The Chinese team surprisingly did not let Wu Shangshan, who started the first two games, start, and there are rumors that Wu Shangshan and Zhang Jun are at odds, and this decision may prove the truth of the rumors from another angle. The TV camera gave a close-up of Wu Shangshan sitting on the bench, and there were many highlights of this game, the stars of both sides shining, the life and death of Italy, the situation of the entire Group G, and the contradictions between Zhang Jun and Wu Shangshan.

The reporters outside the stadium were drooling as if they were staring at the fat. In their eyes, all this is money.

Wu Shangshan sat on the bench with his hands on his chest. There is no expression on his face, and the commentary can only follow the camera to introduce his name and location, and briefly introduce the origin of the contradiction between him and Zhang Jun - there are more rumors in the outside world now, but the most credible one is that Wu Shangshan is dissatisfied that he can only live under Zhang Jun's shadow, and no one applauds him no matter how well he plays. This game was put on the bench, and it can also be seen who is the final winner in this conflict and who is the darling of the coach.

The Chinese team still followed the lineup of their last two games: 352. Only replaced Wu Shangshan with Li Jie on the striker, and the people in other positions have not changed.

Italy, on the other hand, made a snag change: the formation was changed from 4321 to 4222. Nesta and Bonella at centre-back, Bovo at left wing-back and Zambrotta at right-back. Midfielders Andrea Pirlo, De Rossi, Montorivo, Cassano. Up front, Pazzini and Gilardino are partnered. Among them, De Rossi was a substitute for Gattuso, who was sent off in the last game.

You can see it from this lineup. Trapattoni, who has always been conservative, also had to make a major adjustment to Italy in the face of such a critical juncture, emphasizing the offensive. Because he knows in his heart that if Italy doesn't win this game, there is a good chance that they will be eliminated. If you still follow the previous defensive counterattack tactics, you may not wait for them to counterattack when facing the Chinese team, and the Chinese team's attack will break the goal first.

Trapattoni is Italian and he has always had his eye on Serie A. He knew very well that the attack strength of Zhang Jun, Yang Pan, Kru and others was not something that his old defense line could guarantee to hold.

Look at what Italy once prided itself on at the backline, now in Nesta and Zambrotta, one is thirty-four years old. One was thirty-three years old. Bovo was overwhelmed, but he couldn't do without it, because it was hard to find someone on the bench who could beat him. Only Bonella is better, the question is that in Fiorentina, Sabato always uses him as a right wing-back, does playing a central defender really play football to prevent Zhang Jun? Originally, Gattuso could have played the role of a wall in midfield. Block the offensive of the Chinese team. I didn't expect to get a red card for impulsively playing against Mexico, and now it's good, Italy doesn't even have a midfield defense. After that match, Gattuso was almost drowned in the saliva of the Italian media, and he was expected to contain Crewe's play and then free Pirlo to organize the attack. Well, now De Rossi and Andrea Pirlo are not good defenders.

With such a lineup, if you still want to play defensive counterattacks with the Chinese team, it is tantamount to suicide. The Trapattoni man is old but not confused, he knows how to improvise. If the defensive counterattack is not good, then it will be against the Chinese team. Anyway, now Italy has a lot of attacking talents, and Pazzini, Gilardino, Cassano, and Montorivo are all very powerful attacking players.

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De Rossi struggled to defend Crewe, who had not been Fiorentina's opponent in the past. He's also no match for Crewe – and more importantly, the manager doesn't let him defend at all, something that the midfielders have to do. Now in the national team way, catch the ducks on the shelves.

Crewe slowly dribbled the ball, then suddenly accelerated, allowing De Rossi to quickly lean in on him because he was about to force a breakthrough, hoping to stop Crewe.

Crewe made a sharp stop and stomped the ball behind him with his right foot. Then quickly turned around, and then took the football with him, just like that, he wiped De Rossi, who was still in a daze. I don't know when it started, but Chinese fans also learned from Fiorentina fans, and every time Crewe made such crazy moves, they would scream in unison to cheer Crewe on and blow the other party. This kind of screaming is more unbearable than just booing you.

De Rossi turned and shoveled at Crewe, who stabbed the ball as if he were an eye on the back of the head, and then dodged De Rossi's tackle.

