When everyone was expecting half-time, both managers were able to make some adjustments to the team's lineup and tactics to make the game a little more beautiful, surprisingly, Yang Cheng and Bosque did not follow their wishes, and no one moved at halftime.

The situation at the beginning of the second half was exactly the same as the first half, both sides still played targeted tactics, both regarded the opponent's midfield as the focus of their own troubles, and tried every possible means to disrupt the opponent's attack and organization, so that the opponent could not threaten their own goals and could not create an effective threat.

Maybe fans will find this kind of game boring, but just think about it, after four years of hard work, and finally reached the semi-finals, who is willing to risk the efforts of the whole team, or even the whole country? Who wants to take the initiative to make some changes and put themselves at greater risk?

Why did Yang Cheng say that Pedro was the biggest player in Bosque's game?

Because Bosque only has two sharp weapons in his hands, one is Pedro and the other is Navas, both on the wing.

According to the normal manager's point of view, Pedro has the best effect to come off the bench in the second half, because at that time the opponent's physical consumption is almost exhausted, and Pedro is a dragon and a tiger, and it is most effective to go up and play at that time, but Bosque does not, is he stupid?

No, but because he knows that if he doesn't play Pedro, he can't effectively contain the right half of the German team's midfield, so Jérôme? Boateng will likely change the situation, as the latter's crosses have been successful on more than one occasion, and with a tall Gomez in the box, Bosque will have to take care of such a hidden danger.

Of course, with Pedro in the starter, there is one less weapon to change the situation, which is also a matter of trade-offs.

Well, at the time of the start, both sides studied each other very carefully. They have also put a lot of effort into preparing for the war, and now who wants to change all this rashly? Because the risks brought about by change are both advantages and disadvantages, who dares to say that it is necessarily beneficial to themselves?

In fact, such a game was destined not to look good from the beginning, because the goal of the game is definitely not to score first, but to arrange tactics based on how to avoid the opponent's goal, and then develop the organization and attack based on this.

That is, whether it is Germany or Spain. The most important thing is to avoid conceding the ball first, and you can even give up the attack for this purpose, because this is a knockout game, and no one wants to take the initiative to come out and be a target for the opponent!

Because of this, they are highly targeted, so the tactics of both sides cannot be played. It was completely disrupted.

Presented on the pitch as if the on-site commentator said, the two strongest teams in the world, which are rarely seen, are playing so disorganized, and it can even be said that they are completely chaotic, these are the results of each other's tactical destruction, and neither side is willing to break this situation.

Of course, this is not to say that you will have the last laugh if you keep this situation, because football is never just about tactical battles and confrontations, but also about players.

As long as people are involved. Then it must be full of randomness.

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Time passed bit by bit, and Yang Cheng always stood on the sidelines, silently watching the game, his brows furrowed.

He didn't make substitutions, he was just making adjustments, but Spain was also constantly adjusting, and no one could take too much advantage in the back and forth of each other, because the biggest tie between the two sides was in the midfield. As long as the knot in the midfield cannot be opened. No one can open the situation.

"This kind of competition is physically demanding!" Benitez was also frowning on the side, and said a wordless without a head.

Yang Cheng nodded and sighed. It doesn't seem like there's anything to be said about it, but Benitez is reminding him that such a game is physically demanding, and if the German team used to be able to last up to 80 minutes, it can't be reached now because it's too much energy.

"Strikers are a problem!" Yang Cheng shook his head and sighed.

It's not that Gomez didn't work hard enough, it's not that he's not performing too badly, it's that he's really unsatisfactory.

Yang Cheng told him to keep an eye on Ramos and Pique, and he tried hard to get the job done, but at most of the time, when the team needed him to keep up with Sergio Busquets, who was back in possession, he didn't have enough awareness to do so.

Yes, he was worried, because Yang Cheng's task was to let him look at the two central defenders on the other side, and he was worried that he would go to Busquets to cause a mistake in his duties, but he didn't see that if he went to defend Busquets in time, the angle of the attack was captured, and Busquets could not pass the ball to Ramos and Pique, so the two central defenders would not be threatened.

But Yang Cheng can't tell him to let him do it, because the timing on the field is changing rapidly, and he can only do it when he understands it, Gomez doesn't understand, if you insist on him doing it, it will only make him confused in the end.

"Sometimes, I really want to knock his elm head open and tell him what it means to save Zhao from Wei Wei!" Yang Cheng smiled bitterly, at this point, Klose has done better, this guy's consciousness in this regard is definitely close to a demon.

"Tim!" Yang Cheng thought of this, turned his head sideways, and looked at Tim who was looking at the tablet in the coach's bench behind him? Hank shouted.

The latter quickly walked out, came to Yang Cheng's side, and put the tablet in his hand into his hand, "Preliminary estimate, it should be able to last until the early 70s, no more!" ”

This means that Germany's fitness will be challenged after 70 minutes.

