I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 215
With a whistle from "The Scourge" Atkinson, the Ukrainian team took the lead to kick off.

The long-awaited opening match of the German fans officially began.

Amidst the earth-shattering cheers, almost half of the German team, which was playing at home, was a little more aggressive than usual after the opening.

The German attack line led by Zhao Jinge is actively pressing and counter-attacking in the midfield, trying their best to disrupt the opponent's ball-holding organization.

There is nothing to say about Ukraine. After the kick-off, they moved back directly. The formation of [-] stands out for its stability.

Kovalenko, Sidorchuk, and Stepanenko are the main force of the three Ukrainian midfielders lined up in front of the back line. The combination of two midfielders and one front midfielder is the last stubbornness of the Ukrainians.

To be honest, the old coach Fomenko has also considered it, or just use the three midfielders directly, but the Ukrainian, who still has a glimmer of hope, still keeps three offensive players on the court.

When the German team took the lead in launching the siege offensive, they hadn't adjusted their mentality at first, and they even wanted to maintain control of the ball as much as possible by relying on their numerical advantage in the area from the center circle to their own defensive third area. .

However, after the German team maintained a fast-paced counterattack without stopping, as long as the ball could not be passed to the feet of the three Ukrainian midfielders, the effect of the other Ukrainian players' ball possession continued to plummet.

In order to prevent mistakes in the backcourt from being directly pierced through the defense, the Ukrainian midfielders who could not control the ball began to be forced to launch a threatening offensive forward.

But such a hasty pass could not create a good chance. Their two forwards either passed back after the response, or they had to make a breakthrough on their own. This difficulty can be imagined!

In the first 10 minutes of the game, when the German team launched a fast break, the Ukrainian team also returned to defense across the board. Draxler scored a point in the penalty area, and Zhao Jinge shot a long shot from outside the penalty area.

The German team, which has been busy disrupting the opponent's rhythm with two shots on target three times, has shown considerable threat on the offensive end, but failed to score.

Fomenko's already ugly face became even uglier after the game started. The Ukrainian team's performance on the court can only be described in two words, that is ugly!

Such football has nothing to do with aesthetics at all. In the aesthetic system of football, offensive football must be more beautiful than defensive football in the eyes of most fans.

But a sufficiently good defense and fierce hand-to-hand combat actually have a considerable aesthetic feeling.

But all of this has nothing to do with the struggling Ukrainian team. Under the strong pressure from the dedicated German team, the Ukrainian poor defensive system was crumbling after the opening 5 minutes.

There is no beauty in the way of struggling to support it. It can only be seen by fans other than Ukrainians, who feel pitiful and ridiculous.

In the 14th minute of the game, after Zhao Jinge forced Kovalenko to knock the ball back to the full-back Shevchuk in the counter-robbery, Muller's clever counter-robber made Shevchuk send the ball back in a hurry. On the right side of the front field.

Khedira assisted the Ukrainian striker Zozulia who defended the wing and Hweedes flanked the audience. This player played for Dnipro, who competed with Wolfsburg for the Europa League final last season. The limit is just a backup center.

Zozulia relied on his physical advantage to kill Hewedes, but was intercepted by Khedira.

Brother Face immediately passed the ball diagonally in front of Muller. The latter turned and stepped forward and saw Stepanenko rushing to counterattack. He immediately sent a through pass.

Stepanenko turned around and looked, Zhao Jinge led the ball from the midfield position close to the wing and turned around, and began to dribble forward quickly, striding forward, with a domineering momentum.

Kovalenko and Sidorchuk immediately came to form a defensive press.

Zhao Jinge's waving speed was fast, and he passed the ball straight forward without waiting for the opponent to get close.

Draxler hit the ball horizontally in response.

272 was in place on the right side of the front of the penalty area. When Ukrainian central defender Hacheridi made an attack, 272 hit the ball across the middle.