The screaming continued.

Crewe, who broke through De Rossi, did not continue to break through, but distributed the football to Zhao Pengyu on the side, and Zhao Pengyu crossed.

Zhao Pengyu's speed was very fast, but he ran into the experienced Zambrotta, who relied on experience to jam the position, so that Zhao Pengyu's speed could not be played at all.

Zhao Pengyu was annoyed and pushed Zambrotta in the back, and the experienced Zambrotta immediately pounced forward, and the referee naturally blew him for pushing people for a foul.

Zhao Pengyu spread his hands helplessly, he felt that his strength would definitely not make Zambrotta fall to the ground, after all, he used all his strength to hit people who might not be able to knock down, how could he say that he would push down?

Damn, people who often mix Serie A are different.

He waved his hand disapprenorantly, then ran back. Obviously, Yang Pan is also full of Zhao Pengyu's performance just now, if he is smart enough to pass the football out, he will definitely not let the Chinese team's attack end so early.

The Italians counter-attacked, and the football was handed over to Montorivo, this one as a substitute in Florence Salou. Montorivo is different from Crewe in that he is not good at dribbling, but simply passing and free-kicks. It's a bit difficult to let him organize the attack, and it's a bit difficult to let him break through with the ball, which is why at Fiorentina he can only be a substitute for Crewe - he is not as well-rounded as Crewe.

Fortunately, the Italian midfielder also has a well-rounded Cassano.

Montorivo saw a vacancy in front of Wang Yu and Cassano. The ball was passed and delivered to Cassano's feet. The Italian fans erupted in cheers. But they didn't be happy for long, Cassano just got the ball and took two steps, and was knocked down from the side by Li Yongle.

The Italian fans erupted in huge boos, who shouted loudly against the ...... Referee. Because the referee signaled Cassano to get up on his own, Li Yongle was a reasonable collision.

Cassano jumped up from the ground in anger and ran back with a clean curse in his mouth.

"Look. What do we see in those two short minutes? I felt like I was watching a Serie A broadcast. The two sides played almost exclusively players from the Serie A league and played for their respective clubs. Kaliani lamented Li Yan in the press box. Li Yan also felt this way, he had a feeling of time and space confusion. A month and a half ago, he was in Italy to watch them represent their respective clubs, watch Yang Pan and Zhang Jun face off, and watch Zhang Jun and Bonella win the Champions Cup together. Now it has become Zhang Jun and Yang Pan teaming up against Bonella and Pirlo's Italy.

Actually, it's not just the two of them. On the field, Zhang Jun also felt this way. He had the ball and it was his Fiorentina team-mate who defended him head-on.

Zhang Jun is very slow with the ball, but Bonella doesn't dare to relax, who knows when he will suddenly accelerate, and then burst into the penalty area when you don't react, and then shoot?

Zhang Jun's upper body leaned. Bonella knew what Zhang Jun was going to do. He immediately retreated backwards, once again blocking Zhang Jun's path. The two are too familiar, and Zhang Jun has ravaged Bonella a lot when he was training in the Fiorentina team. Zhang Jun ** lifted up, Bonella knew what Zhang Jun was going to do.

Similarly, Zhang Jun is also very familiar with Bonella, and he understands every technical feature of Bonella. Seeing Bonella retreating, Zhang Junma gave up the idea of forcing a breakthrough, he stepped on the football, and then without waiting for Bonella to react, he suddenly shot on the spot and did not run. The range of action is small, extremely hidden, and it successfully fooled Bonella. At the same time, although there is nothing commendable about the strength and speed of this shot, it is better than the angle!

Buffon pounced. It looked like it was a lot of effort to get the ball out of goal.

Corner kick!

Bonella didn't expect Zhang Jun to suddenly get up and running. But he thought about it instead, didn't he already see that Zhang Jun's shooting angle was very tricky in training? This shot shot by Zhang Jun couldn't be regarded as surprising to him.

Zhang Jun shook his head helplessly and said in Italian: "Thirty-three-year-old Buffon is also difficult to deal with. ”

Without thinking, Bonella opened her mouth and continued: "What are you afraid of? Fiorentina has not won Juventus once or twice. After he finished speaking, he suddenly reacted, and now he and Zhang Jun are enemies of each other.

