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The excitement of the European Cup continues.

Although it is only the second round of the group stage, the major European teams continue to exert their efforts and continue to compress the situation of qualifying for the group stage.

Especially Group B presents a situation where two powers compete for hegemony.

Poland and Austria very much hope that Croatia will fight a war of attrition with Germany. They like to fish in troubled waters.

For this reason, when Croatia and Germany were about to start a war, the two national teams also focused their attention here.

Not only these two national teams, but other countries interested in going further in the European Cup are also paying attention.

In the first round, the Netherlands used passionate play to kill Italy, the former world champion who was gradually declining.

Now, Croatia is also beginning to challenge the German tank.

Ballack is still the most vocal person in the German national team.

Even coach Loew does not have the intimidation of Ballack.

On the eve of the game against Croatia, there were some heated conversations between Ballack and coach Loew, mainly due to differences in tactics that led to heated words between the two.

Although it has not yet risen to the level of contradiction, it is not far off.

This game is very crucial and will even affect Germany's future direction in the European Cup.

It can be seen from the German team's formation that Ballack failed to twist Loew in the end and chose a relatively conservative defensive tactic.

Although Klose, Ballack and Gomez vent their firepower, for Croatia, what they are least afraid of is this kind of hard deterrence.

Eastern European teams are very resilient, especially defensively.

They are not afraid of being tough from the other side, which is obvious from Eastern European teams like Croatia and the Czech Republic.

On the contrary, when faced with Spain's penetrating passing and control style, it was somewhat powerless.

Of course, this is also because Spain's pass-and-control tactics have just come out. Major teams that have been playing defensive counterattacks all their lives suddenly see Spain playing tricks, and it is difficult to adapt for a while.

For now, the only team that has successfully resisted passing and controlling tactics is AC Milan.

For this reason, many teams are also studying Ancelotti's original tactics against Barcelona and want to use this as a reference point to fight against Spain.

Austria, Ernst Happel Stadium.

Croatian and German players stood on both sides of the court, ready to start the game at any time.

Barak's expression was serious.

On the one hand, there is the upcoming war, and on the other hand, there is the previous conflict with Loew, which makes his expression ugly.

All the German players also looked blank.

They don't know whether to support Ballack or coach Loew.

The German team is very sensitive at this point now, and these will definitely be reflected in the game.

Suk and Mandzukic stood in the center circle.

The former looked at the expressions of the German players playfully and said to Mandzukic: "You are at the front. Don't retreat in this game, at least don't retreat in the first half."

Mandzukic nodded.

Van Stryak meant the same thing.

Soon, the referee checked the goalkeepers on both sides and then exited the center circle.

It’s 5 o’clock Austrian time, and the sunset glows slightly red in the sky.

A shrill whistle pierced the sky.

The match between Croatia and Germany begins!

"This is the second round of Group B of the 2008 European Cup. Croatia faces Germany!"

"The two teams are currently ranked first and second in Group B. Both teams won in the first round. The outcome of this game will determine whether the two teams can directly advance to the knockout rounds. The problem."

"For this reason, whether it is Croatia or Germany, they will show their strongest side!"

At the beginning of the game, after Croatia kicked off, they did not attack quickly.

Unlike what the commentator said, Croatia very patiently began to pour the ball in the midfield.

The German players took their places.

Suker and Kranica also move inward to increase the ball control points in the midfield.

Modric is very patient in passing the ball. He passes the ball safely and will not put danger in his own half area.

At the same time, he is also observing the state of the German team.

After several passes, the German team did not press forward, and Modric directly pushed the ball forward to Suker.

"Grab him!"

Just as Balak turned around, he saw Su Ke turning sideways and knocking towards the back.

"Be careful!"

Germany defender Per Mertesacker shouted.

But he saw that after Rakitic received the ball, he did not hang it forward and behind, but passed it back to Modric again.

Seeing this, Barak frowned slightly.

"Stand your ground!"

Modric glanced at Ballack's position, turned to the opposite side, and stuffed the ball again.

From the same angle, in the same way, Kranjcar passed back to Rakitic, and Rakitic passed back to Modric.

Two penetrating passes seemed to be stuffing the ball, but they were provoking the German team's defense.

Modric's pass seemed to say, 'Why don't you take the ball? ’

"Hold on!"

Barak yelled.

If you grab it, you will lose a lot.

Croatia just hopes that after their midfield line is advanced, they can widen the gap with the defense line so that their forwards can play their role.

But Barak wouldn't be fooled.

"Germany played very solidly, they were not fooled!"

Bilic frowned and said.

"We are not in a hurry!" Van Steyak said with a smile; "We control the ball, we control the situation. They are on the defensive side, which consumes their physical fitness and energy. Don't worry, they won't be able to bear it for long! "

Van Steyak's confident look made Bilic nod slightly.

The game in the stadium was a bit dull.

Compared to the fiery attack that Croatia showed in the last game, in this game, their style changed and they began to play patiently and tentatively.

However, fans can understand.

After all, it is a confrontation between strong teams, so you must be careful.

The game was dull.

For ten minutes, neither side had a shot, and the ball kept being passed in the midfield.

Although there were times when offense and defense were swapped, Croatia would soon get the ball back and firmly control the situation.

Germany played very passively.

Loew on the sidelines also touched his chin, feeling something was wrong.

He picked his nostrils, which seemed to be his way of relieving tension.

If the German team continues to drag on like this, they will be slipped away by Croatia and their physical fitness will decline when entering the second half.

At the introduction, Croatia will inevitably launch a thunderous offensive.

"We can't delay it any longer!"

Loew muttered secretly and immediately made a gesture to grab him.

Ballack and other German players saw this scene.

Others looked at Barak.

Ballack gritted his teeth slightly and rushed over first, and other German players followed suit.

"coming!"

Modric shouted, and after knocking back, he pulled into a new gap to receive the ball.

However, Simunic passed the ball directly to the wing and passed it along the left wing to Suker's feet.

Suker turned to face the attacker, and Lahm and Mertesacker were ready.

Fritz even dropped back from the frontcourt to assist.

Just when the three were about to form an encirclement, Su Ke suddenly started at the right time.

There is a storm under your feet.

The ball rolled back from the sideline, and Suker began to use his explosive power to beat Ram.

"Damn it!"

Ram immediately turned around and extended his hand.

While running, he wanted to suppress Su Ke

But he found that he couldn't keep up with Su Ke, and the arm he raised was thrown away by Su Ke.

Suk suddenly made a horizontal thrust and passed by Ram.

The rhythm of Ram's feet was messed up, and Suk completely got rid of it.

"Pass it here!"

"There are people at the back too!"

Mandzukic and Kranica kept waving and shouting.

Su Ke looked up at the goal and directly raised his right foot to shoot.

boom!

The ball hit Mertesacker's instep in flight, flew high and fell straight towards the crossbar.

Lehmann didn't dare to gamble or be careless at all. He could only jump up and put the ball to the top of the goal net with his palm.

"Suker shot! This goal is really dangerous. Lehmann made a conservative choice. He pushed the ball out of the baseline. For this reason, Croatia also got the first corner kick of the game!"

"Let's take a look at this corner kick. Mandzukic is fighting for the top! The top is too straight. Lehmann holds the ball and steps forward directly. Does the German team want to counterattack?"

"Vukojevic threw the ball backwards, and the goalkeeper immediately hugged the ball. The German team's counterattack was not so ideal!"

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