On the evening of September 7, the German team, who had been training for a week, finally ushered in the World Cup qualifiers at the AWD Stadium in Hannover. The first match of Group C in Europe was the Faroe Islands.

In this game, Yang Cheng lined up a 4231 tactic. The goalkeeper was Neuer, the defense was Ram, Badstuber, Hummels and Jerome Boateng, the double midfielders were Schweinsteiger and Tony Klos, the attacking forwards were Thomas Muller, Ozil and Reus, and the single forward was Klose.

As the live commentator of this game analyzed, Yang Cheng gave up the midfielder Sven Bend, who had outstanding defensive skills and chose Tony Close, who had better organization and passing skills. This itself represents Yang Cheng's attitude towards this game, that is, offense!

From the first minute of the game, the German team took advantage of the home court and launched a fierce attack on the Faroe Islands. With its strength, the German team steadily controlled the game. While Yang Cheng issued a kill order at the pre-match preparation meeting, he also asked the team to get as many goals as possible.

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When the game reached the 10th minute, the German team, which took the initiative to attack, finally broke the deadlock on the court.

Thomas Muller pulled a free kick on the left and got a mid- and long pass from Tony Close. After suddenly cutting from the left to the middle and shot a long shot from the front of the penalty area, he was intercepted by the opponent's central defender and won a corner kick.

The German team took a corner kick, and Klose grabbed the spot in front of the small penalty area. The header broke through the opponent's goal, the ball passed through the opponent's goalkeeper's fingertips, and drilled straight into the bottom of the goal net, 1:0!

After scoring the goal, the German team seemed to be full of morale and continued to launch a strong attack on the Faroe Islands. Even if the opponent took a contraction defense, it still could not stop the German team's sharp attack.

It was Thomas Muller who ran to the left to pull the ball and cut inward. After pulling the opponent's defensive attention, he passed the ball back to Ram who was inserted in the back row. The two players cooperated very well with each other. After Ram got the ball, he went straight to the bottom line to cross.

Schweinsteiger, who was inserted in the back row, broke into the penalty area after Klose interfered with the attention of the defensive players, jumped to the top, and headed the ball to another goal for the German team, rewriting the score to 2:0!

But less than 5 minutes later, the German team made another round of fierce attack. Reus failed to pass the ball after dribbling the ball from the right and failed to pass the ball. He had to pass it back to Jerome Boateng who was inserted. The latter had a big foot to the feet of Thomas Mueller who was unmarked on the left.

This time, Thomas Mueller dribbled the ball from the left and cut into the middle at the front of the penalty area, but after only two steps, he suddenly took a kick and made a powerful long shot from the front of the penalty area. After the ball crossed a beautiful arc, he flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal. The German team took a 3:0 lead in the 29th minute. He locked the victory in advance!

After leading by 3 goals, the German team gradually slowed down its offensive, and the game situation was firmly controlled by the team. Yang Cheng had to prepare for the next second round. He even replaced two players in one breath in the 55th minute of the second half. Gotze replaced Ozil, who performed poorly, and Xuerle replaced Thomas Mueller, who had three goals in the director.

The game still seemed a little calmer afterwards. Until the 66th minute, Reus and Gotze ran a tacit counterattack. Royce pulled the ball to the middle and sent a delicate short pass. Gotze got the ball and then inserted it into the penalty area to shoot, rewriting the score to 4:0 for the German team!

In the 75th minute, Xuerle scored the ball on the wing and made a cross. Goze approached the middle and easily pushed the ball to score, 5:0!

The score was finally maintained by the German team until the end of the game. The Faroe Islands failed to launch a threatening attack on the German team's goal from beginning to end. The German team was suppressed and beaten all the games. The scene was very passive and embarrassed, which allowed the German team not only to win the first victory of the group, but also to win 5 goals.

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On the evening of September 11, the Vienna Happel Stadium ushered in the second round of the European Group C in the World Cup qualifiers, and the German team challenged Austria away here.

Since the German team broke the Faroe Islands 5:0 in the first game, it is currently ranked first in the group, and the match against the German team is the first group game of Austria. After a week and a half to prepare for the training, Austria welcomed the German team at home with a leisurely pace.

Because Klose played the whole game in the first leg, Yang Cheng was placed on the bench in this game, and Ozil, who performed poorly in the first game in the group, also sat on the bench. Yang Cheng lined up another 433 lineup and tactics.

The goalkeepers are Neuer, the defense are Ram, Badstuber, Hummels and Jerome Boateng, the three midfielders are Schweinsteiger, Sven Bend and Khedira, and the three frontfield players are Thomas Muller, Gotze and Reus, and there are no forwards arranged in front.

