Klose sat on the bench, his eyes fixed on the game on the pitch the whole time.

It was the first time he had appeared on the pitch since this World Cup, the first time he had appeared on the game list, the first time he had sat on the bench, so he could feel it, and the live footage on the sidelines gave him several close-ups.

As early as after the opening, when the fans at the scene heard that Yang Cheng had put Klose in the squad, everyone was ecstatic about the news, because they were all looking forward to the moment when Klose returned, and for German fans, Klose's comeback was not only because he overcame the injury, but also had more meaning.

Will he be able to play? Is it possible to recover? Will it be able to break Ronaldo's goal record?

This has undoubtedly become the focus of attention of fans all over the world and media all over the world!

Or should it be said that in addition to who is the final champion of this World Cup, the biggest suspense is precisely whether Klose can break Ronaldo's goal record, and this is also more concerned with Klose's reappearance in the game squad, because it means that Klose's opportunities are returning.

I believe that the die-hard fans of Ronaldo, who saw Gomez perform so well, will feel a little relieved, because Gomez's excellent performance means that Klose's opportunity is draining, unless he has a performance against the sky, but is this possible for a 36-year-old veteran who has just undergone meniscus surgery on his knee?

From the first half with a 3-0 lead into the second half, the German team was in control of the game from start to finish, Argentina was losing one after another, and Savilla had to choose a defensive tactic in order to save face, and he did not want his team to be bloodied by the German team like Chile.

Moreover, paying attention to defense does not mean being conservative, at best it can only be said to be defensive counterattack.

Time seems to be being pulled. Walking very slowly, just like the situation on the court, slow, glued, people are not happy in their hearts, and there is no hearty pleasure in the first half, which is a bit disappointing.

But it's no wonder that the first half was so good. If they continue to play like this in the second half, it will be unless Argentina has a broken head, or Savilla wants to lose one of the worst defeats of this World Cup.

Everyone noticed that from time to time there were some players on the German bench who ran out to warm up, and Yang Cheng's first substitution came in the 57th minute, when he replaced Thomas with Reus? Muller. The leading scorer of the German national team played all of Germany's World Cup games, and Yang Chengqi paid attention to his protection.

Not long after Reuss came on the field, Yang Cheng replaced Schweinsteiger with Götze, so that Tony? Kloss is back to play in the playmaker's midfield, with Sven? Bender formed a partnership and let Gotze go up to play in the midfield position, which was also a big change for Germany in the second half.

Seeing that Argentina has begun to pay attention to defense, the German team is also happy to play snakes and stick up and strengthen the attack.

Reuss, Götze, Podolsky. These three attacking guards are all the kind of attackers with good skills and excellent speed, Tony? Under Yang Cheng's tutelage, Klos is also fast, at least not like Banega, who always has to grind slowly.

Klose sat on the sidelines, looked at the back of Yang Cheng with his back to him in front of him, and then looked at the court, and he immediately realized what his head coach was thinking, or so to speak. Yang Cheng has been doing this all along.

That is. When there was only one Mascherano in front of the Argentine defence. At least two of Germany's three attacking defenders must have threatened the area at the same time, with Argentina at 32 metres and sometimes three.

In fact, to some extent, the competition on the football field can be subdivided into a number of different regional competitions, in a fixed area, whoever has the advantage, who can grasp the initiative in the area, so when the German team has at least two or three players in the 32-meter area, one Mascherano alone cannot be prevented.

In the simplest terms, even if these three players don't run, they just stand there, but as long as they can pass the ball and know how to pass the ball, then Argentina can't expect to defend against them, unless they pull out their own backline.

No off-ball running has to be like that, and with a great off-ball running system like Germany's, it goes without saying.

Once this is done, what is really lacking is to pass the ball to the feet of the three attacking defenders in the 32-meter area in the shortest possible time when switching between attack and defense, creating a 2-on-1 or 3-on-1 situation in the shortest possible time.

Looking at the three goals conceded by Argentina just now, all of them are the changes created after the ball reaches the 32-meter area!

Compared to Argentina, the German team is very well organized defensively.

Don't look at Argentina with Lavic, Messi and Aguero attacking in front, Di Maria is also frequently involved in it, but the German team in addition to the back line and Sven? In addition to Bend, Podolski is also actively involved in the defense, so most of the time it is 5 4 or 6 4.

However, the German team rarely showed open spaces, and their defense relied more on their off-ball running, as well as a tight fan defensive system, from the moment the ball entered the 32-meter area, each player in the area was cut into separate individuals, and they were not allowed to play together as much as possible.

