champion godfather

Chapter 994
Everyone was wondering about Lippi's substitution, and unceremoniously questioned his substitution adjustment.

But the protagonist who was so questioned sat calmly on the coach's bench, as if Balotelli hadn't been replaced by him.

Or he didn't see Balotelli's mistake at all...

In fact, of course he saw it, and he knew it clearly in his heart.It's just that he couldn't express his dissatisfaction with the player who had just been replaced.He sat on the sidelines with a calm face, but he was conveying such a message to the players——

Don't worry, we still have time and opportunity, don't mess yourself up.

Seeing such a calm head coach on the field, the players felt relieved.

The head coach didn't panic, why are we panicking?
Even Balotelli, who just made a mistake, thinks so.

In fact Balotelli knows what this European Cup means to him.Before the European Cup, his agent told him that if he wanted to leave Nottingham Forest smoothly, he had to show a convincing performance in the European Cup.Only in this way can he have a way to lobby around.

Two seasons in Nottingham Forest has gradually made him lose his reputation in European football.At this time, you have to work hard like a newcomer.

Balotelli, who has this idea, is very positive.Although there was a mistake, he didn't take it to heart, he only thought about scoring goals or assisting his teammates.

Balotelli played as a striker in the Forest team, but in this game, after he went up, he played as a right midfielder.His main task is to help the team attack on the side, pass the ball and let Foti compete for the top in the middle.However, this is not enough to bring out his best features.

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Giovinco of the Italian team suddenly cut inside and made a breakthrough on the left. He flashed past Walcott who was caught off guard. When he was about to make a further breakthrough, he was brought down by George Wood.

The referee blew the whistle to award Italy a free kick on the left side of the penalty area and gave Wood a verbal warning.Wood was also smart, and didn't step forward to argue.He didn't go for Giovinco's people, but Giovinco's body was thin and he almost fell down at the first hit. This was the case in the first half, and he didn't even bother to defend himself to the referee.

Seeing that the Italian team had won a free kick, Balotelli quickly ran over from the other wing and held the football in his hands.Teammates all know Lippi's latest arrangement, Balotelli officially took over the right to take all frontcourt set kicks on the field.

The English are no strangers to Balotelli's free kicks. In the Forest team, he and Bell usually take the kicks. Balotelli often uses free kicks to break through the gates of those Premier League teams.

Now seeing him put the football on the ground, as if he was going to take the penalty, the England fans in the stands booed him.

Amidst the boos, Balotelli's ball went over the bar.

The England fans cheered for victory, while Balotelli looked at the turf under his feet with some chagrin.There seemed to be some unevenness there, which made him kick when he kicked.

Judging from this free kick, Balotelli still has not found his form, which gave the commentators a chance to attack and criticize Lippi.

Fortunately, there is no TV commentary on the coaching bench, otherwise, I don’t know how many head coaches would leave the game and rush to the commentary bench behind them to vent to those who only know how to talk.

Balotelli performed poorly twice in a row, but Lippi remained unmoved.He has already made up his mind, since everyone has been replaced, what is there to regret?As long as it is not a major mistake, he can't replace him again, right?Precious substitutions are not so wasted.

Balotelli's poor performance, but the England team did not dare to underestimate it.Because they took advantage of Italy's contempt for the underperforming Abanglaho in the first half, and blasted open the door of this reinforced concrete defense.During the intermission, Tang En also warned them not to underestimate the enemy and be cautious.

So when Balotelli got the ball on the wing, Joe Mattok didn't mean to relax in the slightest.Although they are teammates in the same club, they are now their own masters.

Balotelli planned to break through forcefully. Although he passed Joe Mattock, he was blocked by Tang Ning who was catching up behind him.After a short delay, Joe Mattock caught up again, and the two of them locked Balotelli out with their strength, and forced them towards the corner flag.

Balotelli saw that he couldn't complete the cross, and it seemed difficult to break through, so he made the next best thing and asked for a corner kick.As a result, after the kicked ball hit Joe Mattock, it didn't bounce directly to the bottom line, but bounced back in a strange way, hit the face bone of Balotelli's calf and bounced off the bottom line...

This time he didn't even take a corner kick, and the linesman pointed the flag directly at the small penalty area, which meant a goal kick.

