I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 225 Take it easy!

After the last match in Group F, the European Cup knockout stage schedule also arrived as scheduled.

After continuing to stay in Paris for a while, on June 25, all members of the German team took a plane one day in advance and flew to the place where their dreams started-the city of Lille in northern France.

This is a blessed place where they have made a good start in the group stage.

The Pierre Mauroy Stadium on the match day once again became a sea of ​​joy for German fans.

When the situation in the group stage became clear and the German team was sure to meet Slovakia in the knockout round, most German team fans thought it was a big gift package!

Since the disintegration of the former Czechoslovakia, compared with the once smashing Czech team under the leadership of Nedved, Slovakia has not performed well in the European arena in recent years.

But considering that in the friendly match a month ago, Slovakia staged a good show that upset the German team, so it still makes some German fans worry:
Over the years in the European arena, there have been endless incidents of big gift bags turning into bombs. The German team had better be careful!

Compared with the German fans who are either joyful or worried, the Slovak fans are trying to stay calm, or trying to suppress the fear in their hearts.

But from their cheering, one can still hear a trace of unconfidence rooted in their hearts.

Of course, there is no way to do this. Facing such a German team that killed a mountain of corpses and blood in the group stage,
If it is fans from other big football countries, they may still be able to maintain their mentality.
But as a small football country, Slovakia fans have difficulty maintaining a normal heart.

The gap between the two is really big. As long as the German team plays normally, it is very difficult for Slovakia to have a chance to come back.

Looking back, the joy and worry of the German fans are justified. As the head coach of the national team, Loew made a more balanced lineup after thinking twice.

The main reason is because of the monster schedule of the follow-up knockout rounds, it is really necessary to stay strong to deal with it, and the name of the dead half is really not just talk.

As for the targeted tactics, Loew didn't make any more arrangements, just play with his own strength normally. He still trusts these players under him very much.

Apart from reminding Zhao Jinge with the statistics that the opponent's goalkeeper Kozachik has a slightly poor reaction ability when facing a long-range shot with too fast a ball or a tricky angle, Loew made no other arrangements, just let nature take its course.

The other opponents behind are his headaches!
Goalkeeper: Neuer.

Defenders: Hewedes, Boateng, Hummels, Hector.

Midfielders: Gundogan, Kroos, 272, Draxler, Thomas Muller.

Forward: Zhao Jinge.

Most of the veterans and young people sat on the bench, and Loew sent as much as possible a group of players with a relatively high level of experience and athletic ability under his command.

On the other side, Slovakia put on a rather bold four-three-three formation.

Goalkeeper: Kozaček.

Defenders: Chombo, Dulica, Skrtel, Pekarik.

Midfielders: Hamsik, Skriniar, Khrosovski.

Forwards: Weiss, Dulish, Kuzka.

Zhao Jinge glanced at the lineup of Slovakia, except for Hamsik of Naples, Kucka of AC Milan, Skrtel of Liverpool and Qian Ke who will play for Inter Milan in the future, there are no other familiar stars.

After the opening ceremony, which embodies the history and culture of France, the two teams quickly set up their formations.

Accompanied by the referee's whistle, the two teams immediately entered a state of full concentration.

The European Cup knockout battle between Slovakia and Germany officially started, and the German team took the lead.

After Mr. Tony and 272, the two core midfielders of the German team, played at the same time, the German team showed their strong control over the game from the very beginning of the game!
On the other hand, Slovakia did not choose a simple and practical intensive defense because of the formation problem, but adopted a tactic that focuses on marking the core German players such as Zhao Jinge.

The whole team launched an active man-to-man defense directly in the midfield, trying to contain the German offensive organization with unremitting running and active counter-robbing.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Draxler went to the bottom from the left, and Slovakia's original defense line immediately shrank its formation, and at the same time, it was vigilant that Djokovic passed the ball straight to the bottom line.

But the picture they expected did not appear. Draxler cut the ball inside and hit the ball horizontally after encountering the opponent's full-back Pecarik.

Then, close to 25 yards away, he suddenly kicked and shot!
The football flew straight to the upper right corner of the opponent's goal. Not only was the angle particularly tricky, but the speed of the ball was much faster than the opponent's goalkeeper imagined.

Slovakian goalkeeper Kozaček flew to save, but his raised palm did not touch the ball, but fortunately, the football flew out of the baseline with a slight arc, rubbing the upper right corner of the goal.

