Chapter 436 Without Moric, Italian football would have gone back forty years!

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"How on earth was this drawn? Why did the Italian and French teams meet so early?"

"This should have been the European Cup final!"

"Two of the best teams in the world currently meet!"

"It's so exciting! The French team lost to Brazil in the World Cup last year and therefore failed to play against the Italian team. This time, at least I won't miss it."

"It's so cruel! Two finals-level teams, but one of them can't even make it to the semi-finals."

"The biggest problem in Italy is the lack of Moric. Although it has not been exposed in previous games, it is just that the opponent is not strong enough."

"France will amplify the fact that Italy will be without Moric."

"In contrast, the French team has a complete lineup and their maturity is higher than that of the Italian team!"

"If the French team really beats the Italian team, then I want to know whether the Football King Award will be awarded to Lu Yang? It should be Robbery, right?"

"In order to reflect the fairness of the award, I am afraid that the Football King Award must be given to Robelli. But in fact, I think even if the Italian team loses, Lu Yang should win the World Footballer."

"I always feel that this draw is aimed at the Ball King Award. If it is the final, even if the French team wins, Lu Yang may still beat Robery to win the Ball King Award. But this is only the quarter-finals. If Lu Yang is eliminated , then the honor is not enough."

"The runner-up in the European Cup and World Cup can win the Golden Ball, and even the leaders of the top four teams can also win the Golden Ball, but the top eight teams really have no reason to aspire for the highest honor in football. And...this is because Lu Yang does not have the Champions League. year."

"No matter how outrageous the UEFA Cup is, no matter how great the Triple Crown winner is, it is impossible to beat the Champions League + European Cup!"

Soon, the day for the competition between the two sides arrived.

The French team undoubtedly fielded their strongest lineup.

Robery, Nerka, Ruberg

Zizzo

Joseph, Pratsa

Gerbert, Quba, Landene, Turan

Dominica

Except for goalkeeper, who is not ranked among the best in the world, every other position is one of the best in the world.

Robery, this year's Champions League winner, is the world's number one left winger.

Nerka, one of the top centers in the Premier League.

Ruberg, although the club's performance in the past two years has been poor, his personal performance is still world-class.

Qi Zuo, before Lu Yang, he was the number one midfielder in the world!

With Lu Yang, he is also one of the best midfielders in the world.

Joseph and Placa are the top two defensive midfielders in football.

Gerbert, one of the best left backs in the world.

Kuba, Landene, and Turan are all among the world's number one central defenders, and Turan is the top defensive swingman!

This lineup looks scary.

On the bench, the French team also sits Real Madrid's main center Alfa.

Manchester United's new signing and French striker Supernova Menchal.

The substitute in the midfield and frontcourt is also Marseille's core player Payet.

Serie A champion and Champions League semi-finalist AC Milan midfielder Toma Tema.

Serie A's hairstylist, the cornerstone of Juventus' revival, Moreba, one of the second-generation Sanremo twins!

Former Arsenal main player and Europa League champion center back Kosciel and so on.

Basically, in the entire world of football, there are only three teams that can compete with the French team on paper lineups.

That's Brazil...but they don't play in the European Cup.

England...a team with soaring stars and moisture, if you take it seriously, you will lose.

Italy...the super king in the international arena in the past four years!

If we say that Italy's lineup four years ago was miserable, it was unworthy of its name.

So now, Italy's lineup is really star-studded.

Italy's starting lineup for this game is:

Ancarelli, Perrotta, Kolber

Savalousch

Lu Yang, Pellegrini

Prasedes, Bernoulini, Nagy, Kanyes

Audi

Ancarelli, King of Serie A and King of Zebras.

Perrotta, the King of Giallorossi, the new leader of Manchester United.

Kolber, this year's Champions League winner, is the Premier League's top forward.

Ceballos, the halberd of the frontcourt trident of French Ligue 1 hegemon PSG!

Pellegrini, Paris starting midfielder, world-class.

Praxedes, one of the best left backs in the world.

Bernoulini, Serie A's top central defender.

Nagy, the world center back transfer record holder, this year's Champions League winner!

Kanyes, from the beginning of this season, he has become one of the best right backs in the world.

Audi, one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Lu Yang...the number one player in world football in the past two years! The only player to win the Champions League three consecutive years! The only winner of the Grand Slam of club and national team championship glory!

