Chapter 155: Deal with the move

Everyone was puzzled by Lippi's substitution and questioned his substitution adjustment without hesitation.

But the protagonist, who was so questioned, sat calmly on the coach's seat, as if Balotelli was not what he had changed into.

Or he didn't see Balotelli's mistake at all...

In fact, of course he saw it, and he knew it clearly. But he couldn't express dissatisfaction with the player who had just changed to the court. He sat on the sidelines with a calm face, but was conveying such a message to the players-

Don't worry, we still have time and opportunity, don't get lost.

The players were relieved when they saw such a calm head coach on the court.

The head coach didn't panic, why are we panic?

Even Balotelli, who had just made a mistake, thought so.

In fact, Balotelli knew what this European Cup meant to him. Before the European Cup, his agent told him that if he wanted to leave Nottingham Forest smoothly, he had to show convincing performance in the European Cup. Only then could he have a way to lobby around.

Two seasons in Nottingham Forest have made him lose his reputation in European football. At this time, he has to work hard again like a newcomer.

Balotelli, who has this idea, is very active. Although he made a mistake, he did not take it seriously and only focused on scoring goals or assisting his teammates.

Balotelli plays forward in the Forest team, but in this game, he plays the right forward after going up. His main task is to help the team attack on this side, pass the ball, and let Forty compete for the top in the middle. However, this is not enough to play his biggest feature.

Italy's Giovanko suddenly cut inside and broke through on the left. He flashed past Walcott, who was caught off guard and planned to make a breakthrough further. But George Wood was knocked down.

The referee blew a whistle and awarded Italy a free kick on the left side of the penalty area, and also gave Wood a verbal warning. Wood was smart and did not come forward to defend himself. He was not for Qiao Wenke, but Qiao Wenke was thin and almost fell down with a bump. In the first half, he was too lazy to defend the referee.

Seeing that the Italian team won a free kick, Balotelli hurriedly ran over from another sideways and held the football in his hand. Teammates all knew Lippi's latest arrangement, and Balotelli officially took over the penalty power of all frontcourt set pieces on the court.

The Englishman is familiar with Balotelli's free kicks. In the Forest team, he and Bale usually take the penalty. Balotelli uses free kicks to break through the goal of Premier League teams.

Now seeing him putting the football on the ground, looking like he was going to take the penalty, the English fans in the stands booed him.

Amid the booing, Balotelli's ball was above the crossbar.

The English fans cheered for victory, while Balotelli looked at the grass under his feet with some annoyance. There seemed to be some unfairness there. He made him get a flaw when he kicked his feet.

Judging from this free kick, Balotelli still has not found a state, which gives the commentators the chance to attack and criticize Lippi.

Fortunately, I couldn't hear the TV commentary on the coach's seat, otherwise I really don't know how many head coaches would throw the game and rush to the commentary on the back to find those who only know how to talk.

Balotelli performed poorly twice in a row, but Lippi was still unmoved. He had made up his mind. Since everyone had changed, what else can I regret? As long as it was not a major mistake, he could not replace him anymore, right? The precious replacement place was not so wasteful.

Balotelli's performance was not good, but England did not dare to underestimate it.  Because they took advantage of Italy's contempt for the poorly performed Abonrajo in the first half.   The door of reinforced concrete defense was opened.   Donn also warned them not to underestimate the enemy and be cautious.

Therefore, when Balotelli got the ball on the wing, Joe Matok had no intention of relaxing. Although they were both teammates of the same club, they are now their respective masters.

Balotelli planned to force a breakthrough. Although he passed Joe Matok, he was blocked by Tangning who came from behind. After a little delay, Joe Matok rushed up again. The two of them worked together to lock Balotelli outside and forced him toward the corner flag.

Seeing that he could not complete the cross, it seemed difficult to break through, so he settled in the next place and wanted a corner kick. As a result, the ball kicked out did not bounce directly to the bottom line after hitting Joe Matok, but rebounded back by a strange magic and hit Balotelli's head-on bone in the calf and then bounced out of the bottom line...

This time, the lineman pointed the flag directly at the small penalty area, which meant the goal.

In the second half, the fans sat in the stands near the back of the England goal. They saw that Balotelli couldn't ask for a corner kick. Instead, they gave a goal. The fans all burst into laughter.

