Before the Confederations Cup began, no one could have imagined that this German team would be in such good form, their attack would be so sharp, and their defense would be so solid, when everyone thought that they could turn into a big scuffle, but in the end, the result was one-sided.

Japan and Mexico both lost their hopes of qualifying early, while Brazil and Germany both established their chances of qualifying early, and the only suspense left was who would finish top of the group.

There is no doubt that Germany have become the most surprising team in the Confederations Cup, beating Japan 5-0 and Mexico 4-0, Germany's attacking prowess is astonishing, and despite the goal frenzy of Spain's 7-0 win over Tahiti, no one will judge these three games together, because they are not in the same class.

With two wins in a row, the Germans have undoubtedly conquered all the most discerning fans, and they relied on their strength to defeat their opponents one by one to reach the hosts Brazil.

Against Mexico, Mesut Ozil, who had four assists, showed a football skill that amazed the world, with his running, handling and passing being exceptional.

Countless fans are also looking forward to the match between Germany and Brazil, and are looking forward to this team with a hearty attack, and together with the Samba Army, they will be able to dedicate a wonderful game to fans all over the world.

But to everyone's surprise, they were completely disappointed!

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Dull, slow, chaotic, disorderly, terrible!

Yang Cheng couldn't imagine that his team would encounter such a stubborn sniper on the Brazilian team after the two games of the big victory over Japan and Mexico, and what he didn't expect was that the Brazilian team would adopt such extreme targeted defensive tactics.

As Yang Cheng said before, football tactics are always relative. Not absolutely.

So. Even if it is passive and conservative football, there is nothing to question and criticize, because the weaker side wants to win the game. Adopting passive tactics is also an understandable option in itself, as they lack the ability to go head-to-head with strong opponents.

Can be as powerful as Brazil. However, he was bent on arranging defense for the shortcomings and loopholes of the German team, and even did not hesitate to increase the defensive strength in order to defend the German team's offense, sacrificing his own offense, and completely dragging the game into the swamp.

This undoubtedly surprised Yang Cheng!

The pace of the game seems to be slow, because there are a lot of physical confrontations, and there are a lot of fouls, such a slow pace is difficult to see in a South American team, even if not. Yang Cheng suspects that instead of Scolari and his Brazil team, Yang Cheng is facing a bit like leading Real Madrid. Chelsea against Jose Mourinho.

Scolari's side are pulling out of everything they can. Disrupt the German team's offense and disrupt the German team's rhythm. From the very beginning of the game, he had already made it clear that the horses were going to play very confrontationally, every scramble, every scramble, they were always thinking about how to contain and crack the German team.

Including Mesut Ozil, Reus and others, they all felt uncomfortable with the small movements and physical confrontations of the Brazilian team, and even Bad Stuber obviously felt difficult when facing Hulk Hulk.

4411, the Brazilian team used 4 defenders and 4 midfielders to stand in parallel, and the forward position was handed to Kaka, and the forward line was given to Hulk, and then began to tighten the three lines, tightly arranged in front of the goal, and waited for the German team to attack, and then they looked for opportunities to counterattack.

As soon as Germany entered the 32-metre zone of Brazil, the ball immediately sank into the sea, as Brazil's midfield defence strangled Schweinsteiger and prevented Germany from effectively moving the ball to Ozil's feet.

In other words, Brazil's midfield is equivalent to building an impregnable wall between Ozil and Schweinsteiger, preventing the German team's passing route from passing through this wall, and then containing the German team's attack.

Yes, the German team can make chances by running, by moving, but this wall is also moving, and it is very well maintained and uniform, which is equivalent to making the German players, no matter where they move, have to face this wall, and they will kick this copper wall all at once.

There was no doubt that Scolari and his Brazil team won in this targeted set-up, and they made the tempo slow, even as slow as a snail crawling, even when they were in possession of the ball, they were not fast, and they controlled the ball slowly and methodically, making sure the ball was the first thing.

The purpose of this is also simple, not to give the German team a chance to counterattack quickly after breaking the ball!

In the absence of the ball, Hulk kept pressing Bad Stuber and Hummels, limiting their forward insertion, preventing the German team from entering the midfield, and also limiting the German team's long passes from the back.

Of course, to do this, Hulk also needs a lot of physical running.

"How do I have a feeling?" Yang Cheng looked at Benitez with a wry smile, and the latter was also helpless, "It's like Scolari, the old bastard, drives a Bugatti Veyron at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, no matter how I look at it, I feel awkward, no matter how I look at it, I feel that it's really a fucking wreck!" ”

After hearing this, Benitez couldn't help but smile, he had sat in Yang Cheng's Bugatti Veyron, and felt that if that supercar drove at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, it would definitely make the driver crazy!