And Zhang Jun laughed out loud when he succeeded in mischievous, looking at Zhang Jun's sunny smile, Bonella could only shake his head helplessly and smile bitterly.

"Zhang Jun's mentality is great." Qiu Suhui, who was in the coach's seat, said to Hu Li, and Hu Li nodded in agreement. At this time, you can still laugh, and the mentality is not an ordinary stick.

After the Chinese team's corner kick was kicked out, the ball was pushed out by Nesta, and there was no threat to Buffon's goal.

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The players on both sides were very familiar, so the game was not as intense as people thought from the start, they played cautiously and at the same time a little frustrated because they were too familiar.

Yang Pan made a long pass in the midfield, and Nesta knew who he was going to pass to, stuck in the position in advance, and pushed the football out.

The same Pirlo intended to rely on feints to pass, but Li Yongle stabbed the football first, as a derby opponent, Li Yongle has not studied AC Milan players.

In the opening 20 minutes, Zhang Jun's shot that deceived Bonella turned out to be the only threatening shot on goal for both sides.

More often than not, they are entangled in all corners of the pitch.

This awkward feeling of time and space distortion lasted for about twenty-five minutes, and the first half was halfway over. It always takes someone to break this awkward situation, otherwise it's hard to say which direction the game will go. Crewe's dazzling dribbling forced De Rossi to foul and the referee awarded China a free-kick just 21 metres from goal.

Italy's defensive positioning just now was so good that Crewe couldn't find the right time to pass the ball. So he simply used his dribbling to deliberately create a free kick, which could break the original defense of Italy and create scoring opportunities for the Chinese team. A good dribbling midfielder has such an advantage over a good passing midfielder.

Zhang Jun stood in front of the football as everyone wished. Italy's wall looked nervous – they all knew how powerful Zhang Jun's free-kick was.

Standing with Zhang Jun are Yang Pan and Xiang Tao, the two of them should be covering Zhang Jun, and no one takes the two of them to heart.

Zhang Jun grabbed Yang Pan and Xiang Tao: "They must have thought that I would kick this ball." He glanced at the nervous wall. The precautions were very tight, and I felt that if I had played directly, the chances of scoring would have been slim and slim. It's better for us to ...... like this" The three of them got together and listened to Zhang Jun tell him his plan.

In the eyes of the Italians, this scene became: Wow! I have to pretend to discuss it. This drama is very real!

As a result, a group of people were still staring at Zhang Jun, and the others were automatically filtered.

“…… Do you understand? That's what we did. Hit them off guard! Zhang Jun asked one last time.

Yang Pan and Xiang Tao nodded, and Xiang Tao smiled even more obscenely: "Hey, hey!" I like it. Yin that gang of grandsons! To match his lewd expression, he shrugged his shoulders and rubbed his hands.

The three of them regained their footing, Zhang Jun looked at the referee's gesture, and then nodded to Xiang Tao.

Xiang Tao started to run from the right and ran to the left, and the Italian wall knew that Xiang Tao was just a trick. Be a foil. So they ignored him. Sure enough, Xiang Tao stepped over the football and continued to run to the left.

The human wall is waiting for Zhang Jun next.

Zhang Jun started to run at the same time as Xiang Tao stepped over the football, he ran from the left side of the football to the right, and the usual thing was that he ran a little long, and he was the kind of speed that sprinted with all his strength as soon as he started. watched Zhang Jun run in front of the football and start the wall, but instead of seeing Zhang Jun kick the ball as he wished, he ...... found that Zhang Jun and Xiang Tao quickly stepped over the football, and then rushed into the penalty area!

Could it be that Yang Pan is the main penalty?! Such a thought flashed through everyone's hearts.

Really. Yang Pan was the last to run, and at the moment when Zhang Jun stepped over the football, he also started. But he didn't shoot directly, but slammed the football to Xiang Tao, who ran to the left!

"Indirect free kick! Damn it! Li Yan heard a familiar voice beside him—it was Kalyani complaining.

The human wall froze in place. Only Pazzini reacted quickly to the empty left, while centre-back Nesta in the box followed suit to fill in on the left.

