champion godfather

Chapter 995: The Heart of the Seven Lions 2 minutes

Here, Tang En made adjustments with substitutions, and changed two people in one breath.Vaughn replaced Abanglaho, and Cohen replaced Downing.

And being able to make adjustments so quickly also benefited from a free kick in the front court obtained by Italy.Otherwise, these two people don't know how long they will stand on the sidelines.

This free kick is about 26 meters from the goal, and the position is very positive.It seems that Balotelli came to take the penalty again.

After giving the cheers to Abanglaho, the England fans turned their finger on Balotelli again.Today, when Balotelli takes free kicks and corner kicks, booing him to disturb him has become a tacit understanding among England fans in the stands.

After the two new replacements were in their positions, Balotelli rearranged the football, then got up and stepped back, ready to kick.He turned a deaf ear to the boos from the stands.This is also thanks to his two seasons with the Forest team... No matter where Nottingham Forest goes, it will become the object of being booed by opponent fans.So, as the leading striker of the forest team, it is natural for him to enjoy such treatment.So now, it has long been immune to booing.

He is very clear that his performance so far in this game is not outstanding, and his role in sports warfare is very poor.But he also knows why Lippi replaced him.In the second half, England strengthened its defense and Italy stepped up its offense. Free kicks gradually increased in England's half. Lippi hoped to use such a player with outstanding technical characteristics to break the deadlock on the field.

It must be admitted that the defensive tactics of the England team were very successful. In the open battle, the Italian team basically did not get any chances.The only means available is set-pieces.

"This is Balotelli's fourth free kick, two of the first three kicked high, and one hit the wall..." The commentator unceremoniously pointed out that even on set kicks, Balotelli's free kick The condition is not good either.

"I think the last game of Lippi's coaching career will be ruined at the feet of this black kid."

"Perhaps it is too early to say so, but I still want to say that Lippi, 68, is old and his mind is confused. It is really inexplicable to replace Balotelli."

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After completing the substitution, Tang En turned around and walked back to the coach's bench. He had to drink his saliva.In order to let the two people hear clearly in the noisy environment just now, he had to raise his voice. As a result, his hoarse voice became even more hoarse and uncomfortable after speaking.

Just as he turned his back to the goal, the referee's whistle sounded to allow the serve.

Balotelli took a deep breath, let it out, and started running.

The first two steps seem to be walking in place, and the third step is a big step, and Balotelli has already reached the side of the ball.He hit the football with his foot, and the football flew into the air, bypassed the wall of England players, and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

That is the side farther away from Joe Hart.

When Joe Hart saw the football coming around behind the wall and flying straight to the far post, he quickly started to catch the ball.It's just that he's too late...

When he rushed over, the football had already scraped the post and flew into the goal...

"This...GOOOAL! GOOOOOAL!!" The commentators of the neutral country cheered after a brief surprise.

Tang En was taken aback by the sudden cheers from the scene. With a shake of the water bottle in his hand, the water poured directly onto the suit. "Damn it!" He couldn't help cursing, and when he looked up to ask Walker for a towel, he saw the same annoyance on his face as he did.

He was wondering, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the Italian coach bench next door, and he found that although Silver Fox Lippi was still sitting on the coach bench, the people around him were all hugging together...

A bad thought came to his mind, he suddenly turned to look at the field, only to see Italian players in blue jerseys hugging one person and surrounding them in the center.On the other side, his own players lowered their heads, dejected.

There is no need to look at the big screen anymore, he can already determine what happened...

In less than half a minute before he turned around to drink water, Italy had already used a free kick to equalize the score!
"Fuck!" This time Dunn cursed from the bottom of his heart.

"We thought he was bad at set-pieces, but..." Walker shook his head painfully beside him.Seeing that there were only 10 minutes left in the game, the victory was in sight, but unexpectedly, the opponent equalized the score and dragged back to the starting line.

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At this moment, the commentators who were still questioning Lippi's substitution and laughing at Balotelli changed their caliber and sang praises.

