Chapter 1,259, England’s First Battle!
In Germany's first group match, their opponent was Mexico.
Originally this was a weak team, but the German team in the previous life overturned on them. That bitter 0-1 made the German team's journey covered in dust from the beginning.
Among Loew's starting choices for this game, he still trusted Draxler more.
In the selection of the twenty-three-man World Cup squad, Loew once wanted to give up Sane because of the overlapping positions of Sane and Draxler. However, because of Sane's outstanding performance at Manchester United, Loew still recruited him. Entered the national team. However, because of his love for Draxler, Loew did not exclude Djokovic in the end, but let go of Bayer Leverkusen's young player Brandt.
Brandt performed very well last season. In the end, he won the favor of Dortmund through his own efforts. Next season, he will join the Hornets to start his new career. It's a shame that such a young talent ended up not being drafted.
However, Sane's voice in Germany far exceeds that of Brandt. Despite this, Loew still trusts Djokovic more.
However, it was unexpected that in the match against Mexico, the German team was unable to break the deadlock. In the 35th minute of the first half, they were counterattacked by former Manchester United player Hernandez and scored 0-0. 1 score behind!
Now Loew is in a hurry! The German team is also anxious!
They tried their best to equalize the score as soon as possible, but to no avail.
In the second half, Loew made continuous substitution adjustments. He replaced the mediocre Werner with center Gomez; then replaced Khedira with Reus who performed poorly.
After the substitutions, the German team's offense was still weak and failed to equalize the score.
In the 80th minute of the game, Loew thought twice and decided to give it a try and replaced Djokovic with Sane.
In just ten minutes, Sane saved the German team.
As soon as Sane came on, he performed an amazing play on the left, passing three people in a row. After attracting many defensive players from the opponent, Sane passed the ball to the center of the penalty area. Gomez, who came on as a substitute, hit his head hard and the ball hit the net!
1 to 1! The German team equalized the score!
Sane's performance is not over yet!
In the 91st minute of the game, Sane was pulled down by a Mexican defender in the penalty area, helping the German team get a penalty kick.
The penalty kick was taken by Muller. But unexpectedly, Muller's penalty kick was saved by Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa!
In just an instant, Sane made another contribution. He jumped in at high speed, fell to the ground before Ochoa got up and shot the ball into the blind corner of the goal.
2 to 1! The German team scored the winning goal and they won the game with difficulty!
After the game, Sane received countless praises from the fans, but he knew that he was still ranked second in front of Loew's favorite general Djokovic, and he needed more opportunities to prove himself.
Kim Tiger organized the England team to watch the German team's game. After watching it, he seriously said to the players: "Maybe we will meet the German team in the quarter-finals..."
Two days after the German team's game on June 17, June 19 ushered in England's first group match.
Group G, where the England team is located, includes Belgium, Tunisia and Barnama.
Except for Belgium,
The other two teams won't cause England much trouble.
Belgium's game took the lead and they won their opponent 6-0, winning easily. In this game, the dual core of De Bruyne and Hazard shined. They both scored a hat trick of assists and both scored twice, showing their strong strength.
Many media comments after the game always believed that this was a reasonable result.
"The Belgian dual-core was the offensive core of the two teams in last season's Champions League final. The two of them worked together to stage a great show of massacre."
In addition to these two players, other Belgian players were also perfect. Lukaku also scored two goals and performed well.
Belgium, with a six-goal difference, is waiting for the result of England's game.
The situation in this group is very clear. Belgium and England have no big problem qualifying for the group. Their battle for first place in the group is the real highlight.
After the match in Belgium, England's match against Tunisia is about to begin.
At this time, in the VIP room of the Volgograd Stadium, the Sky TV commentary team was giving pre-match commentary.
Although Kim Tiger's commentary lineup is missing, the addition of professor Wenger also makes Sky TV's commentary lineup luxurious enough this time.
After reading Tunisia's starting lineup, Morris smiled: "In the entire Tunisia starting lineup, there are no players who play in the five major leagues, or even in the second-tier European teams. Their captain No. 10 player Hazri He is the core of the team, and this Hazri is just a player of the English League One team Sunderland, and is still on a long-term loan, and was kicked out by Sunderland this summer. How can such a Tunisian team be England's opponents? What an easy first game for England."
Even Raman, who acted as a negative commentator on Kim Tiger, had to admit: "Tunisia will not put any pressure on Manchester United. This game will depend on how much goal difference Manchester United can get."
Morris was stunned: "Manchester United?"
Raman immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing: "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. It's not Manchester United, it's the England team, it's the England team! Dear fans, I'm really sorry."
The special guest Wenger next to him was very considerate. He smiled and said: "Don't say it's you, even I was confused for a while. Looking at Jin Taige on the sidelines, I always felt that it was a Manchester United game. Premier League game. It’s not your fault, it’s Kim Tiger’s fault.”
Morris laughed, his embarrassment relieved: "Professor, what do you think of this game and your old rival?"
Wenger asked a bit jokingly: "As a special guest this time, do I need to pay attention to my remarks - for example, I must defend the England team's comments. Is there such a requirement?"
Morris smiled: "Of course there is no such requirement. Professor, you can speak freely. And I hope from the bottom of my heart that you can sharply comment on some of the problems of the England team, so that you can be more objective. After all, Raman and I are subjective. The emotions are still quite serious, and sometimes biased words may appear, and it is a good thing to have the professor by his side to correct them appropriately.”
Wenger nodded and said with a very serious expression: "To be honest, I think in this game, um, the England team may encounter some troubles, maybe not too small..."