Attacking can be said to be a compulsory course for a goalkeeper!

The defense on the football field is actually interesting, if you study it carefully, to scrutinize, it is not difficult to find that it is actually full of many esoteric truths, and as a head coach, how to choose a goalkeeper, this is a test of the coach's skills, or it can be said that the goalkeeper determines the success or failure of a defensive line!

The defense of modern football is all about compressing the opponent's attacking space.

What if there is space between the traditional central midfielder and the defensive line? The midfielder retreats and becomes a midfielder to fill this space!

What if there is space between the centre-back and the goalkeeper?

Is it possible to drop the central defender back and play the scavenger position? Or, move the goalkeeper forward?

Putting the defence in place a suitable goalkeeper, or putting together a proper defensive line for the goalkeeper, is where the manager will be tested, because how to coordinate the relationship between the defence and the goalkeeper is undoubtedly skillful.

It is best to equip a goalkeeper with a large control range, which is commonly known as a goalkeeper with strong attacking ability, and then maintain the distance between the central defender and the goalkeeper, and hand over the ball behind the goalkeeper to the goalkeeper to solve the problem.

If the slow centre-back meets the goalkeeper, what to do? The only way to do this is to keep the defence as far back as possible, not to expose the gap between the defence and the goalkeeper, but this is always a theoretical option.

A small and fast team like Spain, because of the long-term initiative to attack and press, so the goalkeepers they come out are basically goalkeepers with strong attacking ability, although such goalkeepers will occasionally be a little nervous, but they can only choose such goalkeepers, which is purely due to tactics and environment.

If. Let a team like Spain. Finding a goalkeeper similar to Edwin van der Sar's time at Manchester United would have been tragic as they tried to secure defence. The back line must not dare to press too high, then the pressure in the midfield is insufficient.

Well, a team like the German team. The central defenders of Bad Stuber and Hummels are the kind of tall central defenders, with strong frontal defensive ability, insufficient turning and defense, and slow recovery speed, so such a central defender combination needs to be equipped with a goalkeeper with strong attacking ability and large control range.

Take a look at the past goalkeepers of the German team, Kahn, Schumacher, and Ilgener, all of whom are goalkeepers of this type.

After joining Bayern, Manuel Neuer has always suffered from gains and losses in the issue of attacking. This led to a lot of mistiming in his choice of strikes, which caused some mistakes, but it was definitely not a problem with his strength. It's psychological. Because he didn't have such a problem when he was at Schalke 04.

Yang Cheng organized a fan-shaped defensive system in the German national team, and his purpose was actually to try to expand the defensive area. Let the team ensure the stability of the defense, the defense is firmly pressed forward, but after some games and familiarization, he found that there is a lot of problems, that is, the goalkeeper's control range is not large enough.

None of the goalkeepers with a wide range of control to fill the space behind the defensive line is absolutely deadly!

Some people may also say that Neuer often presses out of the penalty area in the Bundesliga, which is called not enough control?

You know, this is the range of activity, not the range of control!

The goalkeeper's range of control means how far away he is when the ball is in the penalty area, he is sure enough to defend!

This requires a strike, and an attack requires a prediction of the ball, a prediction of the situation, and a prediction of all possible scenarios, and a very important point is timing!

Or rather, how far away the opponent is from you, how fast he moves, how many steps you have to run to get it just right, and when he is free with the ball, and you just step on the ground, or make a move, and save the ball.

Think about it, if you don't step on it and your legs have nowhere to borrow, how do you move? If the ball is at the opponent's feet and he sees you attacking and gives you a single move, how can you defend?

These need to be judged in an instant, and these judgments can be translated into their own actions on the football field in an instant!

It's like this time, when Neuer saw Hummels pounce, he noticed Iniesta's move, and he felt bad, because Hummels's pounce was too fierce, usually once such a block is guarded against by the other party, it is easy to be used, and in turn loses his position and is passed by the other party.

So Neuer was already aware of the danger after seeing Hummels coming up, and when Iniesta got past Hummels, he had already made the decision to attack, and he rushed out of the goal in an instant.

At this moment, he only has the ball in his eyes, because he knows that Iniesta's actions have nothing to do with him, and the next challenge for him is whether he can block the ball before Iniesta, this is a war between him and the ball.

His steps were firm, fast, and every step was on the spot, a pace that he repeated almost every day in training, and then he fell to the point he was familiar with, just like the usual movements in training, falling to the ground, throwing the ball with both hands!

