Chapter 156 Two Minutes

Tang En made a substitution adjustment here, and two people were replaced in one breath. Vaughn replaced Abanglaho, while Cohen replaced Tangning.

The ability to make adjustments so quickly is also due to a frontcourt free kick obtained by Italy. Otherwise, these two people would not know how long they would have to stand on the sidelines.

This free kick is about twenty-six meters away from the goal and is very straight. It seems that Balotelli is here to take the penalty again.

After giving the cheers to Abanglaho, England fans pointed their finger at Balotelli again. Now, when Balotelli took a free kick and a corner kick, using boo to interfere with him has become a tacit understanding among English fans in the stands.

After both of the newly replaced men were in the position, Balotelli re-placed the football, then got up and retreated, ready to play. He turned a deaf ear to the booing in the stands. He also had to thank him for his two seasons with the Forest... No matter where he went, Nottingham Forest would become the target of booing by opponents fans. So as the Forest's top striker, he naturally had to enjoy such treatment. So now, he has long been immune to booing.

He knew very well that his performance so far in this game was not outstanding and his role in sports wars was very pitiful. But he also knew why Lippi replaced him for the sake of him. In the second half, England strengthened its defense and Italy strengthened its offensive, and the number of free kicks in England's halftime gradually increased. Lippi hoped to use such a player with outstanding technical characteristics to break the deadlock on the court.

It must be admitted that the England team's defensive tactics are very successful. In sports wars, the Italian team basically did not get any chance. The only way that can be taken is set pieces.

"This is Balotelli's fourth free kick. The first three and two kicks high, and one hits the wall..." The commentator pointed out without hesitation that even on set pieces, Balotelli's condition is not good.

"I think the last game of Lippi's coaching career will be broken at the feet of this black boy."

"Maybe it's a bit early to assert, but I still want to say it. 68-year-old Di Lippi is old and his mind is confused. It's really inexplicable to replace Balotelli."

Tang En, who had completed the substitution, turned around and walked back to the coach's seat. He had to drink a sip of water. In order to let the two of them hear clearly just now, he had to raise his voice, but after saying something, his already hoarse voice became even more hoarse and uncomfortable.

Just as his back was facing the goal, the referee's whistle allowed to serve sounded.

Balotelli took a deep breath, vomited out, and then started running.

The first two steps seemed to be on the spot, and the third step was taken. Balotelli had already reached the side of the ball. He swung his foot and the football flew into the air, bypassed the wall made by the English players, and headed straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

That was the farther away from Joe Hart.

When Joe Hart saw the football go around behind the wall and flew straight to the far post, he quickly started to poke the ball. But he was too late...

When he rushed over, the football had already brushed the post and flew into the goal...

"This...goooal!goooooal!!" After a brief surprise, the commentators of the neutral country cheered.

Tang En was startled by the sudden cheers at the scene. The water bottle in his hand shook and the water fell directly onto the suit. He couldn't help but cursed, and when he looked up and asked Walker for a towel, he saw that the other party looked like he was angry.

He was wondering, but he glanced at the Italian coaching seat next door from the corner of his eyes. He found that although Silver Fox Lippi was still sitting on the coaching seat, everyone around him was hugging each other...

A bad idea came to his mind. He suddenly turned around and looked at the stadium, but saw Italian players wearing blue jerseys hugging each other. They surrounded the center. On the other side, his own players lowered their heads and were dejected.

He no longer needs to look at the big screen, he can already determine what happened...

In less than half a minute after he turned around and drank water, Italy had already used a free kick to equalize the score!

This time, Tang En swears from the bottom of his heart.

"We thought he was in a bad state in set pieces, but..." Walker shook his head in pain. Seeing that there were only twenty minutes left before the game, the victory was in sight, but unexpectedly the opponent equalized the score. He dragged back to the starting line.

At this moment, the commentators who were questioning Lippi's substitution before and mocking Balotelli changed their caliber and sang hymns.

"This is a wonderful goal! Mario Balotelli! He equalized the score for the Italian team!"

