1033 Lost two goals in a row
Many people say that Gomez's shortcomings are obvious, heading the ball and holding the ball from behind.
It is undeniable that having such an outstanding height and body, such a traditional center but not outstanding heading skills is indeed a pity, but this does not mean that Gomez can't head the ball. On the contrary, his heading has always been above the average level even in the forwards.
Those who say Gomez can't header probably have seen his header rate in the number of miles of his goal, but can this thing be correct? If a player with abnormal header ability is placed in a team that specializes in playing the ground and infiltrates, can his header be played? Could it be that he has to use his head to shoot?
If you insist on the flaws of being a center, it is obvious to take the ball with your back, because Gomez's legs are of a relatively slender type, and it is okay to sprint with big strides, but if you want to play physical confrontation, the effect will definitely be less than that of Drogba.
But that's relative to Drogba. If it were someone else, it might not be.
Many people criticized Gomez, especially Yang Cheng's harshness on him, were more based on the standards of a German center. You should know that the German team is now one of the two strongest national teams in the world. In other words, Yang Cheng is completely demanding Gomez by the world's first center standard.
Perhaps, when measured by the world's number one standard, Gomez has great shortcomings and various shortcomings, but if the standards are lowered, he is completely a powerful forward at the beast level.
Look at the Japanese central defender who is responsible for marking Gomez in this game, Maya Yoshida, who is 1.89 meters tall, which is exactly the same as Gomez, but his weight is only 81 kilograms, while Gomez has 86 kilograms, which is 5 kilograms missing.
But don't underestimate these 5 kilograms, that is, 10 kilograms of meat. For professional players, especially strong centers and central defenders, these 10 kilograms of meat can often represent a player's various aspects, including strength, physical confrontation, strength, etc., which is not just a problem of losing 10 kilograms of muscle.
So, long before the game, Klopp once said that Gomez can play a huge role in playing against Japan, and Yang Cheng pushed Gomez to the front line again without hesitation in this game. At the same time, the team's offensive tactics were used around him.
The German team's first shot after the opening occurred in the 54th second. Jerome Boateng made a cross from the right and accurately found Gomez who was inserted in the penalty area. The latter beat Maya Yoshida and headed the ball, but the ball was slightly off the goal.
But less than a minute later, the German team made a comeback again, and this time it seemed to be more prepared.
After Tony Close took the ball and got rid of the defensive players, he passed the ball directly and crossed the attacking forward line, passed through the Japanese midfield, and accurately came to the area between the back line and the forward line.
Ozil was on the left. Gomez immediately retreated from the front line and pulled out Yoshida Maya, but he kept passing the ball back directly to Ozil, who was facing the goal. Bayern's front midfielder and teammates cooperated skillfully and tacitly, pulling the ball to an open position to catch the ball. Once it stopped and fell, the ball crossed the Japanese team's defense line and landed at the position where Yoshida Maya should have been stationed.
Thomas Muller rushed forward from behind. Using his arms and body, he firmly threw Japanese right-back Atsuto Uchida behind him, raised his foot high, hooked Ozil's pass with his feet, and stopped. At the same time, his body that was originally sprinting also stopped suddenly, making Atsuto Uchida, who had always been entangled, unable to stop and fell to the ground.
After a quick stop, he pulled out a position in the middle, shot with his right foot, and the ball went straight into the lower right corner of the goal, hitting the right post, bounced into the goal, 1:0!
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"
"Oh my God, less than 2 minutes into the opening game, the German team scored two threatening shots, and Thomas Muller took the lead in breaking the Japanese team's goal in the first minute, 1:0!"
"This is definitely a very premeditated attack and goal. From Tony Klos's pass to Gomez, the latter retreated to receive the ball, pulled the Japanese team's defense line, and knocked back to Ozil, the latter passed directly behind without hesitation. Thomas Muller stepped in and stopped the ball and shot. The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, but it directly exploded the Japanese team's goal!"
As soon as Thomas Mueller scored, Zachelloni couldn't help but jumped up from his seat and rushed out of his position. He stared at the stadium in amazement. The German who scored the goal excitedly rushed out of the penalty area. He still couldn't see clearly how the German team scored!
It's so fast that it's simply dazzling, just like doing magic!
Watching the excited Germans on the court celebrating their goals, watching the depressed Japanese on the court, pulling their heads and looking like a defeated rooster, all of this completely disrupted Zacheroni's arrangement before the game.
Yes, he wants to ask for stability, but the premise of seeking stability is to prevent the German team from scoring!
But now it is not only that it has failed to stop the German team from scoring, but it has also conceded the ball in the first minute after the opening. This is definitely a nightmare!
Pulling is undoubtedly the strength of the German team. Their unball run is pulling the opponent's defense line all the time. This is also the most troublesome problem for all teams facing Germany, because a team that keeps running and cooperating is the most difficult to defend!
