Digan is full of confidence in the final final, and the Italian team, which has also come to this point, has also put down its psychological baggage and prepared easily.

For Prandelli and his team, reaching the final is already more than enough, and now all they have to do is play this last game, and under Prandelli's tutelage, the current Italian team is less and less like the traditional Italian team, they play more like Spain.

At this moment, the outside world's evaluation of the two teams that reached the final is also quite surprising, most of them are supporting the good-looking Italy to win the championship, but not optimistic about the defending champion Belgium team with a simple and rough style of play.

It has once again proved that the Italian team has always been one of the top teams in the world, even when they seem to be in a low ebb, it is still not to be underestimated, and after the dismal World Cup in South Africa, Italian football has rebounded.

This can be considered a miracle, you know, before the start of this European Cup, almost no one was optimistic about the increasingly grassroots Italy, in addition to the scandal plagued by Italian football, the overall strength of the Italian team declined, it is also an indisputable fact.

In the survey launched by the Italian media, three out of ten fans believe that Italy will not be able to qualify from the group at all, and European bookmakers once looked down on them, and the odds offered for them are not even as good as England's, which is the worst of the traditional European powerhouses.

However, Italy is Italy, after the thrilling appearance of the group stage, they defeated the top two of England and Germany, and finally broke into the final, and wanted the world to declare: Italian football should not be taken lightly.

It's a much-anticipated contest but technically atypical one, and under Prandelli's transformation, the Italians are quietly changing, attacking more aggressively than the defensive-minded teams of the past.

Belgium, fast and simple style of play, so that they have attracted a lot of criticism, although Degan is still full of vitality, four games, four consecutive hat tricks, so that people all over the world think that Degan has gone crazy, but on the whole, Belgium and two years ago in South Africa compared with the European Red Devils, the style of play is getting simpler, even a bit like the original Italy, but this style of play, can beat the Czech Republic, Russia, Portugal and Spain and many other strong opponents in a row, can't help but be puzzling.

Judging from the changes produced by the two teams, this is indeed a dislocated matchup, but while seeing the changes, we can't ignore the basics, fundamentally speaking, Italy is still Italy, and Belgium is still Belgium.

All subjective judgments are based on aesthetics rather than actual combat, and fans are trying to get rid of the ugly and step on the ugly.

All this is not enough to affect the tactical thinking of Belgium and Italy in the decisive battle, and fans need not be disappointed, after all, no team can go to the final field, no one is weak.

And, of course, people are tired of the Wright brothers' civil war, the dispute between Deegan and Messi, the dispute between Deegan and Camero, and the sudden showdown between Deegan and Balotelli can still arouse many people's expectations.

Whenever I recall a major tournament, there will always be someone who is the first to break into the minds of fans, of course, he is not necessarily the champion, such as Maradona's tears in 1990, Baggio's melancholy in 1994, Susanna's demeanor in 1998, Degan's broken leg in 2006, and Euro 2012, this person is not Degan who scored a hat trick in four consecutive games, but the Balotelli who no one can figure out.

Euro 2012 was definitely the season for Italy's secondary two youth, not only because he scored twice in the semi-final against Germany and led Italy to the final, but more importantly, he brought a new visual impact to football, from hairstyles to bohemian words and actions, to the aesthetics of violence on the pitch, Balotelli is leading the full prevalence of postmodernism in football.

However, in Balotelli's world, he is not so simple, he is like Van Gogh in the Renaissance, his paintings can never be understood by people at that time, but his world has its own wonderful.

To fully trust and accept Ba Shen, not only recognize his skills, but also be able to tolerate what he does, Ba Shen, who has always been considered "brain-dead", always has a different style of doing things, about the story of Ba God's brain-dead, people have seen too much, carefully taste, some of his behaviors are very clearly engraved with his unique philosophical outlook.

During his time at Inter Milan, he was relegated from the first team by Inter Milan to the youth team after failing in school, and since then he has taken his studies much more seriously.

When he graduated, Balotelli wrote a football-related thesis entitled "Football, the Story of the World", and it is said that when the school teachers saw Balotelli's paper, they were all stunned, they did not expect this naughty young man to come up with such a bold topic.

Ba Shen is a very confident person, when he was born, Ba Shen suffered from a congenital intestinal disease, and in infancy, due to the appearance of various complications, the young life was threatened, and had to undergo surgery one after another.

At that time, Ba Shen's adoptive father was ready for Ba Shen's premature death in the hospital, but what he didn't expect was that he survived healthily, so Ba Shen always felt that he was the most powerful one in the world.

