Chapter 538 3:1 Defeat Germany

Shortly after the start of the second half, something unexpected happened on the field.

First, Khedira was injured while defending, forcing the German team to make substitutions passively.

Then on the Spanish side, Schweinsteiger, who had just been substituted on, injured Iniesta during a defensive move, forcing the Spanish side to make substitutions early.

Neither of these two accidents were expected by either side, but they caused a chain reaction.

Schweinsteiger is an all-around hexagonal warrior. When attacking, he can break through and steal the ball. He can organize the attack and also shoot and score by himself.

When defending, he ran all over the court, full of fighting spirit and fighting spirit.

After substituting him, Löw made some adjustments to the German team's formation.

When the German team was attacking, the team's formation moved forward as a whole, and the back line boldly pressed near the center circle. Neuer took advantage of his advantage as a goalkeeper and moved to the back of the top of the center circle to act as the team's sweeper.

The advantage of doing this is that you can invest more manpower in the offense, better control the ball, and increase the pressure of the offense.

The shortcomings are also obvious. The goalkeeper and the back line are too far forward, leaving too much space behind. Once the opponent's counterattack is fast, the German team's goal will be in great danger.

Therefore, this style of play requires protection from a defensive midfielder, and the one who shoulders this responsibility is Schweinsteiger who just came on the field.

Schweinsteiger has abundant physical strength and outstanding running ability. He once ran a terrifying 15 kilometers in an overtime game.

Although I am older now and my physical condition may not be as good as it used to be.

But he was only substituted in the second half. If he only played half a game, Schweinsteiger's physical fitness would be enough to support him to keep running like this.

With such a tireless midfielder on the field, the German team can always take advantage of numbers whether attacking or defending.

Affected by this, the Spanish team was under great defensive pressure.

Shortly after the start of the second half, the German team almost equalized the score.

And this opportunity was created by Schweinsteiger.

Bosque's expression became serious. After Schweinsteiger came on the court, the German team's attack became more sharp.

Especially after Schweinsteiger took on the defensive responsibility, the defensive pressure on Kroos and Reus was suddenly reduced, and they could devote more energy to offense.

Moreover, Xiaozhu himself is also a person who is good at seizing opportunities and decisively launching attacks.

Spain's current defensive system is somewhat unable to cope with this kind of player who suddenly joins the attack from the back.

It’s not that this aspect was not considered at all before the game, but this straight-up-and-down way of playing requires extremely high physical fitness from the players. It’s impossible for anyone to do this all the time unless he is an iron man.

But the piglet, who only had to play half the court, was able to do all of this.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, the German team once again launched a very threatening attack.

Reus passed the ball to Gomez in the frontcourt. Gomez took the ball with his back and tacitly passed the ball to Muller who was hiding behind him.

After receiving the ball, Muller accelerated into the penalty area and completed a shot before Ramos.

Unfortunately, the ball went astray and was easily caught by Casillas.

Although the ball did not go in, the opponent's offensive threat has been created.

This made Bosque a little restless. He called Koke, who had just come on the field, and gave him instructions, asking him to pay attention to Schweinsteiger.

Cork nodded heavily and accepted the task.

Only when Koke focused his defense on Schweinsteiger did Germany's winger Kimmich become active again.

Kroos had a broad vision and when he saw an opportunity on the right side, he frequently passed the ball to this place and specifically shot behind Koke, forcing the Spanish team's defense line to move forward and creating opportunities for Muller who was roaming between the Spanish team's defenders and midfielder.

"Why does this style of play feel familiar?"

In the stands, Guardiola looked more and more as if something was wrong.

He felt that Löw's style of play was very similar to the tactics he used when he coached Bayern.

The German team's lineup includes a large number of players from Bayern.

There is still a high possibility that the other party will copy your tactics!

But he was very confused:

"Doesn't German football always say it wants to restore the traditional glory of German football? Why does it still need to use things from a foreign coach like me?"