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"I want to sue this bastard for plagiarism!" Ferguson in the stands saw Yang Cheng's team score a goal from the Japanese team, laughing and saying to Mourinho beside him. This was simply plagiarizing his Manchester United running and bombing tactics.
It has to be said that the German team's current trident speed is not slow, especially in this game, Yang Cheng's team's midfield suppresses Japan, and the full-back actively pushes and invests in the midfield, which makes the team's overall formation shorten the distance between the trident and the opponent's goal, so the speed requirement is not large.
Of course, if there are speed players like Ronaldo, it would be even more ideal.
The Japanese team's defense must maintain sufficient stretch, which is the so-called depth, so it is impossible for them to arrange the defense line into the penalty area. This is a fatal point. Once the defense line is arranged in the penalty area, it will definitely be hit by the German team. Mourinho and others have said this many times.
However, when you maintain a deep defense, once the opponent launches an attack and passes the ball into your threat area, your defense line needs to retract and the midfield needs to retract. These are all done, so if the opponent can quickly transfer the ball and create a threat during the period of retracting, in theory, this can form a shot.
It was like Thomas Muller's shot just now. The whole process seemed tedious, but it was just a touch of the ball, which was fast. When the ball came to Ozil's feet, after the player's sorting, he rubbed the ball and crossed the Japanese team's defense line and entered the penalty area. Thomas Muller cut into the penalty area and completed his last shot. The Japanese team's defense line was completely played with applause.
The so-called running and bomb tactics are actually that when the opponent's speed from defense to offense is faster than your speed from attack to defense, the threat of running and bomb tactics can be fully demonstrated!
For this game, the Japanese team started with a steady start and wanted to slow down the pace, but the German team was indiscriminate and gave you a blow from the beginning. Unexpectedly, they really broke through the Japanese team's goal.
"This bastard is a blind cat who meets a dead mouse and gets a bargain!" Mourinho didn't like it. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that Yang Cheng was lucky. He had to start with a snatch. He wanted to actively attack and score goals, but the second attack worked, which was definitely luck.
It’s also a big blame for Zacheroni’s tactics being too conservative. He took a passive attitude after the start, which undoubtedly helped boost the German team’s arrogance. Although Gomez did not have an advantage in physical confrontation and competition when he met some first-class central defenders in Europe, he was simply crushing against Japan!
The goal just now also had a lot to do with Gomez using his own deterrence to attract the attention of two Japanese central defenders and making opportunities for Thomas Muller. To a certain extent, Gomez is also contributing to the team.
"In such a game, Yang Cheng must insist on his own offense. They have an advantage in all aspects, so naturally it is impossible to consider Japan's issues anymore. So this guy is also cruel enough. He directly crushed him as soon as he came up and did not give him some face. No wonder that the group of Japanese fans hated him so much, and deserved it!" Ferguson laughed.
Mourinho also laughed, but their smiles were more happy about the current situation of the German team.
He scored a goal in the first minute and the situation was completely opened. With Yang Cheng's character, the strength of the German team, and the passiveness of Japan, Yang Cheng had no chance to hold back. This guy would definitely pounce directly and tear the unlucky opponent into pieces.
"I was expecting Japan to teach him a little lesson, but I didn't expect this team to be so bad!" Mourinho sighed, looking regretful.
Ferguson laughed. These two guys were accustomed to fighting. Now Yang Cheng no longer coached the professional team, which made Mourinho, the old boy, seem to lack opponents. Although Mourinho's Chelsea successfully frozen Real Madrid's offense in the final not long ago, Raul's team was eventually defeated by one goal with the star's flash.
But Mourinho was not satisfied with this game. He felt that Raul's Real Madrid lacked the strange changes that Yang Cheng's period. In other words, Raul was just following Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, following the path and direction planned and arranged by Yang Cheng for him. At best, there were some small changes, which made Real Madrid crush all the teams.
The reason why football matches are called war is because in the world of football, the jungle law of the strong prey on the weak is still retained, and whoever has the biggest fist will be able to win the final victory.
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A goal was scored just at the beginning of the game. Such a fantastic start undoubtedly made the German team full of confidence and morale, and wanted to have a happy victory against Japan and kill the opponent.
Yang Cheng is a head coach who is good at observing the situation and knows how to use the situation. When he saw that morale and situation were beneficial to his side, he immediately asked the players on the court to put up a big push, especially the two full-backs actively pressing forward, completely suppressing the Japanese team in their half and having a battle of trapped beasts.
If the German team only scored after the opening, if the offense was just smooth, it would not be a headache. However, the team's frontcourt trident began to actively invest in the frontcourt counter-attack, especially Gomez, who became very fierce in the frontcourt.
Gomez's fierceness and pressing are mainly aimed at the two centrebacks of the Japanese team. He always roams between the two centrebacks, pestering them to avoid having the opportunity to get the ball easily. Once the ball reaches the backcourt, he immediately forces them to transfer the ball out as soon as possible.
