855 Battle of the Masters
~Date: ~October 26th~
“Welcome to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany!”
"What is being broadcast live for you here is that the third leg of the European Cup qualifiers Group A is also the strong dialogue between the two most powerful teams in this group so far, namely the German team led by the world's No. 1 coach, Mr. Caesar Yang Cheng, and Turkey led by the magical Dutch coach Hiddink."
"These two teams have achieved impressive record of two consecutive victories in the first two rounds of their respective groups, especially the German team. They played well in the first two games, and their strength has improved a lot. They are widely favored by the media and professionals. Everyone praised Yang Cheng's ability to train the team, and believed that the German team would be the biggest favorite team to win the European Cup in the next European Cup."
"But relatively speaking, Hiddink's Turkey is also not inferior, and the magical Hiddink can always surprise at critical moments, just like Russia in 2008. Who would have thought that he could lead Russia to the most dazzling dark horse in the European Cup? Now, all Turkish fans are also looking forward to Hiddink's magic again!"
The TV broadcast swept to the stands and found that almost half of the stands in the Olympic Stadium were Turkey's supporters. This can be seen from the national flag on the stands. The Turkish flag with a red background and a white moon is everywhere, but the German flag seems to be relatively few and is at an absolute disadvantage.
"Before the game, German media jokingly claimed that this was a away game played at home in Germany. Now we can see that there are more Turkish fans at the Olympic Stadium. Many of them are Turkish immigrants of German nationality, and some are fans who came from Türkiye to watch this game."
"As early as a few days before the game, when the German national team was training, the German team encountered a parade and siege by Turkish fans outside the training ground in Berlin. The police station also arrested three violent elements, which undoubtedly gave the prelude to the hot atmosphere of this game. I believe that the Turkish fans who have the advantage in numbers will bring huge trouble to the home team in this game. As for the possibility of helping the Turkish team capture the German capital!"
"Unlike the current Turkish team, German team's frontcourt star Deisler missed this period of national team training due to injury. Yang Cheng said before the game that the team will fill the vacancy of Deisler well. But we don't know who he will use to get Deisler and whether it will affect Germany's frontcourt offense!"
As he was talking, he saw the two teams of players lined up in a neat line and walked out of the player passage. A burst of booing sounded in the stadium. Yes, that's right, it was booing!
"Oh my God. It seems that the German team's home court has been captured. Turkish fans are obviously using boos to welcome the German team playing at home!" The commentator laughed and introduced the situation at the scene.
While the players of the two teams walked out of the stadium, the live TV cameras frequently gave seats to some celebrities in the stands, such as German President Woolf and his wife, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UEFA President Beckenbauer, Turkish Prime Minister, etc., as well as other political and business celebrities from both countries. They all appeared at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
"It can be seen that Merkel's expression is quite serious. Obviously, she is not very satisfied with this situation. At least this is a local fight in Germany, and fans should give enough support. However, judging from the news we have received, there are actually many German fans, but many of them are descendants of Turkey, so they choose to support Turkey in this game."
This is actually a difficult problem. Then //The fastest text update of Shumilou has no ads//The centrifugal force brought by many immigrants. Almost all developed European countries have such problems. Germany's experience in this game can only be said to be a common phenomenon and a political problem.
"This is the head coach of the Turkish national team. The famous Dutch coach Hiddink!" The live TV camera was given to Hiddink who had walked out of the player channel. Turkish fans gave him a burst of cheers, obviously supporting Hiddink to kill the German team.
But soon, a burst of booing sounded immediately. It was obvious that this was against the head coach of the German national team, Yang Cheng. A group of Turkish fans have always regarded Yang Cheng as the number one enemy in this game. Even when attacking Ozil and others, they did not forget to drag Yang Cheng into the water, and they were really shot while lying down.
"This is the head coach of the German national team. The most influential and successful head coach in today's football world, Yang Cheng!"
"From the appearance of the two head coaches, we can see the situation of the two in this game. Yang Cheng is obviously embarrassed, but this coach is only 38 years old but has achieved impressive results in today's football. In terms of image and aura, he is better than Hiddink. This is an idol coach who even countless people in the fashion industry worship."
From the camera, we can see that the two encountered each other at the exit of the player's passage. After a while of conversation, Yang Cheng looked even more relaxed and patted Hiddink on the shoulder from time to time, as if I was the boss. Hiddink was relatively weak at this point.
After the two coaches separated, the players on the court lined up and began the stage of playing the national anthem.
Yang Cheng stood up politely, but remained silent. This is also a phenomenon that he has generally observed by fans since he led the German team so many games, that is, he does not participate in the German team's national anthem.
"He is the first foreign national team head coach in the history of German football. This is very difficult for a head coach from China to be recognized and affirmed by everyone in German football."