Xiang Tao didn't give them time to adjust their defense, and after receiving the football, he crossed directly into the penalty area!

At this time, Zhang Jun, who had just rushed into the penalty area, stood out from the crowd, jumped high without anyone expecting it, and then grabbed in front of Buffon with a powerful ...... Rush to the top!

"Huh!"

“It‘sgoooal——！！！”

"Boom!" The stadium stands exploded, and a wave of sound rippled out.

“1：0！ The Chinese team is ahead! Perfect free kick coordination! ”

"Zhang Jun! Zhang Jun! ”

"Well done!" Qiu Suhui jumped up from his seat suddenly, and then hugged Hu Li tightly beside him. The bench was already hugged.

"oooo~~~" Xiang Tao stretched his neck like a wolf and raised his head to the sky and roared, Zhang Jun flew up and threw him to the ground. Although this free kick cooperation is agreeable to come from him, but Xiang Tao's accurate cross is the key, if it is not passed well, then this cooperation will be nullified. Fortunately, fortunately, when he was in Fiorentina, Zhang Jun believed in Xiang Tao's left-footed cross.

Li Yan raised his hands and cheered as he could, while Kaliani beside him sat in his seat with his head in pain. At this time, Li Yan can not care about any friendship, if his team scores a goal and does not cheer, it is not Chinese. Comfort Kalyani? We'll talk about that later.

Trapattoni watched Xiang Tao and Zhang Jun run over the football, neither of them kicking, and before he could react, he saw Zhang Jun appear in front of the goal again and push Xiang Tao's cross in.

It's all done in a flash!

The ball was seen crashing into Buffon's back. He twisted his head to the side in pain, but he didn't expect to see the cheering Chinese again. I had to close my eyes, out of sight and out of mind.

Italy's bench and coaches sighed one after another, obviously not wanting to see this scene. Only Gattuso was still roaring from the sidelines: "We just conceded a goal, why do you feel like you lost the whole game?" There's still time! Cheer me up! Kill those bastards! ”

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When Zhang Jun scored this goal, the whole of China was boiling, and countless fans who stayed up late to watch the game shouted excitedly, and some people even set off firecrackers.

Four years ago, the Chinese team embarrassed Italy in its heyday at the World Cup. In the end, I can only hate the quarterfinals. Now it's the turn of the Chinese to take revenge. Zhang Jun's goal really made many Chinese fans breathe a bad breath in their hearts.

"Zhang Jun has scored! We drove the Italians to a dead end. They sent us out of the World Cup four years ago, and four years later it will be our turn to see them off! Although Wang Jianxiang usually explains the Serie A league, at this time he doesn't care about his usual feelings at all, and everything is centered on China.

Inside the bar. The Chinese fans in red jerseys echoed Wang Jianxiang's last words, and at this time a person jumped out: "Hey, hey! I love Italy! ”

Everyone immediately stared at him with malicious intent.

The man immediately smiled: "But, first of all, I'm a Chinese fan!" Cheers to Italy! ”

Everyone burst out laughing and raised their glasses: "Cheers!" See off Italy! ”

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Kaliani bit her lower lip tightly, her face ugly. Li Yan knew how he felt. On one side is his favorite player. On one side is a team from their home country, and this kind of collision is usually difficult to bear.

Gattuso was still yelling on the sidelines, and Trapattoni finally decided to get up and do something. He walked over to Gattuso first and pressed Gattuso's shoulder to calm him down a bit. Then turn around and look at the situation on the field.

After the Chinese team scored a goal, the momentum was great, and during this period of attack, wave after wave, Italy needed to retreat to defend the ground. He knew in his heart that this momentum could not last long, and it would inevitably decline before the end of the first half, as long as his team could hold on for ten minutes. All that's left is to fight back.

The first thing is to keep the players calm and the team is doing a good job of that. Everyone is a professional player who has been training in Serie A for a long time, and these things don't need to be said, they themselves know what to do.

Offensively. Now Italy doesn't need him to worry too much, but defensively...... At halftime, we must study how to prevent Zhang Jun.

