The old hatred has not disappeared, and a new hatred has been added!

At the Wörthsee Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria, Germany, the favourites to win the tournament, suffered a blow and lost 2-1 to Croatia. originally wanted to avenge the 0-3 sweep by the opponent in the World Cup in France 10 years ago, but he didn't expect to be sprinkled with salt on his wound by the opponent.

The full-backs were full of holes, and Loew's starting line-up was exactly the same as it was against Poland in the previous game, with a 442 formation to keep up with the changes.

However, German football legend and 1990 World Cup winner left-back Bremor warned before the game that left-back Janssen is the worst in the German team and is a ticking time bomb.

Sure enough, Croatia started the game by attacking the left side of the German team and posed a frequent threat. But what Bremo didn't expect was that the huge gap left by right-back Lahm after the assist became another ticking time bomb for the German team.

In the 23rd minute, the Croatian crossed from Germany's right after 14 consecutive passes, and right midfielder Srna stabbed home the goal in a scramble with Janssen. The cross was not a big threat and Janssen had plenty of time to judge, position and clear, but he completely ignored Srna behind him and was cut in from behind.

The two midfielders are both weak, and Ballack and Frings have always been the most solid combination of the German team, but this morning, the duo was also strictly "out of tune".

Croatian coach Bilic sent five midfielders -- Ni. Mateo Kovac, Luka Modric, Rakitic, Serna and Kranica – all ran and tackled in midfield. Of Germany's four midfielders, Podolski and Fritz were only responsible for attacking on the flanks, and there were almost no people to see when defending. As a result, Ballack and Frings had to go two-to-five for most of the time.

Disadvantage in numbers. Leaving Ballack and Frings exhausted and focused on defense. Naturally, the offense is weak. Without support from the middle, the Germans' two flanks were gradually losing their lustre, and the guide was becoming more and more passive.

Loew kept self-denying at the start of the second half, replacing Janssen with Odonko, letting Lahm switch to left-back, pulling Fritz back to right-back, Odonko playing right-back, Loew's first self-denial of the starting lineup. Odonko and Fritz are both speed players, and Loew clearly wants to use his speed to attack the opponent's left flank.

But what I didn't expect was. Lahm, who switched to the left, was also unlucky. Rakitic broke free from Lahm's defence and crossed the ball to Podolski before changing direction, struck the German post and bounced back, with Olic picking up a shot in front of goal. Loew in the coach's seat looked at Bierhoff helplessly, and the two were speechless.

Croatia coach Bilic is already like a child.

Replacing Gomez with Schweinsteiger as a left-sided midfielder and pushing Podolski up front to partner Klose was Loew's second self-correction. The arrival of "Little Pig" changed the situation of the German team's poor attack. It was his move down the left that allowed Podolski to pull a goal back. After that, Loew sent in Kuranyi to play a front three. The Croatians deliberately retreated defensively. However. In stoppage time, Schweinsteiger was sent off in a fit of rage for a push down on his opponent. The Germans ended up losing and losing.

The battle was lost. That means if Germany advances, they will meet Portugal in the quarter-finals.

Interestingly. The German Football League is the number one league in which Croatian players play abroad, and six of the Croatian squad are currently playing for Bundesliga teams. And this morning's shut-out against Germany's Olich. Not only playing in the Bundesliga, but also a German son-in-law.

In the Croatian squad, the centre-backs of Simunic and Roberto Ros. Kovac plays for Hertha Berlin and Borussia Dortmund, midfielder Rakitic plays for Schalke 04, and the three strikers Krasnić, Olic and Petrić come from Bremen, Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund respectively.

If you add the captain Nico, who has also played in the Bundesliga before. Kovac and midfielder Kranica, half of the Croatian national team have played in the Bundesliga and are very familiar with German football. Even head coach Bilic played in the Bundesliga for three seasons. Bilic said before the game: "The German team is strong, but we are not afraid because we know them too well. ”

Olic scored 16 goals for Hamburg in the 2007-2008 Bundesliga season and was the team's top scorer. Petrits, on the other hand, scored 13 goals for Borussia Dortmund and was also the team's top scorer. Krasnić also scored eight goals in Bremen. Such a forward combination is not to be underestimated for any team's defenders. Both Olich and Krasznić have a German wife, both of whom now live in Germany. In addition, both Kovacs brothers were born in Germany. It can be said that the Croatian national team beat its own teachers with what they learned from the German football field.

After a disappointing night, Germany lost 2-1 to Croatia in their biggest upset since the start of the European Championships. Captain Ballack was naturally to blame, and his sluggish form in this game was also disappointing, which also had a fatal impact on the whole team, without this midfielder "engine", the operation of the Germanic chariot began to fail, and finally it was trampled by the "Eastern European Iron Horseman".

