In the final stage of the European Championship, the team with the most media talk about in the world was Loew's Germany.

This team has shown eye-catching strength in both the qualifiers and the group stage, especially the whole style of play has become gorgeous and fluid, which has to be breathtaking.

However, Loew is obviously still grinding in the team lineup and is committed to reforming the team's style of play, so the German team's lineup was not stable throughout the European Championship, and in key games such as the semi-final against Italy, the German team still could not withstand the pressure and was finally eliminated by Italy 1-2.

After this game, Loew's German team was subjected to unprecedented criticism and accusations, and countless German fans believed that Loew's reform was purely a toddler, although the style of play was dexterous and beautiful, and the attack and organization seemed gorgeous and smooth, but it lost the traditional German hardness and will, not to mention the iron-blooded domineering of the troika, Effenberg and Ballack periods.

Gao Han also commented on such a statement in his column, saying that Germany is a very young team full of potential and hope, and Loew should not be blamed.

"Is Loew wrong?"

"Yes, of course, otherwise, how could Germany be eliminated?"

"But every person and every team will go through such a process of exploration and running-in. ”

Many critics of Loew feel that it is the technical reform that has deprived the German national team of its traditional spiritual strength, and they believe that delicate foot skills are incompatible with iron-blooded domineering, but this in itself is a very narrow statement. ”

"I've coached Bayern Munich, so I know that over the years of youth reform in Germany, there have been a number of outstanding young talents, such as Toni Kroos, Gotze, Reuss, Thomas Müller, Hummels ......"

"With such a group of outstanding players, how to build the most suitable tactics around this group of players, and the most able to give full play to their technical and tactical characteristics, that is undoubtedly the most suitable tactic for the German team, Loew is walking on such a path. ”

'I know the German team, Neuer, Bad Stuber, Boateng, Hummels, Lahm, Toni Kroos, Khedira, Thomas Müller, Schweinsteiger, Reuss, Klose, they were all players from my time at Bayern Munich, so I know very well and I know what they are capable of. ”

"I don't think Loew should be blamed, on the contrary, he should be supported and his team is undoubtedly on the right path, just like Aragonés did in 2006. ”

"Reform is painful and takes some time, but I have always been convinced that Loew will lead Germany to success because he has the strength. ”

Gao Han's strong support for Loew in his column was reprinted on the pages of major media newspapers around the world, winning the support of many fans and media people, but also attracting a lot of doubts.

Beckenbauer also reprinted Gao Han's comments in a subsequent column, saying that Gao Han cultivated a group of outstanding young talents for German football during his tenure at Bayern Munich, and also pointed out the direction of future development, and Loew's current efforts are in the right direction.

After the European Cup final, Spain successfully won the cup, and the major awards announced by UEFA began to cause heated discussions.

During the European Championships, a technical committee of 11 European coaches, led by Houllier and Capello, was responsible for evaluating the performance of the participating players in the tournament and making recommendations for the major awards after the competition.

In the end, Andres Iniesta was voted the best player of the European Championships, and although he failed to score, his performance was unanimously recognized and affirmed by the UEFA technical committee, which considered him to be a key role in Spain's victory.

The best 23 players in the list successfully defended the European Championship and became the first team in history to win three European Championships and World Cup titles in a row, with a total of 11 Spanish players included in this list: Casillas, Pique, Ramos, Alba, Carvajal, Iniesta, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Xavi Alonso, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva.

Among them, Carvajal's selection was somewhat surprising, because he only played three games in total, although he started all of them and played the whole game, but his selection to the best team was still a bit insignificant.

For this reason, Roxberg, chairman of the UEFA technical committee, said in an interview that although Carvajal has only played three games, he has played three of the best games in Spain, and all three games are crucial.

Playing Ireland in the group stage, although the opponent is not strong, it is a key game for Spain to break through the group, not to mention France in the knockout round, and the last game is the final against Italy.

'As well as his attacking performances, he has also contributed a lot defensively and is undoubtedly one of the best performers at right-back at this tournament, so we think he has only made three appearances but has played a key role and deserves to be in the best team. ”

As for Spain's left-back Jordi Alba, he deservedly made the best team selection, he played every game in Spain, was one of Spain's best performers, and was hailed as the number one new star of this European Championship.

Carvajal, meanwhile, and Jordi Alba are among the top eight stars at the European Championship.

