Pan Yi on the sidelines was expressionless.

He wasn't regretting letting his players press for assists, as both sides had chances, but Croatia took them first.

He was just thinking about what to do next.

And then, just two seconds later, he had already decided.

Pan Yi raised his hand and shouted at the court: "Don't panic, it's just a draw now, don't affect your mentality, continue to stick to our tactics!" ”

Stick to the tactics, and that is to keep attacking.

Yes, Pan Yi is not worried that Croatia will shrink its defense after the equaliser, because Croatians also have offensive blood in their bones, and Dalic is not a coach who can only be conservative!

Under such an attack, Pan Yi actually has great confidence in his players being able to break through the opponent's goal.

Go on the offensive! Under Pan Yi's shouting, there was only one thought left in the minds of the Italian players.

After the restart, they were not too affected by the equaliser, and Croatia did not give up on the attack because of the equaliser, and when the Italian players poured into the Croatian half, the Croatian players immediately met them.

Balotelli dribbled past Perisic and Luka Modric, but a frontal tackle from Kramaric cut it off and the ball fell to Barella's feet.

Barella immediately distributed the ball to Desiglio, who cut in on the right, and Desiglio drove straight forward with the ball, and under the response of Chiesa Jr., he rushed to the vicinity of the opposition penalty area before stopping, and then turned and handed the ball to Tonali, who was following him.

Tonali raised his foot and made a cross into the box, and the forward Balotelli had already pressed the opponent's backline into the box, but Tonali passed the ball directly to the feet of Barella, who was ambushed behind Balotelli.

Barrera picked up his right foot, Brozovic pounced, trying to block Barrera's shot with his body, but Barella immediately passed the ball horizontally, and Verratti, who was inserted in the back row, received the ball with full strength and shot from a distance!

"Nice save! Subažić saved Croatia again! He's made at least three great saves! Although they are a little worse than Croatia in terms of possession, Italy create more chances than Croatia! If the situation of Italy is not good in this game, it can only show that there is a certain gap between their goalkeeper and the opponent's goalkeeper......"

Donnarumma watched from afar as Subasic was swinging his fist and yelling as he watched from afar, while the young goalkeeper bit his lip desperately.

He is only 19 years old this year, although he has the evaluation of "young and old", but after all, he is still a young man under the age of 20.

After Pan Yi took office, Donnarumma was promoted as the main goalkeeper of the Italian national team, which is actually a bit controversial in Italy.

After all, although Buffon is old, he still maintains a good form, and many people think that playing in a major tournament like the World Cup should still be played by more experienced goalkeepers.

Donnarumma is still too young!

Even if he played the main team of AC Milan at the age of 16, after all, he only played in the professional league for three years, which is indeed a little tender compared with Buffon, who has played in Serie A for more than 20 years and has always been the main goalkeeper.

However, because of Pan Yi's authority, and more importantly, because of the excellent record of the Italian team, this has to silence many doubters.

But some people will still say that the Italian team's defense is relatively stable now, because the entire defensive system built by Pan Yi is very complete, and the performance of the defenders is also very good, which has little to do with goalkeeper Donnarumma.

The young Donnarumma will certainly see such comments from social media and is also hell-bent on proving himself in the competition.

And today, Subasic on the opposite side clearly performed much better than himself.

If it weren't for Subaxiac, the score on the field would definitely not be 1:1 now, and the Italian team should have taken the lead again!

People are just afraid of comparison.

In front of such a goalkeeper with a supernatural performance, Donnarumma can even imagine that some reporters are already knocking on reports such as "Subabasic has blown up Donnarumma" and "We need Buffon to play".

Although compared with a 34-year-old veteran like Subaci, who has been in the Ligue 1 for many years and won the Ligue 1 title, Donnarumma seems to be a bit of a loss, but he does not admit defeat.

"I'm no worse than him!" Donnarumma roared inwardly.

And Pan Yi on the sidelines is actually scratching his head a little now.

Subacrit's performance is truly wonderful!

This is simply the same plot as the one played out in the previous life.

At that time, the Croatian goalkeeper, who saved four important penalties in the team's promotion process, also became the key man for the team to create the best record in the history of the team at the World Series.

As a coach, in fact, I am most afraid of seeing the goalkeeper on the opposite side.

You've got your tactics right, your players have created shots, and the goalkeeper won't let you score, where do you make sense?

Playing Mexico in the group stage and failing to win, isn't it because Ochoa gave a lot of saves?

It's not going to be like this again in the semi-finals......

Looking at Subasic at the moment, it is simply amazing, if he loses to such a goalkeeper......

"Damn, I'm not so unlucky." Pan Yi couldn't help but scold, "A cup match meets two goalkeepers? ”

However, the Italian players on the field did not think too much about it, and Sucric's excellent performance only made them unconvinced.

Especially a player with a tendon like Balotelli is riveting his strength to shoot, that is, to break through the gate guarded by such a goalkeeper!

However, Italy won a corner kick next, and this original attacking opportunity almost brought disaster to Italy.

