Many media outside are talking about penalty shootouts, and more people think that there will be a penalty shootout in the game between Italy and England, and the two teams will decide the winner with a 'cruel' penalty, and in terms of penalty shootouts, the Italian media continue to build momentum for Italy, and many neutral media are also 'not optimistic about England'. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The English media quickly launched a 'counter-attack' to justify the England team, with the Daily Mirror leading the way, analysing the Italian stats to show that England had a high chance of winning even when there was a penalty shoot-out.

The Daily Mirror analysed the penalty take-takers of the main Italian and England teams from the 2008-2009 season to the present, and analysed in detail the penalty habits of Italian players, hoping to "help Hart before the 12-yard line".

These figures do not look good for Italy.

Italian striker Balotelli has hit all nine penalties in the past, and he is relatively more inclined to send the ball to the left side of the goalkeeper, he is still very efficient, and is considered to be the only player in the Italian team who can definitely score a penalty.

Another striker, Cassano, has been saved twice for penalty kicks, and the goal efficiency is not high, but Cassano's penalty direction is difficult to find a pattern.

Since the 2008-2009 season, De Rossi has only scored half of his own penalty kicks, and he prefers the angle of the goalkeeper's top right corner.

Di Natale is probably Italy's best penalty taker, Italy's "King of Penalties", he is not paranoid about taking penalties to the left or right, he is only good at finding a way to score, but his goal efficiency is actually not high - 9 of 14 penalties are hit, and less than 70% of the shots are barely passing.

Finally, there is Andrea Pirlo, the core of the Italian midfield, many people compare Pirlo with Morris, and think that Pirlo's skills are better than Morris, and then subconsciously feel that Pirlo's penalty efficiency must be higher than Morris.

Actually, this is wrong.

Pirlo has missed three of his last nine penalties and is worth noting that Pirlo never kicks the ball to the left of the goalkeeper, although he doesn't hit the right side very often (four of seven).

The Daily Mirror concluded by commenting, "According to the historical record, Italy are not very good at penalty shoot-outs, having won only two of their last seven penalty shoot-outs. ”

The key to the Daily Mirror's analysis was to prove that 'the Italians were not very good either', and then the article listed England's penalty takers - Wayne Rooney, Morris, Gerrard, Ashley Cole, Ashley Young and Milner, but for possible "confidentiality", the Daily Mirror only gave pictures and did not analyze this.

Other English media soon followed suit and also began to report on the Italian's penalty issue.

In addition to the penalties of the two teams, many media reports also focused on two key players - England's core Morris, and Italy's highly sought-after player was striker Balotelli.

Balotelli is the talent of the Italian team, he is only 23 years old, but he has become the core player of the forward line, almost every team that meets Italy has to worry about defending Balotelli.

At the age of 15 years and seven months, Balotelli played for Serie C's Romezzane, setting an all-time record in the Italian professional league.

On the last day of the 2006 summer transfer, the head of Inter Milan's transfer department approached Balotelli's brother and his agent, Corrado, and immediately offered Balotelli a three-year contract.

In 2006/07, Balotelli scored 19 goals in his first 20 games for the Under-17s before being promoted to the Under-19s in the second half of the season, scoring a further nine goals and helping Inter Under-19s to the Youth League title, earning him the attention of first-team manager Roberto Mancini.

On 17 December 2007, two minutes before the end of Inter's clash with Cagliari, Balotelli came on as a substitute for Suazzo, making his first appearance for Inter's first team in a competitive match. Three days later, in the Coppa Italia against Reggina, Balotelli made his first first-team start, playing the full 90 minutes and scoring twice.

Balotelli's impressive performances also helped Inter Milan win the 2007-08 Serie A title.

In 2008, the 18-year-old Balotelli signed a contract extension with Inter Milan until 2011, and with an annual salary of 1.2 million euros, he made him the highest-paid player of his age, and on November 4, Balotelli scored his first Champions League goal against Cypriot League One side Anasusis, becoming the youngest player in Inter Milan's history to score in the Champions League, breaking the previous record of 18 years and 145 days held by Martins.

