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Nesta sees Azzurri glory Tuesday 9 September, 2003

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Italy are good enough to win the 2004 European Championship according to Alessan
dro Nesta.

"We know that we are capable of achieving great things," he said in the aftermat
h of the 4-0 drubbing of Wales.

"All we have to do is look around the changing room to understand that we have n
othing to envy from any other country."

The Milan defender’s statement is definitely a brave one considering that the n
ational side have yet to assure themselves a place in Portugal next summer.

"We’ve been unfortunate in the past," continued the Lazio youth product. "At Eu
ro 2000 we demonstrated that we were the best apart from in the game against Hol
land.

"At the World Cup, we basically threw it away. For a side with so much potential
 we have achieved little. It is time to make up for that."

One of the main architects behind the Azzurri’s rejuvenation is boss Giovanni T
rapattoni who was close to the axe after the nightmare World Cup.

"That tournament is part of the past now," added the stopper. "Trap deserved the
 faith which he was given."


內斯塔：義大利絕對有實力在2004年歐洲杯上稱雄

在義大利以4比0戰勝小組中最強勁的對手威爾士後，內斯塔在接受採訪時表示："我們都知
道我們有能力獲得成功。"

在對威爾士的比賽中，義大利的表現讓人刮目相看。"我們全體隊員所需要做的，就是在更
衣室中環顧四周，心中明白我們沒有什?可嫉妒其他國家的，我們是最棒的。"

這位米蘭後衛的言論顯然帶著強烈的自信和勇氣，因?義大利國家隊直到戰勝了威爾士隊之
後才登上了第九小組排名第一的位置，是否能在明年的夏天去葡萄牙，雖然現在機會很大，
但誰都不能打包票。

"我們在過去的幾場比賽中運氣不好，"在拉齊奧成長的球星說道，"在2000年的歐洲杯我們
證明我們是最好的幾支球員之一，除了與荷蘭的比賽。"

"而對於世界盃，我們都已經遺忘了。去亞洲時我們的隊伍實力很強，很多人都認?我們將有
所作?。但是最後我們卻很早就被淘汰出局。現在，是彌補的時候了。"

在內斯塔看來，能讓義大利隊迅速從世界盃的噩夢中恢復，在近期取得如此大的成就，其中
的原因之一就是主教練特拉帕托尼。"那個夏天已經是過去了，特拉帕托尼值得我們給予他
的信任。"