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"Tony shoots directly!"

boom!

Croatian goalkeeper Pletikosa saved the ball from the bottom line.

After completing the save, Pletikosa's heart was pounding.

The shot came too suddenly.

In other words, the first half was played so smoothly that the tension was lost.

Pletikosa got up from the ground and roared forward: "Cheer up, now is not the time to let down your guard!"

He thought the defenders had slacked off a bit.

Srna also roared: "Cheer up your fucking energy, now I've lost the ball, everything is over."

Modric, who doesn't talk much, is also anxious.

"Run! Run! Don't stand still."

Looking in the direction of the coaching staff from the sidelines, Van Steyak narrowed his eyes slightly.

The characteristic of young people is that they are not calm enough and easily drift away!

Just like Rakitic now, he played well in one half, but then became a little shaky in the second half.

He didn't pass the ball when it was time to pass it, but he dribbled and lost the ball. Italy kicked out a dangerous counterattack.

Fortunately, Pletikosa made the save, but once the ball was conceded, their efforts would be in vain.

"Let Tommy warm up!"

Van Stryak whispered towards Bilic.

Bilic turned his head in surprise: "Are we going to make a substitution? Is it too fast?"

Van Steyak: "It's not a substitution, it's a warning! From now on, you will always be staring at Rakitic."

During the game, Rakitic scratched his head. This time the ball was lost, which led to a counterattack, which made him a little embarrassed.

But the good news is that no goals were dropped.

Just as he was thinking this, Rakitic suddenly saw someone warming up on the sidelines.

Duimovic began to warm up along the wing, maintaining a level of activity that allowed him to play.

In the direction of the Croatian coaching bench, Bilic's eyes were staring at him.

Rakitic was stunned, and his heart thumped.

He knew his actions had drawn the ire of the coaching staff.

He is not at the level of Suker or Modric, so the coaching staff has to give him face.

If the coaching staff really angers him, he will be replaced if asked, and he may be deprived of his qualification to start.

This time, Rakitic finally came to his senses.

After the game started again, Rakitic began to run actively, not only on the offensive end, but also on defense, he would also actively chase back.

Suker kept moving back and forth in the midfield area.

At the beginning of the second half, he touched the ball more often and was in a passing position.

There was no active breakthrough. On the one hand, it was to stabilize the rhythm, and on the other hand, it was to test Italy's defensive strength.

Su Ke will not attack blindly, he needs to find a point, a point with relatively weak defense.

Gattuso is still very motivated.

When he was in the club, this guy was a desperate player. If he wanted to break through from here, he would need to spend more energy.

So, Ambrosini was relatively easy.

Thinking of this, Suk ran towards the half where Ambrosini was.

Gattuso saw this in his eyes and followed quietly.

"pass it to me!"

When Suker ran into the neutral space and asked for a pass, Vukojevic immediately blocked the ball.

Just as Suk was about to catch the ball, his body shook violently.

Gattuso's figure suddenly appeared from the side.

Gattuso actually chased him.

Su Ke didn't have time to think too much, he could only protect the ball as much as possible.

While keeping your footing, move the ball horizontally to the left to increase the distance.

When Gattuso hit for the second time, Suker jumped up slightly, used Gattuso's impact to move further laterally, and completely stabilized his feet.

After Su Ke stabilized his center of gravity, he passed directly back.

He had already wasted too much time, and all the gaps he had seen before had disappeared.

For this reason, Su Ke did not risk attacking.

On Gattuso's side, watching Suker complete the pass, he also ran towards his defender.

Suk raised his eyebrows slightly.

Gattuso crossed to the other side to defend, which he did not expect.

But it also shows that once Suker can stabilize their center of gravity, their left wing can open up the offensive line.

"Gattuso's defense against Suker became even tighter, even chasing him into the other half. Gattuso knew very well that Suker was a threat to the Italian defense, and De Rossi was eager to follow up. , Suker may fall into the encirclement of Italy."

Suk was still moving laterally while observing Gattuso's movements.

