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Chapter 347 Germany and England Play Suspense

So far, it must be the French team that has surprised people.

Only 2 point was scored in the 1nd game, and there were various discordant voices in the team.

Next, the relatively reassuring German team also had an accident. After the dull first round of the group stage, the World Cup in South Africa gradually unfolded its unique charm.

The German team defeated Australia 4-0 in the first game. The German chariot showed us sexy offensive football. The main players such as Podolski and Klose are in good condition.Although Serbia has high expectations, this star-studded team failed to form a good whole. They were beaten by Ghana 0-1 in the first game. They could no longer lose the game against Germany.The two teams (including West Germany and Yugoslavia) have fought 27 games in history, and the German team has 16 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses.Among them, the two teams have fought 6 games in the history of the World Cup. The German team has 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, occupying an absolute advantage, scoring 11 goals and conceding 4 goals.

In this campaign, Loew followed the winning lineup of the first game. Klose was at the front alone, Podolskila played as a left winger, Schweinsteiger and Khedira guarded the midfield, and Mertesacker led line of defense.For Serbia, Zikic came forward alone, Vidic led the luxurious defense, and Subotic replaced Lukovic, who was suspended with a red card, to play the strongest militia in the Anti-Japanese War. [

Unexpectedly, Serbia beat Germany 1-0 with 10 people. In the 37th minute, Klose accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off with a red card.In the 38th minute, Zikic flew the header and Jovanovic volleyed and scored in front of the goal.In the 61st minute, Podolski missed a penalty kick.

As the top scorer of the 2006 World Cup, Klose came to South Africa as the "Defending Golden Boot", but got a red card in the second World Cup!In the 80 years since the World Cup was created, there has never been a record of a red card for the defending Golden Boot.Klose set a new record of 80 years.

The two fouls were counter-robbers. In the 12th minute, Klose counter-robbed Ivanovic and received the first yellow card (he was kicked by Ivanovic only a few minutes ago).In the 37th minute, Klose kicked Stankovic behind the back in a counter-robber (a few minutes ago, he was "countered" once by Stankovic by taking advantage of the opportunity to compete for the top), and received a second yellow card.Although the second yellow card was suspected of being too strict, Klose was caught for a foul behind the scenes after all, even if he was wronged, there was nothing he could do.

Throughout the history of the World Cup, Klose was the first to receive a red card as the winner of the previous Golden Boot.In the history of the past World Cup, there has never been a defending golden boot that has fallen to such an end.The reason for this is three reasons. Some Golden Boot winners will miss the next World Cup, and they will have no chance. Furthermore, strikers belong to the group with few fouls, and it is rare to receive red cards.The third point is the most important. As the defending Golden Boot players, most of them are experienced, sophisticated and cunning players. Such players are not easy to be irritated, not easy to lose their minds, and naturally it is not easy to receive a red card.Klose was written in the history of the World Cup in this disgraceful way.

In fact, after the last World War, the German team was praised as "Samba-style Germany" and "the youngest and sexiest Germany in 76" because of their chic football.At that time, some analysts pointed out that the overly technical German team and the overly young German team may suffer from some problems unique to technical teams and young teams: emotional, not stable enough, and easy to change mentality.

Usually, technical teams and technical players have the problem of swallowing thousands of miles in a smooth game and lacking tenacity in adversity.The most prominent example is the Brazilian team in 2006. They played smoothly and beat Ghana 3-0. They played well, but they were defeated by the French team in adversity.Another example is Milan in the 2005 Champions League final. The Rossoneri, with many Brazilian players on the line, led Liverpool 3-0 at halftime, but once they fell into adversity, they were reversed by Liverpool in the second half.

In the history of the World Cup, the Brazilian team has also made such mistakes. For example, Garrincha in 1962, although he won the Golden Boot in the World Cup, was sent off in the group stage.He is also the only player sent off related to the word "Golden Boot".

Today's players in the German team, including many technical stars, are not stable enough in the league.For example, the Werder Bremen team played by Ozil is a typical opponent in good times, and a character team that often plays weird games in adversity.Another example is Podolski, who has great momentum in the national team and brought it to the club team. Once he is in adversity, his performance is sluggish.Of course, it also includes Klose. Of his 11 World Cup goals, 10 were scored in the group stage. He often performed amazingly in good times, but when it came to the adversity of the knockout rounds, Klose's performance was greatly restricted.

Of course, for the German team, just because of this red card and a loss, we cannot deny the achievements of Germany's "technical transformation" initiated by the youth training institution and achieved small success after many years.During the transition period of a team, there will always be some new problems.Only by constantly solving problems can the team get better and better. The youngest German team in 76 had ups and downs, which is not a bad thing; the problem was exposed in the group stage, and it is not a bad thing.If Loew can beat the players in time and find a solution in time, with the strength and tenacity of the Germans and the historical inheritance of German football, there is still a great possibility that the team will get back on track.

