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"Use your body more, don't keep your distance, guard him!"

After seeing the disadvantage on the field, Italy's head coach Mancini started giving orders at the top of his voice.

He found it hard to believe that the opponent could mess up their defense with just one core player.

The Italian players on the field, especially the two elder players of Juventus, felt very embarrassed.

During the pre-match preparations, they heard Inter Milan players talk about how good Arsenal's core players were, but they initially felt that they would not pose much of a threat.

However, now that the game started, they immediately felt the opponent's true strength.

He is worthy of being the core player who led Arsenal to win the Champions League.

Not long into the game, they had already inflicted heavy blows on their defense.

After seeing the condition of their defense, Italian player Chiesa felt very dissatisfied.

He is the most powerful winger in the whole of Italy. As long as his teammates pass the ball to him, he can pose a great threat to the England team.

However, Inter Milan's midfielders just couldn't pass the ball.

I don’t know if it’s because of his identity as a Ventus player or the Inter Milan players’ own strength.

Until Qian Duoduo made a long pass from the backcourt to Chiesa on the front wing.

Chiesa can finally display his breakthrough speed on the wing.

I saw the other side defending.

He immediately used amazing explosive power again.
After quickly getting rid of the defense,

Chiesa quickly sent a low cross.

The football was like a sharp arrow flying along the grass, heading straight into the England team's threatening area.

In the middle of the penalty area, Italy's Immobile and several England defenders had rushed to the penalty spot.

Right between a few people.

Immobile still caught the trajectory of the ball.

A shovel shot.

Trying to put the ball into the net.

However, England's defense was very tenacious.

He almost threw his body out and used it to block Immobile's shot.

After the football bounced a few times in the penalty area,
Rice quickly returned to defense and cleared the ball out of the baseline.

Italy missed a great scoring opportunity.

Chiesa on the wing saw that there was no goal.
I can only stand there with my hands on my hips.

He felt very helpless. You said Immobile was not good enough, but he was able to grab the chance to shoot from between several people.
But in the end, no goal was scored.

It feels like watching the game in vain.

England's defense knows that Italy's forwards are not that capable.

At least he is one or two levels lower than their center forward Harry Kane.

However, because this game is the European Cup final, its importance makes them dare not underestimate the Italian forwards.

So when everyone saw the ball being cleared away, they breathed a sigh of relief.

However, England's defensive pressure did not last long. In the 30th minute of the game,
England attacked quickly throughout the game.

They took advantage of Italy's throw-in in the backcourt.

The Italian team made a fatal mistake in a hand throw.

The football did not fly to his teammates as expected.

The mistake was immediately noticed by England defender Ben White.

He quickly stepped forward and intercepted the football.
Then he dribbled the ball into the frontcourt.

Facing the Italian team's emergency return defense,

Ben White then delivered a pinpoint pass.

This ball found the equation with his back to the goal at the front of the penalty area.

Facing the defense behind him, Fang Cheng directly stopped the ball and turned around.

The football was very close and the shot was completed almost immediately.

The football instantly passed through the Italian penalty area and accurately hit the lower right corner of the goal.
England leads Italy 1-0!

Italy's goalkeeper Qian Duoduo almost stood there in a daze and didn't react at all.

“The ball goes in—!”

"This is a very beautiful back-to-back pass, then turning around and shooting!"

"The top striker's back-to-the-basket technique was so beautiful that the Italian team's two elders couldn't react at all!"

"Faced with their sophisticated defensive techniques, Fang Cheng still did not fall behind."

"That's why Arsenal were able to fall into decline at the beginning of the season, but when Fang Cheng returned to the club, he was able to lead them to win the Champions League this season."

"No matter where he is, he can be an absolute core player. When the team is in a stalemate, he can always stand up and help the team."

After scoring the goal, Fang Cheng went to the sidelines and celebrated simply and happily.

Instead, it was the England teammates who celebrated wildly.

After all, the Italian team still has some of his former Inter Milan teammates, so in order to take care of the feelings of his teammates, he did not act too crazy.

After seeing that it was their boss who scored the goal against them, some Inter Milan players in Italy fell into helplessness.

Astoni glanced at Barrera not far away.

Both of them spread their hands helplessly.

They felt as if they had met their natural enemy, and could not overcome this hurdle either in the club or in the national team.

Italian head coach Mancini on the sidelines fell into silence the moment after losing the ball, but the next moment, he started to give instructions loudly again.

From his reaction, one can seem to be quite unwilling.

He believed that there was absolutely no problem with their defense. The players in the midfield and backcourt performed well, and the players in the frontcourt also created some threats.

Compared with England's lineup, they only lack an absolute core player.

This gap is not unbridgeable.

But it will be very difficult to make up for this gap.

So, Mancini can only believe that luck will be on their side in the end.

At the same time, the Italian commentator on the sidelines couldn't help but sigh.

"Another old rival scored a goal against us!"

"He seems to be the nemesis of our Italian football. I don't know who can limit his performance."

"If he wants to win this game, Mancini must make some changes!"

"The Italian team has reached the European Cup final. We must not give up easily at this time!"

In the 34th minute, after breaking the score first, Ka became like a duck in water on the wing.

He received the pass from his teammate and cut into the inside line deftly, facing the Italian midfielder's defense.

He seemed very smooth.

Using the change of rhythm to attract the attention of several opponents, he then cleverly passed the ball to Fang Cheng. Fang Cheng adjusted his steps and then shot the ball lightly with his right foot.

An arc crossed the restricted area.

The football flew towards the blind corner of the goal.

In the stands behind the goal, many English fans stood up almost at the same time, preparing to celebrate Fang Cheng's goal.