"Cassano!" Trapattoni's hoarse voice rang out on the sidelines: "Carry the ball more!" You were so cowardly, just now! Take some of the load off Montorivo, he's under a lot of pressure right now! ”

Cassano looked at Trapattoni and then at Li Yongle. Too much pressure in Montolivo? Joke! Then I'm less stressed? Even though I thought so, I still had to do what the manager said.

Raising his hand to ask for the ball, Montorivo saw Cassano raise his hand and hurriedly passed the football to him. It was as fast as if he wasn't a soccer ball under his feet, but a hot shot put — well, then again, could he kick the shot put?

In the face of Li Yongle's defense, Cassano made a feint, and seeing that the opponent was unmoved, he passed the football again, and then ran forward by himself. Pazzini passed the ball back to him, two-one!

In fact, Cassano's skills are great, but in the past few years at Juventus, Capello has emphasized overall tactics, which has buried Cassano's talent. Li Yongle underestimated him a little, and he chased after him from behind, trying to cut off Cassano's ball.

Unexpectedly, Cassano's body was crooked, and his right foot flicked beautifully, dodging Li Yongle's interception. Li Yongle shoveled in the air just now, and now it's too late to get up again. Past Li Yongle's Cassano accelerated his dribbling - he also wanted to do what the old man from Trapattoni said, dribbling and dribbling until he brought the ball behind the opponent's goal line. After all, he's the best player in the Italian squad right now.

"Li Yongle was shaken! Cassano rushed forward with the ball, and the Chinese team's defense was in a panic! The Italian narrator shouted.

Liu Peng wanted to stop it. I was deceived by a feint in Cassano again, and I burst out!

Connected two!

Anke yelled, "What are the defenders doing?!" Don't let people in like that! Stop him! Stop him!! Li Suisheng heard his roar and moved closer to Cassano.

Anco expects Cassano not to pass the ball this time, because he has a unique style of play when he was in Rome and Juventus, and if he has the opportunity to shoot, he will definitely choose to shoot! I haven't had any chance to perform in this game, but now is a godsend, so I must seize it! He had to let the Italian idiots know. There is not only one Zhang Jun in the Chinese team, don't have illusions, thinking that you can qualify by fighting for goals with the Chinese team. This is what he thought after seeing the Italian lineup, and he was very unhappy at the time - such an obvious attack lineup, it is clear that he wants to attack the Chinese team. Fools can see it. Did Trapattoni's old immortal treat him, the Bundesliga's number one goalkeeper, into the air? Delusional to fight for the number of goals with the Chinese team? First of all, you have to ask him if the goalkeeper is willing.

So seeing Li Suisheng approaching from the other side, he also followed the door and attacked, he planned to kill Cassano's shot directly in the cradle. Let the Italians see that the false name of the number one goalkeeper in the Bundesliga is not called casually.

Cassano dribbled the ball with his head down and connected the two to give him a chance to shoot. As Anke thought. He won't give up this opportunity to anyone else easily.

Another defender? Hey. I'm buckled!

Li Suisheng stretched out his foot to block Cassano's shot, but let Cassano's fake shot and real dunk shake it over. He even had the urge to pluck the ball with his hands when he slid out of the ground, but he resisted it......

Just after deducting Cassano, he lowered his head and saw another figure on the ground, he didn't think about it, he raised his foot and planned to buckle it again, but he didn't expect that this time he miscalculated.

It wasn't a defender like Li Suisheng, who fell to the ground and reached out to take the football at Cassano's feet directly into his arms.

The speed with which Anco strikes surprised Cassano, who couldn't hold his back and kicked Anke in the arm before falling to the ground. An Italian player raised his hand to signal to the referee. Hope to give a penalty. But the referee saw very clearly that Anke attacked in time, and there was no drag in the ball action, which was tripped by Cassano himself. He shook his head and said nothing.

Cassano sat on the ground and looked at Anke, who was rolling over and jumping up. Anke smiled at him, then turned around and kicked the football out of the way: "Counterattack!" Boys! ”

Cassano looked at Anco, and then at where he was sitting, and he was still far from the goal area...... The goalkeeper rushed from the goal-line to the edge of the penalty area in one go...... This kind of attack is too crazy, if you don't shoot but pass, wouldn't it be an empty goal?