There may be many people who hate Balotelli because he has always lived in his fancy world, at least compared to ordinary people, Balotelli is indeed extraordinary.

In Italy, he was able to drive into women's prisons simply to satisfy his curiosity, and to do so, he also hitched a ride on his brother; In the UK, he exposed £5,000 in cash in his trouser pocket when the police conducted a drunk driving test on him, and when questioned by the police, he decisively replied that "Lao Tzu is rich"; At home, he was able to play blasting experiments in the bathroom, and as a result, his house was set on fire, and he had to wait for the house to be rebuilt in the hotel; On the pitch, he always committed unnecessary fouls, and when the referee showed him a yellow card, he was able to show a T-shirt with the words "Why always me".

With these stories, there is no need to hype up Balotelli's life theory, but Balotelli's success in and out of the European Championship is that his repeated thinking about life, early retirement from training and other "bad deeds" make his previous stories seem more real and reliable.

In the face of the German chariot with high claims to win the championship, Balotelli was also the player who wrote the most stories on the field, after hitting two goals in the first half, Balotelli took off his jersey and showed his strong muscles wildly, and did not hesitate to receive a yellow card.

With Balotelli like this, it is not surprising that during the European Championships, whether in the newspapers, on television or on the Internet, any celebrity can only live under the headline of "Crazy Mario", and his soap opera-like madness is so appealing to today's world surrounded by truth and concepts.

How to describe such a Balotelli? Neuropathy or brain damage? But more people collectively chose a word one by one.

Before the match against Germany, Balotelli, who had scored only one goal in four games, suddenly exploded, and as the Italian media put it: "He is always worrying, but he also always brings surprises. ”

Isn't it?

This time, Balotelli was no longer the most dangerous goalkeeper in the game, as he was against the English, but took it upon himself to settle the battle.

Two wonderful goals defeated Germany, Balotelli did not think about life again this time, the tempering of the European Cup, has brought a stronger Balotelli to Italy.

This time he did not set fire to his house or drive a sports car to the streets with a gun, but sent Italy to the European Championship final with two goals, and after the game, he rushed to the stands and hugged his adoptive mother, full of love touched the world.

Now that the final is just around the corner, Balotelli will undoubtedly be Italy's number one killer, and people are looking forward to the duel between Digan and Balotelli.

The countdown to the showdown has begun, and the two teams that have attracted much attention look extraordinarily calm, especially the Italian team, and the most surprising thing about Prandelli is his calmness, and the Italian team began their acclimatisation training at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv.

Maybe it's because I'm sorry for being late, maybe I've already done what I need to do, maybe I'm confident in my team, maybe it's because the players are tired and don't want to waste their energy in the training to adapt to the venue, so the training that was originally scheduled to be open to the media for only 15 minutes has been temporarily changed to full opening, which is rare.

During the nearly hour-long training session, Prandelli arranged a half-time group confrontation without Barzagli and De Rossi, but there was no need to worry too much, the reason for their absence was simply to avoid injury.

And these two men, together with Prandelli, watched their teammates train on the sidelines, and after training, they themselves confirmed that there is no problem in participating in tomorrow's final.

In training, Barzaretti and Abate were also seen in the same group, with Abate on the right and Barzaretti on the left, while Chiellini was on the left in the other group.

Even before training, the Italian press corps had already discussed that there should be no suspense about the starting XI of Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Barzagli, and the only question was whether to use the recovered Abate on the right flank, or continue to rely on Barzaretti, who had performed well on the pitch.

It's not an easy choice to make.

In addition to gathering the team together before the start of training and speaking briefly, Prandelli has been quietly watching the team's training and looking at Cassano with appreciative eyes, and Prandelli also gave "Super Mario" a smile.

On the training pitch, Montolivo was gesturing and talking to Balotelli, and Super Mario listened patiently as they talked about passing lines and running routes.

Reporters can't help but wonder when Balotelli can accept criticism, when Balotelli can listen to the advice of his teammates, small improvements, bit by bit, can allow Balotelli to really reach his full potential.

After the training, the Italian team also held a pre-match press conference as usual, at the press conference, Prandelli always smiled and talked eloquently, and his calmness was as if a day later, it was not the European Championship final between Italy and Belgium, but an ordinary match.

Prandelli has his own verdict in response to the previous comments from many media and fans about the "ugly Belgian style of play", and although his team has been widely praised for playing extremely aggressive football in this tournament, he has not denied Belgium's simple and fast style of play.