In the second half, the stands behind the England goal were full of England fans.Seeing that Balotelli failed to take a corner kick and gave a goal kick instead, the fans in that area burst into laughter.

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"He was completely watched to death by our people..." Des Walker sighed.For this Forest player, the England coaching staff has already studied it thoroughly.Thanks to the poor performance of the Forest team in the past two seasons, Balotelli's state has also become bad.

If he hadn't known and understood Tang En, he would really have guessed whether all this was a conspiracy... What a coincidence!

Before the game, England's coaching staff analyzed everyone in Italy and made targeted arrangements based on their different characteristics, regardless of how many of them can play.

Balotelli is naturally among them.At that time, the coaching staff of the team analyzed two possibilities.First of all, Balotelli will definitely not start, but he may come off the bench because he is a very characteristic player with excellent set pieces.And if the England team wants to use a steady counterattack to deal with Italy, breaking the dense defense is a problem that Lippi needs to consider.At this time, Balotelli can play a very good role.

Then he may play as a striker or a right midfielder after he plays, because Balotelli can play both positions.So there are two different arrangements that need to be made - what do we do when he is a striker?What do we do when he's a winger?
When he was a full-back, Twain asked both the full-backs and the full-backs to actively return to the defense, to minimize the chances of Balotelli crossing, and at the same time cut off the connection between him and others, and let him fight alone as much as possible.

Judging from the letting go just now, Joe Mattock and Tangning did a good job of doing this. They double-teamed one after the other, blocking Balotelli's way out of the ball.

For this final, Twain has done a lot of work, and now it has all been reflected.

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Balotelli was mediocre in open play, and after being caught a few times by England, he started passing the ball more instead of dribbling past himself.He knew that he had been targeted by Tang En.When he was playing for the Forest team, he had heard many legends about that man, and he always spoke of him as miraculous, as if he was not a football coach, but a wizard in medieval legends, with the power to deceive people .Every staff member at Wilford Training Base always had an expression of admiration when they talked about Twain, but they didn't feel much about the club's chairman, Mr. Evan Daugherty.

Although frozen in open play, Balotelli wasn't too worried.Because he still has a weapon that the English can never freeze.It's just that he has to try his best to warm up his feet now...

Facing Joe Mattock's block, Balotelli forced a cross. Although the football bypassed his teammates in the Forest team, it was too high... Even if Foti is [-] meters tall, it is enough Less than such a "pass".

"It seems that his condition is really bad..." Even the Italian commentator couldn't help shaking his head this time.

Next, Balotelli tried a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. This shot was quite accurate, but the shot was too straight, and he was hugged by Joe Hart.

"Aha! This is the best performance since he came on the court!" Mortensen sneered.

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In fact, Balotelli is not the protagonist, and Lippi did not ask others to pass the ball to him in Italy's offense to open the gap from him.De Rossi is still in charge of scheduling, he is the core of the Italian team, and Giovinco is also very active at the front of the penalty area, causing headaches and tension for England's defensive players.

As time went on in the second half, the Italian team's offensive became more and more fierce.There is a posture of coming out in full force.

Lippi also noticed the time.At this time time is the most precious.Now there are still 10 minutes before the end of the 10-minute game.These 10 minutes may not seem short, but in fact it can pass in a blink of an eye.If you don't hurry up, as time goes by, the Italian players will only become more and more impatient, and the balance of victory will tilt towards the English.

Something has to be done.

Lippi thought about it in his heart, and gave some instructions to the assistant coach Ferrara sitting next to him.

Ferrara nodded while listening, then got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines, waving gestures at the opposite side.Then, I saw the two Italian full-backs start and then plug in the assists.

Italy's full-backs were thrown in and England felt the pressure immediately, especially from Joe Mattock's side.

While Lippi let the full-back assist, he also made Giovinco and Balotelli switch positions.Balotelli has little effect on the right side, which is the case anyway. It is better to switch to the left side and face the stronger defensive Richards. He does not want to break through the cross, but just hold the opponent.Italy's main attack direction changed to their right flank and England's left flank.

Parowski also ran to the right side to join in the fun, and now he fired three arrows at once, Joe Mattock and Tang Ning couldn't stand it anymore.

Tangning wasn't the kind of player who was good at defending, so asking him to defend full-time would not be effective.

