"Players from both sides came on the field...Pan Yi did not choose to substitute and remained the starting lineup in the first half. At the same time, England did not choose to substitute. It seems that they were very satisfied with the first half of the game."
When introducing the situation on the court, there was a hint of disappointment in Lineker's tone.
Perhaps he hopes that the number one coach in the world in his mind can make important adjustments in midfield.
After all, Pan Yi was famous for his bold use of troops.
"Maybe he thinks this is just a friendly match and doesn't want to use all his tricks." Shearer saw Lineker's thoughts and said with a smile.
"Maybe." Lineker shrugged, "But judging from his expression after Italy lost the ball, he probably wanted to win today..."
The two were talking and a fight had already begun.
The English players who took the first kick were not in a hurry to attack. They began to use continuous kicks in the midfield to attract the Italian players.
And actually they don't need to.
Because after the kick-off whistle sounded, the Italian players immediately rushed over like tigers descending from the mountain!
These guys who had been scolded by Pan Yi for more than ten minutes were now about to vent their pent-up anger on the English people opposite!
Tonali, Verratti, and Barrera turned into blenders and launched a crazy press in the midfield. Coupled with De Sciglio and Di Marco who came to the midfield, the entire midfield immediately became overcrowded.
Seeing that they were completely unable to organize an offense, England's players could only keep passing back.
When the pass reached the feet of Stones at the back, he saw Scamacca rushing towards him with two long legs. Stones immediately made a decisive move and drove the ball into the frontcourt.
Bonucci jumped up in the backcourt and easily headed the ball over the head of the little Sterling.
If Sterling had the ball at his feet, it would be difficult for Bonucci to intercept it. However, when the ball is in the air, the thin Sterling has almost no resistance.
After the ball came out, it fell at the feet of Varela. Varela immediately passed the ball to Tonali. Tonali took the ball and saw that Chiesa in front had already started, so he suddenly raised his foot and passed it. A through ball!
This penetrating pass passed the England defense. Chiesa chased the ball with all his strength. However, the ball was still passed too big. Pickford, who struck decisively, rushed out of the penalty area and took the ball. Bigfoot drove off the sideline.
De Sciglio threw a throw-in and then moved forward. Insigne quickly passed the ball to him. When De Sciglio was about to catch the ball and move forward, Sterling, who was returning to defense, tackled De Sciglio and got it. The first yellow card of the game.
England fans booed, while Italian fans cheered.
They were not only cheering for this opponent's yellow card, but also because they saw that their Italian team was back!
After the start of the second half, the Italian players were obviously more active in running and fighting, which also made the English players a little unable to adapt, which led to defensive fouls.
And seeing the Italian players on the field getting more energetic, the Italian fans in the stands also regained their energy - yes, they are not afraid of losing, but they are afraid of losing in vain...
In the 54th minute, Barrera tackled Lingard in the midfield, which also gave Italy its first yellow card.
England then launched two counterattacks, but the ball was intercepted by Italian players with fierce tackles. Verratti and Bonucci successively made contributions.
Pan Yi looked at his watch and saw that the fifteen minutes of the second half passed almost in the blink of an eye.
Although Italy fought fiercely in the midfield, England defended quite firmly.
It seems that Southgate must have emphasized the importance of defense to his players during the halftime break. He really wants to win this game!
Pan Yi stood up and waved towards the court.
This allows DiMarco on the left to press a little higher!
His opponent, Kyle Walker, has always been known as a great runner in the Premier League. He is extremely fast and has excellent physical fitness. It is difficult to beat him in ordinary breakthroughs.
Because of this, when Southgate arranges defense, he will ask midfielder Rice to pay more attention to the protection of Ashley Young. Walker's side is the more stable side.
And Pan Yi wants to do the opposite and let his team members attack this side!
At this time, DiMarco had already received the order and rushed up from the left. Tonali immediately came over and cooperated with him.
The two York City players have a very good understanding of each other.
When DiMarco passed the ball to Tonali, Kyle Walker also rushed over, but Tonali did not stop the ball, but gave a slight push and pushed the ball in front of DiMarco.
This was a simple one-two match, but due to the lack of manpower on Kyle Walker's side, he broke through easily!
Of course, England's back line is still protected, and right center back Smalling came over to fill the position in time.
DiMarco cast his eyes behind him and saw that Chiesa was intervening in time. He immediately made an emergency stop, and then did not pass the ball to Chiesa who was intervening. Instead, he directly passed the ball to La La. Scamaca came to the outside of the penalty area to help!
When Scamacca received the ball, Chiesa had already completely rushed forward. He did not stop and rushed directly into the England penalty area.