As soon as Zhao Jinge, who cut inside, got rid of Sidorchuk, he immediately led the ball and changed direction in response to the Ukrainian penalty area.

Another Ukrainian central defender, Rakitsky, stepped quickly to assist in the defense. Zhao Jinge made an emergency stop for the spike, and Rakitsky also made an emergency stop and turned back to the middle. .

One-handed!

Zhao Jinge took a decisive volley after looking at the direction of the goal.

The range of movement was not large, but the football shot went straight into the lower left corner of the goal!

The Pierre-Mauroy stadium roared with cheers.

Zhao Jinge rushed to the sidelines and slid and knelt to celebrate!
"Zhao Jinge opened the scoring for the German team!

The German team destroyed the Ukrainian defense with a wonderful fast counterattack!

When Zhao Jinge broke through the opponent's central defender in the penalty area, his movements were simple and efficient. He dunked and stopped, and then suddenly started when the opponent's center of gravity changed. The Ukrainians were completely dominated by Zhao Jinge in the entire confrontation rhythm!

German fans never get tired of his precise and tricky shots. Zhao Jinge deserves to be the team's top scorer!

Fomenko's team is trying to maintain their only hope with defense, but their efforts still fall under the strong attacking power of the German team!

Germany 1:0 Ukraine! "

Accompanied by Mateus's loud commentary in the live broadcast room,

Love smiled and applauded from the sidelines.

On the other side, after witnessing Zhao Jinge break through the goal of his team, Fomenko concealed his complicated mood well.

The Ukrainian old man tightened his face, controlled his emotions, and tried hard not to lose his composure on the sidelines.

The formation of five three two!

Although I have already prepared to lose the ball, it is too early!
In 15 minutes, the goal was conceded shortly after the opening stage, which meant that the defense line he had worked so hard to build was completely vulnerable to the Germans.

Fomenko's psychological endurance is still good. If it were a head coach with less ability to withstand pressure, seeing that the team he had worked so hard to manage for three years was as fragile as paper, I'm afraid he would have cursed on the sidelines!
In contrast to all the wild celebrations of the German fans, it was the poor Ukrainian fans.

From the excitement at the beginning to the speechlessness at the moment, some fans were directly laughed out of anger.

They looked at the big screen next to the court in disbelief.

What is this ghost?

15 minutes, the happiness they have been looking forward to from the European Cup in France is only 15 minutes!

"Don't be discouraged!"

"Look at that Zhao, try to stand in front of him and don't let him have a chance to shoot!"

"come on!"

"The game has just begun, we still have a chance!"

"Brothers, stand up and come on!"

As Ukraine's field captain, Stepanenko played his role very responsibly.

Seeing the dejected looks of his team members, Stepanenko kept shouting and walking beside his teammates.

However, no matter how much their captain encourages them, most of the players participating in the European Cup for the first time are really at a loss in the face of monsters like Germany and Ukraine.

The vast majority of them are from the two giants of the Ukrainian Premier League, Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk,
However, it has to be admitted that among the two so-called regulars in the European competition, a large part of the core players are foreign aid from other countries, and the overall strength of the Ukrainian national team has not improved.

After the game restarts.

As a midfielder, Kovalenko began to run continuously to help the Ukrainian team organize their offense.

However, the German midfielder with Khedira and Schweinsteiger sitting in the backcourt did not give them any chance at all in the face of Ukraine's weak offense.

Kroos has not yet returned to his best form, and Piggy, who has been resting for more than a month, debuted as one of today's starting midfielders.

Of course, although the German team looks like a double midfielder, there is Khedira who rushes forward than the striker when attacking. The German team's defense is really not solid. Of course, it is more than enough to bully Ukraine. .

After Zozulia ended the Ukrainian attack with a helpless long-range shot, Germany's stormy second-round attack hit again.

"Neuer has a big foot!"

"Football goes down the middle!"

"Zhao Jinge this point!"

"No problem. Under the double-teaming of Stepanenko and Kovalenko, Zhao Jinge easily grabbed the first point and handed the ball to 272 behind him!"