In 2009/10, Balotelli was a standout performer, becoming the third striker after Diego Milito and Samuel Eto'o due to the loss of several key strikers this season. He then played as a reserve in the first three games, including a 4-0 win over AC Milan in a local derby, followed by two goals and an assist at home to Palermo in a 5-3 victory.

Thanks to his outstanding performances at Inter Milan, Balotelli gained attention all over Europe and the world, and in 2010 he joined Manchester City for a transfer fee of 28 million euros.

Balotelli was in fine form last time out, almost single-handedly directing City's 6-1 thrashing of Manchester United and helping them to 19 goals in 28 appearances throughout the season.

That performance was enough to put Balotelli in the highest regard.

At present, the Italian team is actually not outstanding, after the failure of the 2010 World Cup, Italy fell into a huge trough, Prandelli took over the team, completed the reconstruction that Lippi did not complete, although leaving veterans such as Buffon and Pirlo, but at the same time, players of the age group such as Cassano, Chiellini, and Montolivo began to provoke the beams, as well as young players such as Balotelli and Ranozia who have been famous for several years, and the Italian team can be said to be in the process of rebuilding.

In this Italian team, Balotelli has attracted much attention, and he can also be said to be the team's 'number one star'.

England team is about to play with the Italian team, how to defend Balotelli has also become the focus, Wan Sheng also attaches great importance to this, England team preparation, Wan Sheng also focused on the blockade of Balotelli, to prevent this strong, technical and excellent striker, to pose a threat to the England team's back line and goal.

Balotelli is not easy to defend because he is very good technically and physically.

Wansheng made three defensive strategies for Balotelli: one is to conduct more physical confrontation, the England team is not weaker than others in physical confrontation, especially after Wansheng took over, the physical attributes of the players in the team have been improved, such as Terry, Lescott and other strong defenders, they are not afraid of physical conflicts at all, they are fully able to compete with Balotelli, and create enough pressure and trouble for Balotelli.

The second is to create offside.

This is also considering the overall strength of Italy, Pirlo and Montolivo's long passes are very deadly, and there is no need to think about life in the face of a single knife

If he can successfully create an offside position, Balotelli's temperament will become impatient.

An impatient striker is not much of a threat.

However, Wansheng made a special emphasis on minimizing this, because it is dangerous to make an offside position, and the backline must maintain a high level of concentration, especially on the side of Arbeloa, and cannot be distracted by defending Cassano, if the full-back fails to press in time when creating an offside, the goal will become very dangerous.

If you want to beat the Italian team, of course, the overall struggle is indispensable, and the midfield has become the most important 'battleground', and fighting for the initiative in the midfield is very crucial to the progress of the whole game.

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In the reports from the outside world and the internal preparations, the three days passed quickly.

The match between Italy and England is about to begin.

With both teams warming up on the pitch and crowds taking in to watch the game, England fans continued their previous strongness, with the largest number of fans unless they are playing against hosts like Ukraine.

Some foreign media believe that "the England team can play such a good result is inseparable from the absolute support of England fans." ”

Italy is much weaker.

This was the match against Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine, where Italy switched from Poland to Dynamo Kyiv, and the weakness of the 'away' match was on full display, with at least 10,000 fans in attendance for England and up to 4,000 for Italy.

This has nothing to do with the fact that most of the Italian politicians joined the boycott of the European Championship in Ukraine, nor does it have much to do with the economic downturn in Europe, because Italian fans have brought their inertia to the national team for their own leagues, and they prefer to sit at home and watch the live broadcast with friends.

Italy vs. Ireland, with 17 million spectators at the beginning, 20 million at the time of Cassano's goal, and more than 21 million at the end of the game with Balotelli's goal, the number of TV media attention continues to increase, and the increase in the total number shows that fans show no signs of changing channels in the middle of the game.

In the ratings report compiled by Italian national television, the ratings were 67.6 percent at the beginning and 71.29 percent at the end.

Seven out of every 10 spectators are watching the Blue Shirts play.

