Chapter 239 The Third Match Day

In the first round of Group D of the World Cup in South Africa, Germany made a 4-0 victory over Australia at Durban. It is worth noting that Germany has sent a total of 16 goals in the first games of the last three World Cups. In the 8th minute, Podoulski opened the record; in the 26th minute, Klose took the next goal. In the 56th minute, Cahill, the core of Australia, was sent off with a red card for a serious foul. In the 68th and 70th minutes, Mueller and Kakaw scored in a row to help Germany's first victory.

In the warm-up match before the World Cup, Germany's performance was very eye-catching and won all three games. Germany and Australia have had two confrontations in history, and they have achieved a good victory. In the absence of the core Barak, what kind of performance the German team will bring has become the focus of media attention.

Today, Germany formed a 451 formation, and Klose was the front line. In the midfield, Podolsky and Mueller move on both wings, Khedira and Ozil are in the middle, and behind them is Schweinsteg. On the guard line, Friedrich and Mertsack partnered with the central defender, Badstuber and Ram one left and one right, and the goalkeeper is Neuer.

The World Cup finally ushered in a goal feast, and the unlucky Australia can only become a spectator for others to celebrate the World Cup!

After the game, the head coach of the Australian team, Welbeck, was very helpless about the loss. He also said that seeing the performance of the German team today, he thought that the German team would be the biggest favorite to win the championship. The next match between Australia and Ghana will be a final for him, which will determine whether the team can move on to the next round.

"Of course I'm disappointed that I lost the game. The German team performed very well today, especially Podolsky and Schwein Steiger. We had a chance. But after the second ball was lost, the whole deployment of the team was in chaos. Welbeck said that the team had some changes at the beginning of the second half, but the German team's attack in the front court was so good that they were unable to defend and finally lost the game. Compared with the German team in the 2005 Confederations Cup, today's Germany is even more terrible. Germany will be one of the favourites to win this World Cup. They are now more holistic and perform better than us.

After the game, some reporters questioned why Welbeck did not use the 442 more offensive formation, and Welbeck also insisted that there was no problem with his tactical arrangement. We lost in the midfield today. The German team's midfield is too strong. If we change to 442, the result may not be as good as now.

In the next game, Australia will face Ghana. If it can't win this game, Australia will be doomed to qualify in the group. Welbeck also said that the next game will be against Ghana like the final.

The youngest German team in history still maintains the original taste of the Germanic chariot, making its debut in South Africa and defeating Australia 4-0, continuing the tradition of winning the first game of the last three World Cups with a big score. In Germany's 17 World Cup opening matches, seven have scored four or more goals, which is a masterpiece in football.

Slow heat has never been the style of the German team. The Teutonic Legion has been shortlisted for the World Cup finals 17 times so far. If we exclude the results of the 2-0 victory of the German Democratic Republic of Germany in the first game against Australia in 1974, only the first 17 games of Germany (Federal Germany) are counted. The result is 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with a total of 2.76 goals in 47 stadiums, while only 1 loss. There are 0.88 balls on 5 courses. Since Uruguay's 1-1 draw in the first group stage of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, the German chariot has won six consecutive World Cups in the past 24 years.

And every time the German team makes its debut in the World Cup, it often plays a classic battle with a big score, as far as winning the Remit Gold Cup in 1954, 4-1 against Turkey, 3-1 against Argentina in 1958, and nearly as 4-1 in 1990. Yugoslavia. In the last three World Cups, the German team is even more unstoppable, scoring more than 4 goals in the first game.

There are no more than three reasons for the analysis of the continuous victory of the Germanic chariot. First of all, the super psychological quality is unmatched. Many teams are inevitably nervous and formal when they make their debut in the competition, and the German team has always had the most indestructible willpower. In the face of weak teams such as Saudi Arabia, it is like an autumn wind sweeping away, and they are not soft against Costa Rica or kangaroos, which are slightly weaker. Even if the victory is in hand, it will continue to be hit, and will never let go of any scoring opportunities. Even Brazil, the top five champion, is ashamed of itself. It is precisely this temperament that allows the German team to make full use of the opportunity to expand the World Cup and continue to kill its opponents in Asia and North America.

The second is the meticulous tactical deployment of the German team. The complete victory over Australia in this game is a textbook to figure out the opponent's shortcomings and a two-ribbed gap. This reminds people of the famous "small note" in Lyman's hand. It has always been a German tradition to know each other and study every detail of their opponents. Such a precise preparation is beyond the reach of Britain, France and other strong teams.

The last point is the increasingly perfect whole of the German team. Compared with the Argentine team with the same strength, they always unconsciously rely on Messi's personal ability in advancing. Whenever the new king is trapped on the court, the Argentine team's offensive will naturally be blocked. The German team is not. They don't rely on personal performance. They don't have gorgeous skills at their feet, but the ground attack is intertwined and sound.

