While Yang Cheng and Benitez were worried about how to play between Germany and Italy, Italian head coach Prandelli also watched the German team's game video repeatedly in the office with his assistant Piin.

Like all opponents, intelligence is also something that Plandley attaches great importance to. Although his intelligence team is not as large as Yang Cheng, and there are not as advanced as Yang Cheng, it is also as perfect as possible, which makes the German team he has at hand also have more information about.

But when facing the German team, Plandley also has his own concerns, that is, how will Yang Cheng arrange the tactics?

In terms of strength, the current German team is actually not so outstanding in individual strength, or in other words, the young German internationals have not achieved convincing personal results, but they have formed a team and have shown amazing strength, especially after the start of the European Cup.

Looking at the entire European Cup, the only team dares to play against Spain, and after losing to Spain, they then defeated Portugal, France and the Czech team one after another. The overall strength of the current German team cannot be underestimated at all.

"The most troublesome weapon of this German team at present is actually not the strength of the team's players, but the on-site command and targeted arrangement of their head coach Yang Cheng!" Plandelli also looked admirable when talking about this opponent.

When Yang Cheng was in Inter Milan, they had a contest, and he admired Yang Cheng's coaching ability very much. Now the two have to face each other, which makes him feel a huge pressure. He believes that it is not just him, but anyone in today's football will be under pressure.

It’s not because Yang Cheng’s fame and influence are too great, but because of his unpredictable military use.

From the first European Cup to play Spain, Yang Cheng's use of troops has been constantly adjusting and changing. However, the overall strength and combat effectiveness of the German team have not been affected at all. Instead, the team is getting stronger and stronger. Each game is improving, and the overall tactics are becoming more and more perfect.

Any professional who pays attention to the German team can feel that this team is good at learning lessons and improving their shortcomings in every game while taking advantage of this European Cup in rapid growth and improvement.

Yes, this is an immature team, but the problem is that he is immature, so he does not show a mature routine similar to Spain to target you because he is immature. But every game is improving, so there is something new in every game they show, which catches you off guard.

"After all, Yang Cheng's tactical sense is too sharp!" Piyin sighed and sighed helplessly, "When fighting against the Czech Republic, the German team exposed some problems, but we don't know how much Yang Cheng can improve and what kind of tactics will he use to play this semi-final, which makes us unable to start!"

After hearing this, Plandley smiled. If it weren't for this, how could he admire Yang Cheng?

"Since we can't figure it out, we might as well stick to our own things!"

Piin thought for a while and nodded, "I also think that the German team may also think so. Tony Klos is the surprise soldier in Yang Cheng's hands, but it can play a role against the Czech Republic. It may not be necessary to hit us. Moreover, Hummels is absent due to injury. How to defend Casano and Balotelli should be the focus of Yang Cheng's attention."

These two bad guys are not just pulling out to get the right one. They are both forwards who are good at slitting and receiving the ball. One important tactic of Prandelli is to attack diagonally, let a forward pull to the side, receive Pirlo's long diagonal pass, and then go back to the middle from the side to create a threat.

Whether it is Balotelli or Casano, they can show their technical characteristics in such offensive tactics.

"If we continue to use that tactic, we will break the connection between Hedira, or Sven Bend and Schweinsteiger, De Rossi, Montolivo and Marcisio, and create space for Pirlo behind us."

When Piyin heard this, he frowned and secretly applied Yang Cheng's idea, "He will definitely be able to think about this. He will definitely fight against Pirlo. What should we do then?"

"When we got the ball, let Montolivo retreat and respond to Pirlo, sharing the defensive pressure on Pirlo, and not giving them the chance to contain Pirlo!" Plandelli's countermeasures were also fast.

In his tactical system, Pirlo is definitely the most important player in the Italian team. As long as Pirlo can get the space to display his strength normally, then Prandelli has great confidence to compete with the German team and even knock the German team down. The latter's long diagonal pass, combined with Casano and Balotelli's detriment in the front, Italy's offensive counterattack mode will definitely make all opponents feel a headache.

And don't forget that even if the effect cannot be achieved on the wing, at least you can pull the opponent's defense line to create opportunities and space for the back insertion of De Rossi, Montolivo and others. Especially De Rossi, this player's back insertion ability is not a cover.

"There is another big question, that is Ram!" Piin pointed to the left-back on the German team's tactical territory. "Ram can be said to be the only player in the German team who can expand the offensive width. Yang Cheng always trusts Ram to step forward and participate in the offensive. Can we take advantage of this in turn?"

