Well, seeing that everyone didn’t say anything after asking the above question, McLaren no longer forced those players to worry about it. At this time, the second half of the match between Italy and France was about to begin, and McLaren
Lun turned around and said, "Forget it, let's continue watching the game."
However, just when McLaren was about to turn on the TV, Li Yi, who had been holding something in his heart for a long time, suddenly said, "Well, coach, I have a bit of an immature opinion!"
Again, as a latecomer, although Li Yi was not engaged in football-related industries before, it is impossible to know much about Italy, but, more or less, Li Yi can still talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Italy.
Seeing McLaren's demeanor at this moment, I guessed that he asked this question to spark some discussion.
In order to win the game, Li Yi naturally doesn't mind being thrown away by McLaren as a piece of "jade" at the moment!
"Oh?" I had given up any hope of letting the players look at Italy's scores and successfully analyze Italy's weaknesses. Who would have thought that there are actually players who can have opinions!
More importantly, when McLaren turned around and found that the speaker was Li Yi, his expectations were instantly magnified!
After all, if others didn't know, how could he know who the man England presented who could restrain Spain's tactics in the first game was?
"Oh?" He glanced at Li Yi with interest, and McLaren immediately asked, "Lee, tell me, what do you think?" [
"Uh!" Li Yi, who was a little embarrassed to be looked at by McLaren and knew clearly that the wind will destroy the wood that is beautiful in the forest, stood up and must say something, and finally decided
, Just pick the most important point and say it. "What coach, you also know that tactics are not your strong point. However, as a forward, after I integrated myself into the role played by Tony, I found that Italy's offense, although not
Every time, it passed through Pirlo's feet, but he is undoubtedly the most threatening player in this Italian team! Because almost every threatening Italian attack was planned by him! When I was in the club,
Luca plays a similar role! Therefore, I think if our opponent in the 4-point-1 final is really Italy, we can consider sending one to two defensive players to focus on marking Pirlo, regardless of whether he is
No matter where, he will never be given a chance to play the ball comfortably!"
"Pah, pah, pah!" After listening patiently to Li Yi's words, McLaren did not rush to express his position or comment on whether Li Yi's suggestion was good or bad. He just said it very rhythmically and slowly.
Use your left index finger to gently take a picture of the big long table in front of everyone!
Just when everyone was wondering if McLaren was asleep, McLaren suddenly raised his head and said, "Well, I just carefully thought about the Italian game videos I watched in the past few days, and found out what Lee just said.
, although it is a bit biased, it is undeniable that Pirlo is indeed one of the most important players in the Italian team! His role in the Italian team is indeed similar to that of Zidane in the French team!
So, Lee’s suggestion is quite good! Well, I’ll stop here today to comment on Italy’s work. Let’s watch the game and then prepare well for tomorrow’s game against Sweden.”
After a 15-minute break, the second half of the Italy vs. France match continues!
Since the score at this time was still a very unsafe 1-0, after the second half of the game, Italy, which had the numerical advantage, did not relax its overall pressure on the French team. Just like the second half of the first half, Italy played very hard
Be aggressive!
However, no one, including Li Yi, expected that less than 10 minutes into the second half, England would receive two generous gifts from Italy one after another!
By the way, Italy is playing against France right now, how could they possibly give England a gift?
In fact, the answer to this question is not difficult to guess!
Because, in such large-scale football matches, there is something called accumulated yellow cards and suspension! As Italy is very likely to be England's opponent in the next round, if the players are suspended at this time, isn't it a big gift to England?
Two big gifts mean that two players in Italy have received yellow cards and will be suspended in the next round. So, which two players can deserve the word "big"?
Pirlo! That’s right, the first big gift England received came from Pirlo!
Because he did not notice the movements of his feet for a moment, and forgot that he had received a yellow card in the previous game with the Netherlands, and another yellow card was about to be suspended in the next round, during a midfield interception, Pierre
Loli made a tactical foul and tackled Henry near the center circle!
And when Pirlo received the yellow card from the referee on duty, and the on-site commentator announced that Pirlo was about to be suspended for the next game, let alone Li Yi, even after being reminded by Li Yi, in the second half
I wasn’t in the mood to watch the game, I kept thinking about who I should send to mark Pirlo throughout the next game, McLaren, who was suitable, was stunned on the spot![
He urgently took out his mobile phone and called a friend in the European Cup Organizing Committee. He repeatedly confirmed the news about Pirlo. After learning that the former would really not be able to play in the next game, McLaren immediately said,
He turned his head in the direction of Li Yi, then nodded thoughtfully!
And just after Pirlo gave the team a big gift, England had not yet come out of the joyous mood. 2 minutes later, this game has always been a winner in life, and God has always been standing behind Italy, taking over again.
It’s a joke from God!
It was almost exactly the same as Pirlo's situation before. When intercepting in the midfield, Gattuso, who is also an indispensable member of the Italian midfielder, was also very unlucky to receive today's referee Michel from Slovakia.
Your yellow card warning!
Then, something even more exciting for the English players happened!
Almost as soon as Gattuso received the yellow card, the on-site commentator announced to the world that since he had also received a yellow card before, after receiving this yellow card, Gattuso, like Pirlo, would
Same fate if Italy appears, their first knockout match!
And less than a minute after Gattuso was announced to be out of the game, Italian fans finally got some very good news for them!
The good news is that in another game that was played at the same time, the Dutch team, which performed extremely well in this cup, took a 1-0 lead!
Well, although the team's core players Pirlo and Gattuso were announced as being out of the game one after another, after receiving this news, the Italian fans couldn't help but burst into cheers!
After all, compared to the suspension of core players, if the team doesn't even have a chance to participate in the next game, then it's a p, right?
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In the end, with De Rossi's lucky free kick deflecting into the net in the second half, and Pirlo's penalty kick in the first half, this battle between Italy and France, which the outside world thought would be evenly matched before the game, turned out to be a close one.
The not-so-splendid ending came to an end with Italy taking the overall initiative!
Because in another match that was held at the same time, the Netherlands defeated Romania 2-0. In this way, the qualifying teams in the group are completely determined! That is the Netherlands and Italy!
At this time, in fact, whether England should win tomorrow's game against Sweden is really not a problem for England!
After all, as long as an individual comes to this position, he also knows which choice will be easier: playing against Italy, which lacks the core of offensive and defensive playmakers, or against the Netherlands, which is in the limelight!
At the same time, don't forget that the current situation in the group is very complicated. If McLaren is asked to play second place in the group, he doesn't have the ability! After all, Spain will not play, and McLaren is not Li Yi.
He would never know before the game how many goal differences Spain would get in that game!
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In the second day of the game, following the lessons learned from Italy, McLaren was very ruthless and made several players with yellow cards on the team choose to rest. Facing Sweden, which lacked core Ibrahimovic.
, even with a few second-line players, England did not spend much effort in the end and won the opponent 2-0.
In addition, Spain defeated Greece 2-1, and now, all the top eight players in this European Cup have been born!