At the end of this European Championship, Italy won the Cup successfully, bonucci and Chiellini's excellent performance helped the team to finally win the cup, and Bonucci's goal also helped Italy enter the penalty shootout and help the team win the second European Championship. These two centre-backs, one 37 and one 34, are already very old players, so let me introduce the Italian two oldest.
Bonucci : Leonardo Bonucci (born 1 May 1987 in Viterbo, Italy) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back and currently plays for Juventus in Serie A. In 2005, Bonucci joined the inter milan football academy and was loaned by Inter to a number of clubs. In 2009, Bonucci moved to Bari FC and became famous here. In the summer of 2010, Bonucci joined Juventus FC for 15.5 million euros and helped Juventus win six Serie A titles, three Italian Super Cups, three Coppa Italia and two Champions League runners-ups in seven seasons. On 15 July 2017, Bonucci moved to AC Milan and became captain. On August 3, 2018, Bonucci returned to Juventus. In 2010, Bonucci made his national team debut. At euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine, Bonucci played all six matches from the group stage to the final, helping Italy to finish second. At Euro 2020, Bonucci scored the equaliser in the final to help Italy win the title.
Excellent defensive anticipation and a precise long pass make Bonucci worthy of the title of the world's top center-back, and on the offensive end, Bonucci's ability to insert assists and pass organization are at the top level.
On 14 May 2006, in the final round of the 2005–06 Serie A season, Inter Milan played away to Cagliari. In the 90th minute, 19-year-old Bonucci made his Serie A debut in place of Santiago Hernan Solari and won the Serie A title with the team. On 6 January 2017, Bonucci was named to the 2016 UEFA Team of the Year. On 1 February, Bonucci was named The 2016 Player of the Year at the Serie A Academy Awards, and on 18 May, in the Coppa Italia final juventus against Lazio, Bonucci scored a goal to help the team win 2-0. It was Bonucci's last goal for Juventus. After this campaign, Bonucci has scored five goals in the 2016–17 season, setting a career single-season scoring record. In the 2016-17 season, Bonucci helped Juventus win the First Division and the Coppa Italia, and with Juventus once again reached the Champions League final. Bonucci played for Juventus for seven seasons, scoring 21 goals in 319 appearances in all competitions and winning 12 titles.
Chiellini: Giogio Chiellini (born 14 August 1984 in Pisa, Italy) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Juventus F.C. in Serie A and captains both Juventus and the Italian national team. In 2000, Chiellini joined FC Livorno and began his career. In 2004, Chiellini moved to Fiorentina FC. In 2005, Coconut Grove joined Juventus F.C. On 20 September 2017, Chiellini was shortlisted for the 2017 World Team. As of 2020, Chiellini has helped Juventus win 9 Serie A titles.
Chiellini's steals are fierce, but the success rate is high, so there are few cards in the game. Excellent physical condition, first-class air defense, and frequent merit on the offensive side of the header. Rather than the card slot, what is better at is the initiative to grab the ball before the opponent receives the ball. Because he is a full-back, his speed is also very amazing, and he can often complete the steal before the opposing striker gets the ball. In addition, Chiellini can command his teammates on the field and can be cultivated as a leader in time.
Chiellini debuted as an excellent left-back, relying on strong physical breakthroughs and ferocious tackles as his signature, and when Juventus were forced to be relegated to the second division, the then-head coach Deschamps transformed him into a centre-back, which proved to be a legacy of Italian football by the French coach. Chiellini's steals are fierce, but the success rate is high, his physical condition is excellent, his air defense ability is first-class, and his headers are often credited on the attacking side. Chiellini is not a standing defender, he is better at the initiative before the opponent receives the ball. 2008 was an important year in Chiellini's national team career, and he was only selected as a substitute for the Italian national team as a substitute for the Italian national team in the European Cup list that year. But Italy lost 3-0 in the first match at the feet of the Dutch team, and the manager decided to give Chiellini a chance. Starting with the second match against Romania, Chiellini teamed up with veteran Panucci, and the two defended the backline conceded only one goal in the next three matches, but Italy was eliminated after losing a penalty in the quarter-finals to the final champions Spain. At this European Championship, Chiellini became Italy's biggest discovery, allowing Italy to find a new defensive backbone after Nesta and Cannavaro. He is now the most trusted defender of Juventus and the Italian team.
326 games, which was the number of matches in which Chiellini and Bonucci were paired together. At this moment, Chiellini was 36 years old and 331 days old, and Bonucci was 34 years old and 71 days, and the combination of the two backcourts, who combined to be 71 years old, became the last and strongest barrier in front of Italian goalkeeper Donnarumma, as former Italian coach Conte lamented, "They are the strongest central defender combination in the European Cup." ”
This European Championship may be the last of many players, Ronaldo, Chiellini, Bonucci, Neuer, Müller, Busquets, Pender, etc., they belong to our youth, we hope to see their brilliant performance on the football field.