Updated: 2013-01-04

Chapter 538 Italy's left defender

After Christian Maldini came on the court, he stood in the position where his grandfather and father had fought. Although it was not the first time he stood for Italy in this position, this time facing such a powerful enemy from England, Christian Maldini still burst out from the depths of his soul......excitement!

Then, the excited Christian Maldini began to become active on the left. As soon as he got the ball, the young man would definitely rush up along the left like a whirlwind. When the England team attacked, Maldini would return to his position to defend safely.

The bravery during the attack and the calmness during the retreat, these two different traits are perfectly combined in Christian Maldini. Even Chen Chao has to admit that Christian Maldini is indeed an excellent left-back who has inherited the Maldini family. When he attacks, the England team was completely beaten to the right. Ashley Young and Richards can only stay to defend and cannot get out of assists at all. When the England team launches an attack from the right, no matter Ashley Young or Defonso in the front, they will not be able to gain advantage when encountering Maldini, but will be ruined. They either make a hasty cross or force their opponents to give out a ball outside the boundary, and they will not even need a corner kick.

After seeing Maldini's performance, the Italian coach Di Salvo couldn't help but show a relaxed expression, but at the same time he was still a little bitter in his heart: If...... if he was bolder and put Maldini directly in the starting lineup, the situation of this game would definitely not be so bad!?

As the captain, Gerald is also the core of the English team's dispatching team. After he found that the Italian team's left side became tough due to Maldini's appearance, he began to deliberately stop the attack from the right and start looking for opportunities from the left and middle.

Gerald's idea was right, but he did not realize that the current tactical style of England is to use strong and continuous offensives to suppress the opponent and find opportunities to score goals. No matter who the opponent is, they must play like this. However, his routine of changing the attack of England's team made England's team completely lose the attack on the right. The Italian team strengthened the defense in the middle and left, and gradually the Italian team slowed down. Thirty-five minutes later, the Italian team was no longer at a disadvantage from the scene and began to be able to set off the stage with the English team to attack each other.

When the game ended 42 minutes ago, Maldini launched another attack from the left and sent the ball to the corner of the small penalty area on the left side of England. The powerful center Pachini rushed out and shook his head, and the ball flew to the lower left corner of the England goal.

"ah------"

Johart reacted very quickly, shouting and snarling, and after falling to the ground, he barely pushed the ball out of the baseline with his right hand......Corner kick!

"oh--------"

At the French Stadium, the fans wearing blue Italian jerseys all sighed, "A ball like this... has not even entered!"?

Pacini, who missed the best scoring opportunity, also looked helpless and looked up at the sky. At this time, he had no intention of thanking Maldini, who sent a wonderful cross from the left.

After calming down for a while, the Italian team went to serve the corner kick. Montolivo, who was already thirty-one, now has a better sense of footwork and is already the number one set-piece penalty in the Italian team.

"Bang!"

The ball was kicked out of the corner flag by Montoli, and flew into the air with a "swoosh". The ball was very fast and the height was a little high!

After seeing the flying route of the ball, England's defensive attention was focused on the middle and back points. Richards, who was in front of the goal post, breathed a sigh of relief. He even began to observe the situation in the middle and the other side. In the small penalty area at the front point, there was only one captain Gerald defending.

But----

Just as the ball flew into the England penalty area, the ball suddenly sank from the air and fell into the small penalty area on the left side of the England team with a strange parabola that was flattening!

kindness!?

Leaf balls!

All of a sudden, everyone's nerves were tense!

The corner kick that Montolivo played was not sent to the front or back point at all. He wanted to send the ball to the front point from beginning to end!

When the English players realized that Richards and Gerald wanted to compete for the ball landing point, a blue figure had already jumped out and rushed to the ball landing point. The Italian player with short hair and beard turned out to be... De Rossi!

He is now thirty-three years old!

Captain of the Rome team!

Captain of the Italian team!

"Dong!"

