In this semi-final between Italy and Germany, in addition to the fans of the two countries, more than ninety percent of the other neutral fans definitely believe that the German team will win the final championship.

But when the game was over, everyone's eyes exploded, and the results proved once again that these European Cups are really full of weird colors.

There is nothing that cannot be won, and there is nothing that cannot be lost, this rhythm is absolutely B!

Before the game, Italy was not favored, thinking that it was already an eye-opener to break into the semi-finals, and defeated the German chariot 2:1, and the blue team advanced to the final step by step in the case that the world was not optimistic, which has to be said to be a miracle, and it also continues the magical law that Italy must enter the finals of the major tournament every six years, as the former Italian coach Zoff said: "Never underestimate the Italian team in football." ”

Prior to this tournament, the Italian team was in trouble like never before. According to the media, the situation was even worse than in 2006, with a series of problems plaguing the Azzurri with gambling, match-fixing, and declining combat effectiveness, and in the only warm-up match before the European Championship, the Italian team lost an incredible 0:3 to the Russian team, and the prospects of this European Championship seem destined to be extremely bleak.

In a poll on the "prospects of Italy's European Championship" initiated by the media at the time, more than half of the Italians believed that the Italian team would go home in the group stage.

The odds offered by major European bookmakers for Italy before the tournament reached 15 to 15, tied for fifth with England, and even less than Belgium, which is less than Digan, and is the least favored among the traditional European powerhouses.

Even before this game against Germany, the odds of the Italian team to win the championship reached 1 to 7, which shows that the whole world thinks that Germany can meet Belgium in the final, but as the so-called hot must die, the Italian team can be said to have exposed a small upset this time.

Italy's experience of breaking into the final is also stumbling, and it can even be said to be extremely thrilling, in the group stage, the Italian team drew 1:1 with Spain and Croatia, before the final round of the group stage, the Italian team encountered a similar situation eight years ago, as long as Spain and Croatia played 2:2, the Italian team will definitely be out, but this time the Spaniards did the Italian team a big favor, they defeated Croatia 1:0, which made the Italian team successfully qualify from the group.

In the quarter-finals, Italy experienced a penalty shoot-out that they were not good at, and in the previous tournament, Italy had experienced a total of five penalty shoot-outs, winning only once, and in the 2008 European Championships, Italy lost on penalties.

This time, though, Montolivo missed the first penalty in the second round, but Andrea Pirlo's spoon penalty turned the tide and England failed to score two penalties in a row to allow Italy to progress to the last four.

After reaching the semi-finals, most people thought that Italy would end their European Championship campaign against the surging German team, but the Italian team took a 2-0 lead with two counter-attacks in the first half and maintained the advantage until the end of the game. After reaching the final with their heads held high, the Italian team also continued the magic law, with the Italian team reaching the final every six years since the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

In 1994, Italy lost to Brazil in a penalty shootout, leaving Baggio's lonely back, in 2000, Italy reached the final of the European Championship, but was equalized by Wiltord in the last second of regular time, and was finally killed by Trezeguet in extra time, and in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Italy defeated Belgium in the final to win the championship, and now it is another cycle, this time the Italians meet Belgium again after six years.

In this semi-final, there is a person who is unsurprisingly the protagonist of the game again, the crowd is boiling, all eyes are focused only on him, cheers are only poured out for him, Mario. Balotelli is coming, who in the world can stop it!

Who else could have made such a bold and unanswered shot and gave such an arrogant and cold celebration in front of the Germans who had always been condescending like Balotelli!

Scream, roar, the highest-end king throne of the professional stadium should be exclusive to the characters who squint the world, and the obedient little wits will go away completely! Maybe there are still traces of sarcasm on the corners of people's mouths, and there is a little disdain in their eyes, but if you take 10,000 steps back, you have to admit that whether Italy can win the final championship is still in suspense, but it is an ironclad fact that Balotelli has become the number one star of the tournament.

The fact that such a 21-and-a-half-year-old has scored as many as 55 goals in five seasons for Inter and Manchester City is due to his unrivalled technical ability, especially in the field of shooting.

Perhaps the media paid too much attention to his bizarre off-field behavior and celebrations, but made people ignore the most essential side of Balotelli as a football player, and when he really showed his strength, he was almost a superstar!

