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Klose's injury has indeed been improving. Yang Cheng even directly gave the team medical staff huge powers, asking them to do their best to arrange Klose's recovery, and the team doctors have always been working hard.

The day before the first game of the group stage against Colombia, Klose put aside the crutches in his hands, but he was still not very flexible when walking, which prevented him from participating in the team's training for the time being, and even made him unable to participate in the team's training in the next period. Within the time limit, rehabilitation training will continue. Yang Cheng still doesn’t know when he will be able to return to the training ground and football field.

However, progress is something that everyone should be happy about, isn't it?

Another thing that is equally gratifying is that after the German team defeated Colombia 3:0, another match in the group also came out. Croatia tied Japan 2:2, which also allowed the German team to win with 3 points. It jumped to first place in the group, while Croatia and Japan each scored 1 point, and Colombia was at the bottom of the group.

In the second round of the group, the German team will play Croatia and Colombia will play Japan, which will also determine the qualifying situation of the group.

After this game was decided, many media outlets were very optimistic about the German team's prospects of qualifying. They believed that the German team had a good chance of qualifying. However, there were also some media, including Yang Cheng himself. After getting this After the result of a game, everyone frowned, especially Yang Cheng who said, The next game will be difficult!

Looking at the four teams in the group, the German team can be said to be outstanding. This is also a fact recognized by everyone. Therefore, the German team defeated Colombia, even if it was a 3:0 win. The outside world praised the German team more, but there was no People will be surprised by this result, because Germany is one of the double hegemons in football today.

Football now. Germany and Spain dominate. The other teams are slightly inferior to these two teams in terms of strength and combat effectiveness. Therefore, everyone is certain that the German team will qualify from the group.

but. Now that Croatia and Japan are tied, they have not opened up a point difference with Colombia, which means that. In the next two rounds of competition, these three teams will all have to fight to the death for the last qualifying spot!

Sometimes, playing in this kind of group stage is just like playing in the league. The most troublesome and difficult team is not necessarily a team with close strength, but the kind of team that has no retreat!

In the office at the Cotia training base in Sao Paulo, while the players were resting at noon, Yang Cheng was discussing the next situation with the coaching staff in the office, and everyone was concerned about the next two rounds. Not optimistic.

There is no way out. Generally, they aim to win the championship, compete in European competitions, or be a relegation team. These three types of teams are the most difficult to play. On the contrary, it is the kind of middle-ranking one.

A team that wants nothing is easier to deal with. The same is true in this group stage.

In the three rounds of the group stage, even if the German team wins the first two rounds, if it wants to strive for first place in the group, it must at least win a draw in the third round. That means that the German team must win all three games. You can't let go when you are fighting with a sword or a real gun.

Now that the difference between Colombia, Croatia and Japan is 1 point, everyone still has a chance. They will work hard for this opportunity, especially in the second round, when Croatia plays Germany, they will definitely try their best to get a favorable position in the group qualifying Position, such an opponent is enough to give everyone a headache.

I heard that after the game against us, Pekerman held a rectification meeting when he returned to the station. It is said that he took down three main players, including Zapata. This time he is preparing to be tough. That's right, and Croatia and Japan both fought hard in the first round, and they will still fight hard in the second round! Paul Bayer also looked solemn.

Such is the case in group matches where each other's strengths are close to each other. It's easy to fall into a stalemate accidentally. On the contrary, the dialogue between the strong and the strong loses the suspense early, and the strong and weak are clearly distinguished early on, making it easier to deal with.

Therefore, many people talk about Brazil, but in Yang Cheng's view, if Brazil had not made a mistake in the first game and been upset by Klinsmann's US team, their group stage would have been very easy. But now, although Brazil has qualified for the group stage Not difficult, but not easy either.

The Croatian team is very capable, and there are many good stars in the team, such as powerful players like Modric and Mandzukic. However, they have exactly the same problem as us! Benitez laughed.

The reason why I say they are exactly the same is because although many Croatian players play in top European leagues and there are also famous stars, they also lack the kind of attackers with outstanding personal abilities.

Because the German team does not have this kind of attacker, Yang Cheng's offensive tactics have to adopt the strategy of teamwork and division of labor. Croatia's problem is exactly the same as that of the German team, but they do adopt a different approach, focusing on attacking. The wings cooperate to advance, and when there is an opportunity, cross to find forward Mandzukic.

Mandzukic plays for Bayern. He has good physical fitness. He is good at heading and shooting. He is a typical and very comprehensive player. But what makes him better than Gomez is that he can take the ball with his back and top it. The frontline serves as the team's offensive fulcrum, which undoubtedly allows Mandzukic to occupy a very important position in this Croatian offense.

One reason for this is that the technical abilities of Croatian players are generally of the solid type. To put it bluntly, they are enough, but generally not good enough. Coupled with the shortcomings of the off-the-ball running system, this makes They cannot play a smooth passing and receiving cooperation similar to that of Germany and Spain, so they need to play simpler.

Moreover, there are certain problems with Croatia's staffing. There is obviously a lack of a suitable linker between the midfielder and center Mandzukic, so they pushed Modric to play as an attacking midfielder, but this player played in the midfield The organization has good skills, but playing as an attacking midfielder has little effect in the modern football environment.

From this point, we can see why Croatia was evened by Japan after taking a two-goal lead.

Originally, there was another suitable candidate, Eduardo, who once played for Arsenal. This forward was the best candidate for Croatia's second forward, and Modric retreated. Let him and Mandzukic form a double forward. I believe that the team's overall combat effectiveness will be greatly improved by then.

But although the striker was brought to Brazil, Eduardo has completely lost his confidence in playing football since the tragic leg-breaking incident that year. His performance was never satisfactory. He even came on as a substitute against Japan, but his performance was poor. Obviously, the broken leg incident that year left an indelible shadow on him.

Now that we know the problems in Croatia, everything will be easy to handle.

At least, there is definitely no way to copy the tactics used in the first game of the group stage when playing against Croatia like playing against Colombia!

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More and more people feel that Yang Cheng's tactics are unpredictable and cannot be guessed using common sense!

According to common sense, Gomez scored twice in the first game of the group stage and was the best player on the team. In the second game of the group match against Croatia, he should continue to be eligible to start, but it is surprising and puzzling. Yes. Now he is sitting on the bench of the German team!

Inside the bustling Estadio Mineiro in Belo Horizonte. Before the game started, the live TV camera scanned the German team's bench. The on-site commentator said sadly when he saw Gomez sitting on the bench.

If it were any other player, he might have gone crazy on the spot, but Gomez didn't seem to show any signs of dissatisfaction.

From this aspect, he is definitely a player with a strong professional ethics!

Of course, a very important reason why Yang Cheng dared to do this is that the German team has become a system. It no longer relies on a combination of players to fight, but relies on an entire system to fight, so he does not need to worry at all. Some players use their abilities to threaten the national team and even challenge his authority.

Not just the German team, but take Spain as an example. Is Torres a big name? Still captured by Bosque!

Only when the team is above the players and all the players realize clearly in their hearts that they cannot challenge the team's authority, they will naturally choose to move closer to the team's interests. As long as the team What's the problem with letting them sit on the bench if their interests require it?

From this aspect, we can indeed see the strong overall discipline of the German team. Yang Cheng has done a very good job in managing the dressing room of the German team. I heard that no one dares to challenge his authority!

In this game, Yang Cheng not only took down Gomez, but also Khedira, and switched to the 4330 no-front tactics he often used before. This should be a change in his preparation to catch his opponent off guard. trick!

Goalkeeper Neuer, the defense is Lahm, Badstuber, Hummels and Jerome Boateng, and the three midfielders are Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sven Bender, Toni Kroos, the attacking midfielders are Thomas Muller, Ozil and Reus, and no forwards are arranged.

After taking down Khedira and Gomez and replacing them with Toni Kroos and Ozil, the German team's tactics are obviously more inclined to control the ball and pass and receive. We also have reason to believe that the German team will win this game. The game will not feature a relatively simple and direct impact offensive routine similar to the first game!

Playing without a forward is for control. If you want to open up the situation, then go forward. This is also a pattern that everyone has observed in the use of troops by the German team led by Yang Cheng in the past few years.

Just like in the first game of the group against Colombia, Yang Cheng obviously wanted to use the team's impact to crush the opponent, so he used Gomez and even gave up possession of the ball. He directly used Khedira to play simple and rough. The impact tactics are also very effective.

In this game, Yang Cheng obviously wanted to control the ball, so he took down Gomez and Khedira, and used Toni Kroos and Ozil to play a forwardless tactic, but I don’t know what the effect will be. Sample.

Compared to the German team's no-forward tactics, Croatia continues to adhere to its 4411 tactics. It seems that it also wants to play more securely. After all, it failed to win Japan in the first round of the group stage. If this game is lost to a strong team again, The German team, then Croatia’s situation in qualifying for the group will become very unfavorable.”

When you are at a disadvantage, it is understandable to adopt more cautious and conservative tactics!

After the on-site commentator analyzed the starting lineups and tactical analysis of the two teams, with the referee's whistle, the German team's second group match officially kicked off.

