If someone says that Bosque's Spain has not made any progress for so many years, Yang Cheng will definitely scoff at this sentence, because there is no one in the world who can know this Spain better than Yang Cheng.

At least, most of the internationals in this team have been developed by him, and some are his sworn enemies.

There is a saying that is true, there is no better understanding of the enemy than the enemy!

When I first saw Bosque's list, many people may think that this is an unexpected choice, but in Yang Cheng's opinion, there is a certain surprise, but what reminds him more is that Bosque has finally put together the strongest lineup in Spain.

The 4231 formation has always lacked strategic width, which can be seen by looking at the German team, Yang Cheng's two most relied on wingers Thomas? Muller and Reus, or Podolski, are the type of players who cut inside on the wing, and their responsibility is to play more inside once the ball is in the half.

That's why Yang Cheng said that the tactics of captain Lahm in the current German team are of great significance, because he can provide the tactical width that the German team lacks.

Spain's formation also lacked tactical breadth, with Bosque's favourite Iniesta and David? Silva is not the kind of player who is used to moving on the wing, they are more likely to play the route of cutting inside on the wing, which is why this Spanish left-back Alba is so important, because he can provide Spain with the same role and effect that Lahm provided to the German team.

So, in a way, the German team is really very similar to Spain, and it smells like it.

Ultimately. These two teams have an incomparably deep imprint of Yang Cheng!

But one thing is different, the German team's off-ball running is outstanding both vertically and horizontally, after Yang Cheng established the off-ball running system many years ago, coupled with the continuous maturity and improvement over the years, the German team is the best in the world in off-ball running, and even from the perspective of rationality, even Real Madrid's off-ball running system is a bit inferior.

After all. This aspect requires years of accumulation and precipitation!

Like Thomas? Muller, Klose, Ozil, Podolski, Reuss, Schweinsteiger...... The direction and area of movement of these players, if you analyze it carefully, it is not difficult to see that they move a lot both horizontally and vertically. The combination is very reasonable.

Horizontal is to pull the defense line and let the opponent show flaws, while vertical is to attack and take advantage of flaws!

But one of Spain's big problems is that Bosque combines some of the strengths of Real Madrid and Barcelona. This, combined with the Barcelona players, has always been very good for their lateral movements. However, it is lacking in longitudinal running.

That's why Bosque's side need Keylor Navas, who can play both tactically wide and vertical, something that is sorely lacking in the Spanish squad, but Navas's shortcomings are also very obvious. As a result, Bosque never dared to expect high hopes for the player.

In this situation, Bosque has always adjusted the team's attack. And Pedro has also become a sharp weapon in his hands.

The Barcelona winger is not very eye-catching in terms of ball skills, nor is he outstanding, and he can even be included in the ranks of rough brothers compared to the gorgeous and delicate players in the Spanish frontfield, but his ability to score with cut-ins and his excellent longitudinal running awareness. These have made him a very important factor for Bosque.

A team like Spain, who always like to keep the ball at their feet, is in great need of a player with vertical ability up front. Since there is no Villa, we have to find another one.

"Jérôme!" Yang Cheng was in the dressing room before the game, and after seeing the Spanish squad, he pointed to Boateng, "Pedro should be careful with this player, his horizontal and vertical movements are excellent, you have to pay attention to keep a good relationship with the central defender and Sven?" The distance of Bender, strangle him, can't let him find the gap! ”

Since there is such a player, you must be careful and not be careless, otherwise, you will definitely suffer in the end, so Yang Cheng vs. Jérôme? Boateng's defence is very serious about Pedro, and the characteristics advise.

Jérôme? Boateng nodded, "I see, sir!" ”

"Mata and David? Silva, if I'm not mistaken, is still the same, the key is to lock up Pedro and nail their midfield, and Bosque let Iniesta come to the midfield this time, then his position will not be too deep, he is not Xavi, not Xavi? Alonso, so ......"

"Sven, you have to keep a close eye on the front and flanks of the defence, keep an eye on Iniesta's movements and longitudinal passes, as well as Pedro's sudden longitudinal insertion after the lateral transfer, you have to be careful!"

If Yang Cheng wants to let Iniesta play in the middle, he will definitely try to get him close to the penalty area, and then let him pass the ball, and he will get close to the left side, play Pedro's vertical cut, even if he can't create a threat, at least he can disrupt the German team's defense, to Mata and David? Silva's back plug creates an opportunity.

