Chapter 347 Germany, England play hanging

So far, it must be the French team that has surprised people.

Only 1 point was scored in the second game, and there were all kinds of discordant voices in the team.

The reassuring German team also had an accident. After the insipid first round of the group stage, the World Cup in South Africa gradually developed a unique charm.

In the first match, the German team defeated Australia 4-0. The German chariot showed us the sexy offensive football, and the main players such as Podolski and Klose were in good shape. Although Serbia is highly expected, this star-starred team has not been able to integrate a whole. In the first game, they were killed 0-1 by Ghana. They can no longer lose against Germany. The two teams (including West Germany and Yugoslavia) have fought 27 games in history, and Germany has an advantage of 16 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. Among them, the two teams have played 6 games in the history of the World Cup. Germany has an absolute advantage of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, scoring 11 goals and conceded 4 goals.

In this game, Loeff followed the winning lineup of the first game. Klose was at the front, Podorskila played the left winger, Schweinsteg and Khedira guarded the midfield, and Mertsack led the defense. In Serbia, Rikic rushed forward alone, Vidic led the luxury defense, and Subertic replaced Lukovic, who was suspended from the red card.

Who would have thought that Serbia defeated Germany 1-0, and in the 37th minute, Klose accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off by red cards. In the 38th minute, Rikic headed the ball and shot in front of the goal. In the 61st minute, Podolski lost a penalty.

As the best scorer in the 2006 World Cup, Klose came to South Africa with the status of the defending Golden Boot King, but got a red card in the second World Cup! In the 80 years since the creation of the World Cup, there has never been a record of golden boots winning a red card. Klose set a new record of 80 years.

Both fouls were counterattacks. In the 12th minute, Klose counterattacked Ivanovic and got his first yellow card (he was only kicked by Ivanovic once a few minutes ago). In the 37th minute, Klose kicked Stankovic behind his back (a few minutes ago, he was "stled" by Stankovic's opportunity to compete for the top) and received the second yellow card. Although the second yellow card was suspected of being strict, Claude was caught by a foul behind his back. Even if there was a grievance, there was nothing he could do.

Throughout the history of the World Cup, Klose was the first to receive a red card as the winner of the previous Golden Boot Awards. In the past World Cup history, the Golden Boot has never come to such a end. The reason for this is that for three reasons, some Golden Boot Award winners are absent from the next World Cup, and they have no chance. In addition, the striker is a group with few fouls, and it is rare to get red cards. The third point is the most important point. As a defending golden boot player, most of them are experienced and cunning players. Such players are not easy to be provoked, not easy to lose their minds, and naturally not easy to get a red card. Klose wrote it into the history of the World Cup in such a disgraceful way.

In fact, after the last battle, the German team was praised as "Samba-style Germany" and "the youngest and sexiest Germany in 1976" for playing unrestrainedly. At that time, some analysts pointed out that too technical German teams and too young German teams may be infected with some problems unique to technical teams and young teams: emotional, unstable, and easy to change their mentality.

Usually, technical teams and technical players have the problem of smooth playing and lack of resilience in adversity. The most prominent example is the Brazilian team in 2006, which defeated Ghana 3-0 and played smoothly, but was defeated by the French team in adversity. Ronaldinho did not have a single shot in the game. For example, AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final, the Rossoneri, with a number of Brazilian players, led Liverpool 3-0 in the first half, but once they fell into adversity, Liverpool made a shocking reversal in the second half.

In the history of the World Cup, Brazil has also made such a mistake. For example, Garincha in 1962, although he won the Golden Boot Award in the World Cup, was sent off in the group stage. He is also the only player who has been sent off related to the word "golden boot".

Nowadays, there are many technical stars in the German team, all of which have unstable problems in the league. For example, the Bremen team that Ozil plays for is a typical team that is invincible at the right time and often plays strange games in times of adversity. Another example is Podolski, who is very powerful in the national team and brought to the club team. Once he is in adversity, his performance is sluggish. Of course, it also includes Klose. Of his 11 World Cup goals, 10 were scored in the group stage. He often performed amazingly in good times, but when it came to the adversity of the knockout, Klose's performance was greatly restrained.

Of course, for the German team, this red card and a loss cannot deny the achievements of Germany's "technical transformation" initiated by the youth training organization after many years. During the transition period, a team will always have some new problems. If we keep solving the problem, the team may get better and better. The youngest German team in 1976 has ups and downs, which is not a bad thing; the problem is exposed in the group stage, and it is not a bad thing. If Loref can beat the players in time and find a way to solve it in time, with the strong tenacity of the Germans and the historical heritage of German football, the team is still very likely to return to the right track.