Faced with such a team, it is really unlikely that the Japanese team will control the ball and slow down the pace.
If they continue to play their own ball control unless they have the same amazing ball control skills similar to Barcelona, the Japanese team is far inferior to Barcelona in terms of technical details or in terms of running without the ball, which makes them either change their style and tactics, follow the German team, or make frequent mistakes.
Zachelloni is also a well-known coach. He is not the kind of head coach who does not understand the situation or is adaptable. After realizing this problem, he immediately made adjustments and asked the players to take the ball as soon as possible, giving up the slow-paced tactics of ball control set and arranged after the opening.
But the German team is a bit like a reckless man who is unreasonable. Anyway, I don’t care whether you have any reason or not, or who you are or what you are, or what you are. Anyway, I have an advantage in strength now, and I just want to completely crush you and completely defeat you.
This made the Japanese team depressed, but the Japanese team was not a good deal. No matter how much Zacheroni was, he was the head coach of Italy. He was very good at setting up the defensive line and began to organize effective defensive lines, trying to suppress the German team's fierce offensive momentum.
However, such a barrier is still effective in a short period of time, but if the opponent is allowed to attack like this for a long time, it will inevitably be a mess.
This time, the German team still found Reus on the right through the backcourt. The latter quickly dribbled the ball and cut in, and inserted the Japanese team's penalty area at a 45-degree angle. However, when he passed Gomez, the ball was intercepted by the Japanese defender and cleared the penalty area with a big foot. However, Schweiingsteiger, who was inserted in the second wave, controlled the ball steadily.
The Japanese team's defense started from the midfield and immediately forced Schweinsteiger to the first time. The piglet moved the ball to the left, and Ram inserted it from behind, then got the ball and drove the ball along the left.
At the front of the penalty area, Thomas Muller did not stand in the inward position and wait for Ram's pass this time, but ran outside to prevent Ram from being forced to death by the Japanese team on the sideline. Ram really quickly sent the ball directly to Thomas Muller's feet.
Thomas Muller took the ball on the left, leaning against the sideline, facing Atsuto Uchida, and suddenly accelerated and quickly wading the ball to the bottom line. However, Atsuto Uchida was also steady and followed Thomas Muller tightly.
Seeing that there was no chance, Thomas Muller stopped suddenly, changed direction, turned around, but still failed to break through.
But just when everyone thought the German team's offense was about to come to an end, Ram didn't know when he left the Japanese midfielder and defended the player and quickly inserted it along the left corner of the penalty area. Thomas Muller's ball quickly passed to Ram's feet, who stopped the ball in the left corner of the penalty area and went to the middle.
"...Ram got the ball in the penalty area, dangerous..."
Before the on-site commentator could even finish calling out the danger, he saw Ram swing his right foot and suddenly thrust against the ball. Everyone just heard a bang, and the ball shot out from Ram's feet like a shell.
The position of Ram's shot was a bit similar to the goal he scored in Costa Rica in the 2006 World Cup, but this time he did not use the right instep like he did back then, but instead used an external instep to make a curved shot, which made the ball into an unobstructed arc, but with a strong rotation.
The ball seemed to be about to take the middle lane, but the slight arc turned to the far corner, which is the upper right corner. The Japanese goalkeeper made a mistake when making a judgment. When he reacted, he made a flight save. It was obviously too late. He could only watch the ball hanging into the dead corner of the goal.
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"
"The goal from Philip Rahm, a very beautiful shot, scored the second goal of the game for the German team. In just less than 25 minutes of the game, the German team had already taken two goals ahead, and the advantage was very obvious!"
If the past two games have made people feel depressed, then in this game, the performance of the German team since the beginning of the first half has made everyone excited. The offense is very strong, especially after the opening goal, and then a fierce attack, completely suppressing the Japanese team with artillery fire and pressing Japan to defend the dead in the half.
But even so, the German team still found loopholes in the defense line.
"The Japanese team's defense is very tight and reveals flaws. In the area of the left corner of the penalty area, Ram, who is in the back foot, is definitely the area with the most goal-scoring feeling. Their midfielder did not follow Ram in time, causing the German captain to advance to the left corner area, and no one was on the side to defend. This has to be said to be a major mistake by the Japanese team."
"However, it can be seen from the slow motion that when Gomez was on the left, he obviously had a move to attract the defensive players to his side, which was obviously to create opportunities for Ram's insertion. This should be a conscious offensive cooperation by the German team. It was very tacit understanding, which caused the Japanese team to concede two goals in a row, and the German team also got a fantastic start!"
"The German team is undoubtedly sure to win with two goals. Next, it depends on how the Japanese team defends. Will this game become the best goal battle in the World Cup group stage?" The commentator on the scene smiled, fearing that the world will remain unrest.
Undoubtedly, this is also the idea of countless people.
Chapter completed!