On the bench, Italy also has supernova Chiesa, Champions League midfielder Versacci, Europa League champion midfielder Cortino, the world's top midfielder swingman Lahm, and Paris Saint-Germain starting center back Pirola. , the best goalkeeper in the Champions League Areola and others!

When you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent.

From the beginning of the game, both sides played to a very high level.

In just five minutes, both sides scored two attacks.

Although the opponent's defensive level is very high, without making mistakes, neither the French team nor the Italian team can stop them when they want to attack!

But something happened in the seventh minute.

In the seventh minute, Qi Zuo relied on his strong personal ability to create murderous intent.

After attracting the attention of three players including Lu Yang, he made a pass that shocked everyone.

The football fell into the Italian penalty area and penetrated most of Italy's defense.

Only Nagy had a chance to prevent the goal from happening.

But even Nagy was just following Nelka;

As for the French players who entered the penalty area, in addition to Nerka, there was also Robery!

Robery was left unguarded and rushed towards the football.

Nerka shoved Nagy and rushed toward the football.

boom!

The football landed and was hugged by Audi.

Nerka and Robelli fell in the Italian team's penalty area.

Everyone was stunned.

The French players immediately complained, believing Nagy had committed a foul.

However, the referee kept shaking his head.

He even asked VAR to intervene to prove Najib's innocence.

There was absolutely no foul play on Najib's part.

Because it was Nerka who knocked over Robery!

It was Robberry who knocked over Nerka.

The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple.

One's own people overthrew one's own people.

Soon, the worse happened.

Robery hugged his ankle and fell to the ground.

Qi Zuo felt MMP in his heart!

If I had known, he wouldn't have delivered such an awesome kick.

Not to mention the lack of goals, it seems that Robery is probably, well... useless.

really.

After the team doctor entered the hospital for treatment, Robery still said that he could not continue to play.

The French team had a player injury just after the start, and had to let supernova Menchar come on as a substitute.

In the eyes of many people, this substitution is not a big deal.

Robbery is certainly awesome.

But Menchar is not bad either.

He is the most talented young player at the winger position in the past two years.

Is Chiesa awesome?

Often starts in Italy.

But in terms of spirituality, technique, coquettishness, and people's expectations for the future, Menchar is far better than Chiesa.

Chiesa is a pragmatist, not satisfied with speed, has good shooting skills, and is willing to run and fight.

But in football, hard work does not mean it will work.

Some gaps in talent cannot be made up for in any case.

Without the World Cup, Premier League, UEFA Cup and FA Cup, Chiesa would be nothing in front of Menchar.

Because without these four trophies, Menchal's worth is almost the same as Chiesa's.

Whenever he wins an important championship, he aims to break the historical transfer record in football.

As we all know, the historical transfer records in football do not include Lu Yang's transfer records.

Otherwise no one can break it.

Only a fool would spend 230 million to buy a player.

This amount of money is so exaggerated that it can make everyone in a big family lose contact!

Menchar was very active after coming on the field, seemingly to tell the French fans that it doesn't matter without Robery, and I will become the world's number one left winger in the future.

In the tenth minute, Menchar dribbled continuously, feinted and then cut inside past Pellegrini.

But the next moment, Lu Yang appeared in front of Menchal and completed the steal.

Italian sweeper——Lu Yang!

Lu Yang passed the ball to Kanyes.

Kanyes took off straight down the wing.

Menchar could have blocked Kanyes, but he did not return to defense immediately after losing the ball.

In other words, his return defense only stopped at Lu Yang and did not extend to Kanyes.

From this it can be seen that Menchar has not learned much useful things at Crystal Palace in the past year.

He played at his own level but didn't grow.

But in any wealthy club that is more strict, Menchar should be behind Kanyes now.

Kanyes dribbles the ball with uncanny ease.

Kolber's movement made Gebert very uncomfortable.

Kanyes seized the opportunity and made a direct pass.

Perrotta and Landene took off at the same time.

Landene's prediction was accurate, he took off early and blocked the ball, successfully hitting the football.

But Perrotta was interfering with Rondene, causing the football that Rondene was about to return to Gerbert to return to Kanyes' feet.

Kanyes made a cross gesture towards the football.

Gerber stretched out his foot to block.

boom!

Kanyes pushed the ball horizontally and the football rolled to the right edge of the penalty area.

Not a cross, but...

boom!

Lu Yang rushed over and shot him angrily.

Barty goal!

Dominic is not a top goalkeeper, he can save the football that should be saved.

But he really can't save the football that he can't save.

Lu Yang's violent shot near the penalty area was impossible to save.

Uh-huh!

Football shabu net!

The Italian team took the lead to break the deadlock.

"GOAL! It has to be Lu Yang! This domineering shot directly dealt a heavy blow to the French team!"

"This is Lu Yang's second goal in this European Cup. Because he took on too many defensive tasks, he only scored one goal in the previous games."

"This is his least efficient World Series, but in fact Lu Yang's dominance on the court has become even stronger."

"He almost makes people forget that Italy still has a midfield master like Moric!"

"Moric and Lu Yang are like Joseph and Platsa of the French team. Although they are both very powerful, the roles of Moric and Joseph are very single, while Lu Yang and Plattsa are both offensive and defensive. , able to shine in all aspects of the team.”

In front of the TV, Moric changed the channel without hesitation.

This trash commentator was blacklisted by him.

After the French team lost the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack.

In the fourteenth minute, Luborg hit a cross from the right, and Zizo sent Pellegrini flying with a Marseille spin.

boom!

Dang!

The football hit the crossbar.

Audi has already accepted the reality of losing the ball, but God gave Italy a surprise.

Zizuo was so angry that he kicked the turf, not to mention how disappointed he was.

Just a little bit closer!

Grass!

Next, the French team launched continuous attacks.

But the Italian team wants to defend. Unless it starts to rain or the opponent is Brazil, few people can break through their defense in a short time.

Rainy days will make the course more variable.

Throughout the first half, the score did not change.

The Italian team still maintains the lead.

Returning from midfield, the French team took the lead in making adjustments.

They activated the distinctive national team substitute Dimit Payet.

This is a Marseille player who played against Lu Yang's Newcastle United in the Europa League this season.

Payette's biggest advantage is that his footwork is very good, his passing is excellent, and his ability to organize offense is not bad.

But looking at the French team's midfielder and frontcourt, he is no better than anyone else.

But the reason why he was able to play was because the French team coach replaced the team's left midfielder - Joseph!

The world's number one defensive midfielder, Joseph!

Therefore, the French team's formation became 4123!

Payette and Zizzo double as attacking midfielders.

This change comes from the three attacking midfielder formation of Lu Yang, Qi Zuo and Hector during the Real Madrid era.

Real Madrid still uses this formation this season.

This formation can further unleash Zizo's offensive capabilities.

But it also weakened the French team's defensive capabilities.

The reason why Joseph was replaced instead of Pratsa was because Pratsa was both offensive and defensive.

If Payet is used to replace Platsa, the French team's offensive power will not increase significantly.

This adjustment is very powerful.

It means that the French team is sure to score, then take the lead, and then use the offense to suppress the Italian team.

This is related to the strength of the French team itself.

It also has something to do with the fact that the Italian team's time has been shrinking in the second half of the first half.

In the 51st minute, Ruberg's breakthrough on the right was blocked by Plashedes. After consecutive breakthroughs failed to succeed, he transferred the ball in a wide range and gave the football to the left.

After receiving the ball, Menchar broke through and was brought down by Canyes, winning a well-positioned free kick for France.

Ruberg looked unhappy.

Because he wants to play on the left.

rather than the right.

He has always played on the left for the club.

Only in the national team, because of Robery, did he go to the right.

As a result, now that Robery is off, Menchar comes up and kicks to the left.

You know, Menchal does prefer to play on the left side personally, but Menchal plays as a right winger in the club.

This shows that it's not that he can't compromise, he just... won't compromise with Ruberg.

Of course, Menchar himself would definitely not dare to compete with a senior like Luberg for a position.

Everything was arranged by the head coach of the French team.

He believes that instead of taking care of Ruberg's feelings and letting Menchar go to the right, it is better to let Menchar go to the left. After all, Luborg will retire in a few years. When that happens, will Menchar switch from the right to the left?

There is no need to go back and forth like this.

As I said before, switching sides has a negative impact on a player's growth and performance.

boom!

Payette's free kick went slightly wide of the goal.

But if he was given another chance, he might be able to score directly.

From this perspective, Payette's free kick is indeed very strong.

His crosses may also become France's secret weapon in conquering Italy.

In the fifty-sixth minute, the French team was still dissatisfied with the situation on the field.

The head coach of the French team believed that Payet passed several good balls, but Luborg failed to compete for the top, and his height of 1.85 meters was wasted.

This is related to the deterioration of Ruberg's body functions.

Only young people fly in the sky and play football.

The older ones are all on the floor.

Kane? ? ?

So the French team replaced Luborg with Real Madrid's main center Alfa.

In this way, two "French aliens" competed on the same field and fought hand in hand.

However, this move completely angered Ruberg.

After Luberg learned that he was the one being replaced, he was in disbelief at first, and then started yelling.

"This is my last European Cup!"

"My performance didn't deserve to be substituted!"

"Is Menchar your illegitimate son?"

"Alfa should replace Nerka, not me!"

"You are deliberately retaliating against me! Because I had a dispute with you about my court position during training! This is public revenge!"

"Don't stop me, I want justice!"

In the end, under the "defense" of the staff and substitute players, Luborg was forcibly dragged into the player tunnel.

The old tradition of internal strife in the French team came out of the blue.

In fact, this is not the first conflict for the French team this year.

This is not simply internal strife.

It is the pain of the times due to the transition between the old and the new.

Luberg was the first to feel the pain, so he looked a little hot.

But in fact, he is definitely not the only one who will face this problem in the past two years.

Dominique, Joseph, Platsa, Robery, Nerka and even... Zizo!

It's possible!

They are too old.

And young French people such as Alpha, Landene, Menchar, and Moreba are too good.

There must be a battle between them.

Just like Delecchi, Finger, Candreva, Farella and Amelucci of the Italian national team four years ago.

The Italian national team at that time was just like the French team now. It was on fire at the first moment and could explode at any time.

But the difference is that the Italian team, led by Lu Yang, who came out of nowhere, successfully won the European Cup and was crowned the King of Europe.

The long-cherished wish of the old players has come true.

Old players led by Derekchi and Candreva took the initiative to withdraw from the national team, providing space for young people to rise to the top.

But even so, the battle between Lu Yang and Ancarelli over the leadership of the Italian national team once reached an almost uncontrollable stage.

Afterwards, with Lu Yang's incredible rise, and at the same time, the Italian team's talent spurt was still within the acceptable range, a perfect handover was formed.

After this European Cup, the Italian team will usher in a large-scale update for a perfect handover.

But the French team's problems were far worse than those of Italy at that time.

Old players are stronger and have higher honors.

There are more young talents flocking to, and their tempers are even more irritable.

And the most important thing is that the last European Cup and last year's World Cup, which the French team had hoped to get involved in, both regrettably failed due to various reasons.

How can veteran players who have not won a championship be willing to end their national team careers like this?

They were unwilling to leave, and the conflict naturally worsened.

Qi Zuo looked at the mess on the sidelines and had an ominous premonition in his heart.

For the first time, he felt that his time was running out.

For the first time, he felt that football was no longer under his control.

This is a sense of loss that he has never felt in all his years at Real Madrid.

Continental Real Madrid is not out of control, Continental Real Madrid itself has Qi Zuo's design.

Without Qi Zuo's arrangement, go-between, and cooperation with Lu Yang, there would be no such thing as a continental Real Madrid.

So although everyone said it was a continental Real Madrid, both Lu Yang and Qi Zuo knew that it was a dual-core team leader.

It's just that Qi Zuo gave up the position of the manifest core to Lu Yang, and he became the hidden core himself.

This is called hiding in the city.

In the 60th minute, for the Italian team, Manero also requested a substitution.

The French team's continuous formation changes have obvious intentions.

A master like Manero is good at tactical confrontation, and he has a great advantage by attacking from behind.

"The substitutions of the Italian team are a bit strange. Chiesa replaced the attacking midfielder Ceballos, and then moved to the left wing position. So who will play the attacking midfielder?"

"Sogel replaced Perrotta. This was a matchup substitution. In terms of ability, Perrotta should still be better than Sogel. But when he replaced Perrotta, he probably hoped to take advantage of Sogel. This is the characteristic of youthful Lisheng.”

