My uncle is Inzaghi.

Although Klose's header did not score a goal, it also sounded a warning to Italy's defensive system.

Their defense is not impeccable.

The ball returned to the Italian team.

Italy's offense was relatively simple. Li Mo retreated to the attacking midfielder position and cooperated with Verratti before taking a long shot from outside the penalty area.

The ball was blocked by Neuer's big chest and returned to the penalty area. In the penalty area, Immobile grabbed the point and hit it high due to the interference of German team center back Boateng.

"Immobile!! Additional shot!! Oh oh oh so high!"

"The Italian team quickly responded on the offensive end!!"

"Both sides have created opportunities on the offensive end! It seems that this game will not be dull!"

The commentators were excited.

However, when it was the German team's turn to kick off, the Italian team retreated back to their own half in one breath, with no intention of pressing in the frontcourt.

This is Italy's approach to Germany.

The German team lacks an absolute explosive point, which is one of the few weaknesses of the German team. Therefore, the Italian team naturally has to make defensive arrangements based on this point.

Compress the space in the backcourt and defend in the zone to ensure that your defense will not be disrupted by the German's pass.

Generally speaking, facing such a defense, there are not many options available.

Ordinary teams may consider crosses from the wing, long shots, etc.

But generally speaking, the most effective way is to use the players' personal abilities to make breakthroughs.

And personal breakthroughs usually come in several ways.

The most common is of course eating it raw through speed.

The second is to pass people through dribbling, fake moves, and foot skills - but this way of passing usually requires a certain speed. Even if the slow players have better foot skills, they will not be able to pass anyone. .

Then there is the power confrontation type, dribbling the ball into the penalty area like a small tank.

For example, Rooney when he was young
And on the German team's side.

Among the starting players, there are basically no players of these types.

They are still trying more to open gaps through passing and cutting in the middle.

But faced with the Italian team's shrinking defense.

The German team also has no good solution for the time being.

In the opening stage, after some offensive tests by the forward players of both sides, the two sides soon reached the most likely scene that people expected before the game: a stalemate!

Germany had more possession of the ball.

But Italy's defense was watertight.

The two sides temporarily formed a balance on the court.

"The Italian team was very decisive. They were not dazzled by Li Mo's long shot, but chose to retreat. This is correct. The five midfielders of the German team, except Khedira, are more concerned with defense. All other players have the ability to hold the ball and pass it.”

Sky Sports commentator Ian Wright said.

"The game is still very long. For both sides, this stage is not the time to officially exert force. Both sides are waiting for the best time!"

When Ian Wright said.

Five minutes have passed since the game.

The ball was at the feet of the German team most of the time during these five minutes.

They have not continued to attempt long passes from the backcourt since their tentative attack in the opening game.

Instead, he kept controlling the football and was not in a hurry to shoot.

Such a scene can be interpreted differently by people from different standpoints.

People who support Italy will think that this is the German team's fear of the Italian team.

People who support the German team believe that this reflects the strong technical advantage of the German team.

No matter how you interpret it.

Neutral fans must be very unhappy.

Because the game quickly entered a very slow rhythm.

The German team kept passing back and crossing the ball, hoping to seduce the Italian players to attack.

But the German team's coquettishness did not excite the Italian team at all. They were like Li Lianying walking around the eight alleys - unable to get an erection.

However, the German team was able to reach the final stage and has been considered the favorite to win the championship for a long time.

Naturally, it is impossible to just do this trick now.

The current slow pace is probably intentional by the Germans.

Since they can't seduce Italy, they will slowly wear down Italy's patience. When the Italian players relax their vigilance a little, they will suddenly change the rhythm of the game and speed up the attack!
Break the balance of the game through changes in rhythm.

The same is true for the Italian team. They cannot always defend in the backcourt, because even if the pace of the game is very slow now, they cannot relax and their nerves are always tense.

Therefore, they cannot always stay in the backcourt.

Now this slow pace.

Just the calm before the storm.

Both sides are waiting for the opportunity to give their opponents a fatal blow!
The first to make changes were the Germans.

The tenth minute of the game.

Klose retreats to midfield.

He doesn't have many chances in the frontcourt. As a center, he is in the most heavily defended area, so it's normal that he doesn't have a chance.

