Balotelli transferred all the anger he had received from Descartes to the Irish team, and the Irish players soon felt the heavy aura from him.

Looking at Balotelli's eyes like he wanted to eat people, the defender of the Irish team Dunn was a little puzzled, the veteran defender who played for the Premier League Everton team was full of doubts about Balotelli's sudden overflowing anger, is this guy showing off his head again?

In any case, a serious Balotelli is quite ferocious, at least for the Irish backline, they have no player who can limit Balotelli in one-on-one situations.

Less than 3 minutes after Descartes' goal, Balotelli burst into Ireland's left flank, at this time he was so bent on breaking through Ireland's door that he didn't notice the ball from his teammates around him.

Balotelli's burst caught the Irish off guard.

After Descartes came on the field, Italy's attack in the front court seemed to be a lot more organized, they took Descartes as the axis of frequent running and cooperation, and made a lot of wonderful passes, which also created an illusion for the Irish, that is, the Italian offensive line with Descartes as the core preferred to pass the ball rather than break through, so when facing Balotelli's unreasonable rampage, their defenders subconsciously hesitated, he thought that Balotelli was attracting attention and then tried to pass the threatening ball, So he didn't go up to block Balotelli's assault route in the first place, but took a step back to observe his movements again.

But he didn't expect Balotelli to be so determined and so quick to strike, and in just two steps, Balotelli slid the ball behind him, and then unreasonably bumped past him.

At this time, Dunn also sensed that something was wrong, so he immediately shook off his own defense and rushed to Balotelli, he had to destroy the ball before Balotelli could shoot, otherwise Ireland would concede two goals in three minutes, and morale might really collapse.

Bashen also noticed Dunn's move, but in his mind, the ball had to end up on his own anyway, and now that he and Descartes have scored 1:9 for the national team, the road is "long and hard", and he must seize every opportunity to catch up with Descartes.

Dunn and Balotelli touched the ball almost at the same time, and under the combined force of both sides, the ball drew a strange arc, drew a large semicircle in front of Irish goalkeeper Given, and then magically grazed the post and flew off the bottom line.

Jiwen almost touched the cold sweat on his forehead as if he had escaped death, the ball was so weird just now, the ball was fluttering in front of him, he couldn't tell which direction the ball would fly to, if it wasn't for the ball sliding out of the post in the end, he probably wouldn't even be able to make a save.

Balotelli, on the other hand, beat his chest because he couldn't score this goal, what a great opportunity, why didn't he take it?

What made Balotelli even more depressed was that Descartes was laughing at him heartlessly at this time, and when he saw his eyes sweeping over, Descartes also made a thumbs up movement, but looking at his expression, it looked like he was gloating.

"Hmph, I don't know you like you." Balotelli shook his bald head haughtily and walked away with a depressed expression.

This attack made the Irish backline even more out of shape, so Italy's attack was so powerful? can be sudden and pass, how can this guy be defended?

As the team's defensive leader, Dunn quickly made a decision, 3 central defenders, two top out close defense, he himself stayed behind and dragged back to fill the position, 2 back retreated to the middle to assist in marking Italy's players, so as to stabilize the middle first, force the opponent's attack to the side, and then everyone used a header to solve the problem together.

This is the best thing Dunn can think of, compared to the fear of the Italian breakthrough, he feels that it is more reliable to compete with them for crosses, after all, Descartes is limited in height, and Balotelli does not seem to be very good at heading, maybe so Ireland still has a chance to live.

I can't help but say that as the defender of the Premier League's **Lake, Dunn's decision is still very smart, when Italy's attack was forced to two sidelines, their threat suddenly dropped a lot, Italy does not have a good left midfielder, most of the crosses need to rely on Camoranesi on the right side to transport, but even if he passes the ball to the **, in the face of the tall Irish three central defenders, Descartes and Balotelli can not take much advantage, for a while, the situation on the field is deadlocked, the main thing is that Italy is attacking, But he couldn't kill the Irish, although the Irish couldn't attack, but the defense was quite stable.

This situation has shaken Lippi on the sidelines, in the face of dense defense, the cross from the side is definitely a weapon to break the defense, but the basis of the cross is to be able to fight for the point in the middle, Ireland's three tall central defenders are quite good at protecting the middle, Italy relying on the current squad seems to have little chance to grab a header in the middle. Of course he has a way to crack it, just on the bench of the Italian team, Gilardino is 1.84 meters tall, and the competition for a header will never fall into the disadvantage, it would be better if Tony is recruited in the future, Tony is 1.93 meters tall, if the Irish will never dare to play like this when Tony is there, it is simply sending food to Tony, but now the field is 1.75 meters of Descartes, the Irish sacrificed such a tactic, and it seemed to be insoluble for a while.

Should he be replaced now?

Lippi hesitated, but in the end he thought that since he decided to rebuild Italy's forward line with Descartes as the core, he had to trust his ability, at this time, he might as well look at his options, if he has a way to break the opponent's cage, then it proves his vision, proves that he is not wrong, if he is so restricted, then he should be prepared more, after all, none of those opponents in the World Cup are easier to deal with than the Irish.

