Nine Hundred and Sixty-Seven The Italian’s Third Axe

After walking down from the Donbas Arena in Donetsk, passing through the player tunnel and returning to the locker room, the players began to take off their clothes one by one and sat down naked in front of their teammates without any scruples. Some of them were already naked. Breathing heavily.

They are all players who are playing in the top league. In the busy season that just ended, after going through all kinds of hardships in the league, they finally waited until the end of the league. They started intense training again, and then came to Poland and Ukraine. Participating in the European Cup is a major challenge for their physical fitness.

Many players in the locker room are sitting on soft chairs, and some even lie down. The team's masseurs are taking the time to relax them and massage their muscles, hoping to help them in the remaining 15 years. Recover more physical fitness as soon as possible within minutes and continue to participate in the game in the second half.

Pirlo was sitting in an inconspicuous corner. He was also very tired, but seeing his teammates like this, he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart. As the core player of the team, he could clearly see He felt some of the team's situation, and he could even say that with the current physical fitness of the players, it would be difficult to survive the second half.

Prandelli must be very clear about the current situation, because he is the person who knows the team's physical fitness best, so he clearly knows that if Italy wants to resist, equalize the score or reverse, it needs to be at 70-75 After making a fuss minutes ago, after this period of time, physical fitness begins to be exhausted. At that time, no matter how good the tactical adjustment is, it will be in vain.

In turn, Pirlo noticed that his opponent, Ozil, who is known to have the worst physical fitness in the German team, seemed to be more energetic than him before the end of the first half. If this kid can have such physical fitness, then the others must be the same. Not to mention.

"Boss is truly worthy of being a boss. You must be fully prepared for whatever you do!" Pirlo wiped away a smile. When he thought of Yang Cheng, there was always an unspeakable gratitude and respect in his heart. Because it was Yang Cheng who single-handedly promoted and cultivated him from a budding rookie back then to the top defensive midfielder in the world today.

But precisely because of this, Yang Cheng knew him very well and could always think of ways to limit himself.

Just when Pirlo was thinking about it. Prandelli and Pinnacle opened the door to the locker room and walked directly in. Pirlo understood something from their expressions, and they should have made a decision.

With the situation like that in the first half, if Italy does not take the initiative to seek changes, it will be impossible to reverse the situation!

"Guys!" Prandelli looked solemn and solemn as soon as he entered. He seems to hope that through this, everyone will have an awareness that if they lose this game, they will leave this European Cup and miss the European Cup again.

"I believe you have all seen the situation in the first half. We are temporarily behind 0:1!"

When Prandelli was talking, some of the players looked at him, while others closed their eyes to concentrate. Some are enjoying the care of masseurs, but this does not mean that they are not listening, but that they are recovering while striving for more.

"This is not your responsibility. It is me. I am the reason why the team is passively lagging behind!" Prandelli sighed deeply, "I misjudged the situation, which made us very passive and also made us very passive." Our offense just couldn't flow smoothly."

"But!" Prandelli suddenly emphasized his tone, hoping to remind his players, "We can't just admit defeat and wait for death. We still have 45 minutes, and we still have a chance to equalize the score. Or even reverse the German team. !”

When he said this, Prandelli turned around and took the tactical board pulled over by Piin, on which new tactical ideas had been drawn, "Being behind in the first half left us with no way out. We must choose braver and more aggressive tactics to regain control of the game."

"Montolivo, in the second half, you need to move a little further forward and take on more offensive responsibilities in the frontcourt. As for you, De Rossi, your responsibility is to attack and defend in the middle, but the most important thing is that you must We must assist and support Pirlo."

De Rossi is a good player both in offense and defense. When it comes to defense, he can even play as a central defender and his performance is very stable. Some people even called him the new Baresi in Serie A, but when it comes to offense, , he has certain skills in passing and even long passes, and his coordination ability is very good.

Of course, if compared with an organizer like Pirlo, De Rossi's organizational and offensive gap is still huge, but if he just wants to assist Pirlo from the side and prevent Pirlo from being suppressed by the opponent, then De Rossi It will definitely do the job.

"In the first half, we gave the German team too many opportunities on the left, especially Lahm. The left back had too many opportunities to directly face our defense after coming in. In the second half, we must provide enough containment, so Marr Chisio, you have to keep an eye on him and move closer to the wing!"

After Prandelli's analysis, everyone realized that these were targeted defenses based on the German team's tactics in the first half, and to liberate Pirlo.

In the current Italian national team, everyone is very clear that although Pirlo is 33 years old, he is still the most important member of this team, especially his performance in the past few games. He performed at a very high level and returned to his peak state, leading Italy, a team that was not optimistic before the game, all the way to the end.

The eyes of the public are sharp. If Italy's World Cup win in 2006 was a collective flash of all players, then if it wins the European Cup again this time, it will definitely belong to Pirlo.

