"Claudio! The broadcast has begun! The wife shouted at the door to Bellucci, who was playing with Rena in the yard.

"Got it!" Bellucci hugged Rena, a sturdy Novena, and said, "Alright, Rena, I'm going to watch the game!" You stay here and don't go anywhere, you know? ”

Rena screamed twice, then obediently lay on the lawn.

"That's good!" Bellucci patted Rena on the head, then got up and walked towards the room, "I really didn't expect to be said by me, the Chinese team and Italy, Yang Pan and Pirlo, hey!" Which side should I cheer for? He muttered to himself.

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Yang Pan took off his headphones and began to listen to Qiu Suhui's final arrangement.

"Even though Italy conceded goals every game, we still can't take the opposition defence lightly. Yang Pan, Italy is unlikely to send two people to defend Nepal in this game, but your pressure will not be reduced much, you still have to pay attention. In addition, the reason for Italy's lack of attack in the first few games is that their striker De Rossi is not in good form. De Rossi was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, but I think it was Italy's chance. If I were Gentile, I would have put Andrea Pirlo, who played average in the first two games, as a midfielder, and he played very well at the last Olympics. So if Pirlo plays as a striker in this game, then Li Yongle will stare at him and don't give him too many chances. ”

Li Yongle nodded. He is a member of Inter's youth team, and Pirlo was also cultivated by Inter's youth academy.

'Even though they only have one striker, I think Gilardino is very clear to everyone. At the same time, they have to be wary of their midfielders getting assists from behind, so the backline needs to be refreshed and focused for 90 minutes. ”

'Attacking we still stuck to the wings and used our overall pace to break them down. I've looked at the footage of the Italian game and despite their star-studded football, only Andrea Pirlo has the ball in midfield, which means that the fact that Italy don't have a high level of possession and we have to take a little bit of it, use the speed to bring them up and make them tired. ”

Qiu Suhui threw the marker, and the tactical board had already been scratched up by him.

"Basically, that's all I have to say. The rest is all about the grasp on the field. Whichever team is better at seizing opportunities and making effective use of them will win. "He scanned the pitch and saw that there were a lot of players who were still a little nervous." Are you nervous? "There's no need for that, just put your nerves behind and think it's your last game at the Olympics, and you're going to go home and break up after playing." In order to leave a good memory, go all out! Fight to the exhaustion, and then don't regret winning or losing! Got it? ”

"Got it!!" Qiu Suhui's last words made the team members enthusiastic, and shouted in unison.

"Very well, let's play then."

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This quarter-up match is broadcast live to the world. In Italy, China, and the Netherlands, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at TV screens. They are looking at the performances of both teams and more about the performances of several stars.

Andreapirlo, Albertogilardino, Yang Pan, Li Yongle. Maybe their performance will be enough to decide the success or failure of this game.

The referee called the captains of both teams together and motioned for them to pick a coin.

Yang Pan and Pirlo shook hands politely. Despite the fact that the two are nominally at AC Milan and are teammates. But except for the meeting in the league, the two have never met at all, and this teammate is just in name.

"Words or faces?"

"Words."

"Noodles."

The coin was tossed and tumbled and fell on the turf, and the three of them looked down at the same time, and then the referee pointed at Yang Pan. "Serve." Yang Pan replied succinctly in English.

Pirlo asked for the right to pick a side.

The two sides shook hands again and then shook hands with each of the three referees. After finishing the procedure, the two captains returned to their own half and waited for kickoff.

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"Ladies and gentlemen! What you're seeing now is the first quarter-final of men's football at the Athens Olympics. The two sides are the Chinese Olympic team and the Italian Olympic team. The Chinese team remained unbeaten in the previous group stage with two wins and one draw, while Italy relied on the help of the team to reach the quarterfinals. But Italy has always had a tradition of slow heat-up, and before the game, Italian coach Gentille also told reporters that Italy's Olympic Games will only start from this game, and they are very confident of victory. And Qiu Suhui also said in an interview that the Chinese team will not give up easily. In this way, it will be a very exciting match! ”

After Wang Jianxiang briefly introduced the situation of the two sides, the game also kicked off after the referee's whistle.

