"Abang Raho! yes！ yes！ yes！ Abang Laho! ”

England fans in the stands leapt from their seats and raised their arms to cheer on their goal-scoring hero. It was as if an earthquake was happening at the Bernabeu Stadium, and even the camera cameras were vibrating.

Amid the tsunami-like cheers, Abang Laho broke free from the pull of his teammates, ran all the way to the coach's box, and hugged Don hard. Everyone knows that he can appear in the final, and he has a lot to do with Donn. And his goal is also the best reward for the trust in the leader.

"Aha! Donne's unexpected adjustment this time made the Italians completely unable to react! In the twenty-fourth minute, we took a one-goal lead! Well done, Abang Laho! Well done, Donne! "John. Morteson didn't question Donn's substitution in the previous commentary, so he was confident when he said it.

After hugging Donn, Abonlahor finds Mitchel in the crowd and rushes to hug him again.

"This goal is for you, Aaron!" An excited Abang Lajo yelled in Mitchel's ear.

Mitchel was a little surprised, but he was quickly infected by the emotions of the players around him, and leaned down and hugged his teammate who was 21 centimeters shorter than him. They are double teammates, national team and club team. He felt that perhaps it was because of this relationship that Abang Lajo would take the initiative to hug him after the goal.

"Well done, Flash! Score them one more goal! Mitchel affectionately called him the nickname he had given to Abonlaho.

Don was very satisfied when he saw this scene next to him. The atmosphere in the dressing room is very harmonious, this team is united, with such a team, he is not afraid of any opponent.

※※※ The English cheered for their lead, while the Italians fell into collective silence.

Lippi didn't get angry on the sidelines because of the goal, and in fact, whatever the case may be, it's hard to see him showing his emotions on the sidelines. Now he just sits in the dugout, staring at the field with his eyes hidden behind gold-rimmed glasses. He was thinking about the mistakes they had made before.

He didn't expect Donn to start Abang Lajo, which was really unexpected. Therefore, in the pre-match preparations, he did not make any arrangements for Abang Laho. This directly led to his players not knowing how to deal with Abang Lajo on the field. It would have been nice if England's No.18 had been a little more active, and the Italian players would have known from experience that he was an important figure and would have shifted the defensive focus to him, but Abonlaho's previous performance was like sleepwalking, making everyone, including himself, mentally lower his position by several levels. They thought to themselves that there was no threat in this performance...... Now it seems that Don En is really a master of psychological adjustment, and he is very good at figuring out the psychology of others. He guessed what he was thinking...... Lippi admits that he made the mistake of empiricism, and he took it for granted when it came to studying Donn's starting line-up - James. Vaughn performed well in the semi-finals and there have been no news of injuries in training these days, so he will definitely start in the final. Unexpectedly, Don dared to stand under huge pressure and pressed Vaughn to the bench.

This opponent is interesting.

He got up from his seat, walked to the sideline, and gestured to the players inside.

He wants Chiellini to strengthen his defense against Agbonlaho and not give him such an opportunity easily. I believe that with the ability of the Italian defenders, as long as they pay attention to Abonlaho, the opponent should have little room to play.

※※※ This adjustment of Lippi was expected by Donn. Because if he remains indifferent after seeing Abonlaho active and scoring goals, then this Lippi must have been changed by aliens, which is too abnormal.

He wasn't worried about Abang Laho being targeted. Now that they are ahead of Italy, it doesn't matter if Abonlaho is then left to do nothing, it's important to hold on to that advantage and then use that advantage to lure the Italians out and make their tight defence no longer exist.

He just asked the team to pay attention to the defense in the following period.

Lippi didn't rush to equalise in the first half, although the players were sure to fight back after conceding the goal. But after a while, they will come back naturally.

The reason he was in no hurry to equalise was that a one-point lead would be a huge psychological burden for England. Like a marathon, it's unwise to be the leader from the start, and no coach would have to set such a strategy for his athletes. The person who really has the strength to win the championship must be hiding in the second group, keeping the pressure on the leader at any time, and only overtaking it at the last moment.

Lippi's current thinking, like those of his long-distance running coaches, is to throw the huge psychological pressure of leading on his opponents. Because it's not an ordinary game, it's a final, it's a European Championship final. Over time, a one-goal lead can become a huge psychological burden for England players. Everybody thinks in their hearts – we can't concede a goal, otherwise our title will be gone...... This kind of thinking will accumulate over time, until it completely crushes the England team.

Lippi decided to make adjustments at half-time and only exerted his strength in the second half. At that time, as long as the equalizer is achieved, the huge psychological advantage will fall to the Italian side, and the situation on the field will also be fundamentally reversed, when there is not much time left in the game, their morale is high, and the England team has suffered a major blow, and the final victory must belong to the Italian team.

※※※ The Italian team organized several waves of attacks after the restart to try to equalize. But in the face of the dense defense of England, which had been prepared for a long time, they did not bargain for anything, and retreated.

Donn was happy at first - the Italians finally pressed out. But it didn't take long to laugh before he noticed a problem.

The Italians weren't frustrated by conceding a goal in the final and rushed up to bombard England's penalty area – even though that's what Donn wanted to see. After attacking a few times and finding that there was no result, they immediately retracted and returned to the previous state of defensive counterattack, as if they were the ones who were ahead.

This obviously had something to do with the white-haired old man who was directing the game on the sidelines.

Don looked down and pondered for a while, and he guessed Lippi's thoughts.

As he often said to his players, "a one-goal lead is the most unsafe score in the world", this is not his originality, but just a summary of his surname, such a truth football coaches all over the world know that even if they are 1:0, they have to experience the psychological pressure of being bombarded around the goal by the opponent at any time during the game, and they are worried that they may be equalized at any time.

Lippi must have thought so, intending to pass on this psychological pressure to the leading Englishmen.

From this point of view, taking a lead too early is not a good thing either...... In a long marathon, the Englishman took the lead in the big pack. The sophisticated Italians, on the other hand, were hidden in the middle of the army, and kept a close distance from the leading bells, the English. In the beginning, it was a contest of skill and strength. But when we get to the finish line, skill and strength are no longer important, and it is psychology that determines the final championship.

In that case, let the team continue to strengthen the attack and turn a one-goal lead into a two-goal lead!

Donn walked to the sidelines, looked inside the pitch, and then he remembered: England's forward line had been largely frozen after Lippi had asked Chiellini to strengthen his marking of Agbonlahoe...... Even if he wants to strengthen his attack, how can he strengthen it?

Tang En scolded in his heart: "Old fox! ”

After all, Abang Lajo is not a pure center forward, and once he is glued to the opposing defender in the penalty area, he can actually play a rather small role. That's when Donn will miss Mitchel in particular, and at least his header will help the team tear apart the Italian defence.

※※※ With the two managers secretly battling their wits, the game born in the first half was no different from before the goal. England were attacking and hoping to score another goal before half-time, while Italy were determined to keep the English out of their way.

Until the final moments, Don didn't see his team score for the second time.

England went into the dressing room with a one-goal lead. The Italian, who was down by one goal, was not very frustrated, and Lippi walked back to the road with a cousin on his face so calm that it was impossible to guess whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied with the situation.

Commentators from all over the world expressed optimism about England.

"England have a one-goal lead! In a final like this, the first team to score must have an advantage, and even more advantageously, they maintain that lead until halftime! ”

'England's tactics were quite successful and the Italians didn't expect Abonlaho to be England's goalscorer and they neglected to mark him. Although they then kept a close eye on England's number 18, the fact that they were behind by one goal was already ......"

"The first half was fantastic! It didn't happen as dreary as I had expected, and England's aggressive attacking attitude earned my respect. And they rightfully paid off – a one-goal lead! The championship belongs to the aggressive attacking side, to offensive football! ”

Even England fans were happy with the result.

In the stands, Skinny Bill was excited about the first half of the game: "Fantastic! We were ahead of the curve! ”

"Hey, Bill, what do you mean by that? Shouldn't we be ahead? Someone next to him feigned anger.

"Nonsense, of course it should be ahead! I just didn't expect it to go this way! As long as we keep this result up, we can win the championship! Tony is the best at defending and he always wins games in situations like this! It's just an hour away from winning the European Championship for the first time in our history...... Just thinking about it makes me excited! Bill wasn't lying, he was trembling slightly.

"Toni really had the idea to start Abonlaho and even I, a Forest fan, didn't expect that. I don't think Lippi or they must have thought of it, otherwise why would no one have defended Abang Laho? ”

"That's right! Before the game, everyone was talking about Vaughn, Vaughn's ...... I'm tired of hearing it. The best result was England winning the European Championship and our Nottingham Forest player scored the only goal, haha! ”

※※※ The fans and commentators were very optimistic, but Don was not optimistic at all. As he walked into the dressing room, every England player could see the wrinkle between his brows, and it was clear that their head was not happy about the one-goal lead, but on the contrary, worried about something.

The players always have to think a little less than the coach because they are the players and they are only responsible for implementing the coach's tactical intentions on the field. To put it mildly, they are tools. The manager, on the other hand, is at the helm of a team, and he has to think more and see farther than any other smart player, or else his ship will run aground on a reef that doesn't know where it is, and it will run aground or sink at worst.

No player has yet been able to think about the crisis they will face and maybe it won't happen at all, but Donn has thought that whether it will happen or not, he has to think about it. His job is to do his best to prevent the worst from happening.

'We took a one-goal lead, which is good, guys. It stands to reason that I should praise you and congratulate you at this time. But I'm sorry, but I can't do that at the moment. Don shook his head. I thought about the crisis that we might face in the second half and I want you to know that a one-goal lead is definitely not a good thing. ”

The players thought their manager was going to say again that "a one-goal lead is the least safe score in the world", but no.

Donn just said: "The Italian team is used to being a late striker. Think about the final of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, how did Italy equalize after falling behind by one goal, and dragged the game into a penalty shootout, and finally defeated France to win the Gold Cup? The French are a lesson for us and we can't rest on our laurels. In the second half, if possible, I want you to try to take advantage of the chances you can score......"

※※※ "You have done a good job, gentlemen. Lippi was in the dressing room and said to his players. He was not in a hurry, and his tone and demeanor were still elegant. "I'm not sarcastic. In fact, in the first half against England, you only conceded one goal, which is very comforting. Now, it's time to think about our counterattack. ”

'In the first half we gave England the chance to play the ball at will in our midfield and then the half would not be there anymore. We need to regain control of the midfield. 'He glanced at De Rossi and Aquilani, who will be key.

'They pressed high on both wings and we had to take advantage of that in the second half. Paroski: You have to run more wide in the second half so that you can get more chances. Futi you stay in the middle and we need your transition in the middle, pressing their backline as hard as possible to create space in our midfield. ”

The two strikers nodded. They were barely seen in the first half, and there were even suspicions that they didn't play. For them, forty-five minutes in the first half was torture. They desperately needed to show something in the second half. Anyway, this is also the final of the European Championship, and no one wants to do nothing in a game like this. Look at Abang Laho, that kid used to be sleepwalking, but once he scored a goal, he became a hero.

※※※ "In the second half, we stopped attacking and instead counterattacked. ”

When Donn said this, no one was surprised. Because that's what they knew the day before the race. According to their plan, they will try to take the lead in the first half, and then gradually shrink the defense in the second half and start to play defensive counterattacks, either to maintain this point advantage, or to take advantage of the opponent's pressure and attack, eager to equalize, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack and then widen the gap.

This is England's wishful thinking, but whether it can be done or not, it is difficult to say.

"Be ......quick when you counter-attack," said Donne, who looked at Abang Laho, who would continue to play in the second half and not be substituted right away. Because he has amazing speed, which is a very important weapon in counterattacks.

"Gabriel." Donn called his name, "You don't have to be up front in the second half, you have to retreat aggressively and come to the midfield to receive the ball." We also tried to pass the ball in front of us to give Agbonlaho and Rooney space to run. But if the counter-attack is blocked, stabilize it immediately, keep the ball at your feet, and don't easily waste the opportunity to attack. ”

Hearing Donn say this, Abang Laho knew he wasn't going to be replaced sooner. The other person was uncomfortable.

James. Vaughn knew that Abang Lajo would continue to be trusted, and he looked down at his jersey. He was also wearing a T-shirt that read "We are with you, Aaron". This is what he prepared specifically for Mitchel.

But now it seems that it may not be of much use. He was wondering if he should take it off for a while, after all, it was a little hot in two T-shirts.

Since you can't play, what are you doing with this T-shirt with words written on it?

(To be continued)