960 Not only to win, but also to win beautifully!
"Germany's Jerome Boateng intercepted the ball and gave Schweinsteiger, dribbled the ball forward and passed it to Ozil's feet..."
"Ozil took the ball, turned around, and pushed it straight behind Krish. Podolsky got the ball and went down to the bottom line, crossing..."
"The ball is scored! Kloze scored!!!"
When the entire Lviv stadium heard a deafening cheer, countless fans wearing German team jerseys jumped up from the stands, raised their arms and shouted loud celebration slogans, making the entire Lviv stadium feel like they were in the whirlpool of the storm.
"In the 14th minute, just 14 minutes after the opening, the German team took the lead in breaking the French team's goal!"
"1:0, this was a very sudden goal, but it seemed like a natural goal, because the German team has been very proactive in attacking since the start of the game, putting huge pressure on the French team's defense line!"
"It's really unexpected that the German team's offense has always been around the left side. Ram and Thomas Muller's left side are the source of the German team's offense, but suddenly he turned the direction of the offense and aimed at the right side to play, which directly caused this goal!"
The live TV camera and the big stadium screen are replaying the whole process of scoring just now. Everyone can see that when the German team intercepted the ball, the French players obviously did not have the awareness of counterattacking at the first time. Even returning to defense is slow, looking listless and powerless.
From Ozil's ball to his later diagonal pass, Krish never returned to his position. Podolsky's pick-up pass, Mex was naturally blocked by Klose. The latter headed the ball directly in the penalty area, and the whole process was not disturbed. The ball went in.
"The French team obviously had problems. At the beginning of the game, we mentioned that the French team played as a three-middle midfielder, but the overall formation was obviously retreating significantly. This led to serious disconnection between the front and back courts, and was pressed by the German team, and Blanco also realized the problem. But as soon as he adjusted, the team pressed heavily, trying to press, but did not run actively."
"From the goal just now, we can find out from the slow-motion replay that although it seems that Krish lost his position, it is because the defense line is too much space left for the opponent. Rami even didn't chase back, but you have to know that he is the central defender of this team!"
By the time of analysis, the German team players had already returned to the stadium in unscrupulous celebrations, and the game was about to begin. But it was obvious. The morale of the French team did not rebound due to this goal conceding.
"It seems that the news about the French locker room strife before the game may be true. Blanco has obviously lost control of the majority of the team, and at least he can't hold on to the team and cannot let them work together."
Although the on-site commentator did not say it clearly, everyone could hear something from his tone, that is disappointment.
Logically speaking, since France won the championship and won the European Cup, the impression has always been that it has a strong sense of strength. However, since Zidane retired in 2006, the French team has completely lost its backbone and core. They can still play in the qualifiers and other qualifiers, but when they arrive, people are disintegrated.
"This reminds me of a British media joke before the European Cup. If you have too much expectations for this French team, then it must be you, and it cannot be them! Now it seems that's true!"
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If the live commentator looks at the problem from the perspective of fans and bystanders, then as the head coach and opponent, Yang Cheng's view of this French team will be more professional and targeted.
He can say with certainty that the French team has no problem with its strength, at least it is definitely not as bad as he has shown. The real problem with this team is psychologically.
The starting lineup of Blanco in this game is very interesting. The goalkeeper is Loris, Krish, Mex, Rami and Revier on the defense line; the three midfielders are Kabaye, Arau Diyala and Debuch, the two forwards are Ribery and Nasri, and the single forward is Benzema.
If we look at this 4321 tactic simply, many people will think that this is a triangular stance structure, but in fact it is not like this, but a confusing position. One obvious reason is that Blanco targets the German team's left side.
This is the most affirmative thing about Blanco's starting tactics. As a former professional central defender, he keenly found the most threatening player in the German team, that is Ram, because Ram is one of the few players in the German team, and often he is the only player who can provide the team with width.
What is width? It means creating a threat directly on the side, tearing open the opponent's defense line, and pulling the opponent's defense center of gravity over.
One of the things that Blancobe and Paul Bento did better is that he saw that the most threatening area of the German team was Ram, so he put two defensive players on his right, trying to limit the German team's left, and even arranged one-on-one defense to Ram.
If we continue to fight simply with the starting tactics, Blanco's tactical targeting will definitely get the situation he wants, because the German team will be frozen to lose their offensive width and are forced to go to the middle lane. However, the French team has arranged heavy troops in the middle lane defense, and Arau Diyala and Kabaye are both active in the middle lane area, which is obviously targeted.
Moreover, Yang Cheng also felt that Blanco's starting tactics were bold and targeted, and novel, but they were also a big deal.
