Chapter 314 Two goals
In the second half of the first half, the German team made obvious adjustments. Löw asked Schweinsteiger to play the core, liberated Ozil, allowed him to play freely in the frontcourt, and used his outstanding personal skills to attack the English team's defense.
Ozil brought a lot of trouble to England's defense, and even once made the England team only defend but not attack.
If the game continues like this, England will be very unfavorable.
Wan Sheng also thought of a response strategy, that is, "star vs. star" and "core vs. core". The German team has Ozil, and the English team has Morris. The German team can let Schweinsteiger play the core, and the English team can also let Gerrard take the lead.
During the halftime break, when Wan Sheng explained his second half style of play, he emphasized these two points. The positions of other players are not changed, and the most important ones are Morris and Gerald.
Wan Sheng was very confident in Morris, but he needed to give Gerald a key advice, "You must pay attention to grasping the rhythm, don't let the speed be too fast, don't attack too far, and don't give the opponent too many opportunities."
"When you have time, hand the ball to Lee, and he will know what to do."
"Pay attention to the retreat defense, I don't think there is any need to emphasize this."
"Conducting the team well, you must always pay attention to the overall formation and suppress the formation. We need to attack, but we do not sacrifice defense."
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Wan Sheng is still quite worried about Gerald as the core, and he knows that this is a difficult challenge for Gerald.
At Liverpool Club, Gerald is the core, and in England a few years ago, Gerald is also the core, but Liverpool is completely different from England at that time and now, and the team's tactics need a core that can grasp the overall situation.
Gerald is still very good in personal skills, but his organizational offense and overall situation are worse.
Wansheng hopes Gerald can do it well.
This is also the helpless thing for Wan Sheng to coach England. The only top player that the team can produce is Morris. Gerrard is much worse than other players, not to mention other players. Unlike the German team, Schweinsteiger and Ozil are all excellent. Thomas Muller and Gomez in front are also reassuring. Among them, the midfielder's skills are also good. The important thing is that the Germans' "old-fashioned" style will at least not make any mistakes in the overall tactics.
England needs to worry about this, especially after liberating Morris' position.
Wan Sheng is worried that the team's overall performance will be affected.
But at this point, there is no other way. I can only hope that the team will perform well. Fortunately, the team still has a goal advantage. It is not necessary to score quickly. The most important thing for them is to defend their advantage.
It was soon the second half.
German team head coach Löw stood on the sidelines at the beginning and watched the game carefully. Wan Sheng also stood on the sidelines. Both of them were very concerned about the game. It can be clearly seen that the German team's tactics did not change, and they still played '10+1', which means ten other German team players plus one Ozil.
This style of play is undoubtedly very rare in German teams, and we can also see that Löw attaches great importance to Ozil.
Wansheng scratched his head very much.
Who made Ozil whom he trained was so outstanding?
Fortunately, the England team has Morris, and Wan Sheng is more clear. Morris is better than Ozil. The only thing is that Morris is a little older and cannot catch up with Ozil in physical fitness, but it doesn't matter. Wan Sheng put the "Haven of National Tournament Honor" on Morris' physical fitness, increasing the physical fitness by 10%, which means that Morris can hold on for 10 more minutes, which somewhat makes up for the physical fitness gap between the two.
On the field, England and Germany competed in a close match.
In the last stage of the first half, the German team played a considerable advantage on the field. Some football analysts and commentators believed that the German team would continue to fight for situation suppression in the second half in order to create more opportunities to tie the score. Especially Ozil, which was widely concerned, and everyone believed that Ozil would be the key figure in the game.
But in the second half, Morris began to show his power.
Whether in Manchester City or Atletico Madrid, Wansheng rarely frees Morris because his role on the entire team is greater than his personal impact on the defense line. However, now facing targeted adjustments from the German team, he must also use Morris' ability to restrain the German team's defensive energy so that the team can save the situation.
When Morris was freed, he performed quite well.
Compared to Ozil, Morris's skills are better, so the German team's defense encounters problems. They always see Morris control the ball but cannot grab the ball. Especially when the opponent dribbles the ball, they always move towards dangerous positions. They have to spend more energy to defend Morris, and the price they pay for is to sacrifice the offense.
This is Wansheng’s response strategy.
