Walking down from the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, passing through the players' tunnel and returning to the locker room, the players began to undress one by one, sitting naked in front of their teammates without any scruples, and some were already gasping for breath.

They are all players who play in the top flight, and they have just finished a busy season, and after a lot of hard work in the league, they finally waited until the end of the league and then started the intense training camp again, and then came to Poland and Ukraine to participate in the European Championship, which is a major physical challenge for them.

Many of the players in the dressing room sat on soft chairs, and some even lay down altogether, while the team's trainers were seizing the time to relax and rub their muscles, hoping to help them recover more energy as soon as possible in the remaining 15 minutes and continue to play in the second half.

Pirlo was sitting in an inconspicuous corner, he was also very tired, but seeing his teammates like this, he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart, as the core player of the team, he could clearly feel some of the team's situation, and even he could say that with the current physical fitness of the players, it was difficult to survive the second half.

Prandelli must be well aware of the current situation, because he is the one who knows the team's fitness best, so he knows very well that if Italy wants to fight back, if they want to equalize or reverse, they need to make a fuss before 70 or 75 minutes, and after this period of time, the fitness starts to be overdrawn, and then even the best tactical adjustments are in vain.

In turn, Pirlo noticed his opponent, and Ozil, who was said to be the least physical in the German team, seemed to be more angry than himself before the end of the first half.

"The leader really deserves to be the leader, you have to be fully prepared for everything!" Pirlo wiped a smile, and when he thought of Yang Cheng, he always had an indescribable sense of respect and respect in his heart, because it was Yang Cheng who single-handedly promoted and cultivated him from an up-and-coming rookie to the world's top midfielder today.

But it is precisely because of this that Yang Cheng knows him very well and can always think of ways to limit himself.

While Pirlo was thinking, Prandelli and Pin pushed open the door to the dressing room and walked in directly, Pirlo understood something from their expressions, and they should have made up their minds.

The situation like the one in the first half, if Italy does not take the initiative to change, it is impossible to turn the situation around!

De ——, was very solemn and his tone was very heavy, and he seemed to hope that by doing so, everyone would have an awareness that if they lost this game, they would leave this European Championship and would have nothing to do with it again

"I'm sure you've all seen the situation in the half of the 'Dream Has Set Sail ★', and we're 0:1 down for the time being!"

As Prandelli spoke, the players looked at him, closed their eyes, and enjoyed the care of the Mahara, but that didn't mean they weren't listening, but they were trying to recover more often.

"It's not your responsibility, it's me, and it's me who causes the team to be passively behind!" Prandelli sighed deeply, "I miscalculated the situation, which caused us to be very passive and our attack was never able to develop fluently. ”

"But!" Prandelli suddenly accentuated his tone, hoping to remind his players, "We can't just admit defeat and sit still, we still have 45 minutes to go, we still have a chance to equalize, or even reverse Germany!" ”…,

At this point, Prandelli turned around and took over the tactical board that Piin had pulled over, on which a new tactical idea had been drawn, "The first half of the deficit has left us with no way out, we must choose more courageous and attacking tactics to regain control of the game." ”

'Montolivo, in the second half you have to move a little further forward and take on more responsibility for attacking up front, as for you, De Rossi, your job is to attack and defend in the middle, but above all you have to assist and play for Pirlo.

De Rossi is a player who has a very good set of offensive and defensive skills, and he can even play central defender when defending, and his performance is also very "Baidu ★ Qingyierya" and steady, and even someone once called him the new Baresi in Serie A, but when it comes to attack, his passing and even long passes have a certain foundation, and his ability to respond is very good.

Of course, if you want to compare with a playmaker like Pirlo, De Rossi still has a big gap in organization and attack, but if you just want to assist Pirlo from the side and avoid Pirlo being suppressed by the opponent, then De Rossi must be competent.

'In the first half we gave Germany too many chances on the left, especially Lahm, the left-back had too many chances to come in and face our defence, and in the second half we had to contain enough, so Marchisio, you have to watch him and get closer to the wings!'

After such a round of analysis, everyone realized that these were targeted defenses against the tactics of the German team in the first half, and also to liberate Pirlo.

In the current Italian national team, everyone knows very well that although Pirlo is 33 years old, he is still the most important member of this team, especially since he has played at a very high level after the last few games and returned to his peak form, which led the Italian team that was not favored before the game all the way to the end.

The eyes of the masses are bright, if the 2006 Italian World Cup is a collective flash of all players, then if this European Cup wins again, it will definitely belong to Pirlo.

