Super Coach

Mexican football has always felt traditional, or rather classical.

They are not tall, they are relatively short, and they are not outstanding physically. Even to a certain extent, the skills of Mexican players are not outstanding. Judging from this, the Mexican players who were once hailed as stars of hope in Barcelona You can tell by Dos Santos' current style of play, the latter is a well-known technical player in the Mexican team.

But it is precisely this kind of team. When they face the United States, which has excellent physical fitness and is known to be high, fast and fierce, Mexico can be evenly matched for a long time. Even when they face top teams like Brazil, they are evenly matched. They are all equally at a disadvantage. What they rely on is not their body and skills, but the team's overall skills and collaborative combat capabilities.

In the 2012 London Olympics, the Mexican Olympic team defeated Brazil and won the championship. There were also many promising stars in the team. Now in this national team, the individual ability of this team may not be considered. They are top-notch, but very solid. They have meticulous attention to technical details and a great feel for the ball. This makes their passing and receiving coordination very good. The team's overall ball control and movement are very good. This is what Mexico can always do. Reasons for doing well in the World Series.

During the team meeting, Yang Cheng commented that Mexico is an enhanced version of Japan. The reason is that both teams emphasize passing and receiving, but Mexico is better than Japan in terms of technical and personal abilities. Japan is better, enough to give any opponent a headache.

But Mexico's team also has weaknesses. That is that their offensive characteristics are too single.

In recent years, football all over the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, especially in terms of training players. The traditional midfielder has lost his position. This is also true in Mexico, but in the traditional Mexican style, the position of the midfielder It is very important, which has led to a talent gap at the core level of the Mexican national team.

It was not easy to get a Dos Santos out before. But later it was proved that these two brothers were cheaters and never showed convincing core abilities. Also, striker Carlos Vela, who joined Arsenal at a young age, failed to do so in the end. After showing eye-catching abilities, Hernandez, who later joined Manchester United, became the hope of scoring for the national team. From this point, we can also see the hesitation of Mexican football.

The traditional midfielder is lost. Mexican football instead focuses too much on breakthroughs and advancements from the wing.

Mexico has Guardado on the left. This player's strength and skills are outstanding. Barrera, who is also a fast player on the right, plus Dos Santos, formed an offensive formation behind Hernandez.

But playing on the wing, Mexico does not have a decent high center to control the penalty area. This has also become a major shortcoming in Mexico's tactics, making it difficult for their offense to create an effective threat. After all, Hernandez is The body is there. Can he still be asked to compete with tall and powerful defenders?

Another disadvantage of Mexico can also be reflected from Hernandez. That's the difference in physical condition.

Not much else to say, just count how many players in the Mexican team are over 1.8 meters tall. The team's central defender is former Barcelona defender Marcos, who is 1.82 meters tall.

The disadvantage in size makes the Mexican team often suffer when encountering tall and powerful teams.

Germany is undoubtedly the type of team that the Mexican team least likes to encounter, because under the training of Yang Cheng, this German team is not inferior to the German team in terms of overall, technical, and strength confrontation. Mexican team.

Yang Cheng has always been very particular about knowing himself and the enemy. He has studied the Mexican team very deeply and has a very thorough understanding of his own team's advantages. Therefore, he decided to play to his team's advantages from the beginning in this game... De La Torre, Mexico's hurriedly hired coach after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, after head coach Aguirre resigned. Compared with Aguirre, de la Torre does not have any brilliant resume. His only achievement is The most successful result was leading Guadalajara to the league championship in 2006.

But after taking office, de la Torre completely changed the original image of the Mexican national team and recruited prostitutes collectively. Such things are no longer possible for de la Torre's team, and relying on this With discipline and order, de la Torre led the team to defeat the American team and win the North American Gold Cup.

De La Torre knows clearly that playing against the United States, Brazil, or Argentina, no matter who they are playing, is completely different from playing against Germany in this game, because the person standing on his opponent's seat in this game is not someone else, but someone else. The number one coach in the world, Yang Cheng.

Any head coach will feel a pressure when facing him. This kind of pressure was not that great even when he met Scolari's Brazil team in the first game of the group. Because he seemed to have a feeling that he could not have any cover or secret in front of Yang Cheng.

In order to prepare for this game, he has been working almost all night in the past few days, studying the German team's tactics, thinking about how to restrain the German team's overall and physical advantages, and then drag the game into a confrontation. Your most powerful situation.

Be careful at the beginning, the German team has the advantage, we have to stabilize the situation first! De La Torre gestured towards captain Marcos, who gave him a reassuring sign language, because when he was in Barcelona , but he has competed against Yang Cheng's team many times, so he is not as afraid of Yang Cheng as other teammates.

But what Dela Torre didn't expect was that from the beginning of the game, the German team played an unimaginable momentum.

If in the past, the German team gave people the impression that it first tried to stabilize its defense, then in this game, the German team actively pressed forward from the beginning, actively took offense, and used its body, technology, and overall The advantage was that they crushed the Mexican team's formation without any scruples from the beginning.

When the game just started. The German team launched its first attack. After Thomas Muller received a direct pass from Ram on the left, he took the ball and threw away the defender and cut inside. Ozil ran to the position where he should be to receive the ball. Thomas Muller passed the ball across the center before the opponent's double-team was formed.

At the moment when the ball was stopped at Ozil's feet, the game had just started for less than 20 seconds, and everyone in the Mexican team had not even made preparations. Even their defense was not organized yet, and Marcos failed to convey the coach's intentions to his teammates. The German team's offense had already arrived at their doorstep.

Quick, this is everyone's first impression of the German team; accurate, this is the second impression of the German team's offense that surprised the Mexicans, because as soon as Marcos realized that he could not let Ozil get the ball at the front of the penalty area, When facing the goal, he resolutely chose to save. At the same time, when he asked his teammates to keep an eye on Thomas Muller and Klose, he saw Bastian Schweinsteiger.

at this moment. Marcos' third impression of Germany's opening attack came to mind. ruthless!

It's so cruel, so cruel that it's surprising, it's so cruel that it catches people off guard!

Bastian Schweinsteiger almost gave up on his midfield duties and rushed forward quickly, as if he was not worried that the ball would be intercepted by the Mexican team and then counterattacked. He almost rushed out. Push forward as fast as you can.

Ozil's position on the ball is very clever. It was right between the opponent's defense and midfield, so Marcos and his teammates organized a double-team circle of three people. What he didn't expect was that Ozil turned around and blocked Marcos with his back. After protecting the ball, just before the opponent completes the double-team, move the ball horizontally.

This kick was very light and very slow, but it appeared strangely at the point where Bastian Schweinsteiger was charging forward.

I saw Schweinsteiger coming in from behind without any hesitation. He used his inertia to rush forward, supported his body with his left foot, raised his right foot, and hit the ball fiercely. A strong thrust!

A bang was heard, and the nearly 50,000 fans in the stands of the Pernambuco Stadium in Recife heard it clearly, and it was as if this kick was slapped in their hearts. They could learn from this A loud noise was heard, and the strength of this kick was felt.

The thundering shot came from Bastian Schweinsteiger's feet. Like a bolt of lightning, the ball found a gap in the Mexican penalty area and went straight into the bottom corner of the goal. 1:0!

After the ball went into the goal, Schweinsteiger turned around excitedly and rushed out of the stadium, stretching his arms wildly to greet the cheers and cheers from the fans in the stands.

This goal not only shocked the fans in the stands, but also the head coach of the Mexican team, De La Torre, was shocked because he did not expect that the German team would start so fast and so hard. , almost not giving the Mexican team any chance to breathe, and directly brought the game into a fast-paced contest.

Conceding the goal in less than 1 minute of the opening game made De La Torre panic. At least he knew from the beginning that conceding the ball first against the German team would be fatal, because if the Mexican team wanted to win from the German team, it would be fatal. If you want to turn the situation around, you have to press out and play, but what is the German team best at?

Yang Cheng himself said that his favorite thing about the German team is to play defensive counterattacks!

And this goal also completely destroyed De La Torre's pre-match tactics of defending against opposition and counter-attacking, at least they fell behind!

What should I do? the assistant coach came over anxiously and asked.

Dela Torre frowned, walked to the sidelines, and waved towards Marcos, We have to stabilize the situation first, don't mess up!

Marcos is also very experienced, and he also knows very well that after encountering such a shock at the beginning, the first thing the team must do is to stabilize the situation. They must not mess up, because if you mess up, the German team's chances will be lost. coming.

Sure enough, less than 5 minutes had passed since the first goal. In the past few minutes, neither the German team nor Mexico had made any shots. Therefore, strictly speaking, this was the German team's first goal. Second attack.

This was a ball that was intercepted after being passed to the German team's penalty area. The German team counterattacked and transferred a long diagonal pass to the right side of the Mexican penalty area. Royce, who replaced Podolski in this game, was on this side. After stopping the ball steadily, he quickly dribbled the ball diagonally at a 45-degree angle into the penalty area.

Reus' dribbling action attracted the Mexican defense. Because they all know very well that this kind of dribbling from the ribs into the penalty area at 45 degrees, once it is not blocked, can kick directly after entering the penalty area, posing a threat.

