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"What a disastrous goal!"

In the commentary box of Sky Sports Italy, Mourinho, who was a special guest, shook his head and said: "Italy focuses their tactics on restricting Suker, but judging from the current situation, they have not restricted Suker at all, and even more so. Suker formed a threatening breakthrough from the wing and completed the shot."

"This is not a simple problem. It means that Donadoni's tactics are completely bankrupt. They focused their tactics on restricting Suker, but failed to restrict them, and they were even less able to demonstrate their tactical advantages in other aspects!"

"Italy will only play more and more chaotic in the future!"

Mourinho said firmly: "Donadoni can only pray that Croatia will not attack too aggressively, but with the previous coaching style of the Croatian coaching staff, after gaining an advantage, Croatia's Crazy attack period!”

Mourinho's guess is very accurate!

As the goal appeared, Croatia gave up some of its defensive resources and began to increase its investment in offense.

Croatia has no defense, and there is no habit of 'win only one goal' in their tactics.

When they gained an advantage, they worked hard and kept up their efforts to completely defeat their opponents.

In the arena, the game started again.

Croatia's offensive was like a tsunami that hit the Italian defense line crazily.

"Stop Suk!"

"I'll do it!" Gattuso rushed over.

Gattuso slowed down slightly 4 meters away from Suker and took small steps forward.

He hoped to suppress Su Ke's speed or even stop Su Ke directly.

But Suker moved the ball laterally and accelerated again.

No intention of stopping at all.

"Damn it!"

Gattuso suddenly ran sideways, stretched out his hand, and grabbed Su Ke's clothes.

The moment Suker wanted to force a breakthrough, Gattuso yanked hard.

boom!

Suk's butt fell backwards and fell to the ground.

Beep!

The whistle sounded.

The referee showed Gattuso a yellow card.

Gattuso could only grit his teeth and admit it.

"Gattuso has received a card. This is not a good sign. Next, his restrictions on Suker will be greatly reduced, and it is only 35 minutes! There is still a long time in the game. How should Italy deal with Croatia? offensive?"

Croatia got a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt,

Modric held the ball and came to the penalty spot. From this distance, he could shoot.

But Modric didn't have much confidence. He looked at the penalty area and took a free throw.

"Modric lobbed into the penalty area, Mandzukic fought for the top, and the ball missed, Suker!!"

Klawsiewicz roared.

He saw Suk shaking his head and attacking the goal.

The ball hit Buffon's chest, and the latter took out the ball in a panic and finally cleared the ball.

"Position! Position! Watch your position!"

Buffon couldn't help roaring.

As Croatia's offense intensifies, the pressure on him continues to increase.

Faced with the danger of scoring again and again, Buffon felt that he could hardly bear it.

The ball flew out of the sideline, and the Croatian players immediately ran over to respond. Mandzukic stopped the ball with his chest. After resisting the confrontation, he passed the ball back and prepared to reorganize.

Seeing this scene, the Italian players breathed a sigh of relief.

But seeing the Croatian players making a comeback, their pressure increased again.

In the commentary box of Sky Sports Italy, commentator Pesque looked at the oppressed Italian players on the TV and thought about Mourinho's previous words.

This guy really hit the mark!

"You're right, so what should we do?" Peske couldn't help but ask.

Mourinho crossed his arms and said calmly: "If it were me, I would change my formation and adopt intensive defense, but..."

"Just what?" Pesk asked quickly.

Mourinho looked at the big screen and frowned slightly: "Croatia's full-back is coming up, and the real offensive is coming."

Pesk turned his head sharply.

He saw that Croatia's offense became more intense on the court.

Especially with the wingers occupying the rib area, the full-backs began to run up and down the sideline, constantly harassing the Italian defense, and at the same time making crosses.

Suk and Mandzukic turned into 'rabbits', and the two kept jumping up and competing for the top.

Although Italy held on to every challenge.

But this kind of offensive uses quantity to cause qualitative change.

You can defend ten or twenty times, but once you make one mistake, you lose the ball!

Croatia's stormy attack continues.

The Italian defense was overwhelmed.

The pressure made the Italian fans' hearts beat rapidly.

They thought Croatia would play very strongly, but they didn't expect it to be so strong.

"Rakitic passed the ball, but no one hit the ball. The ball was passed to the back point and was controlled by Croatian player Kranica. It continued to be hoisted into the penalty area. Chiellini fought for the top and destroyed it, but there were all Croatian players behind it. , they controlled the ball again, the ball was distributed to the wing again, and Rakitic made another pass!"

At this time, Mandzukic suddenly pulled towards the front point.

He pulled Chiellini away, leaving Suker with the only defensive player next to him.

At this time, Rakitic also completed the pass.

Suk jumped up immediately.

In the air, Suk saw the ball flying towards his chest.

Pass low!

Suk gritted his teeth, held his chest slightly, turned his shoulders, and hit the ball hard with his right shoulder.

The ball hit the shoulder and flew towards the blind spot on the right side of the goal.

Buffon stepped sideways and made a flying dive.

He fought hard to save, and his fingertips touched the ball, but he failed to hook the ball out.

Uh-huh!

The ball hit the net!

"Hey! Handball! Handball!"

As soon as Suker landed, Italian defender Panucci clapped his arm, pointed at Suker, and signaled him for a handball.

Suk turned around and shouted angrily.

"Fart! I scored with my shoulder!" Su Ke slapped his shoulder and shouted to the referee; "Shoulder! I scored with my shoulder!"

"Players on both sides have objections to this goal. The Italian players thought Suker had a handball, but from our point of view, this is a goal scored with a shoulder! Of course, the angle is different, and there will be some visual differences."

In the end, the referee crossed his hands and signaled that the goal was invalid.

Su Ke shook his head helplessly.

He knew that this unconventional way of scoring would cause controversy, but there was no way at the time. He couldn't exert force in his chest and could only use his shoulders.

On the sidelines, Bilic has begun to put pressure on the fourth official.

He slapped his shoulder over and over again, indicating that the goal should be ruled valid.

At the same time, he is also putting pressure on the referee team.

The Croatian fans at the scene also booed.

Slow motion playback.

"Let's look at this goal from another angle."

Krausiewicz leaned out and looked at the big screen and said: "I think this is a good goal. Suker scored the goal with his shoulder. His shoulder had an obvious swinging motion."

In slow motion, all Croatian fans clearly saw the ball hitting Suker's shoulder along his neck.

"This is a really bad penalty!"

Seeing this, Krausiewicz couldn't help but sigh.

But there is no way.

The referee can only observe with the naked eye. There is no problem if he sees something wrong in the blink of an eye.

The auxiliary referee also looked confused, obviously unable to help.

Suk shook his head and retreated.

At this time, he really wants VAR to intervene!

This is obviously a good shot!

On the other hand, the Italian players breathed a sigh of relief.

"It was a handball, and the score was almost even!"

Ambrosini said with lingering fear.

Panucci was silent. He knew better than anyone that this was not a handball at all.

But there was nothing he could do.

Italy could not expand the score, and he could only emphasize again and again that it was a handball.

"Is the first half almost over?"

Panucci asked.

Ambrosini nodded; "Five minutes left!"

"Five minutes!" Panucci sighed.

Five minutes had never felt so long to him.

Croatia's continuous attacks have overwhelmed them. How should they respond next?

And then there’s the second half!

The first half is almost over, but there are still 45 minutes left in the second half.

If Croatia keeps up this offensive momentum, how long can their defense hold up?

The offense can't go up!

The defense couldn't get enough assurance.

And, they were one goal behind and everything went to hell!