Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 666 The Problem of the German Team
Affected by their mentality, the German team began to make more mistakes on the field.

The morale of the Chinese team was greatly boosted.

Shan Yongzhuo's goal gave the Chinese players tremendous confidence, and driven by this confidence, their performance on the field gradually began to improve.

This change in mindset led to subtle shifts in the behavior of both parties.

While this change is not enough to completely reverse the situation, it has, to some extent, gradually narrowed the gap in strength and tactics between the two sides.

This gradually turned the match into a tug-of-war and a physical battle.

Since Joachim Löw took over as head coach, Germany's overall style of play has begun to shift towards possession-based football. They will imitate the possession-based style of play of Spain and Barcelona, ​​using constant passing to increase their control.

This style of play also led Germany to gradually abandon its original physical style of play, which involved crossing from the flanks and launching high balls.

The results can be both good and bad.

Germany's youth training system, which entered the final stage of the 21st century, was extremely rigorous, thus creating this golden generation of players.

The most distinctive characteristic of German players is that they largely abandon their individual strengths, possess extremely strong tactical execution, and integrate themselves into the overall tactical framework to the greatest extent possible.

This characteristic makes the German team consistently a highly cohesive unit.

It's understandable that the highly cohesive German team is gradually shifting towards a possession-based style of play and short passing penetration.

However, once their mentality was affected, the German team's short-passing, penetrating style of play began to result in more and more mistakes.

Moreover, Germany's short passing penetration was not as effective as that of Spain and Barcelona in their prime.

The most crucial point is the lack of truly offensive-minded players.

It's actually very difficult to truly get the ball into the opponent's goal through short passes alone.

Messi's passing and possession, and short passing penetration, were indispensable to Barcelona's passing game back then, and were even the most crucial weapon.

The same applies to Spain. Their possession-based style of play, when it comes to actually hitting the final blow on the field, often still requires the performance of attacking players like Iniesta.

And this is precisely what the current German team lacks most.

Schürrle, known for his attacking prowess, was on the bench, while Reus was sidelined with an injury and had to withdraw from the World Cup.

The remaining three midfielders, Kroos, Özil and Müller, are not players who can burst into action instantly.

Kroos and Özil are more like passers than attackers.

Müller is a top-class striker who makes runs and attacks.

With this starting lineup facing China's tight defense, their mentality was affected, and their performance was not as good as it had been in the previous ten minutes.

However, despite this, in the next ten minutes of the game...

Germany continued to dominate China, and China still struggled to get the ball into the attacking third.

Schweinsteiger completely shut down Hao Junmin, rendering the Chinese team's midfield and defense ineffective.

The situation on the field still looks very unfavorable to the Chinese team.

However, despite Germany's dominance over China, scoring a goal was not so easy.

Germany's coordinated attacks struggled against a tight defense.

Kroos and Özil's soft playing style meant that their passing was less effective against China's tough defense and swarm tactics.

If it weren't for Khedira's constant forward runs and his tough playing style that stabilized Germany's attack, Germany's three midfielders would have gained absolutely no advantage under the sheer number of players.

In fact, by this point, Löw had also realized the problem.

The German team began to want to change their tactics. At this point, they lacked a striker who could single-handedly tear apart the opponent's defense when breaking through a dense defense.

The best way is to go down the byline and cross the ball, using a high ball and long ball to break the deadlock.

Twenty minutes into the match.

Germany has indeed begun to change its playing style and main attacking direction.

Lahm began to make frequent runs down the flanks to attack the defense, using crosses from the byline to deliver the ball into the penalty area. But then another problem arose.

First of all, the biggest difference between this German team and previous German teams is evident.

This German team does not emphasize physical confrontation. They have abandoned the physical style of play to some extent, especially the attacking players, who are even less inclined to or better at physical confrontation.

Faced with China's tough defense, the German team was unable to gain a complete advantage in physical confrontations.

Another problem is Klose.

Klose in his youth was undoubtedly a top striker.

The tactic of crossing from the byline and launching high balls is best suited for aerial strikers like Klose who rely on headers to survive.

However, Klose is now 36 years old, and his physical condition is no longer what it used to be.

Lahm's overlapping runs down the flanks did indeed make Germany's attack more concise and threatening to some extent.

However, apart from Klose, this German team lacks a true center forward.

In the final moments before the World Cup began, Löw excluded Gomez from the squad.

At this point, the problem came to light.

Klose was unable to gain the upper hand in his confrontation with Feng Xiaoting and was almost completely suppressed.

While Müller can also get into the penalty area to attack, he is not a powerful center forward; he is a player who relies on positioning and positioning to survive, rather than simply picking off loose balls and attacking.

Despite Germany's repeated attempts to cross from the byline, the threat remained somewhat real.

The Chinese team was still able to thwart the German team's attacks time and time again.

The match quickly reached 35 minutes.

The German team's formation had already pushed far forward, and at this point, any mistake could have serious consequences.

This time, it was still Lahm and Müller combining on the wing. Finally, Lahm shook off Sun Xiang near the byline and delivered a cross into the penalty area.

There are quite a few German players in the penalty area right now.

Klose, Kroos, Khedira, and even Schweinsteiger rushed in.

However, Zeng Cheng still managed to punch the ball away.

Outside the penalty area, Hao Junmin received the ball and then kicked it to Huang Bowen, who was making a full run.

Huang Bowen received the ball and executed a brilliant dribble past the somewhat unprepared Özil.

Then, instead of passing the ball to Shan Yongzhuo immediately, he dribbled the ball directly into the halfway line and brought it to the frontcourt.

At this point, the German half of the field was practically empty.

The German players are still quickly retreating to defend.

Hummels was the first player to get back on defense, and he charged towards Huang Bowen.

At the edge of the penalty area, Boateng closely marked Shan Yongzhuo, not daring to relax for a moment.

Some readers have requested an extra chapter.

I'm truly sorry, it's not that the author didn't want to add it...

These past two months have been incredibly busy with work, with frequent business trips and alternating day and night shifts that are exhausting.

In addition, the author is really bad at writing, and managing to squeeze out two chapters a day is already a huge effort.

Once this busy period is over, I'll have more free time, and I'll definitely update more frequently after a while.

Sorry, sorry!

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