From Klinsmann to Loeff, the team's lineup has not changed much and the playing style is the same, which ensures the team's overall style and stable performance. Even the absence of the captain and big-name star Barak happens to be more beneficial to the German team in this regard. A group of invincible young players in the European Youth Championship cooperate tacitly, which not only shows the formidable and powerful tactical execution ability, but also makes this youth version of the German chariot a little more Latin style than the traditional strong bow and hard horse. There is reason to believe that such a "starless" German team is expected to continue to write wonderfully in South Africa.

At the end of the third game day, people finally saw the wonderfulness of the World Cup.

There will be three battles the other day, the first European brothers, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The Netherlands has been unbeaten against Denmark for 43 years (within 90 minutes). The last time the Orange Army lost to its opponent was in October 1967, when Denmark defeated the Netherlands 3-2 in the European Cup qualifiers. Since then, the Netherlands has been unable to raise its opponents. It is with this strong confidence that many generals of the Orange Army even easily played twit before the war with Denmark. Ter and online games.

In a series of warm-up matches before the World Cup, the Netherlands performed very well, unbeaten in the last 11 warm-up games and a complete victory in the last 4 games. Denmark's performance is not satisfactory. It has lost three of the last four warm-up matches. The two teams have only played 27 games in history. The Netherlands has an advantage of 11 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses. However, in the history of the World Cup, the two sides have not fought.

In this game, Van Malvik formed a formation of 451. Van Persie rushed forward alone. Van der Vaart, Sneder and Kuyt swam behind him. Van Bommer and De Jong sat in the midfield, Steckremberg guarded the gate, and Robben was a substitute. On the Danish side, the gunnerer Tabentner returned to the starting lineup in time, with Kalenborg and Romedal serving as two full-backs. Jogensen is the captain, and Liverpool's iron guard Ager is guarding the rear guard.

In the 46th minute, Van Persie made a cross, and Simon Paulson's header was refracted on Ager's back, and the first own goal in this World Cup was born. In the 84th minute, Kuyt locked the victory for the Netherlands.

2:0, the confrontation between European brothers is still wonderful.

The Netherlands ushered in a good start to this World Cup, and with the end of this 2-0 victory, the Netherlands has been unbeaten in 20 consecutive international A-level competitions. This is the best result in the history of the Dutch team, and it also marks that the Netherlands will continue to set a new record in every unbeaten game in the following games.

Although the Netherlands did not show their gorgeous style in this game, the Dutchman proved to the world that they had the ability to win the championship, thus removing the title of "Uncrowned King". Looking at their unbeaten record of 20 consecutive games, I have to admit that this Dutch team does have the combat effectiveness that makes the opponent admire. During Van Gaal's coaching, the Netherlands has achieved an unbeaten record of 17 games, but Van Malvik has made this number history, and Van Malvick is also leading the team to set a new record step by step.

20 consecutive unbeaten games proves that the Dutch team has not lost for a long time. And their last loss went back to two years ago. On September 6, 2008, the Australians defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the warm-up match. However, after that defeat, Van Malvik's team never tasted defeat, whether in friendly matches or qualifiers, at home or on the so-called devil's away games. In this World Cup qualifiers, the Orange Army has achieved an impressive record of winning all eight games, and it is the first European team to advance to the World Cup finals. In the World Cup budget match in South Africa, the Matador Spain also achieved a complete victory, but it lost to the United States in the 2009 Confederations Cup, which also brought Spain's unbeaten record of 35 games to an abrupt end. If you count from the time of the first World Cup qualifier in South Africa in Europe, the Netherlands has not tasted the loss for longer than Spain.

As the popular team to win the World Cup, the Netherlands has not been favored by the media and experts before, but the Dutch star Cruyff said in a word: "The Netherlands will be the most underrated giant." The performance of the Netherlands also proved this. In the warm-up match, they continued the excellent state of the qualifiers and won many big wins. In the last warm-up match, they killed the Hungarian team, and the team was full of confidence. In the first game, he defeated the Danish team, which will undoubtedly make the Dutch team more confident. Because the strength of the Danish team is also very strong, it is this team from Northern Europe that forced the strong Portugal to play in the qualifiers, which also made Ibrahimovic and Sweden become spectators.

In previous World Cups, the Netherlands' best result was the runner-up of the World Cup. They won two consecutive runners-ups in two World Cups in 1974 and 1978, and they are a well-deserved uncrowned king. And this time they are also trying to get rid of this bit of bitter name. The Orange Legion is breaking its undefeated record step by step while constantly moving towards the highest honor.

The second game is the Asian team Japan, against the African lion Cameroon led by the cheetah.

How does the cheetah lead the lion?

Since entering the World Cup finals for the first time in 1998, Japan has appeared in the top 32 for four consecutive times. However, in the warm-up match before the game, their performance was quite bad. After losing 0-2 to their old rival South Korea, Japan lost 1-2 and 0-2 to England and Idywar. The result of losing all three warm-up matches put coach Takeshi Okada under great pressure.