A red card is likely to ruin Klose's dream of being the top scorer in the World Cup. This proves once again that impulse is the devil. Fortunately, Klose still has a chance to wash away the shame. After all, the German team still has the hope of qualifying, and Klose still has a knockout match. It's just that in the knockout competition, he can't be so impulsive anymore.

The German team lost 0-1 to Serbia, and the main striker Klose was sent off with a red card. After the game, Serbian coach Antizi laughed and said that he knew that the referee would have a red card.

Compared with Lev's cold face after the game, Serbian coach Antizi's face was full of smiles after the victory. At the post-match press conference, Antizi has been answering reporters' questions with a smile.

Before this game, no one expected that the German team would lose, let alone that Klose, who was heading for the golden boots of this World Cup, would end up early. Previously, Germany washed Australia 4-0, which was regarded as the favorite to win the World Cup. And Klose's end also became a turning point in the game. Before the game, I heard that the referee loves to play cards, so I warned the players to be careful before the game. The players did it today. At the press conference after the game, Serbian coach Antizi said to the reporters with a proud smile. Marienko, the referee who was sent off Klose, showed a total of 11 red cards in 17 La Liga games last season. Although he said that it was difficult to beat Germany in a low profile before the game, the Serbian coach obviously did his homework.

In the 37th minute of the first half of the game, Rose violated Stankovic and received the second yellow card and was sent off by the referee with a red card, leaving only 10 people left in Germany. Just a minute later, Serbia scored with a volley in front of Jovanovic's goal, and Serbia also kept the score of 1-0 to the end of the game.

"I am very satisfied with Serbia's performance today as the coach. This is the result of the team's training in the past two years. In particular, being able to defeat a strong team like Germany in the World Cup especially boosts the morale of the team. Speaking of this, Antizi smiled proudly, which was completely different from the caution of yesterday's pre-match press conference. In the first game, they lost 0-1 to Ghana. This time, they faced Germany and Serbia back. After the victory, they left the qualifying suspense of Group D until the last minute.

Before the start of the World Cup, Group C was considered to be a strong and weak group.

In the first round of confrontation, England, the favorite to win the championship, was tied 1-1 by the United States, while Slovenia ushered in its first victory in the history of the World Cup, defeating Algeria 1-0. After the first round, Slovenia ranked first in the group with 3 points, England and the United States tied for second place, while Algeria, who lost, was at the bottom. In this game, Slovenia and the United States meet. If the former can win again, they will get the right to qualify in the group. The United States also took the initiative to qualify after a draw with England, and they are also eager to usher in the first victory of this cup. There has never been a record of confrontation between the two sides in history. This is a veritable encounter.

Slovenia still plays 442 formations in this game. The striker Lyvyančić and Novakovic appear together. The core of the midfield is still played by Kolen, and the goalkeeper position is still Samir Handanovic, who played well in the last game. In the United States, Donova and Arti Dore partnered with the front line. Dempsey, who was lucky enough to score in the last game, still started, and AC Milan's tough player Oneu led the defense.

Slovenia drew 2-2 with the United States at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, and still ranked first in Group C when England did not play. In the 13th minute, Bersa's long-range shot opened the record; in the 42nd minute, Ljubiankic made the next goal. In the 48th minute, Dorovan scored one point, and in the 82nd minute, U.S. head coach Bradley's son Bradley Jr. equalized the score.

The weakest group, even the game is extremely plain, can only hope that the England team in the next game can bring more or less surprise to people.

England was tied 1-1 by the United States in the first game. Gerrard's goal was beautiful, but the team still exposed problems such as the coexistence of two Germans and Rooney's mute fire in the game. Algeria lost 0-1 to Slovenia in the first game. "Desert Fox" was too cautious and was seized by its opponent. In this game against England, Algeria could not be defeated again. There is no record of confrontation between England and Algeria in history, and this match will be an encounter.

In this game, Barry returned from injury and guarded the middle with Lampard. Gerrard hit the left-back position, Lennon was on the right, and Rooney and Husky were still on the front line. Carragher replaced the injured Ledley King and Terry's partner in the defense. In terms of the goalkeeper's position, Capello made important adjustments, and 39-year-old James replaced the "Butter Hand" Green. Algeria also replaced the goalkeeper, and Oheb replaced Chaucci, the goalkeeper in the first game.

England 0-0 Algeria, two consecutive draws in the group stage. After this game, England scored two points in two games, only ranking third in the group. In the last game, they had to defeat Slovenia, which is currently 1 win and 1 draw, to ensure the qualification. If England draws with Slovenia by a big score of more than 2-2, it depends on the result of the match between the United States and Algeria. If it is a draw below 2-2, Capello's team will definitely be out.