"Remember!" Prandelli didn't think too much about the players' thoughts. Everyone knew many things. "Our offense in the first half was too concentrated in the area between the opponent's forward and back line. It's obvious that Germany The team has made targeted arrangements for our offensive routine, and Sven Bender is always stationed in this area, so we have to adjust in the second half!"

"Balotelli!"

As soon as Bashen heard the head coach calling his name, he immediately raised his head with a pouted mouth. His look was so cute that many players in the locker room wanted to laugh, but they felt it was inappropriate and held back.

"Can you handle Bad Stuber?" asked Prandelli.

With Balotelli's cool expression, the old man nodded grandly, "Leave it to me!"

"Okay. In the second half, just hit Balotelli's point and pass the ball directly to him!" Prandelli made a prompt decision, "But everyone must pay attention to the fact that the head coach of this German team is Yang Cheng. Tactical adaptability and adjustment The ability is very strong, so we need to switch between three different offensive routines. I believe that as long as we do well enough, we will be able to break the German team's goal!"

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Italy has three tricks. One is to play Pirlo and pass the ball diagonally. Send the ball to the gap between the opponent's back line and forward line, and then use Cassano and Balotelli to pull the ball to the wing to create an opportunity to directly face the opponent's defense line.

The second is to play high-post and cooperate with penetration, using Montolivo to get the ball and cooperate on the ground to penetrate the opponent's defense line.

Another way is to use the passes of Pirlo, De Rossi and Montolivo to directly find Balotelli and use the latter's personal ability and body. Attack the opponent's last line of defense.

Some teams die in the first type, some teams die in the second type, and some teams die in the third type. There are even teams that die when a variety of tactics are mixed, because the Italians can rely on their superb tactical literacy to alternately use the three styles of play, thus making their opponents unable to guard against them. attack.

In the first half, the Italians used the first two methods, but they were unable to get any advantage from the German team, so Prandelli decided to use Balotelli's height and strength to attack the hidden dangers in the opponent's defense. That's the point of Bad Stuber.

Balotelli is 1.89 meters tall, weighs 88 kilograms, and is fast. With excellent explosive power and strong body flexibility, the physical fitness of a typical African player, coupled with his body, makes him the most powerful control point in Italy's frontcourt. It can be said that Prandelli has the biggest control point in his hands. chips.

After the restart in the second half. Everyone is obviously aware of a problem, that is, Italy's targeted defense has put the German team's offense in a more difficult situation, similar to the same tactics in the first half, which were resolved by Italy again and again, and Italy began to counterattack consciously.

Italy's counterattack gave up its previous habit of looking for Cassano. This time De Rossi made a long pass and found Balotelli who had been pulled to the right side. The latter was already waiting for the ball on the right side. As soon as the ball arrived, his chest stopped and fell to his feet.

Badstuber pounced on him immediately, but Balotelli didn't wait for him to stop. He made a gesture to dribble the ball to the baseline. After deceiving Badstuber to adjust his center of gravity, Balotelli suddenly stopped. , spiking the ball, just passed Bad Stuber in the right corner of the penalty area, and cut into the middle with the ball.

After Jerome Boateng retracted, Kyle immediately blocked Badstuber. He blocked Balotelli on the right side of the penalty area, but saw Balotelli. Li was about to continue dribbling the ball to the left. Suddenly he made an emergency stop and smashed the ball. He quickly cut into the penalty area. With his body and explosive power, he overpowered Kyle and pulled out a position, then directly swung his right hand. The foot is a volley.

"Oh!!!" The on-site commentator was startled by Balotelli's sudden shot.

But the ball still rolled out of the baseline from the lower left corner of the goal, slightly deflecting.

"Balotelli's personal ability is really outstanding. In a one-on-two situation, he suddenly carved out an opportunity. If Cassano on the left and Montolivo who inserted behind can run at this time, If there is space and the ball is passed, Italy's threat will be even greater!"

The fans in the audience were all excited, especially the Italian fans. They all hoped that Italy could strengthen its offensive and break the German team's goal. It would be best to complete the reversal and reach the final.

Yang Cheng was also startled when Balotelli started to kick, but later he was relieved when he saw that he missed the kick.

"This kid has talent, what a pity!" Yang Cheng sighed.

The time he got rid of two players in a row just now is not considered a personal skill. It can only be said that Balotelli's body is too good and outstanding.

Generally speaking, players with strong bodies have strong muscles and poor body flexibility and flexibility. These are all certain. Even if Yang Cheng arranges for Ronaldinho and others to practice yoga, the effect may not be great. obvious.

But there are a lot of players, especially black players, who are not only physically strong, but also very flexible and flexible. This allows them to use their flexible bodies to get rid of each other while maintaining strong physical confrontation.

