When the group stage between Germany and Japan was over, the media around the world almost didn't set off firecrackers to celebrate, because this 4-0 victory was definitely the best game in this World Cup so far.

The sharp and vigorous attack, the smooth and skillful passing and receiving coordination, and the fact that the whole game was completed in a fast-paced transition between attack and defense gave people the exhilaration of watching a Hollywood blockbuster.

If you use Martin, the famous English ball critic? After the game, Samuel posted a short comment on Weibo, which said, "A qualified popcorn contest!" His adjectives are clearly from those popcorn commercial blockbusters in Hollywood.

As a head coach, Yang Cheng has a clear understanding of the state of the players, he can grasp the situation of the players through training, through psychology, through a series of means, he can clearly and intuitively feel that through the run-in and transfer of the first two games, the psychology and state of the players have reached a node.

The German team won the first two games, but it was obvious that they didn't play happily, or it can be said that it was not the kind of game that the German team was best at, and the results and goals were achieved under the pressure of the opponent step by step, which made the German players even if they won the game, but they still felt unhappy in their hearts, as if something was holding back and blocking.

From a psychological point of view, they need a vent!

Therefore, when facing Japan, the German team played a hearty situation that the previous two games did not have, all the players gave a high level of performance, almost one-sided suppression of the Japanese team in the half of the fat beating.

Thomas? Muller, Philippe? Ram, Mario? Gomez, plus Reuss, who gave the Germans the icing on the cake in the final moments. The fact that four goals were scored by four different players and that the whole team performed very well certainly showed everyone the strong side of the German team.

The process of the game was full of passion and excitement, after the game was over. Everyone was still immersed in the atmosphere of the game, but when that group of professional ball commentators calmed down and began to think and reflect on this game, they couldn't help but analyze this game from other aspects.

The Times featured Martin? Samuel's column, he used four words. Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses!

'When Klose was injured, the whole world felt that the German attack would suffer, but what we saw was a German team that didn't score the slightest bit of goal, and they scored nine goals in the group stage without conceding a goal, which is definitely an impressive record.

"Unbreakable defence, sharp attack. This is the most impressive thing about the German team, but looking at the three matches of the German team in the group stage, one interesting thing can be found is that the German team always arranges their tactics according to the characteristics of their opponents. ”

"Against Colombia and Japan, who have more possession and control, but less physical confrontation. The Germans can play with a relentless attacking run-and-gun tactic, using their physical, technical and overall speed advantages to completely crush their opponents, while against Croatia they can adopt a more controlling tactic. ”

"At the end of the day, the core of the tactics is really about playing to the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses. This principle seems simple, but how many can be done in today's football? And Yang Cheng is undoubtedly the best of them all, and he will always use the kind of highly targeted tactics to suppress his opponents. ”

"I used to talk to Alex Ferguson. I had exchanges with Arsene Wenger, with Mourinho, and later with Redondo and others, and they all once said to me that Yang Cheng must be the best player in today's football to play targeted tactics. Because Yang Cheng has a targeted grandmaster beside him, Rafa? Benitez! ”

"Of course. This is not to say that Yang Cheng is not as good as Benitez in terms of targeted tactics, both of them can be regarded as the world's top tacticians, but Yang Cheng has to coordinate the overall situation, taking into account both offense and defense, and Benitez is in the details of the layout, the two complement each other, division of labor and cooperation, and tacit understanding, which has caused a series of brilliant records. ”

"So we can see that Yang Cheng led the team in terms of tactics, always so targeted, always able to contain the opponent on the basis of giving full play to their own advantages, to play the effect of playing to the strengths and avoiding weaknesses, with this game, we can find that the Japanese team's pitiful 4 shots on goal are completely caused by the complete defeat at the tactical level!"

"Looking at the three games in the group stage, we can find that the state of the German team is in place, getting better and better, and without Klose, the integration of Gomez and the team's attack is also getting better, we have absolutely reason to believe that such a German team is definitely the number one favorite in this World Cup!"

Relative to Martin? Samuel commented on the German team at the tactical level, and the German Bild also gave a very high evaluation to the German team's tactics, believing that Yang Cheng adopted three different sets of offensive modes in three games, and the key is to let the German team use it skillfully, obviously prepared, reflecting the strength of his world's top coach.

