Perisic sinks into a cross!

Mandzukic leaps high! Header on goal!

Neither Barzagli nor Chiellini defended Mandzukic's absolute bounce! Mandzukic jumped up, a head taller than both of them, and just received Perisic's deep cross and headed it in!

However, Italy has one of the world's number one goalkeepers......

He is, Buffon!

Buffon pounces in the direction of Mandzukic's header! His posture is like that of a flying fish. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

I'm so familiar with that action......

That's right!

I remembered the European qualifiers for the Olympics between France and Italy!

When the French team shot the number nine, the Italian goalkeeper ...... That's how Alotstev saved!

Later, when I brought her to Poland and brought her to our training base, I asked her who she had learned from in goalkeeping skills.

Alostev said, "My master's name, it scares you to death when I say it." ”

I laughed and said, "Who can have a name so horrible that it scares me to death when you say it?" ”

She smiled mischievously and said, "In a few days, you'll be fighting him!" No, that's not necessarily, you're a substitute player, you don't necessarily play, hahaha! ”

I was taken aback: "Could it be...... The Italian men's national team? ”

Alostev smiled, "Guess who?" ”

I exclaimed, "Could it be...... Buffon?! ”

Alostev laughed: "That's right! Look, are you scared to death? ”

I smiled awkwardly.

That's right, this name is indeed a name that can scare people to death when they say it.

Gianluigi Buffon, the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, is an evergreen of the Italian national team. With him, Juventus have been able to rise all the way up from the third division behind the phone door and are now back in the Serie A hegemony. With him, Italy was able to withstand the huge pressure to win the 2006 World Cup at a time when the huge scandal of the phonegate scandal was fermenting. With him, Italy will always be able to remain among the world's first-class goalkeepers in the position of goalkeeper, and the defensive system that Italy is famous for will never be broken up!

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Mandzukic's header was saved by Buffon. Compared with the frequent violence against Irish goalkeeper Givens a few days ago, this time, Mandzukic's performance was easily suppressed by Buffon!

Breaking the Italian team's goal, it's really ...... Is it so hard!

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Buffon kicked the ball out!

At the same time, the referee blew the whistle and the first half of the game was over......

At half-time, we ...... 0:1 behind!

If the score is maintained until the end......

Italy will have four points, while Spain will have four points if they beat Ireland (which is very likely), and we will only be in third place in the group with three points!

The most desperate thing is that in the final round of the group stage, our opponents are even stronger than Italy!

They are the new World Cup champions and the defending champions of the European Championship, Spain!

The only way for us to qualify is to spell out Italy! If they can't fight it, at least they have to tie it, and they can't get four points!

That way, we can try for a draw when we play Spain in the last game, as long as we draw with Spain and at the same time Italy beat Ireland with a goal difference of no more than 2 goals, we have hope!

However, the premise of all this hope is that we must at least draw with Italy first!

In the second half, we have to come back on!

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Fifteen minutes of intermission, locker room.

"We were too inferior in the first half in terms of the height control in the midfield!" Mandzukic was the first to strike. He didn't get any decent chances today, and the only threatening header was when Gianluigi Buffon saved in the last minute before the break. In other words, it was Buffon's first save of the day.

'Yes, we lacked height in midfield, the only one with a bit of height in the middle of Rakitic was not as tall as Motta on the other side, and Perisic, although he was as tall as Motta, was roaming on the wing. Our Croatian team is not even afraid of Ireland in terms of high control, but in the face of Italy, there is no way at all, what should we do? Modric said.

"If Chusoviginstic is in the midfield, the midfield high ball control is of course okay, but the disadvantage is that Chusso turns slowly and will be blown up by Pirlo with his speed. If a striker is removed, Upper Chuso, Mandzukic will be alone in the frontcourt. Captain Srna analyzed.

"There's another plan: to go up to Vida, push Jorluka into the midfield position and replace Vukojevic. Joel Luka is tall enough to play against Motta, and the physical confrontation and defensive intensity are also sufficient, so playing a double midfielder, allowing Modric to the right and filling Vukojevic's position, can free up Modric and allow Modric to be more involved in the attack. 'It's Perisic's voice.

"If you want me to say, it would be better for Rakitic to drop back a little bit and play with Modric in a double midfield, with Kranica up front and replacing Jelavic. In this way, our midfield will be relatively thicker, and Rakitic will be fighting for Motta a little further back, which will allow us to compete for the second point. Compared to the weakening of the forward position, the increase in the control of our midfield will enhance the attacking ability even more. Joel Luca also came to analyze it.

Head coach Bilic was annoyed when he heard the players analyze and analyze so noisily. He only said: "These ideas are good, but if there are too many ideas, everyone's ideas will be inconsistent, and it will be chaotic." As soon as the second half starts, I won't change anyone, and I will naturally consider what kind of rhythm the game will adjust to. Just listen to my commands, abide by tactical discipline, and don't replace tactical execution with too much self-understanding. Did you hear that? ”

"Good! Heard it! The players shouted.

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"In the second half, no one will change? So who's going to deal with Mota? ...... "My heart is very depressed and bored. Bilic said that he would give me the opportunity to cooperate with Mandzukic and play that tactic, but now that the time has come to burn his eyebrows, he has not had the slightest intention of making a substitution. What the hell is this...... What's going on......

Is Bilic really a great coach?

Why is he so stubborn?

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Fifteen minutes are about to pass. All the players are back on the pitch. We, the substitutes, continued to get into the bench and followed the manager to prepare for the game. Italy didn't make any substitutions and neither did we. It's understandable that the Italian team didn't make substitutions, they were already 1-0 up, the leader didn't make changes, it's normal, but we were on the side behind and the laggards didn't make changes, that's ...... Stubborn!

I was frustrated and frustrated by not being able to play, when the referee blew the whistle and the second half began.