"What a fantastic goal! Mario Balotelli! He equalized for Italy!"

"Super Mario! Super Mario! Unbeatable goal!"

"At critical moments, he is the only one who can be relied upon!"

"This goal proves the correctness of Lippi's substitution! Balotte used the goal to slap all doubters!" The commentator who said so couldn't help touching his cheek.

"We evened the score! We saw the hope of winning the championship again! Tony Twain always likes to say: 'One goal lead is the most unsafe score in the world'. I am very happy with Balotelli's goal Prove to him once again the correctness of this sentence! Now it’s all right, the two sides are back on the same starting line, and there are still 10 minutes..." The happiest person is the Italian commentator, who danced excitedly in front of the microphone .

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For such a conceded goal, the England players were very helpless.They completely blocked the possibility of the Italians' attack in open play, but they were powerless for set-pieces.

"Reduce fouls!" The frustrated England players heard Twain shouting loudly from the sidelines. "Reduce fouls in dangerous areas!"

Tang En knew that fouls were actually an important part of defense.Generally speaking, to measure whether a defensive player is good, it also depends on his foul indicators.A player who knows how to foul is a good defensive player.

Therefore, if the England players set the ball for the Italians because they are worried about too many fouls, then the defensive pressure in the open battle will naturally increase.

But he can't help it, too many set kicks is indeed the only weakness in this tactic...

He really wanted to pull Wood to the sidelines and give further instructions, but the Italians were more anxious than him. The celebration didn't last long, and someone helped the Englishman put the football in the middle circle.Players from both sides stand still and prepare to kick off.

What made Tang En most depressed was that he had just made adjustments, but was equalized by Italy.After that, he can't make adjustments immediately, and can only let the players on the field play by themselves.And what's worse, the tactics he adjusted before are useless and need to be replaced with new tactics.He asked the team to defend and counterattack before, so they focused on defense. Even a full-back like Chris Cohen had to take care of defense first, and offense second.

Things are different now.

Tang En yelled at the stadium, wanting to compete with the cheering momentum of half of the fans present.

"Cohen! Cohen!" He yelled loudly from the sidelines. Chris Cohen's side was separated from Tang En's by a field, so it was really difficult for him to hear him.

Luckily he has a speaking tube.Wood in the middle lane heard Twain's roar and made a transfer point, calling Cohen to turn his gaze to the sidelines.

"Pay attention to attack!" Dunn gestured to Cohen, asking him not to just defend.

Cohen nodded in understanding.

Seeing that Cohen knew, Tang En called out the names of the others: "Rooney! Rooney! You retreat and meet the midfielder!"

"Walcott, try to go forward when you have the ball! Hit their counter!"

"George, hurry up with the ball!"

Italy has equalized the score at this time, and it will definitely push forward and strive to overtake, so the England team will wait for a counterattack.Things aren't too bad as long as you take your chances.

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After the game restarted, the Italian team really pressed hard, trying to take advantage of the situation to overtake the score.The England team was forced to shrink in the backcourt defense.During this period, England's goals looked very dangerous.

The two full-backs actively assisted, coupled with the combination of the side and the center, the England team could only parry, but had no power to fight back.

Due to some scruples in their hearts, they could not give the opponent too many opportunities to set the ball, so England's defense was not as tight as before, which also gave the Italians a lot of loopholes.

Giovinco used his flexible stature and excellent ball-handling skills to try to break through.George Wood ran over to help defend.Seeing that Wood was mobilized by him, Giovinco did not force a breakthrough, but cleverly distributed the football to the middle.

This time De Rossi chose to shoot directly and vigorously!
Joe Hart flew out sideways, struggling to hold the heavy ball out of the baseline.

This attack and defense had already shocked the hearts of the fans on both sides to beat wildly.

One minute after the Italian team scored, they won another corner kick.

Now every Italian set-piece can make the English very nervous.Because Balotelli, who was ridiculed by them before, has obviously recovered his state on set pieces.

Forti and Chiellini stood in front of goal, making England's defenders nervous.These two are players with excellent headers. Balotelli's current state has begun to pick up. The consequences of the two together are really hard to say...

