When the referee Weber from the UK blew the whistle at the end of the game, in the Warsaw National Stadium, which can accommodate a total of 58,000 people, all German fans stood up from their seats, raising their arms and shouting loudly. (This chapter was uploaded by Sui Meng netizen (This chapter was uploaded by Sui Meng).

The final scoreboard of the two teams in this game is shown on the big red scoreboard at Warsaw National Stadium.

The number under the name of the Czech team on the left is 0, and the number under the name of the German team on the right is 3, which means that the German team finally defeated the Czech team with a score of 3:0 in this 90-minute game, successfully stood out from the quarterfinals of the quarterfinals and entered the semi-finals of the European Cup.

Long before the game, everyone predicted that the German team would win this game, but during the game, the Czech team caused a lot of trouble for the German team, especially this tenacious team, which had been on the verge of being strictly guarded from the beginning, and even tightened to within 20 meters for a long time.

In other words, the Czech team's defense started from the front of the penalty area, which made the defense density in front of their goal very high. As soon as the German team's ball entered this area, it immediately felt like a mud bull entering the sea, silently.

If they think that the German team can win easily before the game, after watching the first half or even watching the first 15 minutes of the second half, they will definitely not think that the German team can win easily. They will even think that the German team's offense will be completely curbed by the Czech team, and the game may enter overtime or even penalty shootouts.

But when everyone felt that the German team might encounter snipers, Yang Cheng's substitution completely reversed the situation of the game. He replaced Khdira with Tony Klos, allowing Tony Klos to control the team's rhythm and sort out the midfield, and completely liberated Schweinsteiger and Ozil.

This substitution adjustment has brought about a significant change in the situation of the German team. It has especially changed the momentum of chasing the Czech team since the beginning of the game. It has begun to slow down the pace and pursue a stable performance in an orderly manner. The German team will even take the initiative to retreat the defense line, release the Czech team and then fight back.

After the substitution, the German team's offense began to show its power. The midfield was transferred and transitioned, the sidelines advanced and breakthroughs, and the frontcourt was supported and cooperated. The entire offense began to show more three-dimensional cooperation routines, which were blooming in all aspects, which was far more effective than the previous monotonous breakthrough and intensive defense, especially in pulling and finding loopholes.

After that, the German team scored several attacks on Gao Qiong, first with Thomas Muller and Ram on the left to cooperate. Mas Muller assisted Ram to hit a long shot from the left and opened the first record.

Then there was Deisler and Ozil on the right to infiltrate and advance. The two cooperated in a row with two consecutive passes and one match at the front of the penalty area. They assisted Klose to win another goal for the German team. The situation of the game was completely in control.

Finally, Gotze, who was substituted Ozil, was fouled when he dribbled the ball and scored a free kick directly. Desler scored the third goal for the German team, which was also the last goal of the whole game, completely establishing the victory of another German team's game.

Like the past two games, the German team's defense line has been as good as ever in this game. The combination of Ram, Kyle, Hummels and Jerome Boateng showed enough power. This combination has become more and more tacit, making the defense more solid.

Schweinsteiger and Khedira protected the German team's defense line from being directly exposed to the opponent's artillery fire. There was no threat to counterattacks. Even if Tony Klos was replaced later, the German team's defense line was still performing well.

But another important reason is that the Czech team started too fiercely. They knew that they were not strong enough to maintain the same level as the German team, so they used the active pressing at the beginning to smash the German team's spirit, which directly caused the German team's offense to fail to play in the entire first half.

But in this way, the Czech team completely exposed the problem of physical overdrawing in the second half, especially in the last half hour. They obviously could not keep up with the pace and pace of the German team, which directly led to the collapse of the Czech team at the last moment.

Another thing worthy of being alert is that their offensive route is too single, and they always use long passes in the middle, which has led to Hummels being unscrupulous again, but it is precisely because he inherited Deng's opponent's main attack direction that he once again received a yellow card in the game.

According to the rules of the European Cup yellow card suspension, after the quarter-finals knockout round, all the accumulated yellow cards in the previous quarter will be automatically cleared and will not be brought to the semi-finals. However, if the yellow cards are received in the quarter-finals knockout round, resulting in a cumulative suspension, the semi-finals will be automatically suspended for one game, which means that Hummels will be suspended in the semi-finals.

This also became a knot in Yang Cheng's heart.

Hummels performed so well, showing world-class standards in three consecutive games, making great contributions to the German team's defense line, and the entire defense line was well-connected. Now that the substitution adjustments are made, there are certain hidden dangers whether it is on Mertesak or Badstuber.