Di Palma repeatedly trained his feelings and inductions for the ball, and he clearly knew what kind of posture to take in this situation, and how to prevent Iniesta from kicking the ball into the empty goal behind him.

His hands pounced on the ball first, and before Iniesta could shoot, Neuer saved the ball, and the Spanish superstar had no choice but to close his feet, past Neuer, and reluctantly ended the attack!

In an instant, tens of thousands of German fans in the stands of the entire Maracanã Stadium were in an uproar, and they all rushed up from their seats involuntarily, holding the fence in front of them tightly with both hands, tightly grasping the flagpole in their hands, clenching their fists tightly, tearing out their voices, and shouting loudly!

At this moment, Yang Cheng on the sidelines also raised his hands for the first time. Clap your hands on Neuer's beautiful strike!

Prognosis. Calm and decisive, anticipating the enemy's opportunity; The standard of action can be written as a textbook; Occasion. Got it just right, leaving Iniesta in vain, Neuer's attack was brilliant!

"A very, very, very, very good strike and a save! Goalkeeper from the German team. Manuel? Neuer! ”

The on-site commentators were also full of praise for Neuer's attack, which was not only a key save to prevent Spain's goal, but also a key attack to demoralize Spain's attack and boost the morale of the German team.

"Manuel? Neuer, this attack let us see his strength at a critical moment, he is another proud disciple carved out by Di Palma again, you know, the Italians have cultivated many world-class goalkeeper coaches including Buffon, Reina, Casillas and many other world-class goalkeepers, and Yang Cheng's hardcore team! ”

Slow motion goes on and on. From a number of different angles, replaying Neuer's save just now, it was very decisive and resolute. The timing was just right. It was an impressive sortie and arguably the best save of the Confederations Cup.

Got up from the ground. Neuer grabbed the ball with both hands and looked ahead, feeling the praise from his team-mates, and he felt the excitement of his team-mates' trust in him as the game progressed.

"Ah~~~~~" Neuer grabbed the ball with both hands and roared in the direction of Spain, looking like an angry lion, "Counterattack!" Counterattack!! Counterattack!!! ”

After saying that, Neuer threw the ball in his hand to Bad Stuber, who immediately quickly transferred the ball to the left side of Spain and handed it to Thomas? Muller, played a counter-attack.

Seeing Neuer like this, Yang Cheng on the sidelines showed a smile of relief, because he knew that after holding back for so long, after joining Bayern, under so much pressure, Neuer finally began to erupt, and this sleeping lion is finally about to show his wildness, whether it is for him personally, or for Bayern, or for the German national team, it is a good thing!

"This kid has finally revealed his true nature!" Benitez is also full of praise for Neuer.

Paul? Bayer is also happy because they can all feel that a more proactive, aggressive and controllable Neuer will be a huge help to the current German defence and will make this team stronger.

"You're still amazing, what Di Palma hasn't done in the past three years, but you have done it with a few words!"

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I didn't do anything, I just let him release that Bengal tiger that was imprisoned in a cage by himself, but the premise is that he must have such a tiger in his heart!" ”

It can be seen that Neuer's progress and transformation have made Yang Cheng and other coaching staff feel relieved and happy.

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Changing the situation of a game, it could be a goal, it could be a tackle, it could be a shot and a save, no one can predict what it will be, that's the fun thing about a football game.

After Neuer saved Iniesta's one-on-one shot, Spain's attack seemed to be cursed.

Spain were as strong as ever, their attack was as aggressive as ever, they pushed very fast, the German defense was very well organized, but the Spanish pressing and large-scale pulling tactics frequently created holes, which allowed Spain to get frequent chances.

In the first 45 minutes, Spain completed a total of 7 shots, not including Iniesta's single knife, but unfortunately, Spain's shot hit the frame only once, which happened in the 36th minute, Villa grabbed a point in the penalty area, but Neuer steadily occupied the position, Villa's shot was more like kicking the ball directly into Neuer's arms, and the latter also respectfully smiled at it.

The German team under such a strong attack by Spain, the counterattack seemed to be weak, and there was only 1 counterattack in the entire first half to cause a shot, but it hit the Spanish goal. Müller's shot was also taken into his arms, and the Germans did not get the slightest advantage from him.

7:1, that number of shots is enough to show the situation of these two teams in the first half, and in terms of possession, Spain is also far ahead. At one point, they even pushed possession to a high of 72.7%. The passivity of the German team can be imagined.

