Nine Hundred and Seventy-Five: A Classic Case of Counterattack

If in the ten minutes before the game started and before the first goal, both teams at least had Spain proactively pressing forward and attacking, then in the following game, Spain didn’t seem to invest much. The force is on the offensive.

This makes this European Cup final look very boring, because both sides clearly want to fight a stalemate, there is no such hearty attack, it looks a bit like a landlord fight, the audience hopes that the three players will come. I tried to play my cards quickly, but who would have thought that they were all wasting time, and even the time passed before they played my cards.

It really makes people thank you for waiting!

"Mommy, why hasn't dad's team scored a goal yet?"

In the stands of Kyiv's Olympic Stadium, the most impatient Young grabbed Melissa? Terrio's hand asked with concern. After all, he was a child. As soon as he saw that his father was lagging behind, he began to wait anxiously for the German team's goal, but he waited and waited but it didn't come. He felt in his heart My head is anxious.

Melissa smiled and stroked Yang's hair lovingly, and looked at Charlize Theron, who was sitting next to her with a big belly. The latter also had a smile on her face, while Charles was half-relying on the big horse. Half-reclined on the seat, it looked like the old god was acting cool.

"Wait a minute, he must have his own ideas and will score!" Melissa comforted her son.

But in the final analysis, she has no psychological confidence because her opponent is Spain.

"Our coach told us that the truly powerful martial arts is not to use a set of tricks all day long to confuse the opponent, but to patiently wait for the opportunity and knock down the opponent with one blow. He said that this is called hitting with one hit! "Charles said from the side.

"Your coach? Who is it?" Yang asked curiously.

"You should also know Wing Chun, Ip Man!" This kid even put on a Wing Chun stance.

This immediately made Charlize Theron and Melissa laugh.

I really want to ask, when did Ip Man say this?

But it's true. This stalemate confrontation is so torturous that it can be felt from the stands. Many fans cannot sit still, after all, since Spain scored the first goal. The game began to slow down and lost the pleasure of the pleasing offensive football that it should have had.

But everyone was still watching the game attentively. They expected that the situation would change when 20 minutes entered, but who could have imagined that after 20 minutes. The situation still hasn't changed, what about 30 minutes into it?

It's still the same, it seems like both sides are ready to spend so much time!

In the first 30 minutes, the German team had only two shots, both from long range, and none of them were on target. Spain also had only 5 shots and 1 shot on target. It was the one that scored the goal, and the other shots were all long shots and misdirected shots, which can be seen from this. How stalemate and boring is the situation in this game?

"It seems that both sides are patiently waiting for opportunities. The German team's defense is becoming more and more solid, and Spain's investment in offensive forces has reduced, which prevents them from continuing to create threats like the opening, so the scene looks a bit dull, but The battle of wits between the two coaches on the court is still very fierce."

"Such a contest is not only a tactical contest, but also a psychological test. The German team is currently lagging behind. But their strength itself is at a disadvantage. How Yang Cheng adjusts and equalizes the score is everyone's responsibility. A key point to look forward to.”

"But Spain itself is only 1 goal ahead, and the lead is not obvious, at least at this stage. Their lead is subtle. If they can score another goal, then this game can really be said. It’s a sure win, but Del Bosque seems to be ready to maintain a 1:0 lead.”

"This is also in line with Bosque's previous tactical characteristics. In many games, they defeated their opponents with a weak 1:0 lead. Now there is no guarantee that they will not continue to use this routine, but they are now dealing with Yang Cheng's German team. , in the first game of the European Cup group stage, they were almost defeated by the German team. I believe Del Bosque and his players must have noticed this, so the 1:0 score is actually very dangerous."

Just as the on-site commentator was talking, Yang Cheng made an inconspicuous movement towards the players on the court, and then about 2 minutes later, the situation on the court changed.

When Alba took the ball and advanced, Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was supposed to go forward, did not appear where he was supposed to be. This caused Alba to see the opportunity after taking the ball and go directly to Jerome Bo. Aten, the two competed on the wing, but Spain's back-breaking player failed to keep up, which directly caused Alba's cross to be controlled by the German team.

But soon, the ball was once again controlled by Spain. The German team seemed to consciously guide Spain to start attacking on the left, which is where Jerome Boateng was stationed, and Alba also began to perform well on the left. He was so active that Spain's midfield players began to frequently intervene.

This scene made the Spanish fans in the stands seem to see the hope of scoring goals again. Everyone began to shout very excitedly, calling on the team to continue to actively attack, and it is best to score again. It doesn’t matter how many balls the German team has.

Gradually, Spain's offense improved again.

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"Rafa, you know our [Chinese] ancestors said something, which I think is very, very reasonable."

Yang Cheng saw Spain rediscovering the passion to attack, and he smiled happily because he liked to see Spain attack, and he also firmly believed that Spanish players also liked attacking in their bones, because they were all cultivated by Yang Cheng players.