A red card is likely to ruin Klose's dream of being the top scorer in the World Cup.This proves once again that impulse is the devil.Fortunately, Klose still has a chance to wash away the shame. After all, the German team still has hope of qualifying, and Klose still has a knockout round to look forward to.However, in the knockout round, he couldn't be so impulsive anymore.

The German team lost 0-1 to Serbia in an upset, and the main forward Klose was sent off with a red card.After the game, Serbia coach Antizi said with a smile that he knew the referee liked to show red cards.

Compared with Loew's stern face after the game, after the victory, Serbian coach Antizi's face was full of smiles.Participating in the post-match press conference, Antizi kept answering reporters' questions with a smile on his face.

Before the game, no one thought that the German team would lose, let alone that Klose, who was heading towards the Golden Boot of this World Cup, would end up in red early and be reborn as the West Route Army.The German team had previously beaten Australia 4-0 and was regarded as the favorite to win the World Cup.Klose's end also became a turning point in the game. "Before the game, I heard that the referee likes to play cards, so I reminded the players to be careful before the game, and the players did it today." Attending the press conference after the game, Serbian coach Antizi smiled proudly to the reporter they said.Marienko, the referee who sent off Klose, enforced 17 La Liga games last season, but showed a total of 11 red cards.Although low-key said before the game that it would be difficult to beat Germany, the Serbian coach obviously did his homework.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Loser violated Stankovic and received a second yellow card and was sent off by the referee. Germany had only 10 players left to fight.After only 1 minute, the Serbian team scored with a volley in front of Jovanovic, and the Serbian team also kept the 1-0 score until the end.

"As a coach, I am very satisfied with Serbia's performance today. This is the result of the team's two years of training. Especially being able to beat a strong team like Germany in the World Cup is a great boost to the morale of the team." Speaking of this, Antti Qi showed a smug smile, completely different from the cautiousness at yesterday's pre-match press conference.They lost 0-1 to Ghana in the first game. Facing Germany this time, the Serbian team made a last stand. After winning, they kept the suspense of qualifying for the group until the last moment.

Before the start of the World Cup, the group is considered to be a group with distinct strengths and weaknesses.

Championship favorites England were held to a 1-1 draw by the United States in their first round clash, while Slovenia ushered in their first victory in World Cup history, beating Algeria 1-0.After the first round, Slovenia ranked first in the group with 3 points, England and the United States tied for second, while the losing Algeria was at the bottom.In this game, Slovenia and the United States meet. If the former can win again, they will get the right to qualify for the group.The United States also took the initiative to qualify after the draw with England, and they are also eager to usher in their first victory in this cup.The two sides have never had a confrontation record in history, and this is a veritable encounter.

In this game, Slovenia still has a 442 formation. The strikers Ljubjankic and Novakovic are on the field together. The core of the midfield is still played by Koren, and the goalkeeper is Samir Han, who played well in the previous game. Danovich.In the United States, Donovan and Altidore partnered forward. Dempsey, who scored a lucky goal in the last game, still started the game. Milan giant Onyewu led the defense.

Slovenia held on to top of their group despite England's absence from a 2-2 draw with the United States at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.In the 13th minute, Bursa opened the scoring with a long shot; in the 42nd minute, Ljubyankic made another victory.In the 48th minute, Donovan pulled back a point, and in the 82nd minute, Bradley Jr., the son of American coach Bradley, equalized the score. [

The weakest group, even the game is unusually flat, we can only hope that the next England team can bring people a little bit of surprise.

In the first game, England was tied 1-1 by the US team. Gerrard's goal was beautiful, but the team still exposed problems such as the difficulty of coexistence of the two virtues and Wayne Rooney's misfire.Algeria lost 0-1 to Slovenia in the first game. The "Desert Fox" was too cautious, but was seized by the opponent. In this battle against England, Algeria can no longer lose.England and Algeria have no record of confrontation in history, this game will be a skirmish.

In this campaign, Barry came back from injury and guarded the center with Lampard, Gerrard played the left halfback position, Lennon was on the right, Rooney and Heskey still joined hands in the front line.Carragher replaced the injured Ledley King and Terry in the defense. In terms of the goalkeeper position, Capello made important adjustments. The 39-year-old James replaced the "butter hand" Green in the starting lineup.Algeria also replaced the goalkeeper, and Oheb replaced the goalkeeper Chauqi in the first game.

England 0-0 Algeria, an embarrassing two-game tie in the group stage.After this campaign, England scored 2 points in two games and two draws, and only ranked third in the group. In the final game, they must defeat Slovenia, which is currently 1 win and 1 tie, to ensure their qualification.If England draws with Slovenia with a big score of 2-2 or more, it will also depend on the result of the game between the United States and Algeria. If the draw is below 2-2, Capello's team will definitely be out.

