The Young Lion

On June 30, 2002, when the lights were on, the German team and the England team made their debut at the Yokohama International Stadium to compete for the championship of this World Cup.

When the referee team headed by Collina led the players from both sides to enter the field, Aldridge held his hands behind his back and held his head high with a smile on his face.

The cheers from the stands were thunderous, and the cheers of fans from both England and Germany shook the sky.

The month-long World Cup has finally come to the final peak match. The World Cup final 36 years ago was England and Germany. 36 years later, the two teams met again in the World Cup final. I believe this scene will make people 36 years ago. Tears welled up in the eyes of the old fans who witnessed England winning the trophy, 36 years, for many people, it was half a lifetime, how could they not burst into tears seeing England standing on the stage of the World Cup final again?

Martin, don't be sensational. Look at the young coach of England. He is 26 years old. Even if he was born ten years earlier, he would not have seen the scene of winning the local championship. Look at him, he is obviously smiling now, a natural smile, for sure It's going to be the headlines of the Fleet Street entertainment papers again.

Hahaha, understandable, understandable, the seat of the head coach of the England team is not easy to sit, the pressure has always been great, and Fleet Street is watching every day, and the power of deer is even greater! Aldrich Hall can have a clear conscience and let go All the pressure, the England he built, is destined to remain forever in the hearts of England fans!

Gary, can you tell me about the specific views of this game? You must say that Hall will have a way to deal with the German team, right? It's like the world preliminaries, that is, more than half a year ago. Didn't we slaughter the German team in Munich In the past six months or so, the German team has not improved or improved significantly. England has been improving rapidly.

Lineker hesitated for a while, but said worriedly: If there is no world preliminaries, I would say that England has a great chance of winning, and the Germans also have their own pride. When these teams fail, they will take a high look at England. However, because of the fiasco at home in the world preliminaries, how could Vorrall be careless? Moreover, there is a lesson from Brazil.

Brazil? What happened to Brazil?

Brazil's gorgeous and powerful offense failed to win England. Although England may lose if they do it again, England won four days ago. Can the German team play the same offensive as the Brazilian team? Certainly not. , That is to say. They will definitely not take the initiative to attack again, I am worried. They may be like Argentina in 1990, defending in the final and stealing England's counterattack.

Anti-counterattack and anti-anti-counterattack? See who is wrong? Who is better at switching offense and defense? This is possible, but the German team lacks Ballack. I really can't take a look at their offense. They lack brains and their strength has dropped drastically. what.

After the national anthem was played,

The commentator introduced the starting rosters of both sides.

England starting 4321.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Defenders: Phil Neville, Campbell, Southgate, Ashley Cole.

DM: Beckham, Hargreaves, Lampard.

Attacking midfielder: McManaman, Scholes.

Forward: Irving.

German starting 352

Goalkeeper: Kahn.

Guards: Link, LaMelo, Metzelder.

Midfielders: Frings, Schneider, Hamann, Jeremiah, Bird.

Forwards: Klose, Neuville.

To see whether a team is strong on paper, first of all, it is the individual strength of the players, and secondly, the ability of the players in the position distribution, and the overall rationality of the match.

Why is the German team in this World Cup not favored? First of all, this team starts with 11 players. Except for Kahn, there are no world-class players, and only Ballack has become a world-class player. Without Ballack, the offensive and defensive system of the German team is advancing. Without him 8 scored 4 and scored two goals in the semi-finals. The German team could not reach the final, and it was also thanks to the performance of Kahn who was possessed by the gods behind. By no means world class.

As for the distribution of the players' positions, the German team is also considered a bad luck. First of all, the central defender position, Nowotny, Warnes, and Remo were injured successively. The first two did not sign up for the World Cup. It took only 45 minutes to play the game. No, Millwall teenager Metzelder got a ride and became the main defender of the German team. Another central defender Ramello was originally a midfielder. He was pulled back by Waller to temporarily play central defender, and Frings was also a midfielder, but he was placed on the wing and had to do the work of full-back from time to time. This felt like patchwork.

As for the players who occupy the main force of the national team, players with technical talents are really rare. Schneider has played full-back at Millwall for a long time, and he dare not say that he will compete for the top three in European football. The comprehensive ability of offense and defense will definitely make it into the top ten, but he is still pushed up by Worrell to play as a winger, and even occasionally as a winger. Why?

No one!

In terms of technical ability at the feet alone, who is better than Schneider on the German team? Can't find it!

It can be seen how bleak the German team's talent gap is during this period. The bigwigs in German football have long seen this problem, and they have also begun to brew reforms. This is how the German team's ZTE glory ten years later.

Just looking at today's comparison of starting strengths, England is indeed the favorite to win the championship. When it comes to talent, Scholes, McManaman, Owen, Beckham, etc., not to mention the strength absolutely overwhelms the opponent, at least diversity and comprehensiveness It is stronger than the German team, and the defense system is also very complete. If it is a central defender, it should be a central defender, and if it should be a full-back, it should be a full-back.

