859 No Striker Tactics
"I'm not very happy with the performance of the players in this game!"
At the press conference at the Olympic Stadium after the game, Yang Cheng's first answer when interviewed by reporters was to pour cold water on the team, defeating the strongest opponent in the group 4:0, the momentum of the German team is indeed out of control, but he feels that it is more important to learn and improve with humility now.
'We had a lot of scoring chances in this game, Podolski hit an anti-aircraft shot in front of goal, Klose wasted a one-on-one shot, Thomas? Muller was too quick on at least two shots and Ozil lacked threat and attacking ability with the ball and I couldn't be satisfied with their performance. ”
Yang Cheng's words naturally caused an uproar among the media and reporters, but many people have become accustomed to Yang Cheng's style, and they have all followed and reported on Yang Cheng for so many years, and they all know his habits and understand his intentions.
Some media and reporters will definitely report Yang Cheng's dissatisfaction for fear that the world will not be chaotic after they go back, while some reporters and media will say that Yang Cheng has good intentions, in short, reporters with different positions and different ideas will have different reports, the key is to see what kind of news the fans like to see.
'Of course, I don't deny that we played well overall in this game, we found the Turkish goal four times, it was a game to remember for us, but I think we still have a lot of room for improvement.'
Immediately below, another reporter raised his right hand and stood up with permission.
"Mr. Yang Cheng, Mesut? Mesut Ozil was the Man of the Match in this game, and almost all of us felt that his running, breaking and passing in this game were classic and perfect, don't you think you are asking too hard of him? It's like Khedira thinks you're asking too much! ”
The journalist clearly wants to settle the old and new accounts together, and link Yang Cheng's high demands on Ozil with Khedira, who was excluded from the national team by Yang Cheng, or should say so. Ozil is Yang Cheng's beloved general and believer. No matter what Yang Cheng says, there will be no big news, but Khedira is different, he is very angry now.
"Maybe, Mesut is a red and purple player at the moment, both in the eyes of you and the fans, but what I want to say is that he is nowhere near as good as you portray and imagine."
Many reporters below were in an uproar, because Yang Cheng's words seemed to be deliberately belittling Ozil.
"I say so. It's not because I don't think he has the quality and the potential, on the contrary, I say this because I know his potential, he can reach a higher level and a higher level, he can bring a different feeling of football to everyone, including fans all over the world, but he is still far from that. ”
'I always tell him you can play better than you are now, but only if he corrects his shortcomings. For example, his scoring ability is insufficient. And his lack of awareness of confrontation in the game, especially in terms of breaking through with the ball, I think he has a downward trend, which is definitely a regression for a player with a high ability to have the ball! ”
'Of course, Mesut Ozil is very important to the current German team, he is the attacking direction of the team. I firmly believe that he will do better and better! Yang Cheng's words completely exposed his support and trust in Ozil.
"Mr. Yang Cheng, from the formation of the German team to the present, three consecutive wins ranked first in the group, the style of play is very good, the attack is very strong, many people are optimistic that this German team can do something. Especially under your helm, what do you think of it yourself? A German journalist stood up and asked politely. …,
Yang Cheng thought for a while and smiled slightly, "I don't think the current German team can do anything, if we are given another chance, and we meet Spain on the field again, we will still lose, and if we meet Italy again, we will still lose, this is because we have a lot of deeper things that have not been sorted out." ”
All the people at the scene could feel the worry and anxiety revealed from Yang Cheng's expression.
"When I was coaching Chemnitz, all the footballers in Germany thought that German football could dominate the world, and they were boasting about the troika, Summer, Kahn, Effenberg, but I asked them at the time, how old were they?"
All those who have known about German football know very well that Germany won the European Cup in 96 years, which is unbeatable, coupled with the invincibility of Bayern, Dortmund and other teams in the European arena, so that German football has the intention of killing the world's first league, Yang Cheng, Beckenbauer and others can be said to be one of the few rational people at that time, so they withstood the pressure and implemented the youth training system that brought countless benefits to German football.
"The fiasco of the two major tournaments in '98 and '00 brought a devastating disaster to the entire German football, and in '02 the South Korea-Japan World Cup won the runner-up, but you can go and see which German team that year, how many players were really in the year of playing? In the 04 and 06 tournaments, Germany began to transform and began to adapt to the effects and gains brought by the youth training system. ”
"But what I want to say is that the transformation over the years has paid off very successfully, and everyone is starting to realise that Germany is completely different from what it used to be, playing more beautifully, focusing on possession, emphasizing the ball with one foot, playing a gorgeous attack, which is very good, very ideal, but we have lost the most important thing!"