Before the World Cup, the mainstream European media quoted data from the famous "Transfer Market" website and pointed out that England is a luxury team with a worth of 4485 billion, even higher than Argentina's 347 billion and Brazil's 353 billion!But after the two World Cup games, not only was it difficult for this luxurious team to win, they even scored only one goal.Especially today, the England team was forced to draw with the Algeria team with a total worth of 1 million!

The "Transfer Market" website pointed out that the sum of the value of the entire England team reached 4485 billion, of which the most valuable players are Wayne Rooney (5300 million euros), Gerrard (5000 million euros), Lampard (4500 million euros) , Terry (3500 million euros), Ashley Cole (2700 million euros).Among other stars, Carrick, Joe Cole, Glenn Johnson, Lennon, Barry, Wright Jr., Defoe and others are worth around 2000 million. Crouch, Ledley King, Dawson, Upson, Joe Hart and others are around 1000 million, and only James, Husky, Green and others are worth less than 1000 million.From this point of view, England's players can be described as priceless, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a "diamond team".

What about Algeria?The four most valuable players in the team are Buguera (700 million) who played for Rangers, Belhaji (550 million) who played for Portsmouth, and Ziani who played for Wolfsburg ( 550 million), Yebuda who played for Benfica (450 million).The other players are all worth around one million, and Lefau, Gawawi and others who play in the Algerian local league are only 30.In short, the combined worth of the Algerian team is only 4970 million, which is not even as good as Rooney alone!If England is a diamond, Algeria is a tinplate at best.

But on the court, diamonds may not be more powerful than tinplate.The two teams were evenly matched. The number of shots was 15 to 13, and England only had a slight advantage in ball possession.Overall, a draw is a reasonable result.This inevitably raises two questions: one: Why can't England, with such a luxurious lineup, beat the Algerian team without a big-name star?Second: Is the value of the England team a bit inflated?

The answer to the first question is obvious.Football is a team sport, and the comparison is not only about social status and individual strength, but also about team and tactical execution.England's tactical play in this game is relatively messy, with a lot of mistakes (20% pass error rate, 83% pass error rate, 79% cooperation error rate before the penalty area), and the stars have not been able to be kneaded as a whole.In such a system, it is naturally difficult for stars to perform. For example, Rooney can only blast three long-range shots from outside the penalty area. For example, Gerrard is so powerful that he can only use his kung fu to shoot anti-aircraft guns...

On the question of whether England are overpriced, there is one point worth mentioning.As we all know, the Premier League is the richest league in the world. Due to high TV broadcast fees (almost three times that of Serie A), high attendance, high ticket prices, and large overseas investments, most English clubs spend staggeringly (a Premier League relegation team TV broadcasting revenue is the sum of 3-2 mid-range teams in Serie A).On the other hand, all clubs in the Premier League value the influence of local players, and there are too few excellent local players in England.Therefore, each team can only compete for those few local players, which has caused the prices of English players to be extremely high.

To give two examples, one is Darren Bent. When he transferred to Tottenham in 2007, his worth was equivalent to 1650 million pounds. According to the exchange rate at that time, this was 2970 million euros. Henry only spent 29 million euros, and Liverpool bought Torres for only 2400 million euros.The other is Milner. The 3600-year-old Milner performed well in Aston Villa. Now he is regarded as a target by many Premier League giants. His price has been fired to more than 24 million euros. Is this price too high?In short, the financial resources of the Premier League are astonishing, which makes the estimated worth and transfer worth of English players somewhat high.

In any case, in the World Cup, worth and strength cannot be directly equated.This is especially true for the England team.

A 1-1 draw with the United States and a 0-0 draw with Algeria. The draw in the first two rounds made England, the favorite to win the championship, fall to third in the group. The British "Mirror" lamented: "The England team has begun to dance on the tip of the knife." But A draw in the first two rounds of the group stage may not be a dead end. The three lions who have their self-esteem stimulated are more likely to fight back and achieve good results.

Since the start of this World Cup, the performance of the England team has been very disappointing. Originally they came to South Africa as the favorites to win the championship, but in the first round of the game against the United States, they were tied by their opponents due to a mistake by goalkeeper Green. The three points instantly became one point.Facing Algeria from Africa in this round, England, ranked 8th in the world, did not have any advantage on the scene. According to the statistics of Tencent Data Analysis Master, England’s 8 shots on goal were 1 less than their opponents, 0- The score of 0 was also maintained until the end.

After the first two rounds of the group stage, England's group leader is Slovenia with 1 win and 1 draw, followed by the United States with 2 consecutive draws, and England with 2 consecutive draws can only be ranked third. Hanging by a thread, the Three Lions are likely to pack up and go home after the last round.After the game, Capello specially encouraged the players: "It is not difficult to cheer up the team. There is only one chance left for us to enter the top 3. The players know what to do."

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