Seeing the excited celebrations of the England players on the court, Yun Sheng squeezed the water bottle hard on the sidelines.
This goal was dropped so damn suddenly...
In fact, starting from the team's 3-1, everyone's defense was good. Although the players were a little conservative and wanted to be more stable, there was nothing wrong with this. Yun Sheng also acquiesced to the players' flexible adjustments on the court. This Yun Sheng allowed it during training.
But whether it was Gerrard's long-range shot just now or Henderson's follow-up shot now, there is a lot of luck involved and it is not the player's problem.
But losing the ball is losing the ball. Facing such a resilient England team, Yun Sheng can only accept it. The thing he is most worried about now is that the Italian players must not be discouraged. If the momentum drops, then this game will really be a disaster. Ruined.
At this time, he shouted the players' names loudly on the sidelines, but only a few people could hear his voice.
In the cheers and celebrations of England fans all over the sky, Yun Sheng's shouts were like a drop in the ocean, insignificant.
Despite this, the Italian players on the court gathered together and were cheering for each other.
Especially the three captains Del Piero, Buffon and De Rossi, they all encouraged their teammates loudly.
"There is still time before the end of the game, and we can still take the lead!"
Del Piero loudly encouraged his teammates, Buffon was chatting with the defensive players, and De Rossi called Pirlo and Marchisio to discuss tactics.
On the sidelines of the court, Yunsheng was also quickly thinking about the next strategy.
Now the game has reached the 86th minute and the game restarts.
After the restart, Pirlo and Marchisio took on the defensive task. They asked De Rossi to press up as much as possible to help the offensive end.
Due to the injury of left back Chiellini, Yunsheng replaced him with Grosso, and arranged for Grosso to use his abundant physical fitness to press as much as possible to help the offense.
A minute later, Yunsheng replaced Montolivo again.
Just after being hit by Gerrard's heavy cannon shot, Montolivo kept clutching his chest and his running speed was much slower, obviously affected.
Speedy player Giovinco was substituted, replacing Montolivo and appearing at the right shadow forward position. Yun Sheng hoped that he could continue to attack England's defense.
On the England side, Welbeck, whose physical fitness was declining, was replaced by Carroll. Carroll is a standard British center. After replacing him, England's tactics became more concise and lively, and the traditional long pass and lob became Their main tactic now.
After all, they equalized the score and now need to hold on.
Both sides have used up three substitutions, and it is now the 89th minute of the game. The fourth official raises his sign and three minutes of injury time are given.
Cannavaro whispered on the sidelines: "It seems we have to think about overtime in advance..."
Speed frowned: "The semi-finals will be in four days. The German team has two more days of rest than us. Moreover, if we play overtime, our physical fitness will fall even further behind them. This is very bad."
Although the situation was very tense at this time, Yun Sheng on the side smiled: "Guys, the game is getting anxious now, are you thinking about the semi-finals in advance?"
"We must win this game!"
Seeing Speed's confident look, Yun Sheng nodded firmly: "I have a hunch that maybe we don't have to wait until overtime..."
At this time, the injury time has reached the second minute, and the end of the game is getting closer and closer.
Now Italy is in possession of the ball, and the new Giovinco has excellent dribbling skills. In addition, he has excellent physical fitness just now, so he is like a fish swimming in England's half, making England's defense extremely difficult.
And when close to the penalty area, English players do not dare to take a shot easily. After all, the England team has many good free kickers. At this time, it will be troublesome to take a shot easily and cause a free kick.
Giovinco dribbled the ball along the right, in front of England left back Ashley Cole.
Cole was once called "the world's No. 1 left back" by fans who loved him, and he was well-known in England.
Although this title is debatable, in Arsenal's heyday, Cole's offensive and defensive abilities were indeed among the best in the world. At his peak, Cole was at least among the top three in the world, if not number one.
However, facing this powerful Italian team today, he was already struggling, especially offensively. He didn't have the energy to press frequently.
At this time, 90 minutes had passed and he was exhausted in defense. Central defender Lescott frequently leaned to the left to help defend. Cole desperately defended the penalty area behind him, preventing Giovinco from cutting inside.
At this moment, Giovinco suddenly started!
Instead of shooting, he chose to pass!
At this time, he alone attracted the attention of two defensive backs, and England's defense on the other side was empty!
The ball went straight to the left, and Grosso, who had just come on the field, quickly moved forward and caught the ball!
He dribbled the ball into the penalty area! In the middle, Terry kept a close eye on Balotelli, denying the Italian center any chance of catching the ball!
Glen Johnson quickly stepped forward and pressed!
In the 2006 World Cup, Grosso chose to break through at this position, and after passing someone, he scored a very important penalty!
It was precisely because of that penalty that Italy narrowly defeated Australia 1-0 and took an important step on the road to winning the championship!
At this time, Glen Johnson did not take a shot easily. He just stood in a good position and was blocked by any chance he had to cut in or shoot!
Grosso suddenly changed direction, but it was just a fake move!
He didn't shoot, he chose to pass!
The inverted triangle is passed to the top of the penalty area!
Who is there?
The captains of both teams are at the top of the penalty area!
Gerrard was half a step behind, and he simply put his foot down to tackle, rather risking a foul than letting Del Piero get the ball!
But Del Piero was one step faster. He accelerated forward and kept shooting the ball!
Del Piero kicked the ball first!
Curve ball! Go straight to the near corner!
Although Joe Hart fought hard to save, he did not touch the ball...
The ball went in! ! !
Del Piero volleyed hard with his left foot and the ball hit the net, but his right leg was brought down by Gerrard...
Amid the excited cheers of the Italian fans, Del Piero fell to the ground and felt pain in his right foot.
But he was extremely happy!
The moment he kicked the ball, he knew very clearly - the Italian team had entered the semi-finals!
Falling to the ground, the ground and sky were inverted. He saw the people in Yunsheng next to the Italian coaching bench, cheering excitedly and shouting crazily!
He was so excited when he saw tens of thousands of Italian fans celebrating wildly with their heads down in the stands!
He saw his teammates hugging each other excitedly, enjoying the excitement of taking the lead again!
45 minutes into the second half, I finally scored!
I have fulfilled my responsibility as captain!
