Chapter 61: The Jedi Strikes Back! Mandzukic's perseverance!
At the start of the second half, it was Andrea Pirlo who kicked off. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info He passed the ball to Motta, who received it and gave it to Cassano. Cassano dribbled the ball forward, he was very fast, and in a matter of seconds he hit the edge of the penalty area!
Captain Srna followed Cassano closely! His speed is not at a loss, although the captain's age is not young, but he has always maintained a considerable intensity of training, his explosiveness, physical fitness, and speed are still first-class! Cassano was so entangled by Srna that he had no choice but to dunk back, protect the ball with his body, and pass it back to Pirlo.
Pirlo's long pass with his left foot! The ball flew to the ...... Exclusion zone!
This ball, Pirlo would choose such a simple and crude way to attack?!
Motta has rushed into the penalty area! Joel Luca hurriedly followed, clinging to him! Joel Luka's height has an advantage over Motta, so he shouldn't be able to get a header from Motta.
The two of them jumped high! Motta had sprinted too early and had lost his run-up advantage, but Joelluka's height advantage was not going away, as he jumped up and tipped the ball out with ease.
But the Italian team got the ball that was pushed out by Joel Luca! The person who got the ball...... It's Balotelli!
Ba Shen savagely breaks through! His style of football is unreasonable, and with just his excellent physical fitness and skill, he can single-handedly stomp on the enemy camp. Although Joeluka has an advantage over Ba Shen in height, his strength and physical fitness are not comparable to Ba Shen, and as a result, he was knocked away by Ba Shen!
Balotelli crashed into Joelluka, and in front of him was goalkeeper Pletikosa! I saw him rushing forward, waving his foot and preparing to shoot......
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I can't take it anymore! Facing the ravages of the goal like this, the fear of almost scoring a goal, I couldn't help but close my eyes-
At this moment, the Croatian fan stands suddenly let out a huge exclamation! Then there was another huge round of applause!
I opened my eyes in amazement - oh my! The ball didn't go in! Pletikosa actually saved Bashen's close-range shot! No! The replay of the large screen in the stadium is displayed with a face! Pletikosa used his face to block Bashen's powerful shot! His nose was bleeding from it!
Brave Pleticosa! Great Pleticosa!
Pleticosa's face defense gave our whole team a morale boost! Joel Luca kicked the ball out and it flew high and far! The ball, straight through the midfield, flew to the Italian backline! At this moment, as the Italian team pressed the attack, the back line was relatively forward! Mandzukic's chance has come!
Barzagli quickly stepped back and wanted to fight Mandzukic for a header! However, Mandzukic's bouncing and stagnation are something that Barzagli does not have! He jumped high and grabbed this first point! He played the ball with his head to another striker, Jelavic, who got a chance to play offside!
Jelavic! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The Croatian fans in the stadium were chanting! They were all expecting Jelavic to score a goal and equalize as soon as possible!
Jelavic wasn't fast, but he was already running as hard as he could! Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini, and a few of them were left behind! In front of Jelavic, only the last barrier remained, Buffon, Arosteve's master!
Buffon rushed out! His attack will leave Jelavic with a lot of room to shoot! How will Jelavic perform?!
Shoot! Sure enough! The ball flew towards the empty goal! Can Croatia settle for a draw?
Yes! Buffon's sortie turned out to be just a feint! He immediately ran back! He leaped to his feet and flicked the ball over the crossbar with his fingertips!
However, Buffon fell heavily into the net!
The audience exclaimed! Buffon! Is Buffon injured!
This great opponent, if he is injured, even if he wins, we will not be able to win!
What's more, he is ......
O Master of Alosteve!
His great save saved the Italian team and made our mood sink again!
Facing Italy, how difficult it is to fight back!
And this ball is even a one-on-one opportunity with the goalkeeper! It's a pity that Jelavic was completely defeated in this heads-up game!
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The referee made a gesture for the medical team to enter the field! The Italian team doctor entered the field on a stretcher! Is Buffon really hurt?!
I saw him slowly stand up...... The medical team set aside the stretcher, and the team doctor was busy checking on him. After a while, the team doctor sprayed a mist on his knee, patted him on the head, and instructed the medical staff to carry the stretcher back.
It doesn't seem to be a big deal. I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
People who play football will have a kind of moral principles on the football field. For example, if one side kicks the ball out of bounds after being injured, the other team should be gentlemanly and should throw the throw-in back to the original team. We will try our best to win in terms of technique and tactics against our opponents on the football field, however, we will never deliberately hurt others in order to win, nor will we hope that the opponent's main or core players will be injured to benefit from the dark psychology. Our Croatian team, although they are now one goal behind, but if Buffon is injured, we will win this game, and it will not be a complete Italian team. Not to mention...... Buffon is Alosteve's master, and I don't want him to ...... Ended up leaving the field injured......
Now that Buffon has returned from treatment, I am very happy in my heart. In the face of a great star like him, beating him with dignity is the right way for us!
The game continues! Our corners! Jelavic's pick, although he didn't get us a goal, at least he got us a corner! At times like these, every corner, every free-kick, every set-piece opportunity is a great opportunity for us to score!
Luka Modric's cross from a corner!
Mandzukic grabbed the point again! He actually beat Motta, Barzagli, and Chiellini to win this header! It's a pity that due to being surrounded by many people, his header has no power, and Buffon easily got it! However, in the second half, Mandzukic's form was getting better and better! And that's a good thing!
Buffon's big foot out! His ball went to the right, our left, Perisic and Strinic! Perisic and Motta for the top! Two men of 1.87 meters competed for the header face to face on the field for the first time! Because Perisic is a wide player, far away from the golden area of the middle to grab the first point, so he has a height of 1.87 meters, but he has no effect, the main play is his speed advantage! But this time, because Buffon's big kick off was more deflective, Perisic got the first chance to scramble for a header!
And, he succeeded!
Perisic gets a header! He spotted the ball with his head to Strinic behind him! Strinic is unguarded under the protection of Perisic! He flicked the ball lightly, made a short run, and crossed with his left foot!
Incredible! Chiellini made a mistake! He misjudged the height of Strinic's pass and jumped up recklessly to fight for the top, but he couldn't get to the ball!
Behind him, is Mandzukic!
Mandzukic doesn't stop the ball and shoots directly into a tackle!
This ball, just two meters from the goal!
Even Buffon can't stop it anymore!
Volley! Break the net!
Mandzukic nice goal! He equalised for us!
At this European Cup! Mandzukic's third goal!
Great shooter! A superstar with three goals in two games!
The person who became his background was Buffon, the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, Buffon!
Mandzukic! Hard work!
He's going to have to pull me and Modric together to practise crosses from the wing, and just this morning, I still remember it!
And this goal is a goal from a cross from the side to grab a point!
Everything is predestined! God will not disappoint those who work hard!
Our Jedi counterattack has finally come to fruition!
Can we go any further?!
Can we beat Italy, beat the world champions!
I'm getting more and more wanting to play!