This European Cup is a European Cup that is enough to kill Hitchcock, too much suspense, too many scripts, too many accidents, dizzying, originally thought that only the group stage of the game will be a big surprise, did not think that the knockout stage can also be jaw-dropping, the first game of the 1/8 finals made many fans drop their jaws.
Switzerland vs Italy, who would you vote for before the tournament started? I think most fans will not hesitate to vote for Italy for two reasons, firstly, Italy has the aura of the defending champions, and secondly, judging by the historical meetings between the two sides, the Swiss team has yet to beat Italy.
Of course, a handshake should be a must, and most people are predicting that it will be a very long battle, and neither Switzerland nor Italy will be able to settle the battle in 90 minutes, they will need extra time, and they will even need a brutal penalty shoot-out.
Surprisingly, this game turned out to be a one-sided game, and the balance of victory actually tilted to the side of the Swiss, can you imagine, the Swiss can easily beat the defending champion 2-0, Italy really don't want to face, actually don't Swiss pressed and beaten, when the Swiss fans embraced passionately and indulged in carnival, we must admit that Italy, the declining aristocracy, is dead, there is no doubt, this is the worst Italy in history, we need to mourn for Italian football for three minutes.
Isn't it? Italian football is of great significance to many Chinese fans, the earliest broadcast of the European Football League in China is Serie A, many people grew up watching the Italian First Division, it can be said that Italian football gives us the love of football, in the nineties, due to many world football bigwigs flocking to Italy to play, the Italian First Division has the "Little World Cup" called, at that time, the seven sisters of Serie A can be described as a group of people, and breaking into the finals of major European cups has almost become the norm.
Remember the AC Milan team that created the myth of a 58-game unbeaten run in three seasons? Remember Van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Rijkaard who brought Italian teams to the top of European football? Remember the German troika that also belonged to the San Siro Stadium? Remember Maldini, who lived for only one city in his life? Remember the pendulum pass of the alien Ronaldo? Zidane, Buffon, Crespo, Totti, Batistuta, too many familiar names, deeply engraved in our memories and difficult to erase.
And now, the decline of Italian football is terrible, the game with the Swiss team, in the starting list, except for the goalkeeper, are all playing in their home country, what's worse, this is not the point, the point is that the ability of this group of Italian players is too low, when Italy won the World Cup in 2006, the main players also came from domestic clubs, but at that time Italy had Pirlo, Nesta, Totti, Gattuso, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Buffon... What about this Italy? It's really embarrassing, except for Chiesa Jr., who also has some dribbling ability, there really aren't many cards that can be handed.
What is especially unacceptable is that this Italy team was actually rubbed by the Swiss team, and the impression of the Swiss team is only good in defense, and the offensive ability is relatively rough and simple, but last night's game showed us a completely unimaginable Swiss team, they can be so calm and confident in front of Italy, and even it is not an exaggeration to describe the cooperation of the Swiss with flowing water.
Why is this happening? The answer is that Italy is too dish, not so much because Switzerland is making rapid progress, but because Italy is seriously degraded, the proud reinforced concrete defense of the past is gone, the midfielders have no imagination and creativity, the strikers have no finishing ability, and now Italy's problem is that there are no decent cards for the three lines.
To say something ugly, today's Italy is quite a bit of the meaning of the European Chinese team, they also want to win the game, they are not hard enough, but they are indeed inferior to others, on the field they can show only embarrassment and helplessness, Italian football can one day regain glory is unknown, it is certain that this is definitely a shame for Italian football, this is definitely the worst team in Italian history.