Balotelli's second goal came earlier than he thought.
Perhaps this is the characteristic of Bashen. Once he is allowed to play smoothly, nothing can stop him - just like the German team in 2012.
In the 82nd minute, two York City players completed another cooperation on the left. DiMarco passed forward and passed directly to Tonali in the middle. Tonali looked up and observed the situation in the penalty area and resolutely started to pass. middle!
The beautiful curve ball flew into the penalty area again. Stones took off and tried to top the ball, but found that the ball flew much higher than he imagined, and the ball went directly over his head.
The ball began to fall rapidly after crossing. Baloté, who had already inserted into the penalty area, used his chest to remove the ball.
Smalling was already approaching behind him, but Balotelli was not disturbed by his movements. When the ball fell to about his knees, he immediately volleyed with his right foot!
Faced with this close shot that was less than ten meters away, Pickford just waved his hand symbolically, and the ball had already flown into the goal!
Four to two! Italy extends its lead!
"Great job! Mario!" Pan Yi waved his fist and shouted towards the field, but his shout was drowned in the tide of cheers.
But this time, Balotelli didn't stand there pretending to be serious. He broke away from his teammates who rushed towards him, rushed all the way to the end of the field, and then jumped up and hugged Pan Yi!
Balotelli, who sometimes seems brainless, is actually a straight person, and straight people never have too many ideas.
So now that he has scored two goals, of course he has to thank Pan Yi who believed in him, called him into the national team and let him play!
This time, he hugged her very tightly!
"Ouch, okay, Mario, stop hugging me, or my ribs will be broken by you..." Pan Yi groaned and said, and then Balotelli let go of his hand.
It can be seen that Ba Shen is really happy, which can be seen from the strength of this hug!
Pan Yi couldn't say anything to him, so he could only pat Balotelli on the back, and then slapped the kid onto the court.
"Remember what happened in the second half of the first half and don't make the same mistake!" Pan Yi still warned his players before sitting back.
Although they are now two goals ahead, the England team sitting at Wembley at home will definitely not be willing to accept defeat, and they must counterattack.
At this time, if the Italian players are too proud and relaxed, they may make some low-level mistakes and be scored.
In high-level competitions, there just cannot be any slack, and it is not uncommon to score several goals in a few minutes.
Sure enough, after losing consecutive goals, Southgate immediately chose to make substitutions.
He replaced Sterling with Abraham, a center who plays for Chelsea, and replaced wing-back Ashley Young with Rashford. This was obviously a strong attack.
"Bastoni, you are responsible for keeping an eye on Abraham, and Bonucci is responsible for filling in. And De Sciglio, please don't press so much here, and pay attention to their Rashford!" Pan Yi stood up and simply said He shouted twice to the audience.
Bastoni immediately followed Abraham, and De Sciglio obviously paid more attention to the defense on the wing.
After the game restarted, England launched a fierce attack. Although their attack was more concentrated in the middle, it still put a lot of pressure on Italy's defense.
In the 85th minute, Rice made a direct pass from midfield. Harry Kane advanced and was tackled by DiMarco in advance. The ball flew out of the baseline and took a corner kick.
Lingard took a corner kick, but Harry Kane, who was not particularly tall, grabbed the first spot in the Italian penalty area and headed towards the goal. Donnarumma made a wonderful save, and he flew to block it. Harry Kane's header from close range!
Obviously, Pan Yi did not criticize him harshly during the halftime break, which greatly encouraged the young goalkeeper.
In fact, from the beginning of the second half to the present, his performance has been very stable, and his control of the ball in the air has made England's high-flying play seem ineffective.
"Great save... In the second half, Italian players began to show their true strength! It seems that Pan Yi did a lot of things during the halftime break." Lineker said with a smile.
Of course, he would never have thought that Pan Yi would start by swearing at halftime. After all, he is not a coach who likes to curse.
More importantly, in Pan Yi's career, there were not many times when the game was so exciting that he needed to curse...