Because Blanco made a mistake, that is, he overly ignored the threat from the German team on the right. Perhaps in his opinion, neither Jerome Boateng nor Podolsky belongs to the kind of opponent who can create threats, or in other words, can keep the ball at their feet with confidence.
However, Yang Chengyi made adjustments. After the team tilted the offensive direction from the left to the right, Jerome Boateng successfully intercepted the ball, Podolsky made a cross from the bottom, and Klose made a cross from the middle. The whole process was simple. But it started from the right and ended on the right, which was equivalent to completely breaking Blanco's defensive tactics.
"Sometimes, it's a good thing to take risks. But it must be based on the premise that you know what the purpose of your adventure is. But I think Blanco shouldn't even know what the purpose of your adventure is. How can the players know it?"
After seeing Kloze score, Yang Cheng shook his head and sighed. He was not showing off his own tricks, but he felt that Blanco's tactics were a bit off, or that they were too persistent and too confident.
He thought that defending the German team's left side would force the German team to go to the middle. He thought that the German team's right side would not be threatened, but what he did not expect was that the German team's goal came from the right side.
Benitez was also watching the game. After hearing Yang Cheng's words, he couldn't help but smile, "Part of the reason for conceding the ball comes from the players. Although the head coach made a mistake on the tactical level, the players have bigger problems, and have you noticed that Blanco, as your former disciple, is now Mourinho!"
When he said this, Benitez laughed silently. He thought this was a reminder of Yang Cheng that in terms of defense, are you really inferior to Mourinho?
"That's why I said he went astray. Who is not good at learning? Learn from him?" Yang Cheng said disdainfully, but he couldn't help laughing because he also knew that the French team's defensive system was learning from Chelsea.
"He actually just learned the superficial things, and he didn't learn the most important things about Chelsea," said Yang Cheng.
Chelsea's defense actually has an interesting feature, and it is also a different feature from other teams. Once the opponent advances on the wing, the first consideration of the full-back's defense is to block the inward cutting route. That is to say, Chelsea will give up the defense near the sideline and gather heavy troops in the penalty area.
The advantage of doing this is that the opponent is not easy to cut in, but the disadvantage is that the opponent can complete the cross on the wing, so Chelsea needs a Terry in the middle, which requires a commanding height. Another important factor is that the midfielder's retreat must be very active, ensuring that there is enough manpower and force to limit the space after the ball reaches the middle.
But the French team is obviously not like this. Once the ball reaches the wing, their full-backs will pounce on the first time, and then the question will arise. Do you jump on the full-backs and the central defenders will follow?
Following, then following one is equivalent to keeping up with the entire defense line. Otherwise, it is a disconnection. If you don’t follow or follow one, the problem will be big. The gap between the central defender and the full-back, or the gap between the central defender and the central defender, will be widened.
What is the purpose of playing offensive width? Isn’t it just to pull out the opponent’s defensive center of gravity and then create gaps and loopholes in the middle? So we can see that the French team’s middle is often pulled out of many gaps, allowing the German team’s back to get opportunities. Among them, Ozil’s lack of scoring ability repeatedly missed opportunities, which almost made Yang Cheng shout for cheating.
After listening to Yang Cheng's analysis, Benitez nodded, "Mex's performance in the past season has not been good enough. Now his bad condition continues to the national team. I think we can use this to make a fuss."
After hearing this, Yang Cheng smiled, "We have the same idea!"
As he said that, he turned to Paul Bayer, "Let Thomas Muller go in the middle and be a shadow striker, and Duo Hou plug in, Ozil is responsible for passing the ball, telling him that it would be best if he could pull Revier out!"
Pulling out the French right-back Reviere, that would be equivalent to creating one-on-one opportunities for Ram and De Buch on the wing. With Ram's strength, the problem of dealing with this defender is not a big deal, and then it would be equivalent to breaking through the opponent's wing.
"Tell Podolsky again, go more inside and let Jerome Boateng see the right time and move forward, but don't press too much, pay more attention to Ribery. Once this kid starts the wild, he will not lose to Ronaldo. Be careful!"
Let Thomas Mueller and Podolskido cut in, in fact, they need to use the power of the team's back to insert, and let the full-backs step forward to do the wing, that is, to create width, pull out the opponent's defense line, expose them to the gap, and then use the gap to make a fuss.
"Tell these guys that I not only want to win this game, but also win beautifully!"
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Yang Cheng's instructions and adjustments were quickly conveyed to the ears of the players on the court, and this group of German internationals quickly began to implement Yang Cheng's tactical adjustments and arrangements.
Since taking charge of the team in the South African World Cup, two years have passed. In the past two years, Yang Cheng has won the trust of the players through his tactical analysis and arrangement and his on-site command. Therefore, no matter how bad or dangerous the situation is on the court, they will execute it without hesitation as soon as Yang Cheng's instructions arrive.