Lippi's trust proved to be worth it, as Descartes, after ten minutes of intense defense, quickly made a change of heart.

The Irishman's tactic now is to stick to the middle and let go of the wings for the Italians to attack, so that they are not only left with two wings, but also two things that no one notices, and that is their two 45-degree angles.

Normally, if an Italian player tries to get the ball to these two corners, there will definitely be players in the Irish defence to follow them to prevent them from breaking through here**, but because they have to deploy heavy troops in the middle to prevent the Italians from crossing, there are not many players who can follow up, and it is usually one defense and one defense.

At this time, one of Ireland's two midfielders will actually lean towards this point appropriately to help his teammates to flank the attack, so at first glance, it seems that there are no loopholes here, but it is quite safe.

But Descartes didn't think so, because the Irish gave up the midfield, so the Italian players were able to easily break through to their 40-meter zone, which caused a large number of players on both sides to pile up in the front and back of Ireland, and even the two Italian full-backs could frequently break through the bottom line and find opportunities to cross the bottom.

What if the two full-backs suddenly turn around and go to the 45-degree angle?

In that case, with the strikers who drop back and the midfielders who come in from behind, such as De Rossi or Camoranesi, Italy will have a numerical advantage in this area.

What does it mean that the opposing team has a numerical advantage in the attacking area, I think everyone should understand, right?

Of course, all the players on the football field are fluid, and you can't be sure that the Italian team will definitely have an advantage in this area, because the rest of Ireland's players will also run over to help defence, but if you want to deliberately create such an environment and strive for that few seconds, Descartes is still sure.

When the game reached the 78th minute, Descartes finally waited for such an opportunity, Camoranesi and Zambrotta on the right side began to break through to the bottom line after making a 2-over-1 cooperation, at this time Descartes did not advance but retreated, and ran directly to the upper left corner of Ireland's big **, Ireland's left central defender noticed Descartes' run, but because Camoranesi had broken through their left back was moving towards the bottom line, he hesitated for a moment, did not choose to follow, but ran a few steps to the side, Prepare to block Camoranesi's incision.

Camoranesi saw Descartes in the crowd, and this time his pass did not go down the middle, but towards Descartes on the ground, because Descartes' running path was clear, allowing him to understand his intentions at a glance.

Camoranesi could guess Descartes' intentions, and the Irish players could of course guess it easily, and with almost no hesitation, Whelan, one of Ireland's two midfielders, immediately pounced, and his goal was to jam Descartes' back, so that he could not turn around even if he got the ball.

But Descartes didn't think about turning around at all, because when he ran to that position, he was already gesturing to the right-back Zambrotta, who had inserted the assist, to come and cooperate with him, and he received Camoranesi's pass without any hesitation and passed to Zambrotta, Zambrotta took two steps horizontally, and immediately forced Whelan to stop his steps, because if he went to guard Descartes again, he would leak out the gap behind him, ** The position at the top of the arc did not dare to be exposed to the opponent casually, There were not a thousand but eight hundred long-range shots a year, and if Zambrotta was allowed to pass, he would be responsible for it.

However, Whelan had just stopped his pace and Zambrotta immediately passed the ball back to Descartes, who had already turned around and met the Irish left centre-back who had just gone to block Camoranesi.

In such a tight space, Descartes made a random move to deflect the ball towards Camoranesi and the left centre-back lost his centre of gravity, and then he flicked the ball down the middle and shot towards Ireland before Dunn could come up to block.

Given's shot from such close range was too much for him to react to, and as soon as his hand was raised over his shoulder, the ball was already whizzing past his head and sinking headlong into the net.

Finally overtaken!

The Italian fans cheered once again, and Descartes was mesmerized by his performance, scoring three goals in two games, an efficiency rarely seen in the history of the Italian national team, and Lippi seemed to have made the right move by promoting him to the team's new attacking core.

Lippi finally soothed the corners of his mouth and showed a knowing smile, he took such a big risk and rejected Piero and Toni and others, and now he finally won the reward, Descartes' performance made him see the bright future of the Italian team in the World Cup, who said that this team is old? They're in the prime of their lives!

It was the goal that ultimately decided the outcome of the game, and Ireland only wanted to bounce back after conceding the goal, but it was too late as they had to accept the reality of being opened five points by the Italians, and the most practical path now before them was to try to beat the other opponents and try to qualify for a play-off place.

Of course, after the game, the media also asked about the meaning of Descartes' consecutive 9 and 10 gestures to Balotelli after scoring a goal, and they were speculating whether it was because of the meaning of these two gestures that Balotelli was completely activated in the second half.

Descartes was so complacent about this that he joked to the press in a rare good mood: "Yes, that's exactly how I motivate Balotelli, because I told him that if he doesn't try harder, I'm going to kick his **, 9 times, or 10 times, haha!" ”

And Balotelli's response to this was: "He's farting, if he dares to kick my **, I will definitely kick his balls, you let him wait for me, I will definitely take back the position of big brother!" ”

The reporter who interviewed Balotelli suddenly became nervous, when did Balotelli join the gang? And listening to him, it seems that Descartes is still his big brother, has the mafia invaded the Italian national team? (To be continued.) )