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Since it was an exhibition match, the overall atmosphere was very relaxed.

The fans are also very tolerant, especially many Milan fans, who just come to see Suker.

The exhibition match started amidst bursts of cheers.

"The game started. Croatia did not have a full lineup in this game. Since there is no winter break in the Premier League, Modric, who is the core of the midfield, missed half of the game. However, Croatia still came up with their strongest lineup. !”

"It's just that without Modric, Croatia's rhythm may need to rely more on youngster Brozovic to control it!"

Brozovic is no stranger to these Italian fans.

After all, he has been playing in Serie A for a while. He started as a young player and has now gradually grown into a main player of the team.

But when it comes to core players, there is still a certain distance.

Therefore, they are also curious about how Croatia will control the rhythm in the backcourt.

After all, Rakitic's position is biased toward the frontcourt and he is an offensive organizer rather than a commander.

But soon, they discovered something was wrong.

After the game started, Rakitic's position was very forward and he had almost no intention of retreating to catch the ball.

On the other hand, Suker did not move forward, but moved sideways to the center, and even retreated half-court to catch the ball from time to time.

This change in Croatia surprised Italian fans.

"Has Su Ke ever played football like this?"

A Milan fan wondered.

Even when Suker first joined Milan, he played more of a supporting position to assist Shevchenko.

But at that time, Suker would not retreat to half court to catch the ball.

He has watched Su Ke enter the professional arena from the beginning, gradually followed Su Ke, and is now a die-hard fan.

He is clearly aware of Suk's position changes and style changes in each period.

But to be honest, Suker has never controlled the rhythm of the midfield like he does now.

"Is this a full midfielder? He has played before!"

"It's different! In the past, when the wingers were in the midfield, they were active in the ribs. Although they also had the intention of passing and receiving, they would not be as frequent as now!"

"Are you going to let Suker play in the midfield?"

"His movement is weird too!"

"It's not just him, the whole movement in Croatia is weird!"

The Italian fans tilted their heads. Their heads were full of questions. What tactics was Croatia trying?

In the field, Su Ke kept running and combing the rhythm with ease.

To be honest, this is not difficult. As long as you understand the trends of the situation and have a certain overall view, you can do it.

Moreover, Suk's foot skills are first-rate and the ball will not be intercepted at all.

Even if his teammates are surrounded, he can quickly follow up and respond.

"Pass it here!"

Suker saw Rakitic intending to break through to the rib area and shouted directly.

As soon as Rakitic heard Suker's call, he immediately passed the ball without thinking.

Suker passed the ball to Rakitic again.

Rakitic was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood what Suker wanted to do.

The two kept a relatively safe distance and kept passing the ball.

They formed two transfer hubs in the middle, turning Croatia's offense into an oval shape to press forward.

To put it bluntly, Italy's defense is a linear defense. The defense line is divided into two lines in the midfield and backfield.

These two lines echo each other and can make up for or retreat at any time.

What Croatia has to do is to stand on the two ribs in the middle, nail them there like two nails, penetrate Italy's midfield line, and apply pressure on both sides at the same time, so that this linear defense line gradually bends and deforms.

This is also Modric's most commonly used method when playing against Italy, and Suker also learns and sells now.

Anyway, he felt that playing like this was always very effective.

On the Italian side, Pirlo also reacted quickly.

He suffered this loss from Modric, and then some other teams also used this style of play when they played against them, hoping to break through their defense.

However, the opponent's offensive intensity is simply not as good as Croatia's, and the effect is greatly reduced.

In fact, today's Croatia, after Suker took charge of organization and dispatch, their offensive intensity has also declined a lot.

Su Ke also noticed this scene. He frowned slightly, turned around and shouted: "Brozovich, come up!"

After that, he shouted to Rakitic again: "Go up and attack their defense!"

Someone must make penetrating moves and breakthroughs.

Although there was sufficient pressure on both sides, Italy's steel defense line could not be completely broken.

At this time, a breakthrough is needed.

Just like a bent ruler, the middle will become extremely fragile under the exertion of force from both sides.

Only a certain amount of pressure is needed to cut off this layer of defense.

"You're being clever!"

Pirlo was irritated.

Su Ke is good at everything, but it is this sharp understanding of the game that makes it difficult for his opponents.

He also cheered and shouted for Su Ke's wit during the game, but when the victim became himself, he couldn't be happy anymore.

"Hold on!"

Pirlo shouted, behind him is the defense line and the penalty area, which cannot allow Croatia to break through easily.

On the other hand, Croatia played fairly well.

They controlled the ball and kept trying various interlaced runs.

This run looked very messy, but the Italian players did not dare to be careless, but what they did not know was that even the Croatian players themselves were a little confused while running.

"Left! You have to go to the left!"