At this time, Scamacca did not choose to shoot. He used the outside instep of his left foot to push the ball backwards, and immediately sent the ball in front of Chiesa...
"Single sword!——"
Lineker shouted.
Seeing Pickford attack, Chiesa immediately made a decisive move with his right foot and shot directly into the far corner!
In order to pursue safety, Chiesa was not very tricky in this shot. Pickford made a wonderful save. He fell to the ground and blocked the ball with his foot!
Italian fans sighed in the stands, but stopped immediately.
The ball rolled out and fell to Stones' feet. Perhaps because Verratti's pressure put him under tremendous pressure, Stones, who hurriedly raised his foot to make a clearance, did not kick the ball far, but kicked it outside the penalty area. In front of Insigne a little to the right.
Seeing Pickford still lying on the ground, Insigne unloaded the ball with his right foot, then suddenly quickly swung his right foot again and kicked the ball directly towards the goal.
A full thirty-meter lob!
Because he didn't waste much time, Insigne's lob shot also showed his excellent control ability in a hurry. The ball drew an arc in the air and flew diagonally towards the goal!
Pickford was lying on the ground and had just gotten up. He had not been able to stand firm before the attack and was unable to stop the lob.
Then he felt the ball flying past his head, and then a soft "swish..." came from behind him.
The sound of the ball hitting the net!
Wembley Stadium has once again become the stage for Italians! ——
"Two to two! A wonderful lob! Insigne often performs such stunts in Serie A. Today he also used this trick to help Italy equalize the score! Pan Yi has always trusted Insigne since taking office. , and Insigne obviously lived up to Pan Yi’s expectations of him!”
Insigne kept watching the ball fly into the goal, looking at the fans in the stands with their arms raised like a forest, he turned around and jumped up, and roared in the air!
Pan Yi also applauded him on the sidelines to congratulate him, and then immediately began to remind the players: "Keep playing! Strengthen the midfield and keep attacking!"
The score was equalized in the first ten minutes of the second half, which at least proved that these players could listen to their own words.
Then, this time is also a rare opportunity to practice, that is, you must continue to show your skills even when you are lagging behind!
Therefore, Pan Yi rarely stood on the sidelines and kept shouting.
He was like a needle poking the nerves of the Italian players on the court at any time. As long as they relaxed a little and forgot Pan Yi's previous arrangements, Pan Yi's roar would immediately fall on their heads.
This made Southgate on the other side a little confused.
Brother, are you mistaken? This is really just a friendly match, not the final of the World Cup or European Cup!
Why do you act like you want to win more than me...
It seems that I didn’t see you being so serious during the European Cup finals?
Southgate glanced at Pan Yi from a distance, thoughtfully.
Perhaps this is because his team put great pressure on Pan Yi!
Yes, that must be the case.
This is not something any coach can do.
Thinking of this, Southgate couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
He did it, he really did it!
At this moment, he even forgot that the score was still a draw...
Obviously, Pan Yi was not satisfied with this draw.
At the 70th minute, he began to prepare for substitutions.
"Mario, come here."
Pan Yi waved to Balotelli who was sitting on the bench.
The striker, who was known as "Super Mario" when he first debuted and was later affectionately called "Bashen" by domestic fans, was stunned for a moment, then stood up in confusion and walked to Pan Yi.
Obviously, the current situation in Italy is very good, Balotelli is not even ready to play, so he did not expect Pan Yi to call him.
Maybe now he is thinking about what kind of fireworks will be more beautiful when he returns home.
"Concentrate! Did you prepare to play in the same way when you were in Nice?" Pan Yi said with a straight face.
"Oh, sorry, sir." Balotelli scratched his head and said, "But in Nice, I am always the starter, sir."
Pan Yi couldn't help laughing.
This kid is so polite!
But to be honest, Balotelli is not a bad kid, and he is quite cute.
If his head hadn't been short-circuited, he might have grown into a truly world-class star.
But even now, he is still loved by fans, which in itself shows his skills and personality.
And now, Pan Yi wants to give full play to his characteristics and give England the most fatal blow!
Pan Yi pulled Balotelli and pointed to the court: "You are ready to come on and replace Scamacca. He has fought a lot and is a little tired."
"You are physically stronger and faster than him. Now that England are pressing high, it's time to use your advantage."
"Bonucci, Bastoni, Varela, and Tonali in the midfield and backfield may all send long passes from behind you. What you have to do is to seize the opportunity, expand the score, and give those guys a hard blow. !”
"Also, I know that your ability to fight is not bad, but sometimes you just don't like to fight, and sometimes you even fall down when you touch it. You have to change this! Run more in the frontcourt, fight more and grab more, so that there will be opportunities There will be more!”
