In the history of football, there is probably no other team that has been so obsessed with the Eldiez system as Argentina.

The so-called eldiez, which means 10 in Spanish, is the number 10 player who represents the tandem midfielder and striker in football, that is, the forward midfielder in the traditional sense.

Back in 1928, a journalist named Pollockto wrote in a magazine called Sports Illustrated: A child with a dirty face, untamed hair, eyes revealing intelligence, drifting, cunning, eloquence, and a glittering gaze, in which there is a rogue smile, but the mouth does not change, and it is full of tiny teeth, as if nibbling a little bread from yesterday will fall off.

He regarded the child he described as the spiritual statue of Argentine football, and the character and characteristics of the child he described were not until later, Maradona's birth made all Argentines completely admired, and it is logical that Maradona has become a symbol of the spirit of Argentine football.

They may be mired in the quagmire, but they have never lacked the pursuit of this type of player.

From Maradona to Ortega, D'Alessandro, Aymar, and even Veron, Riquelme and others, the Argentines have been tirelessly looking for the inheritor of their own football spirit, that is, the new No. 10.

However, neither Ortega, Da Lisandro nor Aymar, nor Veron and Riquelme, who have achieved success and some success in Europe, will not be able to satisfy the spirit of football in the minds of all Argentines because they will not be able to take on the responsibility of the number 10 shirt.

The world of football has changed, and the traditional number 10 is no longer able to gain a foothold in the current football system.

The style of the Argentine national team is in the same vein, through the trio of cooperation. Quickly move the ball to the front court. Then hand it to the frontcourt player to get the ball and see if he wants to complete the last pass or force a breakthrough. This style of play relies on the core to a high degree, just as Argentina relied on Maradona in the past.

Argentine coach Mono Menotti once described the Argentine's football culture in this way.

"Every time an Argentine player gets the ball, they always want to hit the killer and win the game. But the football field may not always happen as you wish, football is like life, scoring goals is like true love, in life, you can't get up at 6 o'clock every morning to find your true love, because love is can be met but not sought, you can only be ready to meet love, and then wait for it to come, but not to look for it! ”

"It's the same on the football pitch. You always have to do everything other than the goal, like passing, and then wait patiently for the goal to come. But once our players are on the pitch. It's always impatient to find his true love, so we need a number 10! ”

But. With the transformation of modern football, the traditional number 10 has completely withdrawn from the stage, and even a player as strong as Riquelme has not been able to establish himself in the Europa League, which proves that the decline of the traditional number 10 is inevitable.

This trend is also affecting the Argentine league, and the relegation of the traditional No. 10 processing plant River Plate also represents a serious fault line in Argentine football's No.10 players, between their strikers and midfielders, there is a lack of a link, and the reins on their players are broken, and everyone starts to gallop like wild horses.

Maradona does have an outstanding understanding of football, he has a very clear grasp of the problems of Argentine football, so he repeatedly rejected Riquelme, he wants to transform Argentina, the Pampas Eagles rely on the Eldiez system completely eliminated, so that the traditional forward has become history.

In this regard, Maradona is definitely worthy of recognition, but the transformation of the national team by the symbol of Argentine football has failed, because he has not been able to find a playmaker who can bring stability and order to the midfield on the premise of abandoning the traditional midfield.

In the end, Maradona had to compromise on this situation, and he chose to gamble, playing a tactic of almost 415, completely handing over the midfield to Mascherano, and then letting Messi return to the middle, but Messi's role is not the traditional No. 10.

However, such a reform also failed in the end, because Mascherano alone could not cover such a large area in the midfield, and Messi, although excellent, could not take on such a big responsibility alone, because he was not Maradona!

After Maradona, both Batista and Savilla wanted to reform Argentina, but the results that have been achieved have been limited, and a very important reason is that in the middle of the field!

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Yang Cheng's research on Argentina has been around for many years, and he has mastered a series of problems and shortcomings of Argentina since the World Cup in South Africa, and the scouts of the German national team at that time have also conducted a series of studies on Argentina.

In 2010, when Yang Cheng took charge of the German national team, he asked the think tank to start tracking and studying the world's top teams, and he almost wanted to study every top team as an opponent in the next game, and then study them thoroughly, and once they really meet, they will be more sure.

So as to how to play Argentina, the German national team has already made a decision from the beginning.

Savilla is still playing 433 in this game, goalkeeper Romero, and the back line is Rojo and Federico? Fernandes, Garay and Zabaleta, the midfield trio are Mascherano, Banega and Di Maria, and the front three are Sergio Aguero, Messi and Lavic.

