Chapter 946 Summer in the Netherlands (4)
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In addition to the Czech Republic, another team that has been criticized is the winner of the last European Cup and is also the biggest victim of the Czechs. Currently, the German team has only one point in Group A draw and one loss!
Because the Czech national team (including former Czechoslovakia) reached the European Cup final twice, and both fell in front of the Germans (West Germany in 1972), it is no exaggeration to say that Germany is the Czech Republic's most hated opponent in international competitions.
The poor performance of the defending champion German team since the opening of the European Cup was beyond many people's expectations. After all, the German tank that was full of wounded soldiers four years ago still fought to the last moment was too profound. In the 1986 World Cup Golden Boot, the "famous quote" about the definition of football by English legendary scorer Gary Reinker made this characteristic of German football deeply rooted in people's hearts!
(Note: "What is football? Football is a sport invented by the British. After 22 people fighting fiercely on the court, they fought hard for 90 minutes, and finally won by the Germans!" This was the emotion that Linker, who was a guest on the TV broadcast commentary, said when he saw the national team fall under the Germans' iron hooves again after witnessing Germany's elimination of England in the 1996 European Cup.)
And now? The first match of the group stage against Romania led by Haji, the old German team was not good at making a move. The seemingly stable defense line was defeated by the weakest opponent in the group in just five minutes. In the end, it equalized the score only with Saul's world shot at the front of the penalty area, barely getting a point from Romania!
If the German team performed poorly in the first game of the group stage and the players were slow to warm up, then the loss to their arch rival England in the second game would be a bit unacceptable. Even Portugal, which has always been weak in the striker, could break through the goal of the Three Lions three times. The German team with famous players such as Bierhoff, Yankel, and Kirsten had the upper hand. If it weren't for the brave Kahn who was in a state of high or low position in the game, I'm afraid that when the game ended, the final score would definitely not be just one to zero!
You should know that although this England team is touted by the British media, which has always felt good about itself, as the "strongest England in history", head coach Keegan's coaching level is not very good, and the defense line he has created is full of loopholes. Otherwise, they would not have been able to turn the tables by Portugal, who has not even a second-rate striker, while leading two goals at one time.
However, even when facing such an England team, the German team could not take the initiative in the game, and eventually suffered a defeat under the opponent's bombardment!
It can be seen that the analysis Effenberg made for Zhuang Mingge before the opening of the European Cup was not a slander. The German team that Ribeck coaches now is indeed no longer the German tank under Beckenbauer who was united with a steely will and team consciousness. A series of problems such as demoralization, aging of the team, and a weak sense of honor among the players have exploded in the current German team, completely dragging this old European powerhouse into the abyss of darkness!
As Germany and Czech Republic, the runner-up winners of the last European Cup, both were eliminated from the European Cup early, the last round of the group stage also quietly came. All teams that hoped to win a place to advance were ready to go,
Let me explain here that in order to prevent the two teams from deliberately playing tacit understanding in the game for their respective interests, thereby affecting the fairness and justice of the game, the last round of the game of each group is arranged to be held at the same time.
The first thing to start is the B Group where Italy is located. However, this game is actually not very meaningful for Italy, which had won two games in the group stage and had already obtained the qualification to qualify in advance. Because even if the team finally lost to Sweden, and Belgium, currently ranked second in the group, defeated Turkey, Italy's most unlucky will only qualify behind Belgium with a goal difference disadvantage.
What's more, for Italy, who scored six goals and conceded only one goal in two group matches, even if they deliberately let the water out, Belgium, which currently has a goal difference and a negative goal, is basically an extremely difficult thing to surpass.
Therefore, in this case, Italian players who do not have much psychological burden can go on the court lightly and welcome the game with a relatively relaxed attitude!
Since a qualifying quota has been locked in advance, if nothing unexpected happens, the top spot in the group will not slip away. Therefore, Old Maldini decisively adopted a rotation tactic for the starting lineup in this game, putting all main players such as Vieri Inzagitoti on the bench, and replaced by players such as Monterrapirlo di Biagio who basically did not get much playing time in the first two games.
Old Maldini's move made Vieri, who had made all his might to clear his name in this game, and the latter even pleaded with old Maldini in private for this, but the old coach was fooled back with a slap in his mouth and began to prepare for the quarterfinals that were still invisible.
Let’s look at Sweden again. Since he only got one point in the first two games, Ragbek (Swedish head coach) had no choice but to let the main players such as Lungberg, Larson make a starter, and put on a full-time offensive posture, preparing to fight in this game and strive to win the World Cup championship!
If this goal can be achieved, even if Sweden does not get the qualification to qualify in the end, they will have some things to talk about after returning to China.
However, then again, if the opponent is Italy, the result of Ragbeck's actions is likely to be the result of being beaten by the Apennines, which is famous for its defensive counterattack tactics. After all, the Swedish team's defense line cannot be compared with those strong teams, and they do not have a first-class goalkeeper who can do the feat of being a one-man and being a ten thousand men.
Therefore, the Swedish team, which did not have a complete and rigorous defensive system and took the initiative to attack during the game, had a good time in this game...
Montera scored the first record for Italy in the 18th minute. Pirlo helped the team expand his lead with a straight free kick at the end of the first half; while Henrik Larson only used a man-to-man mark in the 77th minute to score a point, which was considered to have a fig leaf for this bad European Cup trip.
Chapter completed!