Chapter 466 The group qualified early!

Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly

Chapter 466 The group qualified early!

Conte's adjustments quickly took effect.

When the game reached the 25th minute, the Swedish team, which had been unable to attack for a long time, made a passing and receiving error in the frontcourt.

The ball passed by Weinblum to Ibrahimovic was successfully intercepted by Chiellini in advance. As soon as the latter got the ball, he passed it directly to the left, allowing Candreva to drive the ball forward.

At that time, after the Swedish team attacked many times, the defense gradually began to press closer. As a result, even the two central defenders had entered the Italian half, and there was no one behind them, which completely exposed Italy's artillery fire.

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After Candreva took the ball, he took a few steps and made a direct pass forward.

Pellet, who showed little performance tomorrow, made a diagonal run and sprinted forward from the left.

At this time, in front of him, the only player left on the Swedish team was goalkeeper Isaacson!

Behind Pellet, Lindelof began to catch up.

Before the game, Pan Yi warned the Swedish team players whether Pellegrini, who was Italy's main goal scorer, should give him a good chance to shoot!

For the defenders, it is their duty to keep an eye on Pellet.

Therefore, even though Pellet was already speeding up and running, Lindelof was still chasing after him with no intention of giving up.

Fortunately, Candreva's direct pass avoided the Swedish defensive players and passed between the right back Johansson and the center back Granqvist, so the path of the ball was a bit biased to the left.

side boundary line.

Therefore, when Pellet was chasing after him, whether he could catch the ball or not would be blocked along the left sideline.

In addition, speed itself is not Pellet's strong point, so it took a little longer to catch the ball.

Although Lindelof activated his speed, the straight-line distance was short, so he continued to catch up.

Then, the two players formed a mismatch on the left side of the Swedish team's penalty area.

Pelle stopped the ball, and Lindelof blocked his path to the penalty area. The two got into position, forming a one-on-one contest.

Almost as soon as he took up his position, Lindelof recalled in his mind the tactical preparation draft that Pan Yi had handed to each of his players through the coaching staff before the game.

This reflects the meticulousness of Pan Yi's preparation for the competition!

And in his tactical preparation, there are defensive precautions about mistaking Pellet.

It was mentioned in it that Pellet's finishing ability, header ability, key passing ability and through ball ability are all very strong, but his ability to control the ball is not his weakness.

And Pellet likes to play two-on-one in games.

Therefore, when a defensive player faces Pellet alone, the focus should be on preventing his pass and cooperating with his teammates.

And if Pellet tries to pass someone by force, he won't use any fancy moves, he will basically just feint and then just go straight for it.

Then the defensive players need to lower their focus, not make easy moves, and after looking at Pellet's actual movement direction, look for the opportunity to steal the ball.

Sure enough, after seeing that few of his nearby teammates were coming, Pellet could choose to make a personal breakthrough.

The Italian made a fake move, but it made him feel depressed. Lindelof moved his body and stood still, but he didn't do what he did.

Lindelof's one-miss-one defense is very good!

It may be a bit difficult to deal with agile forwards like Messi and Hazard, but a pivot center like Pellet can definitely handle it.

After Pellet swayed, he couldn't do anything. I hope he is really good at dealing with people, and he knows that better than anyone else.

What he is best at is running without the ball and shooting directly from behind. Of course, his best thing is his ability to compete for high-altitude balls.

As soon as he saw that Lindelof was not giving up, Pellet had no choice but to make a one-and-done deal!

Otherwise, the opportunity to "single-handedly" will be lost.

But as soon as Pellet started, Lindelof had already predicted the direction of his ball.

Lindelof leaned over and stood between Pellet and the ball, then stretched his legs to block the ball and easily intercepted Donglai.

Then, he made another direct pass forward and handed the ball to Forsberg, which allowed the Swedish team to launch a counterattack.

Seeing that the attack failed, Pellet sighed and looked at Lindelof in front of him. He felt that the boy seemed to have planned it in advance and should have known where he was going.

Lindelof, on the other hand, secretly marveled at the meticulous guidance of his coach. He was truly worthy of being a world-famous coach! Every move of the wrong leg was under his control, so how could he not be able to guard against it.

He couldn't help but glance sideways at the coaching bench and saw Pan Yi looking at him with a smile on his face, obviously very satisfied with his defense.

