At night in Kiev, Ukraine, there is a carnival of the winners, and naturally there are also tears of the losers.

Of course, maybe the Italian team is not a loser, and it is already a miracle that the Italian team can pass five levels and break into the final in this Cup.

After the game, most of the players of the Italian team still seemed relatively calm, the most difficult to control was Balotelli, who once cried bitterly, and the core of the team, Andrea Pirlo, also shed tears alone.

At the moment of the end of the game, Pirlo was still able to try his best to control his emotions, from the expression, Pirlo still looked very calm, and shook hands with Digan and others, but when he saw the Belgian team standing on the highest podium, Pirlo could no longer suppress his emotions, when the camera cut to Pirlo, he was already red eyes, tears swirling in his eyes, such a picture was moving, and many Italian fans couldn't bear to look at it anymore, His moment of pathos with the lonely back of Baggio at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The scenery is the same, it is also so charming, I have to say that this is also another kind of beauty.

While waiting, Pirlo closed his eyes for a moment, as if he couldn't bear to look at his opponent's celebration and his own side's loss.

The captain of the Italian team, Buffon, showed the demeanor of a leader, he appeared calm after the game, and did not shed tears, at this moment he chose to be strong, but from Buffon's eyes looking at the Belgian team, he still had a lot of dissatisfaction, and after receiving the award, Buffon hugged and comforted each other with coach Prandelli, this pair of generals still have the opportunity to create new miracles in the future.

Compared with Buffon and Pirlo, veterans who have seen the world, players like Bonucci and Balotelli who participated in the tournament for the first time are very emotional, especially Bonucci, at the moment when the whistle blew, he was unable to control his emotions, burst into tears, and his teammates kept coming forward to comfort him, but he was still immersed in his sadness, and even on the podium Bonucci was still crying.

Although Balotelli announced that he would do better in the final after the semi-finals, in the end the Italians could not shake Belgium's feat of winning the European Championship, the World Cup and then the European Championship, and in the end Italy had to accept a 0-4 defeat.

After the game, Balotelli watched Belgium win the cup sadly and couldn't help crying.

As soon as the game was over, the Belgians began to revel, and the other Italian players also stayed on the field to comfort each other with their teammates, and politely congratulated the Belgian players who won the championship, but on the contrary, Balotelli left the stadium directly with his head bowed and walked to the locker room passage of the stadium, although the Italian officials stepped forward to dissuade him, hoping to stop Balotelli, but Balotelli angrily pushed him away, and walked into the passage without looking back, and seemed to be very angry from the behavior.

Balotelli did not return until the time of the award, and he was the last of all the Italian players, accepting the medal from Platini with a left hand before manager Prandelli.

At this time, his teammates had already walked down the stands, and Balotelli walked down the steps slowly, thoughtfully, as if he was reminiscing and thinking about the loss just now and the whole process of the whole game.

When Digan received the trophy from Platini, the Belgians reveled on the podium, Pirlo wept, and Ba God also cried, and he looked down in meditation, and when he looked up, his eyes were red and tears were grieving.

The 4-0 defeat to Belgium was a bit brutal for Italy, but it was football, but it wasn't enough to erase the respect for the blue team.

Looking back on the process of the Italian team participating in this European Cup, it can be said that it has gone through twists and turns, before the start of the game, Italy suffered a natural and man-made disaster, in mid-April, Italian player Morosini died suddenly on the field, and the gambling case in May made many players bid farewell to the training camp of the Italian team, and then, the earthquake in the Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy, and the warm-up match between Italy and Luxembourg was forced to cancel, the team just hurriedly participated in a friendly match with Russia, and stepped on the field of the European Cup, and that game, The Italian team lost 0:3 in an ugly way.

Just a month ago, few believed that Italy would make it to the last four, and the bookmakers offered only 15.00 odds for Italy to win the tournament, which was not even as good as England, which was not even favoured by the domestic media.

However, it was under such conditions that the Italian team came to the European Championship stage, the first match against Spain, the Italian team gave the opponent a disadvantage, Di Natale's goal gave the Italian team the lead, although the game ended 1-1, but the Italian team still surprised people.

In the second match against Croatia, the score of 1:1 put the Italian team into the embarrassment of eight years ago, if Spain and Croatia played 2:2 in the final round of the group stage, then the Italian team will not be able to qualify no matter how big the score wins.

But the legendary "tacit ball" did not appear, and the Italians also took their destiny into their own hands, and after a 2-0 victory over Ireland, they reached the quarterfinals.

After entering the quarterfinals, the Italian team first faced England, and in front of the English, the Italian team firmly occupied the advantage on the field.

In the penalty shootout, although Montolivo missed the penalty first, Pirlo's "spoon" penalty completely broke down the psychological defense of the English, and in the end, the Italian team reached the semi-finals with a score of 4:2.

In the semi-finals, Italy played a rare and beautiful game against a more title-winning German side, and if it weren't for the 2-0 lead, the strikers were too relaxed and could have scored three or four goals.

However, the two hearty victories in the knockout round also consumed the physical strength of the Italian team on the other hand, and Balotelli, who scored two goals for the German team, was replaced due to cramps.

In addition, from the semi-finals to the final, the interval between the Italian team is three days, while the Belgian team is four days, in addition, the continuous injuries in the team, also made the head coach Prandelli helpless, Barzagli, Chiellini and Motta and others have been injured, among which Chiellini was once asserted that he would bid farewell to the European Championship early after participating in the group stage with the Spanish team.