"If you want to get something, you must first give it to it! It means that if you want to get something, you have to pay something first. Only when you pay will you get something. This is actually the case when dealing with Spain today. You have to deal with others. If you attack the goal, you have to let people attack your goal, that’s for sure!”

Sometimes, Yang Cheng feels that the football field is like a battlefield. It doesn't matter what is above board or what is deliberately framed. As long as it can achieve a strategic purpose, it can be used by the head coach.

He wanted Spain to press forward again, so he deliberately let go of the defense on the right. Activating the offense on Alba's side, the young left winger is very motivated. He has just joined Barcelona and has just established himself in the national team. He is eager to show his strength on this big stage and make a name for himself.

Let go of the right wing and strengthen the defense of the center and left. Alba can't make much trouble, and Yang Cheng made this decision after he saw that the team's defense is becoming more and more stable. If it is a game At the beginning, he really didn't have the courage.

Alba comes alive. After creating several opportunities, the center failed to keep up, and the teammates were also depressed, so they also had to keep up with Alba's progress. In this way, one by one, as long as Bosque acquiesced, Spain would take the offensive again.

Yang Cheng glanced at Bosque. The latter watched the game, but did not say anything to stop the team. It was obvious that he was also testing. He wanted to see what kind of medicine Yang Cheng was selling, and he must have wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to score another goal.

As long as one more goal is scored, the situation is settled!

Alba's attack on the left created several opportunities, but the threat was not great. The German team's defense quickly restricted it. Therefore, in order to maintain the offensive and ball possession rate, Spain's defense began to press forward again, and the offensive became more and more aggressive. Coming harder and harder.

The time entered 40 minutes, and there was not much time towards the end of the first half. Spain wanted to take advantage of the last period of time. Strengthen the offensive, it would be best if you can score more goals. If not, you can also suppress the German team's fighting spirit and morale.

But just when everyone felt that the German team was dangerous and Spain was likely to score again, the German team finally launched a real counterattack.

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Spain is passing the ball quickly. As the German team continued to strengthen its defense of Spain's center, Alba on the left frequently got opportunities. He pressed high on the left, constantly looking for opportunities and taking the ball.

But this time, when Alba took the ball close to the sideline on the left side, he saw not only Jerome Boateng occupying the position and blocking in front of him, but also Bastian Schweinstein beside him. Ge also got stuck immediately. The two of them got stuck in front of him, one on the right and the other in front, blocking his path of passing and dribbling to the center and front.

As soon as the two were surrounded, Alba hurriedly passed the ball to David Silva, who came to respond. However, Sven Bender, who had been prepared for it, suddenly stepped forward and intercepted the ball before David Silva. down.

As soon as the defensive midfielder intercepted the ball, he happened to be facing the direction of Spain. After intercepting the ball, he took two steps forward, no more, no less, exactly two steps, and then directly kicked the ball. The ball was passed to the left side of the Spanish defense.

Why two steps?

In fact, it doesn’t matter the pace, but the time, preferably 2-3 seconds!

The role of these 3 seconds is very obvious. It is for the trident in front of the German team to quickly get into the opponent's defense line while the opponent's offense and defense are adjusting. Because at this time, Spain's attack is frustrated and they are preparing to switch to defense. This is somewhat similar. If a car that is driving forward needs to stop suddenly and reverse, you must stop first before you can shift into reverse gear.

And taking advantage of these three seconds, Klose, Thomas Muller and Ozil all rushed in immediately, especially Ozil, who had already caught the empty loophole on Alba's side and was preparing. As soon as Sven Bender stole the ball, he ran towards this area.

The next thing was extremely simple. Sven Bender, who was directly facing the goal, passed the ball to the left side of the Spanish defense with a big kick. Ozil successfully countered offside at the first time and went to the right. After a quick sprint, he finally stopped the ball on the right side of Spain's penalty area.

At this time, Pique had no choice. With Alba unable to catch up, he chose to block the left side of the penalty area, preparing to block Ozil's inward cut.

Klose rushed forward quickly. Although he was a lot older, he was not too slow in frontal impact. He was constantly being stared at by Ramos and others, but he kept inserting himself into the small penalty area. , seemingly trying to catch Ozil's cross.

This move also made Ramos and Arbeloa desperately stand between Klose and the goal, preventing Klose from having the opportunity to directly face the goal. But who would have thought that the cunning German forward would attack them with his body. At the same time, he also secretly pushed towards the two of them, tilting their center of gravity towards the goal, but this push was not very strong.

But he himself suddenly stopped, turned around and retreated towards the penalty kick, and Ozil's pass also crossed more than half of the penalty area. It passed in front of the chasing Xabi Alonso and De La Red, and passed to the feet of Klose near the penalty spot.