"It's empty over there! Who will fill the position!"

"Don't come here, it's a double position!"

The Croatian players were also shouting and complaining.

Van Styak's tactics were too detailed, so detailed that they could not understand them quickly, which would lead to this slightly chaotic situation.

But fortunately, it doesn't matter if they are messy, as long as Suker is not messy.

Suker is indeed not that messy, and his thinking is still very clear.

He will not float on the surface and see his teammates' messy runs. He only needs to hold off Rakitic and Perisic, the two interlaced points.

There are also Srna and Strinic who are ready to advance at any time behind them.

These two full-backs also play a very important role in this tactical system.

It can be said that except for these few people who are the key to the tactics, the rest are fake!

All for deception!

Sure enough, Italy's defense began to mess up, and they didn't know who to follow.

Croatia ran around, and Italy followed suit.

The scene was very chaotic!

But Croatia wanted this kind of chaos.

Perisic rushed into the middle, and he and Mandzukic overlapped.

At the same time, the two wanted to pull their respective defensive players over, resulting in a gap on the right rib.

The Italian defenders also looked at each other.

When Abate turned his head and prepared to go back to fill the position, it was too late.

Suk passed the ball straight through.

The speed of the ball was not fast, but the angle was very tricky.

The ball almost went through the side of the central defender's supporting leg, making it impossible for the opponent to block the pass.

At the same time, Rakitic quickly started chasing the ball and sent the ball into the danger zone for the first time.

"Rakitic!! Buffon is in danger, stop him!"

The Italian commentator yelled nervously.

At this moment, Rakitic did not pass the ball horizontally, but faked a shot and stopped, then passed the ball in an inverted triangle.

At the point where the ball landed, Srna rushed over, and he kicked the ball hard with his right foot, hitting a diagonal line.

However, the angle of the shot was not well controlled, and the ball hit the opponent's calf and flew out of the baseline.

"Hit farther, hit closer!"

Suk immediately turned his head and complained.

Srna also grinned, turned his head and spread his hands towards Suk, indicating that he had tried his best.

However, he was used to it. Suk complained about his shot more than once or twice.

Srna was still very confident in his shot, but this confidence was to be compared with whom. Compared with Suk, it was purely looking for abuse.

In the whole Croatian side, it is estimated that only Suk dared to yell at him like this!

Although he failed to score a goal, he still successfully completed an attack.

When Croatia's corner kick came out, it entered the suppression phase again.

Of course, Italy would occasionally launch counterattacks, using Pirlo's game insight and passing ability to support the forwards in the frontcourt.

But Italy's luck was a little worse. They had several opportunities, but they failed to seize them.

As for Croatia, after leaving Suker, it seemed that they didn't know how to shoot.

Suker was watching from behind. These guys were shooting, passing, passing, but they just didn't shoot.

He was almost dying of anxiety watching from behind!

"Did you expect this situation?"

Besic also shook his head helplessly.

Van Styak on the side scratched his head and shook his head as well.

He thought about many problems, but he didn't think about this problem.

Croatia is a strong team, and their overall configuration is very good.

But sometimes based on system problems, there will be some small habits.

This habit is called 'Suker'.

Croatia often relies on Suker when attacking.

It's not that they can't leave Suker.

But when Suker is on the court, they will subconsciously look for Suker.

Just like the timing of the pass, they were just waiting for Suker to get in position.

But on the court, Suker was still some distance away from the penalty area.

Moreover, he was not a main attacker in this game.

Without Suker on the court, these guys were free.

Of course, the emergence of this problem is not a bad thing. At least they found the problem and just need to improve it.

But on the court, Suker couldn't stand it anymore.

After several consecutive times without grasping the shooting opportunity, Suker directly pulled Rakitic down the front court.

"Go to the back to organize!"

Rakitic didn't dare to say much, he also knew that he didn't play well.

To be honest, it was not as fun as imagined.

I thought I could fully unleash my offensive ability and show an excellent performance.

But in fact, Italy's targeting of him was too strong, and he couldn't get rid of these defensive players at all.

It was also at this time that he realized that his previous excellent performance, especially the breakthrough in dribbling, was more thanks to Suker for helping him attract attention.

Once he left Suker and the attention that should have been on Suker was shifted to himself, Rakitic was not so happy playing.

The same situation happened to Mandzukic.

He is a false nine!

Can pass or shoot!

But he couldn't grasp the timing of shooting, so he thought about passing the ball.

But when he passed the ball, his teammates hesitated and didn't shoot.

At this time, he was impressed by how decisive Suker was. He shot directly when he had the ball without hesitation.

And his shooting skills were superb!

Suker began to take the initiative to move forward. Even though it was an exhibition match, he didn't want to lose.

Moreover, if they scored first and reduced the psychological pressure, they might play better.

