Chapter Seventy-Nine: An Unexpected Plot
The score was behind, so that the Italians had to choose a desperate bet, attack, must attack, at this time, only attack, can have a chance.
Balotelli on the front line has naturally become the biggest expectation of the Italian team, for Balotelli, this game Digan also specially formulated a defensive plan, Balotelli's former teammate in the Manchester City team, Kompany, became his personal bodyguard.
In the sixteenth minute of the game, Balotelli broke through with the ball and was directly brought down by Kompany, Digan made it clear before the game that there was only one goal for defending Balotelli, that is, not to let him play, and then Pirlo's free kick hit the wall and missed.
Balotelli was indeed very positive in this game, but with Kompany by his side, even if he got the football, he wanted to directly threaten the Belgian goal, which became a luxury, even if he completed the breakthrough, but then there was a foul, which made this secondary two young man also full of grievances.
One of the most threatening points in attack was controlled by the Belgian team, and the other points could not be played at all, and the offensive threat was completely removed, and the Italian team was left with only passive defense.
The roof leak happened to be rainy, and the camp was full of wounds, but the Italian team was hit again in the twentieth minute, in the case of no physical contact at all, Chiellini suddenly fell to the ground, although he quickly stood up, but it seemed to be a recurrence of the knee injury, and then limped to the sidelines, Prandelli saw this, suddenly had a big head, and quickly let Barzaretti come on as a substitute, which was the earliest substitution in the European Championship final, the previous record was the 2004 European Championship final, Portuguese defender Ferreira was replaced in 43 minutes.
In the 29th minute, Hazard passed through, Digan easily got rid of Barzaretti, and then deducted his former teammate Maggio on the left side of the penalty area, and fired a diagonal shot, but unfortunately the play was a little bit easily confiscated by Buffon.
Of course, the Italian team is not willing to be tied up, Balotelli's point was controlled, Cassano immediately took over the banner of attack, AC Milan striker's task in this game is to move on the left side to create opportunities for Ba Shen, and Ba Shen will be the only official striker in this final, but now Ba Shen is under the defense of Kompany, it is basically difficult to get a chance, Cassano naturally did not let it, in the 33rd minute, Pirlo divided the ball, Cassano asked Van Bitten on the right side, 25 meters away from the goal, A powerful low shot was saved by Courtois, and just a minute later, Cassano cut inside on the left and volleyed just wide.
After withstanding the Italian team's counterattack, the Belgian team expanded the score in the 41st minute, Courtois kicked off with a big foot, Lukaku leaned Balzaretti behind him, and returned the header on the left side of the field, Hazard received the ball and handed it to England, Na England waited for Hazard to insert at high speed, sent a straight stopper, Hazard burst into the left side of the penalty area and crossed, Digan followed, did not shoot directly, but pulled the ball away, turned around, shook off Barzagli who was in front of him, and then fell to the ground and swept into the net, 2:0.
Trailing by two goals, Italy had lost all of their games 2-0 in the Euros before this game, and this game looked to be unlucky.
'Degan scored his second goal of the game and with a little more than half time to go, the fans all over the world are watching and people want to see if Deegan can add another hat-trick to Belgium in this game.
The Belgians had a two-goal lead, and the Italians were also red-eyed in the ensuing game, and at the moment there was no other option for them but to attack.
In the 44th minute, Balotelli's breakthrough in the middle was blocked, Cassano got the ball through, Montolivo was 22 meters in front of the goal, turned and shot was blocked by Courtois.
In first-half stoppage time, Italy had one more chance when Andrea Pirlo won the ball outside the box and fired a left-footed volley that went straight into Courtois's arms.
At the end of the first half, when the players of both teams left the field, Balotelli looked gloomy, originally this final, people were looking forward to witnessing the miracle of Ba Shen again, but unfortunately, there has been no miracle in the position so far.
Balotelli, who had scored three goals before the final, seemed unable to move further in the scorers' charts, and Italy's gap with Belgium in terms of quality prevented Balotelli from doing more.
At half-time, Bashen didn't even have a shot on goal, he only fell again and again, tried to get fouls, and passed and broke through again and again. Ba Shen is a genius, but he has not yet been able to defy the sky like Digan to the point of single-handedly fighting the Belgian stars.
The brace against Germany raised expectations so much that the Italian media played with words, transposing the letters of Balotelli's name into Altobelli, who scored Italy's third goal in the 1982 World Cup final.
After the victory over Germany, the whole world saw Balotelli hugging his mother on the sidelines, and Balotelli also said: "If my dad comes to watch my game, I can score four in this one." ”
So, in the stands of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, people saw Ba Shen's father Frango, he is an old man who does not like to travel, but in order to meet the wishes of Ba Shen, he still dragged his old body to Ukraine, in addition to his parents, two brothers and a sister also came to cheer for Balotelli, they must have come here to witness Balotelli really become a god, but unfortunately, from the current form, after the Kiev final, Italian fans may not see Ba Shen's happy and warm scene again.
Years later, when Balotelli reflects on the summer, he may only let his mind linger on the game against Germany.
In just a few days, from high spirits to full of loss, the Ba Shen of this game, this time he didn't even have time to think on the pitch, and he had a few touches in the first half, just like the Italian's performance in the first half, which made people drowsy.
People were originally expecting a battle of the dragon, but from the current point of view, it seems to have become a luxury, and there is already a gap of two goals at halftime, such a plot development can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations.