When the Italians score the first goal, their players will run towards the centre circle with the ball in their arms, hoping that the game will start quickly. When they scored the second goal, they just hugged and celebrated, and the football was left alone in the goal, and no one cared about it for a long time.

Because they're ahead now, they're the ones who need to delay the game.

Donn only cursed a few words from the sidelines before recovering from the emotion of conceding the goal. He stood on the sidelines and waved his hands, signaling the players to cheer up, put the ball in the center circle, and prepare for kick-off.

For the England team, there is really no time to delay at this time...... Not counting stoppage time, they were left with less than 18 minutes.

"Now England are cornered by Italy, who were a one-goal lead and a one-goal deficit. In these last twenty minutes, let's take a look at Tony. What can Don do? ”

What can he do? It's nothing more than stepping up the attack and being careful of the Italian team's defensive counter-attacks.

The Italians, of course, know that England are going to attack when they are behind, and now the initiative is in their hands. They can retract and play counter-attacks with great confidence, and that's what Lippi and Italy do best.

The performance of the English players was not satisfactory at this juncture, and many people were hit hard by the reality of conceding two goals in two minutes, and the goals came too quickly, and everyone was not mentally prepared enough...... In the following game, Donn's "strengthening the attack" did not show up at all, but shrank into the second half and was a little overwhelmed.

The Italians had planned to take advantage of the fact that the English had not yet reacted to step up their offensive and try to score another goal to seal the victory completely. So the penalty area around England bombarded indiscriminately, and for a time Joe. Hart became England's busiest player on the pitch.

"De Rossi's long-range shot! It's a pity that it's ......."

"Giovinco broke through...... Passed! Pretty! He shoots...... By Joe. Hart pounced on ......"

"Paroski's long-range shot went high over the goal...... He should pass to the ...... of Futi next to him."

"Facing George. Wood, Balotelli didn't back down, he was going to force a breakthrough...... Wood foul! Kick! It's fantastic, the Italian team got another free kick! ”

Wood could only shake his head helplessly in the face of such a situation, he is not a superman, no matter how good a person is, it is useless not to get the support of his teammates.

This situation made him angry, did he just admit defeat?

Balotelli was given another chance to take a free-kick and the Italian fans were full of anticipation. They would love to see Balotelli score twice from a free-kick in the game. These people have completely forgotten that they have complained that Lippi has replaced him as a "waste of opportunity".

"Super Mario! Super Mario!! Oooh! "Italian fans chanted Balotelli's name from the stands.

The England fans, on the other hand, were nervous, still booing Balotelli with boos, but they didn't know what the effect it was...... Donn stood on the sidelines, biting his lip and staring at Balotelli on the field, his heart beating desperately in his chest, uncontrollable. But he couldn't take care of the heart problem anymore.

Balotelli runs, gets up and ...... The soccer ball went around the wall and flew straight towards the goal. Joe. Hart pounced hard, but did not touch the football, which did not crash into the goal, but flew directly over the crossbar.

It's dangerous!

Don let out a sigh of relief. He was joined by a number of England fans.

※※※When the game entered the 80th minute, England's counterattack still did not improve, but the Italian team played more and more energetically, and after taking the lead, they relaxed and played with all the moves.

Fans in the UK were glued to their TV screens, fearing that missing a shot could be a pivotal moment that would change the outcome of the game.

England's performance left them a little depressed, but they didn't give up hope. After all, there were still ten minutes left in the game, but there was only one goal missing. There is still a chance.

※※※ Lippi looked at his watch, and it was eighty minutes. He looked at the situation on the field again and decided to be cautious. If there is a hole in the backfield and the England team catches it and scores a goal, it will be all over...... Tony. Don was so cunning, how could he not exert his strength at the last moment?

So he walked to the sidelines, signaled to the people inside to shrink the defense, began to hold firmly, and dragged until the end of the game to win.

