Chapter 1184: The Strength of the Interrupted (Please Subscribe to the First Update!)

Croatia arrived in Rio de Janeiro on the second day of the competition. The entire trip was still quite compact, with almost no time for rest.

This is also considering making specific adjustments before arriving at the final venue.

Croatia has already secured a spot in the World Cup finals, and their opponent will be born in tonight's game.

The match between Germany and Argentina must be a drama of Mars hitting the Earth!

This would have been the final in the original time and space, but now it has been staged ahead of schedule. Whether it is Germany or Argentina, they have strong combat effectiveness in this World Cup, and the confrontation and competition between them must have strong emotions on many levels. confrontational.

But for Croatia, this is a good thing.

After all, no matter who reaches the finals, they will definitely suffer some losses in the semifinals.

"Ha~~~"

In the cafeteria, Mandzukic yawned and walked to sit next to Suk.

There wasn't much food on his plate, and he obviously didn't have a good appetite.

And judging from his sleepy expression, this guy probably didn't even sleep well.

"It's not that I didn't sleep well, it's that I didn't sleep enough!" Mandzukic grinned as if he understood Suk's expression; "After that game, I was always very sleepy, as if my body had reached some kind of critical point!"

After that, he patted his cheek gently and said, "Just activate your body during training later."

"Who do you think will win tonight's game?"

Rakitic came over and asked.

Modric: "I feel it will be Germany. Germany performed very well in this World Cup and handled the offense and defense very steadily. It was difficult for us to break through their defense when we met. Even if the rhythm was changed to a confrontation between offense and defense, the threat may be greater. !”

"Argentina should not be underestimated!" Rakitic shook his head and said: "I have watched a few of their games and they have done a good job in connecting in the midfield. Moreover, after Messi started to occupy the No. 10 position, his position Erratic, able to break through vertically, make key passes, and score goals! ”

"Argentina does not lack top strikers. They lack people who can create opportunities. Now that Messi has begun to assume this position, it shows in disguise that Argentina's forwards have been activated!"

Mandzukic stuffed a mouthful of meat intestines: "But if they want to tear apart Germany's defense, that will not be easy!"

After taking a sip of water, he added; "Germany is strong in its balance!"

"Who do you think it could be?" Modric looked at Suk, and everyone else also turned their heads.

Su Ke shrugged: "What to do with these things, which opponent to face, and which tactics to use, this is the job of the coaching staff. We just need to adjust the state well. The performance of the game will not stretch the hips, and everything will explode on the field!"

Hearing this, Modric and others smiled.

Su Ke's confidence always infects many people.

And this kind of confidence is not blind, but relies on Su Ke's own ability, which can also provide a great morale supply to his teammates.

In the afternoon, the entire Croatian team went to the training base for simple training.

Since the competition is approaching, the training content is not much and the intensity is not high. Just adjust the state.

We returned to the hotel, had dinner, and then everyone gathered in the conference room, waiting to watch the game between Germany and Argentina.

In this game, Germany, who wears white home jerseys, and Argentina, who wear blue away jerseys, face off.

The camera panned over many important players, including Klose, Messi, Ozil, Lahm and other players.

There is no doubt that both teams have top-notch lineups and are very competitive.

But when the game started, something went wrong.

"Germany is actually in possession of the ball. Is this proportion of possession higher than that of Argentina?"

Rakitic was a little surprised.

In the traditional impression, German football is all about rushing and fighting, which is also the origin of the title German Chariot.

What they are good at are simple and violent game modes. On the other hand, Argentina is the representative of South American football's exquisiteness.

For this reason, many people believe that Argentina will mainly focus on ball possession and offense, while Germany will play defensive counterattacks.

But in fact, the moment the game started, the German team had already begun to control the midfield.

With Kroos, Muller, Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger and other players, they are actively suppressing the midfield.

"If you think the current German guy is still the rough old man, you are totally wrong!" Mandzukic shook his head.

Vukojevic on the side also nodded: "Since their youth training was a great success, and they have further absorbed Guardiola's passing football, this German team with Bayern Munich as its team has already completed its transformation. "There is no surprise in suppressing Argentina, but based on traditional concepts, we believe that the German team should defend."

In fact, many teams in this World Cup made wrong judgments, which were all based on inertial thinking.

But the German team's tactical changes and the game mode adopted are still surprising.

Su Ke didn't speak, he was still staring at the game.

Different from the prediction before the game, the current direction of the game is that Germany will take the initiative and Argentina will be passive.

Germany was strong in controlling the midfield, but Argentina's defense was also surprisingly solid.

It can be said that both teams exceeded the audience's expectations in this game and showed their abilities in different aspects.

And this unexpectedness also gradually increases the excitement of the game.

In the original time and space, the two teams played a 0:0 test paper in the 90 minutes of regular time, and in the final overtime, Gotze became the last straw that crushed Argentina!

However, from a certain perspective, there is still a gap in strength.

After all, Germany has been in a suppression mode, but Argentina has not been able to break this situation.

Isn't this a gap?

"What a fucking patience!"

Looking at Germany's several passing line choices, Rakitic couldn't help grinning.

Obviously there is a chance to pass, but Germany doesn't pass, and wants to find the best opportunity, not wanting to give the ball to Argentina so easily.

Sometimes, the Germans' persistence seems a bit paranoid.

But sometimes, this kind of thing makes people feel headache!

Just like this game, if Rakitic plays in Kroos's position, he doesn't know how many straight passes he has sent.

Not necessarily successful, but it can also create some chaos.

But Germany doesn't do this, and wants to waste Argentina.

But in this way, Argentina will indeed be more and more uncomfortable.

Didn't you see that Messi has already retreated!

"Argentina's current problem is that when advancing forward, it can never break through Germany's high-pressure defense, and someone needs to take the ball out!"

"So Messi retreated!"

"But in this way, the German team will focus on Messi. Without the concerns of the defense, they will only press more fiercely!"

But at this moment, Messi received the ball in his own half, and through his superb skills, he continuously turned and moved in a small area, and took the ball out of the three-person double-team. Not only did he take it out, but he also passed it forward to Higuain.

"Oh my God!"

Rakitic hugged his head.

Messi's several escape moves made his scalp numb.

Obviously, there is no such complicated technology, just a simple change of direction and center of gravity shift, but he took one step and one person and dunked it.

"Higuain is going up!"

The little smoker was sprinting forward at a rapid speed, hoping to break this bad situation

However, the German team's pursuit was also whistling, and soon Higuain was overwhelmed.

"Why not pass it?"

"It's too late, he should have passed it long ago!"

"This guy is too independent!"

The Croatian players complained. If this was their teammate, they would have cursed directly.

But Suker and Modric didn't say anything, they saw it very clearly.

It's not that Higuain didn't want to pass, but that there were not many good passing options.

In defense, Germany has cut off Higuain's horizontal passing route, forcing him to pass back or go it alone.

If he passes back, he will definitely lose the rhythm.

For this reason, he can only go it alone!

But in this way, he was double-teamed by the German team!

"Germany's defensive linkage is very good!" Besic said solemnly.

Van Styak on the side said seriously: "This is not good anymore."

He felt that these books were close to perfection.

This feeling is somewhat similar to the Real Madrid in 2012, with mechanized defense linkage and strict discipline. Every player can run to his position and then build this defensive network together.

It can be said that in the face of this kind of defense linkage, only absolute speed can break through.

At the moment when Germany has not had time to outflank, break through in the simplest and crudest way. There is no other way.

Even top technical players like Suker and Messi dare not guarantee the ball possession in the face of such double-teaming.

Unknowingly, the time has come to 30 minutes.

The score is still 0:0.

But none of this matters. What matters is the Germans' choice.

The Croatian tactical room is very quiet.

"The Germans are hiding deep enough!"

Modric pursed his lips.

In this game, Germany fully demonstrated what is called rigorous game control.

Although there were no goals, the quality of professional players told them that Germany was gradually consuming Argentina's energy.

Don't look at the two sides playing back and forth.

But Germany has three shots and Argentina has four shots.

But three of Germany's three shots hit the goal frame.

Argentina, on the other hand, hit zero goal frame!

From this point alone, we can see that Argentina's counterattack seems to be loud but insignificant!

Each counterattack seems fierce, but it fails to hit Germany's vital points.

No mistake, one song, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

The shots are very reluctant!

Germany is pushing the game towards its comfort zone little by little, step by step, gradually eroding Argentina's rhythm.

Even though Messi wanted to get rid of this situation with his personal ability several times, he was forced back by Germany.

"It feels like Germany is going to speed up!"

Modric said.

Suk also nodded slightly.

In the original time and space, Germany's advancement was not fast, but that was also the reason for the final. Germany needed to win steadily, so it patiently pushed the situation to its most comfortable environment.

But this game is different. This is only the semi-final. Even if it wins this game, Germany still has to play Croatia.

Therefore, after gradually building up their advantage, they had no patience to slowly grind the rhythm, but instead cut the Gordian knot and quickly end the game.

This is also the feeling Germany gives them at the moment.

The most obvious sign is that Muller began to constantly run horizontally in the frontcourt, not only supporting Klose, but also creating opportunities for other teammates.

Once Argentina pays too much attention to this jumping Muller, they will lose the vision of others.

But if you don't pay attention to Muller, relying on this guy's running ability, when he finds him again, it will be the moment when this guy sends the ball into the goal.

"It's fucking annoying!"

Vida couldn't help but complain.

He was commenting on Muller. Muller's style of play is the most annoying to defenders.

He doesn't take the ball, just dangling in front of you, but you can't ignore him.