Under such a performance, it became extremely difficult for England to score two or even three goals in the remaining few minutes to come back from defeat.
After all, England still has one less person to fight!
Southgate knows this, but he still wants to try harder.
He quickly used up the last substitution, replacing Rice with Tottenham's rookie Alli, which was also an adjustment to strengthen the offense.
Pan Yi also made two substitutions in a row. Raspadori and Shaarawy came on, replacing two wingers Chiesa Jr. and Insigne.
This is actually nothing special. It is equivalent to replacing all the forwards who started at the beginning and using players with better physical fitness to maintain the pressing intensity in the frontcourt.
However, this substitution still aroused admiration from many spectators, such as:
"Pan Yi must have wanted to use Shalawi's own speed and sudden step changes to dodge the opponent's press and improve the efficiency of the counterattack."
"Raspadori is good at handling vertical passes from players behind him, and can also hit the opponent's defense with high-speed dribbling. This is obviously the rhythm of preparing for an Italian counterattack."
There is no way around it. No matter what Pan Yi does now, some people will always think it is a wise move, a decisive move, a stroke of genius... and so on.
Who makes him really so strong?
Fame also plays a big role!
But one thing is right, that is, Pan Yi is not going to attack anymore, but to practice defense.
Now Italy's tactic is to recycle defense. The two defenders at the front of the penalty area run hard to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm. When they get the ball in the backcourt, they immediately kick it, allowing the high and fast players in the frontcourt to fight for it.
Having one less player on the opponent's side also allows Italy to stop defending so tightly, and instead launch a sweep in the midfield, sending through balls and long passes whenever possible, behind the England defense, which only has two or three defenders left...
The effect of this tactic is actually not very good, but it still makes England very uncomfortable when they are two goals ahead.
And because Southgate still did not give up hope of equalizing the score, the pace of the game between the two sides not only did not slow down as the game approached the end, but began to play faster.
After withstanding the opponent's fierce attack, Italy launched a counterattack.
Their frontcourt combination has all been changed, and the three of them have never even played together, so they were put together temporarily.
This makes it difficult for Italy to play the kind of short passing organization and coordinated attack in the first half. However, the most basic offensive framework is still there, that is, two wing breakthroughs or passes, and Balotelli in the middle receives or shoots.
The same goes for the two full-backs. DiMarco and De Sciglio will prepare to cross after crossing the midfield line, and then let Balotelli fight with Smalling.
England, which had suppressed Italy for a period of time, was slowly suppressed by Italy in turn.
After all, they were missing one person on the field. After Loftus-Cheek left the field, Southgate did not even go to supplement the midfielder position, but increased the number of attackers, which weakened their midfield strength a lot.
Then, in the final minute of injury time, the effect of this weakening was evident.
DiMarco forced a breakthrough from the left and created a corner kick. The Italian players roared and almost all rushed into the opponent's penalty area.
At this point in the game, the Italian players' mentality has been completely relaxed. Anyway, even if the opponent scores a counterattack, they will still win.
Pan Yi also acquiesced to everyone's behavior. After all, doing so had no impact on the outcome of the game.
Basically all England players returned to defense, and the penalty area was like a pot of boiled dumplings, constantly boiling.
DiMarco put the ball at his feet several times before straightening up and looking at the situation in the penalty area.
He frowned. The situation in the penalty area was so chaotic that he couldn't even see where his teammates were.
At this moment, Bonucci rushed from the center and asked for the ball. DiMarco immediately took a flying kick and sent the ball into the penalty area.
Bonucci jumped up in front, but Smallin's strong body pressed against him from behind. Bonucci's takeoff was a little slower due to Smallin's interference, but under his restraint, Smalling Lin couldn't take off either, and the ball flew over their heads.
Originally, DiMarco passed the ball from a forward point. One of the characteristics of his pass is that it has a large arc and is fast. Bonucci and Smalling, who were in the front point, were unable to reach the ball. The ball immediately flew into the penalty area. Then there was chaos in the penalty area!