After the Germans lost the World Cup, they conducted a collective reflection.

The result of reflection is that German football must go its own way and not blindly imitate others.

Then conflicts arose due to Guardiola's drastic reforms at Bayern, and the final result was naturally that Guardiola left Bayern.

Bayern is too important to German football, so it is not surprising that Guardiola was kicked out.

But after driving me away, the other party went back to using the tactics I had created, which was a bit unfair.

"This tactic is not without hidden dangers. The biggest hidden danger lies with Schweini. It depends on whether Bosque can think of it!"

Guardiola feels that with Bosque's strength and experience, he should be able to react quickly.

Seeing that Schweini revitalized the team after coming on the court, Löw was overjoyed and decisively increased his investment.

He replaced Hector with Schurrle.

Schurrle has a nickname called Xu Sanduo, because he created many scoring opportunities, scored many goals with long shots, and attempted to dribble past many opponents.

Of course, this is a statement of high emotional intelligence.

If it is replaced by low emotional intelligence, it means more shots but fewer goals, more crosses with poor accuracy, more attempts to dribble past the opponent but with a low success rate.

His offensive efficiency is not high, and his shots often miss the target, which is comparable to Evergrande striker Gao Lin.

But Schurrle has a very outstanding advantage - fast speed! Considering Schurrle's poor shooting and scoring ability, Loew obviously did not intend to let him cut inside and shoot.

He is not good at this either! Loew gave him the task of using his speed advantage to tear open the Spanish defense and then find a way to pass the ball to his teammates.

Spain's defensive strength on the flanks was not high, and after the opponent increased the number of players in the midfield, the difficulty of breaking through the middle increased greatly.

Therefore, trying and looking for opportunities from the wing is the best option for the German team now.

Schurrle did not disappoint Löw's expectations. After coming on the court, he immediately used his strong fighting spirit and super fast speed to complete a breakthrough and cross on the wing.

His breakthrough was beautiful, but the quality of his cross was unbearable to look at.

Gomez tried very hard to get in front of the goal, but Schurrle just passed the ball to the goalkeeper.

This makes people wonder, is this guy passing the ball or trying to shoot it himself? If it is a pass, this pass is too outrageous, right? If it is a shot, is this soft force serious? However, Gomez in the penalty area still gave Schurrle a thumbs up.

Although the transmission is not good, there is nothing wrong with such attempts and they should still be encouraged.

And his breakthrough just now was indeed beautiful. This way of using speed to eat away the opponent is very visually impactful. This is why so many fans like to watch Bale play football.

Seeing that his opponent had used his second card, Bosque did not hesitate and quickly played his second card.

Surprisingly, he did not replace a defensive player, but an offensive player - Pedro!

Bosque's substitution caused heated discussions among fans and commentators:

"Bosque is going to fight the German team to the death!"

"Germany brought on Schurrle to strengthen the attack, and Bosque responded by bringing on Pedro to strengthen the attack. Both of them are fast wingers, and they are on the same side. This is going to be interesting!"

Löw obviously didn't expect Bosque to be so radical and actually chose to play a game of mutual bombing with the German team.

But, with such substitutions, aren’t you really afraid that Spain’s defense will be broken?

The German team's attack during this period was very fierce, and the Spanish defense was in danger. Ramos and Alba received yellow cards for fouls.

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This made the already precarious defense line even worse.

However, the German team is not much better.

After Pedro came on the pitch, the Spanish side passed the ball to him purposefully, allowing him to use his speed to attack the opponent's back line.

Because the German team's overall formation was very high, every counterattack by Spain posed a great threat to them.

Schweinsteiger, who was in charge of defense, became the busiest person on the field, running around the field constantly.

In the 72nd minute of the second half, after Spain successfully defended, Casillas counterattacked with a hand-thrown ball.

This time they didn't go to the right side, but passed the ball to the left side.