"He was completely seen by our people..." Des Walker sighed. The England coaching staff has studied this Forest player thoroughly. Thanks to the Forests' poor performance in the past two seasons, Balotelli's condition has also become poor.

If he hadn't known about Tang En, he would have guessed whether all this was a conspiracy... It was such a coincidence!

Before the game, England's coaching staff analyzed everyone in Italy and made targeted arrangements based on their different characteristics, regardless of how many of them could play.

Balotelli was naturally among them. At that time, the team coaching staff analyzed two possibilities. First of all, Balotelli would definitely not start, but he might come on as a substitute because he is a very distinctive player and has excellent set-pieces. If the England team wants to use a steady counterattack to deal with Italian dialect, breaking intensive defense is a problem that Lippi needs to consider. At this time, Balotelli can play a good role.

Then he may play as a forward or a right forward after he comes on the court, because Balotelli is competent in both positions. So there are two different arrangements that need to be made - what should we do when he is a forward? What should we do when he is a full-time forward?

When he was in a wing forward, Done asked both the full-back and the wing forward to actively return to defense. Try to minimize the chance of Balotelli crossing, and cut off the connection between him and others, and try to keep him alone.

Judging from the release just now, Joe Matok and Downing did this very well. They blocked Balotelli's goal-to-goal route.

Tang En did a lot of work for this final, and now it has been reflected.

Balotelli performed averagely in sports wars. After being blocked by England several times, he began to pass more than to drive the ball. He knew that he had been targeted by Donne. When playing football in the Forest, he had heard many legends about the man, and he always said that he was magical. It seemed that he was not a football coach, but a wizard in the legend of the medieval legend, with the power to seduce people. Every staff member of the Wilford Training Base always had a look of admiration when talking about Donne. He didn't feel anything about the club's land president, Mr. Evan Dogerty.

Although it was frozen in the mobile warfare, Balotelli was not worried. Because he still had a weapon, which the English would definitely not be able to freeze. But now he wants to try his best to keep his feet warm...

Facing Joe Matok's blockade, Balotelli made a forced cross. Although the football bypassed his teammates in the Forest team, it was too tall... Even if Forty was two meters and three hundred meters tall, she could not reach such a "cross".

"It seems that his condition is really bad..." This time even the Italian commentator couldn't help but shake his head.

Next, Balotelli tried a long shot from outside the penalty area. This time the shot was quite accurate, but it was too straight. He was held in his arms by Joe Hart.

"Ahh! This is his best performance since he came on the court!" Motson sarcastically.

In fact, Balotelli is not the protagonist. Lippi did not ask others to pass the ball to him in Italy's offense to open a gap from him. De Rossi is still responsible for the dispatch, he is the core of the Italian team, and Giovanko is also active at the front of the penalty area, which caused great headaches and tensions among England's defensive players.

In the second half, the Italian team's offensive became more and more fierce as time went by. It was a stance to come out in full swing.

Lippi also noticed time. Time is the most precious at this time. Now there are twenty minutes left before the end of the ninety-minute game. These twenty minutes seem to be quite short, but in fact they can be shaken by in a blink of an eye. If you don't hurry up, as time goes by, Italian players will only become more and more impatient, and the winning balance will tilt towards the English.

Something must be done.

Lippi thought about it in his mind and gave a few instructions to the assistant coach Ferrara who was sitting next to him.

Ferrara nodded while listening, then got up from her seat and walked to the sidelines, waving her gestures from the opposite side. Then, she saw two Italian full-backs start and then insert assists.

Italy's full-backs were put into the offense, and England immediately felt huge defensive pressure. Especially Joe Matok's side.

While Lippi allowed the full-back to assist, he also allowed Jovenco and Balotelli to change positions. Balotelli didn't play much in the right side, but it was the case anyway. It would be better to switch to the left side and face the stronger defense Richards, not seeking to break through and cross, but just wanting to hold the opponent. Italy's main attack direction changed to their right side and England's left side.

Parosky also ran to the right to join in the fun. Then three arrows were shot at once, and Joe Matok and Downing could not stand it.

Tang Ning is not the kind of player who is good at defense. He has to make full-time defense, but the effect is not good.

