champion godfather

Chapter 996: The Heart of the Seven Lions 5 minutes

When the Italians scored the first goal, their players would hold the football and run towards the middle circle, hoping that the game would start soon.When they scored the second goal, they just hugged and celebrated wantonly. The football fell alone in the goal, and no one cared about it for a long time.

Because they are leading now, it is they who need to delay the game.

Tang En only cursed a few words on the sidelines before recovering from the emotion of conceding a goal.He stood on the sidelines and kept waving his hands, signaling the players to cheer up, put the football in the middle circle, and prepare to kick off.

For the England team, there is really no time to waste at this time...

Not counting stoppage time, they were left with less than 8 minutes.

"Now the England team is cornered by the Italian team. It was one goal ahead and now one goal behind. In the last 10 minutes, let's see what countermeasures Tony Twain can come up with!"

What can he do?It is nothing more than to strengthen the offense and be careful of the Italian team's defensive counterattack.

Of course, the Italian team knew that the England team would attack when they were behind, and now the initiative is in their hands.They can shrink back and play defensive counterattack grandly, and that is what Lippi and the Italian team are best at.

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The performance of the England players was unsatisfactory at this juncture. Many people were hit hard by the reality of conceding two goals in a row in 2 minutes. Mental preparation...

In the next game, Tang En's "strengthening offense" didn't show at all, but he was a bit at a loss in the second half.

The Italians originally planned to step up their offensive and try to score another goal before the English could react, completely sealing the victory.So they bombarded England's restricted area, and for a while Joe Hart became the busiest player on the England team.

"De Rossi's long shot! It's a pity it missed..."

"Giovanco's breakthrough... passed! Beautiful! His shot...was saved by Joe Hart..."

"Parowski's long-range shot was over the goal... He should have passed it to Foti next to him..."

"Facing George Wood, Balotelli did not flinch, he wanted to force a breakthrough...Wood fouled! Free kick! Great, the Italian team won another free kick!"

Faced with such a situation, Wood could only shake his head helplessly. He is not a superman. No matter how well he performs alone, it is useless without the support of his teammates.

Such a situation made him feel angry, did he just admit defeat?
Balotelli got another chance to take a free kick, and the Italian fans were full of expectations.They wanted to see Balotelli score twice from a free-kick in the game.These people completely forgot that they had complained before that Lippi replaced him as a "wasted opportunity".

"Super Mario! Super Mario!! Ooh!" Italian fans shouted Balotelli's name in the stands.

The England fans became nervous. They were still booing Balotelli, but they didn't know how effective it was...

Tang En stood on the sidelines, biting his lips and staring at Balotelli on the field. His heart was beating desperately in his chest, and it couldn't be restrained.But he couldn't take care of the heart problem anymore.

Balotelli runs up, kicks...the football goes around the wall and flies straight to the goal.Joe Hart tried his best to pounce, but he didn't touch the football, and the football didn't fall into the goal, but flew directly over the crossbar.

so close!

Tang En let out a long breath.There are also a number of England fans like him.

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When the game entered 10 minutes, England's counterattack still did not improve, but the Italian team played more and more vigorously. After taking the lead, they felt relaxed and could play any action coordination.

Those fans far away in the UK stared at the TV screen, for fear that if they missed a certain shot, it would become a critical moment to rewrite the final trend of the whole game.

England's performance made them a little depressed, but they did not give up hope.After all, there are still 10 minutes in the game, but there is only one goal.still have a chance.

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Lippi looked at his watch, No. 80 minutes.He looked at the situation on the field again and decided to be more cautious.If the attack continues like this, if there is a loophole in the backcourt and the England team catches and scores a goal, it will all be over... Tony Twain is so cunning, how could he not exert his strength at the last moment?

So he walked to the sidelines, signaled to the people inside to shrink the line of defense, and began to defend firmly, and the victory would be won if the game ended.