However, the German team's strikeless tactics are obviously different from that of Spain. The German team's strikeless tactics emphasize diagonal offense, based on defense, and hit the opponent through a quick counterattack after intercepting the ball, quickly push the ball to the opponent's threatening area, and then play cooperation.

Austria is also a difficult opponent. After the opening, the team took advantage of their physical strength to form a strong encirclement against the German team, which put the two sides in a fierce stalemate and it was still difficult to open up the situation. However, on the scene, the German team still firmly controlled the situation of the game.

Until the 41st minute of the first half, Austria finally revealed its flaws.

After Khedira suddenly inserted the ball and handed the ball to Gotze. Gotze leaned towards Thomas Muller. The two formed a fast pass and cooperated on the left, using a quick counterattack to tear open the opponent's defense line, attracting Austria's defensive pressure to the left. Then Gotze's pass was diagonally passed on the right, allowing the unguarded Reus to cut into the penalty area and easily push the shot into the net. 0:1!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The German team continued to put pressure on Austria. In the 54th minute, they finally knocked on the Austrian goal again. This time, Reus dribbled the ball 45 degrees from the rib on the right and made a cross. Thomas Muller followed up on the left and pushed the ball into the net 3 meters in front of the goal. 0:2!

The score was finally maintained until the end of the game. Yang Cheng's team defeated Austria away with this 2:0 score and won two consecutive victories in the group!

Two consecutive World Cup qualifiers, scoring 7 goals and conceding 0 goals. Such a record is enough to make the German team stand out, which also makes the German team receive unanimous praise from the media after the game, believing that the team is performing more and more stable and has the style of a strong team. Especially after the game against Austria, the German team patiently searches for a breakthrough and no longer has the anxiety of the past.

"Perhaps Ozil has become the only dark spot in this glorious German team!" This is the comment of the picture newspaper on two games, because Ozil played the first game of the Faroe Islands and played the Austrian substitute away, and the result was average in both games.

On the contrary, Gotze, who replaced Ozil, showed world-class standards, performed very well in two consecutive games, winning reputations from all media. Everyone agreed that Gotze was launching a strong impact on Ozil's main position, and when they threw this issue to Yang Cheng, the latter did not object.

"Yes, I don't deny that Gotze is indeed constantly using his outstanding performance to enhance his position in my mind. I found that since this season, Gotze's rapid progress has forced me to look at him with admiration. I can clearly feel his strength is leaping rapidly in almost every training camp, and I am very happy about it."

"At present, our midfielder's starting position is still Ozil, he is the best player, but in the past period, he has performed poorly and not well in both the Bundesliga and the national team. Although I still trust him, I sometimes reconsider whether my choice is correct!"

This was interpreted by the media as Yang Cheng began to lose trust in Ozil, because this main midfielder has always been Yang Cheng's favorite player, but after Gotze was selected into the national team, he performed rapidly and had a very good development momentum. Moreover, unlike Ozil's lack of scoring ability, Gotze made obvious progress in his last kick and became more and more confident. The second goal in the first game of the group to play the Faroe Islands is the most powerful evidence.

After playing two group matches, the German domestic media began to hype unanimously, and Gotze will challenge Ozil's current position in this national team. At least when playing against Austria, Ozil became Gotze's substitute, and Yang Cheng did not deny this.

Because Yang Cheng did not defend Ozil, he was criticized by many celebrities, believing that he should stand up and defend his players, rather than choosing to take advantage of the situation when Ozil is in poor condition.

On the contrary, Ozil took the initiative to stand up and accepted an interview with reporters.

"That Mr. Yang Cheng gave up on me is definitely a person who doesn't know the truth, because he talked to me the day before the media interview. He told me that he trusted me very much from beginning to end and understood my abilities, but he thought my current state was indeed bad and needed to be improved."

"Yes, I don't deny that physical fitness and continuous combat have always been my weaknesses, but I have been persisting in physical training for a while recently. I hope to get rid of my shortcomings and problems and participate in the competition in a better and better state."

"I know that the outside world has very high expectations for me and our team. In the past European Cup, we have also proved our level through outstanding performances. We have all played our strength, but this is definitely not our peak. We can continue to improve ourselves!"

"I believe that I can adjust my form quickly, and the best Ozil will soon return to the fans' sight!"

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On the evening of October 12, 2012, the German team visited Dublin and challenged Ireland.

The team captain Ram was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, Hummels was injured in the league, and the two generals were absent, which undoubtedly caused a heavy blow to the German team. In addition, Schweinsteiger had just returned from injury in the league, which made many people suspected the German team's trip to Dublin.