"But when the team is doing well, we shouldn't ignore the individual performance, for example, in the game against Japan, Gomez's performance surprised us all, because we rarely see Super Mario have such a fierce and aggressive side, and he even singled out the two central defenders of the Japanese team in the front court!"

"Yang Cheng's team was very clear from the beginning that if you want to freeze a team like Japan that likes to control the ball at your feet, you have to start pressing from the front line, so Gomez has been in the front court from the beginning, always like a foraging beast, as long as the opponent's central defender, even the wingback and the back have the ball at his feet, as long as his distance is not far away, he will choose to rush forward."

"It's rare to see a scene like this on a normal day, especially with a body like Gomez, even a little close can put pressure on the short Japanese players, which also makes them lose their usual accuracy in their passes."

"There was a scene like this in a game, Thomas? Muller made a mistake when he cut inside on the left. The ball was cut off by the Japanese and moved to the middle, and they were ready to launch a counter-attack, but Gomez was like a rocket, rushing back from the front. Knocking the ball over while knocking the opponent to the ground, and successfully handing the ball to Tony? At Close's feet, this time the rebound earned him a round of applause from the audience. ”

"We all know that when you watch Germany play, you never want to see the kind of scene where you can single-handedly wipe out the opponent's entire defence. You will never see a player standing in the opponent's penalty area waiting for his teammates to pass the ball, watching the game of the German team, what you can see is a group of players who have lowered their posture and have to fight with each other to the end with every kick to win a game! ”

"Perhaps, the talent of the German players is not the best, perhaps. The skills of the German players are not the best, and perhaps the individual strength of the German players is definitely not the best, but the German players will always have a fighting spirit that the opponent does not have. There will always be a high fighting spirit that the opponent sighs for! ”

"In the past, it was said that Gomez could not integrate the team's attacking system and could not replace Klose, but in this game, we saw hope, maybe Gomez will never be able to replace Klose, but as long as he sticks to his attitude in this game. As long as he persists in this direction, he will become the new benchmark in the German forward line after Klose! ”

Three group games. Gomez played two starts, scored three goals and won two of the best of the match awards, arguably one of the best performers in the German squad, and he has also become the top scorer at this World Cup, albeit jointly. But that's enough to make him proud.

Coincidentally, the group stage of this World Cup has been so far. The player with the most goals scored three goals and four players did it, while Germany occupied two of them, Gomez and Thomas? Muller, who both scored three goals and is tied for the top scorer.

Samed, who was valued by Yang Cheng before the game? Yehir was given back-to-back substitute appearances, but unfortunately, the youngster was never able to get a convincing scoresheet despite his chances of performing, at least as a striker, in Gomez and Thomas? Muller scored in a row, Samed? It is a big shame that Yehir never scored his first goal of the World Cup.

Now, after three games in the group stage, the German Kicker magazine has commented on the German national team, and one of the most mentioned words is maturity, all-round maturity, especially Thomas? Mueller is most noticeable.

The player has always been relatively low-key, although he did not score in the first game of the group, he did get an assist, and he also performed well, only to be overshadowed by the radiant Gomez, but in the second game of the group against Croatia, his two goals helped the team to take out the opponents and win the group early.

In the third game of the group stage, Thomas? Muller scored and assisted, and although he wasn't as conspicuous as Gomez, he was always consistent, and he is the kind of person you might not care too much about, but when you take a keen eye on him, you will see that he has made a surprise performance.

According to the practice of the top scorers in the World Cup, if the number of goals is the same, the player with the most assists wins the Golden Boot, and if you look at it by this rating standard, Thomas? Muller is undoubtedly the Golden Boot, as he has the most assists of any player who has scored three goals.

Can't locate Thomas? Muller is the type of player who has a technical flaw, he can't dribble and handle the ball like a normal wide player, or the likes of Reus and Gotze, but he has a keen sense of scoring and an unrivalled sense of movement, and he can always move to the most threatening places whenever and wherever he wants.

As for what a scorer needs most, stopping the ball, shooting, Thomas? Muller is very solid, and he is not as unique as a goalscorer, he has a sense of coordination and team spirit that many goalscorers do not have, and his tactical role has allowed him to start all three games in the group stage.

