Chapter 536 The German Team’s Counterattack

The answer was quickly revealed. The core of the German team's offense is Royce!

In the 25th minute of the first half, the German team launched a quick counterattack from the wing.

Royce dribbled the ball from the backcourt, avoided the interception of the Spanish frontcourt players, and strode along the wing towards the opponent's half.

Compared with Xu Sanduo, Royce's skills at his feet are more delicate, and he is excellent in speed, dribbling, passing, grabbing points, and long-range shots.

The only disadvantage is probably that there are many injuries, so fans jokingly say that it takes two hours to charge and two minutes to work.

The Spanish players knew that Reus was a huge threat, so they immediately leaned towards him, trying to block him on the wing and not give him a chance to cut inside to shoot or pass the ball.

However, one of the main reasons why Royce was able to replace Ozil in the starting position is that his creativity in the frontcourt is not inferior to Ozil at all.

Seeing that the opponent was focusing on him, Royce relied on his broad vision to immediately move the ball to the right in a wide range.

Kimmich, who is only 21 years old, rushed to the scene and sent a decisive cross before the opponent's defensive player approached.

Gomez, who was surrounded in front of the goal, made a diving dive and headed the ball towards the goal.

Under normal circumstances, a header from this distance is definitely impossible to prevent, but Gomez's header was very straight and hit Casillas directly.

However, the ball was too powerful. Casillas was caught off guard and did not catch the ball immediately. The ball bounced back.

When Ramos saw the ball falling in front of him, he swung his foot to make a clearance.

However, just as he was trying to make a clearance, a ghostly figure flashed in front of him and nimblely poked the ball out with his toes.

The opponent's follow-up shot was too fast. Casillas had no time to react, and the football was stabbed into the goal by the opponent.

A deafening noise broke out at the scene. After seeing the ball scored, the German fans in the stands frantically waved various slogans and support scarves in their hands, shouted and celebrated wildly.

The ball came so suddenly, it felt like being slapped in the face by happiness, and I was completely unprepared.

Seeing the football rolling into the goal, the German player who took the shot got up from the ground excitedly, waved his right hand, and roared again and again.

Ramos didn't see clearly who this person was until the opponent stood up - the German team's forward Thomas Muller!

When did this guy run up behind him?

Ramos has questions in his head!

The players of the German team were no less excited and joyful than Muller who scored the goal. They rushed to Muller excitedly, hugged and high-fived Muller, and celebrated this key goal.

"Good pass, Kimmich!"

After seeing Kimmich, Muller gave him a thumbs up.

Although this goal is not a direct assist from Kimmich, without his pass just now, Muller would not have such a good chance to make a follow-up shot.

"Brother Royce passed it on!"

Kimmich was very happy to be praised by the big guys in the team, but he did not take the credit and be arrogant. Instead, he very humbly gave the credit to Royce.

This offensive opportunity was indeed created by Royce. Without him breaking through the opponent's first line of defense in the backcourt and creating an opportunity for a quick counterattack, the German team would not have followed up this series of attacks.

Moreover, Royce was able to see the opportunity on the right and successfully pass the ball when being pressed by many opponents. Kimmich admired this skill very much.

"Haha, your last pass was good. If the opponent's goalkeeper hadn't been in a good position, Gomez's header would have scored!"

Royce was like a sunny boy with a bright smile on his face.

Due to injuries, Reus has participated in few major competitions on behalf of the German national team.

Especially missing the World Cup two years ago was a lifelong regret for Royce.

So for Royce, he doesn't care who scores the goal, as long as it can help the team, it doesn't matter even if he doesn't get any limelight.

"Okay, don't be modest. Let's keep up the good work and try to score another one before the end of the first half!"

Muller put his arms around the shoulders of Reus and Kimmich, loudly encouraging his teammates.

The team's morale is booming. If we don't take this opportunity to expand our advantage, when will we?

…

On the coaching bench, German team coach Loew was originally a little worried.

Losing the ball too early disrupted his pre-match plan and directly affected the team's morale.

Therefore, Loew has been worried about whether the team's morale and the player's condition will be affected since losing the ball. Spain is a top team. If the German team is in poor condition, it is likely to be robbed by the opponent.

However, all these worries disappeared without a trace after seeing Muller's goal.

At this moment, the two sides are back on the same starting line, and the German team also used the goal just now to prove that their tactical play is effective.

Now, let's see who of the two sides can seize the opportunity faster and score the second goal!

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Although the lead was gone, Del Bosque was not nervous.

As long as he can see Lin Quan on the court, Del Bosque feels full of security.

However, the situation at this time was indeed not favorable to the Spanish team. After the German team equalized the score, their morale was greatly boosted. With this momentum, they temporarily suppressed the Spanish team.

At this time, Spain has fallen into a disadvantage in the midfield battle.

The opponent has a large number of people in the middle and has obvious physical advantages.

They obviously know that their foot skills are not as delicate as Spanish players, so they prefer to use their strong bodies to actively engage in physical confrontations with Spanish players.

Spanish midfielders are generally short in stature and not very capable of physical confrontation.

Physical confrontation is their weak point, so it is no surprise that in this kind of hand-to-hand combat, they quickly fell into a disadvantage.

After losing control of the midfield, the German team's offensive threat began to gradually increase.

In this European Cup, the German team has one of the most luxurious midfield lineups among the 24 participating teams.

Even more powerful than Spain!

In this game, the German team's midfield configuration has a clear division of labor.

Cross directs and dispatches from the center and controls the rhythm of the game.

Khedira relied on his strong body and abundant physical fitness to strangle the opponent's midfielder.

Kimmich and Hector on both sides are players with abundant physical energy, fast speed and a wide running range.

When attacking, they moved forward and became two wingers, which broadened the German team's offensive width and greatly increased the difficulty of the opponent's defense.

When defending, depending on the situation, they either intercept on the side or shrink to the middle to participate in the stranglehold in the middle.

He can either act as a midfielder or drop back to the defense to make his team's formation become 541.

In this game, the German team seemed to have a three-centre-back formation, which made people think that they had no full-backs.

But in fact they have a full-back, but the position is not that of a full-back!

Under Kroos's command and dispatch, the German team's offensive became more and more fierce, and the threat became more and more serious.

With his broad vision and keen ability to control opportunities, he can always observe Spain's defensive holes on the court, and frequently attacks Spain's weak side with precise long passes.

Reus, Muller and Gomez in the frontcourt, with the assistance of Hector, Kimmich and others, attacked Spain's defense again and again.

The situation is very unfavorable to the Spanish team, and the German fans in the stands have begun to sing praises happily.

In their opinion, as long as they continue to play according to this trend, the final winner must be the German team!

"The German team can run quite well!"

German players value physical fitness, which Del Bosque has long heard.

But he didn't expect that Loew would arrange his troops like this, giving up some more famous stars, boldly using some less famous players that are more in line with his tactical requirements, and even complete newcomers like Kimmich.

It can be seen from this point that Loew has made sufficient preparations for this game.

If it were two years ago, the Spanish team might not be afraid of the opponent's style of play.

But that's not necessarily the case now, after all, the average age of the lineup is here.

In terms of physical fitness and running distance, they really can't compare to the Germans.

In this case, it is even more impossible to fall into the opponent's rhythm.

If the German team is allowed to continue to speed up the pace of the game, it won't be long before Spain's old arms and legs will be overwhelmed by the opponent.

Thinking of this, Bosque made a gesture to signal the team to change tactics.

On the court, after seeing the coach's tactical gestures, Lin Quan and David Silva looked at each other, nodded slightly, and began to move back.

Soon, the Germans on the opposite side discovered that Spain's formation was different.

They have more players in the midfield and fewer players in the frontcourt.

The formation changed from the previous 433 to 451. The two wingers took a step back and became two full midfielders.

Loew frowned and watched for a while. Spain's 451 change surprised him a little.

It's not that I didn't expect Bosque to do this, but I didn't expect the other party to be so decisive.

The outside world's impression of Spanish players is that they have delicate footwork and strong passing ability.