Liberating Morris' overall offensive ability to England is not much improved, but it can restrain the German team's energy and prevent them from focusing on offense, which can also restore their disadvantages in the scene.
Overall, the two sides still had an equal share.
But at the beginning of the game, both sides had offensive and defensive. The German team was '10+1', and the England team was also '10+1'. Just as the English commentator said, "Now the star of the two teams, personal performance has become extremely important."
Morris is indeed better than Ozil, especially Morris's head coach is Wan Sheng. He will enjoy the bonus effect of many game skills, and his performance is even more prominent. However, Ozil's desire to attack is stronger. He hardly lies in the defense of the German team. He is determined to find opportunities in the frontcourt, which also brings a lot of pressure to the England team.
By this time, both sides began to look forward to the goal.
Germany hopes to equalize the score by scoring goals, while England hopes to expand its lead.
Wansheng is also looking forward to it.
But the game often does not go as expected. The German team was the first to score the goal. In the 61st minute, Ozil shook Terry away and handed the ball to Thomas Muller who was in front of the ball. The young German genius stabbed the ball into the goal with his toes.
“goooal!!!”
The moment the football flew into the goal, German fans exploded, including the halftime break, they waited for nearly an hour and a half, and finally waited for the German team's goal. They were cheering desperately and shouting Mueller's name.
"What a genius!"
Wan Sheng also sighed, Germany rarely has outstanding young geniuses. Their old-fashioned youth training system can easily kill the creativity of geniuses. But Thomas Muller is the special one. Now Muller is the chief striker of Bayern Munich. His competition with Gomez is very fierce. In the German national team, he has not yet become the No. 1 striker, but he is also the second only to Gomez.
This goal is very important to the German team.
After Mueller finished the goal, he hugged his teammates excitedly. All the German players were very excited. They all breathed a sigh of relief because the team finally tied the score.
They have already experienced the difficulties of the game.
Before the game, they never thought it would be so difficult. In the eyes of many players, England would not be a match for Germany, but it was different in the game. This England team has changed a lot, both offense and defense have brought them considerable troubles and they are the first to score a goal.
Before Mueller scored, some pessimistic players even thought that there was no hope for the game.
The German team has the "habit" of losing when entering the finals.
Every German team is a "favorite to win the championship". They perform very well in the quarterfinals in every group stage. They often encounter games where they defeat their opponents with big scores, but once they enter the semifinals or finals, they will lose the game.
Now that they finally tied the score, they can start looking forward to taking the lead.
The German team's goal made England very depressed. Many players looked at the sidelines, but the coach was still standing there with confidence, as if he didn't care about the German team's goals, which somewhat rekindled the players' fighting spirit.
After the game started again, the battle between the two teams became more and more intense.
The German team has always wanted to overtake the score, but neither they nor England have expected the goal to come so quickly.
Minute 65!
Just four minutes after Mueller scored, the two teams attacked one wave. This time, England made a front-line push. Terry passed the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot. Gerrard took the ball and glanced and handed it directly to Morris.
Morris's ball glanced at the goal.
Schweinsteiger came to defend, and Morris seemed to be trying to pass the ball, but he suddenly rushed forward and left Schweinsteiger behind.
German central defender Hummels wanted to come to assist in defense, but what he didn't expect was that before he could reach the position, Morris waved his right foot.
A 30-meter long-distance hoist!
German goalkeeper Neuer was completely unprepared for this shot. Hummels blocked his sight. He also paid close attention to where Morris would pass the ball. As a result, the football appeared in the sky and fell in the next moment.
"Danger!"
The German team commentator shouted, as if he wanted to remind Neuer, but Neuer realized it was too late.
The football fell directly into the upper right corner of the goal!
“goooooooooooooooooooal!!!”
"Goal!"
"Morris! Morris! Morris!" The English commentator was very excited. He was worried about the German team's tie, but he didn't expect England to take the lead again so quickly. Especially the shot was very unexpected. Morris did not cooperate with any teammates, and he shook Schweiingsteiger and shot directly.
"Beautiful job! Morris, this is Morris! You never think about what he will do next!"
"The German team is powerless against Morris. They all watched the football fly into the goal, even goalkeeper Neuer. This foot hanging is very accurate, almost as pre-set, Morris' footing is outstanding!"
"2-1, England took the lead again!"
Chapter completed!