"What about Spain?" Yang Cheng asked again.

"The situation is estimated to be similar to ours, although they are in possession of the ball in hand, and the physical consumption is not as good as ours, but the pressure and pressure are great, and the players run a lot, plus the physical fitness is relatively disadvantaged, so it is estimated that it is similar to us."

Yang Cheng nodded, such a high-intensity game is a serious challenge to the physical fitness of both sides, it is impossible for any team to maintain a high-intensity fierce confrontation for 90 minutes, that is Superman, not a player.

In other words, they have to break the deadlock as soon as possible before they enter a physical vacuum.

Yang Cheng believed that Bosque was also thinking about the same thing, because he turned his head sideways to look at it. Bosque also with Tony? Grande was discussing something over there, and if nothing else, he must have been studying the physical fitness of both of them.

Everyone knows that if they continue to fight like this, in the end, both sides will consume their physical energy, but everyone knows in their hearts that which one enters the physical vacuum period first, and the one who enters late, is likely to use the time difference to break the deadlock. Turn the tide.

Looking at the time, 8 minutes into the second half, Yang Cheng looked at Paul again? "Paul, go and ask Milo how long it will take to get on." I want him to warm up as soon as possible and play in the shortest possible time! ”

Paul? After hearing this, Bayer immediately walked quickly to the front of the bench and approached Klose's side, "Go warm up immediately, play in the shortest possible time, hurry up!! ”

Klose stood up at once and approached Paul? "I just went to warm up. Not right now! ”

Paul? When Baier heard this, he immediately laughed, this old guy was really a monster, patted him on the shoulder, and immediately walked towards Yang Cheng.

As soon as Yang Cheng saw Klose, he immediately waved his hand and called him over, "Did you notice Busquets down there just now?" ”

"Well, pay attention. Chief! Klose nodded. He often retreats to the backline! ”

"Very good!" Yang Cheng praised that talking to smart people just doesn't need to hurt your brain. "He retreated to the backline, although it was good for possession, but it exposed the area in front of the defense, this is our chance, if at this time, someone can be with Ozil, wrap him around......" Yang Cheng made a gesture of encirclement with both hands.

Klose doesn't need Yang Cheng to say more, he has played under Yang Cheng for so many years, and he knows what Yang Cheng means better than anyone else, if he hits Busquets at this time and grabs the ball smoothly, it will be conducive to the German team to directly attack the front area of Spain's defense, where whether it is straight behind or long-range shots, it can play a huge threat.

"I know how, sir!" Klose nodded.

"It's good to be able to score, but if you can't score, at least kill Busquets for me!" Yang Cheng patted Klose on the shoulder.

It's not a matter of archery, and it doesn't take much form, as long as Klose has that awareness, as long as he has enough running ability, he can do it.

"You're watching from here!" Klose smiled and walked to the sidelines!

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"The Germans made the first substitution, and it looks like Klose is going to be replaced!" The on-site commentator saw Klose step forward and immediately let out an exclamation, which was Yang Cheng's two consecutive games to arrange Klose to come on as a substitute.

Taking advantage of a dead-goal opportunity, Germany made the first substitution, replacing starting striker Gomes with Klose.

But unlike the last game, in the last game against Argentina, Gomez scored twice and walked off the field wearing the hero's crown, but this time he was depressed because he didn't contribute much.

Yang Cheng comforted Gomez and then pointed out his problem, signaling that he could stay on the sidelines.

Bosque on the side looked at the time, "Substitution in 53 minutes, is this guy really unbearable?" ”

Normally, if the physical fitness reaches 70 minutes, enter the 60 minutes and then make substitutions to change the situation and stimulate the physical fitness of the players again, which is what many head coaches will do, and it is also the most natural, but now Yang Cheng did not do this, but made substitutions in advance, and advanced by nearly 10 minutes in one breath.

"I guess he thinks the same way as you!" Tony? Grande chuckled.

Bosque was also prepared to make a substitution five minutes earlier, replacing David with Navas? Silva, strengthen the impact and advancement on the right side, his thoughts are the same as Yang Cheng, he wants to take the opportunity to make substitutions in advance to reverse the situation, but he didn't expect this guy to be one step ahead of himself, which also makes Bosque and Tony? Grande laughed.

Now they feel that they should take a good look to see if there is any change in the situation after Klose comes on the field!

But as the game resumed, they didn't see any difference between Klose and Gomez, because although Busquets often dropped back to possession, he didn't drop back every time he had possession at his feet, and even if he did, not every drop back would be taken by Klose.

This kind of thing is about hitting the right shot, timing and efficiency!

Seeing that there seemed to be no problem, Bosque replaced David with Keylor Navas in the 60th minute? Silva.

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Yang Cheng looked at Bosque's substitution. In my heart, I was thinking about the situation after the replacement.