After receiving the ball, Lin Quan strode along the sideline towards the opponent's half. Schweinsteiger originally intended to stop him on the sideline.

But he didn't expect that the other party would run faster and faster and would soon be out of his control.

As a last resort, he could only foul from behind and push Lin Quan down.

The referee was not polite and came over to show him a yellow card.

"Lin, are you okay?"

The piglet politely asked about the condition of the fallen Lin Quan, and after making sure that he was not injured, he pulled him up.

That was a tactical foul just now. Exchanging a yellow card for a possible goal was not a loss for the German team.

Both Schweini and Germany's head coach Loew thought so! However, they soon found out that they were wrong!

After Schweinsteiger received the yellow card, Spain's offensive focus immediately changed - they specifically targeted Schweinsteiger's side!

From the 75th minute on, every counterattack of Spain, whether launched from the left or not, would inevitably come to Lin Quan's feet. Sometimes Lin Quan would cross positions with Pedro, allowing Pedro to use his speed to consume Schweinsteiger.

Aren't you a good runner? I'll let you run, but I won't tire you to death!

This trick worked quickly. The piglet performed several sprints in a short period of time, and his physical strength was consumed very quickly. Less than 30 minutes after he came on the court, he was already exhausted and out of breath. He couldn't help but support his knees to catch his breath.

On the sidelines, Love felt something was wrong after seeing this scene.

Schweinsteiger's physical fitness has always been excellent. How could he be unable to run so soon?

The little pig is feeling miserable!

If it's just defense, the physical energy consumption is actually not that great.

But he not only has to defend, he also has to participate in the offense.

Every time he had just finished an attack in the frontcourt, the opponent would quickly launch a counterattack, forcing him to chase back with all his might.

Running back to your own penalty area from the opponent's penalty area, no matter how strong a person's physical fitness is, he won't be able to withstand it if he does this a few times!

What's worse is that although he was very active in defense, because he had received a yellow card before, he was a little hesitant when returning to defense. He was worried that he would be fouled and directly sent off.

The German team was already behind in the score, and if they lost one more player, it would be the end of the game.

As Xiaozhu's physical energy was quickly consumed, his role on the field declined rapidly, and the number of times he joined in the attack began to decrease.

The German team's numerical advantage in the attack gradually disappeared.

Without the advantage in numbers, their attack would be difficult to be effective.

After Bosque used his third substitution and replaced Ramos who had received a yellow card, Spain's defense gradually stabilized.

Although Spain's current lineup is not as strong as in previous years, when they really defend with all their strength, it is not easy to score even for a team as strong as Germany.

As the game drew to a close, the entire German team became more and more anxious. Even Neuer crossed the center line, eager to get to the frontcourt to join the attack.

The opponent's formation was so forward that it gave Spain an excellent opportunity to counterattack.

In the 88th minute, when the game was nearing its end, Spain launched a quick counterattack on the wing.

After Pedro broke through, he saw that Neuer was standing too far forward, so he tried a lob shot.

The lob was from a very long distance, more than 40 meters away from the goal.

After seeing the opponent's intention, Neuer sprinted towards the goal quickly, trying to stop the ball.

But how can a person be faster than the ball?

Before he rushed back, Pedro's lob shot had already gone into the goal, and the score was instantly changed to 3:1. With Pedro's goal, the Spanish team almost secured the victory.

After this goal was scored, the morale of the German team suffered a devastating blow and they could no longer organize an effective attack.

Seeing that neither side had the desire to continue attacking, the referee blew the whistle to end the game before the injury time was over.

In the end, thanks to goals from Ramos, Lin Quan and Pedro, Spain defeated Germany 3:1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

It was not an easy win. The German team even took the initiative for a long time in the game and suppressed the Spanish team.

If they hadn't failed to seize the opportunities and score more goals, the game might not have been lost.

Compared with the invincible Spanish team a few years ago, the overall strength of the current Spanish team has declined significantly.

But they are still the strongest team in the world!

(End of this chapter)