After turning his head several times in a row, Suker shouted to Rakitic: "When I pull Gattuso out, you go forward!"

Suker shouted in Croatian.

Rakitic nodded immediately.

They are all professional players, and they can understand each other's intentions with just one sentence.

Suker ran to Gattuso's side, walked around for a while, and then started running towards the other side.

Gattuso also followed immediately.

Gattuso knew that Su Ke would not suffer a second loss, but at this time he could only bite the bullet and keep up.

At the same time, Gattuso gestured towards De Rossi, telling him to follow immediately.

De Rossi also nodded.

After being prepared, Suker began to move left and right in the opponent's midfield line.

Modric's passing tends to be safe and will not risk passing it to Suker.

After Gattuso followed up a few times, he became a little distraught.

Croatia can win as long as the time goes on.

Sell ​​a flaw!

Gattuso pretended to turn his head and left. He stopped a few steps behind Suker, leaving Suker with a clear space to catch the ball.

At this distance, Gattuso can catch up with him in a few steps.

Sure enough, Modric saw Suker in neutral and immediately passed the ball.

Suk bounced his feet slightly and stepped on his feet. While waiting for the ball to arrive, he was also observing Gattuso with his peripheral vision.

The moment Gattuso passed the ball to Modric, he immediately accelerated and rushed over.

"As expected!"

Su Ke secretly thought.

The moment Gattuso approached, Suker suddenly turned his left foot out and picked the ball in the direction of Gattuso.

This was a reverse ball movement, and the force of the ball was very strong. The ball rolled a full distance of three to four meters.

Taking advantage of this moment, Suk took a few steps back to avoid the arrogant Gattuso, and kicked his feet violently.

"Come back!"

Gattuso stretched out his hand and wanted to pull Suk.

But Su Ke started too quickly.

By the time he grabbed Su Ke's jersey, the guy had already rushed out in one step.

"Suke! Get rid of it!!"

yelled the Croatian commentator.

He could see that there was a large gap in the direction of Suk's escape.

In the rib area and on the wing, Srna and Rakitic are advancing at high speed!

Suker caught up with the ball and immediately pushed the ball diagonally behind Italian full-back Gianluca Zambrotta.

Seeing this stuffed ball, Srna started to lower his head and rush forward!

Srna rushed hard and he was very fast.

A full-back with a background as a winger, he can fully demonstrate his offensive talents in the national team.

Zambrotta seemed unable to control the ball immediately, so he could only take a step back and block the angle of Srna's cross.

But by chance, Rakitic stopped at the sharp corner of the penalty area.

Srna passed the ball to Rakitic without hesitation.

Rakitic pulled the ball and turned around, looking towards the goal from a distance.

"Watch out! He's going to cross!"

"It might as well be a shot!"

"Goalkeeper alert!"

The Italian defenders faced a formidable enemy.

Panucci blocked Rakitic's shot path.

At this moment, Panucci saw a smile appear on the corner of Rakitic's mouth.

This guy moved the ball toward the baseline.

Just as Panucci was stunned, there was a "swish" sound behind him, and a figure quickly passed by.

"Suke!!!!!!——"

Krausiewicz jumped up and watched as Suker suddenly rushed forward from behind Panucci, catching up with the ball and facing the goal.

Buffon rushed towards Suker in a panic.

Suk's heart was beating violently.

He knew exactly what this goal would represent.

This can be fully proved from Buffon's panic expression.

Hold on!

Hold on!

Suker turned sideways to face the team and pretended to push the ball, causing Buffon to immediately do the splits to block the ball.

But the next second, Su Ke gently picked the ball with his toes.

The ball passed over Buffon's head and fell towards the goal.

Su Ke turned around gracefully. He confidently did not look at the goal, but came directly to the stands and opened his arms.

The next second, violent cheers sounded like a volcano erupting.

Wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

The cheers of tens of thousands of Croatian fans hit us like a heat wave.

Looking up at the stands, what I saw were faces flushed with excitement and expressions of madness.

67 minutes, Croatia 2:0 Italy.