Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the warm-up phase, Suker practiced shooting.

Shoot with one foot and hit the goal accurately from different angles.

Substitute goalkeeper Subaic made as many saves as he could, but in the absence of confrontation, his save success rate was pitiful.

Although it was a warm-up session.

But every shot from Suker was a frenzied cheer from the Croatian fans.

On the other side, the Italian players are also warming up.

They tried to stay focused, but they were still drawn to the other side of the field.

Gattuso, in particular, turned his head from time to time to look at Croatia's half.

In this match, Gattuso was under a lot of pressure.

As a defensive midfielder, he has to not only take on defensive work, but also limit Suker's marking.

Gattuso knew better than anyone how ugly Suk was.

At the club, they were team-mates and he had no such concerns, but when he came to the national team, Suker suddenly became an opponent and the pressure increased dramatically.

Moreover, at this juncture, Pirlo's bastard's injuries have not fully recovered.

In the group stage of the European Championship, despite playing, it was still a little too reluctant, which led to a bit of a worsening injury.

Although the news has not been released, after watching the last game in Italy, many teams have understood the key here.

"Don't worry too much, I'll go to your back then."

Ambrosini said to Gattuso.

Gattuso sighed; "I feel like Donadoni is a little naïve and we need to put more defensive force into Suker."

"If we do that, we won't have the power to fight back."

Hearing this, Gattuso sighed again.

After all, it's the limitations of the lineup!

If it were Italy in its heyday, they would never be so embarrassed.

Play a lineup.

There was another lineup on the bench.

The intensity of both lineups is high!

Until now. It's a bit of a dilemma.

After a short time, the warm-up session of both sides ended and they returned to the dressing room.

In the players' tunnel, Suker and Gattuso also staggered, but the two did not communicate at all.

After all, it is the opponent of the national team, and no matter how good the relationship is, it can't show how close it is at this time.

Back in the dressing room, the two sides confirmed their starting line-ups.

At the same time, the final pre-game mobilization will be carried out.

"This is the Euro 2008 quarter-final match between Italy and Croatia, and this game is played at the Happel Stadium in Viana, Austria!"

"After three rounds of the group stage, our players have finally reached the knockout stage of the European Championship, where they have a tough opponent, Croatia led by Suker!

'It's also a test for us to be able to resist Croatia's attack and the impact of Suker, and how to deal with Croatia's midfield in Andrea Pirlo's absence.

Italian commentator Aldo. Serrera's tone was very solemn.

Judging from the starting lineups announced by both sides, Pirlo is indeed out of this game.

Italy (4-3-2-1):

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon.

Defenders: Zambrotta, Panucci, Chiellini, Grosso.

Midfielders: Gattuso, De Rossi, Ambrosini.

Forwards: Perrotta, Toney, Cassano.

Croatia (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Pleticosa.

Defenders: Srna, Simunic, Konezevic, Pranic.

Midfielders: Kranica, Vukojevic, Modric, Rakitic.

Forwards: Mandzukic, Suker.

Seeing this formation, Su Ke narrowed his eyes slightly.

Christmas tree formation.

Carlo Ancelotti's masterpiece.

Suker was all too familiar with this formation.

But Suker was also surprised that an Italian company known for its steadiness would put on a Christmas tree formation here.

At the beginning, Ancelotti abandoned the Christmas tree formation, because the attack and defense were not balanced enough, leaving too much for Gattuso.

After that, Suker joined, two forward positions, Suker + Kaka, which greatly improved the offensive impact, plus a Shevchenko, Ancelotti re-came up with this formation.

But Cassano + Perrotta, can it be compared to Suker + Kaka?

This is the rhythm that will exhaust Gattuso to death!

Moreover, the current Gattuso is not in his heyday, and it is better to meet Croatia's defensive formation, and by mistake, Italy was actually limited by Croatia.

Italy coach Donadoni looked at Croatia's formation with a look of consternation.

Damn it!

After playing so manic in the group stage, why did you suddenly change your formation after entering the knockout round?

And the change of this formation just restrained them a little.

Donadoni felt a headache.

Their Christmas tree formation itself relies on the back line and Gattuso's midfield node to defend.

Now, he can only hope that Gattuso will succeed in limiting his opponent based on what he knows about Suke.

On the other side, Bilic is also dancing with his eyebrows.

He kept looking at Vansteak on the side, who also had a surprised expression.

"Look, I'm right, the defense is right!" Bilic said with a divine aura.

Vansteak was speechless.

However, his mood has also become a little brighter.

Despite the mishap, they managed to limit the Italians, at least tactically, they had more of an advantage.

Of course, it all depends on the players' performance.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! ——

The cheers in the arena became a little louder.

Croatian players in white backing, red checkered jerseys, and Italian players in blue home jerseys stood on either side of the pitch.

The game is about to start at any moment.

"At the beginning of the game, you have to be careful about your position, and you must always be sure of Suke's position and don't let him disappear from view."

Before the start of the game, Gattuso shouted loudly.

He shouted loudly, again in Italian, and Sooke must have understood.

But Gattuso wasn't afraid that Su Ke would understand this, after all, they were going to restrict Su Ke.

Beep!!! ——

The moment the sharp whistle blew, Suker immediately kicked off.

Mandzukic played the ball back and the two sprinted forward into the half.

And the Italian players also took advantage of the opening moment to immediately grab and look for opportunities.

However, Croatia were very solid and they couldn't find any chance to make a tackle.

Seeing that there were no more chances to tackle, the Italian players came to their respective positions and occupied key positions.

"This is Euro 2008 Croatia vs. Italy"

Croatian commentator Krausivic loudly introduced the line-up and elements of the game.

At the same time, his eyes were on the pitch.

'The ball was still in our hands and we played patiently, constantly splitting the ball on the wings and making the most of the width of the pitch to find opportunities to advance.

"Suker didn't appear in the forward position, but a little bit back, but Gattuso had his eye on Suker."

Croatia's pass took on a U-shape in the half, with Modric at the centre, constantly shifting to the left and right flanks.

Suker, on the other hand, is in the opponent's midfield, constantly cruising left and right.

As he cruised, Gattuso followed in Sooke's footsteps.

Suke roamed widely, and as soon as he reached the right, Ambrosini immediately began to restrain him again.

Suker glanced at Ambrosini and turned back and ran to the left again.

This time, Suker was running very slowly.

He's looking for a middle point between the two.

Ambrosini followed for a while, and when Suker stepped into the left half, he was about to turn back to his position when Suker suddenly stopped and took a few more steps to the right.

Ambrosini frowned slightly, and immediately leaned over.

Suker took a few more steps to the right, Ambrosini wanted to go back, and Suker retreated again.

Ambrosini put it on again.

Suke ran to the right again.

Ambrosini departed,

Suker continued to retreat.

After a few times in a row, Ambrosini was able to come back to his senses.

"You fucking mean it!"

Ambrosini gritted her teeth and whispered.

Suke turned his head to look at it and pointed to the side of the road.

I saw that Rakitic suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, and cut forward at high speed along the side.

Ambrosini was moved to the middle by Sokla, and Rakitic could face the opposition full-back directly.

Suker made a couple of runs that directly exposed the Italian backline to the Croatian attacking players.

(End of chapter)