The fallen leaf ball kicked by Montolivo was originally extremely fast, and the ball itself rotated very strongly. After De Rossi topped his head, the ball removed his head and drew a small arc and flew towards the upper left goal of England!

At this time, Johart's position was originally in the middle. It was too late to rush over after he found that the ball landing point had changed. De Rossi's header was so powerful and the angle was so tricky, so Johart didn't even have the chance to save the fish. He just subconsciously reached out and took a hand in the void, and watched the ball fly into his own goal...

1:1 square meter!

"ah--------------"

"oh--------------"

The Italian fans at the French Stadium were completely crazy. In this European Championship, the Italian team came over without any danger. When they met the powerful England team, they were once worried about the team's future. When "Little Fatty" Rooney scored the first record for England, the Italians also felt that the England team was too strong in this competition. Such a team was really not something that Italian team could defeat.

However, when the first half was approaching, the resilient Italian team once again stubbornly equalized the score, which made the Italians not crazy?

The Italians' madness did not stop until the end of the first half. They had already determined that the lucky one in this game should be themselves, and the Italians should be the Italians. The 1:1 score is only temporary, and the Italians will definitely be able to laugh to the end.

Even at this moment, even the Italian coach Di Salvo felt that the God of Luck stood on Italy's side, and the winner of this game would definitely be his own team.

"Boys! Work harder! We can beat England! We can beat the arrogant English! You see, the English scored a goal first, but we equalized the score! This proves that their attitude towards the game has changed and there are problems, so......Boys! Grip your teeth! We will reach the final! We will be the champion!"

In addition to encouraging his team, Di Salvo really has nothing to adjust. The Italian team is definitely in its best state now. "Super Mario" did not perform very well in the first half, but his existence itself is already a deterrent. Moreover, the forward line of his partner Pacini is really powerful, and the counter-attack and interception ability in the frontcourt is also very good. Otherwise, if the Italian team concedes a goal first, it may not be possible to reverse the game with just one Maldini.

On the contrary, in the locker room of England, Chen Chao was calmly explaining the tactics that the team should play in the second half: "We only played 20 minutes of good goals in the first half, and the subsequent games... Haha, I can only say that our tactical system is not perfect yet! You don't have a thorough understanding of the team's current tactics! Do you know why I, England, have you scored 13 goals alone? Think about the one you played in the second half of the first half... Is that still England's football? When did I want you to play like that?"

The stars of England were silent. They also knew that England was strong in offense. However, after the Italian team's left defense has become very strong, we have given up on the right attack... Isn't it right?

In England, most people think so, but Chen Chao seemed to be able to see through their thoughts, and then said: "Do you think the Italian team's left defense has really been adjusted? I have to say, you are all a group of idiots and idiots! Think about it, how did you attack on the right after the first half? Apart from breaking through, they were rushing to cross. What do you guys think? Forgot to cut inward? Forgot to support the middle? Forgot to return? Well, even if the Italian team's midfielder will be connected with their left, won't you transfer until then? At that time, they will have time to go to the middle and right. Do you need to say anything next?"

Chen Chao didn't even look at the English stars who were waking up from a dream, but turned around and drew on the tactical board. He used arrows and circles to draw an offensive routine again, including Ashley Yang and Richards working together on the right, as well as how they passed the ball to Defonso in front, as well as timely follow-up from Gerald, the midfielder.

After all, the English stars have been practicing under Chen Chao for a long time, and everyone who can sit here is not Yi Yu. At this time, when they saw the tactical pictures drawn by Chen Chao, their eyes immediately lit up. If they really played according to this routine before, Maldini would probably not even have a chance to perform!

The second half… It’s time for Maldini to be unlucky!

After drawing the tactical picture, Chen Chao turned around and looked at Gerald, and said slowly: "Don't forget that our offense is not just focused on the right, middle, and left. We can also launch an attack! We can also kill our opponents! Remember, our England team's goal is not the semi-finals or third place, we only have one goal... champion!"
Chapter completed!