But just after the Mexican team's defensive attention was pulled away by Royce, Royce kicked back when he entered the penalty area. The ball was given to Ozil, who was pulling on the right side to connect. This player once again Moved to the space created by Royce. After receiving the ball steadily, he passed it laterally.

Mexico's defense has tilted heavily to the right. Klose, Reus and Ozil are all on this side, and Thomas Muller is lagging behind on the left. The area to the left of the center has become a vacuum, and there is no such thing here. Is that where Schweinsteiger scored just now?

Danger!!! Marcos was the first to react, because he was directly facing Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was rushing forward again. People also jumped out immediately, but it was obvious. His reminder and reaction came too late.

Almost the same place. Almost in the same position, almost in the same way, 5 minutes later, Schweinsteiger once again took out a powerful volley that was almost exactly the same as before, and the ball went into the bottom of the goal almost exactly the same. Corner, once again formed a goal!

Excited and excited, Schweinsteiger rushed out of the court and jumped on the sidelines in celebration. Hug tightly with the teammates who flew up, in front of the live TV camera. Celebrating his goal obliviously.

2:0! Just 5 minutes after the opening, the German team led the Mexican team by as many as 2 goals!

Oh my God. Is the German team crazy in this game? The on-site commentator made a surprised voice after Bastian Schweinsteiger scored again, Or is it that Mexico collectively scored in this game? Evil?

Within 5 minutes, two shots, two hits, and they all appeared strangely in the same place and in the same way. We simply can't use words to describe these two goals, but he did appear. , and they all hit the target. The German team hit twice in the opening two shots, showing a super high hit rate!

The live TV camera repeatedly replayed the entire process of the two goals scored by the German team in slow motion, and the on-site commentator was also watching the entire process carefully, and he did gain something from it.

We can find that the German team took advantage of the Mexican team's unsteady foothold at the beginning and launched a very decisive and fast attack. However, the German team's attack seemed to be heading towards the goal, but in fact they had another purpose. That is to provide an unmarked area for Bastian Schweinsteiger to move in.

Looking at the slow motion, we can see that Schweinsteiger took two kicks on the left side of the arc of the penalty area. This is very suitable for his right foot to exert force, and Ozil gave The pass is also very comfortable, he barely needs to adjust when he comes up, he just swings his foot and hits hard!

When he said this, the on-site commentator also praised greatly, Two shots hit twice. Schweinsteiger's feet are very strong today, his shooting accuracy is very decisive and strong, and his hit rate is also very good. It can be seen that Yang Cheng took a fancy to his excellent shooting sense, so he took on the role of the final word!

Before the game, the official website of the German Football Association published a training report to interact with fans. Among them, it was mentioned that Yang Cheng specially conducted a shooting competition. As a result, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Gomez had the highest shooting efficiency in the team. The player with the highest number of hits and the most hits was not taken seriously by the fans before the game. It is even estimated that many opponents ignored this.

What I didn't expect was that the reason why Yang Cheng arranged the shooting competition was to see the players' shooting sense and condition. This directly led to Schweinsteiger becoming the final scorer of the team's attack after the opening, and Xiaozhu also Living up to expectations, he hit twice with two kicks, allowing the German team to establish a 2:0 lead in the 5th minute.

It will be more and more unfavorable for Mexico next, and the game will become more and more difficult to play, because they are now 2 goals behind, and after the opening, their defense was overwhelmed by the German team. , the momentum was completely suppressed by the German team, which caused them to completely lose any initiative in the game.

The live TV camera happened to show Dela Torre on the sidelines. He was living in the Mexican team's coaching bench. He looked helpless and confused. It was so obvious that he still couldn't figure out what happened. What happened after the start, what mistakes did I make, to lose so miserably.

Today, the most important thing for the Mexicans is to wake up as soon as possible from the storm of attacks and goals created by the German team at the beginning and regain stability as soon as possible. Otherwise, their game will be very difficult. It is difficult to pose a threat to the German team and it is difficult to have a chance to win.

After such a round of attacks after the opening, the German team will naturally maintain this advantage and initiative, while Mexico will be in chaos. No matter how de la Torre arranges it next, it will be very difficult. It is difficult to regain the initiative in the game.

The possibility of regaining 2 goals from the German team with such a strong defense in a passive situation, or even reversing the score, without being attacked and scored by the German team on counterattack is almost zero!

It is precisely because everyone, including the Mexican players and their head coach, and even the fans in the stands, know this very clearly, so the result of this game has been decided since the 5th minute. The suspense is lost.

Yang Cheng, you really deserve to be Yang Cheng! We won Mexico in 5 minutes. It's not easy!!

In the stands of the Pernambuco Stadium, Scolari also appeared in the stands with his assistant to watch this game, and this was his evaluation of Yang Cheng! (To be continued)RQ

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