In the first round of the European Championship against Poland, Ballack's table was also very eye-catching, passing and shooting well, becoming one of the team's heroes, but in the game against Croatia, Ballack was no longer beautiful, most of the time he disappeared from the field, creating a limited threat to the opponent, and the post-match statistics also reflected the slump of the German captain.

There were only 7 of the 15 one-on-one successes, less than half. There were just 82 touches of the ball and just two shots on goal, and neither goal was scored. In addition, Ballack also received a yellow card, which made him even more disgraced. The quality of the pass was not satisfactory, and it failed to create as much threat as the play, which shows that in this game, Ballack has greatly regressed in terms of quality both in confrontation and shooting and passing.

However, Ballack was still the man who ran the most distance in the race, running a whopping 11,460 meters in the whole race, he can be said to be very positive, but unfortunately he wasted most of his time on useless switchback runs. Due to the team's frequent mistakes, it was difficult for the German team to organize a decent offensive in the frontcourt. Ballack also struggled to organize the rhythm of the German team. This has also become a big factor that restricts the German team to score more goals in this game. As the team's playmaker in midfield, Ballack was unable to mobilize the whole team well in this game. At the same time, it also gives the opponent more opportunities to take advantage of.

Ballack has had high hopes for years to lead German football to new glory, but since the moment Ballack wore the captain's armband, there has been no end to the suspicion of him, and many believe that Ballack does not have what it takes to be a leader. He doesn't have the innate domineering spirit of the previous German captains Kahn and Mateus, let alone the talent to lead the team.

Losing the group stage of the European Championship in 04 and being blocked out of the World Cup final by Italy in 06, Ballack always fell short in the face of honor. It depends on whether Ballack can withstand the pressure and prove his ability in this European Cup.

Ballack is not only given the responsibility of captaining the German team, but also regarded as the favorite to compete with Cristiano Ronaldo and other superstars for the title of best star in this European Championship. However, judging from Ballack's performance in the match against Croatia, he is still a long way from this honor, and stable form and excellent performance are essential, and Ballack's immediate priority is to do everything possible to lead the team back to life and lead the team step by step on the right track. In an interview before the game, Ballack had expressed his desire to be a captain like Zidane, but obviously. Barak has a lot more to do.

In the first game of the German team, the media was too impatient to look for a basis for a German team to win and continue to expand the results with a win over Poland, and the German team won only the Polish team. And it's a Polish team that is in very bad shape. In addition, the German team scored two good goals, but both took advantage of the opponent's mistakes. In fact, there has never been a real control of the game when the opponent is unable to form a deterrent.

In the course of the match against the Polish team. We have already seen the Germans abuse their fitness and increase their frequency at will. Although it played a certain effect. However, we saw the flaws in this tactic against Croatia, who are faster than you, more physically stronger than you, and have good technical performance in a state of high excitement.

Relatively speaking, the German team was clearly overwhelmed, not knowing how to cheer themselves up or how to suppress their opponents.

Without basing the Germans' carelessness on the pre-tournament favourism and a smooth 2006 season, it is safe to say that the Germans should not always play in the same style.

Over the years, German football has developed a style that cannot be escaped by any application and change of technique and tactics, and the fundamental aspect of this style is to overwhelm opponents with strong strength and great competitive energy. It is not difficult to achieve this with the foundation of German players, which have great advantages, such as often working against major technical teams, and teams such as Spain and Portugal can easily be overwhelmed by such a style, after all, they do not have a power midfield.

However, the weaknesses of the German team are also obvious, firstly, they are inefficient, and secondly, when they face non-mainstream technical teams, they are often constrained by other means by opponents, such as today's opponents Croatia. Bilic doesn't have Suker, he doesn't have Ballack, but he has players and teams that are even more emotional than the Germans, and he knows better than anyone that the magic weapon to restrain the German team is to counteract their morale and style, and to achieve this, you only need to do two things, faster than the German team, and cut off the contact with the German team.

Croatia succeeded, the Germans simply lost the calmness, fluidity and rationality they had against the Polish team, thanks to the German goalkeeper, only Lehmann was strong, Croatia did not continue to expand the score to avoid humiliating the German team, they almost did this. It's not an upset, it's not Bilic's patent, it's a common tactic for everyone to challenge a strong team, and unfortunately, the German team is not fully prepared for it and coping with it.

The sky has not fallen, and the Germans are capable enough to subdue yet another Austrian team that is ready to do the same, and it is believed that they will be quick, or have already found a solution.