The German team's opponents in the first six games are: Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon, Paraguay, the United States, and South Korea.

There is no opponent with first-class strength in international football. He only conceded 1 goal in 6 games. It seems that the defense is super strong, but in fact it is too watery. The test is not big. The second is Kahn's god-level performance. Kahn, change the goalkeeper. The German team has given their opponents some excellent opportunities this game. I am afraid that the city gate has already been sieved, of course. It is also because of Kahn's outstanding performance. He was hailed as a hero in almost every game. On the other hand, like England and Brazil, the defense is not bad, especially after entering the knockout round, but the goalkeeper can't steal the limelight.

The referee became the focus, indicating that the game was controversial.

The goalkeeper has become the focus, indicating that there is a problem with the defense.

With Corina's whistle, the much-anticipated final kicked off.

England took the lead. As soon as Scholes took the ball to the front midfielder, he was directly thrown to the ground by Jeremiah. Collina blew the whistle to signal that Jeremiah fouled, but Jeremiah's action was not rough. , but it is not polite, it doesn't matter if you give the card or not, and the game has just started, and Collina didn't give the card.

No one else knew that when Scholes got up, Jeremys pointed his finger aside and drew a horizontal line slightly. He said viciously to Scholes: If you dare to cross this line, I will tell you to crawl back crying!

Only he and Scholes could hear his voice. That tone is really domineering!

Scholes was not angry at all. When he stood up, he stared at Jeremys inexplicably, and raised the corners of his mouth in disdain.

What are you laughing laughing?

Jeremys didn't give up, staring at Scholes, as if if the other party didn't know what to do, he would let him lie on the ground again!

Don't say that Scholes has a villain Keane in the club. In the Premier League, this trick is simply too normal.

Start to scare you!

Scholes has played against Makelele, Vieira, Gattuso and other fierce players who are actually offensive and defensive. Will he be afraid of Jeremiah?

Moreover, I just feel that the other party is playing with an ax at the door, or is it a violent move?

Isn't this too underestimating?

Not to mention, in his heyday, Jeremiah really dared to challenge fierce people like Vieira and Keane directly, but now, he is quite a bit strong, and the bitterness of it may only be known to him.

In the past two years, due to injuries, his state has declined significantly. In the club, he was usurped by Hargreaves. In the national team, it is only this World Cup. In the first 6 games, he played all 90 games except for Paraguay. Minutes, and the remaining 5 games add up to less than 90 minutes. If it weren't for Ballack's suspension, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to start in the final.

The physical condition is dragged down by injuries, and without a sustained healthy body, the competitive state will naturally decline. With this double impact, Jeremiah knows that if he doesn’t let go, he may really be unable to stop the flourishing England. Scholes's threat in the frontcourt is obvious. After the opening, he took the risk of getting a card to intimidate Scholes. He really frightened the opponent. Even if he got a yellow card, he made a profit!

However, he obviously underestimated Scholes, Jiangtou simply ignored him. He saw a lot of opponents who yelled, but I can’t say how bad they are. There are natural villains, but there are not many. There is spring and snow on the football field. There are also top players who have experienced many battles. Who has never been insulted and provoked by an opponent on the field?

One or two words can make you angry, so if you do something wrong, wouldn't you want to kill someone directly?

This can't be called self-cultivation, it's just getting used to it.

After the opening, England did not attack aggressively, and their attitude towards the game was more positive than before, but the overall formation did not press up, and back and forth was the front trio running back and forth to attack, left and right, sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

This is a kind of temptation. Look at the German team's defensive strategy today and how the offensive and defensive system works.

Aldridge watched the game for about 10 minutes, and he roughly understood the formation of the German team today.

Wöller must be pragmatic. 352 looks like the 352 slaughtered by England in Munich, but it is not. First of all, they do not take the initiative to attack in posture, and they really want to catch England's counterattack.

There are many reasons for not focusing on attacking. The most important thing is that they do not have a midfield brain. Jeremys and Harman, after a successful defense, it is good to have a calm and stable shot, but it is difficult to rise to the positional organization. Ned is also mainly active on the wing, so the German team can only play counterattacks, and the overall limitations are too great.

Another point, this 352 is actually a switch between 442. Coincidentally, Vorrall did not follow the same pattern of Senegal's 5-back, nor Turkey's 3-back. Wherever the side attacks, that is, where McManaman is, they will shrink on which side, and keep enough people in the midfield to prevent England's midfielder from inserting, as well as Klose and Neuville, saying yes Forwards, when they were really defending, they all retreated to the half court. The overall unity of the Germans can be seen.

Aldridge has said many times that in a football team in the future, there can only be at most one person who will not participate in the defense, and the top teams are no exception. Today, the German team actually participates in the defense. When catching a counterattack, 30 meter sprint, the German team's double forwards still have a good ability.

Aldridge smiled, the opponent was pragmatic, England could be conservative, but he did not let the team go conservative.

Since they all made it to the finals, how can they be stingy in the final battle?

Take a gamble with the German team. (to be continued...) ()