The Chinese team went on the offensive after kick-off, and their morale was high and they were aggressive. This came as a surprise to many, as they thought that Qiu Suhui would definitely be on the defensive in front of Italy, while taking advantage of the speed of the Chinese team on both sides to wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Judging by Italy's last game against Paraguay, this Italy side often make mistakes when facing opposing defensive counter-attacks. It's ironic that Italy, which is good at counter-attacking defensively, was defeated by Paraguay with counter-attack.

But Qiu Suhui knew it very well in his heart. Gentille is not joking, Italy in the knockout round is not the same as Italy in the group stage. At the European Youth Football Championship in June, the Italian team also lost to Russia in the first game of the group, which was dubbed a "humiliating failure" by the media. After reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games, Gentille really changed his lineup, he pushed Pirlo to the forward position, shortened the distance with Gilardino, avoided the recurrence of Gilardino in the first three games, and made better use of Pirlo's ability to share the ball and shoot from a distance. The formation also changed from 451 in the first three games to 4411.

In the face of the more attacking Italy, a defensive mentality will not work. Qiu Suhui's idea is to use the speed of the Chinese team to attack Italy and try to score goals to gain an advantage. Fight quickly and not fight a protracted war with Italy.

But this is actually a bit risky, because the Chinese team allocated most of their physical strength to the first half. If he can't open the game, he can't predict what the game will turn out in the second half as his stamina drops.

But if you don't take the risk, how do you know if you're going to get gold or scrap metal?

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Yang Pan rushed along the side with the ball, and he found that there was a person in front of him who was stuck in his forward path. It seems that he should be the person Qiu Zhi said to be specifically guarding me. He glanced at the other party, but did not see his number and appearance.

The two are approaching.

Italy's left wing-back Moretti looked nervously at Yang Pan, a Chinese who cannot be underestimated in Serie A, will be his opponent today. Try to get as close as you can and don't let him speed up. This was Gentila's command.

Yang Pan suddenly found that the other party did not rush up, but retreated, and then followed himself to the direction of the bottom line!

At the moment when the two were parallel, Moretti twisted his body and leaned in suddenly, and now the two were facing in the same direction, entangled with each other.

Yang Pan felt the pressure given to him by the other party, and his speed also slowed down. There is no way, in order to maintain control of the ball, the speed must be slowed down, because Yang Pan obviously feels that if he fights hard for speed in the physical confrontation with the opponent, he may not be able to win. Of course, if he was given a hundred meters for him to run, he would definitely win, but the other party only gave him less than thirty meters.

As the captain of the team, it is not possible to blindly do it, Yang Pan set up with his left hand, and then stopped the football backwards with the outside of his right foot, and his body turned around at the same time!

Moretti didn't expect Yang Pan's brakes to brake so suddenly, leaving him defenseless at all, and he lost his center of gravity in a panic and fell forward.

The Chinese fans in the stands are clamoring loudly, now is the perfect opportunity!

Yang Pan went around Moretti, who fell, and then crossed with his feet!

Li Jie knew that the ball was for him, so he started moving in front of the opponent's goal when Yang Pan shook Moretti, but he soon found that his movement was slow and laborious. The reason is none other than Matteoferrai, one of the three overage players in front of the Italian centre-back. Despite being only 1.83 meters tall, Ferrari, who had trained in Serie A, kept the 1.9-meter-tall Li Jie firmly out of the way, and the pass was eventually picked up by goalkeeper Ivanpelizzoli.

Seeing that this opportunity in the first six minutes of the first half was missed, Qiu Suhui was a little regretful. He didn't expect Ferrari, who had not performed well in the last game, to recover so quickly. In front of Ferrari, who played normally, the big man Li Jie obviously didn't take much advantage. Although Li Jie is very tall and his weight is not light, he is inexperienced and does not know how to use his body rationally.

Not being able to use his body rationally and often being at a disadvantage in confrontations is a common problem of Chinese players, and Li Jie cannot be blamed.

If the ball is replaced by Gilardino, it will be hard to carry it, and it will be enough to turn around and avoid the defender. This is the gap between Chinese players and the world's strongest teams!

Qiu Suhui sighed, he didn't have time to teach them how to use their bodies now. It seems that Li Jie will not pose much of a threat to Italy in today's game.