Such a team full of excellent tactical execution will undoubtedly make Yang Cheng's on-the-spot command more forceful.
Once the adjustment was made, the French team's problems were completely exposed.
In the 29th minute, the German team made a wave of attacks and reached the frontcourt. Ram took the ball from the left and passed it to Schweinsteiger, who handed it to Ozil, who was defended by Kabaye.
Ozil's characteristics have always been prominent, that is, finding gaps and loopholes, and the last pass. In the past period of time, he has combined both of these characteristics very well. He can always pull the gaps and loopholes to get the ball, and then a quick pass will tear the opponent's defense line.
In Yang Cheng's view, Ozil and Xavi Alonso, Xavi, and even Iniesta and David Silva are all different types of passers, and he is suitable to be even higher and more powerful in the opponent's dense defense areas. Because the whole process from receiving the ball to passing is very fast, it seems that he doesn't need to think too much. This kind of transformation can be completed by consciousness, so he is faster than Xavi Alonso, Xavi and Iniesta.
Yang Cheng thinks that there should be two types of best passers. One is that you know he wants to pass the ball, but you don’t know where he wants to pass or how he passes. This type of player is a bit like Xavi, Iniesta and David Silva; the other is that you know he wants to pass and how he passes, but when you know, he has already passed, and this is Ozil.
So, when Ozil received the ball, Kabaye did not dare to be careless at all, but the latter suddenly accelerated and did not underestimate this. Ozil's sudden burst speed was fast, and he immediately drew a small gap so that he could directly complete a pass.
Just like usual, when Ozil's ball was passed, Kabaye made a leg blocking action, but as soon as his legs arrived, the ball had been inserted behind the opponent's defense line in the penalty area at a very fast speed.
Thomas Mueller, who had been ambushing all the time, appeared behind the French team in a tacit understanding, and received the ball, shot it, and drilled into the net. The whole process can be said to be completed in one go, and it was completed very naturally and smoothly.
However, the action of flying out of the penalty area to celebrate was knocked down by Ozil on the court, and then he was pressed down by his teammates one by one, celebrating the team's 2:0 lead!
The German team was in a 2-goal lead, especially when the French team was obviously depressed, which was even more so. However, Yang Cheng still did not dare to relax and still demanded the team, signaling them to continue to pursue the French team relentlessly. He not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully and convincingly.
Taking advantage of the trend of the second goal, the German team made a fierce attack in one go, unwilling to give the French team a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. Yang Cheng also frequently called on the team to continue to push forward, which finally allowed the team to score another goal in the 42nd minute.
Jerome Boateng made a diagonal pass from the penalty area 45 degrees on the right. Klose was crushed by Rami and headed the ball out of the penalty area. However, Sven Bend intercepted the ball and passed it to Ozil, who took the ball with his back and had to knock back to Schweinsteiger's feet.
After getting the ball, the piglet made a long pass in the mid-shot, and pulled it to the left side of the penalty area to get the ball at Thomas Muller. After getting the ball, the latter entered the penalty area and volleyed vigorously. However, French goalkeeper Loris made a decisive attack, blocked the shooting angle, and saved Thomas Muller's shot.
Thomas Muller's shot was so powerful that although Loris made a save in a hurry, he was unable to hold the ball in his hand steadily and was forced to save the ball, but the ball fell into the middle of the penalty area.
This time, Klose did not miss the opportunity again. He steadily blocked Mex with his body, and before everyone, he fought in a melee in the penalty area, facing the ball, and it can even be said that he used his feet, but used his calves to hit the ball in close range.
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"
"Klose scored twice, and Germany temporarily led France 3:0!"
With the shout of the live commentator, all the German fans of the entire Lviv Stadium rushed out of their seats and shouted excitedly to celebrate. They did not expect that the game would become what it is now.
France is also considered a strong European team, and both sides are fighting for the right to go out, which is the last game. Everyone thought that this would definitely be a very difficult game, but what was unexpected was that the end of the game would actually evolve into what it is now.
It was undoubtedly a surprise to everyone to lead 3:0 in the first half, because no matter from any perspective, the French team cannot be so weak, and the German team cannot be so strong, but it happened.
The game has completely lost suspense, and the German team will step on the body of the French team to obtain the right to qualify from the group. However, this game, even before the game, the strife in the French locker room, will undoubtedly make all French fans begin to deeply worry about the future of the team, just like their sadness and concern after the end of the World Cup in South Africa.
The German team, with a determined victory mentality, entered the locker room after the referee sounded the halftime break.
Chapter completed!