The Italian goalkeeper made the save with amazing reaction ability.

The football was blocked by Qian Duoduo and went out of the baseline.
He once again proved his shot-saving ability.

England missed a good opportunity to change the score.

After seeing this, Fang Cheng could only smile helplessly and applauded the opponent for the save.

There was no way. Although he kicked the ball beautifully, he couldn't stop the opponent's goalkeeper from doing the same beautiful job.

As the first half of the game was about to end,
Suddenly, something changed on the field.

The England defender made a mistake when passing back.
He wanted to pass the ball to the goalkeeper, but he didn't control the force of the pass well.

As a result, the football was successfully caught up by Italian star Chiesa and intercepted.

It can be said that up to this point in the game, Chiesa is the most active Italian player on the field.

It seems like there is endless energy and I am very motivated.

This is Chiesa's playing style. Although his footwork is not fancy, his speed and breakthrough ability are definitely first-class.

After catching up with the ball, Chiesa quickly discovered the situation on the field.
I found that my teammate Immobile was already unguarded.
Although Immobile wasted the chance to score last time, Chiesa still passed the ball to him.

Immobile received the ball and faced the attacking Italian goalkeeper Alisson.

At this time, we must not waste the opportunity.

Immediately afterwards, Immobile kicked the ball.

This shot was as fast as lightning.

The football instantly passed by the goalkeeper's feet and flew into the goal!

The score is 1:1!

The Italian team equalized the score with great difficulty.

Immobile and Chiesa rushed to the sidelines to celebrate like crazy, jumping and dancing.

Even though they don't play for the same club, one at Juventus and the other at Lazio, because they are Italian, they have an absolute passion for serving their country, so they united together in this very difficult moment.

Inter Milan's midfielders and defenders, including Italy's, also rushed over to celebrate the goal.

It's not easy!
Bastoni excitedly hugged his teammates and felt that scoring a goal for the boss' team was as difficult as flying.

"We must defend well, we can't lose the ball again!"

"The core of the England team is too strong. We can only win the European Cup if we drag them into a penalty shootout!"

"Yes! Just use iron-like defense to deal with them!"

While celebrating, the two Italian elders kept cheering for their teammates.

Defense is the key to the Italian team's success.

They were able to defeat Spain and advance to the European Cup final thanks to their iron-clad defense!

Bastoni nodded, thinking that what the two Xuanming Elders said was correct.

But soon, Bastoni came back to his senses, and his expression became a little strange.

If he remembered correctly, the reason they lost the last ball seemed to be that the two Xuanming Elders failed to defend against Boss Fang's back-to-back play, right?

Why are the two Xuanming Elders now emphasizing that they need to have iron-like defense as if nothing has happened?

Although the score was tied,

But the England team quickly adjusted their mentality.

Because they know that as long as the captain is on the court, he can lead them to victory.

There is still a lot of time in the game, and they can always break through the Italian bus.

So they seized the last bit of time in the first half and launched an attack.

The first half entered injury time.

The audience held their breath and watched England's final attack.

From the England backline, a crucial pass was launched from deep inside Ben White’s own half.

He flicked the ball and accurately found Saka on the midfield wing.

Saka's eyes quickly scanned the field, as if he was performing complex calculations with his brain.
Immediately passed the ball to the open space inside.

Rice and Saka formed a partnership.

Rice completed the wall pass with Saka without any pause.

Saka immediately ran into the inside line,
Quick lateral dribbling in front of the penalty area.

However, the two elders of the Italian team stood on the defense line like a solid wall.

Facing Saka's clever shaking, he did not panic at all and maintained a solid defense.

There is no other way.
Saka had no choice but to try to pass the ball to the empty space behind the two Xuanming Elders.

Who knew that by accident, the football hit the opponent's feet and actually went into the penalty area.

Harry Kane ran diagonally, met the ball and made a shot.

Football is an unstoppable force.

Flying towards the lower right corner of the goal.

It was the Italian goalkeeper Qian Duoduo who made the crucial save.

He flew to the side and blocked the ball out of the baseline at an almost incredible speed.
At this moment, the whole audience burst into thunderous exclamations.

did not expect,
Another world-class save.

No wonder the Italian team was able to advance to the final of the European Cup. Goalkeeper Qian Duoduo’s performance played a crucial role!

Harry Kane almost fell to his knees in the penalty area.

Fk, why is it so difficult for him to score a goal? He really wants to report the opponent's goalkeeper for cheating.

It’s not that he disappeared in the big competition or that he was a coward in the big competition. The reason is that the goalkeeper he met was too strong!
These goalkeepers just want to embarrass him!
However, head coach Southgate applauded from the sidelines and shouted encouragement:
"Beautiful, just keep cooperating like this! We can reverse the score!"

Harry Kane: "."

It seemed like he didn't hear it wrong. Didn't the head coach just praise the offensive coordination?

That’s right, head coach Southgate was very satisfied with this offensive coordination.

Because he finally didn't see that the equation played an important role in it, which proved that there was absolutely no problem with his coaching ability.

Unfortunately, we were only one goal away.

If he had scored, he would have been able to confidently say after the game that England could win the European Cup. He did not rely on any star player, but everyone won the championship through unity and tactics!
Soon, the first half was over.

Players from both sides returned to the midfield locker room to rest.

"In the second half, we continued to attack." Southgate said to the players very confidently, "Italy's attack is actually very simple, which is to use their Chiesa to break through at speed. You should know how to defend him. In terms of offense, the core is still the equation, and more footwork is needed."

Harry Kane on the other side was a little unhappy. Why didn't the head coach emphasize his core role? Wasn't his performance in the first half obvious? (End of this chapter)