Zwanzig's re-arrival in South Africa did cause some problems within the national team, because as soon as he arrived, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation of the national team, and when he was interviewed by the media, he said as if he was not there, and the national team would not work.

There are really few people who can say anything about him, because he is the leader of the German Football Association, Nilsbach has nothing to do with him, and Beckenbauer can't say much about him, otherwise, Zwan Ziger, a UEFA president, interferes in the internal affairs of the member football association, and he is enough to choke on him, the football emperor.

But just as Tswanziger was venting his frustrations everywhere and brushing his presence everywhere, a letter to the fans signed by the German international was published on the official website of the German Football Association.

"Fans of the motherland, although we are thousands of miles away in South Africa, we have seen photos and videos of you gathering in the square to watch the game, thousands of fans gathered around the Brandenburg Gate to cheer for us, and countless fans waiting in front of the TV, silently watching our game."

"On the square of the Brandenburg Gate, countless fans draped in eye-catching flags, forming a sea of celebration in black, red and yellow, reminding us on the field that you are always with us, and that the people of our country are throwing a football party to cheer on the team they support and love."

"Thank you, fans of the motherland! Even if it is thousands of miles away, we can feel your support and encouragement, you make us more motivated, your affirmation makes us full of motivation to move forward, and your passionate cry gives us more energetic and makes us stronger! ”

"We all know that a lot of the media, a lot of fans, are worried about the current state of the team. But please rest assured, our World Cup road is far from over, everyone's football feast will continue, and South African fans can buy your tickets to the final! ”

"We are confident that we will form an invincible German team together with all the German fans, we are a united team, and we all firmly believe that we will be led by Mr. Yang Cheng. Make your dreams come true and say goodbye to the history of not winning a major championship in the past 14 years! ”

At the end of the letter, all 23 internationals wrote their signatures, which appeared on the official website of the German Football Association (DFB) and on the front pages of the German media the following day.

Such an open letter is undoubtedly uncommon for Germans who have always been introverted, so there are many reporters who analyze that this should be a masterpiece from Yang Cheng, because he has always been a coach who is very good at mobilizing the emotions and enthusiasm of players.

As the reporter dug deeper, they gradually learned more. It is known that Yang Cheng specially had a video of fans watching the game at the Brandenburg Gate to motivate the team, as well as his various initiatives to motivate the team, including the expulsion of Zwanzig from the conference room. Re-establish the prestige of the head coach of the German national team.

Yang Cheng's series of actions made the German media stunned, but also deeply admired, because for the current German team, spiritual motivation is more important than strength, and Yang Cheng's approach is to motivate this German national team from the spiritual level.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also stood up for Yang Cheng, believing that he is the best person to lead this German team. It is believed that he will lead the German team to continue to move forward in the World Cup. And she did appear in the stands for the match against the United States at 20:30 p.m. on June 26.

Charlize? Theron hugged Charles and stayed by Merkel's side, while Heidi? Krum and Sienna? Miller also sat next to Beckenbauer, and Avril Lavigne, the singer of the theme song of the South African World Cup, also appeared in the stands, obviously for Yang Cheng, and Yang Cheng, who took care of sponsors and off-field matters, appeared in the coach's seat of the German national team for the first time. …,

Although he did not sign a contract, this is also Yang Cheng's first game as the head coach of the German national team!

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The group stage of the World Cup in South Africa was a rollercoaster ride. It's a Hollywood superhero blockbuster, and it's Uncle Sam who has the last laugh.

In the first round of the group stage, they faced a strong England. The United States first suffered a goal from Steven Gerrard four minutes later, but the United States equalised in the first half. After that, the draw was kept until the end of the game.

In the second round of the group, the United States encountered Slovenia, conceded in the first 13 minutes, and conceded again in the 42nd minute, falling behind 0:2 in the first half, but Bradley made adjustments in the second half, and the result was to score 2 goals in a row, and the game was tied 2:2.

In the key third game, the United States ushered in Algeria, first the goal was blown, and then the game was very difficult, but the United States relied on the goal in stoppage time at the last moment to complete the stunner against Algeria, 1:0 successfully advanced to the round of 16 with the first place in the group, and the undefeated record in the group is also the first time in the history of the World Cup in the United States.

Looking at the three rounds of the group stage in the United States, you can find an interesting place, that is, this team's start is always slow, slow to enter the state, slow to start the game, and everything is slow, which directly leads to the start of the game is easy to fall into passivity.

Will Bradley change America's tactics in the knockout round?

Yang Cheng didn't know about this, he didn't know and didn't want to know, because he was very aware of his team's problem, that is, he was not good at playing against the wind, so he had to completely establish the advantages of the German team from the beginning of the game, create the biggest situation in his favor, and then incorporate the game into the German team's own rhythm.

Different from the third round of the group stage, Yang Cheng adjusted the lineup of the game.