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After the game started, the German team clearly had a sufficient advantage. Croatia played very carefully. The three or four lines are kept extremely compact. Modric, who plays as an attacking midfielder, looks more like a midfielder, while the entire midfield line is retracted to the 32-meter area.

Croatia was very resolute in defense. They adopted a more aggressive and tougher defensive posture, hoping to restrain and harass the German team's offense through more physical confrontation. It makes it difficult for the German team's passing and receiving cooperation to effectively penetrate and advance to their threatening area.

And once they encounter something they can't solve, they will not hesitate to resort to foul tactics.

Beep!

As the referee blew his whistle, Croatia's midfielder immediately retreated to their own half, and the opponent's midfielder Vukojevic tripped the German team's Ozil in a defense. , forcing the German team's counterattack to fail, but the Croatian midfielder did not receive the slightest warning.

Ozil stood up from the ground and seemed to be dissatisfied with Vukojevic's defense. He thought he pulled his jersey while defending. He should have been given a yellow card, but the referee didn't look like it. Get ready to do it!”

The on-site commentator smiled and looked at Vukojevic, who was given a close-up in the camera. The latter is Croatia's midfielder. The defense basically relies on him. The timing of this foul was so good that the German team was unable to counterattack!

But this is definitely not an accidental phenomenon. Immediately afterwards, the referee's whistle was obviously much louder, especially when the German team launched an attack. Once it advanced to the Croatian half, foul whistles came one after another. Croatia was obviously using this method again and again. to interrupt the German team's offensive rhythm.

With players like Ozil and Toni Kroos, the German team does have an advantage on a technical level, but it suffers from a physical level. After all, there is no best of both worlds in this world. If you want to get something, just You have to give up something else.

Yang Cheng also obviously noticed this problem. Such fouls had a big impact on the players of the German team.

Damn it, these guys are really playing dirty. They are always engaging in confrontations and fouls, which makes it difficult for us to organize a continuous attack! Paul Bayer also felt annoyed and cursed angrily.

Being able to make honest man Paul Bayer curse loudly is enough to show that Croatia's tactics are indeed working.

They are bullying us because we don't have a set-piece expert! Benitez said with a smile. He looked free and easy.

Today's German team does not have a decent free kick expert. In the past, there were free kick experts such as Bremer, Hassler, Basler, Sauer and Deisler. However, the current German team basically lacks such free kick experts. Type of free kick specialist now.

This has to be regarded as a big regret in the comprehensive lineup of the German team, because free kicks need to be accumulated over time. There are several good free kick shooters in the team, such as Toni Kroos, Ronaldo Is, Ozil, Badstuber, but they are just good.

Not to mention that they are not as good as Beckham or Juninho. Their free kick skills are probably not even first-rate.

So, if you fall behind, you will be beaten! Yang Cheng also shook his head and sighed. The set-piece tactics are indeed a major shortcoming of the German team. As the head coach, he is not afraid to admit this situation, so he looks at the goals of the German team. , the number of goals scored from set pieces is very small.

They've made it clear that they're going to eat us, so we have to teach them a lesson! Paul Bayer said with a face full of indignation. He hates teams that are always committing fouls. This is definitely stifling the creativity of football.

Yang Cheng nodded and smiled, I think so too, Paul, do you have any good ideas?

Paul Bayer immediately felt frustrated and kept talking for a long time without coming up with a reason, which made Yang Cheng, Benitez and others laugh. Everyone knows that Paul Bayer is not good at such last-minute adjustments, and then The reporter also knew that he had been tricked, and immediately cursed angrily in his heart, but Yang Cheng looked at Barak.

The latter noticed the encouragement in Yang Cheng's eyes and said: Continuing to fight with them like this is not an option. We have a technical advantage, so it is better to control the game, give full play to our advantages, and slowly play with them. Use passing and receiving to mobilize them and consume their physical energy.

One more thing we must pay attention to! Benitez listened on the sidelines and reminded, The game has been going on for 10 minutes so far, but we have not had even one shot. This is not a good sign!

The German team's passing and receiving cooperation has entered the 32-meter area many times, and even had the opportunity to enter the penalty area, but so far it has not been able to get a shot. This is more reflected in the caution of the players. In other words, the opening Afterwards, Croatia's aggressive killing tactics put a certain amount of psychological pressure on the German team's players.

Sometimes, the purpose of pressing and attacking after the opening is not to open up the situation, but to create psychological pressure on the opponent. If you participate in the game with such psychological pressure, your strength will naturally not be fully realized. performance, and it is also very easy to be contained by the opponent.

The reason why Croatia launched lethal tactics at the cost of two yellow cards in the opening game was actually to achieve this goal. After all, they were on the disadvantaged side.

As long as they suppress the German team after the start, half of their goal of the game will be achieved!