He can expect that after Navas goes up, Spain's two wings will play more lively, with Pedro on the left and Navas on the right, both of which must be to solve the problem of strategic width and widen the German team's defense.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng immediately issued another order for the court to adjust. The oppression of De La Reid and Iniesta continued, but for Iniesta it was appropriately relaxed, but Sven? Bender needs to firmly occupy the area at the edge of his penalty area, protect the defensive line and the two ribs, and at the same time let Thomas? Mueller looked at Arbeloa.

Soon Yang Cheng gave Schweinsteiger another request to slow down the pace appropriately!

This is not done to create the illusion of physical inadequacy. It's about letting Spain see the opportunity to advance, and also to force Navas to drop back on the wing to get the ball!

One of the most important characteristics of a speedy wing attacker like Keylor Navas is that when you pass the ball to him, you have to pass the ball in front of the opposing full-backs when he is close to them, so that they can accelerate and catch up directly, and at the same time, the speed does not need to be slow, and they can dribble the ball directly on the wing as fast as possible, giving full play to their advantages.

But such players as soon as you pass the ball to their feet. Or if they force them to drop back to get the ball, then they will be at least 80% less threatening, because what can a wide attacker who can't sprint to?

If there is Harvey? With Alonso or Xavi present, Yang Cheng may not dare to do so, as both players have excellent long-pass ability, which makes them have the means and ability to move the ball to Keylor Navas at all times, and then let the wide attacker play his greatest threat.

But there are no two long linemen right now. Even if it is replaced by Navas. As long as the other Spanish players force the ball to be given to him at his feet or let him retreat, then Yang Cheng's goal of limiting Navas has been achieved.

And the pace slows down. More to Busquets' tastes, the ball-handler prefers that rhythm.

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It must be admitted that Klose is indeed a more suitable German tactic of the moment than Gomez.

Mesut Ozil found that without Klose, his team's offensive advance was in serious trouble, whether it was him or Thomas? Muller, both of them have big problems.

For him, if the player who plays in front of him is Gomez, he is more likely to be caught by the opposition's central defenders than Klose, and he lacks to come back at the most opportune time, so Ozil is often faced with not having much space to pass the ball better, and Thomas? Muller, on the other hand, was constantly facing a wing-back and a centre-back.

It's rare to see a loose team in a loose formation, but when you come up against a team like Spain that presses so hard, Germany's problems are exposed.

So in the first half they always struggled to get the ball into the danger zone and that's why.

The combination of the Iron Triangle, Klose, Thomas? Muller and Ozil, the lack of one is a headache, if there is a lack of two at the same time, then sorry, the overall offensive strength of the German team has definitely dropped a lot.

Klose came on as a substitute with Yang Cheng's latest instructions, and Ozil also got something new, so every time, when Busquets retreated to the central defense line to get the ball, Ozil would naturally press up, occupy the area that originally belonged to Busquets, and wait for the opportunity, but if Busquets played the ball, he would retreat.

The back waist is the most critical area for vertical offensive advancement in all tactics!

This time, when Busquets was harassed by Ozil, he once again returned between Ramos and Pique, and Ozil once again stood in the Spanish midfield area, and Klose, who was supposed to press the central defender, remained quiet, waiting for the opportunity to ambush around, waiting for the opportunity.

Alba was entangled by Podolski and passed the ball to Pique, who was threatened by Klose and immediately passed to Busquets, which immediately made Klose, who was originally forcing Pique, turn to Busquets for the first time.

Ozil and Klose had a good understanding, and he knew what the German striker was going to do as early as when Klose pressed Pique, and immediately approached Busquets, because he knew that the angle that Klose was pressing towards Pique was to force Pique to not pass the ball to Ramos, that would either pass back to Alba or to Busquets.

As is customary, it must be Busquets.

Busquets took the ball and Ozil got entangled, who tried to protect the ball, but at this time, Klose pressed up from behind and joined forces with Ozil to flank the ball.

"Germany made a successful break, beautiful, Klose made a good tackle !!"

This sudden change surprised everyone, because Klose suddenly changed direction, coupled with being harassed by Ozil before, Busquets's attention was on Ozil, ignoring Klose, resulting in a break by the German striker and directly stabbed the ball to Ozil.

As early as Klose suddenly turned around, Ramos and Pique realised that something was wrong and were about to come over to respond, and both were shocked to see the ball cut off, because they knew better than anyone how dangerous it was for the midfielders to lose the ball close to the defence.

The first to react was Ramos, and when I saw him react all at once, he shouted, "Watch out for Mueller!" ”

Ozil didn't wait for the ball to stay at his feet for a little longer, Klose poked, the ball came directly to him, he rubbed his left foot, directly rubbed a half-high ball, passed through the middle of Busquets and Ramos and others, unless someone wanted to use their hands it was difficult to intercept, but it was in the penalty area, deliberately handball in the penalty area, it was capital punishment!

If you don't handball, you can only watch the ball fly past them and land on the left side of the penalty spot.