Players from England and Germany stood in formation in the tunnel and prepared to take the field.
As Germany's starter, Schneider was chatting casually with Southgate. Suddenly he saw someone coming from behind, and Schneider's expression became very exciting.
He opened his mouth to say hello, then quickly closed it with a sullen face, his eyes not knowing where to look.
Yes, the person coming from behind was none other than the head of his club: Aldrich.
At this moment, Schneider finally understood what Ronaldinho said privately when he returned to the team after the friendly match between Brazil and England at Wembley last year: That game was really weird!
The mood is extremely complicated.
Schneider had no idea how to face Aldridge.
The friendship between master and apprentice lasted for more than seven years, but now they are facing each other with swords!
Aldridge walked between the players of the two teams with an indifferent expression, but when passing by Ballack, he patted his shoulder and said: "Have a good game."
When passing Schneider, he did the same thing, and the England players couldn't help but snicker when they saw this.
It seemed that Aldridge was encouraging his opponent, but at this moment Ballack and Schneider looked at each other with a smile, their expressions were so weird that they were almost funny.
Does this count as disrupting the morale of the opponent's military?
Real Madrid bought Zidane in the summer, and Ballack returned to Germany and directly joined Bayern Munich to succeed the 33-year-old Effenberg.
Aldridge walked into the stadium, and there were many England fans in the stands. They waved cross flags symbolizing England, creating a cheering atmosphere before the game started.
German team coach Voller came over to shake Aldrich's hand, and after a brief greeting, the two went back to their seats.
Voller is a legendary star of Germany. His peak performance was in the 1990 World Cup. He sacrificed himself and died together with Frank Rijkaard. In the final, he gained points by diving to help Germany become the king of the world.
After retiring, he has been the manager of Bayer Leverkusen since 1996. In October last year, Leverkusen coach Daum was fired due to a drug scandal. Voller took over as Leverkusen coach in less than half a month.
Later, the German national team appointed Voller as the coach of the national team, and Vogts took over Voller's job at Leverkusen. This series of operations is more like the German Football Association "seconding" Voller from Leverkusen.
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Voller has a strong Leverkusen background, and therefore, the national team under his leadership is also full of Leverkusen genes.
"A focus battle in Group I of the World Cup Qualifiers is about to begin. Germany is facing the visiting England team at the Olympiastadion in Munich. Both teams have finished six rounds. Germany has 14 points and England has 13 points. This game is very likely to determine who will advance directly.
In the World Cup finals, who is going to play in the play-offs? The last game of the German team is against Al
Banya. The situation is good. As long as they don't lose this game, they can basically lock in the top spot in the group. England's last game is against Greece. If they lose today, they will definitely not get the top spot in the group. If it is
With a draw, there is still a slight hope of ranking first in the group. Let’s take a look at the starting lineups and lineups of both sides.
This lineup was determined after Hall took office, and it has performed well so far. It has won four consecutive World Cup preliminaries, has amazing firepower, and has solid defense. However, as Hall said in an interview yesterday, England has not played well in these four World Cup preliminaries.
Not tested.
The German team plays their traditional 3-5-2 formation.
Seven of them participated in last year's victory over England at Wembley. Returning to the home court today, the German team's performance is still worth looking forward to."
Aldridge took a look at the German team's starting lineup, and it felt very slutty.
Sauer and Jeremys were both absent due to injuries, and the older generation of German heroes also came to an end. The current generation is indeed in decline.
Kahn, Link, Ballack, Schneider, Hamann, may be some familiar faces in the top arena.
Others are playing for Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Hertha Berlin and other local teams in Germany, but not very competitive in Europe.
If it weren't for Aldridge's butterfly influence, this national team lineup would be half of Leverkusen's main lineup. In the original history, Ballack and Schneider were Leverkusen's main lineup at this time, and Leverkusen
Leverkusen has also reached the Champions League final in the European war this season. Unfortunately, now, after missing important stars such as Bute, Ballack, Schneider, etc., Leverkusen's future in the Champions League is not optimistic and its competitiveness is not strong.
of limited.
If we really want to compare the strength of the lineup, Aldridge believes that England's lineup today is slightly stronger than the German team, but not much higher. After all, there are Bart, Ashley Cole, Lampard, and Ferdinand.
A player who, even though he has potential and has reached a certain level of strength, has yet to perform stably and brilliantly on the top stage of the club is "lagging behind".
At the beginning of the game, Aldrich saw that the German team's offensive power was very strong, and the formation was pressing forward. Although it was not too aggressive, the attitude it adopted was very obvious: offense was the main focus.
You can understand it if you think about it.
Aldridge led the England team, but he only stole the limelight through abuse. In the eyes of the top teams, this was nothing at all.
Just like Arsenal defeated Middlesbrough and Aston Villa by four goals each, ask Manchester United and Millwall what they think? There is only one answer: where is the coolness and where is the stay?
You can't become a god by abusing food.
When it comes to history, the German team is far ahead of England. When it comes to war record, they were so impressive at Wembley last year that they even kicked out the coach of the England national team. To say that today we saw the England team winning four consecutive games, the German team
I feel scared, isn’t this a joke?!
The England team laid out 4321 and focused on counterattacks. In the eyes of the Germans, this was a sign of cowardice. They were afraid of being scored by the German team.
