When Descartes first confronted the Turkish backline, he understood that the descendants of the Turkic cavalry were indeed difficult to deal with.

The Turks lost possession two minutes after kick-off, and in the second half, Theo, who was substituted with Descartes, stole the Turks' cross and then looked up to find Descartes.

Descartes did not have a close guard around him when he received the ball, which was one of the few teams in his opponents who did not have a player to guard him, perhaps because the Turks were very confident in their defense, or perhaps they felt that such marking was not necessarily useful.

Regardless, Descartes received the ball around 50 metres outside the box with surprisingly smooth sailing, and then he began to turn and dribble.

When Descartes dribbled the ball, a Turkish defender quickly stepped out and stood directly in front of Descartes, but he did not get close to Descartes, but lowered his center of gravity one step away from him, which was clearly a posture of preventing breakthroughs and not passes.

Descartes was taken aback, looked up at the back of the Turkish defender, and then he realized that the entire Turkish team's defenders were all in a diamond-shaped position, centered on the player defending him, and there were at least 5 players next to him staring at the football at his feet, and they formed a large and small triangle, if he wanted to force a breakthrough, no matter which direction he would be surrounded and intercepted by more than two people.

But what about passing?

The Turkish team's 532 formation was originally a defensive formation, they put 8 players in the backfield, and even two strikers retreated from the halfway line, while the Italian team could not put 8 players in the front field anyway, so the Turks had an innate numerical advantage in their half.

If Descartes passes the ball, Turkey's backline will look more comfortable against other Italian players, after all, the likes of Foti and Thiboni are not known for their breakthroughs.

Perhaps the Turks wished that Descartes would have passed the ball quickly.

Descartes suddenly found himself in a dilemma, and wanted to break through, there were two people waiting for him behind the opposing defender, one left and one right; If you want to pass the ball, Turkey's half is full of people, and even he doubts that the pass can reach the feet of his teammates.

In desperation, he could only take advantage of the space opened up by the opposing defender to start dribbling laterally, and he wanted to try to take the ball to other areas to see if he could find an opportunity.

However, he had only taken a few steps when he noticed that another Turkish defender had stepped up, and at the same time their midfielders began to compress the space in their direction, and the defender who had been staring at him quietly retreated.

The change of defense between the two defenders was natural, and it was clear that they were very well coordinated.

That's what the Turks rely on, their players have been playing with each other for many years, and they are so familiar with this kind of chain-to-switch defense that Descartes can't afford to cause any confusion in their defence, whether from left to right or right to left.

In the end, Descartes could only watch as the two Turkish players gradually narrowed the encirclement around him, and then reluctantly passed the ball back to the Italian midfielder.

After the midfielder received the ball, the two Turkish strikers quickly pressed up on the left and the right, and the midfielder had to pass the ball back to his defender again.

Then the attack was over.

It suddenly dawned on Descartes that the Turks were using the chain defense that the Italians were proud of. From strikers to defenders, tight positioning, rapid rotation, compressing the opponent's space, and allowing the football to run according to its own guidance.

If you give the Turks another Nesta or Maldini, they will be against the sky!

In fact, the Turks' chain defense looks more sophisticated than the current Italian team, so it's no wonder that both teams that started out defensively ended up playing 2-0 at the European Championships.

Descartes suddenly found it interesting.

He has played in Italy for so many years, although he has not played against those giants of Serie A, but he has seen too much of this form of defense, and in his opinion, although the Turkish team is still only an Under-17 team, their defense has surpassed all the opponents he has faced before, including Milan and other giants.

Playing against such an opponent is really a very challenging thing.

So Descartes took out 12 percent of his strength and began to run wildly in the Turkish half, he did not believe that the Turkish team's defense was really seamless, he must find the opponent's holes and let them know that the originator of the chain defense is still the Italian team.

You know, although the chain defense is famous, he is not without flaws.

This kind of defense has very high requirements for the defenders and even the midfield line, since it is called "chain", it will of course have the disadvantage of the chain, that is, one fall off, the whole chain will break.

Placed on a football field, that is, as soon as a point is breached, the entire defense line will have a chain collapse reaction.

Therefore, the chain defense also needs a very hard "core", that is, a "scavenger" with strong individual defensive ability and cruising on the back line at any time to fill in for his teammates.

In Italy, there have been superstars in the back line such as Gianletti, Baresi, Maldini, Nesta, etc., so the Italians can develop the chain defense to the extreme and play with peace of mind, while the Germans have stolen a hand from Italy, and strongmen such as Beckenbauer and Summerer have also emerged.

But who is there in this Turkish national junior team now?

Their scavenger is 17-year-old Ferrin, who is arguably the most outstanding individual defender in the Turkish squad from his position.

But with just one Ferrin, can he be compared with Baresi, Beckenbauer and others?

Descartes was fully confident that he would definitely find an opportunity to destroy the Turkish backline, and that what Ferrin was was not in his eyes at all.

But the game went on until 75 minutes, and such an opportunity did not come.

Descartes underestimated the tenacity of the Turks and overestimated his own fighting power.

It's true that the chain defence has obvious holes, but even so, are the Italians fools who have been using this tactic for decades?

Of course not! The loophole in the chain defense is there, but not everyone can catch it.

The Netherlands in the Michel era, the Brazilian luxury striker known as the "strongest in history" during the Romario period, and the French "troika", which of these people was not famous all over the world? But in front of the Italians, they have never bargained. Although these people have also called for wind and rain in major competitions such as the World Cup, every time they meet Italy, their victory has been extremely difficult, if it were not for Basten, Romario, Maradona, Platini and other superstars have gone to Serie A to "learn from experience", they may be difficult to find the loopholes of the Italians.