Moreover, judging from the fact that they were always in the first half and were unable to score, the German team also exposed a serious problem, namely the offense and defense conversion and the loss of control of the rhythm.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Schweinsteiger. The strength of the Pigs is actually not because of his strength, but because of his average. He can play at any position in the midfield, left, right, front, middle and back, and any position in the midfield, and can play well, and there is almost nothing he can't do.

But the problem is exactly this. When it comes to the overall view and ability to control the rhythm of the game, he is not as good as Xavi Alonso and Pirlo. When it comes to the precision of passing, he is not as good as Xavi and Busquets, but he has the ability to drive the ball, defense, and excellent physical fitness and running that these players do not have.

His type of midfield is actually interesting. If he plays well, he can perform well in any position, but once he encounters problems and needs a certain level of superb ability, he may not be able to do so.

The fight against the Czech Republic actually exposed his control over the game situation and the gap in control of the rhythm of the game. At least the entire first half, the German team's rhythm was obviously out of control. It seemed that it was a beating against the Czech Republic, but in fact it was the Czech Republic's defensive tighter and tighter, and the more they pressed their defense, the stronger they were.

When encountering such a defensive team, experienced and capable organizers will adjust the rhythm changes according to the situation on the court, and disrupt the Czech team's defensive pace by passing the ball left and right, and by appropriately retracting and deliberately slowing down the rhythm, making the opponent's defense lose its foresight.

Everyone knows that once the defense loses its foresight, it will be too slow to wait until the opponent attacks!

But throughout the first half, Schweiingsteiger was obviously trapped in the overall rhythm of the team, rather than controlling the rhythm of the team!

This situation was not improved until Tony Klos came on the court, which greatly improved the ball rights distribution and scene control when the German team deliberately slowed down and suddenly accelerated. His overall view, scheduling ability and ball rights were released. Especially in the offense and defense conversion and the ability to quickly and accurately transfer the ball to the frontcourt, it completely filled a major shortcoming in the German team's midfield.

So we can see that after Tony Close came on the field in the second half, the entire offensive situation of the German team changed.

In this way, Nicklas also solved a large bottleneck for the German team, but it also brought trouble to Yang Cheng.

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"Rafa. Do you think that things in this world are really fucking nonsense?"

Yang Cheng watched the players on the court celebrate happily, while he himself stood aside, patting his head, looking troubled, at least from his face, he could not see the joy of defeating the Czech team.

To be honest, he took it for granted to win this game, and it was strange that he couldn't win it, but the whole process of the game made him gain but also worried. Among them, what he was starting to feel the most troublesome was the midfield configuration issue.

After defeating the Czech Republic and entering the semi-finals, the next thing the German team will encounter is the winners of Italy and England. No matter which team it is, its strength is not something the Czech team can fight against, and they must have seen how the Czech team defends the German team's offense in this game.

As long as tactics are reflected on the football field, there is no secret in the eyes of professionals!

After hearing Yang Cheng's complaint, Benitez smiled bitterly twice. He also felt it was difficult to deal with, because no matter it was Tony Kloss or Schweinsteiger, they were all players who were troublesome, or they all felt a little bit high and low.

"If we want to completely eradicate the problems of midfield operation and offense and defense conversion, Schweinsteiger and Tony Klos started together, and the effect was the best. The two formed a dual-core similar to Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta, which could have a stronger effect, but the midfield defense is a problem."

After hearing this, Yang Cheng nodded and said, "So, there is a defender behind them. Sven Bend is the most suitable, but the midfield occupies three, with a forward in front and a Thomas Mueller, and there is only one position left!"

The reason why there must be Thomas Mueller is that the latter is very active in the frontcourt and has a very large coverage area, but more importantly, the wisdom and cooperation awareness he embodies when playing football.

When Kloze retreats or transfers horizontally, Thomas Muller is always the first to react and actively accelerates to insert the gap that Kloze pulls out, catching his opponent off guard. Moreover, his calmness and solid basic skills have made him shoot very high in the penalty area.

"Didn't you always want to try the front-court iron triangle combination of Tony Close, Thomas Muller and Ozil? Now with Schweinsteiger, Tony Close and Sven Bend's midfield iron triangle, I think you can give it a try!" Benitez said with a smile.

Yang Cheng had tried a style of play in training before, with a position similar to 4321, but it was an irregular position. However, he always thought that Tony Close was not ready yet, and the performance of other players was still good, so he temporarily suppressed it. Now that Benitez said this, he was a little moved.

"You guy is so light, the next European Cup semi-finals!" But soon, Yang Cheng began to hesitate again.

In fact, in the second game of the group, Yang Cheng had already started to change the team. But later Klose returned to the original 4231 tactics and defeated France 4:0. The team performed so well. There was no reason to change the team when playing against the Czech team, but he didn't expect that the Czech team would be curbed so well in the first half.