Cassano patted his head, and in that case he didn't think about passing...... What a great opportunity!

At the same time, Trapattoni was also very unhappy off the field, Cassano didn't see the space behind Anke's attack just now, but he, the head coach on the sidelines, could see it clearly, Gilardino was on the other side, as long as Cassano raised his head, he could see that it was an empty goal! Empty door!

Damn Cassano! Trapattoni cursed in his heart.

Similarly, Ankedi's attack made the Chinese team nervous, because he was too violent, when the opponent's striker had just entered the penalty area, and there was his own defender to defend, the opponent's striker was cruising on the side and attacked decisively, completely ignoring the huge gaps and empty goals behind him.

Qiu Suhui scolded: "That bastard! I must be thinking about expressing myself again! ”

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Italy then organized an attack, but it was all defused by Anco's courageous play and the concerted efforts of the defenders. Trapattoni expected well, after the Chinese team's continuous unsuccessful attacks, the momentum weakened, and the offensive was no longer as ferocious as before. But he miscalculated one point - Anke's small-bellied chicken intestines. Anco, who was despised, burst out with great energy, so that all the attacks that Italy had managed to gather momentum dissipated in South Africa's subscription......

Pirlo's long-range shot is very famous in Serie A, but his well-prepared long-range shot was firmly pressed under Anke, who jumped up and hooked Pirlo provocatively: "Come on, come on, the show has just begun!" ”

It's a pity that the referee didn't give him face. Just after posing in such a chic way, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half without knowing each other.

Xiang Tao whistled: "The curtain has just come to an end when the show has just begun, oops, what a pity!" ”

Anke glared angrily at Xiang Tao's back, and Liu Peng, who came from behind him, hurriedly reached out and hugged Anke's neck: "Okay, okay, if it wasn't for the referee blowing the whistle in time, the Italians don't know how many times they would have been humiliated by you." ”

Anke loves to hear this. He shook his big hand proudly and followed Liu Peng to the passage.

The lead in the first half made the Chinese team very relaxed, so when they got off the field, they talked and laughed one by one, while the Italian players next to them lowered their heads one by one, didn't say anything, and left the court in a hurry.

Li Yan could see it clearly. He couldn't help but think of the first game against Colombia. It was the same at halftime, with the Chinese players beaming and the Colombian players hanging their heads. But after the break, the Colombian players' burst of energy almost turned them around. In this game, the Chinese team faced an opponent not Colombia, which is known as the weakest, but the seeded team Italy.

If this sentiment continues into the second half, it will be overturned in the end. So if you want to cry without tears, it's yourself. He frowned worriedly. It turned out to be the same as the expression of Kaliani next to him, who was sad because of Italy's backwardness.

Similarly, Qiu Suhui, who did not go back to the locker room first, but stood on the sidelines and waited for everyone to go back before leaving, also saw this scene, and he felt that it was necessary to take care of this group of arrogant boys at halftime.

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As Qiu Suhui expected, before he entered the locker room, he heard Xiang Tao's "roar" inside: "Italy is a human bird!" I've been playing in Italy for three seasons, I don't think they're so good, we can definitely beat them now, there's no doubt about it! ”

"Who's the bird? Xiang Tao? Qiu Suhui pushed the door in, and Xiang Tao immediately shut up.

"Look at you. I knew you would say that, and I knew it when I saw how you ended. Hu Li taught Xiang Tao a lesson next to him. If you have to maintain a minimum of respect for your opponent, how can you say the word bird? ”

Xiang Tao secretly rolled his eyes and muttered in his heart, "Damn." If that old madman had been there in Sabato, he would have said: 'Contempt, contempt, contempt for your opponents!' Dare to stop our garbage! It's going to be swept into the trash! 'Why are people so different?' ”

Hu Li scolded, not only quieted down Xiang Tao, but also quieted down the entire locker room, as smart as Yang Pan must have guessed that the coaches were still not satisfied.