Italy's central defenders have poured in, Desiglio has also stepped up in midfield and is ready to participate in the attack at any time, leaving only Verratti and Spinazzola at the back, and Croatia has arranged for Perisic to stay alone in the back to play counter-attack.

Tonali took a corner and Bastoni in the middle tried to get up and head it over, but Lovren headed it out.

Barella, who was guarding the periphery of the penalty area, hoisted the ball into the box again, but Subasic hit the ball out, Modric grabbed the ball before Chiesa Jr., and then suddenly kicked it straight away!

Kramaric starts and catches up with the ball!

Kramaric was definitely not slow to dribble the ball, and Desiglio's flying tackle was beautifully turned and smashed, and then he began to dribble forward.

"Back to the defense! Be careful! Pan Yi roared loudly on the sidelines.

Desiglio quickly got up from the ground and ran back desperately, but now he and Kramaric were still a long way off.

Now, in front of Kramaric, apart from his team-mate Perisic, who is ready to take on his side, only Verratti and Spinazzola are left with only two defenders.

Croatia's quick counterattack! Two-on-two!

In a hurry, Spinazzola and Verratti could only quickly divide the work, Spinazzola turned and pounced on Kramaric, while Verratti ran to Perisic for a separate one-on-one defense.

But after getting close to the top of the arc in the centre circle, Kramaric lifted his foot to deliver a beautiful through ball before Spinazzola could get close to him.

Perisic, at the same time, started quickly and immediately rushed past Verratti before catching up with the ball!

Perisic is also known as the "Sabre", his pace, his performances in key moments of the tournament never disappoint.

Now, he's used his speed to wipe out Verratti and form a single blade!

Perisic took the ball and went straight to the Italian penalty area, Verratti saw that he could no longer catch up with Perisic, and risked a flying tackle from behind, but Perisic took the ball and flicked it sideways, and he dodged Verratti's tackle by a millimeter!

No one else can stop Perisic's progress!

Oh, no.

In front of Perisic, there is one more person, and that is the Italian goalkeeper, Donnarumma!

At this time, Donnarumma tensed his body and stared at Perisic, who had readjusted his direction and rushed towards the penalty area.

Behind Perisic, Desilico was slowly getting closer, but Perisic was not much away from the penalty area and was still able to shoot before Desilico returned!

Donnarumma clenched his fists and, without much thought, rushed out of the penalty area without hesitation.

Even if there is no one to help him now, he still has to protect the gate behind him!

Boss Pan Yi insisted on making himself the main goalkeeper of the Italian national team, and he must repay him with his best performance!

Can't let him down, and not all the Italian fans!

It's just that when the Italian fans in the stands saw Perisic facing Donnarumma alone, most of them were already in the dark and felt that the goal was probably lost.

After all, Donnarumma has performed well since becoming the main goalkeeper of the national team, and has been very consistent to say the least, but at the same time he lacks the kind of amazing saves that can make people talk about the last week.

He could have done well under the tight protection of the excellent backline in front of Italy, but now when he can only rely on him, everyone feels that there is no play.

After all, he was only a 19-year-old kid, and he was not an experienced Buffon!

By this time, the kid had already rushed out of the penalty area, his eyes fixed on Perisic advancing with the ball, and his feet quickly met the opponent.

Perisic looked at Donnarumma as he burst out of the box, his brain spinning rapidly.

Donnarumma is already close to two metres tall and has a long arm span, and he was so timely that when he burst into less than 10 metres away from Perisic with open arms, Perisic couldn't see much angle on target.

Since both sides can't work, then ...... Topmost!

Between the lights and the fire, Perisic has already made his decision.

So on the run, Perisic first made a realistic feint to push the far corner.

Donnarumma, on the other hand, immediately went short to block Perisic's angle.

Seeing that Donnarumma had lowered his body, Perisic smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then stretched out his foot to pick it up under the ball!

Shoot!

The ball arced and was about to fly over Donarumma's head into the empty net behind him.

Desiglio had just rushed behind Perisic at this time, and he still couldn't interfere with Perisic's shot, and he wanted to make up for it again, but it was too late.

The ball flew into the air, and anyone with a bit of vision could see that with this arc, as long as it crossed the head of Donnarumma, then no one would have a chance to ruin Perisic's third goal in this World Cup!

Many Italian fans covered their mouths, and their hearts suddenly lifted.

However, at this time, a scene appeared in front of their eyes that they will never forget.

Donnarumma, who was already low and ready to pounce on the ball, adjusted his center of gravity in an instant, and then soared into the sky like a rocket!

Although he is very tall and not lightweight, at this time, he seems to have escaped the gravity of the earth and held up his whole body like a small goalkeeper!

The height of 1.96m, combined with his reach, allowed Donnarumma to make a wonderful save.

When the ball was about to cross Donarumma's head, Donnarumma had already jumped to the top, reached out and tried his best to support the ball, and the slowed ball fell down, followed by Donnarumma's body.

Perisic was stunned and immediately rushed over to make a follow-up shot.

But Desiglio, who was already in place, certainly wouldn't watch him run over like this, and the two of them struggled to get control of the ball in this dangerous area.

And neither of them managed to grab it.