"Super Mario! Super Mario! Unparalleled goal!"

"Only he is reliable at the critical moment!"

"This goal proves the correctness of Lippi's substitution! Balotel used the goal to draw a loud slap in the face!" The commentator said so, unable to help but touched his cheek.

"We tied the score! We saw the hope of winning the championship again! Tony Donne always likes to say something: 'Leading one goal is the most unsafe score in the world'. I am very happy that Balotelli's goal once again proved the correctness of this sentence to him! Now, the two sides have returned to the same starting line, and there are twenty minutes left..." The happiest person is the Italian commentator, who dances excitedly in front of the microphone.

English players were very helpless about conceding the ball like this. They completely blocked the possibility of Italian attack in sports wars. But they seemed powerless to do anything about set pieces.

"Reduce fouls!" The frustrated English player heard Donn shouting loudly on the sidelines. "Reduce fouls in dangerous areas!"

Tang En knew very well that fouls were actually an important part of defense. Generally speaking, measuring whether a defensive player is excellent depends on his foul indicators. A player who knows how to foul is a good defensive player.

Therefore, if the English players are worried about setting pieces for the Italians because they are worried about too many fouls, then the defensive pressure in sports wars will naturally increase.

But he has no choice. Too many set pieces is indeed the only weakness in this tactic...

He wanted to bring Woodra to the sidelines and further instructed him, but the Italians were more anxious than him, and the celebration did not last long. Someone helped the English put the football in the middle circle. The players on both sides stood on their own and prepared to kick off.

What made Tang En most depressed was that he had just made adjustments but was tied by Italy. He had no way to adjust immediately, and he could only let the players on the court perform themselves. And what's worse is that his previous adjustment tactics were useless and he needed to change the new tactics. He had previously asked the team to defend steadily, so he focused on defense. Even full-time forwards like Chris Cohen had to take care of the defense first. The second was offense.

The situation is different now.

Tang En shouted at the stadium, trying to compete with the cheers of half of the fans on the scene.

"Corn! Cohen!" He shouted loudly from the sidelines. Chris Cohen was located in a stadium away from Donne. It was really difficult for him to hear it.

Fortunately, he had a soundtrack. Wood in the middle heard Tang En's roar and set up a transfer station, which made Cohen turn his attention to the sidelines.

"Pay attention to the offense!" Tang En gestured to Cohen, asking him not to just defend.

Cohen nodded, showing his understanding.

I knew when Cohen saw that. Tang En shouted the other people's names again: "Roonie! Rooney! You retreat and take the midfielder!"

"Walcott, try to move forward when you get the ball! Fight them against each other!"

"George, hurry up!"

If Italy equalizes the score at this time, it will definitely put a big push. Striving to overtake, then England will wait to fight back. As long as they can seize the opportunity, things will not be too bad.

After the game started again, the Italian team really put up a big push. They wanted to take advantage of the situation to overtake the score. The England team was so pressed that they could only shrink to the backcourt to defend. During this period, the England goal seemed very dangerous.

The two full-backs actively assisted, and the combination of side and middle allowed the England team to have only the ability to parry but no power to fight back.

Because of some concerns in mind and not giving the opponent too many set-piece opportunities, England's defense is not as tight as before, which has given the Italians a lot of loopholes.

Joe Wenke used his flexible figure and excellent ball control skills to try to break through. George Wood ran over to assist in defense. Seeing that Wood was mobilized by him, Joe Wenke did not force a breakthrough, but cleverly assigned the football to the middle.

This time De Rossi chose to shoot directly and vigorously!

Joe Hart flew out and struggled to lift the ball with heavy force out of the bottom line.

This offense and defense have already shocked the hearts of fans on both sides and they can't help but beating wildly.

One minute after the Italian team scored the goal, they received another corner kick.

Now every Italian set piece can make the English very nervous. Balotelli, who was ridiculed by them before, has obviously returned to his form on set piece.