Before the World Cup, European mainstream media quoted data from the famous Transfer Market website to point out that England is a luxury division, worth 448.5 million, even higher than Argentina's 347 million and Brazil's 353 million! But after the two World Cup games, this luxury division is not only difficult to win, but even only one goal. Especially today, the England team was forced by the Algeria team with a total value of 49.7 million yuan!

The "Transfer Market" website points out that the total value of the England team has reached 448.5 million yuan, of which the most valuable players are Rooney (53 million euros), Gerard (50 million euros), Lampard (45 million euros), Terry (35 million euros), Ashley Cole. (27 million euros). Other stars, Carrick, Joe Cole, Glenn Johnson, Lennon, Barry, Wright Jr., Depford and others are worth about 20 million, Crouch, Ladley King, Dawson, Upson, Joe Hart and others are worth about 10 million, and only James, Husky, Green and others are worth less than 10 million. . From this point of view, England's players can be said to be of great value, and it is not too much to call it a "diamond-level team".

What about the Algerian team? The team's four most valuable players are Bougra (7 million) for Glasgow Rangers, Belhaggi (5.5 million) for Portsmouth, Ziani (5.5 million) for Wolfsburg, and Yebuda (4.5 million) for Benfica. Other players are worth more than one million yuan, and Lefau, Gavawi and others who play for Algeria's local league are only 300,000. In a word, the value of the Algerian team is only 49.7 million, which is not even as good as Rooney! If England is a diamond, then Algeria is only tinplate at best.

But on the court, diamonds are not necessarily more powerful than horse-iron. The two teams actually played a close match, with the number of shots being 15 to 13, and England's possession rate was only slightly dominant. Overall, the draw is a reasonable result. This inevitably raises two questions: First, why can't England beat the Algerian team without a big star? Second: Is the value of the whole England team a little inflated?

The answer to the first question is obvious. Football is a team sport, which is not only about value and individual strength, but also about team and tactical execution. England's tactical play in this game is relatively messy, with a lot of mistakes (20% pass error rate, 83% pass error rate, 79% cooperation error rate in front of the penalty area), and the stars have not been able to be pinched into a whole. In such a system, it is naturally difficult for stars to play. For example, Rooney can only shoot three-legged long-range shots outside the penalty area. For example, Gerard has a lot of power, and he can only use his kung fu to the anti-aircraft gun...

There is one thing worth mentioning about whether the England team is inflated. As we all know, the Premier League is the richest league in the world. Due to the high TV broadcasting fee (almost three times that of Serie A), high attendance, high ticket prices and many overseas investment, most English clubs spend a lot of money (the TV revenue of a Premier League relegation team is the sum of 2-3 midstream teams in Serie A). On the other hand, Premier League clubs value the influence of local players, and there are too few excellent local players in England. Therefore, teams can only compete for the few local players, resulting in the high price of English players.

To give two examples, one is Darren Bent. When he moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007, he was worth 16.5 million pounds. According to the exchange rate at that time, this was 29.7 million euros. You know, Barcelona's acquisition of 29-year-old Henry in the same year only cost 24 million euros. Yuan and Liverpool bought Torres for only 36 million euros. The other is Milner. 24-year-old Milner has performed well in Aston Villa and is now regarded as a target by many Premier League giants. His price has been speculated to more than 40 million euros. Is this price a little too high? In a word, the financial resources of the Premier League are amazing, which makes the estimated value and transfer value of English players a little high.

In any case, in the World Cup, the value and strength cannot be directly equal. This is especially true for England.

1-1 draw with the United States and 0-0 with Algeria. The first two rounds of the draw made the champion England fall to the third place in the group. The British Mirror lamented: "England has begun to dance on the tip of the knife." However, the draw in the first two rounds of the group stage may not be a dead end, and the three lions whose self-esteem is stimulated are more likely to fight back and achieve good results.

Since the start of this World Cup, England's performance has been very disappointing. Originally, they came to South Africa with the halo of winning the championship, but in the first round, the match with the United States was tied by the opponent due to the mistake of goalkeeper Green. The three points that had already been turned into one point in an instant. In this round against Algeria from Africa, England, the world's eighth-ranked England, did not have any advantage on the scene. According to the statistics of Tencent's data analysis master, England's 8 shots were 1 less than its opponent's, and the score of 0-0 was maintained until the end.

After the first two rounds of the group stage, England's top position in Group C is Slovenia with 1 win and 1 draw, followed by the United States with 2 consecutive draws. England, which also has 2 consecutive draws, can only rank third. This situation makes England's life on the line. The Three Lions are likely to go home after the last round. After this game, Capello specially cheered for the players: "It's not difficult to cheer up the team. There is only one chance for us to enter the top 16, and the players know what to do."