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The Netherlands and Spain drew 1-1 in the first half.

This seems to be a match that is in line with the strengths of both sides.

But in the second half, the situation changed!

The Netherlands scored four goals in a row and swept the Spanish team that won the championship with a score of 5 to 1. It can be described as revenge.

The players did not continue to watch the next game.

Because there is also a technical analysis session in the evening.

The team's opponent is the European powerhouse Italy!

Italy in the World Cup, can be described as advertised record.

In history, Italy has won a total of four World Cup championships, two runners-up, and one third!

In terms of the number of titles won, Italy ranks second after Brazil.

This World Cup, Italy is not a popular team!

After all, Italy is a bit of a green and yellow now. Compared with the top Italian lineup in the past, there are many stars in Italy now.

The last World Cup is a very painful memory for Italian fans.

They announced their exit in the group stage. Before the start of the World Cup, their core midfielder Pirlo was injured and unable to play. Therefore, Italy's offense in this World Cup was very monotonous and there were not many methods. In the first game, his second half, Buffon is injured again. For Italy, Buffon is not just a goalkeeper. He is the trust of the entire team in letting him go. Only with Buffon standing in front of the goal can he be able to help the Italian defenders. Come with enough confidence. In the last match of the group stage against Slovakia, the Italian defense without Buffon was a little flustered, and they lost 2:3 in the event of a draw to qualify. Aging and lack of experience of new players are the biggest drawbacks of this Italian team.

But then again, the last time Italy won the World Cup was not far off. They beat France in the final in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, winning their fourth trophy in team history.

In fact, Italy was not optimistic at the time.

In particular, the scandal of the telephone door in China has caused almost the entire Italian football world to be in chaos.

In this case, Italy's performance in this World Cup can be said to be very tenacious, especially their defense, which can be said to be the pinnacle of Italian football!

Italy beat Ghana 2-0 in the group stage. Zacardo scored an own goal against the U.S. team, becoming Italy's first conceded goal in this World Cup. In this game, the Italian team drew 1-1 with the US team with Gilardino's diving for the top and Zacardo's own goal. The third game was a 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic. Ended the group stage and entered the round of 16.

In the 1/8 final, Italy and Australia fought for 89 minutes. In stoppage time, Grosso took the ball into the penalty area of ​​the Australian team and was placed in the penalty area. The referee pointed to the penalty spot, and Totti scored the penalty into an absolute dead corner. , Italy beat Australia 1-0 to advance to the quarter-finals.

Of course, this penalty also led to the firing of a very famous domestic commentator by CCTV.

In the quarter-finals, Italy opened the scoring with Zambrotta's long-range shot, and finally defeated the Ukraine team 3-0 and advanced to the top four. In the semi-finals, Italy met the rival host Germany. In the game, the two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes without a winner, and entered overtime. In the first half of overtime, the two sides were still tied 0-0. In the 13th minute of the second half of overtime, the Italian team won a corner kick, and Piero opened the game. A corner kick was kicked out of the penalty area by a German player. At this time, the ball fell to the feet of Pirlo. Pirlo dribbled the ball to the right and attracted the attention of the German defense. Suddenly the ball was passed to Grosso, Grosso shot, the ball Draw an arc and fly into the gate of the German team, Italy 1-0 Germany. In the 29th minute, the Italian team quickly counterattacked. Gilardino distributed the ball to the unmarked Del Piero. Piero hung in the upper right corner of the goal. Italy defeated the German team 2-0.

The game continued, the Italian team won a corner kick in the 18th minute, Pirlo took the corner kick, Materazzi jumped high and headed the goal, the ball scored. Materazzi will make up for it. Italy 1-1 France. In the second half of the game, the Italian team won a free kick. Tony headed the goal and scored, but the referee ruled that Tony was offside and the goal was invalid. According to the new offside rule, the referee made a misjudgment this time. After 90 minutes of the game, Italy 1-1 France. It was 1-1 in the first half of overtime. Zidane made a surprising move in the second half of extra time and was sent off with a red card because Materazzi abused Zidane's family and Zidane hit Materazzi. Zidane passed the Hercules Cup. After 120 minutes it was still a draw.

Finally, in the penalty shootout!

The tenacious Italy defeated France and unexpectedly won the World Cup trophy!

In the conference room, Gao Bo led the players to review the history of Italy's glorious team a little, and also analyzed this year's Italy.

"So, offense is very important!!!"

Gao Bo said in combination with the video footage.

"Italians are used to slow rhythms, so from the start of the game we can't let them play too leisurely!!"

"Pick up the speed of the game! It's a battle of fitness and speed!! It's what we do best!!"

Gao Bo said in a very calm tone.

Before that, he had analyzed Italy's core players one by one, and also analyzed Italy's tactics.

The words have something to say, but also let the players agree very much.

After such an analysis, the players also successfully implanted such a concept in their minds: "Italian team is not easy to play, this is a very strong team with a very tough defensive tradition, but they also have Weaknesses, we can attack their weaknesses!"

This gave the players the confidence to beat Italy.

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The match between England and Italy is played on the evening of Brazil time.

Therefore, after the team's last technical analysis meeting before the game, Gao Bo gave the players a little vacation.

In fact, it is just a time to rest.

Before falling asleep, players can move around the training base, chat with each other, or go to the hotel's leisure centre for a game of billiards or the like.

One thing of course: absolutely no alcohol!

There are quite a few alcoholics among the English players.

This seems to be a common problem for English players.

However, before the meeting was dismissed, Gao Bo gave a very stern warning: "Any player who drinks during the World Cup will not get any chance to play in this World Cup!"

soon!

A night's time has passed!

When the sun rises the next day and shines on the Amazon jungle.

The players also woke up from their sleep!

For England!

Their World Cup has finally begun.