"Whatever you do, I'm just a job anyway!" Benitez walked back with a smile. The big-name Golden Knife sat down on the coach's seat, looking like he had nothing to do with him.

Yang Cheng felt funny when he saw this fat man's Nirvana, but he knew in his heart that the problem of the German midfielder in this game had been exposed, and the opponent would definitely know that at that time, whether it was Italy or England, they would definitely attack this point, unless he could change his own problem. Otherwise...

In the semi-final opponent, Yang Cheng is more optimistic about Italy because Plandelli's team showed excellent progress and development momentum in the European Cup. The team also left a sad impression. At this point, England is not as good as them.

The diamond-shaped midfielder created by Montolivo, Marcisio, De Rossi and Pirlo Plandelli has been running in and out of the European Cup, and the more they play, it is becoming more and more stable, showing a very rare offensive scene in Italy in recent years. What created this situation is precisely Italy's midfield configuration.

If the German team cannot adjust their midfield configuration, then their midfield will definitely beat Germany completely when facing Italy, because Yang Cheng has no doubt that this is a game where the midfield determines the victory or defeat.

So for Yang Cheng, seeking change is the only way to defeat Italy, but how to change and what level is the biggest test, and it is also the key to measuring whether he can lead the team to defeat Italy.

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In the past two days since returning to Gdansk, Yang Cheng has been thinking about a question: Should Tony Close be on?

The result of the match between England and Italy came out. Italy defeated England 2:0, which made Italy the other team that was not inferior to Germany. It was regarded as the most challenging team for Spain. This game also made Yang Chengfei realize the excellence of Italy.

The strength of this team is in the middle of the midfield, so although it is a diamond midfielder, the four players in Plandelli's midfield are all passers with good skills. However, Germany only has Schweinsteiger and Ozil in this position, which is undoubtedly at a certain disadvantage and someone needs to stand up and share their responsibilities.

However, if Tony Klos comes on, the task allocation between him and Schweinsteiger and Ozil must be done well, otherwise it will only cause the team to fall into chaos and disorder, and the defense of Pirlo and De Rossi must be paid attention to, which is also a problem.

"What? Is it so difficult?" Benitez walked to Yang Cheng's desk and looked at the tactical artwork he was drawing on the desktop with interest. There was the Italian starting lineup and player positions inside.

These were collected by the think tank before. After Italy defeated England, they handed them over to Yang Cheng. The latter was analyzing with the coaching staff all day today, combining the Italian and England games they watched together before, studying the lineup and tactics against Italy.

But in the final analysis, the problem that plagues the German team is always the same, how to configure the midfield.

There are still three days left to prepare, but Yang Chengxiao can set the next tone of the tactic as soon as possible, and then work hard to practice this set of tactics in the next three days.

"Italian's style of play is indeed very interesting. Their previous tactics were mostly through Pirlo and De Rossi, launching long passes and playing diagonal attacks in the frontcourt. However, after using the diamond midfielder, Plandell seemed to consciously want to pursue high-level cooperation and penetration, and he became more and more skillful." Benitez analyzed the opponent's attack, which was a set of sets.

"This is a natural pursuit. The routine is single, and it is easy to be frozen by the opponent. Therefore, Italy's long and short pass cooperation is highly complementary to a certain extent. England died at this point. They freeze the Italians' cooperation and infiltration in the frontcourt and strangle Montolivo, but Rooney did a poor defense against Pirlo."

"Also, the Englishman's diagonal offensive and defense against Italy on both sides was not in place. Pirlo made many long passes in the first half to find Casano and Balotelli, but they didn't know how to reflect. They found the position twice in the second half, and directly tore the Englishman's defense. Once Balotelli cut into the goal, Casano pulled out of the gap, and De Rossi scored a goal later."

"These two attacks seem simple, but they are both manifestations of Italy's offensive ability and are not so easy to defend!"

Not only Yang Cheng felt that way, even Benitez, who claims to be targeted tactics, felt embarrassed.

"You are right. Unless we can completely suppress the Italian midfield, it will be difficult to curb their offense. But if we want to limit their midfield, we have to invest more troops and pay a greater price. What should we do with our offense at that time?"

On the football field, the advantage depends largely on the number of people. Without investing enough troops, it is difficult to establish enough advantages. However, there is only so much starting lineup in a game. If you invest more here, it means that you will invest less troops in other aspects. This is a matter of choice for the head coach.

After hearing this, Yang Cheng smiled slightly, spread out a tactical artwork of the German team, and then focused on the name of a person.
Chapter completed!