"Some people may say that Gomez has been very good in Klose's absence, but what we should see is that in terms of playing time and performances, Rham, Schweinsteiger, Bad Stuber and Neuer are indispensable in this current national team. But in Klose's absence, Thomas? Muller's performance has been the most consistent and contributing player in the team. ”

'After this World Cup, we will lose Klose completely, but we definitely have reason to look forward to our future. Because we have ushered in a well-rounded and mature Thomas? Muller! ”

"Thomas? Muller, Mesut Ozil, Toney? Cross, Royce, Sven? Bender, Bad Stuber, Hummels, Jérôme? Boateng ...... Our backbone core is so young, this is a treasure trove that Yang Cheng has brought to German football, and it has also laid a solid foundation for us! ”

"Perhaps, similar to Thomas? A player like Muller, you'll never see his name at the top of the FIFA Ballon d'Or squad. But any opponent will always be the most dangerous player to mark, and at least so far in this World Cup, he has been so perfect that even the most discerning fans can't blame him! ”

After Germany won Japan, all the matches in Group C were officially over.

Japan lost to Germany, but Colombia narrowly defeated Croatia 3:2, a critical moment. Falcao showed what he was capable of as the world's top goalscorer and scored the winning goal to help Colombia finish off Croatia.

As a result, the German team won all 3 games and accumulated 9 points, and proudly qualified for the first place in the group. Colombia lost to Germany in the first game of the group, but in the next two games, they won one win and one draw, and finished second in the group with four points, and also came out of this group.

Japan are third in the group with two points, while Croatia are bottom of the group with one point. The team's biggest problem was the ball in midfield, so Croatia's tragedy was doomed from the start.

With Germany taking down Japan, several other group matches are also in full swing. One of the things that interests Yang Cheng the most is his opponent's Group D, where France won 7 points with a record of 3 games, 2 wins and 1 draw, and qualified as the first place in the group, while Chile finished second in the group.

According to the draw rules before the World Cup, Yang Cheng's team will face Chile in the knockout round of 16.

And in the days that followed. The other matches have been decided one after another, and the top 16 teams have been born one after another. One of the very obvious boundaries is that Asian teams have been wiped out in the group stage this time, and no team has been able to make it out of the group stage.

If during the World Cup in South Africa, Japan and South Korea made people feel that Asia seemed to have the ranks of second-rate teams, then in the Brazil World Cup, the annihilation of Asian teams, especially the 0:4 slaughter of the Japanese team by the German team, made everyone realize that they were just second-rate.

Of course, if compared to Yang Cheng's motherland, this is already a great achievement.

The situation of this World Cup is still a double play between European and South American teams, and the confrontation and competition between Europe and South America will continue in the future, but European teams still have a clear advantage, such as Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, England, Italy and other traditional strong teams have successfully qualified.

South American teams such as Brazil and Argentina have also entered the knockout round, among which Argentina and Germany are also divided into the same zone, if the German team can successfully cross Chile, it is possible that they will meet Argentina in the round of 8, and then it may be another battle of dragons and tigers.

As early as before the start of the World Cup group stage, Yang Cheng had asked the think tank to start collecting all the intelligence of the four teams in Group D, and when the final opponent was determined to be Chile, the think tank handed over a thick 300-page intelligence and information to the coaching staff that night, including some game videos and highlights of the Chilean team in the past two years in the German team's coaching system.

Yang Cheng also conducted an in-depth analysis of Chile as soon as the opponent was released.

You know, Chile in the 2010 World Cup, under the leadership of Bielsa, played a football that was respected by countless fans, welcomed and affirmed by countless fans, and won a huge response. Sampaoli came to coach the national team.

The Argentinian is a self-proclaimed follower of Bielsa, and he led Chile to redemption in the shortest possible time, successfully obtaining a ticket to the World Cup finals, and once again taking Chile to the round of 16.

The bare-headed Argentine has fulfilled his booking target for this World Cup, and the Chilean Football Federation has also announced that it will play with Jorge after the World Cup. Sampaoli renewed his contract to keep the latter in the national team.

Against such an opposition, the German team will face no small challenge, especially in defence.

But Yang Cheng also knows in his heart that Chile has maintained the current style since the time of Bielsa, although there have been ups and downs for a while, but the Chilean team also has some problems with South American teams, that is, heavy offense and light defense.

In the face of such a team, if you deal with it well, you can win it smoothly, just like in the World Cup in South Africa, Brazil easily killed Chile, but if there is a mistake, it will overturn in the gutter anytime and anywhere!

France's long period of disadvantage in the group stage, almost losing to Chile, is a case in point!