The goalkeeper is Manuel Neuer, while the backline is Lahm, Mertesacker, Khedira and Friedrich; The two midfielders are Schweinsteiger and Toney? Cross, attacking the vanguard are Thomas? Muller, Mesut Ozil and Deisler, the single striker is Klose who has returned from a red card suspension.

An obvious change is that Friedrich, who was placed in the middle by Loew in the first two rounds, was reassigned to the right side by Yang Cheng, who played on the right side of the national team before, but before because of a lot of injuries to the central defender, Westerman failed to participate in the World Cup. Friedrich was called upon to play at centre-back, but made a mistake against Ghana.

This time, Yang Cheng asked him to return to the right side, apparently hoping that he would defend the right side, so that Germany could devote himself to attacking on the left side.

Another surprising change came from Khedira playing at centre-back.

Khedira is 1.89m tall, has height, strength, and speed, and although his body is not flexible, the midfielder has excellent complement and defensive awareness, and has a strong sense of position. But the disadvantages are also very obvious.

From the midfielder to the midfielder, Khedira's attack is very strong, his forward awareness is very strong, his range of movement is large, and his running is active, but he is more of a disruptive situation, he is not an interceptor with a large area like Mascherano, but a harasser with a large running range.

As for the opinion of some fans that Khedira likes to cut forward and cannot be placed based on his previous performances. As the head coach, Yang Cheng has his own set of opinions, he thinks it's like Barcelona using Alves, his characteristics are there, you use him. You have to take that risk.

There is no perfect player in this world, there is no perfect set of standard procedures for the configuration of the players in the team, and even the technical characteristics of the players in each position are different, which requires the head coach to better combine the characteristics of the players to play the overall strengths, rather than asking the players how to be, which is unrealistic. ..., Khedira technique in general. But the fundamentals are solid. is a reliable ball transitioner, and Khedira does not stick to the ball, he is very decisive and capable of taking the ball, he has a good sense of position and is tall, Yang Cheng is good at frontal defense and air defense for Mertesacker, so that Khedira can be a co-defender next to Mertesacker, and can also give the back line an extra point to get the ball.

It was also in the game against Ghana. Yang Cheng watched the team's defensive performance after Khedira retreated. I had an idea in my mind, so I wanted to try it out in this game.

The only problem was Khedira's forward awareness. So Yang Cheng specifically told Frick to let the latter stare at Khedira for a game, and once this kid was a little hot-headed, he would stop him and stop him from stepping forward.

This is a bit like the previous time when Jose Mourinho was in charge of Inter Milan and stopped Lucio from stepping forward in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

Halftime Tony? The combination of Cross and Schweinsteiger was not a whim, but an attempt by Yang Cheng, of course, Tony? Close is too tender, how to play, Yang Cheng has no bottom in his heart, but he has to ensure that after the team suppresses the opponent, how to form effective control outside the opponent's 32-meter area.

Tony? Klos is responsible for dragging the back organiser, combing the ball, playing his delicate feet, excellent overall view, strong organization, excellent passing ability, and at the same time covering up his lack of forward ability, because in the drag-back organization, his main blame is on sharing the ball and tandem.

Schweinsteiger's longitudinal ability is very strong, which is related to his background in playing on the wing, and he has excellent defensive ability, so Yang Cheng let him step forward, but also gave him more tasks of counter-tackling and delaying on the spot, so that he could put in the counter-attack as soon as the team lost the ball, rather than thinking about returning to his position first.

With Schweinsteiger and Tony? Kloss played a double back, and Yang Cheng also expected that the team's back defense would be relatively weak, so he kept reminding the players before the game that it was necessary to counter-rob on the spot, and to implement strong pressure on the opponent from the beginning of the game, so as to create the most favorable defensive situation for his side.

Compared with defense, Yang Cheng invested more and more in offense in this game.

Because he had to press forward from the start, Klose, Thomas? Muller, Mesut Ozil and Deisler all got into the 32-metre zone, with Lahm attacking on the left, so he was also very decisive and aggressive.

Yang Cheng has three offensive combinations, first, active frontcourt pressing and counter-grabbing, once he gets the ball, he directly creates a counterattack; Second, the active back insertion forms an offensive echelon, and once the front attack fails, the rear insertion continues to form a threat; Third, two consecutive attacks failed, firmly guaranteed possession, and the return pass was reorganized.

Before the game, U.S. head coach Bradley expected it to be a tough game because he was facing the best manager in the world, but he overestimated the difficulty of the game.

The young Germany, who originally seemed to him to be a little young, inexperienced and mature, appeared to be full of momentum at the beginning of the game, exerting a strong pressure on the United States. In particular, the front court led by Klose has formed a strong pressure and interference on the midfield and backfield of the American team.

The game was completely high-tempo from the start, and the pressure on the players of the American team against Germany was even greater than against England, especially since the Germans were very active on both flanks.