"Before the European Championships, Spain's full-backs were hailed as the weakest link in the team, but the appearance of Alba and Carvajal completely broke everyone's glasses. ”

"These two young players in their early twenties have been known since La Liga, and they are still impressive when they arrive at the European Championships, and their keen attacking characteristics have also made them two sharp weapons in the Spanish attack, and they have become the most dangerous players in the Spanish national team. ”

Joining Alba and Carvajal in the ranks of rising stars are Russia's Zagoev, Bayern Munich's Reuss and Manchester United's Welbeck.

After the European Cup, major media have selected their best team, Alba basically locked the position of the best left-back, Carvajal was also shortlisted for the best right-back in many selections, but many people chose Bayern Munich's Lahm.

In any case, the two wings of Chinatown became famous at the European Championships.

But in European professional coach circles, it was Gao Han's last column that caused the most discussion.

In the last column, Gao Han summarized this year's European Cup, and after continuing the previous column defending Loew, he continued to dig deeper and explore, he believes that European and even world football, the style is tending to be an eclectic integration.

"The most discussed in this European Championship is the traditional powerhouse that many fans have in their impressions. ”

"England are starting to stop playing long balls and are getting used to finding attacking opportunities through the transition of midfielders or moving the ball to the wings, in addition to the defenders clearing. ”

"Italy are also starting to lose their obsession with reinforced concrete defending, they are starting to play together, the midfield is also very technical, the attacking methods are very diverse, very layered, and it gives us a very strong visual impact. ”

"And then there's Germany, who, as always, have a high level of teamwork, but play more delicately, more unrestrained and more beautiful, and although many people think that they have lost their iron and courage, I think that this Germany team is the result of incorporating more and more advanced playing concepts on the basis of the original tradition. ”

Gao Han finally concluded that the European powers are learning from each other's strengths, learning from each other's strengths, and being inclusive, which makes the technical and tactical content of each team higher, and the game becomes more intense and beautiful.

But Gao Han doesn't think this will lead to the same style of all teams, because teams such as Italy, Germany and England will not become Spain anyway, and vice versa.

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As the European Championship came to an end and all kinds of talk began to settle, the European summer transfer began to be in full swing.

The Premier League has been the most powerful league in European football in recent years, and this year is no different.

As the champion of the Champions League, Manchester United's overall strength is very strong, and this summer's ambition is to hit the Premier League title, which is more about metabolism and strengthening the depth of the bench, and the recruitment will not be too big.

The same is true for Manchester City, with Carlo Ancelotti even announcing early on that Manchester City will be more cautious about his transfers this summer.

As a traditional powerhouse, Chelsea had a very sluggish performance in the league last season, and in the end only finished sixth in the league and missed out on this season's Champions League, which hit the Blues hard, and Roman Abramovich is even more ambitious to return to the top four, so he has spent a transfer budget of 100 million euros in the hope of strengthening the team in the summer.

First, midfielder Oscar was brought in from Brazil for 30 million euros, and then German player Marco Marin was brought in from Werder Bremen for 10 million euros.

However, Chelsea's real weakness is on the left and right flanks, with 31-year-old veteran Ashley Cole remaining on his contract with the club for one year, but the extension has not been agreed for a long time, which has worried Chelsea, and the right-back has been Chelsea's death hole for many years.

In the immediate aftermath of the European Championships, the British media broke the news that Chelsea had set their sights on two of Chinatown's full-backs, Jordi Alba and Carvajal, hoping to bring the two wingers to Stamford Bridge as a package.

It's not just Chelsea who are salivating over these two players, Barcelona have been chasing Jordi Alba for a long time, and Real Madrid, despite having Arbeloa in charge, are also interested in Carvajal, a homegrown rookie who has shone in the national team.

The involvement of many big teams has made these two rookies who shine in the European Championship hot.

In addition to Carvajal and Jordi Alba, Herrera has also received interest from a number of teams, among which Atletico Madrid is the most interested, and the Sheets are hoping to acquire the Spanish star to strengthen the team's midfield, and Herrera is partnered by Schneiderlin, the two players have worked together in Chinatown, and they are no strangers to each other.

On the contrary, Rakitic, who shone before the European Championship, was not able to break through from the group stage due to his average performance in the European Championship, which made Rakitic less valued and somewhat ignored.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has also won the hearts of many big clubs, including Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid, with his outstanding performances in the past two seasons.

For the crazy poaching of many teams, there is only one official reply from Chinatown, which is not for sale.

But this is not at all defensive.

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