This warm-up match against the Czech Republic looks more like a game between the two sides looking at the substitute line-up.

The main players of the Czech team are also similar to the German team, all of them play in major European leagues, which makes them also suffer from the situation that many main players are unable to participate in the national team training camp, and both sides are also looking at the substitute lineup.

Among the 11 players in Yang Cheng's starting lineup in this game, there was no main player, and the captain's armband was also worn on the body of midfielder Khedira.

But it is precisely because of the great reform efforts that the German team encountered great difficulties in the game with the Czech Republic, especially this group of young players, who obviously lacked enough tacit understanding and cooperation, and were directly restrained by the Czech Republic, and finally lost the game 0:2 in Prague.

Although he lost the warm-up game, Yang Cheng repeatedly said in an interview with the media after the game that he wanted to observe the players more in this game, and many players also fully reflected their abilities in the game.

'Winning or losing is another thing, I'm happy to see the welcome changes that the players have shown in the game, we've had a lot of young players who have worked hard and done well, I'm happy with that and I believe they have the ability to stay in this national team.'

Losing this game did not have the slightest impact on the German team and Yang Cheng, because everyone knows that this is a game to examine newcomers, look at the players in the last game, among them Afdijaki is only 17 years old, but he was still sent by Yang Cheng in the second half, it is conceivable that this game is purely a ticket nature. A veritable friendly match.

On the other hand, the Czech team. Although this team has a number of main players who have not played, the players are basically mature, and they are all mature stars who have been trained in the European league for many years. Compared to the German boys' scouts, they only had a two-goal lead, which is not an honorable thing.

At least the head coach of the Czech Republic repeatedly stressed after the game. He was not satisfied with the team's performance, felt that he had wasted too many chances, and had not been able to create more absolute scoring opportunities, because in his opinion, it was the Czech Republic substitute team who played the German youth team and won by 2 goals.

After returning to Germany from Prague, the new national team training camp after the Confederations Cup was officially disbanded, and the players followed a week-long training camp. He returned to the club and began to devote himself to the preparation of the new season of the league, while Yang Cheng and the coaching staff began to prepare for the September roster. It will be announced to the public in 2 days.

The new list of the German national team is divided into two parts. One is a regular list of 23 people.

The goalkeepers are Manuel Neuer, Adler and Zieler; The defenders are Lahm, Jérôme? Boateng, Hwedes, Bad Stuber, Hummels, Mertesacker and Schmelzer; The midfielders are Sven? Bend, Lars? Bender, Gotze, Khedira, Tony? Cross, Thomas? Müller, Mesut Ozil, Schweinsteiger, Reuss, Podolsky and Schurrle; The forwards are Klose and Gomez.

This is also the official roster of the German national team, and it does not look the slightest different from the roster during the Confederations Cup. Yang Cheng also knows that this should be the strongest roster that Germany can assemble at the moment.

But this time, in addition to the regular list, Yang Cheng added an additional 7 people to the additional list.

The seven people who were fortunate enough to train with the national team were Samed? Yehir, Gundogan, Draxler, Kakau, Kevin? Wallland, Lewis? Holtby and Emre? Pit.

The previous ones are all old acquaintances, and many of them are no strangers to them, Lewis? Holtby is a skilled midfielder, a typical Bundesliga player who passes, cuts, and runs, and has equally obvious strengths and weaknesses. With Klos, Gotze and other outstanding stars, Holtby can't shake their position for the time being, but he also has a big advantage, 22 years old.

Emre? Kan is of Turkish descent and was also a key target for the Turks when they were competing for Yehir against Turkey, but Emre? Kan remained unmoved, saying that he only wanted to play for the German team.

He is the captain of the German youth team and a playmaker midfielder, but he has good defensive and running skills, skills and passing, and is the midfield engine of the German youth team, and he is now mixed up at Bayern Munich and is known as the ideal successor after Schweinsteiger.

And this player has good physical fitness, anti-golf characteristics, frontal defense and positional sense are excellent, the key is to be able to play central defender, is the type that Yang Cheng likes at first sight, and also played for a while in the warm-up match with the Czech team, and the performance was not bad, Yang Cheng stayed in the team.

At the press conference announcing the national team's training squad, Yang Cheng made no secret that his focus on the next national team adjustment will be the striker, and he also put forward higher requirements for Gomez.

"I know that Bayern Munich have a very competitive forward line and I know that Gomez has no problem with his ability, but I think that any player who wants to be in the national team has to have enough games to prove himself and make sure that he is in good shape so that he can have a chance to play at a better level in the national team competition."