In the next match against Portugal, the German team will have no baggage, and that is the best and most appropriate moment to play the style of German football.

It is not difficult to see from the comments of the media that the Portuguese team meets the German team in the imagination of the media, and Germany has a big advantage.

Portugal had a smooth run in the group stage. Once you meet Germany, big trouble can arise.

Germany's defeat in the second game made the shape of Group B chaotic. Portugal are highly likely to meet Germany, who finished second in the group.

In any case, the media is not optimistic about the quarter-finals between Germany and Portugal. Portugal was able to have the last laugh.

The Germans' style of football seems to have completely restrained the Portuguese's technical flow, as evidenced by history.

After two rounds of Group B matches, Group B points and rankings are Croatia with 6 points, Germany with 3 points, Austria with 1 point, and Poland with 1 point.

In the final round, Croatia faced Poland and Germany faced Austria. According to the rules, whether Germany wins or draws, it is determined to advance to the round of 8 with the second place in the group, and if it loses, it will definitely not qualify.

Let's say Germany beats Austria in the final round and Croatia loses to Poland. Croatia is tied with Germany on 6 points, Poland on 4 points and Austria on 1 point.

According to the rules for qualifying for the European Championship: "If there is a tie in the number of points, the points in the direct meeting will be compared first, and then the goal difference and goals scored in the direct meeting will be compared." If you still can't tell the difference, you will end up comparing the goal difference and goals scored in the entire group stage. "Since Germany has already lost 1-2 to Croatia and suffered in a direct encounter, Germany will end up in second place and Croatia will still be first.

Let's say Germany draws with Austria. If Croatia loses to Poland, Croatia has 6 points, Germany and Poland have 4 points, and Austria has 2 points. Follow the above rules. Germany won 2-0 against Poland in the first round and had the advantage in the direct encounter, so Germany finished second. Poland finished third, with Germany qualified.

Of course. If Germany loses to Austria, Germany has 3 points. Austria have 4 points, and Germany will certainly not be able to qualify. If Poland also beats Croatia, Austria and Poland are tied on four points. Since the two teams are tied 1-1, it is now time to compare the goal difference and goals scored by the two teams throughout the group stage.

At the same time, a goal, an assist, Ronaldo with a near-perfect play to help Portugal defeat the Czech Republic, in the first round of the European Cup quarterfinals at the same time, after the game, excited to dance Ronaldo, happily accepted the Spanish "Marca" newspaper interview, he took the initiative to break the news, prefer to wear a white jersey galloping on the field, of course, what he said white, not simply refers to the Portuguese national team's second uniform, its subtext is the infinite yearning for Real Madrid.

"Marca" newspaper can be described as the "spokesperson" of Portugal's genius recently, Ronaldo and Real Madrid eyebrows and eyebrows between them can always exclusively disclose, this game against the Czech Republic, because the opponent chose red, Portugal had to change to wear the away white uniform, he told the "Marca" reporter, "I really like to wear the white jersey to play, such as this white national team uniform, I am very happy with my goal, especially to score in front of Cech, which makes me feel more comfortable." ”

Ronaldo's "white uniform" is obviously a pun, because the main color of the Real Madrid club jersey is white, and the Portuguese kid who hasn't read much has also begun to play such word games, which should be a trick made by his economist Mendes, so as to not only express his love for the national team, but also send a signal to Calderón that he is willing to join without changing his original intention, but Manchester United cannot get conclusive evidence that Ronaldo continues to play with fire.

Speaking about Portugal's journey in this year's European Championships, Ronaldo said, "Our main goal is to play well in the knockout stages, I'm very happy to help my team-mates win, we are doing very well, although the Czech Republic played well in the first half, it was very difficult to break through their defence, for the good of the national team as a whole, we should know how to sacrifice ourselves, we are now given a good chance, but we also have to respect the opponent because they also want to win." ”

The Portuguese boy's words immediately detonated the enthusiasm of the fans, and in the message section of the Marca newspaper, a Real Madrid fan was excited, "White obviously refers to Real Madrid, he has won all the accolades for Manchester United, if he can help Real Madrid win the Champions League and La Liga, he will become the greatest star of all time." ”

But Manchester United fans are extremely hateful, "Ronaldo, you are really a little carried away, since Manchester United can give birth to King Cantona and heartthrob Beckham, they have the ability to produce the next superstar, look, in three years Nani will surpass you and become the best player in the world." ”

Before the European Cup, Ronaldo, who still had a 4-year contract with Manchester United, had a lifelong contract with Real Madrid, which angered Ferguson and Manchester United Club, who had cultivated him. The Premier League giants threatened to sue Cristiano Ronaldo for signing with Real Madrid for violating the rules, but Real Madrid president Calderón insisted that the negotiations were legal and constantly challenged the other party's nerves with "Manchester United has no evidence of (violations)".