"Remember!" Prandelli didn't think much about the players' thoughts, and everyone knows a lot of things, "Our attack in the first half was too concentrated in the area between the opponent's forward and back lines, and it is obvious that the German team has made a targeted arrangement for our attacking routine, and Dog Bender has always been stationed in this area, so we have to adjust in the second half!" ”

"Balotelli!"

As soon as Ba Shen heard the head coach call his name, he immediately pouted and raised his head, which made many players in the locker room want to laugh, but they feel that it is inappropriate and endure it.

"Can you get Bad Stupard?" Prandley asked.

Balotelli's cool expression and a very old-fashioned nod, "Leave it to me!" ”

"Okay, hit Balotelli in the second half, pass the ball directly to him!" Prandelli immediately decided, "But everyone should pay attention to the fact that the head coach of this German team is Yang Cheng, and his tactical adaptability and adjustment ability are very strong, so we need to switch between three different offensive routines, and I believe that as long as we do well enough, we will be able to break through the German team's goal!" ”

Italy have three axes, one is to play Pirlo, pass the ball diagonally, send the ball to the gap between the opponent's back line and the forward line, and then use Cassano and Balotelli to pull the ball to the side to create opportunities to face the opposition defense.

The second is to play high post and penetrate, take the ball through Montolivo, cooperate on the ground, and penetrate the opponent's defense. …,

Another option is to use the passes of Andrea Pirlo, De Rossi and Montolivo to find Balotelli and use the latter's individual ability and body to attack the opponent's last line of defence.

Some teams die in the first type, some teams die in the second, some teams die in the third, and even some teams die in a mixed use of multiple tactics, because the Italians are able to use the three styles of play well with their superb tactical literacy, so that the opponent can not prevent their attacks.

In the first half, the Italians used the first two, but they couldn't get the slightest advantage from the German team, so Prandelli decided to use Balotelli's height and strength to attack the hidden dangers in the opponent's defense, which is Bad Stuber's point.

Balotelli is 1.89m tall and weighs 88kg, is fast, explosive and flexible, and the physicality of a typical African player, combined with his body, makes him the most powerful control point in Italy's midfield, arguably the biggest chip in Prandelli's hands.

After the restart of the second half, everyone was obviously aware of a problem, that is, Italy's targeted defense made the German team's "Dream Has Set Sail ★" attack also began to be in a more difficult situation, similar to the same tactics in the first half, which was resolved by Italy again and again, and Italy began to consciously play counterattacks.

Italy's counter-attack gave up on Cassano's previous approach, and this time De Rossi found Balotelli on the right side with a long pass, who was already sideways on the right side waiting for the ball, and as soon as the ball arrived, his chest stopped and fell to his feet.

Bad Stuber pounced for the first time, but Balotelli didn't wait for him to stop, and he was about to break through with the ball to the bottom line, and after deceiving Bad Stuber to adjust his center of gravity, he made a quick stop, smashed the ball, and passed Bad Stuber in the right corner of the penalty area, and cut into the middle with the ball.

Kyle blocked Balotelli at the right side of the edge of the penalty area after the jero's milk Boa retracted, and he blocked Balotelli on the right side of the penalty area, but he saw Balotelli making a gesture to continue to dribble the ball to the left, and suddenly a sudden stop smashed the ball, quickly cut into the penalty area, relying on his body and explosiveness, after pressing Kyle and pulling out a position, he directly picked up his right foot and was a volley.

"Oh !!" The on-site commentators were taken aback by Balotelli's sudden shot.

But the ball still rolled out of the bottom left corner of the goal and went slightly off.

"Balotelli's individual ability is really good, he has to dig a chance in a one-on-two situation, and if Cassano on the left and Montolivo on the back can run out of the space at this time, as soon as the ball comes out, then the threat of Italy will be even greater!"

The fans in the stadium were also boiling, especially the Italian fans, who all hoped that Italy could step up their offensive and break through the German team's goal, preferably to complete the comeback and reach the final.

Yang Cheng was also taken aback when Balotelli got up, but then he was slightly relieved when he saw that it was wrong.

"This kid has talent, it's a pity!" Yang Cheng sighed.

The time just now to get rid of two players in a row is not a personal skill, it can only be said that Balotelli's body is too good and too good.

Generally speaking, strong players have strong muscles, and the flexibility and flexibility of the body will be relatively poor, these are certain, even if Yang Cheng arranges Xiao Xiaoluo and others to practice yoga, but the effect is not necessarily obvious.

But there are a lot of players, especially black players, who are physically strong, but also very flexible and flexible, which allows them to use their flexible bodies to get rid of each other while maintaining strong physical confrontations. …,

Balotelli's body is very similar to Ibrahimovic's, both of them belong to the type of strong and flexible, but Balotelli's ball skills are far from Ibrahimovic's, and the latter is much inferior to Loetli in heading.