The two tournaments of '08 and '10 fell in the finals, and unexpectedly fell at the feet of Spain, if you lose once, it can be said to be accidental, but you lose twice, and you lose like that both times, is that still an accident?
"We need to get back something from the past, a spirit and tradition that has been forgotten or forgotten by this new German national team, because we all know very well that only getting back to the heart of the soul is the key to a team's glory!"
"It's going to take time, it's going to take a lot longer, so I hope that everybody, including the FA management, the media, the players themselves, should have a clear idea that the German team is only on the rise, that it's still a team that's being formed and running-in, and that there's no title to talk about. What glory. That would only lead to losing yourself! ”
After saying this, Yang Cheng smiled again, "Of course, I want players with ambitions and goals, so I don't mind that players put forward higher expectations and goals for the team and themselves in their hearts, but the key is to be down-to-earth!" ”
Yang Cheng's words, most people agreed. But some people feel that he is too big and too up-to-date, after all, the strength and achievements of the German team are there, but the words came out of Yang Cheng's mouth, and they couldn't refute it.
After that, the media asked some questions one after another, all of which were related to the players and the team, and Yang Cheng also answered them one by one, one of which involved Tony? Cross and Schweinsteiger.
'Toney is a very smart player. He played really well after coming off the bench in this game. The running is very positive and the combination with Schweinsteiger is very good, so I think it can give us some more options, and I am confident that he will get more and more opportunities in the national team. ”
As for the team's long-term planning, Yang Cheng said that his most important goal now is to win one game at a time in the qualifiers. ..., a very important foundation for the establishment of a team's temperament and soul core is results, or victory!
This is a very real phenomenon in all competitive sports!
You only have to win, you have to win the glory. is qualified to talk about temperament and the soul of the team, do those teams that have failed?
Athletic Bilbao should be the team that is most qualified to speak of tradition and spirit, but everyone will say that the tradition and spirit of this team are gradually being lost, because this team has long since lost its glory.
Failure will lead to the team's disheartening, dissipation, what spirit. Any tradition is, when a team loses and loses becomes a habit, then you are a weak team that everyone deceives, a complete dragon team!
Therefore, Yang Cheng also knows very clearly that if he wants to reshape the spirit and tradition of the German team, he does not rely on a few words and a few words, but to get excellent results, and on the basis of outstanding results, he will reshape the spirit of this team step by step!
Manchester United's domineering and Real Madrid's elegance are not acquired in a day, but by long-term accumulation!
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Mighty Germany beats Turkey 4:0!
Mesut Ozil, the king of elves, responded to the fans' boos with a brace!
Heaven sent Caesar! Germany won three in a row to take the top spot in the group!
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The next day, the front pages of major German and European newspapers published the new ~~-update news~~ news of the German team's 4:0 defeat to Turkey, among which Bild also quoted an interview with Turkish coach Guus Hiddink.
The Dutch coach admitted that Turkey lost this game convincingly, he believes that the German team is better in terms of overall strength and tactical execution, and there is obviously a certain gap between Turkish players, but he also said that Turkey will not be affected by this game, and he firmly believes that the team still has a chance to qualify.
'What impressed me the most about this game was Mesut Ozil, we lost to a very good player, he put in a world-class performance and we were beaten by him, I think it's a shame because he didn't play for Turkey, otherwise maybe we would have won this game.'
When Hiddink talked about Mesut Ozil, the man of the match, he bluntly said that Ozil was phenomenal.
'I think the most important thing for him now is to leave Real Madrid, you know, there are so many talented players at Real Madrid, they have excellent football skills, David? Silva, Kaka, Mata, Cristiano? Ronaldo and so on, each of the top football talents in this group did not lose to Ozil, but they played in the same team and the competition was fierce. ”
'Mesut Ozil obviously won't be able to play all the games at Real Madrid and that will hinder his progress, so I think the most important thing for him now is to leave Real Madrid and play for a team that can attack with him at its core, who can give him trust and support, which will take him to the next level.'
In fact, what Hiddink said was also what many German media thought before, because Real Madrid's midfield is indeed piled up with too many talented superstars, and it is difficult for Ozil to stand out in this group, and now this Real Madrid team is also linked with top creative superstars such as Messi and Iniesta, which will undoubtedly increase the competitive pressure within the team.
Leaving Real Madrid is not a bad choice for Mesut Ozil, at least there are many teams interested in Ozil in football today, after all, this player has already shown his excellent quality in the past Real Madrid and the German national team, and he is not short of next home at all.
With the exception of Mesut Ozil, everyone feels that Germany is the most important player at the moment. The same includes Klose.
