Judging from the personnel composition, it is roughly a 4-4-2 formation, but except for one attacking midfielder, the remaining three of their four midfielders are positioned very deep.

One of the holding midfielders is already in the penalty area, and the two midfielders are also on the defensive midfielder line.

Therefore, their formation can be seen as a five-two-one-two formation in terms of positioning, with a full seven defensive players in front of the penalty area.

This is not good news for our frontcourt players.

In the previous European Cup qualifiers, when our midfielders and frontfielders faced the opponent's intensive defense, they often failed to score.

I hope this situation can be improved in this game.

After all, Zhao, who we have high hopes for, will attack the city for the German team!"

"The German team can almost be said to have used all its main players. Today, Mr. Joachim chose a more stable 4-2-3 formation, but did not send in a defensive midfielder.

It seems that they want to break the Irish team's defensive circle through more passing and cutting cooperation between the midfield and the wings!"

"The referee has blown the whistle, the game has officially begun, and the German team has won the right to kick off!"

Zhao Jinge, who was standing in the center circle, directly penetrated the Irish half as the team's single arrow after the kick-off, and other midfielders and frontcourt players of the German team followed suit.

The Irish team on the opposite side immediately chose to shrink their defense after seeing the German team press the ball.

Just like Ram said in the live broadcast room just now, it can be seen from the formation,

They only left two strikers in front, Walters and Darryl Murphy, to counterattack.

The remaining players formed two lines to defend.

In front of their defense, the three midfielders, with deep midfielder McCarthy as the core, formed a shallow saucer position, guarding the frontier of their own penalty area.

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The German team took the initiative from the very beginning and fully implemented Loew's new tactics.

The style of play that combines high-position pressing and passing and controlling was adopted, and the team pressed forward heavily and rushed directly into the heart of Ireland, hoping to directly control the initiative of the game.

Facing Ireland who took the initiative to give up a large defensive area, the German team unceremoniously suppressed them within a thirty-meter area!

Constantly using various skillful combinations of passing and receiving to draw and divert the attention of the Irish defense, and then cutting off the integrity of the Irish defense through repeated impacts from players on the wing and center.

Facing the German offensive, the Irish relied on shrinking defense to block the German tanks' repeated attempts and attacks.

But they also paid a huge price in order to intercept the frequent breakthroughs of Zhao Jinge and Royce.

In less than fifteen minutes of the first half, the Irish team received two yellow cards.

Other fouls abound, and the referee's constant whistle has almost become the main theme since the beginning of the game.

The performance of the Irish team players on the field was very embarrassing. They felt that the German team in front of them was a little different from the last time they played against each other.

The passing is more direct, the breakthrough is sharper, and of course the threat is greater.

Just when they were struggling to defend, something suddenly changed on the field.

When Ireland's deep-lying midfielder McCarthy passed the ball forward, he was suddenly attacked by Zhao Jinge. Although the ball at his feet was not taken away, it interfered with McCarthy's angle of the ball.

McCarthy made a mistake in passing the ball and kicked the ball directly. Ireland midfielder Huola Khan, who retreated to respond, watched as Toni Kroos stopped the ball first.

And continued to rush forward with the ball, the German midfielder and frontcourt player who had just prepared to retreat followed him and counterattacked!

Toni Kroos took the ball and leaned to the left, seemingly looking for his teammates on the left to cooperate.

Just when everyone thought the German team was going to launch an offensive along the left, Toni Kroos suddenly made a long diagonal pass and accurately sent the ball to the right of the frontcourt!

Just now, Ireland's defense line leaned towards the side where Cross was advancing with the ball, thus exposing his left defense line.

Zhao Jinge's sprint on the right was hardly hindered. Kroos' long diagonal pass was just in front of him, as familiar as if it was passed by De Bruyne.

He stopped the ball first and then quickly started to rush towards the Irish penalty area.

But the Irish defense reacted quickly enough. Midfielder Brady returned to the defense in time and blocked the left side of the penalty area.

Full back Ward also assisted in defense.

Zhao Jinge looked at the two men who came to defend, with no intention of slowing down, and was about to enter Brady's defense zone.

Zhao Jinge gritted his teeth and turned inward at almost his maximum speed, rushing directly into the penalty area, forcing Brady to pursue desperately along the inside line.

But then Zhao Jinge suddenly made an emergency stop. Brady did not react. Under the influence of inertia, his body slid forward and collided with Irish center back O'Shea who was about to step forward to intercept.

Zhao Jinge took the opportunity to return the ball directly to Muller, who was not far behind him.

He started to accelerate again and reached the front point of the goal.

Muller immediately passed the ball back to Zhao Jinge.

Zhao Jinge fell to the ground to grab a shot, and before Irish goalkeeper Given and another central defender Keogh blocked it, he poked the football with his toe.
Chapter completed!