"Gomez is a great striker and I firmly believe he can prove himself again at Bayern!"

Since losing the main position last season, Gomez's performance this season is still tepid, and he doesn't seem to have the kind of ambition and ambition that he vows to take back the main position, which makes Yang Cheng not satisfied with his attitude.

One of the important reasons for this situation is that everyone feels that Gomez is the natural successor of Klose, and they all feel that Klose is so old, once he retires, Gomez will be the forward guarantee of the German national team in the next ten years, but Yang Cheng is not ready to give him such a reverie.

"We should see that in the current Bundesliga, there are a number of excellent strikers. For example, Samed, who has been eye-catching since the start of the season? Yehir. And Kevin? Woland and Cacau, I think they've done really well and they fit the requirements of the national team at the moment. ”

"I'll be in the next training camps and games. With due consideration for more new players in the national team's squad, my criteria for selecting players have never been based on media hype. It's never based on the voices and thoughts of the fans, I'm the head coach of the national team, and I'm responsible for this team, for the Football Association, for all the fans who love German football! ”

"No one, no matter who he is, can always ensure his place as the main player in this national team!"

Yang's remarks were seen as a final warning to Gomez, reminding the striker that he should fight to catch up. At the very least, he should show the sharpness of a killer and a striker, rather than being resigned to the bench, which is definitely not what any manager wants to see.

And with the announcement of Yang Cheng's list. And his remarks. A new round of forward competition for the national team has also been rekindled, and many forwards, including Kiessling and Helmers, have been away from the national team for a long time. But strikers who have consistently scored well in the Bundesliga have said they want to return to the national team.

Just kidding, in the past two years, the German national team has had a bumper harvest, winning the European Championship and the Confederations Cup one after another, and is the most competitive team in the World Cup in Brazil next year.

The spokesperson of the national team responded to the hot news in the media, saying that Yang Cheng welcomes any striker to enter the national team, and he will continue to inspect every player, as long as he is suitable and good enough, he will have the opportunity to enter the national team.

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September 5, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Fritz? Walter Stadium

ushered in the old rival Austria, this time the German team took advantage of the home field, but did not be polite to Austria.

Yang Cheng arranged the main lineup for this game, the goalkeeper is Neuer, and the backline is Lahm, Bad Stuber, Hummels, and Jérôme? Boateng, the midfielder double back is Schweinsteiger, Sven? Bender, the attacking forwards are Schurrle, Mesut Ozil and Reuss, and the single striker is Klose.

After a week-long training camp, the German team exerted strong attacking pressure on Austria from the beginning on their home turf, especially in this game to replace Thomas, who was injured in training? Schurrle, who started Muller, tried his best to play his strength.

In the 21st minute of the game, Schurrle combined with Lahm on the left side, who won the ball and broke through the opponent's defense and crossed low to the back post, Reus stepped in and scored the goal to open the scoring for the German team!

After that, Austria started to go on the defensive, and the two sides kept the score at 1-0 going into halftime.

After the rematch in the second half, the German team once again sounded the horn of attack.

Less than 1 minute after the whistle blew, Ozil split the ball in the middle to the right, Reus drove straight with the ball, and assisted Klose to help Germany change the score to 2:0 in the 46th minute!

The successive goals made the Germans look like they were on the move, especially on both flanks, with Schurrle and Reus both threatening on the flanks, tearing through the Austrian defence and creating chances for Klose in the middle.

In the 67th minute, it was Bad Stuber who found Schurrle with a long pass over the top, who went down to the bottom line and crossed, Klose, who was outflanked in the middle, rushed to the ball and headed Schurrle's cross into the Austrian goal, 3:0!

After securing the victory, Yang Cheng made a substitution, he tried to let Podolski play as a striker, and then use Lars? Bender and Tony? Cross went up and switched to 433 tactics to see if he could make the appropriate changes.

In the end, the effect of the change of formation was not very satisfactory, and the German team fell into a phase of offensive chaos, and if it was not for the stability of the defense, it might have been attacked by Austria to score goals.

In this way, the German team defeated Austria 3-0 in Kaiserslautern and won the seventh consecutive group win in the European qualifiers of the World Cup qualifiers, and with three rounds left in the group stage, the German team can almost be said to have won the first place in the group.

There are mixed reviews for Yang Cheng's last-minute adjustment in this game, but it is generally believed that Podolski is not suitable to play as a single striker. Yang Cheng should consider letting Gomez play. At least the latter, as a striker, is better suited as a lone striker than Podolski, and is also more impactful.