Kozachik broke out in a cold sweat, and couldn't help but draw a cross on his chest. God bless, fortunately, the guy on the opposite side missed the shot a little bit. Otherwise, no one can hold back the rhythm of losing the ball at the beginning!

To be honest, as a goalkeeper, he opposed the head coach's formation from the bottom of his heart. Putting up an offensive formation in front of the German team, I have to say that this is definitely an extremely risky journey to seek death.

Although they relied on the four-three-three formation and extremely tenacious oppression in the group stage, they tied the old strong team England.

But how can England's offensive line composed of Vardy, Lallana, and Sturridge compare with the Germans? !
Now standing in front of his goal is Zhao Jinge!

The best super striker in this European Cup so far!

And facing the second-rate midfielders headed by Englishmen Wilshere, Dale, and Henderson, Slovakia's possession rate was suppressed to only 35%.

Now facing the top German midfield combination, what kind of answer the Slovakian midfielder can give is still unknown!
Zhao Jinge subconsciously glanced at Draxler after the shot, and the latter gave him a positive look, and Zhao Jinge also gave him the first like of the day.

There is absolutely no problem with this kind of offensive cooperation, and it's not that the arc of the ball is a little bigger. Kozachik will definitely not be able to prevent this shot, so let's continue like this!

In the 8th minute of the game, Slovakia organized a threatening counterattack.

When Kuzka received a pass from Skriniar on the right side of the front field, he encountered Hector's defense when he broke through the German team's penalty area.

Knowing that he was powerless to move forward, he crossed the ball back to the right of the German penalty area in front of the penalty area.

Hamsik followed up and stopped the ball with a heavy shot.

The play was a bit positive, Neuer moved a step and hugged the ball firmly.

The German team's pass-and-control style of play is still working.

In the No.13 minute of the game, Thomas Muller seemed to be going to respond to Zhao Jinge who was in possession of the ball on the right, and Hamsik kept following him.

As a result, when Qian Ke was defending Zhao Jinge, the opponent turned the ball in and cut in to get rid of it.

Skriniar chased after Zhao Jinge, and when he was about to stretch his leg to steal the ball, Zhao Jinge knocked the ball across to Draxler first.

After the ball was out, Zhao Jinge ran diagonally all the way and rushed in front of Skrtel.

Skrtel just ran to the left of the center, trying to cooperate with the full back to block Draxler's forward dribbling line.

When Draxler passed the ball diagonally to Zhao Jinge's feet again, even if Zhao Jinge had already reached the middle of the penalty area, it would not be too late for Skrtel to come back. After all, there was another central defender Dulica in front of Zhao Jinge, followed by Qian Ke!
But no one thought that Zhao Jinge would suddenly shoot from 30 meters in front of the goal!

The football blasted by the right foot flew straight to the upper left corner of the Slovak goal!
Because he missed the kick too much in pursuit of the angle before, Zhao Jinge's angle was not extremely tricky in this shot, and he ran roughly in the upper left corner.

Kozachik still touched the football with his left hand this time during the save, but it was only a slight touch, and the football flew into the goal after a slight change of direction!

The Pierre-Maurois stadium vibrated the moment the goal was scored!

The German fans started celebrating their crazy goal!
Zhao Jinge clenched his fists and rushed to the sidelines roaring, shaking his arms to arouse the infinite joy of the German people!

"GOAL!!!!!!"

"Zhao Jinge scored with a long shot! The German team took the lead shortly after the opening!
How will Slovakia respond?
Although they played a four-three-three formation, their offense was not sharp enough to create a threat, and the midfielder's ability to control the ball was also greatly inferior.

Facing such a bad situation now, I can't imagine how Slovakia can struggle! "

The German team celebrated the end. Since the opponent's goalkeeper couldn't stop the high-quality long-range shot, they swung it up without hesitation and it was over.

As long as there is a similar opportunity, a few people with strong enough feet can come and kick!
The Slovak goalkeeper must be in a panic now!
Slovakia launched an offensive after re-kick-off. Except for Hamsik who inserted in the middle from time to time, there were only three forwards who were still trying to create threats in the frontcourt.

The German team defended well to control the opponent's offensive threat.

When it was their turn to attack, the team's offensive investment was obviously much higher than that of Slovakia.

Gundogan has been supporting the edge of the offensive dangerous area, and Draxler and Müller have also stayed in the opponent's defensive hinterland.