On the contrary, Prandelli admired the style of the Belgian team, who was asked by reporters at a press conference on the subject, saying: "Belgium are the best team in the world, they show their style all the time on the pitch, they have followed their own path for many years, they stick to their football philosophy. ”

Prandelli believes that other teams, the media, the fans think that Belgium's style of play is boring, but in fact it is just because they are afraid, adding: "There is no reason to say that they are boring. The saying that 'Belgium are tired of playing' is because they are afraid because they always win, and in short, from any point of view, in any form, their style of play should not be judged as ugly. ”

Later, when asked by reporters how to deal with the final, Prandelli once again stressed the importance of controlling the initiative of the game, and in the defensive link, it is necessary to compress the opponent's movement space as much as possible.

Finally, Prandley also outright denied the possibility of a back three, but also stressed that the team could make adjustments as needed during the game.

Due to the physical condition of Cassano, Balotelli, De Rossi, and Barzagli, there is no need to worry too much, and Prandelli himself ruled out the possibility of a 3-5-2 formation, so in the case of confirming the 4-3-1-2 formation, Prandelli's only doubt may be the right wing-back.

Barzaretti was excellent against Germany, but he was also physically exerted, and Abarth's recovery gave Prandelli another option.

When asked about the player he was most looking forward to, Prandelli first named Balotelli: "Mario has learned what to be responsible for, and it will make him stronger!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Prandelli also said of Cassano: "Cassano is the best player I've ever met other than Degan, he is far more powerful than people think, and he has matured a lot since becoming a father. ”

Journalists then interviewed Italian players, the most popular of which were Cassano and Balotelli.

Balotelli looked very calm: "If the team can win with my goal, it will be very magical, but if the team wins, I don't score, it is also magical, now is the final, this European Championship, the two best teams are in the final, all we can do is play and fight, but no matter what the result of the European Championship is, my season is perfect, even if I lose, it can't erase my performance this season, but if we can win, It must have felt very special. ”

Cassano, surrounded by reporters, has a kind of regenerated blandness.

"I realized that I was starting to get in trouble, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't speak, and it made me realize that I wasn't in a good situation, and I just wanted to look at my son a little more."

Cassano was threatened with death just eight months ago, but now he says: "I want people to have good memories of Cassano, I don't want to have any regrets, and if I can win the European Championship, it will undoubtedly be the best memory." ”

Cassano never thought anything would go wrong with his body until last October, when it was a match between AC Milan and Roma, and Cassano came on as a substitute until Milan won 3-2 at the end of the game.

On the flight back to Milan, Cassano was still expecting to see his family, however, on the bus home from the airport, he suddenly felt unwell, dizzy, and could not see clearly in his left eye.

After going to the hospital, it was diagnosed that Cassano's condition was indeed very bad, Cassano was suffering from ischemic heart disease, and his arteries could be blocked at any time. A month later, Cassano quickly underwent heart surgery in a Milan hospital, and no one knows when he will be able to return to football after the operation.

Cassano then spent a few months recovering from which he began to think about his life, and slowly, he regained his desire for football.

After all, football means the whole world to Cassano, it's what drives him to recover, and in his hospital bed he's already starting to miss putting on his jersey again.

'The most important thing now is that I'm alive and Prandley gave me a lot of encouragement, he gave me the confidence and courage to get back on the field, he told me I was going to be a very special athlete and he promised to wait for me until the last minute until I was in the squad for Euro 2012.

Regardless of his performance in the European Championship final against Belgium, Cassano has already lived up to the trust of coach Prandelli.

In the game against Ireland, Cassano scored the first goal, and in the semi-final against Germany, Loew's team had nothing to do with Cassano, and Balotelli's first goal was an assist from Cassano, who won the ball on the left side, turned away from Boateng and Hummels, and picked up a pass to Balotelli, who scored with a header.

Speaking after the match against Germany, Prandelli was unsparing in praising the Italian striker's performance: "It was his best game so far, he was one of our key players on the pitch, he could only run for 50 minutes, but those 50 minutes are probably the most important 50 minutes. ”

Subsequently, the Belgian team also came to the stadium for adaptation training, and like Italy, this time it was also open to reporters, when the reporters found that Belgium's head coach Wilmots and the entire coaching staff did not appear, they were even more convinced of their own ideas, and the current Belgian national team is already Digan alone.

Belgium showed little value in training, and Deegan even played a game of ball grabbing with his team-mates.