"Look, this is how important Zhao Jinge is to Germany!"

"To be honest, before Zhao Jinge joined the German team, the German team had to rely on Müller and Götze as the center for the past two years. Because of the height of the striker, the German team seldom did aerial work. The offense almost relied on the ground ball. Now after having Zhao Jinge, the German bombing that we were familiar with is back!"

"This is so important! This can bring more changes to the tactics of the German team. Having a center forward with strong personal ability who can act as a tactical fulcrum can determine the lower limit of a team!"

"This can also understand why before the start of the European Cup in France, there were rumors in the media that Real Madrid was willing to spend sky-high prices to try to introduce Zhao Jinge."

"Willing to spend so much money, this proves that in the eyes of Real Madrid, Zhao Jinge, who is young and unlimited, has surpassed Benzema and Ronaldo in terms of value!"

"Keep watching the attack"

Mateus, who was talking just now, saw the situation on the field and immediately came back to his senses.

"Draxler catches Zhao's pass!"

"Sidorchuk and the opponent named Laki all posted up. There was no sticking to the ball. Draxler passed the ball sideways to Khedira behind him in time!"

"Khedira struck again and gave it to Hewedes who was on the right!"

"The German team played very patiently."

On the court at this time.

After scoring a long shot, Zhao Jinge was completely double-teamed by the Ukrainians.

I glanced at the Ukrainian players who sandwiched themselves one after the other.

Zhao Jinge began to change back and forth, his position in the hinterland of Ukraine, hoping to find a gap to catch the ball.

After taking a few steps, Hewedes didn't wait for the opponent's full-back to step forward, and directly passed the ball to Zhao Jinge in front of him.

On the court, Sidorchuk, who was still staring at 272, only dropped the 272 in front of him, turned around and rushed towards his penalty area.

You must know that before the game, their head coach clearly pointed out that as long as Zhao Jinge takes the ball, at least two players from his team must complete the restriction on Zhao Jinge in the space where Zhao Jinge is located.

They didn't do it last time, and they directly lost the ball. This time, the three of them defended because they didn't want to give Zhao Jinge the slightest chance!

Facing the double-teaming circle of three people, Zhao Jinge didn't have a header, and directly returned the ball to Thomas Muller on the right.

Germany's attack continued on the right flank towards Ukraine's backcourt like a storm.

Didn't dare to bring more, Muller just like Loew told them before the game, and immediately handed the ball to 272 who pressed down to the heart of Ukraine.

After receiving the ball, 272 also turned into a qualified midfield commander.

Seeing that Zhao Jinge, who had already got rid of the ball without the ball, went straight into the penalty area of ​​the Ukrainian team, 272 moved the ball forward a little, and then slammed his left foot on the football!

Zhao Jinge stopped the ball firmly in the forward drive, and after attracting multiple double-teams again, he passed the ball to Draxler who was vacating on the left.

"Draxler! With no defense, volley!"

"GOAL!!!!!!"

"Draxler, a long-range shot from the penalty area line pierced through the goal of the Ukrainian!"

"Germany 2-0 Ukraine!"

After the re-kick-off, the German team, who had completely kicked out the feeling, began to speed up the rhythm of the game.

When the German team is playing more and more aggressively, how can Ukraine still have the slightest shadow of defensive tactics?

He was crazily pressed by the German team, passively keeping up with the rhythm and playing fast break!
After the tempo was sped up, the biggest offensive threat of the Ukrainian team was Kovalenko trying a long shot from outside the German penalty area, which tested Neuer's feeling of cooling down for most of the day.

Zozulia's long shot was directly blocked by Hummels with his body.

When the German team used fast breaks again and again to kill the Ukrainian defense line and started to mess up, the Ukrainian team began to make mistakes in switching from defense to offense!
In the 32nd minute of the game, when Draxler singled out Rakicki, who was kicking high, the ball was destroyed by the opponent,

Zhao Jinge happened to be nearby, and immediately launched a counterattack against the Ukrainian central defender. The latter passed the ball to find Kovalenko, but was cut off by the quick-sighted Muller halfway.