Everyone thought that Balotelli would drive the football directly to the goal, but he just kicked the football to De Rossi who came up to meet him.

Tactical corner kick!

Seeing this scene, Joe Hart immediately yelled in front of the door: "Press out! Offside!"

At that moment, the England players obediently pressed forward collectively, like a tide, for fear that someone would slow down and drag behind and fail to offside.De Rossi re-passed the football to Balotelli who ran up from the corner flag area. Some people raised their hands to signal that Balotelli was offside, but the linesman and referee were unmoved.

Balotelli, who got the ball, looked up at the penalty area, and the players of the England team were still pressing for offside.

But it is not without chance.

He keenly noticed that another midfielder, Aquilani, was inserting from the back, and wanted to have a frontal penetration with England's defense...

Seeing this, he no longer hesitated, and directly sent the football against the turf into the penalty area.He saw it right, and specially passed the football to Aquilani's running route. Aquilani just inserted into the penalty area from the gap between Terry and Joe Mattock, not offside!

He received the ball and England's defense was thrown into disarray.Obviously, this offside cannot be repeated... So a group of people pulled back and rushed back.

When Joe Hart saw Aquilani receiving the ball, he rushed out and went straight to Aquilani on the wing.The opponent's position where he catches the ball has a very small shooting angle. As long as he attacks and blocks, it should be able to resolve the opponent's sudden attack.

The goalkeeper will naturally regard shooting as the opponent's first choice at this time, but Aquilani doesn't think much of it. When he sees Joe Hart rushing out, he knows what to do.

He didn't even look at those people in front of the goal, but just swept the football into the small penalty area.

Faced with such a ball, all the returning players from England were a little bit cautious and did not dare to stretch their feet. They were afraid of scoring an own goal...

Someone is not afraid!
Forti flew to tackle the football, the ball hits the foot!
"Balotelli passed the ball to De Rossi, De Rossi passed it back to him, Balotelli passed the ball into the box... Aquilani, Aquilani! Aquilani Got the ball! He's unmarked! Joe Hart strikes! A cross! Beautiful! Aquilani's cross...Selvatore Forti—" the Italian commentator's lips fluttered up and down , like a machine gun, saliva splashed everywhere, and at the end of the commentary without even breathing, the Italian commentator suddenly opened his voice and roared. "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL——!"

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Just now, the suit was wet because of the mineral water, so Tang En took off the coat and put it in his hand.Now seeing that the Italian team scored another goal in just 2 minutes, he immediately slammed the suit jacket in his hand to the ground.

"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!!" Angrily, he couldn't help but curse three times.

This time even the calm Lippi couldn't sit still. Seeing his team come back to win, he jumped up from his seat, ran to the sidelines, and hugged his assistant coach Ferrara with open arms.

There was joy on the Italian bench.

"2:1! 2:1! We are leading now! We are leading!" the Italian narrator roared hoarsely, and there was even a bit of crying in his voice.

The game was full of ups and downs, and in just 2 minutes, their fortunes were reversed.Even an experienced narrator like him couldn't help being excited and unable to control himself.

"It's unbelievable...The Italian team actually overtook the score. These two goals came too fast, and the English didn't react at all."

"What did we see? The Italians reversed in just 2 minutes! In the final!"

"Balotelli must have been offside before receiving the ball!" Mortensen believed that the Italian team's goal was offside first and should be ruled invalid.

There are many England players who think the same as him. They surrounded the referee and protested to him that Balotelli was offside before receiving the ball.

The referee just shook his head and did not change his judgment.

At the same time, a slow-motion replay of Balotelli catching the ball appeared on the big screen at the right time.According to the replay, Balotelli was not offside when he received the ball, and he was on the same line as England's defense.But if De Rossi was half a second late, Balotelli would definitely be offside.

The Italian team scored this goal cleanly without any problems.

Some people are still chattering, and some other England players are standing still, their eyes are confused, and they are a little at a loss...

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