Balotelli's body is very similar to Ibrahimovic's, they are both strong and flexible, but Balotelli's ball skills are far different from Ibrahimovic's. The latter is not as good as Balotelli in heading the ball.

If you look purely at talent, Balotelli is considered top-notch, and can even be said to be close to the top. A huge part of it is his body, but in terms of ball skills, he obviously has a huge disadvantage. It looked good to get rid of it twice in a row just now. But that relies more on the use of the body.

Of course, this does not mean that physical use does not count as talent or strength. After all, this is what Balotelli is born with.

"Holger!" Yang Cheng walked to the sidelines and called Badstuber, "quickly get close to him, entangle him, and kill him!"

After Badstuber received instructions from Yang Cheng. He nodded heavily in agreement.

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On the night before playing in Italy, Yang Cheng talked to Badstuber and told him. He would start the next day and was also told that his responsibility for this game was Balotelli.

"If we use Chinese names, you are all named Ba!" Yang Cheng joked at the time.

And he also laughed and talked about the advantages between the two. He believed that Balotelli's advantage lies in his body, while Badstuber's advantage is in his mind, so he said, it is the body and the mind. contest.

"I have always believed that you have the consciousness and wisdom to become a top central defender, but what you lack is the body of a top central defender. So since I started coaching the national team, I asked them to tailor a body for you. Intensive training, I know you have been training very hard in the past two years and your performance has been getting better and better. Now, it is time to prove yourself!"

Badstuber didn't say anything at the time, but he knew very well that since two years ago, Yang Cheng had been working on cultivating him to become the top central defender in German football, so he had to work hard in the past two years. No matter how tired he is, he always insists on physical training to make himself better and better in physical confrontation.

Without an excellent body, you cannot become an excellent central defender!

The conversation last night flashed through Badstuber's mind like lightning, and his attention returned to the black player in front of him. He was tall and muscular. The speed is extremely fast and the body is extremely flexible, but he knows how to deal with him.

Soon, because Italy focused on counterattacking Balotelli, the two soon ushered in a confrontation.

Balotelli once again moved wide to get the ball, but this time, as soon as he got the ball, Badstuber got close.

The German central defender behaved very smartly and controlled the distance very well. He was neither too far nor too close. He could intercept the ball with his foot. However, if Balotelli made a strong breakthrough, he could also retreat to buffer and seize the position in time to avoid being caught by Balotelli. Just kill it.

Two tall players came together. This battle was very interesting. I saw Balotelli make a fake move, Badstuber followed suit, and then Balotelli wanted to dribble the ball laterally towards the center. Yes, but this time Badstuber was more thoughtful and got close to him immediately.

Balotelli has a quirk in playing football. He likes to use his right foot when dribbling the ball and basically shoots with his right foot. Therefore, when Badstuber gets close behind him, he happens to squeeze Balotelli's right side.

As soon as the two came into contact, Balotelli's shortcomings in his dribbling skills were exposed. With a stagger, Badstuber made a decisive move and hit the ball first, but Balotelli fell to the ground. on the ground.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, but he heard a lot of German fans cheering at the scene. Badstuber made a quick long pass and passed the ball to his teammates in front. Klose headed the ball down. , launched a new wave of attacks.

Enemies gathered together and soon met again.

This time, Montolivo received a pass from Pirlo and passed it to Balotelli. The latter took the ball in the middle of the penalty area and faced Badstuber directly. This time it was still one-on-one, as long as he passed it Badstuber and Balotelli can directly face the goal.

Another aspect of Balotelli that is very commendable is his sense of shooting. This allows him to naturally judge in his mind what he should do as soon as he gets the ball. The best way is to shoot Barotelli. Bell squeezed in on his left side, and then pulled out an opening from the right to kick. He was sure of shooting like this.

But when he wanted to make a move, he found that Badstuber seemed to have expected that he would do this. The German boy, who was also tall, was not pushed to the left side by his body, but always defended himself. Touching his right foot, it was clear that he was going to hit his dominant foot.

If Balotelli is accustomed to using both his left and right feet, he can react immediately and give up his right foot and choose his left foot. But getting used to this kind of thing is a subconscious move that does not allow you to analyze it carefully.

When Balotelli dribbles the ball into the penalty area, he has already decided to use his right foot and it is impossible to change it.

This time, Badstuber cleanly intercepted the ball when Balotelli was unable to find a kicking opportunity. When he made a mistake, he decisively intercepted the ball with his foot, and once again formed a beautiful interception success, and once again won a while. Applause and cheers.

But this time, when Badstuber got the ball, what he saw when he raised his head was that the Italians were counterattacking, advancing rapidly in the midfield and frontcourt, and even in the backcourt. on, and behind them are opportunities.

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