July 5, 2006, Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany.

Germany welcomed Italy on their home turf, with Chancellors Angela Merkel and Romano Prodi in attendance.

Looking at his watch, Mexican referee Adichoya blew the whistle for the start of the game, which was the first semi-final.

Once the game started, Germany attacked from left to right and Italy from right to left.

The Germans fielded their traditional 442 formation, continuing their previous World Cup tactics.

The Italian team has changed the lineup, Lippi's Italian national team basically starts differently every game, and the silver fox Lippi's tactical strategy is notoriously rich.

Luca Tonei partnered Gilardino today, with Prince Totti behind them, Camoranesi in charge of the wide attack, and two AC Milan players, Andrea Pirlo and Gattuso, in midfield. At the back, Materazzi, who was absent in the quarter-finals, returned to the starting line-up and formed a centre-back combination with Cannavaro, with Grosso at left and Zambrotta at right-back, and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, known as the world's number one goalkeeper.

When the game started, Materazzi, who had formed a bond with Du Yang, gave Du Yang a hard shop in an attack.

"Chinese monkey, your road to the World Cup is over here." Materazzi said defiantly.

Du Yang patted the dirt on his body and glared at Materazzi.

"Hey, what are you staring at me for, by the way, your chick is so beautiful, I watched it on TV yesterday, I really want to rub her ** bigger......" Materazzi is a player who likes to provoke opposing players, and because of this, he often clashes with opponents.

Du Yang observed the referee's position, and then walked sideways to Materazzi's side, and the two seemed to be passing by.

Soon, referee Adi Jongya stopped the game, and Materazzi collapsed on the pitch shortly after the start of the game, his hands on his ankles and his mouth yelling.

"What's going on?" The commentators of the major TV stations are a little confused.

The teammates walked towards Materazzi.

"Hey, what's wrong, Marko, what's wrong?" Buffon asked, walking up to Materazzi.

"Damn Chinese monkeys...... I said, I said ...... It's painful for Lao Tzu to die...... I said fucking ...... "Materazzi's ankle bone is slowly cracking, and even if it gets better, he'll be lame."

The career of the crazy Materazzi is probably over.

Buffon walked up to the referee and said that Du Yang had just walked past Materazzi. The players of the Italian team surrounded Du Yang, because Materazzi kept screaming and scolding the Chinese monkeys, which proved that he had something to do with Du Yang.

The referee Adi Jongya also walked to the sidelines and said something to the assistant referee, and a few seconds later Adi Jongya walked towards Du Yang.

"The referee walked towards Du, what happened? Looking at the expressions of the Italian team members, it seems that Du has something to do with it, but we looked at the slow motion, and it seems that Du just walked past Materazzi, could it be a fraudulent injury? Miles, the commentator of German national television, said puzzled.

After Adi Jongya walked to Du Yang's side, Du Yang looked innocent, and he signaled that he didn't know anything. In fact, what Adi Jongya got from the linesman was also Du Yang, and he didn't do anything, and Materazzi went to the end. So is it a fraud? As it seemed, Adychanya ignored the Italian's complaint and simply called for a stretcher to carry Materazzi off the field.

Lippi also pondered for a few seconds after communicating with the Italian team doctor, and then immediately called Barzagli, Materazzi seemed to be unable to continue the game, and Lippi also made substitution adjustments at the first time.

When the game resumed, Du Yang felt the anger of the Italian players, and Gattuso directly knocked him over with a flying tackle. Of course, Du Yang patted his ass and left, and Gattuso's level of foul couldn't make him afraid.

"Hell yes, is this guy made of iron?" Gattuso said gloomily.

Seriously, Materazzi was abolished because he said something unclean, Dorothy is Du Yang's reverse scale, and Du Yang must be abolished. If you are just for competitive purposes, or for tactical purposes, Du Yang will not say anything, football, you can't foul someone at once.

As the game progressed, the mood of the players of the Italian team calmed down, firstly, Du Yang is indeed an iron man, and secondly, Gattuso has already received a yellow card, so it is estimated that the whole Italian team will have to eat a yellow card.

