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Schweinsteiger passed the ball to Toni Kroos...

Tony Klose passed the ball to Ozil, and Ozil went straight to the right from the front of the penalty area. Klose quickly got rid of Bonucci...

Klose got the ball in front of the baseline and passed it back. It was beautiful. Thomas Muller stepped in and pushed the ball...

Oh, Chiellini! Chiellini blocked Thomas Muller's shot in front of the goal!

But we can see that German captain Lahm seemed to be protesting to the referee, thinking that when Chiellini made the clearance, the ball had already crossed the goal line, but the referee obviously trusted the bottom line referee's decision and they unanimously believed that the ball had crossed the goal line. It did not cross the goal line, and we can also see from the slow motion that although the ball seemed to have gone in, it probably did not cross the goal line!

It's really a pity that the German team has frequently created murderous opportunities since the 22nd minute. Now exactly 15 minutes have passed. In these 15 minutes, they have made a total of 6 very threatening shots and attacks, including La Tom's long shot from outside the penalty area and Thomas Muller's push shot almost penetrated the Italian goal!

The live TV camera showed Yang Cheng on the sidelines. When he saw that Thomas Muller missed the push shot, the Chinese slapped his forehead hard. He felt that the goal was not scored, which was a bit too cheating!

Then it was given to Prandelli, who seemed to be shouting something towards the players and making adjustments.

We can see that after the opening, the German team began to steadily adopt a strategy of defending well while taking into account counterattacks and offenses. After the opening, Italy's attack just allowed Yang Cheng to get ready for a counterattack, and he This counterattack was not conservative at all and frequently created threats.

Now I don't know what kind of adjustments Prandelli will make, or he will find a way to stop the decline in the first half and rearrange targeted tactics during the halftime break. I personally think that Cassano should be allowed to Dropping back to support the midfielder, although doing so is tantamount to giving up the attack, but now the midfielder is completely suppressed, and the two forwards have no effect at all.

But this only represents the opinion of the on-site commentator. That doesn't mean Prandelli.

At least after the adjustment, Prandelli still has no intention of rushing to support the midfielder. He is more planning to make a fuss about how to break the German team's control. But once the German team takes control of the situation, he wants to It's not easy to break.

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Rafa,

Believe it or not, sometimes people are really weird!

Yang Cheng stood on the sidelines. With the situation under control by the German team, he became in the mood to chat with Benitez.

After experiencing some chaos at the beginning, the German team quickly entered the state, and the effects of the secret training of the past few days were reflected on the court, especially the targeted defense against Italy, which was done very well and counterattacked. Cooperating with the offense also creates a lot of threats.

Yang Cheng couldn't think of anything else to be dissatisfied with in this situation.

How do you say it? Benitez held out his belly that seemed to be seven months pregnant. asked.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, We either believe our first instinct very easily, or we start to hesitate. And often, we hesitate for a long time, or during this period of time, we have caused incompetence. After we make a miscalculation, we look back and start to regret not following our first instinct.”

After hearing this, Benitez immediately thought of the current situation on the court. He knew clearly that Yang Cheng was talking about Prandelli, who was currently hesitant. At least if he had some courage, the latter should make major adjustments, but he It's still a small fight.

Given the current situation in Italy. There is only one choice left, and that is to regain balance with the German team in the midfield. This requires them to invest at least one more force in the midfield, either from the front line or from the back line.

The German team's running range in the frontcourt is huge, and Thomas Muller and Ozil take turns posing threats to the wing. It is obviously impossible to pull a player from the defense line. The risk is too great, but if you want to withdraw a player from the front line, who must be withdrawn?

Cassano cannot play alone. Balotelli is very domineering, but the problem is that the German team's defense, especially the two central defenders, are positioned far back. The purpose is to fear and contain Balotelli's speed. England's defense was just a little further forward, allowing Balotelli to take full advantage of his speed. Naturally, Yang Cheng couldn't make the same mistake.

In other words, whether Cassano or Balotelli are removed, Italy's offense will be seriously weakened. Prandelli cannot accept this yet, because he also knows very well that as long as one goal is needed, Italy's offense will be severely weakened. It can completely change the current situation, so he wants to continue to support and continue to adjust around Pirlo.

Before, Prandelli once wanted to use Lahm to step in from behind to create an issue, allowing Balotelli to play behind him, but Badstuber was getting more and more into the state. Under Kyle's command, he steadily blocked the left side and froze Balotelli's threat, preventing the latter from creating a killing opportunity.

In addition, Yang Cheng himself is also very aware of the risks of full-backs moving forward, so he specifically plays on the left. Jerome Boateng on the right will only move forward when Lahm retreats, but he He usually goes to the midfield and uses his crosses and diagonal passes, but rarely advances to the frontcourt to directly participate in the attack.

