It was a difficult night for most Chinese players, even harder than the semi-finals four years ago.

Maybe only Dong Fangzhuo got up early in good spirits and came to the training ground to run as always.

It may be the most extraordinary day, but it's also just an ordinary day.

He still runs, trains, and plans for the day.

Of course, there is nothing to do today, only one thing, and that is to fight to the death with the German team, and the winner is king!

Perhaps Crawford expected that the players would have insomnia last night, so there was no training at all this morning, Dong Fangzhuo had already practiced profusely, and still no one came to the training ground.

The sun was rising until ten o'clock, when everyone came to the training ground. However, Crowchen did not arrange any training, just some light exercises with the ball, playing tennis football and so on.

Crawford called the coaching staff aside and continued to study tactics.

Fortunately, none of this news has been disseminated, and if it had been known that Crawford had decided on the tactics on the day of the big game, the fans would have died in a hurry.

Crowchen is unreliable......

But if Crowchen is unreliable, all the head coaches who have led the Chinese team are unreliable, because no one can do what he does, leading the team to win the third place in the World Youth Championships, the Olympic champion, the Asian Cup two consecutive championships, a World Cup round of 16, a World Cup semi-finals, and now he is leading the team to the World Cup finals.

He is already a legendary coach in this world.

Of course, if he wants to become the greatest legend, he, like Dong Fangzhuo, needs a Hercules Cup to prove it.

Krauchen's eyelids were a little heavy, and he seemed to lack confidence when he spoke, thinking that he didn't sleep all night last night, probably thinking about tactics against the German team.

The coaching staff meeting lasted just over half an hour, and then Crawford gathered the players.

Although he has not been able to decide what formation to play, it does not mean that he is an inkblot person, and now, he has made a decision.

"Here's the starting list."

He didn't say what formation to play, but read the list directly.

"Zeng Cheng, Zhang Linpeng, Sun Jihai, Feng Xiaoting, Zhu Ting, Hao Junmin, Huang Bowen, Zheng Zhi, Zhao Xuri, Feng Renliang, Dong Fangzhuo."

After 11 people finished reading, basically the names of the previous starters, Gao Lin, who started the last game, was gone.

"We play in a 451 formation."

"Maybe it can also be called 460 arrays."

"We don't have a striker, we don't need a striker, and when we need a striker, it's Dong."

The 460 formation hasn't been played for a long time, and the last time it was against Germany was in 2006. I didn't expect to still use this formation after 8 years.

Crawford thought about using 433 and 442, but in the end he rejected them, he couldn't afford to take the risk, maybe it was the most risky game he dared to take, and in the end he chose the safest formation.

As for why not use a back 5?

That's impossible, the back 5 is waiting to be abused by Germany, the attack of Germany is not about how many defenders you use, but whether you can fight with Germany in the midfield, the midfield is the key, and the duty of the defender is still to keep an eye on those ghostly strikers in Germany.

"Dong, you are actually a free man in the audience."

Crowchen's eyes fell on Dong Fangzhuo, this is his trump card, he is a god. He is the key to whether the team can win the Hercules Cup.

"It's definitely the most important battle of your life."

"It's also the most important battle in everyone's life."

"Maybe our footprints are going to be all over the corner of the pitch and we can never stop."

"In the last game, our offensive tactics did not rely on Dong, but in this game, our offensive tactics can only rely on Dong, and the goal of all of us is to focus on defense first."

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The German side is not as difficult to decide as Crouchen's, Loew has too many options, and he doesn't have to be so hard.

The semi-finals are in such good shape, does he still need to think about it?

The German team was the first to attend the press conference, and he walked leisurely to the press conference, although in full view, he habitually stretched out his finger and picked his nose, and then put his finger to his mouth, but in the end his mouth still did not bite down.

It is said that eating boogers can release stress.

But apparently Loew isn't that nervous and stressful right now, so he didn't eat boogers, right?

"You ask."

He's very calm.

"Will you attack boldly in this game?"

"Germany has never been a defensive team, isn't the result of the win over Brazil clear enough? I think that the Chinese team will definitely defend on all fronts, and we must be ready to break the bus. ”

"How to prevent China Dong?"

Loew put his finger to his mouth again, and it had already touched.

Obviously, Dong Fangzhuo's name made him feel the pressure, but he still couldn't help biting it......

"Defend Dong?"

'I think it's almost impossible, but we're not going to let him shoot easily. We have the best goalkeeper in the world, we have the best defenders. There is also the best team spirit. Today's game is a team game, not a one-man game. I have a lot of confidence in the German team. ”

'We have to keep him out of the box, but I think he'll stay away from the box as well, and from what I know about Crawford, he's definitely not going to put Dong in the defence because he's worried about the lack of control in midfield. Even, Dong may be recycled to a further position. ”

"So, in case the German team fails, will you resign?"

"At this time, we shouldn't be discussing this. Germany will not fail, we will win the championship. ”

Finally, Loew habitually put the little finger of his right hand into his mouth and bit it......

Because he really felt a lot of pressure this time.

"What do you think of the Chinese team?"

"On the surface, the Chinese team is Dong's one-man team, but this is fake. The Chinese team is actually quite strong, in the quarterfinals, their defenders scored, in the semifinals, their captain scored, and before that, several players scored, in fact, they are actually the same as Germany, they are a team that pays a lot of attention to teams, and they also have a German coach Krauchen, so you ask me why the Argentine team lost? Because they only rely on Messi, and the Chinese team is not. So, in the face of such an opponent, the hairs all over my body stand up......"

"So, what will the predicted score be?"

"I'm sorry, I never predict a score for a match, but I'm confident we can get the final win."