golden ball prince

Chapter 242 A Big Dream

"Spain is a very strong and united team, but we can beat our opponents." At the press conference before the game, Buffon, who attended as captain, seemed full of confidence.

Talking about the first opponent in the group stage, Prandelli also affirmed Spain's strong team football. He said: "Although Puyol and Villa were unable to play, Spain did not rely on individual outstanding performance to win the game. They are currently the team with the best teamwork."

At 2012:[-] p.m. local time on June [-]th in Poland, in the first round of Group C of the [-] European Cup, defending champion Spain and rival Italy met in the Gdansk Arena.

This battle of focus, which has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of fans around the world, ended in a draw. After 10 and 1 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides reached a score of 1:[-] and shook hands.

Looking back at the game, after the first half ended hastily with a score of 0:0, Italy and Spain, who had warmed up in the second half, could be regarded as a real fight.Italy was the first to score a goal. In the No.601 minute of the game, Italy's "strongest brain" Pirlo sent a wonderful pass to teammate Di Natale who had just come off the bench after accelerating in the midfield.

But before the Italian fans recovered from their excitement, Spain equalized the score after 3 minutes. No.604 minutes, Iniesta, Silva and Cesc Fabregas directed the equalizer. Iniesta and Silva's pass allowed Fabregas to complete the final attack.

Facing the world champion Spain in the first round of the group stage, Italy, the "Nemesis of the Matador Legion", continued its tradition, and a draw was acceptable to Prandelli, but Prandelli was a little helpless to be equalized by Spain within 3 minutes.

In this campaign, Wang Zi, who was put on the substitute list by the head coach Prandelli, failed to make his European Cup debut. Wang Zi felt a little regretful, but he could understand it, so he was interviewed even though he did not play. I'm very confident about my Euro debut."

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The second round of Group C confrontation started at [-]:[-] p.m. local time on the [-]th. The match between Italy and Croatia was equally eye-catching.Contrary to the situation of the opponent Spain in the first game, the opponent Croatia in this game is the out-and-out nemesis of Italy. (PS: Croatia is one of only two teams to remain unbeaten against Italy in the past five games, the other being Brazil.)
Prandelli continued to use the lineup of the last game against Spain in the starting lineup.The forward line is a combination of Cassano and Balotelli, the midfielders are Maggio, Thiago Motta, Pirlo, Marchisio and Jaccherini, De Rossi retreats and Chiellini, Bonucci form a defense line, and the goalkeeper is still Buffon.

Balotelli stopped the ball in the penalty area in the 3rd minute of the game and turned around to volley. Although he missed the post slightly, it also officially sounded the signal for Italy's attack.

Subsequently, Marchisio and Balotelli created crises in front of Croatia one after another. If it weren't for goalkeeper Pletikosa's brave performance, Italy would have taken the lead early in the first 36 minutes of the game.

Pletikosa has repeatedly helped the team save the day in front of goal, but he is not a foolproof machine after all.In the No.309 minute of the game, Italy got a free kick in the frontcourt. Pirlo, who was in charge of the penalty, kicked the ball in the direction of the Croatia goal.
1-0!

Italy lead!

(PS: The standard elevator ball was first invented by Juninho, but the term elevator ball was first proposed by Gazzetta dello Sport during the 2012 European Cup, after this game.)
"This free kick is so beautiful! It is pleasing to the eye! It is perfect!"

In front of the TV, the TV commentator in charge of the commentary was watching the replay with bright eyes, and the words of praise that he could think of kept coming out of his mouth.

"Pirlo's free kick helped Italy take the lead. This is the first free kick of this European Cup and the first direct free kick scored by Italy in the European Cup since the 1968 European Cup final."

"Counting this goal, from July 2006 to the present, Pirlo has scored five goals for the Italian national team, all of which came from set kicks. Three of them were free kicks and two were penalty kicks."

After the celebration, the game continued.

Pirlo's free kick made the Italian fans excited and gave the Italian team hope of victory.

The first half ended quickly, and the score was still Italy 1:0 Croatia.

Back in the second half, Croatia obviously strengthened their offensive.Modric's two shots in the No. 407 and 49 minutes showed Italy a counterattack attitude.

Under the pressure of Croatia's counterattack and the long-term high-intensity confrontation of the players, Prandelli subsequently made personnel adjustments. Italy replaced Thiago Motta and Balotelli with Montolivo and Wang Zi.

"The game came to No. 603 minutes. At this time, Italy took the lead in making personnel changes. Wang came on the field. This young player ushered in his European Cup debut. With his outstanding performance in Ligue [-], head coach Prandelli gave the Ligue [-] Golden Boot a chance to prove himself in the European Cup."

In the commentator's voice, Wang Zi ran straight into the stadium after high-fiving Thiago Motta and Balotelli respectively.

Under the expectation of Prandelli, Wang Zi, who made his debut, performed mediocrely for more than ten minutes after his debut, which also made the Italian fans who were watching the game a little more angry.

"Prandelli is a bad move! After Balotelli, who performed very well, was replaced, the attack of the Italian striker is obviously not as sharp as before."

"Of course, this may have a lot to do with the tacit understanding between the players. The cooperation between Cassano and Balotelli is definitely better."

There were complaints, and then it reached a climax, but it was no longer aimed at Wang Zi alone.

No.70 In the second minute, Strinic made a pass from the left, Chiellini had a top in defense, Mandzukic volleyed after stopping the ball, the ball hit the right post and bounced into the goal!

1: 1!

Croatia tied the score!

Seeing the opponent's crazy celebration, everyone in Italy was no longer calm, and Prandelli also helplessly spread his hands on the sidelines.

Italy cannot accept a draw, and no one wants to see a draw, because if it ends with such a score, Italy, which has two consecutive draws, will definitely give up the initiative to qualify for the group to Spain and Croatia.

In this case, Prandelli's shouting is no longer needed in the next game. The players on the field are all working hard for victory without reservation, constantly threatening Croatia's goal.

No. In 803 minutes, Cassano's physical decline allowed Prandelli to replace Joe Wenco. There was only one substitution target on the front line, and the offense must continue.

Wang Zi needs to prove his worth to the fans with goals!
Fortunately, 2 minutes later, Wang Zi, who was mediocre on the court, finally had a chance to prove his worth.

Pirlo passed a corner kick from the right to the middle of the penalty area. Wang Zi leaned against Croatian defender Skirdenfeet with his back, facing the flying ball, Wang Zi soared into the air.

"Barb the door!"

The ball flies to the goal!

Wang Zi, who jumped up in the air, landed quickly, and then turned around with a very quick reaction!

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ladies and gentlemen:
The plane is descending, please return to your original seat, fasten your seat belt, and adjust the seat back to the normal position...

The announcement sounded in the cabin at the right time.

"Xiao Zi, wake up, we'll be there soon."

(PS: It’s unfinished, but it can be regarded as an explanation for myself, and I can only apologize to all the book friends. Especially the few book friends who have been giving recommendation tickets and rewards during the suspension period, I feel ashamed.)
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That's what we dreamed of,

about literature,

about love,

about football,

about traveling across the world,
Now we drink late into the night,

the cups collide,
It's the sound of broken dreams.

——Excerpt from Bei Dao (with deletions)
(End of this chapter)