At least four or five legs kicked the ball at the same time. In the melee, it was not known who was the first to kick the ball.
The ball flew towards the goal and was blocked by Gary Cahill who was guarding the goal. Then when the England captain was about to make a big kick, he kicked the ball in the air. The ball rolled back in the melee and was submerged in the air. into the crowd.
A second later, in the visiting team stands behind the England goal, the Italian fans jumped up and cheered again!
Because the ball went in again!
The ball rolled into the goal and hit the net, and that was their first look.
Then, everyone saw Bastoni rushing out of the crowd and rushing towards the Italian coaching bench with his hands raised.
Looking at the slow motion again, it turns out that the ball rolled to the goal line at some point, and Bastoni, who was waiting there, just stepped up and poked the ball with his toe, and then kicked the ball straight into the goal...
Although the goal was not pretty, it was the first goal Bastoni scored for the Italian national team after all!
Originally, as a central defender, he didn't score many goals. Even in one season at York City, he only scored two or three.
In the national team, he is more responsible for defensive tasks. When participating in offense, he mostly finds teammates through long passes, and has fewer shooting opportunities.
Even he himself did not expect that he would score his first goal in the national team so easily today...
"Boss, I scored a goal!" Bastoni jumped on Pan Yi and shouted excitedly.
Poor Pan Yi was hit like this by Balotelli before, and now he was hit like this by Bastoni. Pan Yi felt that his bones were about to break with a click...
"Okay, okay, go back and continue the game, my old waist..."
"What else? The game is over!"
Bastoni was right.
Just a few seconds after the referee blew the goal whistle, he immediately blew the final whistle.
Trailing by three goals, it was another friendly match. Even if there was extra time, there was no need to make up for it.
So the final score is 2:5, the Italian team wins away!
"The Italian team played really well in this game, and Pan Yi not only relied on his York City players, but also used his former national team players very well." Lineker praised.
In this game, Scamacca and Bastoni from York City both scored goals one after another. Tonali and Barrera were also very efficient in debugging in the midfield, and DiMarco broke through on the left. His passing and corner kicks are very threatening, and it can be said that he holds up half of Italy's current sky.
But in addition, Balotelli scored two goals and Insigne scored a wonderful lob, and his performance was also outstanding.
Forget about Insigne, Pan Yi has always relied on him after joining the Italian national team;
Mainly Balotelli, in his first game after returning to the national team, he contributed two goals in just 20 minutes as a substitute. It can be said that Pan Yi fully activated him.
This fully illustrates Pan Yi's ability to know people well and take charge of them!
"Well... I still hope that Pan Yi can coach England... Alas, the FA is too slow to start!" Alan Shearer sighed.
He won't speak for Southgate now. After all, this game has fully demonstrated the huge gap between the two.
On the current court, Pan Yi first let a group of reporters rush up to take a photo, and then walked towards Southgate.
"I played well. In fact, at the end of the first half, I really thought I couldn't beat you." Pan Yi shook Southgate's hand and said with a smile.
Southgate glanced at Pan Yi strangely. Is this a compliment or a disservice to me?
But Pan Yi's expression clearly didn't look hostile, so he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
How to put it, at least it was recognized by Pan Yi, at least his team did play well in the first half.
Then he said: "I'm glad you can think so. I hope that when we meet again in the World Cup, I won't make so many mistakes."
Pan Yi also laughed: "Okay, if we are placed in the same group again, then we will have a good competition!"
After saying this, Pan Yi turned and walked towards the stands where Italian fans gathered.
My own players are also there now, bidding farewell.
Although today was just a friendly match, the game was played at a very high level. Whether it was the players themselves or the fans, everyone was very satisfied and very happy! ——
After the game, the media in Italy and England certainly commented on the game.
