Chapter 186 Group B
After the three rounds of the battle of Group A, the result has come out. Belgium and Turkey joined hands to qualify, and the European Cup trip between the declining giant Czech Republic and the host Switzerland could only come to an end.
Croatia, which has qualified in advance in Group B, does not dare to take it lightly. If they don't want to face Belgium with Digan, they must win the top position in the group.
In this game, the opponent Poland they need to face may only exist in theory, and the final result is fixed at 1:0, and Croatia won.
This dull game should have been forgotten by the fans long ago, but one person made the game forever recorded in the history of international football. This person is Klashnich.
As the world's first player to return to the court after changing his kidney, Krashnic scored the first "kidney fighter" goal in the history of world football.
In order to cope with the next knockout match, Bilić hid most of the main players in this game, because even the substitute lineup could not be dealt with by Poland. Krašnik, who did not get a chance to play in the first two games, made his debut.
Krashnic has also become one of the few highlights of the game. From the beginning of the game, the shooter has shown a strong desire to win.
A historic scene was staged in the 53rd minute of the game. Planic passed a low-level ball from the left side. Krashnić, who had previously been knocked to the ground by the defender, quickly climbed up, and his left foot pierced Boruc's ten fingers.
This is the first big goal scored by Krashnić for Croatia, and it is also his first national team goal since October 7, 2006, and the first goal to belong to the "kidney fighter" in the history of the European Cup.
After scoring, Krasnic knelt down and roared, and Croatian fans shed tears and shouted for him. Soon after, Krasnic was replaced, and the left-footed heavy gunner once again won warm applause from fans.
Krashnic had a smooth career at the beginning of his career. In the summer of 2001, he moved from St. Pauli to Bremen and has been playing for the Parrots ever since.
Elton, Klose, and the partners around Krashnic have changed one after another, but only he dedicated all his love to Bremen, and the word "traitor" will never have anything to do with him.
In the three years from 03/04 to 05/06, Krashnić scored more than 10 league goals, and his 13 goals helped Bremen reach the top of the Bundesliga in the 03/04 season.
However, everything was fragmented in an instant. On December 17, 2006, after half of the Bundesliga season, Krashnics suddenly announced that he was suffering from kidney failure. Subsequently, Krashnic underwent a kidney transplant, but the kidney from his mother caused serious exclusion in his body.
After his condition stabilized slightly, Krashnic performed a second kidney replacement operation. The kidney source came from his father. The operation was very successful, and Krashnic finally got rid of the shadow of weekly hemodialysis for the rest of his life.
On November 24, 2007, this will be a day to be remembered by Krašnik. In Bremen's 2-0 away victory over Cottbus, the Croats finally returned to the Bundesliga 11 months later.
Krashnic's state was not affected by a year's rest. 20 days later, he scored twice in the 5:2 sweep of Leverkusen.
Krashnic scored 7 goals in 16 appearances throughout the season, averaging 0.44 goals per game. On March 26, 2008, Croatia warmed up 1:1 with Scotland, and Krašnica made his first appearance in a plaid shirt after recovering from his illness.
"After so many things, we are all very happy to have him again," Bilić said at a press conference after the end of this game. "It's incredible that he can get back to the peak so quickly. This is an honor story**. Thank you for his goal. Yes, all Croats want to thank him. He did it, and he really did it!"
Krashnic was also quite excited after the game: "I said before that returning to the court is like a gift from God. It's like a dream. I want to thank God for letting me continue to live and continue to play and become a member of Croatia. I am very proud. I hope the coach can consider me in the quarter-finals. ."
The warrior who can face the blood is worthy of respect, but Krashnic, who never abandons football and life, deserves to be looked up. This strong man does not need pity, but applause and respect.
Croatia, which deserves the same respect from the fans as Krašić, is also the Croatia he played for. No one was optimistic about them before the game, but after the European Cup, he defeated Austria 1:0, beat Germany 2:1, and defeated Poland 1:0. Croatia advanced to the knockout stage as the first in the group and won all three games. The performance also makes people feel as if they have seen the plaid army of the World Cup in France 10 years ago.