Forti and Chiellini stood in front of the goal, which made England's defenders very nervous. Both of them were excellent headers. Balotelli's form is starting to recover now. The consequences of these two combined are hard to say...

Everyone thought Balotelli would directly drive the football to the goal, but he just kicked the football to De Rossi who came up to pick him up.

Tactical corner kick!

Seeing this scene, Joe Hart immediately yelled in front of the door: "Press it out! Make an offside!"

At that moment, the English players obediently pushed forward together, as if they were tide, for fear that someone would slow down and drag behind and fail to make an offside. De Rossi re-passed the football to Balotelli who ran up from the corner flag area. Someone raised his hand to signal Balotelli to offside, but the lineman and referee were unmoved.

Balotelli, who got the ball, looked up at the penalty area, and the English players were still pressing outward to offside.

But it is not inadvertent to take advantage of.

He keenly discovered that another midfielder Aquilani was intervening from behind and wanted to intersperse with England's defense line...

Seeing this, he no longer hesitated and directly sent the football into the penalty area on the grass. He looked at the ground and specially passed the football to Aquilani's running route. Aquilani happened to insert the penalty area from the gap between Terry and Joe Matok. No offside!

When he received the ball, England's defense line suddenly became a mess. The offside could obviously not be constructed anymore... So a group of people pulled back.

When Joe Hart saw Aquilani receive the ball, he rushed out and shot straight at Aquilani on the side. The opponent's shot angle was very small. As long as he attacked and blocked, he should be able to resolve the opponent's sudden attack.

At this time, the goalkeeper will naturally regard the shooting as the opponent's first choice, but Aquilani doesn't think much. When he saw Joe Hart rushing out, he knew what to do.

He didn't even look at the people in front of the goal, but just swept the ball into the small penalty area with one kick.

Facing such an earth, all the English players who visit the English follow-up are afraid of making a move and dare not make a big shot, because they are afraid of scoring an own goal...

Someone is not afraid!

Forty flew to the football, and the ball reached her feet!

"Ballotelli passed the ball to De Rossi, and De Rossi passed it back to him, and Balotelli passed the ball to the penalty area...Aquilani.  Aquilani!Aquilani received the ball! He was unmarked! Joe Hart attacked! Cross pass! Beautiful! Aquilani's cross pass...Selvatore Forti-" The Italian commentator's lips flew up and down, just like a machine gun, and his saliva was splashing everywhere. At the end of the commentary, he suddenly pulled the tone and shouted.  "gooooooooooooooooooooooooo--!!"

Just now, the suit was wet because of mineral water. Tang En took off his coat and put it on his hands. Now seeing that the Italian team was like a ball in just two minutes, he immediately threw the suit jacket in his hand to the ground.

He was so angry that he couldn't help but curse three times.

This time, even the calm Lippi couldn't sit still. Seeing his team turning defeat into victory, he jumped out of his seat. He ran to the sidelines, opened his arms and hugged his assistant coach Ferrara.

The benches throughout Italy were filled with joy.

"2:1!2:1! Now we are the leader! We are the leader!" The Italian narrator shouted at the top of his lungs, and even cried a little when he heard his voice.

The game was ups and downs, and their fate reversed in just two minutes. Even a narrator who was experienced in many battles like him was so excited that he could not control himself.

"It's incredible...The Italian team actually overtook the score. These two balls came too fast, and the Englishman didn't react at all."

"What did we see? The Italians completed the reversal in just two minutes! Completed the reversal in the final!"

"Ballotelli must have been offside before receiving the ball!" Motson believed that the Italian team's goal was offside first and should be judged invalid.

Like him, there were many English players. They surrounded the referee and protested against him that Balotelli was offside before receiving the ball.

The referee just shook his head and did not change his punishment.

At the same time, the slow motion replay of Balotelli receiving the ball just now appeared on the big screen on the scene. According to the playback, Balotelli was not offside when receiving the ball. He and England's defense line were on the same line. But if De Rossi was half a second later, Balotelli would definitely be offside.

The Italian team scored this goal cleanly and without any problems.
Chapter completed!