England is naturally a little frustrated. The undefeated golden body in the qualifying round was poked five holes in front of Italy, which makes them a little bit unable to hold their head up.
As for the Italian media, in addition to praising the process and results of the game, they also speculated on what happened during the halftime break.
Because according to a black Italian international player who did not want to be named, they were scolded bloody by Pan Yi at that time!
Many reporters are extremely interested in what happened in the locker room during the halftime break. After all, Pan Yi is not the kind of person who often curses.
He actually cursed someone in such a friendly match, which was really eye-catching.
Of course, no one told reporters what the specific curse was, not even the black international player. This of course aroused the curiosity of countless people.
But one thing is certain, that is, Pan Yi's lectures and adjustments during the halftime break directly changed Italy's situation in the second half, and ultimately defeated the opponent with three goals.
Everyone is also convinced that letting Pan Yilai serve as the head coach of the Italian national team is definitely the most correct decision made by the Italian Football Association in so many years!
Just when everyone was praising Pan Yi, Pan Yi returned home shortly after the game.
That's the advantage of playing in London, it's not too far from Yorkshire.
The main reason for being so anxious to go back is because York City's next series of games are quite important.
After two rounds of English Championship games against Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town, they will face two rounds of Europa League quarter-finals against Ajax.
One on April 6, then another a week later on April 13, with a league game against Bristol City in between, and the FA Cup semi-final the following week.
If the Europa League quarter-finals can pass, then the FA Cup semi-finals will be followed by the Europa League semi-finals...
So with a dense schedule and strong opponents, Pan Yi still has to go back and help Scaloni.
When the English Championship resumed and York City faced Nottingham Forest at home, when Pan Yi appeared in the stands, he received the warmest cheers.
This is a cheer for his own boss and a cheer for an Italian national team coach.
Although the Italian head coach led the team to defeat his national team, the England team, as a York City fan, he is even more happy for his own boss and his own players.
Well, this is a bit unfair to Rice, the England international in the team, but the minority obeys the majority. Who makes York City have more Italian internationals, let alone Pan Yi!
Pan Yi frequently waved to the stands, and the fans' enthusiastic cheers did not stop after he walked out. Pan Yi had to stand up many times to thank the fans during the game.
"It's troublesome to be liked by too many people, boss." Jason McGill said to Pan Yi with a smile.
Pan Yi shrugged his shoulders and did not answer.
In fact, he enjoyed this feeling very much. It was very satisfying to be sincerely respected by so many people.
Everyone pursues fame and fortune, but what comes after that?
Then I am afraid that what I am pursuing is the love of countless people!
The ancient emperors wanted to leave a good name in history after they had everything. This mentality was driven by them.
When you have nothing to eat, you naturally won’t think about lasting fame, but after you have it, most people will think about more things.
Some people will use various means to increase their reputation, but Pan Yi does not.
As long as he leads his team well, naturally so many people will like him and support him.
If you behave like this, what else can you ask for?
In this game, York City, which was at home, finally defeated Nottingham Forest with two goals, welcoming the return of Pan Yi and the international players with a victory.
Three days later, they defeated Ipswich 3-0 in an away game, winning consecutive games.
Since Wolves also won two games, the gap between them and York City still remains at 15 points. Therefore, with six rounds left in the league, York City is not yet guaranteed to win the British Championship.
However, York City has entered the Premier League early!
After all, Cardiff City, who are ranked third, are 6 points away from Wolves, which is 21 points behind York City.
There is a 21-point difference in six rounds, which means that locking in the top two is a foregone conclusion.
This result naturally made everyone in York City cheer. However, because the advantage all the way was huge, everyone also had this psychological expectation, so even though this was the first time in York City's history that they entered the Premier League, the scale of the celebration was not very big.
Of course, entering the Premier League early will have many benefits for York City.
That means they can put more energy into the remaining two cup competitions.
First of all, they are going to the away game to challenge the traditional Dutch giants, Ajax, in the Europa League quarterfinals!