Dunn frowned watching from below, and then he turned around and said to assistant coach Des Walker: "Go and call back Cohen and Vaughn who are warming up."

Walker knew what he was going to do, nodded and ran away without saying anything.

When Vaughan heard that Tang En wanted him to go back, he was still a little surprised.Going out to warm up is just a routine. The coaches always set up a group of players to go down to warm up at regular intervals, and he is naturally among them.But in the next second, he thought of the words Tang En said to him at the end of the intermission.

He looked down at the T-shirt under the collar of the placket.

It has been soaked in sweat, I hope the handwriting on it will not be blurred.

Vaughn and Cohen appeared in front of Tang En at the same time. Tang En took a look at them, without saying anything, and began to arrange specific tactics.

As for Chris Cohen, Twain's request focused on defense. Asking him to go up to help Mattock and reduce his defensive pressure, it is not a problem to always ask Wood to cover the side, because there is Aquilani in the middle. And what about De Rossi.

As for Vaughn...

Before assigning him a task, Tang En raised his head and glanced at him.

"James, are you still upset that I didn't start you?" he asked.

Vaughan is no fool, and if he honestly said, "Yeah, I still can't figure out why," he'd be screwed.He just shook his head: "I listen to you, boss."

These words were a bit forced, how could Tang En not hear it?But he didn't take it seriously, what he wanted was this effect. "Regardless of why I did this, I just want to know, do you still have enough passion and desire to play? Now that I let you play, are you going to surprise me, or just hang around until the end of the game?"

"No one wants to mess around, boss." James Vaughan said this sentence without any force. "This is the final of the European Cup."

Vaughan felt that Tang En was really insulting him by asking such a question.What professional athlete wants to be last in such a big game?
Who wouldn't want to score a goal or two in a game like this and go down in history?Wouldn't it be better if he could be the hero who saves the team from danger?
Tang En looked at Vaughan with a bad expression and was amused.

This is the effect he wants.If Vaughn has been held back for seven to 10 minutes, if he still hasn't got angry, it will be a failure.

"Okay then, don't say I didn't give you a chance, James." In the eyes of Vaughn, Tang En's current appearance was somewhat "brazen".Just give me 10 minutes, is this an opportunity?

However, it's like this now, not to mention 10 minutes, Vaughan wants 10 minutes.He didn't say any other nonsense, just nodded, unwilling to waste any more time.

Dunn could see what he was thinking, so he didn't say anything else, and told him the task directly: "Your task is very simple, Vaughan. Just like the semi-finals, score goals. You are going to go up at this time, and it is the Italian defenders." When the physical strength is the weakest and the spirit is the least concentrated, they press hard, and there must be a lot of space behind, so I caught it."

Vaughn nodded.

Tang En pushed him again and pushed him to the sidelines.Then he patted him on the back twice, hoping that he could understand the deep meaning.

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"England request a substitution!"

It happened that Gerrard tripped the rushing Aquilani on the field, and the Italian team won another free kick at the front of the penalty area.

The referee signaled Balotelli to wait for another free throw, and England had to make a substitution.

Tang Ning, who was building the wall, took a look at the sign in the fourth official's hand, then got out of the wall and walked slowly to the sidelines.Chris Cohen replaced Tangning.

Then Abanglahuo also turned around and walked to the sidelines under the reminder of his teammates.James Vaughn will replace him.

Both of them received the latest instructions from Tang En on the sidelines when they left the field——

"Slow down! Come down! Don't run!"

So the two of them moved slowly to the sidelines amid the dissatisfied protests of the Italian players despite the boos of the Italian fans.Completed the handoff with Cohen and Vaughn.

Tang En shook hands with Tangning first, and then gave Abang Lahuo a hug: "Good job, kid, ha!"

Abanglahuo himself advocated for him to start the game. He scored the only goal so far in the game, which can be regarded as not embarrassing him.Of course, I should give a lot of praise.

If this was ancient China, Abang Lahuo would have said, "Fortunately, the last general has fulfilled his mission!", but now he just asked cheerfully, "Boss, will we be the champions?"

Tang En nodded vigorously: "That's right, who else could it be besides us?"

When he said this, he looked at the field. Vaughn and Cohen had just entered the field.

There are 10 minutes left in the game, I just hope that it will pass like this, and there will be no more incidents...

(End of this chapter)