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In the match between England and Italy, a goal is very important, many media before the game judged that the two teams would decide the loss on penalties, and most importantly, the media thought that it was difficult for both teams to score, 90 minutes could not be scored, 120 minutes were also difficult.

In such a game, a single goal can even decide the victory.

Although it may seem like they are only one goal behind, Italy's situation is very dangerous, and with one goal down, Prandelli thinks about defence.

In the first half of the game, the Italian defense didn't seem to make any big mistakes, the only goal came from the opponent's quick counterattack, or the opponent's core players played well to score, it seems that it was Pirlo's mistake, but in actual analysis, it was the overall formation of Italy.

When England launched a quick counter-attack, Italy had no one at the back and could not intercept the attack at all.

How did that happen?

Rhythm!

Prandelli clearly saw this, the pace of the first half of the game was gradually accelerated, as the players adapted to the game, the England team was driven by Morris, the rhythm became faster and faster, and Italy did not adapt to this rhythm, especially Pirlo, his football has been slow, perhaps it is precisely because of Pirlo's football that the whole Italy is a little uncomfortable, in the offensive run, the formation is a little scattered, the front court has gone up, and the back has not kept up, which has caused the defense line to be unstable.

Italy played the advantage in the last minute and suppressed England for a while, but that was due to England's retreat, not how much strength the team really had.

Prandley saw something, and he kept pacing in the locker room.

One by one, the players returned to the locker room, they were not in a good mood, most of them bowed their heads and did not speak, and even if they did, they talked quietly, which made the atmosphere in the room seem very heavy.

Cassano walked in with Barzagli.

Cassano was complaining about Barzagli's defensive 'mistakes', and Barzagli explained, "I didn't expect him to be so strong, and it hurt my shoulder when I hit him...... It should be a foul ......."

"What a foul, you just can't hit him!"

Cassano was not merciful.

The two pushed the door in, just in time to see Prandelli's cold Lian, and immediately stopped talking, Prandelli didn't seem to want to let the two go, he looked at Cassano and asked, "What did you just say outside the door?" ”

"Didn't say anything, coach ......"

Cassano was startled and hurriedly replied.

"No, that's what you said to Andrea just now?"

Cassano was a little embarrassed, but still explained, "I just said that Andrea couldn't hit Maurice, that guy is very strong, and that made his shoulder hurt......"

Prandelli nodded, continuing to pace and think.

The players in the dressing room were afraid to speak loudly, and they were doing their own thing, while keeping an eye on Prandelli, waiting for the manager to speak.

Prandley was thinking about a change of tactics.

He noticed that at the end of the first half, the smell of gunpowder between the two teams was getting stronger, and the team continued to clash with each other, so the England team chose to shrink the defense to ensure the safety of the goal.

Then the team can win in chaos!

If it is an ordinary game, the strong smell of gunpowder is not a good thing for both teams, because many players will eat cards, but this is the quarterfinals of the European Cup, a game is decided or lost, and if you lose the game, you will be eliminated directly.

If you can take advantage of that, even a few yellow cards and even a penal off, it's worth it.

After Prandelli thought about it, he explained to the players the second half of the play, the overall style of play is the same, the only thing is to increase the 'physical confrontation', "Jump the opponent's fire, we have to fight until the last moment!" ”

Prandelli's statement was a bit subtle, but all the players understood it.

That's going to be a big fight!

A lot of players are good at technique rather than physicality, and they like to play good football, but that doesn't mean they can't use some surprising tactics to be able to stand out in the top flight and become a big star player, they have a lot of experience.

Many teams often go to great lengths to win games, especially the famous 'bad boy' like Cassano, who is even more gearing up to make a big deal when he hears what the manager says.

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England dressing room.

Wan Sheng also thought about confrontation, because in the last minute of the first half, England became very passive in order to defend the goal.

This gave him a wake-up call.

Wan Sheng didn't know that Prandelli would let Italy play that 'shameful' style of play, but in case the gunpowder escalated in the half, the team would always shrink back from guarding this one goal, so he still had some explanations for the players.

'It's not a technical game, we don't need to play good football, we just need to win!'

"Don't be afraid to fight with each other, we are much stronger than them!"

"I dare say Italy is all weak chickens......"

This sentence made the players in the locker room laugh, but Wan Sheng's next reminder was very important, "You must remember one thing, you must be sensible, the game is the game, the physical conflict is normal, don't be carried away by anger because of the opponent's foul, we must stay awake at all times." ”

"If you do do something, the happiest opponents are the ones who want us to be angry!"

After that, Wan Sheng continued to emphasize defense, "No matter what those Italians do, we have to continue to defend and as long as we hold the defense, we can win the game." If you want to win the championship, you have to enter the semi-finals first, there are only 45 minutes, keep it and we will win! ”

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The second half began.

At half-time, many media commentators and football analysts had a prediction of the game, and they thought that the second half would be more intense, and Italy would be one goal behind, so they would definitely step up their attack and the game would be relatively good.

But at the beginning of the second half, everyone realized that it was not so simple.

The match didn't get pretty, it was even more ugly, and from the first minute, the two sides were locked in endless physical battles.

It's like a wrestling scuffle, not a football game.

Players on both sides are constantly engaged in physical entanglement, rather than organizing flashy offensives, and the game has no technical content at all, and the conflict between the two sides seems to be intensifying.

In ten minutes, both teams had just one shot on goal.

It was a pass from Andrea Pirlo, who burst into the box with the ball and fired a shot that did not threaten England as Cassano had lost his centre of gravity and the ball flew wide off the post.