This was the case for the Italian team, and even more so for Belgium, and the relaxed performances of both teams made the reporters present wonder.

Are they really that confident?

After the training, Degan spoke to reporters on the sidelines: "The final starts tomorrow, it's very important to know the opponent, we played Italy six years ago, it was a tough game, but six years have passed, both teams have changed a lot, we all know that Italy is strong, but we also know where their weaknesses are, Andrea Pirlo is a great player, he is the leader of Italy, but football is a collective sport, Italy reached the final is not the credit of one person, It's the result of the efforts of the whole team, such as Balotelli and Cassano. ”

Belgium have won back-to-back major titles in the last two tournaments and if they can defend their European Championship title this time, they will become the first team in history to win three major tournaments in a row.

"The memories of 2008 and 2010 are fantastic, we hope to taste the victory again, I know the final is going to be very tough, but the Belgian team is ready to make history and winning this title will be the icing on the cake and the whole of Belgium will be proud of us."

Speaking of defending the title, there has never been a time in the 52-year history of the European Championship, in 1964, the champion team of the first European Championship was the former Soviet Union team reached the final again, but at the home of the opponent Spain, the Soviets hated it by one goal.

In 1976, defending champions West Germany also reached the final, but lost unexpectedly to Czechoslovakia on penalties.

And the so-called goal of winning three major championships in four years has not even been achieved by a team as strong as Brazil.

At the last European Championship, Belgium's fast play allowed them to win the trophy, and the Belgian team was not just a flash in the pan, their performance in the next four years has not only inherited well, but actually improved, and it is not impossible for them to defend their title.

"We're ready to break the record, and it's going to be a huge incentive when the whole country is with you."

Deegan then praised Balotelli, Italy's number one threat: "Balotelli is a great player, against Germany he scored two great goals, especially the second goal, to prove that he is a very dangerous player anywhere, I don't care that the attention is on Balotelli, as you can see, I'm just an outdated player who has been sitting on the bench for two years, and I'm twenty-seven. I don't want to bother with things that don't make sense, I'm just focused on the game right now, and for me, winning the championship is more important than anything else. ”

In response to Balotelli's recent strong performances and provocations, Deegan said the team were ready: "If we can block their passing lanes, our chance will come. ”

Then Digan's striker and current Belgium's second-leading scorer Romelu Lukaku was also interviewed: "I'm excited about the final, no! I'm not nervous because we have Rhodes, we've got the captain, he's a super player who can lead us forward, he's going to go above and beyond, he's more creative than anyone else, and I'm sure we'll be the winners as long as he's there. ”

When the training and interview sessions were over, Deegan and his teammates boarded the bus and returned to the hotel, on the way Degan's mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he looked at the number, it turned out to be Prandelli.

"Hello! Cesare! Deegan didn't expect Prandley to call him at this time.

Prandelli's tone seemed relaxed, he was also on the bus back to the hotel at the moment, and for some reason, he suddenly wanted to call Degan.

"Hello! Rod! Long time no see! Didn't you expect me to call you! ”

The two have indeed not seen each other for a long time, in fact, after the original Champions League final with Real Madrid, the two masters and apprentices have not met again, and the only connection is to send a text message to wish them well at Christmas.

Deegan smiled: "I really didn't expect it, but it doesn't matter, we can meet tomorrow, but on the court, and we are opponents, otherwise, I will definitely give you a hug!" ”

Prandley smiled and said, "Forget it! Rod! Even on other occasions, I don't get your hug, how are you ready now? ”

Deegan looked around and saw that his teammates' attention was focused on him: "Cesare! Are you listening to information? ”

Prandley said, "If you think so, even so! ”

Deegan didn't expect Prandley to admit so happily: "Okay! Since you say so, I can only answer you, everything is very good, yes! Very good! Tomorrow's game, I won't show mercy! ”

Prandley laughed, "Me too!" Rod! I wonder, are you really going to Tottenham Hotspur? ”

This is Prandelli's purpose, although the two have not been in touch for a long time, but the relationship is still very good, and what happened to Degan in Barcelona in the past two seasons, Prandelli also felt very angry.

"Yes! I've decided! I need a stable place to resurrect my career! ”

Prandley was silent for a while before he said, "That's fine!" Rod! See you tomorrow in the finals! ”

Digan didn't speak, hung up the phone directly, grabbed the phone, closed his eyes to recuperate, and the other Belgian players looked at each other and went to rest.