Cameroon's performance in the warm-up match is also very bad. The record of 2 draws and 2 losses makes the current head coach Legun a headache. In history, Japan and Cameroon have had three matches, and Japan has been unbeaten with 2 wins and 1 draw. In the 2001 Confederations Cup group stage, Japan won 2-0. In the 2003 friendly match, the two sides drew 0-0. In the 2007 friendly match, Japan defeated Cameroon 2-0 again.

In the end, the Japanese team defeated Cameroon 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium in Brom Fontaine to win its first World Cup final on a non-continent continent. In the 39th minute, Keisuke Honda, who played for CSKA Moscow, scored the only goal in the game.

Before the first game against Japan, Cameroon's number one player, Eto'o, said: "Cameroon will definitely make history and win the World Cup championship!" Although Cheetah's Zhuang's words are a little exaggerated, many media predict before the game that Cameroon, with a complete lineup and relatively little pressure in the group, the group breakthrough is still worth looking forward to. However, no one expected that in the first battle against Japan, which was the weakest in the same group, the African lions ended awkwardly with 0-1.

As a veteran team in an African team, Cameroon has a record that is proud of the heroes. Historically, Cameroon has reached the World Cup finals six times, the most frequent among African countries. In addition, it should be pointed out that the top 8 results created by the African Lions in the 1990 World Cup have not been broken by any African countries so far. At the same time, Cameroon used to shine at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. By defeating Spain with a penalty kick in the final, Cameroon became the second African team to win the Olympic gold medal after Nigeria. It can be said that Cameroon's football history was once quite brilliant.

Before the start of this World Cup, through the analysis of all aspects of the six African teams, the media once believed that Cameroon was most likely to achieve a group breakthrough. Especially in the last warm-up match, although Cameroon lost 3-4 to Serbia, compared with the main Eastern European iron riders, Cameroon's No. 1 goalkeeper Cameni, midfield core Song and front line leader Eto'o were not present. However, the African Lions are still only a strong enemy who lost one goal at home. No wonder the authoritative media The Guardian wants to say that Cameroon will take the lead in breaking through the group siege on behalf of the African team.

However, what is surprising is that Cameroon lost 0-1 against the weakest Japanese team in the same group in the first scene. In fact, Cameroon was not without a chance in this game, especially in the last half of the second half, including several extremely threatening attacks that hit the lint, which almost rewrite the score. What is very puzzling here is that the No. 1 goalkeeper Kameni and the absolute core of the midfielder Song, did not appear in this game. Cameroon coach Legansu is famous for deposed the big name. I don't know if the two generals of Xuezang this time come from this.

Cameroon's qualifying situation was precarious when Japan was defeated in the first battle. After all, the other two opponents in the group, Denmark and the Netherlands, are far stronger than Japan, which has never won the World Cup before. It is self-evident that it is difficult for the African male lions to break out of the group.

Although the Japanese team won a small victory in the first game, the pre-match words of head coach Takeshi Okada are probably as unconvinced as Eto'o's championship. Takeshi Okada once said that Japan will advance to the top four in this World Cup. Although the first battle was won, if the Japanese want to copy the Asian history created by the Koreans in 2002, not to mention abroad, even in Japan, it has proved difficult to achieve.

In fact, in addition to Cameroon, the performance of several other African teams that have appeared is also quite average. Among them, South Africa drew 1-1 with Mexico in the opening match, Nigeria lost 0-1 to Argentina, and Algeria lost 0-1 to Slovenia. Although Ghana defeated Serbia by one goal yesterday, the African Youth Army, which was absent from Essín and Montari, is still worrying about the prospect of qualifying. The only one of the six African teams that has not yet appeared is Ivory, but the African elephants, who have been divided into the group of death again, are also not optimistic about the group's qualifying. Generally speaking, the African Legion fighting on the ground is already in crisis.

The next game will be the defending champion, the Blues, whose opponent is the Paraguayan team from South America.

The Italians still continue the old tradition of unfavorable opening to the competition, only getting 1 point in Paraguay, and the two teams finally drew 1:1.

In 2010, when Italy went on an expedition, it faced serious problems. The core of the team is seriously aging. Pirlo, Buffon, Cannavaro and others are over 30 years old, and their status has declined a lot. The players in the team's multiple positions are not from traditional giants, such as Pepe of Udinese and Krishnato of Genoa. The most important reason is that as the foundation of the Italian national team, the Serie A has been declining momentum in recent years. Not only are the league teams deeply troubled by financial problems, but also the serious loss of league stars has made the Italian team underestimated, neglected and despised.

But even so, Italy cannot be ignored. The Italian team has always been like this. The more difficult it is, the more powerful it can burst out. Isn't it? In the 1/8 final of the 1994 World Cup, Nigeria led Italy by 88 minutes, but Baggio's final shot helped Italy win. In the 2006 World Cup, Australia once led 89 minutes, but was defeated by Italy's magical kill. All this proves that the Italian team is such a team: they don't have the most luxurious team, the best stars, and even the Italian team doesn't have the strongest strength. However, the more difficult it is, the more terrible the team will be! With strong fighting spirit and extraordinary tenacity, the Italian team can always create miracles.