Ten years have been enough to complete a cycle in the football world, and the Croatian team has completed from full prosperity to regeneration in these ten years.
When Blic turned from a bad boy on the court to the commander of the Croatian coach, Croatia's former glory seems to be reappearing with the return of the golden generation.
The 1998 World Cup in France was the most glorious moment for Croatia. It was steadily qualified in the group stage. Under the advantage of the first knockout match, it won Romania with a goal that was not very good. Croatia focused on the war against Germany and ended Germany with a 3:0 teasing end. It is the mythical strength of the German team.
In the semi-finals against the host France, the core of the midfield Asanovic made a pass, and Suc forced France to the cliff. If Thuram's kick from behind Boban is not a foul, Croatia does not have to complain about Turham's one more time against Jalni. The French right-back violated his back twice without being blown off, and then two God-like shots, making Croatia fall one step away from the World Cup final.
Beautiful things always pass away in a flash. The strong Croatia weakened after the withdrawal of a generation of people such as Boban and Suk who were enough to be recorded in the history of football. After that, Croatia has almost become a forgotten term.
In 2008, Bilić returned to people's sight with the medal of the world's third place ten years ago, and the Croatian team completed Nirvana.
It is true that Modric and others do not have the style of Boban in those years. Petrić is not Fraovic, which is more difficult than Suc, but Bilic's team pays more attention to teamwork.
In the first game, they beat Austria 1-0. Croatia's apathy before the game and the embarrassment in the game made them become the object of ridicule, but the performance of the 2:1 victory over Germany in the second game made the critics who were still smiling instead of surprise, eliminating the need to shut up. In the third game, the substitute lineup was small. Winning Poland, Croatia qualified as the first to win three games in the group stage.
Dark horse, the biggest dark horse in this European Cup, Croatia once again makes the term dark horse look like a synonym for strength and dignity.
William Hill is snobbish. When Croatia's performance surprised everyone, their odds have risen to fifth, second only to the hot Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Germany.
After the game against Poland, coach Bilic said again: "I'm glad we gave our fans a reason to celebrate again, but we should have won more."
will not be satisfied with a temporary victory. Croatia, a dark horse that is never humble, is proud of its loneliness, but has the strength to convince everyone.
While Croatia advanced, the German team finally resisted the pressure in a crucial life-and-death battle, and Barak's heavy gun also became a booster for the German team to qualify.
In 2004, in the first game after the German team took office, Klinsmann decided that Barak would replace Kahn as the new captain of the German team, and that game was at *. Now four years later, Barak returned*, and with his free kick score, the German team defeated Austria 1-0 and entered the quarterfinals of the European Cup*, which also witnessed the German leader's accession to take-off.
Starting with the unknown midfielder at the 2000 European Cup, Barak began his career as a German team. 2002 was the year when Barak established the core position of the midfield. He helped Leverkusen win the "King of Sanya" and also played an eye-catching role in the summer World Cup. He and Kahn teamed up to send Germany to the World Cup finals. Barak reached the quarter-finals with the United States and the semi-finals with South Korea. The only goal in the game helped the team advance to the finals.
But unfortunately, Barak had to miss the final because of the accumulation of yellow cards, and the German team without Barak seemed to have lost its soul in the midfield. In the end, 02 lost to Brazil and lost the World Cup championship. Barak on the side could only look up to the sky and sigh. In that World Cup, Germany failed, but it was successful. Justba la ke.
2004 was a year of joys and sorrows for Barak. In the summer European Cup, although he scored, he could not avoid the fate of Germany being eliminated in the group stage.
But after Klinsmann took office, Barak was elected as the new captain of the German team. From then on, the German team began the "Barack era", and the German chariot also entered revival and glory under the leadership of Barak.
In the 2006 World Cup, although Barak did not score again, his role for the team was more obvious. In the end, Barak led the team to win the third place in the World Cup and wrote a "summer fairy tale", and Barak also fully established his leadership position in that World Cup.
Now, after two years of Chelsea's career, Ballack led the German team to the European Cup again. At 32 years old, his role for the German team is still irreplaceable.