How should I put it? Although Lindelof is not considered to be the world's top central defender, he is very calm and confident on the defensive end. Outside Benfica, his teammates call him "Ice Man".

That nickname means no matter what happens on the court, Lindelof always looks calm and cool.

Playing as a central defender requires such characteristics, calmness during big events, otherwise, he would not have been picked up by Manchester United and would have stayed there for many years.

"You won't be so lucky this time!" Pellet yelled at Lindelof angrily.

He knew that the wrong party had fully grasped his weakness that time.

Then Dong once, he tried to use his own advantage to overwhelm the wrong leg!

Soon, when Dong Yi launched a counterattack, Pellet ran from the left to the center and signaled his teammates to hit him on the head.

Florenzi's pass almost came to Pellet's head just as he arrived at the penalty spot in the penalty area.

Pellet jumped up high and was ready to swing his head to attack the goal!

But at this moment, Lindelof and Granqvist were like two big mountains, blocking his left and right sides, forming a male-left formation. Pellet was suddenly covered with a big man, and his head-shaking movements were also affected.

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Granqvist, who was behind Pellet, took the opportunity to jump higher and head the ball out first, ruining the attack.

This is not what Pan Yi ordered before the game to target the double-team mode when Pellet was fighting for the top.

One of Italy's regular offensive methods is to drop the ball into the penalty area and let Pellet grab the first point.

Pellet can attack the goal if he can, but if he can't, he points eastward, and then Edel grabs the second point.

The focus at this time is to guard against Pellet's first point, so he does not hesitate to use two central defenders to flank him.

Of course, Edelbur was not allowed to go unchecked at that time.

The fullbacks who are close to Edel, whether Olsson or Johansson, will then get close to Edel, pay attention to the second position, and then defend.

But obviously, the two-point protection that time was no longer needed, because the first double-team tactic had been successful!

Does this leave Pellet helpless?

It doesn't work on the ground, and it doesn't work in the air, so what can we do with him?

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Italy's counterattack has been unable to open up the situation, but Sweden has failed to clear the clouds and see the light.

Their attack finally paid off!

In this system, captain Ibrahimovic is undoubtedly the most powerful offensive weapon in the Swedish team.

As for whether to protect the weapon from being frozen by Italy's reinforced concrete, Pan Yi should let Ixa and Guidetti pull for him on the wing.

Whether he makes a pass from the east end, or whether he cuts outside to attract defensive pressure, whether these can fully bring out Ibrahimovic's strength and allow him to have more shining moments!

And those cannonballs that were continuously sent to him finally knocked down the Italian city wall with one shot!

In the 40th minute, there was originally a counterattack by Italy. After Pellet's side failed, Italy wanted to take Eder's side this time.

But if Olsson and Lindelof successfully intercepted the ball together, Olsson dribbled the ball along the left side, passed it to Isaac, and launched a quick counterattack.

In that counterattack, Ibrahimovic got ample running space in the middle.

Did he deliberately run to the left, seemingly trying to meet Isaac, which immediately caused Chiellini and De Rossi, who were chasing after, to focus on the left side.

However, Isaac chose to pass the ball to Forsberg, who pulled out Italy's central defender Bonucci when dribbling the ball in the middle.

I saw Ibrahimovic suddenly changing lanes from the left to the right. Because Chiellini and De Rossi's attention was on the left just now, they suddenly changed lanes, and both of them were caught off guard.

Time was running out, but Forsberg had already preceded Bonucci and passed the ball to the far post.

Maybe Forsberg's pass was a little bit more time-consuming and he used a little more force. The ball passed a little faster, and it went over Ibrahimovic's head and reached the bottom line.

But at this moment, Ibrahimovic soared into the air with his whole body stretched, and he hooked the ball with the heel of his right foot, and directly made a shot!

This is a scorpion tail, Ibrahimovic's signature, but it is also an unconventional shooting action!

Even the experienced Buffon couldn't predict such an action.

When Buffon reacted, the ball had almost missed the right upright and entered the net!

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!! Beautiful goal!!!!!!"

The on-site commentator almost wanted to tear out his own throat and shout loudly!

"Sweden finally scored a goal!!! Sweden leads Italy 1:0!!!"

Following his shout, all the Swedish fans in the audience immediately stood up from their seats and shouted loudly.
To be continued...