"Scolari obviously got the plan right, he knows what his players are capable of, and he knows how to defend you, so in this game he is going to do nothing, just focus on one thing, which is to block our attack!"

Yang Cheng agrees with Benitez's analysis, because Scolari has always done this!

This group of players in the German team is young in the end, and most of them are biased towards attacking, once they can't attack for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not show flaws, and when the time comes, with the strength of Brazilian players, they only need to seize an opportunity. The German team is enough to kill!

"Those damn journalists weren't wrong. When Scolari partners Pereira, the two old monsters come together, and in the end, it will only make the Brazilian team more unscrupulous! Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He had just had a cordial conversation with Scolari and Andreas Pereira before the game. But that's on the premise that he doesn't know the tactics of these two old ghosts, and if he knew in advance, he would definitely hate his toothache. Or even just kill them outright.

Of course, Yang Cheng can't say whether the Brazilian team's tactics are right or wrong, because even if the Brazilian team seems to be passive now, in fact, their game strategy is very correct, at least the German team has not been able to create threatening chances so far, and they are indeed in control of the game.

Scolari may not have shown the fluid attacking style that the Samba Army should have, but he did show how to keep the Germans at bay with clever positioning and pressing.

Not at the big game. Defending the champion?

"Shouldn't we make some adjustments?" Assistant Coach Paul? Both Bair and Barak leaned over and asked with a frown, they hadn't thought about it at all. Scolari will come up with this scoundrel's tactic.

"yes. Our attacking effect was poor and the game was so far. Half an hour later, we had only three shots on goal and none of them were threatening, so if we couldn't change the situation, we couldn't break down the Brazilian defence! Barak also looked a little anxious.

Benitez didn't slow down and looked flat, "We relied too much on long passes, but in this game, the Brazilian team also consciously made a fuss about this, our long pass accuracy dropped badly, but we never found an effective opportunity to pass the ball into the opponent's threat area, which is why we have so few shots." ”

"But if you want to change, I really can't think of any good tricks!" Benitez shook his head with a wry smile.

Scolari and Pereira, both world-famous coaches, came up with targeted tactics together, which are really not something that ordinary people can solve, and they really have no effective way for a while.

"Stabilize the team first, maintain the current momentum, and then slowly figure out a way!" Yang Cheng also frowned.

Since there is no way, it can only be stabilized temporarily.

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As the minutes passed, the scene looked intense, but in fact there was not much technical and tactical level to speak of.

'The attack of both teams was very chaotic, there was no structure, it felt like the game was dull, depressing, and the pace of the game was slow, a little breathless, it was definitely the most ugly game of the Confederations Cup so far, and it was hard to believe that it was directed by two of the world's biggest teams, Brazil and Germany.

The on-site commentator also seemed to be as big as a fight, and he believed that anyone who saw this kind of game would have this idea about him.

"If it is said that from the standpoint of a fan, the German team playing Japan and Mexico is a paradise-like dream enjoyment, then playing Brazil is definitely a hell, Yang Cheng should think of a way to break the current predicament and deadlock as soon as possible, otherwise, this game is likely to evolve into a dull 0:0!"

The thoughts of the commentators may also represent the mentality of most of the fans in the stadium, at least many of them can't sit still and start shouting for attack, for goals, because they can't stand this slow and depressing game.

Yang Cheng and Scolari are both famous coaches, and an important reason why they can become famous coaches instead of sitting in the stands to watch the game is that they are definitely different from the fans, so their choices and decisions naturally cannot be carried out completely according to the wishes of the fans.

In the end, the game did not change in the cries of the fans, and went into the halftime with a dull 0:0!

"The first half is finally over!" The on-site commentator breathed a sigh of relief, and he swore that watching such a game would be an absolute torture because he didn't feel the slightest pleasure and orgasm.

"We should now expect that both Germany and Brazil can find an effective way to break the current deadlock at half-time, otherwise this game will definitely make many Brazilian fans leave the stadium early in protest!"

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Although the game was dull, the consumption of the players was very high.

In the dressing room of the German team. Anyone can easily hear the heavy gasps coming from the players. And their tired expressions of overconsumption, it can be seen that they are not less committed to this game than other games, on the contrary. And even more.

paid more, but failed to get a richer return, and the player's heart was naturally more unwilling.

"Those damn Brazilians didn't want to play seriously at all. They're always fighting with us, they're always squeezing us, and I suspect they didn't even think about attacking! 'Mesut Ozil looked annoyed, he was a player who was heavily cared for in the first half, and the Brazilian defenders were clearly targeting him.