Italy's census last year showed that more than a third of the country's population of more than 60 million were paying attention to the national team's qualification.

This is the most watched TV program in Italy this year, with only 13.28 million viewers at the San Remo Festival.

But the ratings of TV channels do not represent the enthusiasm of Italian fans to support the national team, they rarely come to the scene to support the fans, Italian star De Rossi said when talking about the small audience: "In this economic background, how many people can afford to watch the game? England fans have been like this for generations, and they came together in large numbers, but luckily the game was 11 against 11, and if you consider the number of fans, we don't need to compare. I hope that if we qualify again, the fans will come a little more, like they did in Germany in 2006. Our politicians boycott Ukraine? The details are not clear, we just have to play well. ”

Italy's small number of fans in attendance is good news for England, with more fans on hand to support the game.

'If the team is doing well, it could be our home stadium.'

At the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng said with a smile, "There will be an advantage at home, and I believe that the team will also play with an advantage and strive to get more neutral fans to support us." ”

After some additional talk, the focus returned to the game, and Wan Sheng once again reiterated that he wanted to 'win the game in 90 minutes', "We will try to win the game in 90 minutes, and I believe we can do it. But the outcome of a football game is always unpredictable, and if we do have to take penalties, we will be the winners, the only thing is that it is a bit difficult to play......

The Italian media immediately asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"Because of self-confidence." "I know my team well and I know Italy very well, yes, I haven't coached an Italian team, but it doesn't matter, I have a full understanding of Italy through the game video, they won't be our opponents. ”

"If you don't believe me, you can watch it again in the game!"

After Wan Sheng said this, he left the venue.

Ten minutes later, Italian coach Prandelli also arrived.

Prandelli is a former star player of the Italian national team and has also managed a team with a lot of achievements, Verona's two seasons were the beginning of Prandelli's tenure, and he not only helped the team win promotion and relegation from Serie A, but also finished ninth.

After that, he led Venice to the first division.

In 2002, Prandelli took charge of Parma, and it was at this time that he began to attract attention from all over Italy, and in 2004 he stepped into the ranks of the big clubs, but Prandelli had to resign due to the serious illness of his wife.

In 2005, Prandelli took charge of Fiorentina, and as a result, he brought the team into the Champions League in the first season, but due to the punishment of the phonegate, Fiorentina missed the Champions League, and the second season also started with minus 15 points, although it suffered a point deduction, Fiorentina still finished sixth at the end of the season and qualified for the Europa League.

Over the next two seasons, Fiorentina qualified for the Champions League and performed well in both the league and the Champions League.

With Carlo Ancelotti leaving AC Milan, Prandelli became the longest-serving Serie A manager at the time.

In 2009, he became the longest-serving manager in Fiorentina's history.

Judging from Prandley's experience, we know that he is a well-known figure in the football world, even if the results of leading the team cannot be compared with Wansheng, but the prestige is no less than Wansheng, and he has never lacked supporters since his professional football.

Prandelli walked into the press conference and heard the reporter repeat Wan Sheng's words, he frowned slightly, and then said, "I must admit that Wan Sheng is an excellent manager, he led the team to win one championship after another, but the national team is different from the club, this is the European Cup, not the Champions League, he coaches the England team, not Atletico Madrid." ”

"He likes to put the familiar set on the team, but the team is different from team to team, the game is not the same from game to game, he has never led the team against Italy, how can he say 'understand'? I'm sure this game will be a lesson for him not to be careless......"

"As for the game, the winner will of course be Italy!"

Although Wan Sheng and Prandelli did not meet head-on, the words of the two were still full of gunpowder, so when the match between England and Italy officially began, many TV channels gave a picture of Prandley and Wan Sheng's comparison.

In the picture, Prandelli has a large forehead and a serious expression, while Wan Sheng is smiling and does not seem to be stressed.

"Judging by the expressions of the two, Wan Sheng is more confident in the game, but Italy is by no means easy to deal with, and we can expect to see a good fight!"

Huang Jianxiang, a special guest of "Xinlang Sports" and a well-known 'Italian fan', analyzed.

The race is on.