The attacking ability of the front trident is indeed staggering, among which Aguero and Messi are both players who rank high in the number of goals in the European League, plus a Ravic who has already been tempered in Serie A, making the Argentine trident luxurious enough to be coveted, and there are top strikers like Tevez and Higuain on the bench.

Yang Cheng's arrangement in this game is also a bit similar to 433, but it is different in the position of the players.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, and the backline is Lahm, Bad Stuber, Hummels and Jérôme? Boateng, this line of defense is the best one so far in this World Cup. Haven't conceded a single ball so far. So almost the world's media are full of praise for this line of defense.

However, Yang Cheng knew that the German team's defense was an overall defense, relying on the back-and-forth cutting tactics of the fan defense system. Therefore, in this game, he did not directly expose the defensive line, but arranged for the defensive line to be responsible for the Argentine trident.

Argentina did not have a midfielder, with Mascherano protecting the defence. Banega is responsible for combing, but the position is also relatively backward, Di Maria is more active on the side, so Yang Cheng arranged three midfielders for this game, Sven? Bender was responsible for stationing behind the Argentine trident, especially behind Messi, and setting up an interception zone.

Specially arranging such a delayed midfielder, Yang Cheng's intention is actually to let Sven? Bender stayed with Messi as he retreated. Does he believe in Esven? Bender's ability will definitely be able to complete the tasks assigned by him well.

Schweinsteiger was in charge of watching Banega, Tony? Cross is in a higher position. Directly threaten Mascherano.

Left and right side roads. Thomas on the left? Muller, pressed up and pestered Zabaleta. Podolski was at the back of the field, dropping back into midfield to help defend Di Maria, while Gomez was up front and was responsible for Federico? Fernandes and Garay are the two central defenders.

In addition to such a one-on-one targeted arrangement, Yang Cheng also made the backline closer and closer than usual to shrink, and he knew that as long as Thomas? Muller will be able to entangle Zabaleta and Argentina will lose much of their threat from the wings, and once the defence shrinks, guarding the box and forcing Argentina to cross, their attacking threat will lose their greatest threat.

Strangled Zabaleta, suppressed Argentina's midfield, forced Argentina to take Messi's retracement route, and then let Sven? Bender pestered Messi, and in this way, the threat of Argentina's attack in the front court will be greatly weakened and will become chaotic!

At the same time, Yang Cheng allowed Argentina's two central defenders to take the ball, but as soon as the ball came out of the feet of the central defenders, the German team immediately launched a step-by-step pressing, forcing Argentina's ball to run smoothly and effectively advance.

The situation of the game seems to be going according to Yang Cheng's plan, from the beginning of the game, Argentina has been very contained, especially their midfield, has never been able to effectively transfer the ball, because the German team's three midfielders, plus a Podolski who always retreats to help the midfield without the ball, can always arrange a defensive line between the Argentine midfielder and the trident.

Once the link between the midfield and the front field is severed, Argentina will have to take Messi's retreat route.

Argentina didn't even have a threatening chance to pass the ball into the German team's penalty area until the 13th minute. After Bender, under the bag of the German player, he forced the ball into the penalty area, but Ravitch was late to answer, and Neuer made a decisive attack to take the ball down.

Yang Cheng has been observing the situation very carefully since the opening, constantly adjusting the team's defensive layout, especially the containment of the Argentine midfielder, plus Sven? Bender's position is far behind, so as soon as Messi retreats, he must move away from the goal diagonally and go to the sides to get the ball.

But in this way, Messi's threat has been greatly weakened, and the German team's contraction defense has always been able to effectively ensure the quality of the defense in the middle, thereby stabilizing the situation.

After stabilizing the situation, the German team began to consciously prepare for a counterattack.

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Tony? Kloss is a very smart player, at least that's what everyone who has seen him play.

In this game, Yang Cheng arranged the position for him to be a forward midfielder, and the defensive task was not heavy, responsible for harassing Mascherano, the defensive center of gravity of the Argentine midfield, but he also had a responsibility to instigate the attack.

But it has to be said that Mascherano is a very good defensive midfielder, Toney? Klos failed to take even the slightest advantage from him, and suffered at the feet of Mascherano in several battles, which made the German midfielder sigh in his heart, "No wonder the leader said that this guy is as difficult as a dog skin plaster!" ”

After conceding the goal, Toney? Klos also tangled Mascherano for the first time to delay Argentina's counter-attack, and then Argentina's Ravic crossed from the right. But Hummels in the box cleared the ball off the line safely. Corner kick.

Tony? Cross ran back quickly, sweating profusely and looking under pressure, just then. Ram leaned in.

"As I said, seduce Mascherano to the right!"