Qiu Suhui coughed lightly: "Everyone did a good job in the first half, we scored a goal and led Italy. It can be said that the performance of everyone on the field in the first half alone was impeccable. But I'm still not going to give you too much praise, because some of your performances at the end of the game showed me signs of danger. Xiang Tao's words just now confirmed my guess. Assistant Coach Hu Li is right, you have to maintain a minimum of respect for your opponents. Although they eliminated us four years ago, and this match is considered by many to be a revenge fight, I would say that until you succeed in your revenge, please treat the other person as an opponent and don't be arrogant. Italy are also a world-class team, and even if they are not in a good situation at the moment, at least they are still trying to play against us. ”

"Know why I'm telling you this? Because I think you're underestimating the enemy. Italy is not Colombia, Colombia can bring us a lot of trouble, Italy is not so simple as trouble. Keep me on my toes in the second half and keep your nerves up until the end of the game! Italy will definitely put a lot of pressure on us in the second half in order for them to qualify, and if we can't resist it, then the consequences will be ...... You know, we'll play the teams from Group E when we qualify. If we go second, we will probably meet a strong Argentina in the quarter-finals! So in order to avoid Argentina, we have to win this group! In the last 45 minutes of the game, there was no room for mistakes. ”

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Trapattoni did not criticize Cassano for not passing the ball in the final moments, and he did not even complain that Italy conceded in the first half. At this time, the counterattack was surprisingly calm, and he already had a clear understanding of the fate of Italy.

It's nothing more than two outcomes: qualifying or out.

For this Italian team, qualifying is naturally the best result, but there is no shame in being out. Because Italian football is going downhill, the whole world can see that the defensive talent they are proud of has been lacking, and there is a fault line in the follow-up talent training. In today's domestic league, the best of all competitions are monopolized by foreigners, especially their opponent today, China.

"I think now you and I need to face the situation clearly. We are one goal behind and we have to beat this Chinese team if we want to qualify, and although they have a lot of players playing in our domestic league, none of you can expect them to give us water. If you don't want to go home so early, give me all your strength! I don't care how many games you've played this season, how tired you are. If you don't have the strength right now, then this is your last game of the summer, and after the game you can go back to rest, vacation on the sunny beach, date with beautiful women, laid-back and colorful. If this is the summer you want, you can apply now! But if you still have a little bit of aggressiveness, give me a victory over them! Remember, you are Italy, Italy who has won the World Cup three times! ”

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The intermission was quite short, and Yang Pan shouted to everyone before going out: "Qiu Zhi is right, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse!" Don't take it lightly, I can guarantee that Italy will make a decision at half-time and they will not be resigned to being out of the group! Don't show mercy to your subordinates, if you can get into one, don't give them any hope! Now we have the strength! ”

"Hey, hey." Zhang Jun smiled and patted Yang Pan's shoulder, "You are really ruthless, fall into the well, cross the river and tear down the bridge, and sprinkle salt on the wound......"

In the players' tunnel, Zhang Jun met his partner in Fiorentina's attack, Pazzini. Most of the Chinese and Italian players walked out separately like passers-by when they met, and Zhang Jun had planned to do the same, but Pazzini took the initiative to greet him.

He had no choice but to answer, and then went along.

"Actually, I never imagined that there would be a day when the mighty Italy would have a problem even qualifying from the group." Pazzini smiled wryly, "Have you pity us? ”

Zhang Jun shook his head in surprise: "How come?" Football is round, anything can happen. How many people could have imagined that the defending champions would be eliminated from the group before the Asahi World Cup? ”

"Italy's splendor is about to be lost in the hands of our generation...... I feel sorry for those seniors. ”

"Gian-Paul, we have an old saying in China: If you lose your horse, you don't know if you are blessed? This means that what you think is a bad thing now is not necessarily a bad thing in the future. Italian football has not been the result of a day. You need to reflect at home, and this World Cup is an opportunity for introspection. ”

The two of them came to the stadium with that. The noisy atmosphere and the silence in the locker room left both of them a little unresponsive.

Zhang Jun looked at the bright five-star red flag on the stage, as well as the Italian tricolor, and then said to Pazzini: "I know that you will never be willing to end this World Cup." But we definitely won't release water, if you want to qualify, if you want to keep going, you can get it yourself. Snatch the victory, qualification, and hope from us. ”

He held out his hand, "Come on!" ”

Pazzini didn't shake his hand, but slapped Zhang Jun's hand directly. "Don't worry, we will!"