It's a pity that if it is replaced by Zhang Jun...... Qiu Suhui shook his head violently, stopping this dangerous thought. He is now leading eleven players on the field plus seven on the bench, and they have been playing hard until now, so why should he put his hope on someone who can't come at all? This is an insult to these team members!

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Pellizzoli threw the ball in his hand and Giampieropinzi swung the ball to Pirlo, who unloaded the ball beautifully and then advanced towards the Chinese half. But he soon found himself in some trouble when he had to enter the opponent's 30-meter area, and the opponent's 1.88-meter-tall back seemed to be eyeing him.

Pirlo slowed down, and he was in no hurry to fight back. Gilardino doesn't seem to be able to shake off the man-to-man defence of opposing defenders up front.

Interesting! Pirlo laughed inwardly. But do you think we won't be able to score if we defend against Alberto?

Li Yongle suddenly noticed Pirlo stepping on the ball with his foot and gently pulling it back, as if waiting for someone. Out of the corner of his eye, he swept to the left side of Italy, where a blue figure in an Italian jersey was rushing up at high speed. "Oops! Pay attention to the ...... on the left" Li Yongle couldn't help shouting, just as he turned his head to look at Wang Liang, Pirlo smiled slightly, flicked the ball in the opposite direction, and bypassed Li Yongle!

Immediately afterwards, Pirlo fired a long shot, and the football flew towards the gate guarded by Sima Hongxin!

Sima Hongxin pressed down and firmly caught the incoming ball in his arms. This goal did not pose much of a threat to the Chinese team. However, Yang Pan just shook Moretti, and Pirlo deceived Li Yongle with a trick, and the two teams were tied in the first ten minutes.

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Compared with Yang Pan's activity on the right side, Zhao Pengyu is a little miserable, and his opponent is Italy's right-back Bovo. Bovo, who plays for Roma, is a strong defender with scoring ability, but in order to curb the attack of the Chinese team's two wings, Gentille specially asked Bovo and Moretti, two fullbacks who are good at assisting, to stay behind honestly and try to assist as little as possible. With Giuseppesculli on the right wing, he can defend with ease. This arrangement made Beauvo somewhat uncomfortable. After the two encounters, he felt that the opponent had nothing but speed, whether it was experience, technology or strength, the opponent and him were not of the same level.

Seeing that Moretti was in some trouble, he wanted to go over and help his teammates.

Zhao Pengyu received a pass from Lin Feng, and he still faced Bowo. Bowo saw that it was this kid again, and he didn't have much fighting spirit.

Stuck in position and waiting for him to come up. This is Bowo's arrangement, anyway, he will only use his speed to rush hard, and he will lose the ball in one position.

But this time, Zhao Pengyu did not rush forward with the ball. He slowly took the ball and watched the opponent's movements.

Scully ran to the inside to prevent Zhao Pengyu from moving closer to the middle. Now the defensive line is arranged, and the opponent is waiting to get in.

Seeing that the other party didn't pull up, Bovo decided to take the initiative and greeted him. Zhao Pengyu was taken aback by Bowo's actions, and he fought with his hands and tried his best to protect the football under his feet. He had tasted the opponent's strength and knew that with his foot skills, this ball would not last long.

"Fuck! Why hasn't Xiang Tao come up yet? Zhao Pengyu scolded in his heart while dealing with Bowo. was scolding, Xiang Tao rushed up like a gust of wind!

"Thank goodness you're finally ...... Here it comes! Zhao Pengyu didn't want to be entangled with Bowo anymore, he sent the ball diagonally forward, and he didn't care.

"What!" Bowo was taken aback, he made sure that the left back of the Chinese team was still in his own defense zone before he pounced, why did he rush to himself with this turn?

Xiang Tao overtook the stunned Bowo from the outside, then quickly caught up with the ball and sent a low pass to the penalty area: "Little Lizi, look at you!" ”

"! You're saying it easy! Li Jie grinned as if he was not playing against the Italian defender, but pushing the train. Ferrari can always occupy the position that is most conducive to defense, he can't push and push, he can't get around, he can't get around, he can't get around.

The ball was of course cleared out of the touchline by Ferrari again.

"I said! Xiao Lizi, I finally ran from the back to the front to assist you, and you were overtaken without even touching the ball! It hurts my heart so much! Xiang Tao pointed at Li Jie and shouted.