Yang Cheng made certain adjustments to the starting lineup in this game, and the goalkeeper was still Neuer. The defense line, Schmelze, Badstuber, Mertesak and Jerome Boateng, the midfielder's double midfielder Tony Klos and Khedira, the three players in the frontcourt were Thomas Muller, Ozil and Reus, and the single striker was Klose.

One of the obvious changes is that in the arrangement of double midfielders, Tony Close was pulled to the midfielder by Yang Cheng, as the team's organizational core. Khedira was even more advanced and was responsible for sharing pressure for Tony Close. This move completely liberated Tony Close's organizational ability.

In this game, the German team played very skillful and smooth cooperation from the beginning. Ireland, coached by Trapatoni, began to play steadily and defend, trying to block the German team's offense from the goal.

However, as the German team became more and more smooth, the Irish goal was finally knocked open by the German team again and again.

Ozil assisted Reus in the 27th minute to score, opening the first record for Germany.

But in the 41st minute, he himself shot with his left foot 14 meters in front of the goal, and the ball went straight into the far corner, and the goalkeeper was beyond reach, 2:0.

The second half changed sides and the German team continued to attack Ireland with a fierce attack. Klose took the ball with his back and turned around, causing an Irish central defender to foul. Ozil took the initiative to take the penalty and hit the penalty. 3:0.

Ozil performed better and better after scoring twice. Ireland was beaten by the German team's tide of attack and was pierced through the goal again and again, and finally lost to the German team at home.

7:0!

Ozil scored a hat trick. Reus, Klose, Thomas Muller and Khdira each scored one goal!

With three consecutive victories, scoring 14 goals and conceding 0 goals, the German team's World Cup qualifiers group stage was surprisingly smooth, especially the good momentum shown by this German team made everyone admire the new European champion, but what is even more scary is their defense.

Therefore, after the Dublin game, when the reporter threw the issue of how to ensure sharp attacks and taking into account defense to Yang Cheng, the latter laughed from ear to ear and looked in a good mood.

"First of all, I want to say that the reason why our defense can become strong is that our players are very focused. We are a team. Whether we are offensive or defensive, we advocate team combat. Therefore, when defending, we also pay great attention to overall layout and control. This is our defensive idea!"

"Of course, we have played three games in Group C. In these three games, we did not encounter too obvious threats. It was like this game against Ireland. This team lacked some ideas in the game and paid too much attention to simple long passes and rushes. However, our players, especially Mertesak, handled them very well when defending the opponent's long passes and high balls, and our counterattack was organized very sharply."

When talking about this, Yang Cheng kept laughing, "We Chinese have a saying that offense is the best defense. I believe that's it, at least this game is!"

"Mr. Yang Cheng, how do you evaluate Ozil in this game? You criticized him for being in poor condition before, but now he has played a hat trick. Do you think your motivation is working?" a reporter asked with a smile.

After hearing this, Yang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "I have to correct it. I have never criticized him. I just expressed my opinion. If this is also a criticism, then I criticize people every day, right?"

After receiving the nodding and admitting from many reporters, Yang Cheng continued to continue.

"I think the most obvious change in this game compared to the previous two games is that his running is more active and his physical fitness has become very outstanding. You can see all this from the game. His running distance is much longer than in the past two games. I think this is a very gratifying change, because it proves that he is more integrated into the game!"

"But I don't think this is the best Ozil, he can be even better, I have confidence in him!"

Yang Cheng's words were also recorded by all the reporters present. Now the German team is the most powerful in the World Cup qualifiers in the entire European region, so every move of this team is very eye-catching.

"Many people say that after winning the European Cup, the German team has obviously become more confident. What do you think?"

Yang Cheng nodded, "This is certain. The European Cup is an honor, an incentive, and an affirmation. When winning the European Cup, I and my players will clearly see that as long as we are willing to work hard, we can also get everything we want. This will make us more motivated, more persistent, and more confident!"

"The German team is on the right path today. My hope for the team is that we can do better and always keep improving. Our goal is not just the European Cup, but we also want the 2013 Federation Cup and the 2014 World Cup!"

Winning the World Cup was undoubtedly a bold statement made by Yang Cheng when he just took over the German national team, but many people doubted it at that time, but now, who dares to say that the German team does not have such strength and opportunity?

But there are still people who are dissatisfied with Yang Cheng's remarks, that is, the Swedish national team's number one star Ibrahimovic. After just helping the team defeat their opponent, the Swedish striker said in a high-profile manner that his team does not have the power to fight against the German team, at least he firmly believes that the team has a chance to win.

"I will definitely lead Sweden to defeat Germany, so that everyone knows that they are not strong enough to be invincible!"

Yang Cheng just smiled faintly at the provocation from the Swedes, "I know many people say that Ibrahimovic is a wild beast, but I have arranged the trap to capture him!"
Chapter completed!