Although the hardened Chiellini returned before the semi-finals, the fact that he was off in less than 20 minutes after a recurrence of an old injury in the final left Italy strategically on the back foot.

In addition, De Rossi, Barzagli and others on the court also insisted on playing the whole game with injuries.

However, despite this, the Italian team still played a miserable final. Judging from the technical statistics after the game, the gap between Italy and Belgium is not as big as the score reflects, and even the Italian team played more reasonably, so to speak, the Italian team has done well enough.

What's more, the European runners-up result, which was achieved by the Italian team two years after the disastrous defeat at the World Cup in South Africa, is even more commendable.

At the World Cup two years ago, Italy, who were the defending champions, failed to even qualify from the group and could be said to have fallen to the bottom, however, just two years later, the 26th place in the World Cup became the second place in Europe, and Prandelli's team has made remarkable progress.

After the game, only young Bonucci and Balotelli shed tears, while Pirlo held tears in his eyes. The rest of the 20 players were all calm and smiling at the harsh reality.

Gianluigi Buffon said in an interview: "We had a really good race, it was a fantastic trip. ”

Italy lost 0:4 to Belgium in the European Championship final, but the team's performance in this tournament was praised by the domestic media.

Prandelli and his team deserve credit because the Italians have once again fallen in love with their own team, and before Prandelli, the last man to be loved by the people was Lippi.

After the previous semi-final against Germany, Prandelli once expressed the idea of resigning as head coach in an interview because of too much pressure.

However, after a brief encounter with Football Association officials after the final, Prandelli said that he would continue to coach Italy until the 2014 World Cup, and that Prandelli's contract would expire after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Prandelli said: "I did have the idea of leaving, but now I think we haven't reached our goal, we have the quality to continue to move towards it, I have a good relationship with the Football Association and I will talk to the president when I go back, it is a great and difficult task to coach the Italian team, I am reluctant to leave. ”

Speaking about the final that just ended, Prandelli had some regrets: "Everyone saw the game, Belgium's speed controlled the game, we didn't recover from fatigue, so the team couldn't suppress the opponent, and it was a great pity that Chiellini was injured, our plan was completely ruined, against a great team like Belgium, any mistake can have a huge impact!" ”

'I'm very happy with the team's performance throughout the tournament, we can score eights, we played some great games, Balotelli? I told him to learn to accept defeat and that experience will be very useful for the future, and that's football. ”

For Italy, the dream of a European title is over, but the Italian team still deserves respect.

Under the headline "Bitter tears", the newspaper "Sport" reported on the match: "The dream ended in the most brilliant moments, the Belgian team became undefeated on the football field, after winning Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup, they achieved a legendary and mythical triple title, a result that is regrettable for the Italian team, because they did not deserve such an end due to their performances in Poland and Ukraine, but the Belgian team showed the determination and cruelty of a great teamThe European champions showed their strength in front of people and successfully defended their title. ”

The newspaper Torino Sport ran the headline "Italy collapses, dreams end": "Today is a completely different story than the 2-0 win over Germany in the semi-finals, Belgium have achieved an unprecedented treble of titles, congratulations to them, Italy have regained their dignity through this trip to Poland-Ukraine, they have gone through the most difficult road to reach the final, Spain, Croatia, Ireland, England and Germany have all been their opponents, and now it is time for Prandelli to think about his future." ”

"Roma Sport" said: "The dream is over! We should have written history and we tried, but why is there such a big margin in a final? The Belgian team successfully defended the title, completing an unprecedented achievement in the history of football, they brutally took the initiative every minute, and finally won the victory, the undoubted and ruthless 4-0 victory, leaving no room for Italy, the Italian team with a day of rest from the first minute, dragged tired legs to play, could not give any real threat to the Belgian team, this time, the blue team was not able to create a miracle. ”

In the article, All-Market praised the Italian team's performance: "The European Championship is over, anyway, thank you, the lads, and Cesare. Prandelli, Belgium is too strong for Italy, but in any case, thanks to Italy. ”

The European Championship is over, and Italy has left a sad blue color on the final field for fans who like them all over the world, but for Italian football, this is far from the end, and they still have dreams to look forward to.

Prandelli and his team have shown their determination to all the fans at this European Championship, and perhaps in two years' time, Brazil and Italy will surprise even more.

Prandelli returned to the pitch to comfort his players after the interview on the sidelines, when Deegan walked in, the once close master and apprentice, who had also unloaded their burden as opponents after the game.

"It was a great game!" Deegan said with a smile.

Prandelli doesn't think so: "In that case, you should save it for the post-match press conference. ”

Deegan smiled and shook his head: "I won't go to the post-match press conference, someone will talk about those scenes, I just want to tell you, Cesare, give me a few days during the holidays!" ”

Prandley was stunned: "What are you going to do?" ”

Deegan smiled and looked at the sidelines: "You'll find out soon!" ”

After saying that, Deegan waved his hand at Prandelli, and then ran towards the stands on the sidelines, at this time, the cameras of the whole stadium immediately focused on Degan.

In the pre-match press conference, Deegan said something inexplicable, he hoped that someone would be able to grant him a wish, could it be ~~~~~~~~