It is normal for him to choose to retreat.

Just when Klose retreated, Schweinsteiger had already noticed Klose's position.

He decisively passed the ball straight to Klose.

The surrounding Italian players did not arouse enough vigilance. When Klose retreated, Thomas Muller had already pressed into the penalty area.

Klose came towards the ball and had no intention of stopping it.

In fact, when he retreated, as a veteran, he had already fully thought about what to do next.

He faced the ball and flicked it with the instep of his outside foot.

The football was passed diagonally to Cross's feet.

at the same time.

Klose quickly turned around and ran towards the ribs on the other side.

It was this move that affected the Italian team's defense.

This left a gap in the Italian team's defense.

This gap is fleeting.

But at this moment, Kroos played the role of a top midfielder.

He didn't stop the ball to waste time, but just pushed the ball forward.
The football was like a knife cutting through butter, slipping through the gap that the Italian team had just exposed.

at the same time.

A white figure flashed through another gap.

"Thomas Muller!!!"

There was an exclamation in the commentary box.

Cheers and boos erupted over the Maracana Stadium.

No one knows when Muller appeared here, but now is not the time to care about this. Under everyone's gaze, Thomas Muller was on the line of the small penalty area, facing the goal from the side, and after chasing back Under the interference of defender Barzagli, he swept the ball toward the goal in a relatively awkward posture.

Muller's body is twisted like a noodle. His body does not look like a football player. His thin bamboo pole-like figure makes him look very powerless.

But his flexibility is still very good.

In such an awkward situation, he still completed the shot.

Although I didn't exert much strength.

But the angle is tricky.

After completing the shot, Muller and Barzagli both fell to the ground.

In the process, his eyes were fixed on the football rolling towards the lower left corner of the goal.

"Buffon!!!"

The Italian commentator burst out with a roar of escape.

At the crucial moment.

Buffon made a near-limit save.

He quickly fell to the ground and flipped sideways, flicking the ball slightly with his fingertips.

The football changed direction, hit the uprights with a thud, and bounced back into the penalty area.

The Italian commentator just shouted this, and he was immediately shocked and frightened.

Under everyone's gaze.

The football that bounced back fell at the feet of a figure that made the Italian team extremely fearful.

"Klose!!"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

Klose completed a very easy follow-up shot.

He just raised his leg and pushed the arch of his foot.

The football rolled into the goal.

The cheers of the German team fans at the Maracana Stadium reached the peak of decibels!
They roared obliviously.

Cheers for this goal.

The commentators in the commentary box were also quite excited.

Klose's goal is not very exciting, it is an easy follow-up shot - of course, this only refers to the kick he sent the ball into the goal, and does not include his movement and movement outside the camera. Anticipation.

For fans, if such a goal is placed in an ordinary game, it is really not worth writing about.

But, this is the World Cup final.

More importantly.

It was Klose who scored the goal!

This is his seventeenth goal in the World Cup! !
"Klose! Klose! Klose!! He completed a great goal! He scored his seventeenth goal in the World Cup in the final of the World Cup! Seventeen goals! ! He expanded the record again!"

"While everyone was paying attention to Li Mo, Klose, the World Cup record holder for total goals, defended his record with one goal! He has now scored 17 goals in the World Cup. 3 more than the current Li Mo! No one will doubt the possibility of Li Mo breaking this record, but in this World Cup, at least in this World Cup, it is impossible for Li Mo to break the record. You have to score four goals to break this record!”

"Klose! This is the battle of this veteran! He used this goal to show his determination! Li Mo can break his record! But he does not allow the opponent to break the record when he is playing against him!"

The commentators applauded Klose one after another.

Miroslav Klose, a player born in 1978, is already years old this year.

If nothing else happens.

This is his last World Cup! !
before this game.

Almost everyone is talking about Li Mo, the record that Li Mo is close to, and the record that Li Mo is about to break.

But what everyone ignores is
The records that Li Mo wants to get close to and break belong to him! !

The German veteran did not perform the somersault celebration that his fans are familiar with after scoring. He just clenched his fists and waved towards the sky a few times before being hugged by the excited German players.

All the shots are focused on Klose.

At this time, he is in the center of the stage. (End of chapter)