After scoring 1 goal. Klose has already surpassed former East German striker Streich to become the second-highest scorer in German football history since the Turkish game, and he has now scored 57 goals, which is far from the legendary goalscorer Gerd? Muller's record of 68 goals is just 11. …,
"If Klose continues to complete the pursuit of Muller in his current state, or even surpasses, the premise is that he continues to have Yang Cheng's trust and support!"
Yang Cheng has a great advantage of taking charge of the German team, that is, no one will point fingers at the current German team. Unlike when Loew was in charge of the German team before, many club bigwigs and football people competed to point fingers, Yang Cheng stood there, everyone had to be obedient, and no one dared to say anything about the affairs of the national team.
So, in a way, it creates a relaxed environment for the players to play and play.
Yang Cheng's use and trust in the players is also no one dares to question it. It was as if he had given up on Khedira. At best, all the professionals are skeptical, and no one will say that Khedira should be called, or suspect that Yang Cheng has any selfish motives, after all, he is now leading the German team to three consecutive victories, and the momentum is like a bamboo.
Another aspect of Yang Cheng that is highly recognized is that he, like Loew, pays great attention to youth and upgrading, and during his time at the helm of Germany. He has brought in a number of rookies, including Lars? Bend, Sven? Bender, Gotze, Schurrle and Hummels, who are all selected for the national team for the first time, are naturally counted in Yang Cheng's account.
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October 12, 2010, Evening, Kazakhstan.
The German team's away game against Kazakhstan was purely a training game for Yang Cheng. Because the strength of the opponent can hardly affect the German team.
Yang Cheng arranged the lineup for this game, and the goalkeeper is Neuer; The backline is Lahm, Bad Stuber, Mertesacker and Jérôme? Boateng, this set of defensive combinations is a combination of old and new, Yang Cheng hopes to take this opportunity to carve Bad Stuber well, and then use Westman to Jérôme? Boateng put some pressure.
In the midfield, Yang Cheng changed his previous routine and let Sven? Bender plays at the back, Schweinsteiger and Toney? Kloss formed the central midfield, and the front three players were Thomas? Muller, Ozil and Podolski.
One of the differences in this new set of tactics is that Ozil is more forward in his position, and he is more active in the area between the opponent's central defender and the defensive midfielder in the game, responsible for pulling the opponent's central defender out of the defensive area, and then allowing Thomas? Muller and Podolski cut diagonally into the box for the final shot.
Schweinsteiger and Tony? The combination of Klos makes Yang Cheng very optimistic, these two players are very complementary and compatible to some extent, and Sven? Bender stayed at the back and defended and Lahm could do his best to play his attacking prowess, while Jérôme on the right? Boateng can also cut forward and be involved in the attack as appropriate.
Although the tactics are new, in fact, the German team did not show too much strangeness, the game started to score, it was Podolski from the right side of the ball after dribbling past two opposing players, taking advantage of Ozil to pull out the central defender, diagonal pass, Thomas? Muller scored the scoring for Germany.
After scoring the goal, the German team looked like a bamboo, especially in the operation of the midfield, Schweinsteiger, Toney? Cross and Sven? Bender became more and more cooperative, becoming the engine of the German team, both supporting the players up front and sending a steady stream of shells up front.
Tony? Cross and Sven? Bender also took advantage of a back-to-back attack to score a goal each, while Thomas? Muller scored a brace and Mesut Ozil scored in two consecutive games to help Germany thrash Kazakhstan 5-0.
Two consecutive games have won and won a big victory, scored 9 goals and conceded zero goals, the performance of the German team can be described as very outstanding, the whole country is amazed and praised by the current performance of the German team, especially in this game, Yang Cheng chose to rotate Klose, using the tactics of no striker, which is even more eye-catching. …,
Although there is no striker, it does not actually mean that the German team does not have the final blow, Thomas? Muller and Podolski were both dangerous in the back, while Mesut Ozil showed his keen ability to weave through and run, always moving to the most dangerous places to get the ball and create a threat and disrupt the opposition's defence.
But it must also be said that Kazakhstan's strength is not good, there is not much reference value, it is impossible to say how the strength of the German team is to beat this team, otherwise, the strongest is Hungary, they beat San Marino 8:0, and Sweden also beat Finland 5:0, Ibrahimovic also brushed a hat trick.
However, everyone also sensed Yang Cheng's intention from this game, that is, without getting a strong striker to take over the gun in Klose's hand, he wanted to try to use the no-blade tactic, but how to arrange it and what kind of strength it can play, these will take a longer time to investigate and run-in.
After beating Kazakhstan, Germany's European Championship qualifiers have come to an end for the time being, and the new competition will have to wait until 2011, so Yang Cheng will need to focus more on La Liga in the coming period.
But there are still a lot of things that really bother him, such as the upcoming election of the president of the German Football Association, and the derby of the century with Barcelona, he can't rest yet!