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Euro2000-Nesta Italy's man to halt rampant Kluivert
By Simon Evans
GEEL, Belgium, June 27 (Reuters)(DS) - Dino Zoff's message is
simple. Stop Patrick Kluivert.
The man he has sent it to is Alessandro Nesta, fast emerging
as the tournament's top defender.
Kluivert and Nesta are both hitting their peak at Euro 2000
and their confrontation promises to be both gripping and
potentially decisive.
The Barcelona striker's hat-trick against Yugoslavia in the
Netherlands' 6-1 quarter-final win has marked him out as the man
Zoff's defence just has to stop.
Lazio defender Alessandro Nesta, after a series of confident
displays in the watertight Italian back line, is clearly the man
for the job.
Long considered the future lynch-pin of Italy's defence, he
took over from Alessandro Costacurta in Zoff's side after the
World Cup two years ago and, with his accomplished performances
for Serie A title winners Lazio this season. his presence in the
final 22 for this tournament was never in doubt.
In the four Euro 2000 games so far Nesta has shown himself
to be the epitome of the modern central defender.
He possesses the traditional necessities of power in the air
and strength in the tackle but is also accomplished on the ball,
confident moving out of defence and capable of dealing with
threats from the flanks as well as through the centre.
Nesta accepts that the close nature of Thursday's match
means the one-on-one encounters will be decisive.
"They don't have any weak links, it's the individual
incidents that will make the difference," said Nesta. "Our
strength is our composure -- we have a great history behind us
and every other team hopes they won't come up against Italy."
Italy's zonal defensive system means Nesta will be expected
to deal with more than just the threat posed by Kluivert.
"It is not just Nesta v Kluivert as far as our defence
against their attack is concerned," said the Lazio captain.
"They have Bergkamp too and they all get forward -- we saw
against Yugoslavia that if a hole opens up, their two
midfielders join the attack too."
Nesta recognises that the Dutch striking pair have different
qualities but are equally dangerous.
"Kluivert is good and he is scoring a lot of goals but I
like Bergkamp too. He has scored fewer goals but he has created
chances for the others," said Nesta.
Both Dutch strikers have had experience of playing in
Italy's Serie A but Zoff will perhaps be heartened by the fact
that neither of them were able to make much of an impression
playing against Italian defences every week.
While Arsenal forward Bergkamp has long since recovered from
his miserable spell at Inter Milan, Kluivert's bad experience
with AC Milan in 1997-98 remains fresh in his memory and he will
clearly have a point to prove against the Italians.
Kluivert faced Nesta three times during his season in Italy
and never finished on the winning side although he did manage a
goal in Milan's 2-1 league defeat in Rome.
But Nesta's partner in the Italian defence, Parma's Fabio
Cannavaro, says even during his nightmare at the San Siro,
Kluivert showed he was capable of becoming a world-class
performer.
"Kluivert is a great player, maybe he left Milan too soon,
but even when he was in Italy you could see he had some great
touches and would only get better," said Cannavaro.