Tony? Cross was stunned and looked to the sidelines. Yang Cheng made a code word to him, signaling him to go to the right side to get the ball and let Podolski participate in the defense in the midfield, which was obviously an adjustment change after Yang Cheng observed the situation.

Why?

Tony? Cross was a little puzzled because he had always played in the middle, so why did he suddenly have to pull him to the right?

Soon, Tony? Klos noticed a phenomenon, that is, because of the German team's suppression of the Argentine midfield, Banega and Di Maria in order to shorten the distance to the front trident. So the position was pressed higher, but Mascherano did not dare to leave his own defense, resulting in a slightly longer distance between the two sides.

Mascherano is the kind of player who has great individual qualities. Defense, not to mention. It's almost hard to break through him one-on-one, so under normal circumstances. It's okay to be a little bit bigger.

Thinking of this, Tony? Cross immediately understood Yang Cheng's thoughts and pulled away Mascherano!

Figured it out, Tony? Klos knew what to do, and when the Germans attacked again, Tony? Klos ran to Mascherano's right to raise his hand and Podolski quickly got the ball at his feet.

Tony? Klos is clever in his movement and interesting in his positioning, as he chooses areas that are not covered by defenders, close to Mascherano, but he has to leave the middle if he wants to defend.

But this time the latter seems to be a little hesitant and didn't leave his place, Tony? Klos won the ball and turned and played a pass to Gomez, who was pulled from the middle to the right, and the German striker was very fast, stopping and pumping, and the ball went straight to the Argentine goal like a cannonball.

Romero was solid this time, saving the ball steadily, making Gomez complain!

When he shot just now, the angle was blocked by Garay, if he could have been a little bigger, he could have this shot!

But this attack also gave Argentina a wake-up call, that is, if Tony is allowed to do so? Klos is here to get the ball, the danger is not high, but he can't let the defender grab it, even if it is the left-back Rojo to grab it, but if Podolski goes down, Toney? When Klos crosses to the wing, it goes straight to the bottom cross.

Gomez's deterrent power in the box is no joke, so Tony? Klose is a big threat with the ball in this area.

The two sides fought back and forth fiercely, and after the leak just now, Mascherano also began to realize the threat of the thin-looking German in front of him, so when he saw Tony for the first time? When Kloss pulled to the empty space on his left side to pick up the ball, he immediately chose to pounce.

If, as usual, as soon as Mascherano leaves his area, Banega should return to the front of the defense line to protect and fill the gap in Mascherano, but when the distance between them is too long, Banega lacks enough awareness to help defend and fill the position, resulting in Mascherano leaving the middle, and there are no players to fill the vacuum, which immediately exposes the hole in front of the defense.

Tony? After winning the ball on the right, Klos didn't get tangled with Mascherano and crossed to the edge of the box.

The ball almost ran in the opposite direction to Mascherano, who once arrived at Tony? Near Clos, the ball passed past him, almost parallel to the line of the penalty area, and went straight to the top of the arc.

Because Gomez ran to the right side just now to pick up and almost scored, so this time when Gomez ran to pick up Tony again? When Clos was in the middle, Garay followed suit, leaving Fernandes to defend in the middle.

When Thomas? When Muller sprinted quickly from the left down the edge of the box towards the top of the arc, Fernandes wanted to get up too, but Thomas? Muller took the initiative, was quicker, and after winning the ball, he dribbled diagonally into the box.

The speed of this trip was not large, and after entering the penalty area, the body was just right to shake off Fernandez, who was grabbing.

Both Garay and Mascherano immediately realized that something was wrong, as they felt they had been tricked, so they both immediately pounced on the right, but waited until they noticed Thomas again? By the time of Muller, the German top scorer had already picked up his right foot and volleyed the ball!

"Müller !!!"

The live narrator is also in Thomas? Muller stood on his feet and shouted his name loudly.

"The ball went in !!"

The roar of the commentators was echoed by the cheers of the countless German fans in the stadium, as well as the countless German fans waiting in front of the TV at this moment, who must have been cheering and cheering, marveling and excited that the German team had taken the lead in the 24th minute.

The live TV footage keeps repeating Thomas? Muller shook off Feldnandez and fired a right-footed volley between Romero and the right post, and the Argentine didn't even return in time to help defend the whole process.

"At the end of the day, Argentina's overall formation is still too loose, especially in the midfield, and there is always a disconnect between Banega and Mascherano, especially when Banega is switching from attack to defense, and there is not enough time to get back to the front of the defense to help Mascherano!"

"Two attacks in a row have been played at this point, Savilla must learn a lesson!"

But the German players didn't pay attention to so much, they all rushed out of the stadium one by one excitedly, and celebrated on the sidelines that the team had finally broken the deadlock on the field, 1:0!