"! If you have the ability, you can try it with him! Li Jie didn't have much heart to argue with Xiang Tao, he couldn't understand why the other party was not as tall as himself and not as good as himself, but he had an advantage every time he defended? Could it be that Italy's defenders are born to defend?

Xiang Tao did not throw the throw-in to Zhao Pengyu on the side, but threw it directly and vigorously in front of the goal, and his target was Li Jie's head: "Use the header!" You're too much taller than him! ”

However, Li Jie was still unable to take off and the ball was headed away by another centre-back, Danielle Bonera.

"! Why is that? Li Jie wailed unwillingly.

"Stupid! Lower your weight and concentrate your strength on your waist and abdomen! Yang Pan slapped Li Jie.

Li Jie looked at Yang Pan and was a little surprised: "It's that simple?" ”

"Humph! When you actually do it, you know it's not easy. Yang Pan no longer paid attention to the simple-minded Li Jie and ran away alone.

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Gentille frowned, twenty minutes into the first half, and apart from Pirlo's long-range shot, Italy was basically not dominant. The Chinese team is constantly putting pressure on Italy with speed and layered offense, which is very passive.

But he didn't plan to make adjustments now, it was still early, and he wanted to see what tricks Qiu Suhui could play.

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As Qiu Suhui requested, the Chinese team gave full play to the speed advantage and beat Italy to the north.

Yang Pan crosses!

Li Jie kept Yang Pan's words in mind, lowered his center of gravity, concentrated on his waist and abdomen, and then confronted Ferrari. Ferrari also felt that his opponent seemed to be different from the previous one, and he also stepped up his efforts.

"Stupid!" Yang Pan suddenly roared, startling Li Jie. "You two bullfights! Watch the ball! Ball! ”

It turned out that Li Jie was patronizing and fighting with Ferrari, forgetting that there was time for the ball to fly, and when he was competing with Ferrari, the football had already flown to the point, and Li Jie remembered to jump too late, and Bonella pushed the ball out.

Ferrari looked at the remorseful Li Jie and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, such a big man, it was becoming more and more difficult for him to defend. Fortunately, his experience is pitiful, otherwise......

"Stupid!" Yang Pan is still scolding Li Jie, what a good opportunity he wasted, he is really simple-minded. "Do you still think it's easy? Don't just play against your opponent, you also have to pay attention to the movement of the ball, otherwise even if you win him, the ball will already fly over! ”

Li Jie shrunk his neck and listened to Yang Pan's reprimand without saying a word.

Qiu Suhui looked at Yang Pan and Li Jie and smiled: "It seems that I don't need to teach him, someone is more competent than me!" Ha ha! ”

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This time Yang Pan once again had the upper hand in the clash with Moretti, as he scrambled to pass the ball into the box.

It's Li Jie again, and Ferrari again. But this time, Li Jie firmly remembered Yang Pan's words, and while lowering his center of gravity and concentrating his strength on his waist and abdomen, he also paid attention to the flight of the football with the corner of his eye. The 1.9-meter-tall shrunk to 1.85, and the feeling of the last time was felt by Ferrari again, and the pressure exerted on him by this big man of 1.9 meters was getting bigger and bigger! I can't figure it out this time......

Li Jie lowered his center of gravity again, he felt Ferrari's steps waver a little, it was time! Li Jie slammed into a little more force, and Ferrari finally fell backwards unsteadily!

Golden opportunity!

Li Jie was overjoyed, jumped up suddenly, and Yang Pan's ball also arrived, header!

Pelizzoli couldn't do anything about a header so close, he watched as the ball flew into the goal and the ball went in!

"The ball is in! A powerful header from Li Kit! In the first 22 minutes of the first half, the Chinese team led ...... Yes? The referee blew the whistle and he signaled that the ball was invalid!? ”

Li Jie was just about to celebrate, when he saw the referee running towards him while blowing the whistle. Shouldn't you point to the center circle when you score a goal? What is he running to me for? Li Jie wondered in his heart, at this time, he found that the Italian players around him did not have a trace of annoyance, and his teammates did not have any happy reactions.

Could it be ......

He turned his head to look at the linesman, and sure enough, the opponent made a gesture to signal that the goal was invalid!