At the beginning of the game, Ballack passed a half-high ball from the left short distance in front of the penalty area. The goal was to reach the top of Yankel's head.
Yankel won the battle with Ferdinand for the spot, and he consciously headed the ball to his strike partner Neuville, who was advancing forward. As long as he got the ball and rushed forward, it was a one-on-one goal.
But after Neuville stopped the ball in his chest, someone in front of him immediately destroyed the ball and sent it out of the sideline.
This is what Southgate does. Ferdinand blocks the ball head-on. Southgate observes the situation, predicts the opponent's coordination routine, and makes the final key interception.
He bravely cleared the ball from Neuville to the sideline, then pointed at Bart and shouted: "Follow the guy behind the opponent."
Then he spoke to Neville and Cole to take over at any time.
Germany's high center forward Jankel has super physical fitness. We are not afraid that he will pose a direct threat to the goal. We are afraid that he will provide cover for his teammates to play the ball. The most threatening point is when he inserts from behind. If the frontal defense is defeated, it will be simply
It's a shame and it's a matter of personal ability.
The German team continued their attack with a sideline ball. Boehme handed the ball to Deisler, who was playing as an attacking midfielder today. Ballack had already started running, preparing to find an opening for a long shot. However, Deisler was guarded by Beckham and Bart.
Lost the ball!
Deisler is depressed, this group of engineers in England!
After Bart intercepted the ball, he passed it forward to Scholes. Scholes, who had his back to the frontcourt, did not turn around and instead kicked the ball towards the right midfield area.
There was no one there originally.
This is also the beauty of Scholes' pass, which gives Neville the lead time to quickly intervene.
When Gary Neville advanced rapidly, Ballack also returned to defend. He consciously observed Beckham's movement and determined that the cooperation between Neville and Beckham was the source of the offensive threat on the right.
But halfway through the run, Ballack was surprised to find that Beckham stopped in the midfield area and stopped moving forward!
Instead, Neville rushed forward with the ball.
Boehme, who was defending on this side, just went to serve the sideline ball and was suddenly counterattacked by the England team. He chased back all the way and caught up with Neville until he was almost in the penalty area. At this time, Haman also came to fill in.
Assisted in defense.
Neville saw the cross pass in the air, and Scholes dribbled the ball forward, passing through Nowotny's defense area diagonally. After entering the area on the right side of the penalty area, Scholes suddenly passed the ball forward.
The ball hit the top of the penalty area.
Irving took away Vaughns in advance. McManaman ran to the penalty area to respond. He already had a chance to shoot from a long distance, but he was followed by Schneider, and behind him was Ballack, who was only two steps away.
Can interfere with or disrupt his attack.
McManaman gently pushed the ball to the right, and then quickly moved forward to the left rib of the penalty area. Schneider was still following him, leaving the rest of the work to Ballack.
But Ballack didn't expect that the opponent would play the ball like this. There was no one in that direction. Just as he was about to turn around to chase the ball, someone ran past him.
Lampard!
Ballack flew to tackle the ball, trying to destroy it. Lampard moved the ball forward faster than him, and then hit the goal with a powerful and heavy kick.
Kahn reacted quickly and blocked the near corner of the goal and fell to the ground to save. His hand touched the ball, but it was still maybe only 0.01 seconds slower. It was more like the ball was pressed by his palm and bounced off the ground and into the goal.
"England scored! In the first 2 minutes, England took the lead in the away game! With exquisite counterattacks and mesmerizing speed, England was like a lion running at full speed to catch its prey without any stagnation.
and hesitation, like a hurricane passing by, destroying the German team's gate! McManaman assisted, young player Lampard scored, Scholes and Neville also contributed! England took the lead! Overtaken in the standings
The German team! Overtaken the German team!"
Lampard's expression remained grim after seeing the goal. He turned around Nowotny and rushed to the corner flag area before stopping, with an excited smile on his face.
All the other teammates rushed towards him, shaking their fists in celebration and roaring wantonly on this German land!
The German team suffered a blitz and lost the ball in the opening game. The German fans in the stadium were like a bolt from the blue. They couldn't believe it. England's counterattack was overwhelming and unstoppable. In my impression, England was not like this!
England fans went crazy, waving cross flags and shouting excitedly.
Schneider walked up to Ballack and whispered: "We don't have full-backs. If a defensive midfielder goes to help defend the wing, the middle will be left empty when counterattacked. Boss, uh, you also know the tactics of the England coach.
Some, right?”
Ballack nodded. He played under Aldridge for a short period of time. For four years, it can be said that Millwall played counterattacks at the beginning, and counterattacks were mainly based on tactics and did not highlight individual players.
The important thing about ability is to quickly shift the opponent's defensive focus after containing it, and to seize the space when the opponent's defense adjusts.
Schneider's words actually asked Ballack to either communicate with Hamann, or Ballack himself strengthened the protection in front of the penalty area. Once he was hit by a counterattack, the three central defenders divided their forces to defend the wings, and the midfielder had to quickly retreat to the penalty area.
Aldridge's expression didn't change at all when he saw the goal, but he thought to himself: England came to the Germans' territory to run wild today! (To be continued...)