But Yang Cheng is clearly not prepared to compromise. During his training camp, he had a conversation with Gomez, a player who is humble. Yang Cheng never denied this, and he also knew that Gomez belonged to the kind of player with a great work ethic, but now he needs Gomez to show his domineering and tough personality to compete for a main position.

Yang Cheng couldn't imagine that the striker he had high hopes for would be difficult to play in the club, it would be a terrible tragedy, especially at the golden age of only 29 years old, and he began to be willing to be a substitute?

Four days later, the team travelled away to face the Faroe Islands. Yang Cheng did not have Gomez in his starting lineup at all, and even Yang Cheng was not ready to go to Klose. Prefer to continue the tuning of their own frontless tactics. Nor is he willing to give Gomez a chance.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Schmelzer, Bad Stuber, Hummels and Lahm at the back. The midfielders are Sven? Bend, Schweinsteiger and Tony? Cross, Thomas in front? Muller, Mesut Ozil, Reuss, among whom Thomas? Muller and Reus were up front, while Mesut Ozil dropped back frequently to get the ball.

Against the Faroe Islands, the German team's strikerless tactics showed a strong and unrivaled attacking force, and the team directly played in the 3rd minute by Thomas ? Muller scored the back of the net against the Faroe Islands, and then the Germans did not show any face on the road, but did everything they could to play an attacking frenzy.

Thomas? Muller and Reus both scored twice, with Mesut Ozil and Toney? Klos scored a goal each as Germany thrashed the Faroe Islands 6-0 away to win eight straight group wins and qualify for the top spot in the group.

This also makes the German team the first team to stand out in the European region of this World Cup, even earlier than Spain, and what is even more rare is that the German team's performance in the qualifiers is convincing, not to mention winning 8 consecutive victories, and it is still the team with the strongest offensive ability and the best defensive ability in the qualifiers.

The outstanding performance has ushered in overwhelming praise for the German team, and the media have praised Yang Cheng's team, believing that he has found the key to open the door to victory for the German team, and that he has built a complete offensive and defensive system for the German team.

For the team's outstanding performance, Yang Cheng made no secret of his satisfaction.

'I'm very proud of the players, they are all very good players and they have contributed a lot to the team, many of them are integral to the team and I am confident that if we all work together, we can get better and better as a team.

As for the team's changes in spirit, Yang Cheng feels that the biggest thing is self-confidence.

'Winning the Euros and the Confederations Cup has been a very welcome change in the mentality of the team, the players have become more confident, more patient, even when it is difficult, they are confident enough to believe that they and their team-mates will be able to overcome the difficulties and perform better, which is very important for a team.

However, with everything going well, Gomez seems to be becoming a big problem for the German team, as he has not been able to get even a minute of playing in these two qualifiers, as he has been hailed by the media as Germany's leading striker for the next few years.

"I've spoken to Gomez and I think he should be more proactive, he should show convincing minutes to prove himself, but more importantly, he should show that he has the ambition and the fighting spirit to make a difference!"

"I'm sure no manager can accept that his strikers lack the fighting spirit and the lack of spirit, but I don't see that in Gomez, and I think he needs to regain his ambition and prove that he is still the best striker in German football!"

From this interview, what the media interpreted was that Yang Cheng's hatred for Gomez was not made of steel.

Maybe it was because he sat on the bench for a long time and wore away some of the sharpness and ambition in his heart, which made Gomez a little content with the status quo, but the striker Yang Cheng wanted was not like this, so Gomez's changes were somewhat out of the manager's expectations, and it was not difficult to understand that he was put on the bench.

After Gomez was criticized by Yang Cheng by name, in an interview with the media, he said that he would work hard to regain his state, regain that confidence and fighting spirit, "Do more and say less, this is my creed, I hope the best Gomez can come back in the shortest possible time!" ”

But Yang Cheng seems to be dissatisfied with Gomez's progress, at the end of September, when the national team training squad for October was announced, he even further forced Gomez, directly excluded him from the 23-man squad and the 7-man substitute list, and instead, it was Leverkusen's youngster Samed who entered the 23-man squad? Yehir.

Yang Cheng did not give any answer as to why Gomez was abandoned, but everyone could see that this was Yang Cheng's step-by-step pressure on Gomez, and he at least wanted the Bayern striker to explode in this desperate situation.

Of course, if Gomez can even accept leaving the national team, then there is no way, there is a saying that is right, the mud can't support the wall, then Yang Cheng can only be forced to give him up and let him fend for himself on the bench at Bayern.

After all, he is the head coach of the national team, and what he needs and selects is the kind of player who can play when he comes.