in offense.
But in truth, Finger thought too much.
Real Madrid’s Joseph may not seem impressive, his annual salary is even half of Finger’s, a mere three million euros in the luxurious Galaxy Battleship, truly pitiful.
Yet his strength cannot be entirely measured by his salary.
Finger found his attempt stopped twice in front of Joseph, with three back passes, one forward pass lost, and only one pass reaching the mysteriously moving Ancelotti.
Ancelotti thus had a chance to shoot, but unfortunately, after pulling to the right, his foot didn’t align on the left, missing the shot.
Ancelotti’s strongest shooting area is two meters around the edge of the top of the box, in the central left side.
Shooting from the right, his shooting angles and shooting curves cannot play a role.
It now seems that him being able to receive the ball on the right is not unrelated to France Team’s defensive risk assessment.
They would rather allow Ancelotti to receive the ball than to let Perrotta receive it in their hot zone.