The defensive pressure on England lightened and they knew it was the last minute.

The Italians recycled, what do we do? This hardly needs to be considered, of course it is an offense!

Donn stood on the sidelines, calling Vaughn's name. It's been ten minutes, and this kid hasn't shown anything yet...... "James! Remember your mission!? ”

Of course, Vaughn still remembers, but his team was compressed into his own penalty area before, and he had no chance to counterattack, no matter how good he was, it was impossible for him to kick the ball directly into the opponent's goal from his own penalty area...... In fact, even if Don didn't remind him, he knew that he was going to exert his strength. Abonlaho started the game and scored a goal. He was considered to be a starter before the game, but now he has not made any achievements, and if England lose the game, it will have a lot to do with him...... People think: If Abang Lajo was still on the field, would he not lose this game?

Lippi was also a little surprised that Donn had to return Vaughn in the last twenty minutes. But then his team made a comeback, so he didn't pay much attention to it. At this time, there were only ten minutes left in the game, and as long as he could hold on, it would be useless for him to replace eleven Maradona.

Lippi then used defender Fabiano. Santacross, fabiano_santacroce, replaces Giovinco, who is physically exhausted on the one hand, and now needs to strengthen the defense on the other. Now Italy have switched to 532, and the three central defenders have left England's attack with no chance to take advantage of it.

In the final ten minutes of the game, the Italian team began to do everything they could to kill the game time.

As long as you touch it, you will fall, and if you fall, you will not want to get up. In just two minutes, three players have fallen to the ground with cramps one after another.

Tang was furious about this, and he went to the fourth official on the sidelines to negotiate with him. But the fourth official couldn't do anything: "We can't force them up, can we?" ”

"Why not! They're clearly wasting their time! Don glared at the fourth official. If he wants to play on the field instead, when he encounters such a situation, I am afraid that he will go up directly and drag the opposing player who fell to the ground to the outside of the field...... The fourth official has nothing to say about this unreasonable head coach. and he spoke no more, lest he waste his saliva.

Don't look good at this time, the suit had long been thrown on the ground by him, and he hadn't picked it up—he didn't care about it at all—the tie he had been wearing was also ripped off by him, the collar of his shirt was open, the sleeves were rolled up, and the forehead of the back placket was soaked with sweat, as if he was a gambler who was in a hurry.

On the contrary, Lippi sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai. You still don't see any expression on his face, and it doesn't seem to be worried about Italy, but it's not happy that he's ahead. The old gentleman did not even have a trace of his hair, his silver hair clinging to his scalp, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses reflected the light above the court, so that it was impossible to see his eyes.

These two people are one ice and one fire, which is a special scenery on the sidelines, but it is particularly eye-catching.

Don wasn't just going to fight the fourth official, either. He turned around and called Bentley from the bench to replace Steven Gerrard, and then England switched to 433, with Theo Walter eyeing the winger and leaving Vaughn alone in the middle.

It's different from when the Italian team made substitutions, and everyone walked down slowly. Gerrard trotted all the way to the sidelines, high-fived Bentley and then switched to a handover, wasting no time in the process.

Seeing Don change his formation into 433, the Chinese commentator said, "This is a ruined ship." If you don't succeed, you will succeed. Don didn't seem to think about anything else at all. ”

What extra-time, what penalty shootouts, it's stupid to think about it at this time. If you don't score, there won't be extra time at all, and there won't be any penalty shootouts at all!

Bentley ran up to the court and shouted to his teammates, "Boss let me tell you, there's only five minutes in the final!" He spread the five fingers of his right hand. It was the eighty-fifth minute of the game, and as for injury time or anything, Don didn't even think about it.

It was as if the alarm bell was ringing in the hearts of every English player, and "there are only five minutes in the final" suddenly made them feel the urgency of time, and their eyes were red one by one: how can a game be fought here, how can it fall in front of the championship trophy?