Even these superstars are so helpless about chain defense, how can Descartes, with his current ability, single-handedly break even the "weakened" chain defense of the Turks?

You know, the loophole of the chain defense lies in the chain reaction after being breached, but its strength is precisely in defending the opponent's breakthrough!

The close connection between the defenders, the position of one person to defend and two to make up, this is the essence of chain defense, with the speed of Descartes, even if he really breaks through one person, there are two more waiting for him in the back, and when he breaks through two people, maybe there are already four people waiting for him in the back.

How? And how to break?

After 30 minutes of running like crazy, Descartes finally realized that a headless fly like himself could only be useless in the end, and the tacit understanding between the Turkish players was more than enough to make up for the fleeting flaws they revealed.

He began to think of countermeasures on the court.

In the few minutes between Descartes' deliberations, the Turks launched several counter-attacks, and they remained focused for 70 minutes in order to launch a late comeback and send their opponents to hell once and for all.

The quality of the Turkish counter-attack was high, but fortunately the Italians had already suffered a loss at the European Championships, so their defensive attention was also very focused, and the Turks did not put many troops into the attack, and they were able to defuse them in the end.

However, in the course of these counterattacks, Descartes suddenly found a very feasible solution.

It was 77 minutes into the game when Turkey counter-attacked, and after a few simple passes in midfield, they drove the ball directly to the left of the Italian, while left-back Cremonesi had just stepped forward and had not had time to run for his position.

So Turkey's striker Ozekan burst along the flank, and as he was about to get down the line, he sent in a very high quality cross, and another Turkish striker, Koser, headed in a header over Bivio.

The effort was saved by Italy's goalkeeper Perrin, but the whole process made Descartes' eyes light up, and looking at the regretful expressions on the faces of the Turkish players, he quickly found his teammates such as Foti and Thiboni and said this to them.

When the Italians had another chance to attack, the Turks suddenly found that their attack had changed dramatically.

Descartes no longer scurried between their defensive areas, he honestly stood on the wing, and completely thought of himself as a real winger.

At the same time, Italy also stepped up their assault on both flanks, with left-back Cremonesi and right-back Silvestri starting to cross the midfield line more frequently and strengthen their links with their two wingers.

The full-backs have come alive and with it the old-fashioned trick of getting the ball down.

The Turks could figure out what the Italians were trying to do with their buttocks, but at this time, their faces suddenly showed a panicked look.

For no other reason, look at the height of these Turkish defenders. Ferrin 1.76m, Irma 1.77m, Bikma 1.74m, Bikic 1.81m, Caladas 1.76m, their entire backline, the tallest Bikic is just over 1.8m.

Looking at the Italian side, although Descartes is only 1.72 meters, Foti is 1.90 meters, Thiboni is 1.85 meters, and even the forward Palermo is 1.83 meters.

It's no wonder that Italy dismissively called the Turks "dwarfs" before the game.

In the face of such an absolute advantage in height, it is not normal for the Turks not to panic.

With such a trick as a cross from the opposite side, no matter how good the defense is, it can only be empty talk, and the jump is not as high as others, and you can only blame yourself for your bad genes.

So the most bizarre scene on the field appeared: the Italian national team suddenly turned into the England national team, they frequently crossed from the side, and a group of long-term people such as Futi and Thiboni took turns to rise into the air, and they couldn't wait to let the ball fly in the sky for a long time, and at this moment they became England's "head team".

In the face of the Italians' [***] type of Italian attack, the Turks can only sigh, although their 3 central defenders and even 3 midfielders are willing to give up all their strength to fight for the top, but the header is not something you can do well, Messi's good shooting skills are only a few headers a year, why? Height is a hard injury.

Seeing that things were not going well, the head coach of the Turkish team saw that things were not good, and hurriedly called his team's tallest substitute defender Koban, and replaced him on the field after only waiting for a dead ball, but unfortunately no matter how fast his on-the-spot reaction was, it could not be as fast as the changes on the field.

In the 84th minute of the game, the Italian team's high-altitude bombing finally bore fruit, Descartes made a combination with Silvestri on the wing, the latter crossed the ball, the ball was high and floating, but Foti still beat the Turkish scavenger Ferrin with a height of 1.90 meters, and smashed the football into the door of the Turkish team.

In the words of the post-match media, it was a goal that was "completely untechnical and purely based on height".

However, it gave the Italian team the light of victory.

The Turks were completely enraged by the goal, and they thought the Italians were completely "bullying" as the media thought, so they launched a frantic counterattack.

In fact, at this time, there were more than 6 minutes left in the game, and if they didn't fight back, they could really only be suffocated.

However, a team with five defenders can really be a little unable to fight back, and the head coach of the Turkish team also saw this, so he called in his own backup strikers, and two in one go, and it looked like he was ready to give it a go.

However, it was again as he was about to make a substitution, and the Italians once again cut the Turkish in the wound.

This time it was Descartes, who received the ball on the right flank and passed it before he even crossed the 45-degree angle. The ball arced through the air and was then sent into the back of the net again by Thibony, who followed up at the back post.

Both times they were ready to make substitutions, and both times they were broken by the opponent, and the head coach of the Turkish team, Mr. Avich, almost wanted to scold, Nima waited for me to change someone and then score, okay? I just want to be someone else!

It's a pity that Mr. Avich's grievances can only be heard by himself, and with these two "air-to-ground" strikes in the final stage of the game, the Italian team perfectly avenged the revenge in the European Championship.

They made it to the final with their heads held high.

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PS: It's early enough, are you satisfied? I think you deserve to vote for my spirit, don't you think?