After playing the national anthem, the captain began to guess the sides of the two teams, and the starting lineup of the two teams in this game appeared on the TV screen.
"The starting goalkeeper of the German team is Neuer. This goalkeeper has proved his strength in many games with the German national team in the World Cup. Adler, who was favored before, sat on the bench and could only become Neuer's substitute. Many people say that this is a repeat of the tragedy of Kahn and Lehman!"
"On the defense line, Yang Cheng lined up Ram, Kyle, Mertesack and Westerman from left to right, which is a bit strange. Jerome Boateng has always been the main right-back of the national team, but after Yang Cheng summoned Westerman this time, he directly made him start. It was indeed a bit unexpected."
"But this right-back performed very well in the Bundesliga. Although many people think that Westerman's playing as a defender has a bit of a restraint of his ability and attack on the offensive end. (, Gree Literature Network, but the players themselves have more to play as a defender, especially the central defender, because he knows very well that in the German national team, he can only be more competitive as a defender."
"Yang Cheng has always selected the full-back position in the past few games in charge of the German team, especially the right-back position. He has tried many players including Jerome Boateng, Baker and Westerman. I believe he will continue to be stalemate and distressed on the right-back issue, because currently, among the German full-backs, Ram is the only one who pleases Yang Cheng the most."
"In the midfield, the double midfielders are Schweinsteiger and Sven Bend. This pair of pairs performed well in the previous two qualifiers, especially Sven Bend, who has just recently entered the German national team roster. The defensive ability of Kaiserslautern is very good at defending ≤ active and active, with solid technical skills, and is the type of player that Yang Chengfei Chen admires."
"The attacking forwards are Thomas Muller, Ozil and Podolski. We can find that in the right winger of Desler, Yang Cheng did not choose Gotze and Reus, but chose Podolski. This is also a strange place, because Podolski was sentenced to fall out of favor before Yang Cheng's national team."
"The striker is Real Madrid's third striker Klose and is also Yang Cheng's favorite player. This striker is the most reassuring and stable scorer in German football today. What Yang Cheng admires most is his pulling, running and scoring ability."
"Turkey's starting lineup is also 4231, and the goalkeeper is Mirel. The defense is Sabri, Seitin, Erdogan and Gnure. The double midfielders are Emre and Aurelio, the attacking forwards are Big Altentop, Hurmazi and Shahin, and the forwards are Altentop, Jr.."
As the game approached, the Turkish fans in the stands became more and more restless. Many Turkish fans who were wrapped in national flags waved their props in their hands, and when putting pressure on their opponents, they also pulled out a series of banners and slogans to attack German players, especially Yang Cheng and Ozil, which became the focus of their attacks.
This is just at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. If you go to Istanbul, it would be a nightmare!
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It is obvious that Hiddink's starting tactic is not to retreat, but to attack.
Turkey, who played away from home, took advantage of the opportunity to kick off the ball and chose to push it out and attack the German team's defense first. In the second minute, Altentop passed the ball to Emre, who completed the first shot of the game at about 25 meters.
This long shot slightly missed the German post, but Neuer had already stood at the position. Even if he did not deviate, Neuer's strength could fully save the long shot.
Türkiye hit the attack, and the German team naturally chose to counterattack. They fell a little behind in the scene, but did not retreat at all.
After Turkey completed its first shot, Yang Cheng immediately made adjustments on the sidelines to block the area between Emre and Altentop, breaking up the connection between Turkey's midfielder and attacking the front guard on the left side. Soon in the 7th minute, Podolski completed a steal and made a counterattack. He made a cross from the right and headed the ball in front of the goal, which was high!
"The two famous coaches fought wits and courage at the beginning, Hiddink attacked, and Yang Cheng adjusted, all of which showed his strength in on-the-spot command!" The on-site commentator was very excited. "From the technical and tactical perspective, the German team is better than Hiddink's team. Yang Cheng is obviously more familiar with the German team, and the players also know Yang Cheng's tactics better."
"Hiddink joined the Turkish national team in August after the World Cup. The then president of the Turkish Football Association asked him to lead the Star and Moon Army into the 2012 European Cup finals, but we can clearly see that Hiddink is not as familiar with the current players of this Turkish national team as Yang Cheng."
Although there were two slightly threatening shots after the opening, the German team quickly controlled the situation steadily. As soon as they saw that the attack after the opening was unfavorable, Türkiye immediately began to shrink its defense and launched a defensive counterattack tactic.
"Obviously, Turkey can no longer use tactics against other weak teams to deal with the German team runner-up in the World Cup, especially when facing the German team's head coach Yang Cheng, Hiddink dared not be careless at all. One of the things that Yang Cheng is most highly praised by professionals is that his on-site command in the game is often a masterpiece."