Physicality has always been Mesut Ozil's weakness, and although there has been a big improvement in recent times, he can compete with those who are more physical. The disadvantages naturally appeared.

"Boss......" Schweinsteiger was also annoyed in his heart, he just wanted to ask Yang Cheng to see if there was any way. But when he saw Yang Cheng's brows, his brows were tightly knit. The expression of contemplation with his head bowed was immediately silenced.

Schweinsteiger didn't continue. The players also immediately noticed Yang Cheng's move.

Yang Cheng has always given them the impression of being the kind of omniscient and omnipotent head coach, and there are almost no problems that can make it difficult for him, no matter how bad the performance is in the first half, at halftime, Yang Cheng can point them out a clear way and let them turn the situation around in the second half.

Therefore, in the hearts of this group of German internationals, Yang Cheng is synonymous with omnipotence, but if one day, even this omnipotent Caesar is stumped, it means how difficult this problem is!

This also made many players who originally felt physically tired and depressed and irritable feel a sense of shame in their hearts.

Yes, they rely too much on their own head coach, and when they encounter any difficulties, they always count on their head coach to be able to think of a way to solve them, but they never think that the head coach is also a human being, and he will also have problems and problems that cannot be solved.

They relied on Yang Cheng too much, so much so that at this moment, when they saw Yang Cheng in a difficult thought, they couldn't help but feel a sense of shame and guilt in their hearts!

'I think their interception in midfield is mainly to cut the link between the front and the midfield, Mesut, can you also come back a little bit and keep the connection with the midfielder?' Schweinsteiger spoke his mind.

Ozil nodded, but quickly shook his head again, "I'm afraid that if I come back, it will be easy to disconnect from the front, but if Klose comes back with him, there will be no one in front of us!" ”

What he said is not entirely unreasonable, because the players have to keep the right distance from each other, otherwise it is easy to get out of touch, and if he and Klose both come back, it will be easy to keep up with Thomas in front? Muller and Reus were disconnected, and the offensive route was cut off.

After everyone listened, they all showed the same expressions of thought and distress, because this was indeed a big problem, but soon, they all turned their eyes to Yang Cheng for help, at least in their hearts, there was a kind of blindness that was almost faithful, that is, even if they had no way, their head coach must have a way!

As the minutes ticked by, the locker room was silent.

When there were 5 minutes left in the end, Yang Cheng suddenly slapped his palms hard.

"Guys, let's fight them!"

As soon as everyone heard Yang Cheng's movements, they immediately looked at their head coach for the first time, and their originally distracted eyes regained their vigor and found hope and confidence again.

"The opponent adopts the tactic of two parallel lines, which is to ensure that they can effectively limit their own 32-metre area, and the front is to let Kaka and Hulk go ahead, although both players have some defensive ability, but more to interfere with our long passes."

"At the beginning of the second half, Mesut Ozil, you have to pay attention to your position, drop deeper, move behind the two midfielders of the opposition, Schweinsteiger, your position is closer to Ramirez on the left side of the middle of the midfield."

As soon as they heard Yang Cheng's arrangement and arrangement, all the players calmed down and listened attentively.

"Sven? Bender, you have to pay attention to Kaka, in the case of our possession, you move to the middle more, occupy the position, avoid the opponent after the ball is broken and counterattack, because Schweinsteiger and Ozil will not be in a good position, so your defensive task will be very heavy, once you also fall in, then our goalkeeper will be directly exposed to the opponent's fire! ”

Polite? Bender looked at his teammates, then at his head coach, raised his head and inhaled, "Don't worry, boss, I'll do everything I can to prevent Brazil from crossing over the area I'm stationed in, not once!" ”

Yang Cheng looked at this young general, he could feel it, Sven? Bender was the driving force behind this assurance, so he nodded and smiled with satisfaction, walked over, and patted Sven? Bender's shoulder, "Don't worry, you have to remember that our German team will never leave our teammates alone to face the enemy, and our players will never play alone!" ”

"We are a whole, we are an inseparable team!"

"That's right, the boss is right, Sven, don't worry, Holger and I will help you watch behind you!" Hummels also assured with a confident face.

The other players also gave out their assurances one by one!

At this moment, what Yang Cheng saw from their faces was a commitment, a responsibility, and a courage to undertake!

"Guys!" Yang Cheng clapped his hands vigorously, making everyone pay attention again, "Ozil retreated, Schweinsteiger pressed forward, this is just part of our regular adjustment, the real breaking point lies with you!" ”

Yang Cheng pointed at Klose and said with a serious face.