In this way, the German team's defense ensures that there is one more man than Italy's two forwards at all times.

There is one more midfielder and one more backcourt. In this way, the German team's advantage will naturally be obvious, and the defense will naturally become stronger.

Of course, the so-called more does not mean that the German team can play more than 11 players, but it is caused by running.

Just like Thomas Muller and Ozil, they are positioned in the attacking midfielder, wandering to the left and right of Pirlo, and are considered midfielders. However, once the German team launches an attack and counterattack, any one of them can advance to the front line. , and then form cooperation with Klose, especially when Thomas Muller drives forward, he can directly become a double forward.

Players' positions on the court are not fixed, but they are constantly moving and running. Whoever is better at moving according to the situation and creating a numerical advantage in a local area will be able to control a game!

If Prandelli hears what you said, he will fight you tooth and nail! Benitez said with a smile.

Yang Cheng was drinking from a bottle of water in his hand. After hearing this, he nodded and finally swallowed a sip of water. Let him do it. As long as I strangle him to death one after the other, I'm not afraid of him!

The first is Thomas Muller and Ozil's defense and freezing of Pirlo, and then the area where Kyle is located. Balotelli and Cassano are good at taking the ball, pulling out a central defender, and then letting Balotelli Lotelli formed a one-on-one attacking strategy. But now Yang Cheng uses the experienced Kyle to control this area, and puts Sven Bender in front, and the effect is obvious.

After drinking the water, Yang Cheng looked at the game and said with a confident smile: We have to score first in the first half to completely establish our advantage, and then slowly play with Prandelli!

In this kind of knockout match that determines the outcome, scoring first will undoubtedly take more initiative. Especially in the current situation of the German team, if they score first, it will force Italy to press out and play.

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Almost everyone who follows the German team's games will have a good impression of Jerome Boateng's performance in this European Cup. That is, he almost represents the rapid growth and progress of the German team. He seems to be the witness of this German team!

Talking about Jerome Boateng's progress, many people will talk about his excellent defense, stability and sophistication in one-on-one situations, but what makes Yang Cheng and the coaching staff more and more satisfied with him is not that he One point, but lies in his increasingly excellent positional sense and ability to support off the ball.

Jerome Boateng has always been good at defense. Defense is a special skill for him, but in terms of being without the ball and integrating into the offensive system, this is the basis for him to truly establish himself as the main right back of the German national team. , and this ability is improving in almost every game. All are growing.

No team can ensure that every time they get the ball, they can pass it forward smoothly. Therefore, in today’s football tactics, cross passing is a very important knowledge and lesson. In the tactics of the German national team, cross passing is Distribute the ball to the wing. It is also very important, and Ram is undoubtedly familiar with this.

But Jerome Boateng was still improving and adapting rapidly. Until the European Cup, whenever the team needed to pass the ball to the wide space, Jerome Boateng could always appear at the right time. In that position, he can help the team re-adjust the offensive angle very well.

It's like this time, Sven Bender has no place to play the ball. The two passing routes of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos are restricted. Even Lahm's side is restrained. If not If he can be assigned to the right, then he can only pass back, but passing back means reorganization and means that Italy's defense will have the opportunity to reorganize.

But at this moment, Jerome Boateng raised his hands and ran forward, and the ball came to him just in time, and he received the ball and pushed forward along the right wing.

When the ball approached the right, Ozil immediately moved over, attracting Chiellini's attention. This immediately caused Italy's entire defense to tilt to the right. After all, it was clear that the German team was going to play on the right. Road, if their defense does not follow suit, they will be easily defeated by the German team.

But when Italy's overall defensive focus tilted towards Chiellini's left, Jerome Boateng noticed his own left. Lahm had already run into an unguarded area. This was supposed to be It belongs to Marchisio's control area, but now the whole is tilted to the right, and Marchisio did not notice Ram appearing in the large space on the left.

Jerome Boateng made a long diagonal pass and directly transferred the ball from the right to the left.

Where the curve ball passed, many Italian players looked up and were surprised for the first time because they realized that no one on the left was guarding Lahm.

I saw Ram stopping the ball in front of him with his chest, then accelerating to catch up with him. With a powerful move, he quickly launched an attack from the left and soon arrived at the edge of Italy's penalty area.

Thomas Muller quickly moved to the left. Abate followed him all the time, just like a dog-skin plaster. But as soon as Thomas Muller saw Lahm rushing so fast, he immediately stopped, turned around and walked back along the front edge of the penalty area. Run, and Abate did not follow Thomas Muller this time. Instead, it was labeled with Ram.

Even Barzagli, who was catching up behind him, was in a hurry to pay attention to Lahm holding the ball, but did not notice that Thomas Muller was unguarded at the front of the penalty area, and all this happened in the blink of an eye, because Lahm After an emergency stop. Passed the ball back to Thomas Muller at the edge of the penalty area.