After controlling the situation, the German team began to consciously strengthen the offense. Schweinsteiger quickly got a chance at the front of the penalty area. Ram cooperated with Thomas Mueller on the left and passed it to his feet. The piglet dribbled the ball and broke into the penalty area, but was closely guarded by the defensive player. He barely kicked up, but failed to hit the ball and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
It must be admitted that although Hiddink is a Dutch coach, the head coach is really unique in coaching a team's defense. Based on the characteristics of Turkish internationals, he has created a set of high-pressure defensive tactics that effectively control his own 32-meter area, and defends against the German team's offense and running position.
"Many people say that the German team is a team with the typical Yang Cheng mark, focusing on unball running, emphasizing technology, and advocating offensive football. These are the most highly praised by fans, and the German team's unball running is even more respected by countless professionals. The arrival of Cheng further improves and enhances the German team's unball running system."
"Hiddingk obviously understands this very much, so he takes a contraction defense, controls the 32-meter area, and gives up possession."
Just as the live commentator was talking, the German team launched attacks again and again, but it was obvious that once the ball entered Turkey's 32-meter area, the German team's offensive threat was immediately weakened.
After all, Hiddink's defense has very high control over space.
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Yang Cheng watched the game with a deep brow. He had expected that this game would be difficult to play. Because Hiddink has never been a fuel-efficient lamp. At least from his ability to lead Russia to achieve that result in the European Cup, it is enough to prove the strength of this famous coach and should not be underestimated.
You should know that there is a difference between coaching the national team and coaching the club. In the club, the coach can formulate tactical play based on his own ideas, and then select appropriate players based on tactical play, and finally achieve targeted goals by adjusting the tactics. Just like Yang Cheng is in Real Madrid, he actually doesn't need to do too much now.
With stable tactical play and strong players' ability to implement, Real Madrid now has a certain advantage against their opponents. After Yang Cheng's decentralized training power, all he needs to do is to make targeted arrangements for his opponent's weaknesses, which is very easy.
However, it is different in the national team. You cannot choose the players you need casually. You can only formulate a tactical style that suits them based on the current player configuration you have. This requires the head coach of the national team to have more and more rich command experience, as well as better tactical literacy and knowledge.
Of course, it can also be said that luck is very critical for national team events, especially in large-scale competitions, but it cannot be denied that the head coach's ability to control and the overall strength of the team are also crucial.
Therefore, Yang Cheng has always believed that Hiddink can lead South Korea and Russia to success. Luck and some off-court factors do exist, but the strength of this head coach is not enough.
Facing such an opponent, he always wakes up 120,000 points of attention and concentration, pays attention to every move on the court, and observes everyone on the court. He believes that this will be of great help to every head coach.
"Two midfielders!" Yang Cheng noticed some details.
Benitez, who was standing aside, looked at it and nodded, "Emre and Aurelio's double midfielders are deficient, so we will play against this point and directly disintegrate Turkey's defense!"
Yang Cheng smiled slightly. Aurelio is a Brazilian player, but he plays for the Turkish national team. Although he is active in defense and has good running skills, he is already 32 years old and he relies more on consciousness to defend and predict. He still has great shortcomings in his true one-on-one defensive ability.
Emre is also not a defensive player. The two midfielders formed by these two players cannot suppress the German team at all. Schweinsteiger's previous forward insertion was because the two midfielders did not follow, and they were too slow and they were not close enough to defend themselves.
The reason why the midfielder is becoming more and more important in today's football system is actually not just a matter of organizational backwards, but because in today's football tactics, whether it is on the side or the middle, whether it is a long pass or a short pass, there is a very critical point that will not change.
That is to run deep within the area that threatens 32 meters, which is called back-insert score!
The central defender obviously cannot take on the responsibility of stopping the opponent and scoring, because they have to pay more attention to the opponent's forwards and even wingers, so there is a very critical defensive point behind the middle lane, which is the midfielder.
It can be said that a very important reason for the existence of the back midfielder, or that the important reason for the back midfielder being valued by all head coaches is that they can provide timely follow-up defense or even prevent it when the opponent runs deep into the 32-meter area.
After seeing this, Yang Cheng knew how to take advantage of this, but he had to wait for the opportunity.
There are loopholes in any set of tactics, and many head coaches even know the other party’s loopholes, but how to seize the opportunity and launch an attack on the loopholes is a profound knowledge, because if the timing is not grasped well, the effect may not be so obvious, and may even have counterproductive effects.
At this point, Yang Cheng, who has more than ten years of rich coaching experience, is more clear than anyone else, so he waits patiently.
Chapter completed!