The individual ability of Argentine players is indeed excellent, such as Messi and Aguero, they are the kind of players with very good individual ability, but once they encounter a tight defense, this kind of player with super individual ability can be one-on-one, but it is difficult to do one-on-two.

Today's football is no longer about individual ability, it is no longer about so-called technology, but about teamwork.

"Our defensive task in this game is not to press, not to break the ball, but to cut them apart and prevent them from working together!" This is the defensive point of the game that Yang Cheng gave to all the players during the pre-game meeting.

The team is far more important than the individual, and the organization and operation of the team are far more important than the individual performance!

Thinking of this, Klose couldn't help but think that in fact, from Argentina a combination of Mascherano, Banega and Di Maria, everyone expected that the German team had already won this game.

Argentina might have fared better if they hadn't replaced Di Maria with a defensive midfielder, but Savilla's primary concern was how to keep the team attacking. But he overlooked the problems of his own midfield.

"Perhaps, the opponents they met in the group stage and the round of 16 knockout rounds were not strong, which made them a little bigger!" Klose was secretly speculating.

It's not impossible, it was too smooth to start the game, and it was easy to create an illusion that Savilla fell into.

While Klose was analysing the situation, the game jumped into 65 minutes and the Germans continued to dominate the field. The Argentine players were still a bit loose, especially in attack, the midfield was heavily suppressed, and the front trident did not pose much threat in this game.

"Milo!!" Assistant Coach Paul? Bayer quickly walked back from the front, came to the bench, and shouted loudly.

Klose looked up. Looking at the assistant coach, whose face was a little red because he was too loud, I saw him pointing to the distance, "Go warm up, go on in 5 minutes!" ”

Klose's eyes lit up, this was the last substitution in this game, Yang Cheng kept it to himself, and the meaning was very clear, go up and play for a while, and get familiar with the rhythm and atmosphere of the game. After all, it's been a long time since you've been training and competing, so you should grab your rhythm and feel the familiar atmosphere.

Without the slightest hesitation or superfluous words, Klose got up from the bench, took off his jacket, turned around and jogged towards the sidelines, starting a warm-up, after all, he was old. To warm up the body. He does need a little bit of time, even if he's been warming up a lot until now. But now it's time to play!

"Look, my God, Klose is warming up, is Yang Cheng going to replace him with his right-hand man?" Both the on-site commentators and the sidelines took note of Klose as he warmed up.

When Klose's warm-up picture appeared on the big screen in the stands, all the German fans in the stadium let out a deafening cheer, and countless German fans chanted Klose's name in unison, cheering for him, encouraging him, supporting him, and hoping that he could perform well after he played.

Klose warmed up and waved at the fans, but his warm-up was not compromised at all, because he knew his situation and he had to warm up to the level of the game in order for him to be able to perform well as soon as he went.

To be honest, he doesn't know how much he's going to recover, because he hasn't been training properly since he had surgery on his right knee meniscus, and it's only been three days since he returned to the team's training ground.

It is because of this that Yang Cheng will give the main striker to Gomez, and Klose also agrees with this, but now Yang Cheng asked him to come on as a substitute, in fact, he hopes that he will find a state through the stimulation of the game, and it is best to be able to rediscover the passion and rhythm of the game that belonged to him in the past.

In the 71st minute, taking advantage of a dead goal, the German team replaced Gomez with Klose.

"We saw that Klose came on and he came on for Gomez, who did well in the game and scored a brace!"

All the German fans in the stadium were screaming, and I believe that not only here, but in every German city in Germany, in every German fan around the world, they must be shouting for Klose to play again.

"It's very, very difficult, 36 years old, just had meniscus surgery before the World Cup, everyone thought that he couldn't catch up with the World Cup, but Yang Cheng still stubbornly brought him to the World Cup, still stubbornly gave him support and encouragement, we finally saw the moment when Klose returned to the field!"

When the on-site commentator said this, his tone was full of embarrassment, because he knew very well that whether it was for Klose, Yang Cheng, or the German team, Klose's return to the field represented not only the players themselves, but the spirit of this team, the spirit of never giving up!

Sometimes, the flag and soul of a team rely on one player after another, written with their own hard work and their own lives. It's not just about words.

Gomez and Klose hugged tightly on the sidelines, even if the two were competitors, but he still admired the veteran, he also learned a lot from Klose, and he also saw his own shortcomings from Klose, so after Klose was out of the game, he secretly vowed in his heart that he would use practical actions and performances to fill the shortcomings caused by Klose's absence.