Muller sent a direct pass backhand.

Zhao Jinge turned around and moved forward, and it was his turn to go one-on-one with Rakitsky.

After two rounds of cycling quickly on the penalty area line, when the Ukrainian was about to make a move, Zhao Jinge rushed forward.

Rakicki's first step turned into a retreat, only to find that Zhao Jinge didn't touch the ball at all!

Muller waded the ball laterally along the penalty area line from a position one meter in front of him. When Sidorchuk and Stepanenko approached, the ball was obliquely inserted into the left rib of the penalty area.

Draxler succeeded in countering offside by going forward, and when he responded, he also took advantage of the offensive depth and immediately passed the ball across the front of the goal.

The opponent's goalkeeper attacked, and Zhao Jinge quickly outflanked the goal and took the ball sideways. When he made a kick to shoot, the goalkeeper Pyatov took the initiative to save him, trying to block his shooting route.

But what happened next shocked Pyatov and the Ukrainian generals.

Zhao Jinge was about to shoot with his left foot and turned around with his left foot. Now he is facing an empty goal!
The right foot shoots the ball lightly towards the center of the goal.

The football flew lightly into the Ukrainian goal.

It's not very harmful, it's extremely insulting!
It was like passing the ball into Ukraine's goal.

"Zhao Jinge scored twice! Ukraine made a mistake in the backcourt pass!
The German team's fast-paced high-pressure press made it difficult for Ukraine to parry!

When the German team launched a continuous offensive, their defense was completely exposed to the crazy firepower of the world champion!
Zhao Jinge once again performed his classic cycling feint.

Now maybe there is no defensive player on this planet who can predict correctly whether Zhao Jinge will pass after every time he pedals a bicycle, or leave the ball in place for his teammates, or he will suddenly make a wonderful pass in place!
And this time he played with the Ukrainian defense again, and the Ukrainians became the victims. Draxler easily walked away the football left in place by Zhao Jinge, and then sent a wonderful pass to tear open the Ukrainian defense.

Xiaode's assist was not muddy at all. Zhao Jinge responded with a fake shot and pulled the ball and turned around, causing the opponent's goalkeeper to save and open the blocked angle. His lob shot was completely casual in a relaxed state.

Germany 3:0 Ukraine! "

Zhao Jinge smiled and pointed at Draxler, then turned around and waved to Mueller.

The three came to the sidelines and raised their fists with smiles to the fanatical German fans in the stands.

Fomenko's expression was dull, his whole face was twitched and unable to express.

Stupid by the German team!
Delighted German fans!
What could make them happier than a smooth start?
"Ukraine should be back to defense now. They have no hope in this game. Instead of attacking, it is better to practice the team's defense!"

"For Ukraine, Northern Ireland and Poland, losing to Germany is not a surprise. The only thing they need to consider is how to get enough points in the next two games to reach second place!"

The game continues at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium!

With Ukraine completely giving up on offense, it retreated to its own half.

The German offensive slowed down accordingly.

Game No. 309 minutes!

It was still a long pass, Zhao Jinge as the high point in the dense crowd accurately returned the ball to the unmarked Thomas Muller at the top of the arc in the penalty area!

Erwa didn't wait for the football to hit the ground and directly volleyed and exploded!
This shot was very powerful, but it was too straight, and the football was directly dragged off the crossbar by Pyatov in front of the Ukrainian goal.

The game continues.

The Ukrainian goalkeeper looked at Kovalenko who ran near the center circle, and kicked the ball with a big kick.

Kovalenko, as one of the few overseas players in the team, played for Sevilla, he firmly grabbed the first point and handed the ball to Zozulia on the left.

Already behind by three goals, Ukraine no longer considers that they will lose the ball again after attacking, they just want to get back a little face.