Finally, when the German team was facing the danger of being eliminated, Barak came forward to witness that he became the captain of the German team*. He knocked on the eight powerful doors of the European Cup with a wonderful free kick and sent the German team to the knockout match.
Barack, who roared after scoring the goal, witnessed his leadership and unparalleled hegemony. The midfield star, who played 84 national team games and scored 37 goals, is leading the German team towards new glory.
In the German national team, Barak's excellence on the field is not only reflected in goals. Judging from the post-match statistics, Barak also has an overwhelming advantage. His sharp passing has repeatedly torn open the Austrian defense, creating a good opportunity for his teammates to score. In addition, Ballack's whole field is also very active, covering almost every area of the court.
In addition to one goal, Barak also had two threatening shots. With the German team's performance in a sluggish performance and weak sports, Barak helped the team break the deadlock with a free kick and won the final victory.
On the court, Barack is a well-deserved leader of the German chariot. Barak also showed his leadership outside the court. Before the game, he dared to scold his teammates and girlfriend for playing in the hotel in front of the media, and dared to object to coach Lov's decision to allow the "lady group" to join the team. In addition, Barak also Summoning teammates to hold a player meeting to express their views on the team's problems, today's Barak is consciously taking on more and more responsibilities, and his influence on the team is also increasing day by day.
Barack's goal fulfilled the German team's dream of the top eight of the European Cup in 12 years. After failing to qualify for two consecutive European Cup group matches, they finally appeared in the knockout stage again. Next, the German team led by Barak will encounter the Belgian team led by Degan. In the previous Champions League semi-final, Barak's Ersi lost to Florence, where Digan is located. Now, the two meet again, and Barak is bound to look forward to successfully revenge and lead the German team to a higher goal. The leader of the German team will follow the glorious footsteps of the predecessors of the national team.
Barack knocked on the door of victory for Germany, but throughout the game, the German Legion's best performance was not Barak, but someone else, Ram.
Barack's only highlight of the whole game can only be regarded as this shocking free kick, and what is more shown in Barak is a kind of cohesion and dominance as a captain. In the game, he roared many times to remind his companions that it was this kind of unity that allowed the German chariot to advance to the quarterfinals. After the game, the organizing committee also saw such dominance that gave the best of the whole game to the German captain.
Ram's excellence is more on the technical level. In this game, Ram returned to the left and seemed to regain his feeling. It can be said that the overall performance of the Germans was not excellent in the whole game, but only Ram lit up the whole field, and the defense on the left side was watertight, showing his speed and breakthrough in the attack. Incisively, even after making the memorable free kick, Ram once cooperated with his teammates to enter directly, but the offside misjudgment of the borderline ended the attack.
In the 2004 European Cup, although the German team failed to qualify, Ram became the biggest discovery of the German team that summer. In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Ram scored the first goal of the Cup in the first match against Costa Rica, and was finally selected as the best team with excellent performance. He was nominated for World Footballer that year.
In this game, the German team played a poor level in the first half. Ram could only help the team relieve the siege in the second half and could not give full play to his excellent assist ability.
However, in the second half, Ram suddenly became powerful. In the 49th minute of the game, Ram broke through from the left to the front of the penalty area. After being put down by the opposing player, he won a free kick for the German team, and the German team also took the lead and changed the passive situation on the court.
Ram's flash can't let people ignore the downturn of the German team since the start of the European Cup. Although Barak's goal saved the whole team and coach Loeb, a member of the German chariot has gradually moved to the more depressed abyss. That man is striker Gomez, and now Gomez has gone through Di Jeanlev lost his patience, and entering the starting lineup again in this game was also the last chance he gave him.
Three hours before the game, the German Bild announced the German team's starting line-up. Unlike Friedrich's entry into the starting lineup, Gomez still occupies the starting center position, which is shocking. In the game, Gomez's empty goal in the first half will definitely make Lev completely lose his patience with him. The battle with Austria will also become Waterloo out of Gomez's main list.
Loeb's start with Austria obviously gave Gomez a face and gave him the last chance to prove himself. However, missing the empty goal and the replacement in the middle of the game are enough to indicate that in the quarter-finals with Belgium, Gomez will not qualify for the German starting lineup again. .
