Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

3pm on June 29th.

The bus with the England logo arrived at Wembley Stadium first.

At this moment, Wembley Stadium is full of Three Lions elements, from the player tunnel to the home team locker room, from the handrails to the fans' jerseys.

In a game, there are a lot of neutral fans.

But among the neutral fans and passers-by who entered the stadium today, at least 70% of them wore Three Lions jerseys!

This is the "home advantage" mentioned earlier.

In this atmosphere, the mentality of the English players is quite relaxed.

It will be more comfortable to fight in a familiar place.

Germany's group stage has always been held at the Allianz Arena. This move to Wembley is also a test for them.

After all, at the Allianz Arena, you are surrounded by German fans cheering you on, but at Wembley, there are only boos and abuse!

After getting off the bus, the Three Lions players did not interact too much with the fans. They hurried into the home team's locker room to change into training clothes and warm up.

The German team bus followed closely behind, and a few minutes later, they also entered the locker room.

Regarding the right to use the home and guest locker rooms for this game, a draw was made when the knockout schedule came out.

England continued to draw the home team.

The Netherlands, Italy, and Belgium were the same.

Spain drew the away team.

Fortunately, Spain played against Croatia at the Parken Stadium in Denmark. If it was in Zagreb, it would be hard for Spain to win.

Under the pressure of the home court, the strength of the away team will be "reduced" a little.

Not long after, the German players appeared on the court.

Before the game started, the fans on both sides began to compete with each other in volume.

There are quite a lot of German fans today, about 10,000 people.

But no matter how many you come, there are not as many as the locals.

The cheers of the Three Lions fans gradually overshadowed the Germans, and Johnson on the rostrum was quite happy!

England showed expectations for this game.

At the pre-match press conference the day before, Southgate said that this is England, Wembley is the home of the England national team, and he will lead the team to victory!

Later, a reporter asked Southgate what Chen Chen's position in the team was.

Is he a substitute in the first group match, or a regular starter in the second group match?

Southgate said, "Everyone in the team is part of the team. I will not choose the starting players based on the relationship, but will judge based on the actual training and game situation!"

Another reporter asked if Kane was likely to play.

Southgate did not answer, but just said that he would look at the starting list tomorrow.

Loew was also asked related questions.

Loew said he would not be afraid of any opponent, whether it was Kane, Sterling, or Chen Chen.

At the same time, the coach who has coached the German tank for 15 years emphasized at the press conference that England is a strong team in Europe, and the outcome of this game is still unknown.

He said that the team will definitely play steadily and will not take it lightly! If you want to successfully advance, you have to go all out!

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"Hello, everyone who is watching the live broadcast! Welcome to continue watching the live broadcast of the 2020 European Cup 1/8 finals brought to you by Migu Video!"

"I am the commentator Zhan Jun! Next to me is my partner Zhang Lu, the coach!"

Zhang Lu greeted the camera.

Zhan Jun continued,

"After two days of rest, we ushered in the European Cup Round of 16 knockouts!"

"On the first day, we sent off Wales led by Saint Bale and the Austrian team led by old acquaintance Arnautovic!"

"Then on the second day, the Netherlands was eliminated unexpectedly, Portugal lost to Belgium, and the defending champion was unfortunately eliminated!"

"In this European Cup schedule, the two games with the most goals were from England and Croatia in Group D."

"The former defeated Scotland 5-3 in the group stage, and the latter lost to Spain 3-5!"

"Yesterday, the third day, the 2018 World The World Cup champion France lost to Switzerland led by Akanji and Shaqiri in a penalty shootout! "

"The lower half of the death zone is really as good as it is said to be!"

"Today, we will usher in another strong match, England vs. Germany!"

"Coach Zhang, do you have anything to say about this?"

"Hehe!"

Zhang Lu chuckled twice, then said,

"I guess it's not easy to play England today. Without Kane, the offensive deterrence has dropped by half!"

"Sterling and Grealish are not as useful as Kane. After all, they are not tall."

"RushFord is 186cm tall, but he mostly plays as a winger in Manchester United, and has never played as a center forward. I guess in today's game, Southgate will give up the cross from the wing and switch to footwork. "

"It just so happens that Chen Chen and Mount's footwork is also quite good, you can give it a try."

Zhan Jun smiled and said to the camera,

"Coach Zhang's idea is very good, but from today's starting list, Chen Chen and Mount did not play, Southgate arranged a 343 formation."

Zhang Lu said "Huh",

"The biggest weakness of this 343 formation is the coverage of the width of the field by the three defenders. Based on the strength of the Germans, they will definitely be able to find the gaps on the wing and two ribs of the England team. Isn't Southgate afraid? "

Zhan Jun nodded, he agreed with Zhang Lu's point of view.

However, Zhan Jun quickly thought of another possibility,

"Coach Zhang, do you think there is a possibility that Loew knows that England's forward strength has declined a lot, the German tanks need less defense, and more players will be invested in the frontcourt offense. "

"And in this situation, Southgate guessed it, and then he used the players' personal abilities and tactical arrangements to tear open the opponent's defense line and complete the shot and score? "

"Hehehe, it's possible!"

Zhang Lu laughed twice.

If this is true, then this Sun Tzu's Art of War is considered to be learned by Southgate!

Zhan Jun brought the topic back to the starting lineup.

"Okay, no more small talk, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides!"

"For the visiting team, Loew arranged a 3421 formation. ”

“In the face of the crisis of being fired, Loew still prefers to choose the 3421 formation that he is more proficient in, rather than the 4231 used in the friendly match. ”

“The single striker is Chelsea striker Werner. ”

“Behind him are Thomas Muller and Havertz. ”

“The 4 midfielders are Gosens, Goretzka, Toni Kroos and Kimmich!”

“The 3 defenders are Hummels in the middle, Rudiger on the left and Ginter on the right.”

“In the goalkeeper position, it is the familiar young Neuer!”