Zozulia quickly bottomed out!
Kovalenko and Stepanenko rushed to the German team's penalty area.

This time, Zozulia became smarter. He stopped the ball firmly without waiting for Hewedes to pounce, and then slammed his left foot on the lower right edge of the football to hoist the ball into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Stepanlenko and Hummels both took off to compete for the first point.

It's just that Neuer took the lead and hit the ball out of the penalty area with a single punch before them.

The football just flew towards Draxler's feet at the front of the penalty area.

At this time, Zhao Jinge had just returned to the middle circle.

Xiaode saw that Zhao Jinge had started, and immediately slammed the lower edge of the football with his right foot.

In an instant, the football rose from the ground, crossed the middle circle, and flew to the hinterland of the Ukrainian half.

Zhao Jinge caught up with football immediately.

However, the Ukrainian central defender Rakitsky, who had been guarding the backcourt, rushed straight to Zhao Jinge.

Seeing that Zhao Jinge was about to touch the football, the Ukrainian fell to the ground and shoveled at the football without any hesitation.

With this sliding shovel, Rakicki, who had lost his mind, had no intention of staying strong.

However, just when the Ukrainian thought he was about to win, Zhao Jinge, who was galloping, had no intention of stopping the ball or passing others at all.

Just poke the ball to the left with your toes!
In an instant!
The football went around in front of Frannes.

And that location!
Muller has already rushed out like an arrow from the string.

"Thomas Muller!"

"Single sword!"

"Zhao Jinge's pass is too timely!"

"Müller speed!"

"Sidorchuk desperately chased back, but it was obvious that he was powerless!"

"Pyatov in front of the gate strikes!"

"A change of direction!"

"It's over!"

"Mueller! Empty door!"

now!

All the German fans on the Pierre Mauroy Stadium stood up excitedly.

They are waiting for Muller to bring them Germany's fourth goal!
It was also a lob shot, and Muller didn't miss the chance to score!

The game lasted less than four 10 minutes.

Germany crushed four goals into Ukraine's goal.

Among these four goals, Zhao Jinge scored two and assisted two, almost taking care of all the threatening attacks of the German team.

In the next few minutes, Germany, which had already led by four goals, was embarrassed to continue to slaughter poor Ukraine.

After consuming the final time of the first half with a non-threatening midfield pass, the referee also promptly blew the whistle for the end of the half-time game.

The German players walked back to the player channel with their shoulders hooked and their backs smiling.

On the other side, the Ukrainian players couldn't even lift their heads.

"This is the cruel European Cup!"

"The Ukrainian players played very tenaciously, but facing the mighty Germany, they still had no power to fight back!"

"Four to zero at half time!"

"Germany finished the game in just 45 minutes!"

"Zhao Jinge even scored twice in his European Cup debut!"

Soon, the 15-minute intermission was over.

After the players of the two teams also switched places, they stood still and waited for the referee's whistle!

"During the intermission, Germany replaced Zhao Jinge and Schweinsteiger!"

"After all, it's only a group match. Replacing Zhao Jinge and Schweinsteiger is also to properly preserve physical fitness and avoid the risk of injury!"

"While it's bad news for the German fans, it's good news for the Ukrainians."

"However, with the end of Zhao Jinge and Schweinsteiger, Germany's offensive ability should drop to a certain extent. Now Goetze and Gundogan are playing together.

All right!This lineup, no matter how you look at it, seems to be much stronger than Ukraine's! "

"With this lineup, looking at the second half, Ukraine has to stick to the half!"

The game is over!
The score was finally fixed at five to zero.

The Ukrainian still failed to score a face-saving goal in the second half of the game.

On the contrary, Muller made up for it again at the last moment of the second half!

The result was the same as everyone predicted before the game.

The German team showed their unparalleled super attack power in their first European Cup group match in France.

The score of [-] to [-] has also become the biggest goal difference since the start of the European Cup in France.

(End of this chapter)