Even John Terry pressed through the half, defending or something, not thinking about it at all.

England's offensive poured into Italy's goal.

"James. Vaughn, he grabbed the header...... That's right! ”

"George. Wood shoots from distance! Hit high! Pity...... Maybe he should have steadied a little more......"

"Walcoat broke through, passed! Wayne. Rooney shoots! ”

Rooney's shot hit the near post, bounced back and hit Chiellini, and he was about to bounce towards the goal again, but Amelia punched it out, startling the Italian in a cold sweat.

England won a corner. The two centre-backs, John Terry and Taylor, both ran in front of the Italian goal. After Bentley drove the ball out, Terry sprinted to the top!

The ball flew straight into the near corner, and it looked like it was about to cross the goal line, but Amelia magically slapped the ball out with one palm from two people!

Didn't go in again!

Balotelli was ready to play England on the counter-attack, but his ball was intercepted by Wood. Wood, who intercepted the ball, turned and sent the ball to the front again, but fortunately the Italian team did not really want to play a counter-attack, otherwise Wood would have been caught off guard at this time.

After England regained possession, they handed it to Cohen on the other wing. In terms of breakthroughs, Cohen was inferior to Walcott, so he went straight to the cross. This time, the football was held directly in Amelia's arms. This was the end of England's stormy offensive.

And in this suffocating offensive frenzy, the game has quietly reached the ground for 89 minutes.

Ever since bringing Bentley on the court, Donn has stood on the sidelines, not moving. Like a statue.

Such moments are not uncommon in his coaching career. Sometimes his team eventually equalised and even made a big comeback, but there were also times when his team didn't pull off any miracles and lost the game.

Which one will it be this time?

Next to him, the fourth official walked out with an electronic number card. He was also followed by an Italian defender. Don glanced at it, there was only one purpose for the substitution at this time - to delay the game time, so that time passed in this grinding substitution.

Paroski walked down three times, shook hands with this teammate, hugged that teammate again, and then stopped and spun around, raising his hands and applauding the fans...... Seeing this scene, Tang En gritted his teeth angrily and protested loudly below: "Why don't you have to climb?" Italians! You eggless turtle, bastard! ”

It's a pity that Paroschi couldn't understand Donn's thick English, but the referee also found out that the opponent deliberately delayed the game, which was obviously intolerable...... He rushed forward and showed Parowski a yellow card.

The yellow card gave Parowski a justified excuse to stall for time, and he was unhappy with the decision and protested to the referee, wanting to waste more time.

At this time, Paroschi had almost walked to the sidelines, waiting for Lorenzo to replace him. Morality. Sylvestri (lorenzo_de_silvestri) was only one step away from him, but he was not in a hurry to play, and he had to wait for Paroski to come and give him a high-five.

The Italian deliberately delayed the game, and Don couldn't stand it. He lunged up and grabbed Parosky's arm. Parosky, who was caught off guard, was dragged down by Don like this!

Paros, who was dragged out of the court by Donne, basically wanted to get angry, but when he turned around, he saw Don glaring at him angrily, and his hideous appearance startled him, and he didn't know what to say...... Knowing that he was wrong, he had to complete the handover with Silvestri under Donn's angry gaze and walk to the bench of the Italian team.

Done's actions certainly drew a verbal reprimand from the referee, but he didn't care. If the referee doesn't act, he will do it for heaven!

※※※ As soon as this substitution was completed, the fourth official put down the electronic number card, pressed it for a while, and then raised it again. This time it's time to announce stoppage time.

"Five minutes of stoppage time!"

The England fans booed as they saw the Italian players delay the game so many times and only five minutes of stoppage time was too little, and it should have been ten minutes of stoppage time!

And the fans of the Italian team were unhappy that there were five minutes of stoppage time – it was too long! It would be nice to make up for three minutes as usual...... Don gestured five fingers to the side.

This time it's real that the final is only five minutes away.

(To be continued)