"I can run very well, sir." Balotelli grinned, "I promise you, I will let the British know what physical confrontation is!"
Balotelli really has many advantages, including technique, body, strength, explosiveness, good mentality, and particularly outstanding set-piece and shooting skills. However, his mental attributes are rather weird, resulting in a lack of team spirit sometimes on the court. , and the work input is not enough.
So Pan Yi wanted to focus on training him on mental issues.
As long as these can be solved, Balotelli may become the real "God of Balotelli" in Pan Yi's hands!
Now it seems that Balotelli is still convinced by Pan Yi, the world's number one coach, which in itself has solved half of the problem.
Making Bashen obedient is not something that ordinary coaches can do easily...
The scene of Pan Yi pulling Balotelli to talk on the sidelines was immediately captured by the camera lens: "Oh, Pan Yi was talking to Balotelli... Since the 2014 World Cup, Balotelli has Gradually faded out of the Italian national team. Originally we thought that Pan Yi recruited Balotelli just to observe in training, just like the other ten forwards, but now it seems that it is not just that..."
Assistant coach Evani was talking to the fourth official about substitutions, while Balotelli was moving his body on the sidelines and checking his sneakers.
As an "old man" in the national team, there is nothing exciting for him to come on as a substitute. However, considering that this is his first opportunity to play under Pan Yi, even if he is as calm as Ba Shen, he still feels uncomfortable in his heart. It will cause some waves.
Who doesn't want to perform well under Pan Yi?
At this time, Scamacca had already hurried off the field, hugged Balotelli, and then walked back to the bench.
As a newcomer to the national team, he was already very happy to get the chance to start, not to mention scoring goals. Of course, he would not complain about being substituted now.
"Good job." Pan Yi patted Scamaca on the back, "It depends on your teammates next."
Scamacca nodded and then began to accept the congratulations from his teammates. After all, he scored the first goal of the game!
England's offense became more and more fierce on the field. Southgate saw that Pan Yi replaced Balotelli in order to add a fulcrum and increase the speed of the counterattack, but he was a little relieved.
The boy Scamacana is tall and powerful, making it very difficult for England's defenders to defend him.
Although Balotelli's physical fitness can be said to be the most ideal among football players, with physical strength, confrontation, flexibility, balance, speed and jumping, Balotelli's casualness on the field is also Everyone knows it.
Therefore, Southgate believes that this substitution may be a failure of Pan Yi, and Italy's offensive firepower may be reduced as a result!
This also made Southgate not too nervous and did not give more instructions to the players on the field.
five minutes later.
During England's attack on the field, Ashley Young passed the ball and found Kyle Walker, who was also assisting on the other side. However, the latter took a hasty shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was stopped midway by Bonucci.
When he was about to make a big-footed clearance, he saw Chiesa waving to him, so he immediately raised his foot and passed the ball to Chiesa.
Chiesa caught the ball and turned around, and Lingard's feet reached him. Chiesa, who was almost intercepted by the opponent, was also startled. When he saw Insigne running towards him, he immediately threw the ball away before losing his balance. The ball was given to Insigne.
Italy's two wings began to activate, and DiMarco and De Sciglio stepped in again. However, Insigne did not separate the sides. Instead, after looking up, he made a big pass to the top of the arc of England's penalty area!
Balotelli, who had been cruising around the center circle since he came on the field, saw Insigne raising his foot to cross from a distance, and he immediately started to start without thinking!
Then, Bashen ran towards the England half, looking back at the direction of the ball as he ran.
Insigne did not disappoint him. The long pass landed between the center circle and the top of the opponent's penalty area. It was a bit far, but it happened to be the time for Balotelli to use his speed!
After judging this, Balotelli immediately began to accelerate and rushed towards the landing point of the ball!
Stones and Gary Cahill were both left behind by him. Instead, Loftus-Cheek on the left was running back just now. At this time, he became the English player closest to Balotelli.
However, Chick's speed is indeed a bit slow, otherwise he would not have been easily thrown away by De Sciglio before.
This time too, he still failed to get the ball in front of Balotelli.
Balotelli got the ball and it was almost a one-shot!
The wind was whistling in his ears, and Balotelli could no longer hear the cheers and cheers coming from the stands. At this time, Balotelli only had one thing in his eyes, and that was England's goal!
he……
Thinking about it...
How to shoot?
Will Pickford abandon the goal?
Should I roll the ball up and make a lob?
Or should we fake a real shot, swing him over and hit an empty goal? That would be more chic.
So, what kind of celebration should you do after scoring a goal?