"Podolski is in charge of watching Alba, Schweinsteiger, you are in charge of taking care of De La Red, our midfielders must be a little bit braver, our defence must be careful to keep a distance from the midfield, press if necessary, can't give David? Silva, Mata and Iniesta seize the gap! ”

'Once De La Reed and Andres Iniesta have the ball, we have to do everything we can to force them to move as quickly as possible, Gomez, you keep Ramos and Pique at bay, both of them are Busquets' helpers, you have to watch and don't let them get involved in the midfield!"

Gomez nodded, "I know how to do it, boss!" ”

All the players in the German dressing room heard Yang Cheng say this, and they actually knew how the team's tactics were going to play after his adjustment.

As early as the tactical meeting, Yang Cheng proposed to suppress Spain's midfield, especially against De La Red, Xavi? Alonso and Xavi pressed as much as possible to force Spain to put the ball in the hands of Busquets, in order to choke Spain's most dangerous spot. The second is to get Busquets the ball.

The position of the latter is somewhat similar to that of Harvey? Alonso, and even Busquets, belong to the type who does not hesitate to be on par with the two central defenders in order to be able to get the ball smoothly, so once the ball is forced to Busquets, it is equivalent to letting Spain's possession area leave his 32-meter area, which undoubtedly greatly weakens Spain's possession threat.

Instead, Mesut Ozil's task is to harass Busquets and make mistakes on him. The counterattack after winning the ball will be very deadly, which is also the most fundamental strategy of Yang Cheng in this game.

"Guys!" After arranging the adjustment and arrangement of tactics, Yang Cheng glanced at all the players in the locker room, "This game is about who can enter the finals. And we have worked hard for so many years, and we have worked so hard, isn't it just to be able to reach the final and get the coveted Hercules Cup? ”

"The trophy is not far away. Now what we need is for each and every one of you to do your best to finish this game. Go and beat Spain, just reach the final, and I'm sure the trophy will be ours! ”

"Go ahead and kill Spain!!"

"Understood, Chief!" The players shouted in unison.

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"The Germans launched an attack. Lahm stepped forward and got the ball. Quickly pushed along the left and handed it to Thomas? Muller! ”

"Thomas? Muller shook off Arbeloa and went down to the baseline, Ramos came out, Thomas? Muller's cross to the middle! ”

"Casillas strikes!"

"Beautiful! Casillas steadily plucked the ball out of mid-air, and Spain defused another attack from Germany! ”

With the on-site narrator's remarks. The entire Stadio de Minello resounded with a burst of cheers from San Cassi, the captain of the Spanish national team who had been very solid at this World Cup. But many people also feel that his performance is still somewhat inferior to Neuer of the German national team.

The latter does not seem to have many outstanding performances in this World Cup, but he has always been hidden behind the scenes, commanding the defense line to fill the holes, he played a pivotal role in the German team's defensive tactics, and the German team's defense has not been broken by any team so far, so many people feel that the best goalkeeper in this World Cup is Neuer.

"After the opening, Spain played patiently, but the German team took the initiative to press out to attack, which is indeed a bit surprising, because in the past few battles, the German team has obviously put on a relatively weak posture to face Spain, but this time Yang Cheng took the initiative to attack, and it is indeed bold."

"Spain looks a little passive and anxious in the game, because the German team has laid heavy troops in the midfield, and even Podolski frequently appears in the midfield to participate in the defense, as long as the ball comes to the midfield, it is immediately pressed by the German team, especially when it comes to the feet of Iniesta and De La Red, the German team's pressing is very fierce, this ferocious pressing forces the Spanish midfielder to pass the ball out as soon as possible, which makes the Spanish midfielder uncomfortable!"

Do you know that Spain has placed Andres Iniesta, De La Red, or even David in the midfield this time? Silva and Juan Mata are both players with excellent technical ability and individual ability, but they are still uncomfortable with the German team's pressing, and you can imagine how hard the German team pressed in the midfield.

'He's trying to force us to get the ball at Busquets' feet?' Bosque analyzed the situation with amazement.

There's no doubt that Sergio Busquets is a great ball handler, but possession doesn't mean control of the game!

The player is clever and would rather drop back to the back than expose himself to the opposition's encirclement, so as to ensure that whenever the ball is at his feet, he can find the ball firmly and get the ball out of the ball.

Whether it's in Barcelona or in the Spanish national team, Busquets is there to keep the ball!

Because of this, Busquets's kick is always very solid and reassuring, and his ability to read the game is absolutely top-notch, but as a midfielder, his coverage and completion rate when defending cannot be guaranteed, and it is precisely because of this that Bosque would rather sacrifice a little attack. De La Red is also to be placed on the side to protect him.

But the question is, once Busquets is away from the opposition's 32-metre area, what effect does it have if he can get possession?

