The battle between Germany and Spain ended with Spain winning, but no one expected that the previously powerful Germanic chariot would be completely suppressed by the Spanish bullfighters.

This caused a heated discussion in the media.

The German newspaper Bild found fifteen reasons for Germany's loss:

1. The German team made too many mistakes in the game: passing mistakes, standing mistakes, blind big-foot clearances, aimless crosses on the side, and many players were nervous and couldn't play at their normal level.

2. Not fierce enough against the Spaniards: There was not a single yellow card in the game! None of the German team members fought fiercely, and there was no smell of gunpowder in the game. With such a performance, he can win the Nobel Peace Prize, but he can't get to the final.

3. Substitutions have no effect: After the game, I believe everyone will ask Loew, why do you always replace Gomez at the last moment? Why didn't he choose other strikers, Gomez did nothing on the field.

4. Rahm is restricted: Iniesta keeps Rahm busy defending and has no time to attack. Although there were a few assists, they were nothing compared to the previous England and Argentina games.

5. Germany's fatal mistake in the game: When Spain scored a 1-0 goal, all the German players stayed near the penalty spot and ignored Puyol, who was inserted from behind. Puyol relied on a run to jump higher than the German players who were jumping on the spot, and conceding a goal could have been avoided if Puyol had been noticed.

6. Puyol relied on corner kicks to win the goal, the German team rarely conceded from set-pieces, and the Spanish team did not score many corner kicks, because the header advantage was not large, they often chose the short corner tactics.

7. The German team's ability to grasp opportunities is not good: Five minutes before Spain's goal, Germany's Kroos had a great opportunity to take the lead for Germany, but failed to take it.

8. The Spanish team basically did not make any mistakes: the defense line was solid, and there were no unnecessary fouls and dangerous passing errors. The Germans were left with nothing to chance.

9. The German team relied too much on Ozil for attack. In the match with Spain, Ozil was completely defended by the Spaniards, and the Germans' attack was dumb, and the German team lacked players who could share the burden of Ozil's midfield and complete the task of organizing the midfield.

10. Muller's suspension: The impact of Muller's suspension is obvious, Muller is not on the field, and the German team not only has a lot less threat on the right side, but also has a lot of unexpected surprises in the frontcourt.

11. Lack of luck: Sometimes the German team can rely on luck to win when the German team does not play well, but yesterday Ozil was brought down by Ramos in the penalty area, and the referee ignored it.

12. Set-pieces: If they can't beat the Spaniards in the game, the Germans should at least try to rely on set-piece opportunities to create goals. But yesterday Germany had only a measly few set-piece chances, with six corners failing to threaten anything.

13. Not enough pressure on the opponent: The pressure on the German team to attack is not enough, and only after Spain takes the lead and takes the initiative to recover, the German team has the opportunity to press out and organize the attack, but it is too late.

14. Be intimidated by the momentum of the Spaniards. Spain's Villa and Puyol had two great chances to open the scoring early on, and those chances kept the Germans at bay. In the following games, the German players basically sacrificed the offense, played a defensive counterattack, and were passive throughout the game.

15. The Spanish team is outstanding: Germany is not strong enough to beat Spain, they are the best team in the world!

The French team newspaper looked for the reason for Germany's defeat from another side:

4-0 win over Australia, 4-1 win over England, 4-0 win over Argentina......

Just when it was thought that the "German Chariot" would continue this almost crazy performance and continue to run over Spain to reach the final, they were completely overpowered by the "Matador" in the semi-finals and lost the match that was supposed to avenge the Euro 2008 final.

It took more than 30 minutes for Germany to have their first decent shot on goal, which was a stark contrast to the previous goal.

What made the German team change so much?

In addition to the on-field factors, we should probably also look outside the stadium.

Just before the start of the German-Spanish game, the former captain of the German team, Ballack, left the camp and returned home, and the reason he left was that some people in the team did not want him to stay there, and perhaps this kind of infighting before the big game was the key to the defeat of the German team.

Barak kicked out of training camp!

It all started out suddenly: in a very ordinary interview before the semi-finals, the current captain of the German team, Lahm, claimed that he would not return the captain's armband to him even if Ballack returned to the national team.

As soon as this statement came out, the German media was in an uproar, and at this critical moment when the World Cup semifinals were about to begin, there was such a discordant voice in the team, which had an impact on the team's preparation.

But Lahm's refusal to hand over the captain's armband was just the beginning, and almost at the same time as Lahm said this, Ballack, who was injured but had been cheering for the German team in the stands, soon left the national team's training base and did not even want to watch the semi-final between Germany and Spain.

Later, the British newspaper "The Sun" revealed that Ballack was actually kicked out of the base by the German team because the team doctor told him that they were not available to treat him for an ankle injury. This claim was later confirmed by the head coach of the German team, Loew.

What made the "fire" burn bigger and bigger was a scene in the pre-match press conference.

Knowing that the internal contradictions have become the focus, "Little Pig" Schweinsteiger actually said unabashedly: "Ballack is not so close to the players in the team, and he does not integrate well with everyone." ”

Hearing that the South African base camp has become a mess, former Germany international Effenberg shook his head and sighed: "It's a tragedy that this kind of thing is happening at this point in time, it will cause riots in the team. ”

Sure enough, first Ballack was driven home, and soon the entire German team was going home.

None of the teams ended well in the infighting!

At a time when the infighting in the German team is getting more and more fierce, the German domestic media also untimely launched a big discussion of "do we need Ballack".

Seeing this situation, the football emperor Beckenbauer was anxious, and he knew very well that such a bad sign could ruin the "German tank".

So he hastened to write in the German media that the discussion about Ballack's future came completely out of place, and who will be the captain after the World Cup before the semi-final against Spain should not be a topic of discussion for the German team.

Beckenbauer said: "We need Ballack, but only if he stays at his peak and it doesn't matter if he continues to be captain or not. ”

Look at the fate of the teams that played infighting in this World Cup, the German team is simply killing themselves.

In the group stage, French striker Nicolas Anelka insulted his coach and was expelled from the team, and then the team went on a collective strike, which led to the return of France after the group stage of the last cup runner-up. The failure of the Italian group to qualify was also due to internal divisions.

After Italy's 1:1 draw with New Zealand, Lippi revealed that the players did not obey the command, and the players were dissatisfied with Lippi's tactics, and Totti even broke the news that Italy had serious internal gangs.

Argentina's exit stemmed from Tevez's dissatisfaction with Messi, while the Brazilian team was underlined with Kaka, Robinho's dissatisfaction with Dunga, not to mention England's disappointment in this World Cup, and Terry, who was no longer the captain, even challenged Capello's authority in public.

And the endings of these strong teams are so similar, they all leave the World Cup stage early. This time, it was Germany's turn, and the German chariot, which had cracks inside, could only bow down in front of the Spanish matadors. ”