No one knows what is going on in Abang Laho's heart at this moment. Even he didn't know how this thought came out of his heart.

Anyway, he had a breath of air stirring in his chest now. The European Championship final is not enough to get him satisfied with running two laps and then going down, the team starts with eleven men, but only the one who scores the goal will leave his name in the final. As a striker, you are inherently advantageous to your teammates in other positions, so what's the point of running for dozens of minutes doing nothing?

Goals, of course!

Be sure to score!

With Abonlaho back in the game, it was clear that he was more active than he used to be, and he didn't seem to be up front, but pulled out of the opposition box and raised his hand for the ball.

Don was very satisfied with his change, so he didn't continue to supervise the game on the sidelines, but reflexively went back to the coach's seat to ask for water.

Everyone on the coaching staff knew why he wanted Abang Lajo to start and give up on Vaughn. They can't tell the players why, though, because it's a matter of whether the team wins the game or not.

Three minutes later, England's sustained offensive finally created a chance for Abonlaho. After receiving a pass from Wood on the edge of the box, he burst into the box and faced goalkeeper Amelia, who tried to get around the opponent with the outside of his instep, but unfortunately the arc was slightly wider, and it went straight to the far post.

The goal made the English feel sorry for the English and shocked the Italians into a cold sweat.

But the commentators who opposed Abonlaho's start are still finding fault with him: "It's a pity! But if it was Vaughn, maybe it would be ......"

This statement is completely irresponsible, because James. Vaughn's shooting skills are not accurate to the millimeter, shooting is such a thing as luck, no matter how bad the shooting skills are, you can score goals, and maybe it is still a world wave. If you are unlucky, even if a striker of Romario's level comes, he may miss in the face of an empty goal. What's more, in terms of tournament experience, Abang Lajo is obviously better than Vaughn, because Nottingham Forest has often been able to participate in important competitions in the Champions Cup in previous years, and Abang Lajo has also won. Don didn't let Abang Lajo start the game out of pure cronyism, just because Abang Lajo does have the ability to start in such an important game.

The main reason for criticising him in the media is that Abonlaho has only scored one goal in this European Championship, which is really incommensurate with his status as a striker. On the other hand, he was doing well at right-back.

Abonlaho didn't find the back of the net and Donn stood on the sidelines applauding his performance. There was no problem with the use of technology, but it was a little bit of bad luck...... Abang Lajo himself couldn't hear what the commentators were saying about him, and with this shot he found a place to take advantage of.

In the ensuing attack, Abonlaho was more likely to appear on the flanks of the Italian back line – between centre-backs and full-backs, a position that made it difficult for the opposition. It's a bit like a place where no one can go.

Wood found out about it, too, and he had his own plans in mind.

It stands to reason that Wayne Rooney should be England's main point of attack because of his physical, technical and experienced. But these are just words and road maps on the tactical board, and when it comes to the game, Rooney can't get so many chances. With Mitchel suspended and Vaughn, who performed well in the semi-finals, on the bench by Donn, the Italians saw Wayne Rooney as the most dangerous man up front, and there was no reason for them to let it go.

So in the actual game, Rooney was the toughest defensive.

Just look at Crichito to see how much risk it takes to pass the ball to him...... Wood is a man, not a machine, and he has the right to modify the instructions he enters before the game according to the situation on the field. Since Rooney's path doesn't work, let's take another path. He set his sights on Abang Laho, who had been sleepwalking before.

He didn't know why Donn didn't let Vaughn play, but he didn't think Abonlaho was incapable and ineligible to start. And in his opinion, Abang Lajo's previous sleepwalking performance is a big advantage, and if it is used well, it can receive unexpected results for Italians.

Because of his poor performance before, the Italian defenders have relaxed their marking of him a little. Now the Italians must think that this Abanglajo is not a threat in their hearts, right?

That's great...... Wood ran up front to get involved and Gerrard played the ball back to him. Wood gave the football directly to Abonlaho in the ribs. Sure enough, when he received the ball, the Italian defender didn't pounce on it in the first place.

Abang Lajo took advantage of this moment to quickly complete the turn and face the goal.

When Chiellini pounced, he didn't bury his head in with the ball, but suddenly split the ball into the middle!

This hand really surprised the Italians, and Gerrard, who received a pass in the middle, did not hesitate to shoot from a distance!

Thankfully, Amelia was focused and pinned down Gerrard's long-range shot close to the ground.

But this attack made the Italian realise that Abonlaho was still the guy who passed the ball to others, and he was definitely not England's main attacker.

This strengthened the Italian defenders' focus on Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.

"Actually, in the first half, our tactics didn't fit Abang Lajo's ......," Walker said to Donn, who was standing on the sidelines. 'He's better suited to counter-attacking and I think he should be more useful to play after we're ahead......

"Most people think so, including Italians." Don turned his head and shook his head at Walker. "Abang Laho is too fast and too dazzling. Everyone has formed a fixed mindset about him. Including the current Nottingham Forest manager...... But I don't think so. After so many years under me, if he still only used speed, he would have been eliminated from the team a long time ago. There's another side to him, just not very noticeable. I'm just going to use his unobtrusive side to help me open up the situation. ”

Speaking of this, Donn laughed, "Now the Italian players think so. ”

He pointed to the field for Walker to see.