Compared with the league's Balotelli, the side hook goal against Ireland in the group stage is actually quite ordinary, after entering the penalty area, Balotelli basically has no weaknesses, both left and right feet, high, medium and low three-way line, large oblique angle volleys can often have amazing works, whether it is dexterous dodge, or direct physical confrontation, just like the eighteen weapons are all Wu Zhuangyuan, Balotelli can come as he wants, all by his personal interest for a moment.

Looking at the two goals of the day, between the battle of wits and courage, Balotelli allowed Germany's weakest central defensive line to be completely mediocre. Originally, the German team could rely on a strong attack to alleviate the defensive problem, but when encountering a Balotelli who can single-handedly fight against the back line, Yuanshui obviously can't quench the thirst of the near.

When Cassano cleverly got rid of it, he chose to cross with his left foot, the ball seemed a little floating, and the height of the ball, Balotelli was several levels higher than Bad Stuber, and they all said that the striker should go around the front to grab the point, but Balotelli was still around the back, because he saw that the highest point of the ball Bad Stuber may not be able to touch, and he could go to grab the second point, this judgment is completely in place.

Balotelli's sudden roundaround destroyed Bad Stuber's wishful thinking, he originally wanted to pull Balotelli to prevent him from rushing forward, but was stared at around the back, Bad Stuber, who lost the center of gravity of the defense, almost fell, at this time he was in a low position, and then wanted to jump up and fight for this header is no longer possible, can only symbolically jump, Balotelli is Tarzan top posture smoothly jacked.

Germany's full-back, widely regarded as having a high degree of mobility and a sufficient IQ on the field, seems to be lacking when it comes to Balotelli.

In the second goal, Lahm was completely defeated by Balotelli, in the judgment of the landing point of Montolivo's long pass, Balotelli won Lahm completely from the position to the turn and sprint with the ball, and the captain of the German team was completely out of position when staring at such a dangerous person, sometimes the definition of the football world is cruel.

It doesn't matter if you succeed a hundred times against your opponent, if you lose a goal once, then you become a sinner for the ages.

The next burst in the rapid rush, the highest manifestation of Balotelli's technical ability, is fast enough not to let Ram catch up, and at the same time to let himself not lose the best position to take advantage of the situation, this requirement can be carried out well.

And the next direct shot, Balotelli did not close his eyes to kick, he deliberately pulled out the outside arc to approach the post, which is a very rare route in volleys, completely boring Neuer.

Winning first against Lahm, then winning against Neuer, Balotelli tonight made the two players who had the opportunity to become "saints" in this tournament lose their temper at once, don't care too much about his hugging and laughing like an ordinary celebration, or his cold appearance due to his personality, he relied on his real skills to score goals, which is the topic of the football world.

Three goals in the final of the European Championship is not much, but it set the record for the most goals scored by an Italian player in a single tournament in the history of the European Championship, and he and Cassano are also the joint top scorers in the history of the European Championship, while also equalling Casirachi's Italian record of two goals in a single game at Euro 96.

Balotelli ended the game with cramps, but he saved the bigger miracles and legends for the final, which may be the real dream and pursuit of every professional player, like a postman delivering a letter to his home, Balotelli who easily completed two god-level shots, can also bring fans a classic shot of how to turn people upside down in the final, and fans need to wait patiently for several more days.

Of course, in addition to winning two yuan alone and stripping to show off his muscles, the scene of Ba Shen hugging his mother and family in the stands after the game is also quite touching.

After the final whistle, Balotelli walked to the stands, where his family was cheering him on, his adoptive mother Silvia and his brother were there for the whole game, and after becoming a hero, Balotelli's first thought was to go and be with his family.

'I went to my mum after the game and it was the best moment,' said Balotelli, 'and I told her that the goal was for her. ”

Ba Shen, who walked up to the stands, hugged his family, and his adoptive mother, Sylvia, held her son's head, looking so excited, with happiness written on her face, and tears in her eyes.

"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time," Ba Shen said, also a little excited, "especially since my mother is old and her body can't travel far anymore, so she has come so far to see me this time, I must make her happy." ”

At this moment, Balotelli seems to be so sincere, and people should realize that he is not just a young man with a good personality, but also a good son full of warmth.

When he visited Auschwitz before the European Cup, Balotelli couldn't help but cry, thinking that his adoptive mother Silvia had relatives killed by the German Nazis here.

After returning to the game and losing this game unexpectedly, Loew at the press conference was clearly a little ill-prepared for it, but he was able to face defeat with ease.

'I was hoping to use Kroos to strengthen the middle to keep De Rossi and Andrea Pirlo at bay, Gomez scored three goals before and he was in good shape in training, Podolski had scored before, so I put them on the pitch and we won the first three games with Gomez and Podolski. After the start of this game, the rhythm of the game was actually in our hands, but after 0:1 down we didn't organize well enough, we didn't play very well during that time, after conceding two goals in the first half, the game became very difficult, because Italy is a very good defensive team, but in the second half we worked hard, if we had scored early, maybe there would have been a chance, but in the end the Italians had the last laugh, it was a fair result, don't care what others say, Italy are a very strong team, and it has always been so, and anyone who underestimates them will be retaliated! ”

Loew said: "Of course I'm disappointed now, but I don't think it's time to keep questioning, it's more about thinking about what we can do better in the future, overall Germany have done well in this tournament and there is no point in criticizing it now. ”

After the game, the German players were also disappointed, Loew said: "There was no one talking in the dressing room, tears were flying everywhere, everyone was disappointed. ”

However, Loew remains confident about the future of the team: "We have good players, we are young, we are still developing, we have to avoid similar mistakes in the future, and the team is still working hard when they are two goals down, which is commendable. ”

Germany was eliminated by Italy, after the game, captain Lahm was very sad about the team's defeat after the game: "I am very sad now, the two goals conceded are undeserved mistakes, in the second half of the game we tried our best, did everything we could, if I had scored that chance in the second half, maybe I could have equalised, two goals were really undeserved, against a team with good tactics like Italy, if you make such a mistake, it will be very difficult to fall behind, every defeat is very painful, What's more, the cup has come so far, we have a lot of potential, but we didn't play at the right time, we didn't play smartly enough, and we lost the game in the end. ”

Midfielder Kroos said after the game: "The two goals conceded by Germany were avoidable, after 2-0 down at half-time, the game became very difficult, in the second half we tried a lot, Italy defended very well after taking the lead, but we still created a lot of chances against the Italian team who defended with all their might, if we could have scored early, there was hope to equalize, but unfortunately, we were really unlucky!" ”

The veteran Klose couldn't even hold back his tears after the game: "Everyone is disappointed, before the game we all wanted to win the game, in the first half of the German team was a little erratic, the players for a long time in the game seemed not determined to win, the Italian team played very smart, we created some chances in the first half, but we couldn't score, everyone fought until the last minute, but unfortunately we couldn't achieve the goal today, I felt like I could get to the final, so now I am very disappointed, We didn't get past Italy today, we didn't follow through on our plan in the game, maybe it was the psychology that played a role, I don't know if it was because of pressure or history, but a lot of people in our squad are young and I believe this tournament has helped them gain experience again. ”

For the 2014 World Cup, Klose did not give up: "I think I can play for another two years. ”

Gomez, who missed a few chances in this game, also couldn't help crying after the game: "If we can score 10 minutes earlier, maybe we can reverse, we are well prepared for this European Cup, but in the end it is still a little worse, but the development of the team is far from over, now everyone is very depressed, we didn't play very well in the first half, we played slightly better in the second half, the result of the game could have been better, facing Italy, which is very good in tactics and defense, it is not easy to deal with, today's game, It's a lesson for us, Italy deserve to be in the final, they are better and more mature in the game. ”

Schweinsteiger said after the game: "Now everyone is disappointed and sad, the game went differently than we imagined, the team could have taken the lead, two goals were unnecessary, Italy played well and deserved to win the game, but we have gained experience and I believe it will be different in two years' time." ”

The high-profile German tanks finally paid the price for their youth, and the old Italians had the last laugh, and when the focus was still on the radiant Balotelli, or when the German tank was saddened by the sand of the German tank, few people could notice that the real hero of the Italian team's victory in this game was Prandelli.

Taking over the chaotic and aging Italian national team two years ago was a great adventure for Prandelli, who had already reached the pinnacle of his coaching career in Fiorentina.

But at the moment, it seems that Prandelli has succeeded, and he has brought the unseen Italian team to the final, which is a great achievement in itself.

In addition to an undeserved substitution mistake in the second round of the group stage, Prandelli's on-the-spot command at this European Championship is enough to make people talk about it, especially in the group stage against Spain's oppressive blow, and against the German team's classic defensive counterattack, which can be called a brilliant stroke.

Now all that remains is the final battle in front of him: "We were expecting to be able to compete with Spain in the final, but now it is very good to be able to reach the final with Belgium! It's also a pleasure to have a one-on-one battle with Deegan on the court! ”