The defensive pressure on the England team then eased, and they also knew that it was the last moment.

The Italians have recycled, what shall we do?This hardly needs to be considered, of course it is an offense!
Tang En stood on the sidelines, calling Vaughn's name.It's been 10 minutes since I put it on, and this kid hasn't shown any signs yet...

"James! Remember your mission!?"

Of course Vaughn still remembers, but before his team was compressed into his own penalty area, he had no chance to counterattack at all. No matter how good he is, it is impossible to kick the ball directly into the opponent's goal from his own penalty area...

In fact, even if Tang En didn't remind him, he knew that he had to use his strength.Abanglaho started and scored a goal.However, he was considered to be very popular as a starter before the game, but now he has not done anything. If the England team loses the game, it has a lot to do with him... People will think: If Abanglaho is still on the court, what will happen? Wouldn't he just lose the game?
Lippi was also a little surprised that Tang En didn't return Vaughan in the last 10 minutes.But then his team completed the reversal, so he didn't take it too seriously.At this time, there are only 10 minutes left in the game. As long as he can defend, it is useless for him to replace eleven Maradonas.

Lippi then replaced Giovinco with defender Fabiano_Santacroce. On the one hand, Giovinco is weak, and on the other hand, he needs to strengthen his defense now.Now Italy is playing 532 instead, and the three central defenders make England's offense impossible to take advantage of.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, the Italian team began to do everything possible to kill the game time.

As long as you touch it, it will fall, and once you fall, you won't want to get up.In just 2 minutes, three players have cramp and fell to the ground one after another.

Tang En was very angry about this, and he negotiated with the fourth official off the court.The fourth official was powerless: "We can't pull them up by force, can we?"

"Why not! They are clearly wasting their time!" Dunn glared at the fourth official.If he was playing football on the court, in such a situation, he would go up and drag the fallen opponent's player to the outside of the court...

The fourth official had nothing to say to this unreasonable head coach.He stopped talking, so as not to waste saliva.

Tang En's image at this time was not good-looking. He had thrown the suit on the ground a long time ago and hadn't picked it up—he didn't care about it at all—he also tore off the tie he was wearing, and the collar of the shirt It was open, the sleeves were rolled up, and the back and front of the front were drenched with sweat, like a gambler who lost in a hurry.

On the contrary, Lippi sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.On his face, you still can't see any expression. It seems that he is not worried about Italy, but he is not happy about the lead.The old gentleman's hair was not even a mess, the silver hair was tightly pressed to the scalp, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses reflected the lights above the stadium, so that people could not see his eyes clearly.

These two people are on fire, and they are a special landscape on the sidelines, which attracts people's attention.

Tang En didn't just compete with the fourth official.He turned around and called Bentley from the bench, and asked him to replace Gerrard, and then the England team changed to 433, Walcott stared at the winger, and Vaughan was alone in the center.

It was different from when the Italian team changed players, they all walked slowly.Gerrard trotted all the way to the sidelines, high-fived Bentley, and switched to a handover. The whole process didn't waste any time.

Seeing that Twain changed to 433, the Chinese commentator said: "This is the end of the boat. If you don't succeed, you will die. It seems that Twain doesn't think about other things at all."

What kind of overtime, what kind of penalty shootout, it's stupid to think about those things at this time.If there is no goal, there will be no extra time, and there will be no penalty shootout at all!
After Bentley ran onto the field, he shouted to his teammates: "Boss, let me tell you, the final is only 5 minutes!!" He spread his five fingers on his right hand.It's the No. 805 minute of the game. As for stoppage time, Twain didn't even think about it.

As if the alarm bell sounded in the hearts of every English player, "there are only 5 minutes in the final" suddenly made them feel the urgency of time, and their eyes turned red: how can they fall in this game? Before the championship trophy?
Even Terry overwhelmed the half court, and didn't even think about defense.

England's offensive flooded into Italy's goal like a tidal wave.