Agbonlaho dropped back a bit, but none of the Italian defenders pulled in to keep up with the defence, and the Italian midfield defenders were also keeping an eye out for Steven Gerrard and Wood, who was frequently plugged in from behind, as well as two other wide players.

Abang Lajo was raising his hand to ask for the ball, and he hadn't forgotten to turn his head around to look around him, and no one paid attention to him. He was belittled.

Abang Laho was outraged by the treatment, but Don was laughing, and laughing happily.

"Lippi......" he glanced next door, "is a very cautious manager, but he didn't expect me to start Abanglahoh, who has been mediocre in this tournament, so he must not have made any arrangements for Abanglaho." It's all up to the players to judge. You know, Des. People make mistakes, they have their own ideas, and that's something the manager can't control......"

The Italian players were given high priority to England by Lippi's repeated emphasis, but Abonlaho did not receive the respect they deserved in the unplanned situation. Of course, his previous poor performance "helped" him. No one wastes time on someone who is not in shape, and compared to Abang Laho, not even George. Wood's shots were more threatening.

※※※ Wood didn't plan to tell his teammates what he thought and then let everyone walk to Abang Lajo to pass the ball. It was a gamble that the Italians weren't so quick to react, and if England fed Abang Lajo the ball instead revealed his true intentions, he decided to go it alone.

Of course, it's a bit of a risk. However, as the metronome and core of the team, it is a matter of duty to choose when to take risks and when to be conservative.

Abang Lajo raised his hand again for the ball, and Wood passed the ball over. Then he rushed forward and made a "two-on-one" posture with Abonlaho, and the Italian defenders were fooled, whether it was Chiellini or Aquilani, all of them turned their eyes to him, ignoring Agbonlaho who had already got the ball.

Abang Laho, who received the ball and turned in one go, had no intention of passing the ball, and he looked up to see a road leading to the penalty area...... Just between Chiellini and Vital, on the ribs of their defensive line, there is a slit from where Abonlaho sees the penalty area.

After making the illusion of passing the ball, Abang Lajo suddenly knocked the ball forward and started it!

Chiellini was keeping an eye on Wood, while Vital was staring at Walcott the "Little Tiger", no one expected that Abang Lajo would choose to lead a breakthrough on his own!

His speed was indeed fast, and in an instant, he had already rushed in, and it was only then that Chiellini began to turn around ...... "Stop him!!" De Rossi exclaimed with some panic.

Crichito came in from the flank, and once again he made a crucial prediction, dropping Rooney and lunging at Abonraho. It's all instinct for a good defender.

Abang Laho, who burst into the penalty area, was not polite and shot directly at goal. At this moment, Christichito came in and shoveled him out with the ball!

"Penalty!" John. Morteson screamed.

"Nice defense!" This is the voice of an Italian narrator.

Falling to the ground, Abonlaho thought he would hear the whistle for the penalty, but nothing came of it, and Crischato's tackle was kicked out by Chiellini, who had driven him back. The referee said nothing about Crischato's action, and Abonraho jumped up from the ground in anger and roared at the indifferent linesman: "This is a foul!" It's a foul! ”

He was just as unhappy as other England players. Wood ran up to the referee and pointed to the penalty area, reminding him that Crischato's defense was definitely a foul. Rooney was also complaining about Abonlaho, although he made the gesture for Abonlaho to pass the ball to him just now when Crischitto rushed towards Abonlaho.

The referee only waved at Wood's protest, signaling that he was clear and not to say anything more.

Don was furious off the field as well, but the person who took his roar and saliva was the fourth official.

"Please trust the referee's decision, not every fall to the ground is a foul......" In the face of the head coach, who was described by the media as a demon, the fourth official was a little unconfident when he said this.

"That's why I support the use of electronic eyes instead of referees! People make mistakes! Don shook off the sentence and walked back angrily. He knew that he would not return the penalty no matter how much trouble he made, and the referee's decision was not allowed to be changed. The fourth official was just to vent his dissatisfaction, and it was not good for his health...... but England still did not get a penalty, and the Italians escaped. They began to pay attention to the close monitoring of Abang Laho, and no longer gave him room to move freely. Even fools can see that the sleepwalker is gradually coming to his senses. Not to mention that Lippi was unhappy with Italy's defensive performance off the pitch just now, reminding them to pay attention to the defense against Abonlaho.

They still don't think Abang Lajo is a threat as long as he doesn't give him space to sprint and dribble.

Donn began to call Walcott by name off the pitch, and Walcott, who returned from injury in the first half, was not active enough.

"Take the ball more, what are you afraid of? More crosses...... Low flat! ”

"George! What did you do with him in the past...... Yes, that's it! ”

Walcott and Wood played a one-two on the flanks before running forward, and Wood gave him a ball over the top to get around Vital's defence.

After receiving a pass from Wood, Walcott sent in a low cross. Wayne Rooney was on the ground in the middle, but he was clearly no match for the entire Italian backline. The ball was pushed off by Chiellini.