In just 5 minutes of the opening game, Yang Cheng's combination punch immediately took effect.

After Germany's aggressive frontcourt counter-attack, Deisler and Schweinsteiger teamed up to flank Donovan on the left wing of the United States, and the German team immediately formed a counterattack after the ball was successful. Deisler avoided the defender as soon as he could, passed the ball to Ozil, and continued to run forward. ..., Ozil knocked back after the ball, took the initiative to complete a one-two cooperation with Deisler to avoid the opponent's defenders, so that Deisler got the ball and went down from the right side to the bottom line, and the German right wing started the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball crossed an arc and fell straight in front of the goal.

Deisler's cross landed very accurately, right in the area where the goalkeeper could make a move, but he was hesitant. So Howard hesitated a little and didn't choose to attack in the end, but Klose seized the time of his hesitation and slammed Deisler's cross into the USA goal with a header like a dry field!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

The German fans, who were excited about the whole stadium, rushed out of their seats. The on-site commentator was also excited to shout.

"In less than six minutes, Germany took the lead with their third shot on goal and scored the first goal, 1:0, the United States was once again in a behind-position position, but this time it will be up to them to turn the tide again!"

After the team scored. Yang Cheng was not surprised or excited. Instead, he walked to the sidelines, looking calm and calmly reminding the players who came out to celebrate, to continue to stay calm when they returned to the court, and at the same time reminded Tony? Klos and the backline, they were a little far away from the front just now, so be careful to keep three lines away.

After the restart, the German team did not relax and scored from the start. Coupled with the fact that the tactics worked well after the opening, Yang Cheng's offensive combination caused a lot of trouble for the United States. In particular, the German team's frontcourt pressing and pressing hurt the United States. Mistakes are frequent, and the German team is to seize the opponent's mistakes to counterattack.

In the 23rd minute, it was another passing mistake by the United States team that was intercepted by Mertesacker and passed the ball directly to Toney? Klose, who got rid of the ball and passed it straight to Klose, who was pressing the two central defenders in the box.

The German striker took the ball with his back and passed it to Schweinsteiger who was inserted in the back, and the Bayern midfielder inserted into the edge of the penalty area, saw that it was an opportunity, and shot straight away.

This powerful sudden cold arrow caught Howard off guard, and watched the ball penetrate the German team's goal again, 2:0!

"Oh my God, it's only been 23 minutes and the Germans have won two games in a row!"

Schweinsteiger excitedly rushed out of the stadium and in front of the live TV camera, apparently shouting at the fans in Germany thousands of miles away, venting his excitement after the goal.

"The German team's attack after the opening appeared very decisive and resolute, especially in the echelon, very layered, very purposeful, high-intensity pressing and pressing in the front, forcing the opponent to make mistakes, the opponent made a mistake, directly played the most effective and sharp counterattack, directly formed a threat, the first and second goals were produced in this way."

"The German team started this game with a lot of momentum, and it was obviously different from the German team led by Loew in the past, looking stronger and more aggressive!"

After falling behind too early, the U.S. team was in chaos, and their mentality became impatient, and they failed to seize the opportunity on several counterattacks, while Khedira was relatively stable in the back line to help make up for the ball and take the ball, and the handling of the ball was relatively concise and reasonable, ensuring that the German team got the ball in the backfield.

After scoring two goals in a row, the team's situation was very good, and the German team began to relax their mentality, and gradually played the strength and momentum of their own team, especially before the end of the first half, the German team counterattacked after a front-court break, Thomas? After receiving Klose's pass, Muller reached into the penalty area, calmly got up, and hit again to rewrite the score to 3:0 for the German team!

"Very hearty attack!" The on-site commentator exclaimed, "This is the most exciting first half game of this World Cup so far, with a three-goal lead, the German team has shown strong attacking power, and Yang Cheng has also given a surprising report card." ”

"After Loew's sudden resignation and hastily handed over, Yang Cheng not only led Germany to withstand the pressure and qualify from the group stage, but also let us see the offensive strength of the hearty German team in the 45 minutes of this game!"

"Insisting on offensive football is Yang Cheng's coaching style, but the German team's running, offensive level, and control of the ball in this game are all in place, which is enough to witness the effectiveness of Yang Cheng's coaching."

"But now the German team can't be careless, because the United States is a tenacious team, they can still tie after two goals, which shows the tenacity of this team, which is something that the German team needs to watch out for in the second half."

After the on-site commentator gave a kind reminder, the referee also blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the German team temporarily led the United States 3:0, which was almost enough to end the game early, but because the American team had a precedent for reversal, everyone did not dare to be careless, especially Yang Cheng.

He is well aware of the current situation of the German team, so he also kept reminding the players at half-time to be careful.

Unexpectedly, they still made mistakes! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )