Chapter 345: Adriano, The Last Glory
Although Germany only finished third in the Confederations Cup and failed to achieve their top goal of meeting Brazil in the final, Klinsmann's position was temporarily cemented by the bronze medal. At least the media criticism of him is no longer as fierce as it was before the Confederations Cup, and he looks like he is eager to be called the sinner of German football for the ages.
Here, by the way, Germany originally had a chance to end the fighting in ninety minutes. However, perhaps because Klinsmann felt that he had a big advantage on his side, he should not easily overturn, and replaced Klose, who had already scored a goal, with Kulanyi in advance at halftime, so that Mexico, whose defense was greatly reduced, could fight back with all its might, and scored two goals in the second half to tie the score at 3-3, resulting in the game being dragged on until extra time to decide the winner.
It is for this reason that criticism of Klinsmann continues, most of which accuses the Golden Bomber of being too partial to Kuranyi and not giving Klose justice!
"Coach Klinsmann really likes Kuranyi, obviously Klose has such a good performance, and he has to reuse that guy who has a mediocre performance. After reading the newsletter about the third and fourth place finals, Elizabeth said indignantly. Obviously, Klose's experience in the national team made her feel very unhappy with the German centre-forward.
"If he could change his mind because of one or two setbacks, he wouldn't be Klinsmann. George also felt helpless about Klinsmann's insistence on using Kuranyi, "Now, we can only hope that Klose can withstand this pressure and force Klinsmann to take the initiative to change with an unquestionable performance on the court." If Klose can maintain his current form and goalscoring efficiency next season, then no matter how much Klinsmann likes Kuranyi, he will not be able to ignore Klose's achievements and line up only to his liking. ”
Klinsmann may have been stubborn in some ways, but he was anything but stupid. He knows when to do something and doesn't let his preference for one player delay the revival of German football!
In Klinsmann's mind, the most important thing is to lead German football out of this extremely dark period and return the German tank to the ranks of the world's top teams. Therefore, if Kuranyi still can't put up a performance that can overpower Klose before next year's World Cup, then Klinsmann will never continue to favor Kuranyi again!
You must know that the World Cup is not a chicken rib event like the Confederations Cup, which is mainly aimed at training and testing the squad. If Klinsmann dares to play with fire like he does at the World Cup, then his fate may be even worse than that of his two predecessors, Worrall and Ribbeck!
Just as Elizabeth was complaining about the injustice received by Klose, the Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Argentina kicked off with a whistle from Slovak referee Mitchell!
There was nothing surprising about Brazil's starting line-up. In the face of Argentina, a century-old enemy, Pereira did not dare to be careless, and sent the strongest lineup in his hand - goalkeeper Dida, the back line from left to right is Gilberto, Lucio, Thiago Silva and Ciciño, Ze Roberto and Emerson form a double back, Kaka, Ronaldo, Robinho and Adriano four people form a super luxury frontline!
Due to Thiago Silva's outstanding performance at Monaco, he was called up to the Brazilian national team earlier than in his previous life, and was favored by coach Pereira with his consistent performance, successfully squeezing out players such as Roque Júnior, Juan and Edmilson who entered the national team earlier than him to become Pereira's first choice in the central defender position!
Looking at Argentina's side again, Mascherano also entered Argentina's list of 22 for this Confederations Cup because of George's relationship, and got the opportunity to start in this final!
Although the addition of Mascherano has greatly enhanced Argentina's midfield, the overall strength of the Pampas Eagles is still much worse than that of the Samba Army. Especially in the case of Saviola's red card suspension, and famous players such as Tevez, Aimar, Samuel and Miilito were excluded from the starting list by Pekerman, Argentina's combat effectiveness has undoubtedly been weakened a lot!
The reason why no one has questioned Pekerman's employment as much as Klinsmann has done is mainly because almost all of these players are Pekerman's disciples when he was in charge of the Argentine youth team. Therefore, even if they are not selected for the starting list, they will take care of their mentor's face to some extent, and will not publicly express any dissatisfaction with it, which will affect the atmosphere in the locker room.
Once the game started, as most of the players on both sides spent most of their energy on dueling and fighting for the ball, it wasn't until the 11th minute that the first shot appeared statistically!
Lucio dribbled the ball over the halfway line and passed a ball over the top, and Ciciño, who was inserted on the right, made a slight adjustment to pass the ball to Adriano, who was pulled outside the box. The latter turned and dodged Heinze's tackle after receiving the ball, and fired a powerful left-footed volley from 18 meters in front of goal before Cambiaso rushed up to make up for it!
The ball drew an obvious arc in the air and went directly into the bottom left corner of the goal under the gaze of Argentine goalkeeper Lukes, 1-0!
The first shot of the game turned into a goal, and it was a very beautiful curling goal, Adriano's wonderful performance immediately detonated the passion of all the Brazilian fans in the stands!
"It's a pity that God gave Adriano a strong body, but not a strong enough heart. Just when almost everyone was cheering for Adriano's wonderful performance and envying Inter Milan for getting a super center forward after Vieri, George knew that this Confederations Cup could be said to be the last peak of Adriano's entire career!
In George's previous life, Adriano scored a total of 28 goals for Inter Milan in the 04-05 season (including 16 goals in Serie A), and in the 05-06 season, this number dropped sharply to 19 goals (including 13 goals in Serie A), and in the 06-07 season, Ade not only regressed significantly in terms of goal statistics, but also the main position was replaced by Ibrahimovic!
This shows how much Adriano's competitive form has declined after this Confederations Cup. And this is what George regrets the most - if Adriano had not given up on himself because of his father's unexpected death, then it is very likely that there would be an enhanced version of Vieri or Drogba in international football, instead of a shooting star that makes people sigh!
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