Zhao Jinge and 272 are active in the front of the penalty area in Slovakia, and the opponent's man-to-man defense is almost dispensable for them!

The fans in Slovakia have already started yelling in the stands. The German team knew to send two defensive midfielders, but their own team went straight to a four-three-three. Is it useful for you to send so many offensive players?

The rhythm couldn't get up, there was no room for cooperation, and Slovakia's offensive play really made them anxious, and the whole person was almost constipated!
They really don't know why their head coach is so superstitious about [-]. They really want to put on an offensive lineup and die standing there!
To face the German team, like the last game in Northern Ireland, they should deploy heavy troops in the midfield to encircle Zhao Jinge, and then the others gather together to defend intensively to minimize the possibility of conceding the ball, and then drag it to overtime.
As for the current situation in Slovakia, it can only be described in two words, waiting to die!

Zhao Jinge didn't care about that much, after he handled the ball with ease in the frontcourt, he kept wandering within his shooting range, making gestures from time to time to signal Draxler and Muller to pass the ball to him!

The last game against Northern Ireland was disgusted by the opponent and he had no temper. Today, I finally met someone who is not afraid of death, so why don't you hurry up and count the goals!

The gold content of the goals in this knockout round is much higher than that in the group stage!

Although the German team played as a lone striker, when the attack started, Muller and Xiaode saw Zhao Jinge rushing forward, and they followed naturally.

And pull down the side lanes as much as possible to create space for Zhao Jinge in the middle. Both of them have the awareness of tool people in this game, and they work hard to deliver shells to Zhao Jinge.

Everyone knows that Zhao Jinge is the most stable firepower point, and of course he has to supply ammunition to his most powerful golden thigh before he blows up Slovakia.

The German team was on the offensive, and Slovakia simply drew out their guns and did it when they met.

The two sides played very lively, but Slovakia's offensive threat was not too great.

In the German team's fast-break attack, the personal abilities of the stars and the small teamwork are more threatening.

In the 18th minute of the game, when Zhao Jinge's long-range shot was directly blocked by Skrtel with his body, the German team regained control of the ball outside the penalty area and launched an offensive again on the spot!
Müller made an oblique pass from the right to the middle of the frontcourt, and Zhao Jinge cut in to the middle to respond, and beat the ball to Gundogan, who was in the same way, before Skriniar. The latter knocked the ball back with his heel directly in front of Hamsik.

In Skrtel's sight, Zhao Jinge threw the ball from behind Hamsik and Shik.

Zhao Jinge didn't wait for the opponent's central defender to rush forward, and directly kicked the goal decisively!

The football shot to the far corner of the goal was bravely saved by Kozachik this time!
When the choice of angle is not large, most of the time such a shot is to see the effect of the goalkeeper's save.

Apparently this time, Kozachik, who was prepared after being targeted several times before, had already made preparations in advance to prevent Zhao Jinge from shooting long shots.

Game No. 204 minutes, the German team made a comeback after passing control from the outside!
Erwa moved quickly to the bottom line of the opponent's penalty area, interfering with the opponent's defense and attracting firepower.

Of course, Slovakia's defensive players cannot turn a blind eye to this. After all, it is impossible for any team in European football to allow Muller to run around in his penalty area without interference!
Zhao Jinge crossed the ball and made a kick, forcing Skrtel and Skriniar to attack, but with a flick of his ankle, he passed the ball straight to the area behind Muller.

At this time, Jing Duoan slanted into the front right of the opponent's penalty area and successfully received Zhao Jinge's pass.

At this time, Hamsik's defense was in place, and Mr. Guo hit the ball horizontally again.

Toni Kross moved forward and dialed the ball to the right to open the distance from Skrtel, and another long-range shot went out!
Teacher Tony made a long shot with his signature putter without any interference!

Let alone Kozachik, Neuer might not be able to recover the ball.

Seeing the football flying to the upper right corner of the goal, Kozachik flew out to save it with a beautiful posture, but the result was that he couldn't find the north!
"GOAL!!!!!!"

"The man who scored the goal was Toni Kroos!"

"The German team's offense today was very targeted, relying on a long-range shot, smashing the Slovak goal without any suspense!"

"Just after the first half, the German team has taken a [-]-[-] lead!

It seems that the suspense of this knockout match is over at this moment! "

"Slovakia has nothing to fight back against the serious German team!"

(End of this chapter)