"These two substitutions are undoubtedly to enhance the Italian team's frontcourt impact. At the same time, Chiesa, Soger, and Kolber can also increase the intensity of the frontcourt press."

"Oh! Ancarelli retreated. Ancarelli played as an attacking midfielder. This is a brand new attempt."

"Ancarelli has always played the role of a left forward in the club, but his playing style has indeed changed from a shadow forward to a midfielder style now!"

"Cortino replaced Pellegrini, and Manero played all three cards in one go! This...isn't necessary? In this case, if a player is injured on the field, the Italian team will be very passive. Yes."

"It seems that the Italian team is very confident about the next game."

"3313, Italy's position on the field has now become 3313, or 31213, or it can be 3124, 3214!"

"Chiesa, Soger and Kolber are the three forwards."

"Ancarelli is between the shadow striker and the attacking midfielder. He goes up to form a front four, and when he comes back he becomes the attacking midfielder."

"Cortino's defensive midfielder position remains unchanged. But Lu Yang's defensive midfielder position can move forward and become an attacking midfielder at any time."

"At the same time, Kanyes also changed from the right back position to the right midfielder position. Of course, fans who often watch Manchester City games should know that Kanyes has the ability to run vertically across the court on the right wing and in the ribs. !”

"So, in theory, he can also become an attacking midfielder or even a forward for the Italian team!"

"The tactics of this lineup sound complicated and seem to have many changes, but in fact, as long as we understand who the core players are who launch the offense, we can contain their offense. Because the national team's tactics cannot be too complicated."

"Normally, the core should be Lu Yang. But the problem is that Lu Yang did not participate in the previous training camp, but stayed with Moliqi in the hospital..."

Well, many Italian fans are already scolding Moric.

It's okay if he doesn't play, and Lu Yang won't be able to play in the core position, which is a disaster.

? ? ?

Moliqi vomited blood one after another.

In the 67th minute, the answer appeared.

Kanyes seizes the opportunity to advance from the back.

Lu Yang passed the ball to Kanyes.

Kanyes went straight into the wall to Ancarelli who was backing up.

Platsa pounced on Ancarelli.

Ancarelli hits the wall to Kanyes.

Kanyes kept going.

Landene was forced to attack.

However, Kanyes attracted Rondene and passed the ball to Soger who was retreating.

Sogel hit the wall.

Rondenay responded, but a step too slowly.

Kanyes rushed forward to get the ball and passed it through.

Chiesa cut inside without the ball on the left wing and successfully held the ball in the penalty area, almost a single shot.

Kuba moved quickly and blocked Chiesa's shot path.

Chiesa found that the opponent was very explosive and that he might not be able to eat the opponent alive if he continued to move forward, so he simply stopped rushing and pedaled his bicycle continuously.

This is a large restricted area.

Bowser didn't dare to act casually.

boom!

Chiesa broke through to the left in the bicycle and directly dialed the ball to the right.

Kuba's judgment was successful and Chiesa was stuck.

If Chiesa intends to shake and shoot, Kuba will be a 100-point defense.

but……

This is a pass!

Chiesa was stuck, but the football was over.

"Chiesa passed the ball in an inverted triangle in the penalty area!"

"Lu Yang! It's still Lu Yang! He shot with a blast! He almost shot through the net!"

"Two to zero! Another victory for the Italian team!"

"This is definitely a state-of-the-art team effort. It was Kanyes who led this offense."

"But it was Chiesa who designed the end point of this attack. It is hard for the French team to think that the Italian team would hand over such an important task to a young player!"

"Kuba's defensive ability is so strong that he once blocked Chiesa. But Chiesa did not play in vain at Newcastle this season. He and Lu Yang developed a tacit understanding."

"Although Lu Yang was not in this offensive plan, Lu Yang's ability to read the scene is so strong that he saw a point where he was needed almost immediately."

"As Manero said before, Lu Yang does not need to practice with the team because he can always appear by your side when you need him, regardless of whether you have practiced or not."

"This has always been Lu Yang's biggest tactical feature - being outside of tactics, yet able to integrate into tactics at any time!"

"France are in trouble now! They have to score two goals in less than thirty minutes."

"Sixty-seven minutes, remember this time and see if a miracle will happen next!"



A miracle happened!

In the 72nd minute, Bernulini launched a long pass.

Lu Yang successfully held the ball in the rib position.