"James Vaughn, he got the header...so right!"

"George Wood took a long shot! Hit high! It's a pity... Maybe he should be more steady..."

"Walcott breaks through, passes! Wayne Rooney shoots!"

Rooney shot the ball at the near post, and when it bounced back, it hit Chiellini again. He was about to bounce to the goal again, but Amelia punched it out with a single punch, which shocked the Italian. In a cold sweat.

England wins a corner.The two central defenders, Terry and Taylor, all ran to the goal of the Italian team.After Bentley drove the ball, Terry sprinted to the top!
The football flew straight to the near corner, and it was about to cross the goal line, but Amelia miraculously shot the football with a single palm between the two people!

Didn't go in again!
Balotelli took the ball and was about to hit England's counterattack, but his ball was intercepted by Wood.Wood, who intercepted the ball, turned around and sent the football to the front. Fortunately, the Italian team did not really want to fight back, otherwise Wood would be caught off guard at this time.

After the England team regained possession, it was handed over to Cohen, another winger.In terms of breakthroughs, Cohen was not as good as Walcott, so he kicked the pass directly.This time the football was held directly in Amelia's arms.England's stormy offensive came to an end.

In this suffocating offensive frenzy, the game has quietly reached 89 minutes.

Since Bentley was replaced on the field, Tang En stood on the sidelines without moving.Like a statue.

In his coaching career, such moments are not uncommon.Sometimes his team finally equalized the score and even completed a big comeback, but other times, his team failed to create any miracles and lost the game.

What kind of situation will it be this time?

Next to him, the fourth official came out with an electronic number plate.At the same time, there was an Italian defender behind him.Tang En glanced at it. The purpose of the substitution at this time was only one - to delay the game time, and let the time pass in this slow-moving substitution.

Parowski walked down step by step, turned his head three times, shook hands with this teammate, and hugged that teammate, then stopped and turned around in a circle, raising his hands to applaud the fans... Tang En, who saw this scene Gritting his teeth angrily, he protested loudly from below: "Why don't you have to climb? Italian! You eggless turtle, bastard!"

It's a pity that Parowski couldn't understand Tang En's strong English, but the referee also found out that the opponent deliberately delayed the game time. It was so obvious that he couldn't tolerate it... He rushed forward quickly and showed Parowski Yellow card.

This yellow card allowed Parowski to catch a legitimate excuse for delaying time. He was very dissatisfied with the penalty and protested to the referee, wanting to take this opportunity to waste some more time.

At this time, Parowski had almost walked to the sidelines, and Lorenzo_De_Silvestri (Lorenzo_De_Silvestri) who was waiting to replace him was only one step away from him, but he was not in a hurry to play, insisting on Wait until Parowski comes to give him a high five.

The Italian intentionally delayed the game time, and Twain couldn't stand it anymore.He lunged forward and grabbed Paroski's arm.Parowski, who was caught off guard, was dragged down by Tang En!
Paros, who was dragged out of the stadium by Tang En, basically wanted to get angry, but when he turned around, he saw Tang En glaring at him, and that hideous look shocked him, and he didn't know what to say... Under the glare of Tang En, he had no choice but to complete the handover with Silvestri and walked to the Italian team's bench.

Of course, Tang En's action also summoned the referee's verbal reprimand for him, but he didn't care.If the referee doesn't act, he will come to do justice for the sky!
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Just after completing this substitution, the fourth official put down the electronic number card, pressed it for a while, and then raised it again.This time it's time to announce stoppage time.

"5 minutes of stoppage time!"

England fans booed bursts. For them, Italian players delayed the game time many times just now. It is too little to make up 5 minutes of stoppage time. It should be 10 minutes of stoppage time!
And the fans of the Italian team were also dissatisfied with the stoppage time of 5 minutes - too long!Just make up for 3 minutes as usual...

Tang En compared five fingers on the side.

This time it is true that the final is only 5 minutes away...

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