Gomez's downturn is just a point, but the weakness of the German defense is really unbearable. In the first game of the group match with Poland, the German team's defense exposed many loopholes. Lyman almost gave his opponent a chance to make up for the ball. In addition, the German team's sideline also Become the main breakthrough of the opponent. It was only because the Polish players had limited ability to counterattack that they did not score.
And the second game with Croatia can be said to have exposed the German team's defense loopholes. Jansen's left side has been repeatedly broken through by the opponent, and the back of the two central defenders has also become the opponent's main offensive point many times, and the opponent also took advantage of these two holes to score two goals.
This is also the reason why Löw made the substitution adjustment in the third group match with Austria. He replaced Jansen with Ram and Friedrich as the right-back.
However, the German team's defense problem has not been fundamentally improved as a result. The state of the two central defenders is still disappointing. Metzelde pulled down Hanik in a penalty area in the first half and was almost awarded a penalty, but his condition was still not at his best. He was caught by his opponent several loopholes and broke through, and the defense was very awkward.
Murtsack was cut off the ball shortly after the start of the second half and almost gave his opponent a single shot. Fortunately, the opponent was not fast and was robbed by Murtsack.
And Friedrich's right side also seemed very mediocre, not only did he not give effective support to the players in the frontcourt, but also the defense was still frightened, and he was seized by his opponent several opportunities to break through.
In addition, although Ram on the left was eye-catching in this game, broke through to the front court many times and had several threatening passes, the defensive problem has still not been effectively solved. Because Podolski hardly participated in the defense, which put a lot of pressure on Ram's defense, but fortunately, Austria's frontcourt attackers shot The same inadequence allowed the German team to keep the door open.
Compared with the 2006 World Cup, today's German defense can be said to be a great loss. In that World Cup, the combination of Germany's two central defenders Metzelde and Mertsack was seamless. They did not give their opponents a chance to lose only one goal in the group stage and were in the knockout stage. Duan also played well as always. It can be said that in addition to the strong attack power in the front court, excellent defense is also one of the important factors to ensure that the German team advanced to the top four and won the third place.
Today's German team seems to be timid and dare not boldly attack, and there are shortcomings of lack of confidence and tacit cooperation in defense. This mentality also brings great psychological pressure to German defense players, making it difficult for them to play better.
Judging from the current defensive performance of the German team, only Ram has performed well, and the rest of the players are obviously not in their best form or even play abnormally.
The limited depth of the bench is destined to make it difficult for the German team to make more changes and adjustments. At present, the only player in the German team's defense that has not played is Westman from Schalke, but he may not be able to surprise people in the future with limited experience in the national team.
I'm afraid that Loe's conservative personality will not make major adjustments to the existing lineup. Therefore, in the knockout stage, the German team still has to rely on this unreassuring defense line, and they can only hope that the defenders can regain their excellent form as soon as possible.
However, after entering the knockout stage, the German team's defense may not be as easy as it is now. The defeat against Croatia is enough to sound a wake-up call for Lev's team, not to mention their opponent Belgium, which has the world's most horrible offensive weapon, Degan.
The risk combination against Croatia is still full of loopholes. In the face of Degan, whose breakthrough is sharper and more comprehensive technology, if the German team's defense still performs poorly in the group stage, it may not be able to escape the fate of the opponent's **.
Okay! The German won, but even as an ordinary fan, after watching the game, the dull and chaotic process still made Degan very, very disappointed.
Before the start of this European Cup, many people were predicting which teams had the strength to win the championship. The German team was repeatedly mentioned, but today's German chariot performed even worse than the last one.
10 minutes before the game, the German players also showed the overall tactical execution on the field, but when the host used the home court pressure, their performance was almost useless. If there are still bright spots in the German team in this game, there is only one Ram.
Two years ago, at the World Cup in Germany, the vigorous German team did not appear on today's field. Degan basically did not feel the sufficient desire for victory shown by German players. Almost all players, including captain Barak, lacked the desire to win this game. They seemed to be very reluctant. Strongly completed the pre-match task, and basically nothing else can be shown, but that's okay. If Degan still faces such a team in the knockout match, it doesn't seem to be a problem to win.