It was a pair of gloved hands that grabbed the ball!

Donnarumma, who had already fallen, got up on his hands and feet, and pressed the ball under him before the two could catch up with him.

Desiglio braked hard and stopped in front of Donnarumma, then spread his arms to stop Perisic.

Perisic bumped into Desiglio's back, and then he also saw the ball under Donnarumma, helplessly helped Desiglio and stopped.

At this time, the Italian fans, who had almost suffocated in the stands, suddenly burst into a storm of cheers.

"Well done, Donnarumma!"

"The reaction is too fast, our main goalkeeper!"

"St. Donnarumma!"

The cheers of the Italian fans rang out in the stands, and Desiglio also leaned over and patted Donnarumma on the head: "It's so good, you saved us!" ”

Donnarumma let out a sigh of relief and took Desiglio's hand and climbed up, while his other hand was still holding the ball as if he were holding a beloved girl.

In the thrilling competition, young players can grow rapidly!

Pan Yi, who was on the sidelines, also applauded with satisfaction, expressing his appreciation and congratulations to Donnarumma's save.

Well, that's fair, you have a door god, and I also have a door god!

Of course, one or two saves are not enough for goalkeepers, and this particular position requires them to be consistent at all times.

Luckily, Donnarumma's performance moment is far from over.

First, Modric's long-range shot from outside the box was saved by Donnarumma.

Then there was Rebic's cross from the wing, which was picked up by an accurate Donnarumma who picked the ball over Kramaric's head early.

Donnarumma, who made consecutive saves on the opponent's threatening shots, became more and more energetic the more he played.

In the previous few games, he was not under much pressure because of the Italian tactics, and the Italian defenders, who were more defensive and focused on intercepting most of the attacks, just needed to concentrate and not make mistakes.

In this game, the opponent's attacking firepower was one aspect, and Italy's playing more open was also an aspect, and he faced many more threatening shots on goal than before.

However, it is precisely because of this harsh environment that Donnarumma has been able to get more training than in previous games.

After saving Kramaric again from a dangerous volley from outside the box, Donnarumma threw the ball away hard.

has been pressed and beaten by Croatia for so long, and it is Italy's turn to launch a counterattack!

And Donnarumma's foot work is indeed a gap compared to the top goalkeepers, but throwing the ball to attack is one of his best skills!

This time, the ball he threw fell directly to the feet of Barrera, who did not choose to pass the ball, but began to break through from the middle with the ball himself!

Among the several "non-lineage" players that Pan Yi reused after taking office, Donnarumma is one, and Barella is also a very important one.

In the current Italian national team, Barella plays a role somewhat similar to that of N'Golo Kante at Chelsea – and it just so happens that they are somewhat similar in size.

He defends and organises a little further down in midfield, and he's always done well, with the occasional forward attack making a big difference, and his long-range shots are not even worse than N'Golo Kante.

Now, he is fulfilling the duty that Pan Yi asked him to advance with the ball.

It wasn't until Rakitic and Modric were both striking at him at the same time that Barella handed the ball to Tonali in front of him.

Tonali handed the ball directly to Chiesa Jr. on the right flank, and then rushed forward himself, Chiesa Jr. dribbled the ball along the wing, and when he was about to break through to the place parallel to the line of the big penalty area, he suddenly made a sudden stop, raised his foot and crossed the ball to Tonali, who had already received it.

Tonali made a heavy bombardment stance, Lovren pounced and tried to block the ball with his body, but Tonali's shot was another false shot, and then he raised his foot and passed the ball horizontally!

At this time, Barella, who was a little later than Tonali, immediately met the ball with a powerful volley!

With the power of his run and legs, Barella's shot was so powerful that the ball made a dull thud and flew to the left side of the goal!

Despite the speed of the shot, Subasic was able to make a timely judgment.

Shooting directly without stopping the ball certainly makes the shot more powerful, but it is more difficult to grasp in terms of angle, and the same is true of Barella's kick, which has a lot of power but the angle is left in the middle, and Subasic has time to react.

At this point, however, Lovren did a disservice.

When the ball flew past him, he subconsciously raised his foot, and the ball hit the outside of his thigh, changed direction slightly, and flew directly to the middle......

Subaxiac, who had already made a save, twisted his body and planned to change his center of gravity again, but the speed of this shot was too fast, and he couldn't judge it correctly at the first time, and he couldn't make a second reaction at all!

The ball flew past where Subasic had just been standing, and then crashed headlong into the net!

Two to one! Italy overtook the score again!

Barrera clenched his fists and roared to the sky!

He once again made a contribution to Italy with his long-range shot!

The Italian players on the field began to pounce on Barella from all directions to congratulate, and Donnarumma also turned to face the Italian fans behind him, raising his arms high!

"Italy is leading again! Barella's long-range shot deflected off Lovren and into the ...... goal"

"Unlucky Subaxiac, but Italy deserved it! They had no less than three excellent chances to score before, all of which were miraculously resolved by Subaxiac! ”

"Now it seems that even the miraculous Subasic will not be able to save Croatia, and Lady Luck is finally on Italy's side!"

(End of chapter)