I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 168 Battle between Britain and Germany!

On March 26, the Berlin Olympic Stadium was full of people. Nearly [-] fans filled the stadium to the brim.

Whether it is a British fan from afar or a local German fan, a glass of Frankfurt's local special beer is definitely the common love of fans from both sides.

Under the stimulation of alcohol, the fans of England and Germany were talking loudly, shouting to people they knew or didn't know.

Noisy singing resounded throughout the stadium, and the atmosphere before the game had slowly reached its climax.

I don't remember that player once said that life or the green field is originally composed of countless grievances and grievances.

Today's game is indeed a game of grievances after many years.

For tonight's game, the German national team definitely wants to be the more active side, grasping the ball and launching an attack. From the definition of football, this German team is biased towards offensive football.

Needless to say, their two opponents, Italy, defense has always been an indispensable element of Italian football.

Since the Turin air crash, conservatism has become the main element of Italian football. It was not until Mancini took over in the future that the Italian national team played a smooth offensive routine again.

However, what is surprising is that in this national team that has built the defense to the extreme, it can also produce talented offensive players like Paul Rossi, Mancini, and Baggio.

Wearing heavy armor and holding a sharp knife, the success of Italian football seems to be taken for granted.

As for tonight's opponent England, Mr. Hodgson Ho's tactics are still relatively aggressive.

In the starting list announced by Huo Taigong before the game, the England national team is still the same four-three-three that changes the soup without changing the medicine.

And at the pre-match press conference held yesterday, Huo Taigong expressed his stance on his tactics when he was interviewed by the British media.

He told the Daily Mail reporter his thoughts:
"Looking back, it's a completely different England than it was in 2012. It's a team of very experienced players who have been outstanding for club and country."

"We were a little short of attacking players in the last European Cup, but in the past four years, the team has undergone a major reversal in style."

"Now we have a lot of good players on the offensive line, so I decided to be more offensive than defensive in terms of team style."

"Of course we also know that defense is an important job, and we will also work hard in this regard and are on the right path."

Offensively, not only the German team is preparing to attack, but the England national team has also abandoned their four-four-two, which has remained unchanged for almost ten thousand years, and wants to play more proactively.

So in tonight's game, an atypical British-German battle was staged. Both teams held high the banner of offensive football, preparing to stage an offensive battle where sparks hit the earth at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

After a simple opening ceremony, players from both sides entered the court together with the referee.

For the German team, the goalkeeper is the unshakable Neuer.

On the defensive line, Kimmich replaced the position left by the old captain Lahm as the right back, and Hector was still the left back.

As Boateng was recovering from his injuries, Hewedes and Hummels served as the double central defenders of the German team.

In the midfield, Gundogan, Toni Kross, and Ernest formed a top-level midfield lineup.

The striker trio is lined up with Draxler, Zhao Jinge, and Thomas Muller.

In this game, Loew mainly wanted to see if the midfield combination of Gundogan and Toni Kroos could support the hardness of the midfield defense while providing ball control and organization.

In a situation where both sides are attacking, whether the German striker combination can open up the situation faster than the opponent is another focus of Loew's observation.

Active offense always has to consider the risk of how to quickly break the game, whether the team has the ability to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with England, and whether it can open the Italian team's reinforced concrete Italian defense.

This is related to the tactics that the German national team will adopt in this European Cup, whether it is a purely offensive four-three-three, or a conservative four-two-three-one, or quickly switch to different opponents.

It depends on the performance of the frontcourt players in the German national team in these two games. Loew will switch back and forth according to the opponent and his own state.

These two games are an excellent frame of reference.

The starting players for England are all old acquaintances of Zhao Jinge.

The goalkeeper is his teammate Joe Hart. After Hart knew that the German team would be played in the friendly match, and that Zhao Jinge would also play, Hart immediately broke the defense.

It's okay to face Zhao Jinge's ruthless shot in the team's training game, but this time they met in the national team's match, and Joe Hart vividly demonstrated what it means to be sad.

Even the joy of winning the championship has been diluted a lot.

When the two greeted each other in the player tunnel, Joe Hart's face was not to mention how ugly, he was so depressed that he had to force a happy smile to say hello.

Hey, now it's finally my turn to experience the sorrow of De Gea and other goalkeepers. Joe Hart looked at Neuer enviously.

On England's defense line, Kyle Walker, an old teammate, also does his part.

He, Smalling, Gary Cahill and Danny Rose sit in the back line of the Three Lions.

The midfield is composed of Ali, who performed well in Tottenham, Red Army captain Henderson, and Lu Xiaopang, who retreated to the tenth position.

The striker combination of Sturridge, Harry Kane, and Sterling is also above the standard line.

This year's England is definitely not weak in terms of strength on paper. As for the humiliating loss to Iceland in the European Cup, Huo Taigong's tactical problems will definitely be blamed.

After all the players from both sides appeared on the field, with the whistle of the referee, this much-watched game officially started.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides began to test continuously, and England took the lead in kicking off.

In the opening attack, the cooperation between Kane and Sturridge was quite tacit. One of them approached from the left, while Sterling on the other side also had a very wide movement distance on the right to create Scoring chance.

Kane quickly pushed forward in the middle after Sturridge pulled the side. Behind him, Rooney and Alli were advancing with the ball.

In Tottenham's offensive system, Ali and Harry Kane often switch positions. The cross-coordination of the two is an offensive routine often used by Tottenham.

Although Rooney's personal ability is no longer what it used to be, but in terms of offensive sense and experience, he is still the Lu Xiaopang who should not be underestimated.

Kane, who had just thrown into the German team's penalty area, turned around and withdrew back, forming a tacit three-person cooperation with the duo advancing with the ball.