After Suker pressed forward, the pressure on Italy suddenly increased.

"Suker is coming!"

Buffon yelled.

The Italian defense line immediately felt like they were facing a great enemy.

They quickly moved to the left, trying to prevent Suker from advancing.

And when Suker ran to the front of the wing, Croatia suddenly became normal again.

Srna directly kicked a long pass, and the landing point of this diagonal long pass was very good.

While pressing forward, Suker was also observing De Sciglio.

The young player De Sciglio was obviously a little scared. He looked at the landing point and wondered whether he should start.

But it was this hesitation that made him miss the opportunity. When he decided to press forward, Suker also rushed to the position quickly, and used the outside of his foot to press down and flick the ball to the rib area in advance, while he crossed from the other side of De Sciglio and twisted his waist to rush to the ball again.

"Oh~~~ Suker!!"

The Italian commentator cheered subconsciously, just like he was excited about Suker's performance before.

But when he came to his senses, Suker had already entered the penalty area.

"Oh no! Someone come to block his shot!" The commentator realized it later and broke out in a cold sweat.

But at this moment, Suker suddenly flicked the ball to create an angle, and then shot with his right foot.

This action was very confusing. Buffon subconsciously shifted his center of gravity toward the far corner, but Suker suddenly shot the ball into the near corner with his instep.

Swish!

The ball went into the net.

The game dragged on for 20 minutes, and Suker's sudden forward pressure broke the dull atmosphere of the game.

After scoring the goal, Suker also ran to the corner area to celebrate.

In the stands, many Italian fans shook their heads helplessly, but also applauded.

Of course, more of them were fans of Suker's Milan period.

Watching Suker's still wonderful performance, they instantly fell into memories, that hot summer, that passionate summer!

Maldini was still the captain at that time!

Nesta and Stam made Milan's defense impregnable at that time.

Pirlo and Suker teamed up to bully Gattuso at that time.

Suker and Kaka were both Milan's double stars at that time!

Times have changed, and things have changed.

Today's Milan can no longer find any trace of its past.

They could only applaud the player who had made them proud with a trace of longing!

"What a fuss! Shooting should be decisive, why do you have so much observation? By the time you have observed and prepared, the opportunity has gone cold!"

Suker was still scolding his teammates.

The main reason was that he was too frustrated. He passed the ball one by one, and delivered one by one, but he couldn't seize any opportunity. Anyone would have a mental explosion.

He was still good!

If it was Modric, he would have started to curse.

The appearance of the first goal completely ignited the passion.

In the following time, the fight between the two sides became more intense.

Because it was an exhibition match, in addition to competitiveness, there was also a performance element.

If the game was not good, the fans would not buy it.

Therefore, it must be played more excitingly. Suker, Rakitic and others also began to dribble more.

Italy was no less impressive.

In the 31st minute, they used Pirlo's free kick to equalize the score.

But in the 43rd minute, Rakitic moved left and right, broke through to the bottom line, and sent a cross.

Mandzukic succeeded in grabbing the ball in front of the goal and scored the second goal!

In the second half, the game became more intense and more exciting.

In addition to the individual performances of the players, there were also many team passes.

Croatia no longer tried new tactics. Before the first problem was solved, the others could not be launched.

Therefore, they also returned to the previous style of play.

Today's Croatia is better than Italy in hard power!

Therefore, they have more initiative and are in a leading position.

In the second half, each scored two goals.

On the Croatian side, Rakitic and Suker scored again.

Suker scored the second goal of the game.

As for the Italian side, a young player who came on as a substitute scored a goal, and the other goal came from Balotelli.

This guy does have problems when he makes mistakes.

But it is still difficult to play seriously!

Finally, the exhibition match ended, Croatia defeated Italy 3:2 and won the exhibition match. At the same time, the intense game and wonderful performance also made the fans feel that the ticket price was worth it.

As for the issue of winning or losing, it was an exhibition match, no one would take it seriously!

As for the Croatian and Italian national teams, they still have an internal match to play.

This game is an exhibition match, and it will not expose too many tactical systems in an open nature.

But in the internal competition, they will play more rigorously, and will not play the fierce passing and performance-like style of this game.

Through this game, Van Styak also realized that there were problems in his tactics.

He is also trying to solve these problems, but it is more out of a psychological habit. This requires enlightening the players and getting them used to this kind of suddenness.

Of course, this is not a mainstream tactic, it is just a smoke bomb, so they will not put too much effort.

They mainly practice Besic's system!

This is Croatia's most powerful means in the 2014 Brazil World Cup!

It can be said that whether they can reach the top of the world and win the World Cup.

In addition to the health of the players, the degree of running-in and cooperation of this set of tactics is a key.

The exhibition game will not show too many real things, but the internal game will reveal a little bit, after all, they also need to practice.