Now. He's done a great job, he's done everything he can!

Many players took the initiative to come over, hugged Klose, and wished him a good performance, and many fans were applauding Klose who returned to the stadium. Milo!! Milo!! The shouts were deafening. He deserves it.

Back on the football field, standing on the pitch again, Klose took a deep breath, he felt a faint smell of sweat in the air, it was the smell of sweat from the players fighting the field, a little bitter, but there was a kind of boiling magic.

He was at the front of the team, the closest to the opponent's goal. He saw Garay and Fernandes as if they were close enemies, both of whom looked at him with bad intentions, as if they were going to hit him with a hard tackle on his right foot at any moment, the attitude that all defenders have towards injuries.

But Klose was obviously not frightened by this, and he smiled at the two, which made the two Argentine central defenders, who should be considered juniors, a little overwhelmed, and quickly laughed with them.

When the race resumed, Klose began to move back and forth in front of him, and his running awareness was as good as ever. It was something that was deeply imprinted in his mind. No one can erase it, but his body is obviously not able to adapt to this high-intensity rhythm of the game. Every time he gets the ball, when the opponent approaches, he has a feeling of pressure coming to his face, and immediately passes the ball out.

Every time the ball reaches Klose's feet, it seems to be a transition, sometimes there can be a good chance, but Klose still hands the ball over quickly, so that the opportunity is missed, and sometimes he is a little late in the ball, resulting in the ball being broken.

All this was seen by Yang Cheng on the sidelines, and he felt that it was normal, because Klose had been lacking in competition and training for a long time, and now he needs to keep making mistakes to master the rhythm of the game as soon as possible, so that his body can readjust to this high-intensity game atmosphere, so that he can play his strength.

Otherwise, he would always be as aware of his position as he is now, but his body can't keep up!

"Hopefully he'll make the most of those 20 minutes!" Yang Cheng said as if he was muttering to himself.

Benitez and Ballack on the side heard it, and both of them also supported Yang Cheng's decision, if this meaningless 20 minutes can be exchanged for Klose's combat effectiveness, it will definitely be a good deal for the German team.

Therefore, after Yang Cheng came on the field, Yang Cheng's requirement for all players was to hand the ball to Klose's feet as much as possible.

However, with Klose's mistakes increasing, the German team also faced the threat of Argentine counter-attacks, especially Messi, the superstar desperately wanted to pull Argentina back a game, so he and Aguero played very hard in front, and the counterattack after counterattack formed a threat, and it was just one goal away.

With a 3-goal lead, for Yang Cheng, unless Argentina scores 3 goals, it means nothing to the result of the game, so he doesn't particularly care about it, he wants to help Klose readjust to the rhythm of the game.

As the minutes passed, the Argentine players' counterattacks became more and more chaotic, especially when Savilla replaced Aguero with Higuain, which was supposed to strengthen the team's attack, but instead made Argentina's counterattack lose a greater threat, at least in the counterattack, Aguero's threat was much greater than Higuain's.

The German team's attack also revolves around Klose as always, and many passes are sent to his feet, which gives Klose a lot of opportunities, but the German striker either stops the ball and does not coordinate his pace well, or he has problems predicting the way of the ball, and always follows the edge of the goal.

After playing 20 minutes on the field, Klose didn't even shoot a single shot, which has to be said to be a disappointing number, at least it proves that Klose's recovery is not ideal, and it can even be said that it is seriously not ideal.

It wasn't until the second minute of stoppage time that Germany finally had another chance.

Lahm on the left side took advantage of Argentina's pressure to attack, counterattacked and dribbled quickly, and after forming a one-two with Reus around Zabaleta on the left side, he quickly dribbled past the Argentine defense and prepared to cut into the Argentine penalty area on the left side of the penalty area.

Fernandes pounced on the outside to intercept, but Lahm was quick, and after a quick stop, he suddenly accelerated, shook off Fernandes, went down the line, and sent a low cross into the middle.

This cross was not fast and powerful, but the angle was well controlled, and it was able to pass the chasing Garay and fall in front of Klose, who was also running back quickly, but his speed was not as fast as Garay, a little behind, so he got the ball on the right side of Garay.

At this time, there was a huge goal in front of him, and all he had to do was put his foot into this goal.

As long as he is not saved by Romero, then he has a shot on goal, and he will equal Ronaldo's total of 15 World Cup goals!