Although the attack didn't work, Donn still applauded the performance of his players off the field.

Fans in England are also applauding. Because England's strong offensive has completely suppressed the Italian team.

The Italian commentator does not see it that way: "I think the situation is now in our favor. The harder the English attacked, the more hopeful we had of winning. Before, when Lippi decided to defend and counter-attack, I was worried that England would not attack and that we would not be able to win the game. Well, now that one side has taken the initiative to cooperate, I think the game will be over in 90 minutes......"

After Walcott and Downing added wide crosses, Abang Lajo seemed to be the forgotten again. He doesn't have great header skills and doesn't dominate bouncing for the ball, but Wayne Rooney is a frequent presence in front of goal to compete with Italian defenders.

But Abonlaho himself did not give up and he was still looking for a chance to score. It's like a hunter, patiently waiting for the rabbit to appear in front of him.

When Walquette broke through with the ball again, the Italian defenders split into two parts, one to prevent him from breaking through and the other to keep an eye on Wayne Rooney and Gerrard.

This time, Walcourt didn't simply overtake with speed and then crossed underneath. He made a feint to cross and deflect Vital's center of gravity, but slammed the ball between Vital's legs and used his nimble form to get around Vetal.

"Beautiful man has a ball!"

Walcott, who broke through Vital, made the Italian defence tense as cracks were already in their defence. Walcott can either continue to break through on his own, cross right now, or even hit the back of the net straight away.

Chiellini rushed to Walcott, and while Rooney was important, it was always important to remember that the player with the ball was the most dangerous when defending.

Walcourt took advantage of him to catch up and passed the ball, not to Rooney, not to Gerrard, but to Abonlaho, who was dragging near the penalty spot!

Abonlaho wasn't unmarked, with Aquilani right next to him. Seeing that he caught the ball, he stepped forward to interfere.

Abonlaho threw his foot at goal, and Aquilani threw his center of gravity away.

It's almost instinctive. Abonraho didn't even have the heart to think about why he got the ball and what he should do next. Seeing that Aquilani's center of gravity was shaken off, he flicked the ball to the left and dodged the angle. It's just that it seems that there is more than one trouble...... Just after dodging Aquilani, De Rossi appeared in front of Abonlaho and blocked the angle of his shot.

Once again, Abang Laho picked up his feet and struck the door. This time De Rossi was not fooled, he stood still and did not move...... "He should pass the ball!" Wayne Rooney is asking for the ball! ”

"The act of hesitation led to the failure of this attack, he no longer had the angle and space to shoot......"

"We defended very well and Abonlaho can either pass the ball out or wait for it to be cut off!"

De Rossi thought that Abang Lajo must have faked this time, but he didn't expect that when Abang Laho's right foot was pulled off, he actually hit the football...... It was a very hidden shot, and Abonraho stabbed the ball with his toe when he couldn't swing his leg on the spot, and in order to exert as much force as possible, his body leaned back and boosted.

The soccer ball stabbed in the toe flew straight between De Rossi's legs towards the goal.

De Rossi's position blocked the angle of Abonlaho's shot, but he couldn't close the gap between his legs and blocked goalkeeper Amelia's view. When Amelia saw the ball flying towards the near post, he had no time to make any save, so he could only twist his head and send the ball towards the goal, while praying in his heart that he would never go in, preferably by sticking to the post...... It is a pity that the prayers of the Italians were not heard by God and his old man. The soccer ball flew into the goal against the goalpost!

"What?" The Italians have yet to react, and from the stands, it appears that the ball flew out of the goal against the post and swept into the side-netting, giving the illusion that the ball had gone in. But when they saw the referee's gesture, they were stunned - the referee pointed to the center circle, which means that the goal is valid!

"It's unbelievable! England take the lead! ”

"Abang Raho! Yes! He scored his first goal in the final! He helped England take the lead! ”

"In the face of two Italian blocks, Abang Lajo calmly shoots! Pretty! ”

At this moment, the commentators all changed their caliber and praised Abonlahoe's performance, and no one mentioned whether he was qualified to start for Vaughn...... ※※※ On the sidelines, Donn jumped up excitedly after seeing Abonlaho hit the football into the goal, and hugged Walker.

Abonlaho's goal lifted a heavy burden for both himself and Donne. Even if Abang Laho is substituted in the later games...... Or even more extremely, even if England eventually lose the final, no one will question Donne's adjustment.

After the goal, Abang Laho was so excited that he couldn't stand on his feet when he got up from the ground, and almost fell to the ground again. After staggering to the coach's box, he and Don came to a warm hug. He has to thank the leader, if he hadn't insisted on putting himself on the pitch, if he hadn't screamed him off the pitch, then this European Championship final would have been an eternal regret for him.

Now it's okay, he's scored, and the regret is gone. He's a striker who scored in the Euro final and he's ready to hold his head up and be under scrutiny.

He proved that he has the qualifications and ability to start for England in the European Championship final. No matter what Vaughn thinks, Abang Lajo at this time is a well-deserved starting striker!

"Well done, boy!" Don patted Abang Rajo on the back and whispered in his ear.

(To be continued)