The French team's defensive strength is the weakest at this position, and Lu Yang was hardly pressured.

Lu Yang then knocked Ancarelli across the face, then turned around and advanced.

Pracha immediately held down Lu Yang and blocked Lu Yang's forward route.

However……

boom!

Ancarelli has taken the opportunity to complete a through ball.

Pracha is out of position!

And Payette...Sorry, the role he can play in defense is not to have side effects.

The French team has a kidney problem.

Sogel and Kolber fired two arrows at the same time. Sogel blocked Landene, and Kolber took the ball and shot directly.

He succeeded in hitting the close corner at a very small angle, showing his true qualities as a killer.

Three to zero!

The Italian team hammered the French team to the ground.

However, just four minutes later, in the 76th minute, Plashedes made a pass from the left wing.

Sogel's header was saved by Dominic.

Ancarelli's shot in the penalty area was blocked by Landene with his foot, and the football flew out of the penalty area in the opposite direction.

Lu Yang stopped the ball on his chest outside the penalty area, and before the ball fell, he used his right foot to pass the ball with the outside of his instep.

Soger seized the opportunity and took off again, and once again completed a header without interference!

The football crashed into the net.

Four to zero!

Italy is going crazy!

Before the game people thought whether Italy would win.

But absolutely no one thought that the French team would lose like this.

Four to zero!

This is something that even the Brazilian team cannot do.

Regardless of Italy's World Cup victory last year, people generally believe that Brazil and France are stronger.

The French team, which lost after the Brazilian team used small tricks to get rid of Zizo, may even be stronger than the Brazilian team.

As a result... the Brazilian team finally scored four points against the Italian team.

This French team...

Zizzo scolded his teammates and fished the ball straight out of the net, rousing the French team's fighting spirit.

Don't allow a single minute of time to be wasted.

Because maybe the French team is only one minute away from the final comeback?

In the 77th minute, the French team kicked off.

The Italian team directly launched a frontcourt campaign.

The French team kept passing back the ball, preparing to make a fortune out of danger.

After luring the snake out of its hole, a long pass penetrated the Italian team's defense.

However, when Turan opened his big kick, Chiesa flew over.

The football bounced off Chiesa.

Turan and Chiesa ran towards the football one after another.

Chiesa was faster and made a shovel pass, kicking the football into the middle.

In the middle, Lu Yang overtook Pratsa and rushed towards the football.

Start directly at the front of the penalty area...

Landene and Kuba moved closer to block the ball at the same time.

However, Lu Yang's fake shot really hit, and the ball passed between the two ghosts.

After Landene and Kuba stretched out their legs, they looked like two statues.

They were in the penalty area, and when they remembered pulling Lu Yang with his hands behind his back, Lu Yang had already passed.

Lu Yang single-handedly!

Dominic attacks!

Lu Yang shifted his center of gravity and raised his feet!

Dominic goes to the ground to make the save.

Lu Yang turned his shot into a shot, passed the goalkeeper directly, and pushed the football away under the desperate eyes of the French players.

The next moment, the entire stadium was boiling.

"LUuuuuu!"

"Five to zero! Italy five to zero!"

"Lu Yang made three shots and one pass! This is a great gift to the French team!"

"Zizzo directly covered his head with his jersey. He rarely looks so frustrated before the game is over!"

"One year! For a whole year, we couldn't see Lu Yang in the Champions League, the club's highest competition."

"Some fans are worried about whether Lu Yang's level has declined because of this, and whether Lu Yang, who returned to the national team from the quagmire of Newcastle without the support of Moric, can regain his glory as the king of the national team!"

"Now, I don't think anyone will worry about these problems anymore!"

"Five to zero! Without Moric, the level of Italian football has dropped back forty years!"

"Because only forty years ago, Italy defeated France 5-0!"

"Invincible! The Italian team is invincible!"

"This is the defending European Cup champion!"

"This is the Premier League Triple Crown!"

"From the 67th minute to the 77th minute, in ten minutes, the Italian team scored four goals in a row! They completely defeated the French team!"

"This not only kicked the French team out of the European Cup, but also kicked the French team into the abyss of internal strife!"

"Failure may not defeat a team, but a rout can!"

"The biggest stumbling block in the way of the Italian team defending their title has been removed."

"Who else in European football?"

"who!"