"This guy is annoying!" Vukojevic also sighed; "It's not just his personality, his style of play is like this!"

At this moment, Kroos suddenly passed the ball diagonally.

The pass penetrated the right defense of Mascherano and Zabaleta, and even passed by Zabaleta's feet, directly penetrating Argentina's entire defense.

What's more terrible is that Schweinsteiger has appeared behind the ball and pretended to cross it.

"Oh no!"

The Croatian players held their breath.

At this time, Schweinsteiger made a cross and flew towards the middle with a precise landing point.

Klose and Demichelis jumped at the same time, but neither of them could compete with the other. The ball hit their shoulders and continued to fly towards the back point.

Gare opened his hands and shouted; "I'll clear the siege!"

Just as he was about to clear the siege, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him.

Before Gare could react, Muller jumped into the air.

But this guy obviously ran too far, and even if he pressed his head down, he couldn't reach the ball, so he simply held the chest and headed the ball.

Bang!

Muller hit the ball in a weird and ugly posture, but he hit the ball steadily into the goal.

Swish!

The ball went into the net!

In the 39th minute, Germany scored the first goal.

With Muller's goal, Germany temporarily led 1:0.

"Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!!!"

"Thomas Muller! He scored the first goal for Germany! He became a key player when Germany was in urgent need of opening the situation."

"Argentina still failed to withstand the German team's offensive and lost the ball at the last moment of the first half."

"This goal will put them in a very passive situation in the overall situation!"

Listening to the words of the Brazilian commentator, Modric shook his head and said, "It's more than passive! The score behind is not a problem, being suppressed is the fundamental reason."

"If Angel is here, he can also play an effect on the wing!"

Suker also nodded.

If Di Maria could play, Argentina's threat on the wing could be further improved.

Unfortunately, Di Maria was injured, and the absence of this key player in Argentina was an important reason for Argentina's loss of strength.

After all, Di Maria's performance in the finals was obvious to all.

Messi had the same idea at this time.

After losing the ball, their emotions became more excited and they wanted to quickly equalize the score.

But several attempts failed to break through the German team's defense.

After several passes, Messi couldn't help but miss Di Maria.

"If Angel was here!"

Without the blessing of the angel, Argentina, which was supported by Messi alone, always lacked a certain important temperament.

The second half of the game was even more thrilling.

Argentina obviously started to fight hard, and the overall counterattack was quite terrifying.

It penetrated the German defense twice in a row, but was saved by Neuer on the edge of the cliff.

The other time was when Higuain failed to seize the opportunity!

Missing two great opportunities in a row, as the saying goes, the longer you attack, the more you lose. Taking advantage of a counterattack, the German team accurately found Klose who was advancing.

Klose headed the ball and headed it into the Argentine goal again.

"Klose, his 15th goal in the World Cup. Unfortunately, Suker has already broken this record in advance, otherwise he would have become the best scorer in the history of the World Cup!"

Klose had no time to think about these. Compared with these personal honors, the victory of this game is the key.

For this reason, he was still very excited after scoring.

Now that the German team is leading by two goals, the chances of winning have greatly increased.

"Isn't it too bad to miss two opportunities?" Rakitic shook his head.

Mandzukic: "Luck? I feel like it's a state difference!"

"The German team is obviously in better condition and the overall morale is more vigorous. As for Argentina, there is always a sense of stumbling. In addition, the tactical arrangement of this game seems to have problems. Messi retreats to the backcourt too much to get the ball, resulting in insufficient impact in the frontcourt. Doesn't this make Germany attack more blatantly?"

"So I feel that in this seemingly evenly matched game, there is actually a big gap between the players on both sides in terms of tactical execution, player status and ability to grasp the key moments!"

After speaking, Suk and others looked at Mandzukic in surprise.

Seeing the expressions of his teammates, Mandzukic said dissatisfiedly: "Do you really think I don't play football without my brain? Besides, isn't this situation obvious?"

"Mario is right!" Modric smiled, then nodded and said: "Argentina is in trouble!"

This is true.

As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain collapsing!

When the German team scored the second goal, the German team began to switch to a steady defensive mode.

Before that, they couldn't tear through the German team's defense, not to mention that Argentina tried to score again after the German team began to actively deploy defense.

The game became quite dull!

Even the commentator didn't know how to make it up.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Argentina's disadvantage was gradually expanding, especially after the German team switched to defense, the rhythm of the game became even more wrong.

It should have been a fierce battle, but unexpectedly, the German team cleanly killed Argentina.

And this also indirectly shows that this German team has not yet fully exerted its strength.

The match between Croatia and the Netherlands proved that Croatia has a strong level of almost no gap in this World Cup!

The performance of the German team in this game is also absolutely dominant.

According to the current rhythm, the German team will reach the final.

Croatia vs. Germany!

This will be a game with a higher intensity than any other game in this World Cup.

The strength shown by these two teams is already at a different level from other teams.