I have to say that Piyin's expression when she smiled at this moment was really vulgar. This guy was obviously excited that his team could defeat Yang Cheng, because that was Yang Cheng. He was almost a god-like figure in the coaching field. Who wouldn't want to fight with him or even kill him?

Fullback attacks are always a double-edged sword. Invasion forward can indeed greatly promote the offense, but the problems left over from forward insertion are also great. For teams like Italy that often play diagonally, risks and crises coexist.

Since Gerome Boateng made a big mistake against Spain in the first European Cup, his performance has been quite good and steady so far in this Cup. The old habit of inattention has also been changed. So Prandelli also feels that the effect of playing against Gerome Boateng is not very obvious.

On the contrary, Ram's side frequently presses on the offense, and the left-side offense is the source of the German team's offense. If this can be used to hit Ram behind, it may be able to achieve miraculous effects. Moreover, Hummels' absence will inevitably bring hidden dangers to the German team's middle defense. This is Italy's opportunity... The most mysterious showdown in football history!

This is a feeling that all journalists who want to watch German and Italian training after arriving at their training ground, because these two teams are incredibly adopting a closed training method, preventing all journalists and media from outside the training ground. Even peeping doesn't give you the opportunity to peek.

"What the hell are Yang Cheng and Plandelli doing?" This was the puzzle of major newspapers around the world the next day.

In terms of operation, Italy's closed training is more convenient because they originally conducted training on a more formal training ground, which made it easier to implement their approach to stopping journalists, but the German team is not.

The German team's training ground is on the side of the main road, and the venue is much lower than the road. From the road, you can overlook everything in the entire training ground. Although there were police guarding the side, the omnipresent reporters still easily disguised themselves to spy on military affairs, exposing some things on the training ground.

But this time, I'm sorry, the German team built a whole row of thick black curtains on the road of the training ground through the Gdansk Municipal Government. Unless you want to make a hole in the curtain, you will not be able to see everything happening in the training ground.

However, whenever the German team was training, there were always a group of policemen who were facing a great enemy around the training ground. Once strangers approached, they all seemed to treat each other as if they were spies. When they approached Manbu, they would immediately expel them, and even the locals would not let them get close, let alone outsiders.

This undoubtedly makes it difficult for anyone to spy on the German team's military information.

Yang Cheng has made some tricks in almost every game of the European Cup, and everyone is very interested in his tactical adjustments. Fans around the world are speculating on his game tactics against Italy, but it is obvious that he is not going to announce it to the public because he does not want the tactics he has formulated with great effort to be exposed in advance.

But the more the two head coaches played the puzzle, the more intense the outside world's speculation became. Many TV stations have also produced corresponding programs, inviting some famous coaches to comment and analyze the main tactics of the two teams.

When analyzing the match between Germany and Italy, former German head coach Klinsmann mentioned an important point, which is how the German team will crack the firm control of the midfield composed of Montolivo, Marcisio, De Rossi and Pirlo. He believes that only by breaking through this can one have a chance to defeat Italy.

England coach Hodgson, who had just been eliminated from the European Cup by Italy, took the initiative to offer his advice, "If you want to curb Italy's offense, you must do everything possible to isolate Pirlo. Only by doing this can you have a chance to defeat Italy."

It should be said that Klinsmann and Hodgson have a consensus on their views, but the opinions given are varied in how to do this, and many people even put forward some opinions that are simply impossible to achieve and can only exist in theory. All of this is of no use to the German team.

However, there are also reports that Yang Cheng has made a promise to the German Football Association in advance, believing that the team's current state will surely win the European Cup, so the celebration can be prepared in advance. Therefore, the Football Association has begun to study where to arrange the place for the championship celebration. After all, this is the first major competition champion of the German team in more than ten years, which will definitely cause a crazy celebration in China.

The news was sent out immediately caused an uproar in the whole world. German Football Association Chairman Nielsbach immediately stood up and denied, "Yang Cheng has never told me any topics related to winning the championship. He is now all his energy in the semi-finals. He even told me that he must make the worst plan, because Italy is strong and outstanding!"

Nielsbach's words once again caused a huge response. If what he said was true, it means that Yang Cheng is pessimistic about the team's future. Does that mean that he doesn't have much confidence in the semi-finals?

Until the 26th, before the team left the station, the national team held a press conference in accordance with UEFA regulations, which attracted countless reporters to the scene this time. This time, the temporary news center of the German team was crowded, and everyone was waiting to get the latest news from Yang Cheng's mouth... Is there a curse that Germany won't beat Italy in the competition?"

