Chapter 1508 Old Monster

Neuer fell sideways in front of the penalty area line, roared angrily, and beat the turf vigorously with both hands.

Resentment, humiliation, anger, helplessness...

All kinds of complex emotions were written all over his face, making him look a bit hideous.

Over the years, he has been focusing on Yang Yang.

There is no other reason. He is the top goalkeeper ranked No. 1 in the world, and Yang Yang is the top scorer ranked No. 1 in the world. The two are natural rivals. More importantly, Neuer has been played by Yang Yang many times. .

Just now, Yang Yang took a direct free kick, and Neuer accurately predicted it, and blocked the ball sideways with one hand.

This brought unprecedented confidence to the German goalkeeper. He believed that he could seal Yang Yang tonight.

But just this time, the angry shot from the front of the penalty area was once again broken by Yang Yang, which made the German goalkeeper feel extremely ashamed and at the same time very helpless.

Before the game, the German team had a full understanding of Yang Yang, and Toni Kroos also repeatedly emphasized the need to pay attention to Yang Yang in the locker room, especially during the intermission when Loew asked Kimmich to participate in the attack more. , Toni Kroos disagrees.

"Don't be fooled by the rumors outside, Yang Yang left Real Madrid not because he is old, nor because his strength has declined, on the contrary, he played at a very high level last season, especially in the ability to score goals. superior."

"Taking Kimmich, I'm not sure if our central defender can freeze Yang Yang!"

These are the original words of Toni Kroos at the time, he was admonishing Loew not to make such a gamble.

If the bet is lost, Germany's Russia World Cup trip will be completely over.

But Love finally decided to take the gamble.

Maybe he didn't think the Chinese team was capable of a decent counterattack at all, or maybe he felt that Yang Yang, who was mediocre in the first half, didn't seem to have much lethality. As long as the German team scored a goal, the Chinese team would be dead.

But the development of the results was surprising.

The Chinese team defended for 77 minutes and even played a counterattack.

The teenager Jule was dealt with in the first meeting with Yang Yang. Hummels was old and couldn't block Yang Yang's position in the first place. What's more terrible is that Yang Yang's shooting is too fast now. The angle is too tricky.

At the beginning, Neuer's line of sight was blocked by Jule. After Yang Yang picked the ball past Jule and swung the angle, he kicked the ball directly, and the shot was very fast and the angle was very tricky. Hummel Si tried to block it, but was a little slower.

Neuer boasted that his reaction speed was very fast, but when he saw Yang Yang took a shot, judged the path of the ball, and swooped sideways, it was too late.

Tony Cross is right, Yang Yang is indeed old.

He lost the speed and impact he had when he was young, and even his ability to break through with the ball was greatly reduced, but his shooting ability became sharper, his movement frequency was faster, his footwork was more secretive, and his grasp of timing was more unique. .

Neuer dared to say that he couldn't save the shot just now, and no goalkeeper in the world could save it!

This is Yang Yang, a guy who grows older and more monster!

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Loew shook his head watching from the sidelines.

He knew that his big gamble was likely to lose.

Yang Yang's shot pushed him and the German national team to the edge of a precipice, either to reverse the situation or to sink completely.

But what can the current German team use to make a comeback?

He remembered Toni Kroos' reminder during the intermission that if Kimmich was in the position, Jule would not need to rush out, and the two central defenders would be closer to the middle, so Yang Yang kicked The angle will be smaller.

But at that time, Kimmich was in the frontcourt.

Loew still underestimated the difficulty of this World Cup and the evolution of techniques and tactics.

Maybe it was the last World Cup victory that gave him some blind and unrealistic fantasies about himself and the team, so that they all began to become a little unrealistic.

He admired Guardiola very much, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered the case that in the season just past, in the first round of the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City was a guest at Anfield, and the result was a 3-0 victory by the Red Army.

How similar!

Guardiola also arranged a four-two-three formation at the time. The goalkeeper Ederson, the defense line Laporte, Kompany, Otamendi and Walker, and the double midfielders are Fernandinho and Gundo. An formed a double defensive midfielder, Sane, James Rodriguez and Bernardo Silva advanced, and Jesus was the single striker.

Obviously, Guardiola's strategy in that game also required stability, and also wanted to control the midfield and the ball.

He succeeded!

Manchester City's ball possession rate reached 66% in that game, and they shot more times than Liverpool. All kinds of statistics seemed to crush their opponents, but the final result was that Manchester City lost 0-3 in the away game. Lost in two knockout rounds.

Why?

Almost exactly the same as the current German national team!

Lack of sideways.

There is Sane on the left, but Laporte cannot provide strong support. Walker is on the right, but there is no attacker in the frontcourt.