Calderón has just been spoken. On the morning of June 11, the Sun, Britain's best-circulated tabloid, published an exclusive front page photo of Ronaldo's private contact with former Manchester United fitness coach Salvo, who switched to Real Madrid last year - on January 8, 2008. The location is in Rome, and the photo shows two old friends talking happily. But after discovering the lens of the reporter. Ronaldo looked very excited and wanted to grab it, but was stopped by the people around him.

It is said that Ronaldo has a very close relationship with this Salvo, Salvo has been in Manchester United for 3 years, Ronaldo's daily life and diet are taken care of by him, and the two are more like brothers who talk about everything in life, Ronaldo trusts the older Salvo very much. But Salvo is not a loyal man, and last year he flew to the Bernabeu and didn't say hello to his old friend (Manchester United's assistant coach) Queiroz. Queiroz was so angry that he shouted "traitor" and never said a word to him.

Unexpectedly, Salvo poached Ronaldo, the core of Manchester United, again, can Manchester United not hate?

If UEFA determines that this set of photos is true, it is likely to sentence Ronaldo for violating the transaction with Real Madrid without permission during the contract period, and punish Ronaldo and Real Madrid severely. The precedent is Ashley. Cole reached a private signing agreement with Chelsea, which resulted in a £100,000 fine for Cole, £200,000 for Jose Mourinho and £300,000 for Chelsea FC. And cut the league 3 points.

In fact, from the first day he stepped into Switzerland, Ronaldo could read about his transfer lawsuit in the newspaper every day. The Portuguese has a stronger heart than the Turk and has been on the verge of scoring goals almost from the first minute of the game.

'The coach asked us to play more aggressively. Ronaldo said after the game. 'We're already in the top eight of the European Championships, so of course we can't stop there.

Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer has been in a big swing, just hours after Portugal beat the Czech Republic. Chelsea Football Club of the English Premier League has announced on its official website that Portugal's Brazilian boss Scolari will take charge of Chelsea on 1 July 2008.

The European Championship has not yet come to an end. But many people began to be sad and parted.

Scolari also became the fifth manager in the last 16 after Kuhn, Basten, Aragonés and Brückner to leave after the European Championships.

Scolari undoubtedly has a long way to go for the European Championships. But shortly after the announcement of Chelsea's new manager, there were already peers who had actually left the national team for so long. Switzerland's match against Turkey came on the heels of the Portugal-Czech clash and the hosts were reversed by the Turks to become the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. Along with the departure of head coach Kuhn, the Swiss coach announced before the European Championship that he had left the national team for seven years for personal reasons.

The 65-year-old took over the Swiss national team in the summer of 2001 and has since overhauled the team, which has been imprinted with Kuhn's chrome mark in seven years. Kuhn has brought the Swiss team to Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup in a row, and this year they have become the host of Euro 08, and Kuhn also wants the team to have a good appearance. But his wife's illness made him leave, "I promised my wife that I would call it the day after Euro 2008. ”

In yesterday's two Group A matches, Czech coach Brückner and Kuhn were equally disappointed, not only because of the defeat to Portugal, but also because the exit of the Swiss team turned the final round of the group stage between the Czech Republic and Turkey into a veritable battle of life and death. If the Czech Republic are eliminated, it will be the last international match for Brückner, who left the country after the European Championships were decided back in March.

However, the manager of the Czech national team, Koshgal, has revealed that if Brückner can lead the Czech team to the semi-finals of this year's European Championships, the national team will still invite him to be the head coach.

Kuhn and Brückner have not revealed their whereabouts after leaving the national team, and Switzerland and the Czech Republic may be the last stops of their football careers, but for the young man, finding a home and then jumping into the nest is the best way.

Like Scolari, the current Dutch coach Basten also found a golden job when he announced that he had stepped down his national team boss - the head coach of his parent club Ajax. Van Basten was appointed head coach of the Netherlands in July 2004 and led the team to the 2006 World Cup, where they were eliminated by Scolari's Portugal in the quarter-finals.

In addition, Aragonés, the oldest manager in the last 16 of this European Championship, has also said that he will leave after the European Championship. The 70-year-old led Spain to a 4-1 victory in the first round. This is Aragonés' last chance to achieve a major result in his four-year tenure as head coach of the Spanish national team, and it is only natural that he will go all out in the midst of controversy. Regarding his departure, Lao Shuai looked very open: "I am like milk, it has an expiration date, and you all know this specific date." Once the milk expires, people won't drink it anymore. (To be continued......)