If you look at it purely from the point of view of talent, Balotelli is first-class, and you can even say that "Dream has set sail ★ Qing Yierya" is close to the top, a large part of this is his body, but in terms of ball technology, he obviously has a big disadvantage, just two consecutive strokes to get rid of it is good-looking, but that depends more on the use of the body.

Of course, this is not to say that the use of the body is not considered talent and strength, after all, this is innate.

"Holger!" Yang Cheng walked to the sidelines and called Bad Stuber, "Quickly get close, entangle him, and kill him!" ”

After receiving Yang Cheng's instructions, Bad Stuberl nodded heavily in agreement.

The night before the fight against Italy, Yang Cheng approached Bad Stuber to talk to him and told him that he would be the next day, while also telling him that his duty for this match was Balotelli.

"If you use the names of our Chinese people, you are all surnamed Ba!" Yang Cheng joked at the time.

And he also laughed and talked about the advantages of the two against each other, he thinks that Balotelli's strength is in his body, and Bad Stuber's advantage is in his brain, so he said that it is a battle between body and mind.

"I've always believed that you have the awareness and wisdom to be a top centre-back, what you lack is the body of a top-class centre-back, so from the time I coached the national team, I asked them to tailor a set of physical strengthening training for you, I know that in the past two years, you have been training very hard and your performance is getting better and better, and now, it's time to prove yourself!"

Bad Stuber didn't say anything at the time, but he knew very well that since two years ago, Yang Cheng has been committed to cultivating him and becoming a top central defender in German football, so no matter how hard he has worked in the past two years, he has always insisted on physical training to make himself better and better in physical confrontation.

You can't be a great centre-back without a great body!

Last night's conversation flashed through Bad Stuber's mind like lightning, and his attention was refocused on the black player in front of him, who was strong, muscular, fast, and agile, but he knew what to do with him.

Soon, because Italy focused on Balotelli's counterattack, the two soon ushered in a meeting.

Balotelli was once again pulled wide to get the ball, but this time, as soon as he got the ball, Bad Stuber was close.

The German central defender is very smart, the distance is well controlled, not far and not close, and the ball can be broken with his feet, but if Balotelli is strong, he can also retreat to cushion and pinch the position in time to avoid being directly killed by Balotelli.

Two tall players got together, this game was very interesting, I saw Balotelli feint, Bad Stuber followed, and then Balotelli wanted to take the ball and cut horizontally to the middle, but this time Bad Stuber had a long eye and stuck it up close for the first time.

Balotelli has a quirk of playing football, he likes to use his right foot with the ball, and he basically shoots with his right foot, so when Balotelli gets close, he is exactly on the right side of Balotelli.

As soon as the two made contact, Balotelli's shortcomings in dribbling skills were not detailed enough, and the "dream has set sail ★" was revealed, and a stumbling stumble, Balotstuber decisively stepped down and touched the ball first, but Balotelli fell to the ground as a whole. …,

The referee didn't blow the whistle before he heard a crowd of German fans cheering, and Bad Stuber sent the ball to his team-mate in front of him with a quick long pass, and Klose headed the ball down to relaunch a wave of attacks.

The rivals got together, and soon they met again.

This time it was Montolivo who got a pass from Pirlo and passed it to Balotelli, who took the ball in the middle of the box and faced Bad Stuber directly, this time one-on-one, as long as he passed Bad Stuber, Balotelli was able to face the goal directly.

Balotelli also has a very commendable sense of shooting, which makes him naturally judge what he should do as soon as he gets the ball, and the best way is to squeeze Bad Stuber to his left and then pull out an open space from the right side, so he can shoot nine times out of ten.

But when he wanted to make a move, he found that Bad Stubert seemed to have expected him to do this, and this also tall German boy was not squeezed by his body on the left side, but always guarded his right foot, which was clearly aimed at his dominant foot.

If Balotelli is used to both his left and right feet, then he can react at once and give up his right foot in favor of his left foot, but getting used to this kind of thing is a subconscious move, and you can't analyze it carefully.

When Balotelli gets into the box with the ball, it's already decided to use his right foot, so it's impossible to change it.

This time, Bad Stuber cleanly broke the ball when Balotelli couldn't find a chance to get off and made a mistake, forming a beautiful break again, and once again won a round of applause and cheers.

But this time, the moment Bad Stuber got the ball, he looked up and saw that the Italians were counter-attacking, the midfield and midfield were advancing rapidly, even the back field was advancing very high, and there were opportunities behind them...... ）