"It seems that we are improving, he is not idle, at least the tactics we worked on in the World Cup qualifiers, he is also looking for a way to crack our tactics. What a tough opponent! "Tony? Grande shook his head with a wry smile.

With Yang Cheng's knowledge and familiarity with Spain, coupled with the fact that he has always regarded Spain as his number one opponent in the past few years, he can be said to know Spain better than anyone else. This understanding is even more than that of Spanish coach Bosque to some extent.

To this, Bosque and Tony? Grande didn't have any solution, because most of the players in this group were from Yang Cheng's command. The time Bosco spent with them, added up. It's not as good as Yang Cheng for more than a year, who knows better?

"Pedro was also strangled to death, and Iniesta was also strangled to Sven? Bender is pestering, this kid plays targeted tactics, which is really unparalleled in the world! Bosque also had to sigh.

Yang Cheng is a master tactician in his own right. Plus a Benitez, and the two of them get together. In terms of targeted tactics, there are really few people in today's football who can compare to them, even if it is Bosque and Toney? Grande had to admit it.

"Our three lines need to be tight, even if we can't push the penetration, we can't give the German team a chance to threaten!" Bosque thought about it and made adjustments.

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Bosque's adjustment was reflected on the football field. Immediately, this much-anticipated game turned into a complete mess.

When Andres Iniesta and David? When Silva's positions began to retreat, the Spanish formation looked more like a 4411 tactic. Pedro's position is on the left, but it's somewhere between a left winger and a midfielder, and it looks as if he's going to hit the Germans in the ribs at all times.

Jérôme? Boateng also adjusted his position, and the German team invested a lot in attack when it came to stabilizing the defence, but they never got too many opportunities.

The ball is more at Busquets' feet, but Spain's possession skills are no joke, and when Ramos and Pique take turns to deal with Busquets, or when Busquets takes the initiative to drop back to control the ball, it will be difficult for the German team to limit Spain's possession.

In the final analysis, Gomez did not give enough defensive pressure on Pique and Ramos, and his defensive pressing ability was indeed not very good, the German team looked for Gomez several times to create opportunities, Ramos and Pique always directly entangled the German striker, so that several attacks of the German team were declared dead and returned in vain.

Once Gomez was limited to this point, Thomas? Muller was also closely watched by Arbeloa on the left side, with Mesut Ozil, while moving aggressively, failing to get many chances, with both teams looking to be in trouble and troubled in attack.

"It seems that both sides in this game are more based on the prudent level, no one is willing to take risks easily, after all, this is the World Cup semi-finals, whoever takes the risk, who may be eliminated, and then eliminated from the World Cup, whether it is Yang Cheng or Bosque, they definitely don't want to see this kind of thing happen."

In this case, it is almost impossible to want both sides to play aggressively, to have both sides play offensive football!

With the referee's whistle, the first half of the game between the two sides ended in this depressing atmosphere!

"The first half of the game is over, this game is also not exciting, both sides have launched very targeted tactics, are around the midfield to fight for the right to make articles, whether it is Germany or Spain, both are obviously using this to hit the opponent, especially the German team, the game is more active choice to attack."

"Judging from the scene in the first half, it was a tug-of-war, no one had an absolute advantage, but the German team had more initiative and also created four chances to shoot on goal, compared to Spain's two, the German team's desire to attack was stronger, but it didn't look too good."

"Spain has the advantage of possession as always, but they lack the ability to convert possession into a threat, which leads to Spain only 2 shots on goal in the entire first half, which did not form a threat, and Spain's possession area is more in the backfield, slightly away from the 32-meter area of the German team, which is not a big threat!"

"The first half was dull and lackluster, but it can also be seen as an attempt by the managers of both sides to their respective tactics, and now we can only look forward to the second half to see whether Yang Cheng will take the lead in adjusting and take the initiative to break the deadlock, or whether Spain will better adapt to the tactics of the German team and find a way to break the pressure of the German team."

'And both teams have a good group of players on the bench at the moment, and both managers have a lot of tricks to change the situation after making changes in midfield, so we can only expect them to be better in the second half!'

While the on-site commentator spoke, Yang Cheng and Bosque each walked into the players' tunnel with their players and walked to the locker room, while the fans of both teams in the stands were supporting the team as always.

For their group of fans, although the game is a bit dull, but the 45 minutes pass quickly, full of danger, can also be seen as the wits of the two managers, and both teams are also good at the second half of the force, Spain is good at waiting for the opponent's physical strength to continue, and the German team has a good Yang Cheng who is good at midfield adjustment.

As a result, fans of both teams quickly forgot about the dullness of the first half and began to focus on the second half of the game!