On the contrary, in the second half, Manchester City returned to the traditional four-three-three. After replacing Sterling, the situation changed a lot, but at that time, Liverpool had already led 3-0.

But after Manchester City starts Sane, there is at least one Sterling on the bench, but what about the German bench now?

Loew still clearly remembers that after seeing Manchester City lose 3-0 to Liverpool, he reminded himself again and again to be careful not to make the same mistakes as Guardiola, but who would have thought how long it would have passed? , he stepped into almost exactly the same trap as Guardiola.

He regretted not bringing Sane!

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Far away in Amsterdam, Van Gaal and van der Sar are still working.

The Ajax technical team gathered in the conference room to watch the live broadcast of this World Cup focus game.

The result surprised them.

Not because Yang Yang scored such a wonderful counterattack, but because of Yang Yang's judgment on the current technical and tactical trends in European football and his deduction of future technical and tactical development.

"I didn't expect that the German team, lacking wide and wide, would play like this." Bergkamp shook his head in disbelief.

That's the German team!

When all fans mention the German chariot, the first impression is stability.

Everyone can see that the Chinese team in this World Cup is not as good as before, but the German team has nothing to do with the Chinese team.

Not only this game, but also the previous games against Mexico and Sweden.

It's okay to say that the German players are not in good shape, but how can it be said that they lack fighting spirit?

That's the World Cup!

The key lies in the tactical level!

If you can't start the situation in front, you can only keep passing the ball in the backcourt, otherwise what else can you do?

Is it necessary to give the ball to the opponent and let them fight back?

"After all, he is a star who has been at the forefront of Europe for a long time. Yang Yang's understanding of football and his research and judgment of skills and tactics are worth learning and thinking about." Van der Sar was also full of sighs.

If we say that before, they were still a little skeptical, and even thought that if they couldn't find a suitable right back, then let Dumfries do it reluctantly, but now, they really dare not think so.

Yang Yang has already used a living case to tell the management of Ajax that no side is dead!

"We will listen to Yang Yang this time." Van Gaal made a decisive decision. "Within the acceptable range of the club, no matter the cost, we must introduce an offensive right back, and there is no room for loss!"

Van der Sar and others all nodded.

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After Yang Yang scored a goal, the German team began to counterattack frantically.

For them, only by equalizing the score, or even killing the Chinese team, will they have a chance to advance.

If you lose, it doesn't make any difference whether you lose one goal or two goals.

After the Chinese team led by one goal, their morale was boosted, and the whole team began to retreat across the board.

Queiroz immediately replaced Wu Lei with Zhao Xuri, and continued to strengthen the midfield defense.

The Chinese team adopted a shrinking tactic and was firmly suppressed by the German team within the 30-meter area.

After Gomez came on the field, the German team began to take more balls from both wings and created several dangerous situations, but they failed to create absolute murderous intentions, and they always followed the goal.

The Chinese team became more confident as they defended.

Especially in stoppage time, even the German goalkeeper Neuer started to rush forward and directly entered the half of the Chinese team, ignoring the goal behind him at all.

In the face of the frantic counterattack of the German team, the Chinese team also performed quite tenaciously.

Yang Yang played the entire field, exhausted his physical energy, but still actively participated in the defense.

In the 93rd minute, when he saw Neuer crossing the center line again and rushing into the 30-meter area of ​​the Chinese team to catch the ball, he immediately returned to the defense.

Neuer tried to break through Yang Yang with the ball, but was stabbed by Yang Yang first.

After stealing the ball, Yang Yang quickly chased after the ball.

At this moment, he was already in a feverish state, and all he could think about was kicking the ball out as soon as possible, so as not to let the German team continue to create danger in their own 30-meter zone and near the penalty area.

Even if it's just to take a breath, that's fine!

But habitually, after Yang Yang caught up with the ball, he swung his big foot and kicked the ball forward with all his strength.

The ball crossed an arc and flew in the direction of the German team.

Both Jule and Hummels, who reacted first, were trying to return to the defense, but after playing for more than 90 minutes, they both consumed a lot and were not fast.

After the ball landed outside the penalty area, it rebounded again and continued to slowly head towards the goal.

Until this moment, everyone was shocked.

"It's dangerous!"

"Germany's goal is empty!"

"Jule and Hummels are desperately chasing back, and Neuer is also desperately returning to defense."

"If this kick goes in, it will really be the end of the game!"

Nearly half of the German team was sprinting back frantically, and Neuer, Süle and Hummels seemed to be desperate, all chasing back at the fastest speed.

But the ball still perseveringly fell to the goal of the German team.

Even Yang Yang himself didn't think of it.

He originally just wanted to clear the siege with a big foot, and kicking towards the goal was just his instinct and habit.