Sturridge and Sterling opened up a wide enough offensive width in front of the German team's defensive third area, which gave the three of Harry Kane a broad space to play.

The three of them played out the feeling of the cooperation of Kane, Ali and Eriksson in Tottenham's offensive group.

Rooney's excellent connection and distribution of the ball turned out to have a taste of love.

In this way, the attack power of England's frontcourt has suddenly increased to a higher level, and there are more opportunities to shoot.

Tottenham's offensive system was finally established after Pochettino polished it for nearly a season. It can combine Harry Kane, a top center forward, with other young talents in the team to play the most effective offensive routine.

And now, England's offense has played out this smell. Suddenly, the English army is overwhelming, and the German team's defense has suffered a great test from the very beginning.

However, the German team was already prepared. Gundogan and Kroos quickly returned to the defense, and Loew stared at the situation on the court from the sidelines.

According to the tactics arranged before the game, Gundogan and Mr. Tony entangled Ali and Rooney respectively.

The two double-teamed with Hewedes on the central defender line, quickly inserted into the passing line of England's offensive trio, and immediately pressed towards the current ball-holding object.

The trio in the frontcourt also recovered quickly. The German team, which was just about to launch a press, faced the sudden fierce offensive of the English and carried out a large-scale recovery without hesitation, wrapping England's offensive players in their own formation. the central.

And cut off the connection between the pressing Ali and others and the other players in England who were lagging behind.

Henderson, as the transition hub between England's midfield and defense, is directly watched by Zhao Jinge.

The German chariots began to operate in an orderly manner. Although the English attack was fierce, the German team quickly resolved the attack.

After forcing Ali to pass the ball back, watching the Englishman who continued to control the ball and prepare to attack again, the German player who made a false alarm launched a high-intensity frontcourt press!

But in the 4th minute of the opening game, the situation turned sharply. After seeing the German players coming to press, Sturridge, who received a return pass from Alli, passed the ball back to Henderson on the waistline. He continued to run back and forth on the left.

Henderson passed the ball back to the backcourt. After several passes between Kyle Walker and Gary Cahill in the backcourt, he took the initiative to dribble the ball from the backcourt.

Walker quickly advanced with the ball to a position close to the center line, and Sterling retreated to respond, interfering with Draxler's grab, allowing Kyle Walker to transfer the ball calmly.

The football crossed the half-court and landed on the left side of the German team's penalty area.

Sturridge has been observing the landing point of the football during the forward drive, and Kyle Walker's long ball landed precisely in front of him.

At this time, Kimmich, who was defending on the right side of the German team, also rushed to this side immediately.

Sturridge rushed forward with the fastest speed, grabbed the football before Kimmich, and got stuck.

The moment the football bounced off the ground, Sturridge dunked the ball with the inside of his right foot, and then turned around to protect the ball, blocking Kimmich's uppercut with his body.

Then he suddenly flicked the ball in front of him, flashed the space and knocked the ball horizontally to Harry Kane who pulled out of the German team's penalty area and retreated to respond.

After Harry Kane retreated to receive the ball, Hewedes, who observed that the German team was in charge of intercepting, also followed out, trying to defend himself closely.

Harry Kane immediately took the ball a few steps towards the midfield. After pulling out a safe passing distance, Kane swept the ball with his right foot and knocked the ball back to Kyle, who quickly inserted in and prepared to attack from the side. - Walker.

After receiving the pass from Harry Kane, Kyle Walker took the ball directly to the penalty area and headed for the bottom line.

Draxler is entangled with Sterling, and left-back Hector is following Alli on the right side of the penalty area.

The unguarded Kyle Walker advanced with the ball on the left side of the German team, as if entering no one's land.

Gundogan was on the line of the penalty area at this time. Seeing that Kyle Walker had been completely emptied, he immediately made up for it, and directly blocked Kyle Walker in the direction of Kyle Walker's inward cut.

Between the two Manchester City teammates, a one-on-one duel immediately started.

Kyle Walker, who was running with the ball, didn't panic in the face of Gundogan's defense. Although Gundogan's defensive hardness is very impressive, for Walker who is familiar with him, it is just enough to watch.

Walker observed the situation in the penalty area of ​​the German team a little while running, and then slammed his right foot to avoid Gundogan's upper grab, and passed the ball naturally with a low kick, and the football flew into the German team in an instant within the restricted area.

Hummels also came to a position close to the left to assist in the defense after Hewedes made an attack. After seeing Kyle Walker's pass, he immediately stretched his legs to intercept.

The football brushed Hummels' calf and continued towards the center of the German team. Hummels immediately turned pale when he saw this situation.

Kimmich, who was originally on the same parallel line as Sturridge, was paused by Sturridge, and the rhythm of the start-up changed instantly. He lost his center of gravity and was instantly left behind by the British striker.

Sturridge rushed to the football position before Kimmich, who was behind him, and Hummels quickly turned around to block.

But how could Sturridge, who is in an excellent position, give him this opportunity?

In the blink of an eye, Sturridge took another step forward, stepped on the turf with his left foot, and adjusted his center of gravity.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his right foot, met the forward end of the flying football with the inner arch of his foot, and pushed the ball to the near corner of the German team's goal on the penalty area line.

After Sturridge took the shot, he stared at the flying football with uncontrollable surprise on his face. Based on years of experience, there is a high probability that this shot will be made!

The Berlin Olympic Stadium was silent at this time, and everyone was nervously watching the German team's goal.

Just when the football was about to fly over the goal line, a big gloved hand stopped it from continuing to fly!

"Neuil!"

The commentator at the scene shouted the name of the one who saved the German team.

"Incredible save! Neuer prevents England's fantastic start!"

(End of this chapter)