The only shot on goal was also not spectacular, and the game was lethargic to watch.

The players on both sides are very mental, every defense and attack, is a physical challenge to them, even Pirlo and Morris are also caught in it, in the direct confrontation between the two, Morris has a slight upper hand, but it does not bring much effect.

This kind of game is a headache for the referee and the pressure becomes very high.

He had to blow the whistle continuously to stop the game, and every decision had to be considered comprehensively to maintain stability and prevent violent conflicts, and if the referee's decision caused a player to be dissatisfied, then he would be held responsible.

Italian coach Prandelli felt that his style of play had worked.

It's a chaotic game that looks good for Italy.

England were unable to organise a consistent attack and the defence needed more confrontation, so Italy had a chance to create goals in the chaos and could score a goal to tie the score at 1-1 and the situation would be very favourable.

Prandley began to look forward to it.

But in reality, the Italian players on the field of play were all miserable, they were doing what Prandelli had set up, but in the physical collision, they found themselves not dominant.

England is not easy to deal with!

Most of the English players have a big guy, like Steven Gerrard, like Wayne Rooney, like John Terry, and even Morris, and these guys are very difficult to deal with, and they are as hard as iron, and it feels very unwise to play against them physically, but they have to do it.

After a while, some players couldn't stand it.

They felt pain all over......

De Rossi is one of them, as a native of Rome, De Rossi has a height of 184cm, which is not bad in professional football, and the weight of 80 kg has always made De Rossi always think that he is a very strong person.

De Rossi was excited when he heard what the manager had to say, and he thought it was time to play to his strengths.

England and Italy are constantly battling, mostly in midfield, and De Rossi is one of the players who has been involved the most, and he has had plenty of opportunities to 'put in a good performance', and after a few collisions in a row, De Rossi began to be skeptical about his strength.

Fighting Morris for the ball, he was pushed out of the way......

Terry scrambles and almost knocks him to the ground......

finally met Ashley Young, who was easy to deal with, but the other party's seemingly thin body, but the bones were as hard as iron, making his abdomen ach all the time.

"Bastard ......"

This time, De Rossi and Morris grabbed the ball, and after almost falling to the ground again, he couldn't help but curse angrily, but fortunately, the referee suspended the game and warned Morris, which made him feel calmer, but he also felt a little unbearable.

"Are these guys all from a fighting family?"

De Rossi said to Pirlo, which of course made no sense, and Pirlo also looked helpless.

Pirlo is rarely involved in scrambles, but that doesn't mean he's not strong, and even that he's one of the strongest players in the Italian team, and he has had two direct confrontations with Morris just now, and he's at a disadvantage both technically and physically.

Pirlo was very unwilling, but after a few times, he also had to admire Morris's ability, as the media described, "Morris is definitely one of the best footballers in the world." "He also felt the difficulty of the game.

At this time, Pirlo couldn't help but glance at the coach's box.

Now that the Italian team is at a disadvantage and the attack has not been able to settle down, he hopes that Prandelli can step up and do something, even if it is to boost morale and keep everyone confident to persevere.

At this point, Prandley also felt wrong.

Nearly 20 minutes into the second half, the team did not seem to have any advantage in the confrontation, but the opponent was getting used to this kind of game.

It would be very bad for Italy to go on like this.

But what can be done?

Prandelli didn't know what to do, all he thought was to win in chaos, which was best when down by one goal, but the most surprising thing was that the team and the opposition did not have an advantage.

"When did this England team become an African team?"

Prandelli is very puzzled, in terms of fighting for the body, it is also a European team, how can Italy not be too passive, but the situation on the field is like this, 20 minutes have passed, Italy has been at a disadvantage, some players on the field obviously can't hold on, and the opponent fights hard, hard robbery, most of them will be the losing side.

England also took advantage of the opportunity to attack incessantly, even threatening the Italian goal.

Now what?

Pladley can only pray for the team in his heart.

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The change of the game came in the 76th minute.

After 30 minutes of competition, the physical fitness of the players on both sides was a little unable to keep up, both England and Italy, showing fatigue, the fierce confrontation consumed not only physical energy, but also huge energy, and some players ran significantly less.

The consumption of physical energy and energy has also increased the mistakes of both sides.

This time Ashley Young passed the ball backwards and was grabbed by Marchisio, Italy saw that there was an opportunity to counterattack, and immediately rushed forward, but Marchisio made a mistake, he originally wanted to pass the ball backwards steadily, but he didn't expect it to pass directly to the feet of Morris.

Italy's offensive came to a halt, followed by a counter-offensive by England.

Morris got the unexpected opportunity and reacted immediately, dribbling forward quickly, rushing past Pirlo who wanted to defend next to him, rushing past Barzaretti on the wing, and sending the ball to Welbeck before the opposition centre-back Barzagli arrived to defend.

Welbeck gets it, crosses and transfers to Wayne Rooney.

Rooney picked up the ball and continued to rush forward, but was tangled by opposition centre-back Leonardo Bonucci, who then opted to knock the ball back to Gerrard, who was following him.

Gerrard didn't hesitate to meet the ball and shoot angrily!

"Gerald—"

"Shoot!"

Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made a flying save, he dragged the ball out of the door with both hands to defuse the danger, and the Italian fans in the audience exhaled for a long time, but immediately their hearts lifted again.

The football flew in front of Rooney!

Faced with such a good opportunity, Rooney did not hesitate to swing his foot and shoot hard, and pumped the ball directly into the handleless goal.

“Goal！ Rooney! ”

"The ball is in!"

"In the 76th minute, England led Italy 2-0!"