Donn frowned below, then turned to his assistant coach Des Walker and said, "Go and call Cohen and Vaughan back."

Walker knew what he was going to do, and nodded and ran away without saying anything.

When Vaughn heard that Don Eun wanted him to go back, he was a little surprised.   It was just a routine to warm up. The coaches always regularly fucked a group of players to warm up, so he was naturally among them.    The next second he thought of what Don Eun said to him at the end of the halftime break.

He looked down at the T-shirt inside the collar of the clothes.

I have been soaked in sweat, I hope the handwriting on it will not be blurred.

Vaughan and Cohen appeared in front of Tang En at the same time. Tang En glanced at them without saying anything. He began to arrange specific tactics.

For Chris Cohen, the focus of Donn's request is on defense. He wants him to go up and help Matok and reduce his defensive pressure. It is not a big deal to always ask Wood to make up for the wing, because there are also Aquilani and De Rossi in the middle.

As for Vaughan...

Before assigning a task for him, Don Eun looked up at him.

"James, are you still worried that I didn't let you start?" he asked.

Vaughan is not a fool. If he honestly says "Yes, I still can't figure out why this is the case", then he will be finished. He just shook his head: "I'll listen to you, boss."

How could Tang En not hear this? But he didn't care. He wanted this effect. "No matter why I did this, I just want to know whether you still have enough passion and desire for the game? Now I'll let you play. Are you planning to surprise me, or do you want to be in a daze until the end of the game?"

"No one wants to be a slut, boss." James Vaughan said this without any force at all. "This is the final of the European Cup."

Vaughn thinks that Don't asks such a question is really an insult to him. Which professional athlete wants to get to the end of such a major competition?

Who doesn't want to score one or two goals in such a game and keep it in history? Wouldn't it be better if he could become a hero who saved the team from danger?

Tang En was happy to look at Vaughn with a bad expression.

This is the effect he wants. He held Vaughan in for these seventy minutes. If he hadn't gotten angry, it would be a failure.

"Okay, don't say I didn't give you a chance, James." Tang En's current appearance fell into Vaughan's eyes. He meant a little "shameless". Just give twenty minutes, is this a chance?

However, it's all like this now, let alone twenty minutes, Vaughan wants it even if it's ten minutes. He didn't say anything else, just nodded, unwilling to waste time any more.

Tang En saw his thoughts and said nothing else. He told him the task directly: "Your task is very simple, Vaughan. Just like in the semi-finals, you scored goals. You are at this time when the Italian defenders are the worst physically and indifferent to concentration. They pressed them down, and there will definitely be a lot of room for me to catch them."

Vaughan nodded.

Tang En pushed him again. He pushed him down on the sidelines. Then he patted him twice behind the ground. Hope he could understand the profound meaning.

"England requests a substitution!"

It happened that Gerald tripped Aquilani who rushed up on the court, and the Italian team won another free kick at the front of the penalty area.

The referee signaled Balotelli to wait and then the free throws. England was going to substitute.

Tang Ning, who was building a wall, looked at the sign in the fourth official's hand in the field, then escaped from the wall and walked slowly to the sidelines. Chris Cohen replaced Tang Ning.

Then Abang Laho also turned around and walked to the sidelines with reminders from his teammates. James Vaughan wanted to replace him.

Both of them got the latest instructions from Tang En on the sidelines when they were out-

"Slow down! Go down! Don't run!"

So the two of them moved to the sidelines in the booing of the Italian fans in the dissatisfied protests of the Italian players. They completed the handover with Cohen and Vaughan.

Tang En shook hands with Tang Ning, then gave Abang Laho a hug: "Good job, boy, ha!"

Abanglaho himself insisted on letting him start. He scored the only goal in the game, which was not embarrassing him. Of course, he would have to praise him very much.

If this was ancient China, Abang Laho would definitely say, "I will be happy to fulfill my mission!", but now he just asked happily: "Boss, will we be the champion?"

Tang En nodded vigorously: "Yes, who else can we be?"

While saying this, he looked at the stadium. Vaughan and Cohen had just started playing, and both of them were drilling into the human wall, while the English and Italians were fighting around the human wall.
Chapter completed!