"How is this possible?!" Li Jie shouted at the referee, but the referee ignored him and motioned for Italy to take a free kick.

"Forget it! Whoever told you to use too much force just now, you hit someone and fouled! "Yang Pan pulls the pillar Li Jie. At the same time, he looked at Ferrari, who had just been pulled up by Pellizzoli and was talking to Pellizzoli. He is really worthy of being the main force of the Italian national team, and he is so experienced! Li Jie was a little too strong just now, but in terms of Ferrari's strength, he didn't fall on his back. That fall is too exaggerated to pull. However, it was still very successful in making the referee think that Li Jie deliberately hit someone. Li Jie is still too tender, and it seems that even if he learns to use his body, he will be calculated by Ferrari.

"Go back, don't be like a telephone pole here." Yang Pan patted Li Jie and urged him to return to defense.

Li Jie reluctantly shifted his steps and ran back.

Yang Pan looked back at Ferrari, who was walking forward with the same eyes. Experienced? Hehe, you will cheat, others will not?

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Pirlo has found it difficult to defend his midfield, and in the five meetings between the two so far, except for the first time he passed the opponent, the remaining four times he was in front of him, and he could only choose to pass the ball. The opponent's long legs nearly doubled his defensive range, and even if he shook him once, he could turn around and catch up with him even if he shook him once.

If Pirlo knew that Li Yongle was already a member of Inter Milan's youth team, I'm afraid he would have more headaches, right? In a few years, maybe they will have a strong opponent in the Milan derby.

Giraldino always couldn't get a good ball, and he was reluctant to retreat to get the ball, so he was a little impatient. When Pirlo finally succeeded in a direct pass under Li Yongle's interference, he himself was offside. The linesman raised the flag, and he still kicked at the goal, but unfortunately he was saved by the dedicated Sima Hongxin.

The referee went up to Giraldino and gave a verbal warning, the two sides are playing fairly civilly at the moment, there are not many fouls, and there is no need for him to play a card now to provoke Italy's anger.

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It was the turn of the Chinese team to attack, and Li Yongle dribbled the ball in the midfield and killed the frontcourt. Yang Pan made a gesture to him to get down, and then ran towards Li Yongle. In the eyes of outsiders, the two will come to a cross switch, and then Li Yongle will hand the ball to Yang Pan, who has been very active so far, and he will shoot.

But when Li Yongle passed by Yang Pan with the ball diagonally, he did not hand the ball to Yang Pan as people thought, but continued to carry the ball to the bottom line!

Moretti was taken aback, and at this moment Yang Pan turned around and ran towards the penalty area. For a while, he didn't know whether to chase Li Yongle or Yang Pan.

"Li Jie, come out! Ferrari, I'll deal with it! Yang Pan waved his hand outwards and motioned to Li Jie. Li Jie was also obedient, and flashed out without saying a word.

Ferrari was wondering how his opponent had withdrawn when he saw Yang Pan rushing towards him. "Oh? It's this Bologna Chinese......" Ferrari had played against Yang Pan once in the league, so he knew each other. "Is he coming?"

Li Yongle looked up to find someone, and then passed the ball!

Yang Pan kicked hard and strode forward, and it looked as if he was going to collide with Ferrari.

The ball passed through Moretti's leg and rolled diagonally against the turf into the penalty area.

Seeing that the ball was out of their control, Felira decided to take it safe and shovel it out.

But Yang Pan took another step and caught up with the ball! He flicked the ball outside with his right foot, Ferrari had already tackled it, and he suddenly realized that something was not good, and he couldn't tackle it like this, otherwise it would ......

Ferrari forcibly closed the foot that was originally shoveled towards the ball, but now it was shoveled towards Yang Pan's right ankle.

However, Yang Pan did not hesitate to drag his left foot behind, and then "took the initiative" to hang on the ankle that Ferrari shoveled, and then the football rolled out, Yang Pan simply fell to the ground neatly, and rolled over on the way!

The referee blows the whistle! He ran into the penalty area and pointed his finger at ...... Penalty spot!

Penalty kick! It's a penalty!

"Yang Pan fell in the Italian penalty area! There was no problem, the referee awarded a penalty! In the thirty-second minute of the first half, the Chinese team won a penalty!! ”

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