We can't continue to fight like this. The pressure on the Italian players is high because they have a lot of people waiting for the Italian Football Federation's decision...... They also want to use the World Cup winner to get amnesty...... The Germans are on the other hand because this is their only chance to play on home soil. So far in this World Cup, the Italian team's defense can be called an iron wall.

It is not easy for the German team to break through them, Du Yang was very limited by England's strong backline in the round of 16, and now the Italian team's backline is better than that of the England team.

The game was at a stalemate...... After 20 minutes of play, Italy began to take the initiative.

The German youngsters did not have as much experience of the game as the Italian team, and through scheduling and transfer, the Italian team used their technical advantages to control the tempo of the game.

"Damn Italian......" Helmers, who hadn't touched the ball for a while, started pressing with Klose in front, but it was very helpless that the Italian team had Pirlo's brain at the back.

In the front court, Prince Totti's connection ability is very strong, and the two cores of Lippi completely support the Italian team...... The situation on the pitch was not very favourable for the German team...... Because the Italians control the rhythm of the game, if this continues, the German team will fall into the Italians' cage, and it will sink deeper and deeper.

In order to restore the balance of the game, Du Yang started the assault in advance, and he began to break along the left side of the Italian team, that is, on the right side of the German team...... But Du Yang was a little careless, and Grosso actually cut off the ball from his feet...... The guy who was unknown for a season or two is now an Italian international, and it was Grosso who saved the Italian team in the round of 16...... This magical Italian left wing-back is now weirdly stealing the ball from Du Yang's feet...... How did he do it? Du Yang believes that Grosso is definitely not a top left-back, and there are many, many guys who are better and better than him...... But there's absolutely no way those guys can do that...... Is it really magical? Looking at Grosso's assist's back, Du Yang immediately chased back.

Grosso was sharp on the left, he wasn't fast, but he dribbled well and was good at linking up with his team-mates, and a few one-twos left Germany's right-back Westermann dizzy.

As the main force of the Cologne team, Westermann's strength is definitely not weak, he is good at defense, but Grosso can shake him off the center of gravity with a few simple feints...... What kind of player is this guy? Maybe you can only explain it with soul possession, yes, Grosso should belong to the kind of player who will burst out suddenly.

It may seem inconspicuous in normal times, but it can be very useful in key moments.

Grosso dribbled the ball down the left flank, broke past Westermann and sent a low cross that was of high quality, flat and fast, and landed on the spot...... In the middle, Lucatoni, the high school striker of the Italian team, stopped the ball steadily, turned around and hit the goal...... "Danger!" How can you let Tony get his feet in this position! Miles, the commentator on German national television, was scared into a cold sweat and Robert Enke made one of the best saves of the tournament to date...... He used his foot to block the ball, and Enke became the savior of the German team at the last moment.

"What a magical guy......" After running back to his own half, Du Yang began to assist in the defense, Grosso really can't be underestimated, this guy doesn't know when he will stab you.

It can be said that the defensive counterattack of this Italian team is very sharp, and the attack is also unprecedentedly beautiful. This has a lot to do with the fact that the captain has a lot of technical players and that Toni is at his prime...... Looking at Lucatoni's sweeping momentum, Italian fans can't help but think of Vieri...... On the football field, the centre-forward is always a position that is expected to be high and their goals are full of power...... The modern centre-forward is no longer just about scoring goals, it's about taking on the role of a response.

Like England's Husky, he is a non-mainstream center forward who can only play the ball, but his goalscoring ability is very average...... Such a pillar will also play a big role in the team's uh offense.

Many veteran coaches like to be high and fast, and the impact of the center and the small man's grabbing point complement each other. The Italian team's frontcourt is not one high and one fast, Toni is a power center, while Gilardino is a bit classical, with good ability to grab points and shooting ability...... It's fair to say that Italy's low cross will pose a big threat to Germany's backline, and Italy's striker Totti and midfielder Andrea Pirlo also have long-range shots from time to time...... For the German players, as the game progresses, they will be subjected to various trials and difficulties in the Apennine concrete......

(To be continued)