After getting a knock back from Lahm, Bayern's forward entered the penalty area. The direction of his cut was just behind Abate and Barzagli, directly facing the goal, facing Buffon, and fired a clean low shot. , drilled into the goal from the left side of Buffon.

...Italy Danger...the ball has been scored. Germany has scored!!!!

As the on-site commentator screamed, Thomas Muller raised his arms high, excitedly rushed out of the penalty area, rushed towards the fans' stands on the sidelines, and then knelt down at the corner flagpole. On the turf of the Donbas Stadium in Donetsk, we held our heads high and celebrated excitedly.

In the 38th minute, the German team formed a cooperation between Lahm and Thomas Muller on the left. Thomas Muller penetrated into the penalty area and scored a goal that broke the deadlock on the field and helped the German team score 1: 0 lead,!”

A very, very beautiful team goal. From Jérôme Boateng's transfer on the right to Lahm's rapid advancement on the left, the German team played very actively on the wing, and Italy's wing defense again A fatal mistake was revealed.”

When the TV replayed the entire goal in slow motion, everyone could see that when Jérôme Boateng moved to the left for Lahm, a circle with a radius of about 10 meters centered on Lahm There was no one involved in the defense at all in the area, and the closest Marchisio was at least 10 meters away from Lahm.

Such a large distance allows Ram to dribble the ball calmly. Calmly advancing, calmly increasing his speed, and then even when Thomas Muller pulled to the left to respond, the Italian defense failed to react and make quick adjustments immediately, which directly led to Abate and Barr. Zali overreacted and ignored Thomas Mueller's threats.

It really shouldn't have happened. This was a goal conceded due to Italy's own mistake. It really shouldn't have happened! The commentator on the scene was full of regret this time, because he could also see that after being scored by the German team, , Italy has had to fight with its last resort, and they even have no choice of retreat.

Of course, we can also say that this is the long-term attack of the German team, and Italy's defense finally exposed a flaw, but what we should also see is that Prandelli's diamond position from the beginning There were very serious problems, especially in the defense of the two wings, and these problems were fatal.

I still remember that when Yang Cheng was at Inter Milan, he also admired the midfield diamond position. But at that time, Inter Milan's midfield diamond obviously had a wider control area, and the players moved more between each other, and controlled At that time, there were players like Nedvěd who could attack and defend well, as well as players with strong control ability such as Deco, Pirlo and Emerson, which enabled Inter Milan to firmly control the game at that time. The control and initiative that led to the glory of Inter Milan.

But Italy's current control is obviously not as good as that of Inter Milan at that time. In order to make up for the lack of control, Prandelli compressed the diamond position relatively narrow, but in this way, the offense is better, whether it is the attacking midfielder Montolivo's high-post cooperation and penetration, or Pirlo's scheduling and long-pass transfer in the defensive midfielder position, combined very well, making Italy's offense very beautiful and entertaining, but what about defense?

In this game, the German team keenly identified Italy's problems. First, they used their numerical advantage to limit the performance of Italy's midfielders, especially Montolivo and Pirlo. They lost these two players. Italy's offensive threat was weakened by more than half, and then it aggressively used the wings to create attacks and counterattacks, thereby disintegrating Italy's entire tactical system.

When the analysis came to this point, the on-site commentator let out a sigh of relief when the camera was just right for Yang Cheng, who was high-fiving Paul Bayer and Benitez in celebration.

Many people have said that Yang Cheng and Caesar belong to club competitions. Once it comes to the national team competition, especially this kind of competition system, it is difficult for Yang Cheng to do anything. But we have learned from the past few games. Look, Yang Cheng’s tactics are as unpredictable as ever, and his strategizing is as frightening as ever, making his opponents fearful.”

“At the beginning, we were all puzzled and strange about the German team’s starting lineup, but during the game, we were surprised to find that the formation of every player of the German team had a profound meaning. in.

Italy has no retreat now. Now the German team is starting to pursue the victory. Prandelli began to signal the team to hold on, hoping to keep the 0:1 score until the end of the first half. Maybe he still has some tricks left to use in the second half. .”

While the on-site commentator was talking, Italy, who had restarted the kick-off, quickly threw the ball to the German team. The latter took advantage of the situation and launched a wave of attacks, completely overwhelming Italy and attacking fiercely, while Italy began to defend the goal. , hoping to keep the score.

In such a game, being behind by 1 goal is just passive, but being behind by 2 goals almost means despair!

Prandelli is not an idiot. There is still time for the second half. Now the team is playing disorganized. Naturally, he does not want to give the German team a chance at this time, so he first wants to stabilize the situation and then find a way to adjust! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to