This is indeed the case!

Spain's two wingers seem to be wingers, but they are actually midfielders.

Their organizational ability is even stronger than the core midfielders of some teams, especially Lin Quan.

After moving their positions back, the thickness of the Spanish midfield suddenly became a lot thicker.

When players pass the ball between each other, they have more options for releasing the ball and it is safer.

This made the German team's pressing and double-teaming tactics gradually lose their effectiveness. In the past, they mainly focused on Fabregas and Iniesta.

As long as these two people are restricted and the Spanish player in front cannot catch the ball, it will naturally become a decoration and lose the threat.

But now, this doesn't work.

After Lin Quan and David Silva returned, Spain's midfield five, in addition to Busquets, frequently rotated and changed positions.

If it is just a change of position, although it will cause some interference to the German team's defensive players, the impact will not be big.

But the crux of the matter is that these four people all possess extremely outstanding creativity and have a high degree of cooperation with each other.

As long as they are given a certain amount of space, they can play dizzying, dazzling passing and cutting coordination.

This greatly increases the difficulty of the German team's defense!

In the past, relying on their physical fitness and physical strength, they could take advantage of one-on-one defense, but now they are at a disadvantage when defending two-on-two or even two-on-three, and they are even completely unable to restrict the opponent.

The German team grabbed very fiercely, but the more they did this, the more empty the defense became.

In just a few minutes, the situation on the field was completely reversed.

The German team, which was originally aggressive and wanted to take advantage of its own morale boost to defeat Spain in one go, gradually lost the initiative and became passive after the opponent's formation changed.

For a time, the war quickly burned into the German team's half. The Spanish team began to take the initiative again and began to threaten the German team's goal.

The German fans in the stands looked at each other, somewhat confused about the situation.

If the opponent removes two forwards, shouldn't it greatly weaken their offensive strength?

But why has Spain's offensive threat increased?

What ordinary fans cannot figure out, German coach Loew understands at a glance.

Spanish players are not strong in physical confrontation, so they lost control of the midfield in the fierce physical confrontation.

Del Bosque obviously saw this, so he took the initiative to withdraw Lin Quan and David Silva's positions.

This can not only avoid the German team's multiple double-teams, but also increase the number of midfielders and reduce the defensive pressure faced by the midfielder.

It is impossible for Loew to push up the back line, so the number of people who can participate in the midfield strangulation is ultimately limited.

The opponent can invest five people, and he can invest up to six people.

The numerical advantage is not obvious, at least compared to the previous advantage of six fighting for three, it is greatly reduced.

Moreover, Muller's position is not in the midfield. He is a shadow striker. He is too far back to exert his power.

Although Royce works hard, he is the core of the team's offense and it is impossible to give him too many defensive tasks.

As a result, the German team's numerical advantage in the midfield is gone, and they naturally lose control of the midfield.

So, how to solve this situation?

Loew used his brain and thought quickly.

Bosque's move was to retreat in order to advance, but it created a big problem for him!

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In a box in the stands, Mourinho and Mendes were watching the game.

Mendes originally wanted to bring Cristiano Ronaldo with him, but Cristiano Ronaldo had a somewhat unhappy relationship with him due to the transfer. In addition, after Portugal advanced to the semi-finals, Cristiano Ronaldo paid more attention to training, so he Not coming.

Mendes and Mourinho chatted while watching the game.

"Royce's performance is outstanding. If there are no injuries, you can consider buying him!"

Mendes suggested to Mourinho after Reus instigated Germany's equalizing goal.

Mourinho glanced at the other party and knew that Mendes was trying to poach him.

Royce's agent is not a big-name agent. He has some influence in the Bundesliga, but can only be said to be average in Europe.

Mendes is a big player in the agent world. If he can be signed by him, it will be of great help to the players' future, so many players are happy to cooperate with Mendes.

"He is indeed more comprehensive than Mata, but Dortmund may not let him go, and you know, those bastards at the top of Manchester United only buy expensive ones, not the right ones. They may not listen to my suggestions!"