Or should I say, don’t do anything, just stand there and wait for your teammates to come up and hug you? After all, it looks more classy.
Forget it, otherwise just volley, it seems that Pickford didn't attack...
Balotelli's brain was running at high speed - commonly known as "thinking about life" - and then he felt like he was hit by a big hammer behind him, and his whole body flew forward...
"foul!"
Wembley Stadium was silent for two seconds, and then burst into huge roars from the Italian fans!
In the middle, there were also random shouts such as "Penalty kick!" "Red card!"
Everyone could see clearly that when Balotelli formed a single shot and seemed to be preparing to shoot, Chik, who had been following behind but always missed by a little, rushed forward suddenly, and then his whole body hit the ball. He hit Balotelli's back and knocked Balotelli flying out...
Although Balotelli is also a big man who is 1.89 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms, he couldn't bear being bumped by a strong man like Chik who is 1.91 meters tall and weighs close to 90 kilograms. of……
The referee's whistle sounded. He ran towards the penalty area, pointed at the penalty spot, then raised his hand to call over Chick, and showed him a red card cleanly!
For such an obvious foul when the opponent is about to score an empty goal, it would be unreasonable not to give a red card...
Balotelli got up from the ground, looking confused.
what's the situation?
I hadn't figured out how to shoot or celebrate, so why was it knocked away? Was the opponent even punished?
Pan Yi on the sidelines was also dumbfounded.
Well, Balotelli's appearance did have an effect, but not the one Pan Yi expected.
This God of Basketball is still prone to short-circuiting suddenly on the court and suddenly thinking about life.
This kind of one-handed ball, wouldn't it be over if TMD pushed the goal early?
But now, after getting a penalty kick and sending off one of the opponents, it seems more ideal!
Southgate on the other side looked confused.
Of course he was unhappy with Chick.
With this ball, it was obvious that Balotelli was not ready to shoot. He rushed over to block the ball, or even directly intercepted the ball with his foot. Why should he collide with him?
She is really too young...
For example, when Italy played Spain in the European Cup, Ramos once encountered such a situation. He chased all the way and easily intercepted the ball from Bashen.
But now...
England was awarded an undisputed penalty and one man was sent off. How will the rest of the game be played?
"Let him take the penalty, let him take the penalty!"
At this time, Pan Yi's voice sounded from the visiting team's coaching bench.
He asked Balotelli to take the penalty kick.
In the current Italian team, the first penalty taker is captain Bonucci, then Insigne, and if Jorginho is on the court, it will be him.
But this penalty was created by Balotelli, and he also needed a goal to kick off his return to the Italian national team, so Pan Yi asked him to take the penalty.
In fact, there is another reason, that is, in today's world, there are not many people who can take penalty kicks better than Balotelli.
For a long time after his debut, he even maintained a 100% penalty kick rate!
Even if he missed a penalty later in AC Milan, overall he only missed about 10% of his shots. During the same period, Hazard missed 16% of his shots, and Messi and Neymar's miss rates were lower. All are above 20%.
On the one hand, Balotelli has a better mentality. He treats football as a game, so he is not afraid of missing penalty kicks and is not nervous, which makes it less likely to miss.
In addition, his thoughts may be elusive. He doesn't even know where to shoot, so how does your goalkeeper know?
Finally, Balotelli is actually very skillful in shooting penalty kicks. Sometimes he will wait for the goalkeeper to react before shooting, which also effectively improves the accuracy of penalty kicks.
And this characteristic is also well understood by the Italian national team players on these fields.
Therefore, after Pan Yi gave instructions on the sidelines, no one would grab it.
And Balotelli would not be modest. He picked up the ball as a matter of course, placed it on the penalty spot, and then took two steps back.
The referee's whistle sounded, and Balotelli took a run. When he was approaching the ball, his right foot made a small jump, but he did not shoot directly.
At this time, Pickford had already rushed to his right side quickly, and then Balotelli scored the ball unhurriedly into the other side of the goal.
The ball went in!
After scoring, Balotelli stood there without any celebration gesture, just like he said before:
"I don't celebrate when I score goals, because scoring goals is my job. It's like the postman celebrating after he delivers the letter. Have you ever seen him celebrate?"
But the Italian teammates didn't care about this, they rushed up and threw him to the ground and started celebrating happily!
"Substitute Balotelli created a crucial penalty and then took it himself! Italy took the lead away from home!"
"It's now the 80th minute of the game, and they're leading by one goal, with one more player!"
"Pan Yi's use of Balotelli seems to have slapped many people in the face. Balotelli is still the same Balotelli!"
(End of chapter)