The German forward faced Ozil's ball and stopped steadily. He could feel Arbeloa and Ramos behind him waiting for the opportunity to steal. Both of them blocked behind Klose, preventing him from turning around easily.

The whole process happened in an instant. Spain had the advantage before, but the German team's sudden counterattack directly tore apart Spain's defense and entered the penalty area. This made all the Spanish internationals very nervous. The first instinctive reaction was to prevent Klose from scoring.

But after the German forward stopped the ball, he took a step back and passed the ball horizontally to the left side, diagonally to the left side of Arbeloa and Ramos. He saw that he had been running too far on purpose before. Back at the back, Thomas Muller, who was ambushing in the penalty area, did not suppress his speed this time and rushed forward, ahead of Arbeloa and Ramos. Facing the incoming ball, he pushed and shot.

When Arbeloa and Ramos realized the danger, it was already too late. The only one who could stop Thomas Muller was Casillas. The Spanish goalkeeper also occupied the position, but Thomas Muller's shot was very calm. The angle of the shot he faced was too big and too wide. Casillas made a save, but the ball was still out of his reach. place, drill straight into the goal.

"ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

The on-site commentator almost slapped the table and shouted, and on the TV screen, Thomas Muller was seen rushing out of the penalty area with excitement, holding his arms high in excitement, and rushed to the corner flagpole. He knelt down at the corner flagpole, opened his mouth wide, and looked at the fans in the stands in disbelief.

The fans in the stands of the Olympic Stadium were stunned for two or three seconds, and then the audience burst into very enthusiastic cheers. Even Avril Lavigne and Natalia, mother and son sitting in the stands, were happy. 〗He rushed out of his seat and cheered loudly for Yang Cheng's team.

"It's so unexpected. Two consecutive goals in this game are so surprising!"

"A counterattack by the German team tore apart Spain's defense. It was very solid. Ozil successfully countered offside on the right, and then planned this attack on the edge of the penalty area. He passed it to Klose, who He used his body to suppress Arbeloa and Ramos, and also attracted the attention of the defense, creating an opportunity for Thomas Muller on the left to insert."

"The German team advanced very quickly and sharply during the whole process, and they were fully prepared for the changes in the opponent. I even had a feeling that just now the German team took the initiative to expose a defensive loophole on the right side, allowing Schweinstein to Ge approached the center and lured Alba to press forward to start the attack, and Yang Cheng was already executing his counterattack plan."

Amid the cheers of the German fans, the big TV screens and live broadcasts were replaying the whole process of the goal. But what is interesting is that this time the replay was not focused on the goal and advancement, but even included Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jerome Boateng flanked Alba.

Obviously, this is because the director himself feels that this flanking attack is crucial to the German team's counterattack.

"We can see that after the double attack, the German team was already ready to let Alba pass to David Silva. Sven Bender has been following him on defense, and Ozil is also defending behind Alba. No matter what Alba passes, From any angle, there is a risk of the ball being intercepted, and after the ball was intercepted, the German team did not seem to launch a counterattack immediately. Sven Bender took the ball forward himself!"

"This is a very interesting place. During the period when Sven Bender was dribbling the ball forward, Thomas Muller, Klose and Ozil all moved quickly to key positions. After that, the German team hit Spain's left side , Ozil quickly intervened to prevent offside and successfully broke through Spain's defense."

"From the whole process, the German team's counterattack was premeditated, arranged, and the timing was very well controlled, as if it had been carefully calculated. We even had a feeling that Yang Cheng was almost pinching Spain. The characteristics of the players are used to arrange and arrange this counterattack."

"Then we also saw that Ozil did not cross, and Klose did not fight for the top. Instead, he chose to cooperate. Ozil passed to Klose, who used his body to suppress the two Spanish defenders. , attracted attention and passed it to Thomas Muller on the unmarked left wing!"

When talking about this, the on-site commentator used four perfect words in a row to describe this counterattack.

"This is almost a textbook counterattack. Apart from describing it as perfect, I can't use more words to express my praise for the German team's counterattack. And I can almost say with certainty that this is not It was a player's on-the-spot performance, but a premeditated arrangement by Yang Cheng!"

"Oh my god, I don't know how to say it, but I am very, very, very excited. This counterattack almost made Spain unable to resist. Almost every step and detail was taken advantage of Spain's disadvantages. In the end We also scored a goal. This is a classic counterattack case that should be recorded in the history of football!"

After the German team used a sudden counterattack to equalize the score, the German players looked excited, but the Spanish players looked disappointed. This is also the comparison between Yang Cheng and Del Bosque, the expressions of the two famous coaches It seemed like it was reversed from the first goal, it was extremely interesting.

But soon, Yang Cheng reminded the players to continue to maintain their own rhythm and pace, and not to rush forward boldly just because they scored a goal and lose the good situation they obtained.

After equalizing the score, the morale of the German team finally returned! (To be continued

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