The striker scored the winning goal for the Azzurri and the coach was happy with how his players returned to winning ways for the first time in nine months.

巴洛特利为意大利赢得了一个奠定胜利的进球，主教练普兰德利十分高兴他的球员九个月以来首次找回了赢球状态。

Cesare Prandelli showered Mario Balotelli with praise after the striker scored the winning goal in Italy's 2-1 win over England on Saturday.

据外媒Goal.com足球网站6月15日报道，本周日，在巴洛特利再进一球保证意大利以2:1完败英格兰后，普兰德利对前锋巴洛特利赞不绝口。

The AC Milan forward made the difference in his side's first match of the World Cup, heading in at the back post in the second half, after Daniel Sturridge had equalised following Claudio Marchisio's opener.

这名AC米兰的前锋在意大利队首场世界杯比赛中表现出色。在英格兰队的斯图里奇扳平一球后，下半场他在后门柱位置顶球入门得分。

Prandelli was delighted that hard work in training ahead of the tournament had given his team the edge fitness-wise over the Three Lions but admitted that domination over Roy Hodgson's men was hard to keep up.

普兰德利很开心并认为赛前训练使得球队比英格兰队多了一些身体优势。但他同时承认，由霍奇森统领的球队的确很难追赶。

"It's a shame that it was impossible to maintain the intensity we showed at times," the Azzurri coach toldRai Sport. "The team suffered in the heat, but we maintained supremacy in midfield.

“很惭愧我们没能保持偶尔能展现出来的强度，”布兰德利说道：“我们的球队在高温中作战，但我们在中场上保持着优势。”

"We worked well in training for the World Cup and we saw in the second half that England players were the ones who had cramp, not us, and this means that our work has paid off.

“我们为世界杯的训练准备的很成功，我们可以看到在下半场的比赛上有很多的英国球员都腿部抽筋了，但是我们的球员没有，这意味着我们的训练发挥了作用。”

"Balotelli gave all he could give. Everyone gave their best."

“巴洛特利为我们竭尽全力，我们每一个队员都发挥了最佳水平。”

Italy next clash with Group D leaders Costa Rica on Friday before facing Uruguay - who are currently bottom of the four-team table - on June 24.

意大利队的下场比赛将会迎接D组的领跑者哥斯达黎加，接着会与乌拉圭对决。乌拉圭目前位于D组积分榜的最后一位。

（译者 dulisa27 编辑 齐磊）