"Compared to the European Championship final a year ago, this Confederations Cup final is much more open, and the German team is no longer confined to defending their own threatened areas. They expanded their defenses, which gave Spain a lot of opportunities. ”

"However, we should also see that. Spain had the absolute dominance and the initiative, but Bosque's side had no possession, but when they advanced into Germany's dangerous area, they were never able to turn possession into a threat, and they only had seven shots on goal, which is not much compared to their dominance. ”

"I think the reason for this is simple, the Germans consciously conceded possession and initiative in the first half. They chose to defend and counterattack, to wear down Spain's attacking spirit, so they concentrated heavily on the defense in the middle. Let Spain's attack lack penetration in the middle. ”

"Let's look at another set of data. In the first half, Spain made 17 crosses alone. However, the success rate of their crosses to find their teammates was only a pitiful two, and the number of times they posed a threat was not, and the vast majority of crosses fell into the penalty area, which was easily confiscated by Neuer! ”

"Manuel Neuer's performance in this game was absolutely eye-catching, very impressive, definitely showing the level of a world-class goalkeeper, and he seems to be getting more and more out of form, more and more confident, more decisive and calm, and the Spanish attack is losing threat in front of him again and again."

"This also made the German team's defense very solid, at least in Spain as many as 39 attempts to attack the German team's 32-meter area, 21 times, and in those 21 times, only 15 attempts to enter the German team's penalty area, 3 successes, it is conceivable that Spain's offensive efficiency is very low!"

"Of course, the reason for this situation is not to blame only for Spain's poor attack, as the best attacking team in the world, Spain's attacking ability does not need to be said much, the only thing we say is that the German team is too solid defensively, this team that has not conceded a goal in the Confederations Cup is really good defensively!"

"Yang Cheng has always given people the feeling that he is excellent in adjusting his offense, but from this German team, so far, we have seen very clearly that Yang Cheng has created an unbreakable steel defense line for the German national team, making the defense of this German team impregnable!"

As the on-site commentator spoke, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and everyone could see that the German team walked out of the pitch one by one, while the Spanish internationals looked depressed.

'Now, the most important thing for Bosque to do during the break is to re-boost the morale of the team, and the best way to do that is to give the players a new chance of breaking down the German defence and giving the players a new chance of finding the back of the net.

"If it continues like this, it will be difficult for Spain to guarantee the situation in the second half, at least we should not forget that in the semi-final against Brazil, Spain had a lack of fitness at the last moments, and the German team had an extra day of rest and more energy than them, in this case, Bosque's team cannot afford to delay!"

"On the other hand, Yang Cheng's German team, we also very much hope to see Caesar can effectively adjust his tactics at halftime, although the first half of the game was fierce and not dull, but relatively speaking, it is not open enough, we expect Yang Cheng to adjust the team's tactics in the second half, effectively counterattack, it is best to press out and play, and bring us a wonderful good game!"

When it came to the end, the on-site commentators themselves couldn't help but laugh.

Almost the vast majority of fans who follow this Confederations Cup have only one wish, that is, to watch a hearty offensive battle, to watch a palace-level competition at the highest level in today's football.

The standard of the first half was high, and the technical and tactical content was sufficient, but it was still far from the top in the minds of the fans, and there was still a certain gap, so they naturally hoped that the German team could play more openly.

From a pragmatic point of view, Spain's strength is superior, and the German team and Spain are attacking against each other, so Yang Cheng's idea is really problematic, which is equivalent to using his own weakness to touch the strengths of others, which is purely lighting a lamp in the toilet and looking for death!

But who dares to say that Yang Cheng doesn't have such an idea?

Back in the locker room of the German national team, everyone looked excited, because they didn't concede a goal in the first half, and almost perfectly completed Yang Cheng's tasks and arrangements, which means that everything that happened in the first half was under Yang Cheng's control, and even better than he predicted.

This made all the German internationals look excited and happy, talking loudly in the dressing room, talking about what was happening on the pitch and communicating with each other.

It wasn't until Yang Cheng pushed open the locker room door and walked in that everyone calmed down and looked at their head coach in unison.

With a confident smile, Yang Cheng's smile was very infectious, making many of them laugh involuntarily.

"In the first half, everyone did a good job!" Yang Cheng praised with a smile, and the players listened to it and laughed along.

"Spain fought hard in the first half, and the physical consumption was huge, and it was almost the same, so everyone, ......" Yang Cheng raised his eyebrows, revealing confidence and a smile, with a face of victory in his hands, "...... It's up to us in the second half! ”