When the reporter asked this question, Yang Cheng smiled, "To me, the curse itself is used to be broken. Although it looks ancient and lasted for more than half a century, I don't think it is such a terrible thing."

Yang Cheng's answer was as confident as ever, as if just now, a reporter asked how to keep a guard against Pirlo. He said that Pirlo could not be able to keep an eye on it. He revealed a kind of confidence in his words and behaviors, making people feel that he seemed to have his own set of opinions and ideas about how to limit Pirlo.

This reminded many people of the second game of the group stage. At that time, the German team did not specifically arrange people to guard Ronaldo, but the superstar did not perform much in this game, and Portugal was sent out of the European Cup by the German team.

Will history repeat itself this time?

"Mr. Yang Cheng, some people say that Germany was born for the competition, but Italy was born to defeat the German team in the competition, and we have counted. Whenever the German team has excellent results or wins the championship, it is to bypass Italy in the group and draw lots. Do you think this is a coincidence?"

Yang Cheng smiled, "I don't know this. Maybe there is a certain reason for it, but I don't think it can have much impact on us. The latest showdown was in the World Cup in 2006, but that's far away from us. Many players are no longer in the team. I believe we have enough strength to defeat our opponents."

"But you have to admit that Italy's condition is getting better and better. We have analyzed Italy's past major competition experiences. As long as they can qualify in the group stage, the later the schedule, the better their condition and combat effectiveness. So some people say that Italy's group stage is human and semi-finals is god. Are you afraid?" A reporter asked with a smile.

Yang Cheng nodded, "I'm a little scared when you say this." After that, he couldn't help laughing, as if he was joking, and was not affected by these data and past history at all.

He has checked Italy's historical records and has also known the characteristics of the Italian team, but he does not think this is evidence that Italy can defeat the German team, because it can't prove anything at all.

"But some people revealed that you practiced defensive tactics in training and practiced penalty kicks, right?"

Yang Cheng was stunned at first, then smiled and nodded constantly, "Yes, yes, you know everything, why do you want to ask me? I believe that the person who broke the news for you must have told you everything. We are indeed practicing defense and penalty kicks, you guessed it right!"

But no matter how he looked at his expression, he didn't look like he was guessed, but he seemed to be teasing and joking about the other party.

"Mr. Yang Cheng, how do you evaluate this German team, and where are your biggest chances and chips against Italy?" A German reporter stood up seriously and asked.

This question attracted Yang Cheng's attention and he began to answer seriously, rather than setting up a suspicion array like before.

"I think Italy has their own advantages, and we also have our strengths. Putting aside the strength of the players, our current personnel combination is very ideal. There are two players with different characteristics to choose from in each position. This allows us to combine them into different tactical cooperation routines, allowing us to better reflect our strengths and weaknesses."

"No matter who our opponent is, Italy or Spain, it doesn't matter to me. What's important is that our players can have enough self-confidence and show our strength and characteristics on the court. As long as we can play better than our opponents and play our advantages, no matter how strong the opponent is, it will be difficult for us to beat."

"I have to remind players that one thing that reminds all fans is that football has never been a game that can win with strength. If this is the case, Spain doesn't have to play anymore and just take the championship back. So what else is there to look good about football games? What else is worth looking forward to?"

Yang Cheng's words were also recognized by many fans on the court. The interesting thing about football is that every minute of his game is full of accidentality. Although there is a certain necessity in chance, many accidents break the necessity and determine the outcome and direction of the game.

"In the end, what I want to say is that I am very confident in the game against Italy. I believe that as long as we play our characteristics and strength, we will have a chance to defeat our opponents!"

But it is obvious that many people still doubt Yang Cheng's words. This is not only because Plandelli also said that he was confident in defeating Germany, but before he fought Spain, he also said that he was confident in defeating his opponent, but in the end he lost to Spain. Now many people are worried that history will repeat itself.

Moreover, it is really hard to say about the curse, especially this curse that lasts more than half a century, which may put players under heavy psychological pressure, causing them to be unable to let go of their skills and strength on the field.

This should be what everyone, including Yang Cheng's coaching staff, is most worried. So after they arrived in Warsaw, they began to formulate a series of plans to relieve stress for the players, hoping that they can walk onto the football field without pressure, but the effect depends on the players' own adjustments.

One thing that is certain is that when Spain is already determined to win, the competition between Italy and Germany has become the most eye-catching showdown in the semi-finals! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!