When the referee Weber from England blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the German fans in the Warsaw National Stadium, which can accommodate a total of 58,000 people, stood up from their seats in unison, raised their arms in unison, and screamed.

On the big red scoreboard at the National Stadium in Warsaw, the final score of the match between the two teams is shown.

The number below the name of the Czech team on the left is 0, and the number below the German team on the right is 3, which means that the German team finally defeated the Czech team with a score of 3:0 in this 90-minute game, and successfully emerged from the top 8 knockout stage and entered the semi-finals of the European Cup.

Long before the game, everyone predicted that the German team would win this game, but in the process of the game, the Czech team caused a lot of problems for the German team, especially this tenacious team, from the beginning of the strict defensive posture, even long-term tightening to less than 20 meters.

In other words, the Czech team's defense started from the front of the penalty area, which made their defensive density in front of the goal very high, and as soon as the German team's ball entered this area, it was immediately like a mud cow into the sea, silent.

If it is someone who thinks that the German team can win easily before the game, after watching the first half, or even the first minutes of the second half, they will definitely not think that the German team can win easily, and even they will think that the German team's attack will be completely contained by the Czech team, and the game is likely to go to extra time, or even a penalty shootout.

But when everyone thought that the German team was likely to be sniped, Yang Cheng's substitution completely turned the tide of the game, he replaced Khedira with Toniklos, and let Tony and Kloss control the team's rhythm and comb the midfield, completely liberating Schweinsteiger and Ozil.

This substitution has obviously changed the situation of the German team, especially changing the momentum of chasing and beating the Czech team since the beginning of the game, starting to slow down the tempo, and beginning to pursue a stable play in a fast and slow order, and even the German team will take the initiative to retreat the defensive line, release the Czech team, and then counterattack.

After the substitution, the German team's offense began to show its power, the midfield shifted and transitioned, the side advanced and broke through, the front court and the middle of the road should cooperate, and the whole attack began to appear a more three-dimensional coordination routine, which was in full bloom, far more effective than the previous monotonous breaking dense defense, especially in pulling and finding loopholes.

After that, the German team set off a couple of attacking highs, first Thomas Muller on the left and Lahm interlinked, and Thomas Muller assisted Lahm to open the scoring with a long-range shot from the left.

Then it was Deisler and Mesut Ozil on the right who penetrated and advanced, and the two of them combined with a one-two in succession at the edge of the penalty area to assist Klose to set sail for Germany and completely control the situation of the game.

Finally, it was Gotze, who came on as a substitute for Mesut Ozil, who broke through with the ball and was fouled, and Deisler hit a direct free kick to score the third goal for Germany, which was also the last goal of the game, and completely established another game victory for Germany.

As in the past two games, the German defence was as good as ever, with the combination of Lahm, Kell, Hummels and Géro's Boaten showing plenty of power to make the defence more and more solid.

Schweinsteiger and Khedira protected in front, allowing the German defense to avoid direct exposure to the opponent's artillery fire, and several counterattacks did not threaten, even if it was replaced by Toniklos, the German defense still performed well. …,

But there is another very important reason that the Czech team started too fiercely, and they knew that their strength was not good and they could not maintain a competition at the same level as the German team, so they used the opening round of active pressing to frustrate the German team's spirit, which directly caused the German team's offense to never play in the first half.

But as a result, the Czech team in the second half, especially in the last half hour, also completely exposed the problem of physical overdraft, they obviously could not keep up with the rhythm and pace of the German team, which directly led to the collapse of the Czech team at the last moment.

Another thing worth noting is that their attacking path is too simple, always dominated by long passes in the middle, which led to Hummels' performance once again very eye-catching, but it was precisely because he took on the opponent's main attack direction that he received another yellow card in the game.

According to the yellow card suspension rules of the European Cup, after the quarterfinals are over, all the previous accumulated single yellow cards will be automatically cleared and will not be brought into the semi-finals, but if you get a yellow card in the quarterfinals, resulting in a cumulative suspension, the semi-finals will be automatically suspended for one game, that is, Hummels will be suspended in the semi-finals.

This also became a knot in Yang Cheng's heart.

Hummels has performed so well, showing a world-class standard in three consecutive games, making a great contribution to the German defence, and the whole back line is running in well, and now there are certain hidden dangers in making substitutions, whether it is Mertesacker or Bad Stuber.

And judging from the fact that the first half was scoreless, the German team also violently revealed a very serious problem, that is, the transition between attack and defense and the loss of control of the rhythm.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Schweinsteiger, the piggy's strength is actually not strong in his strengths, but strong in his average, he can play any position in the midfield, left, center, right, front, middle and back, he can play any position in the midfield, and he can play a good spring kick, there is almost nothing he can't do. ～～～

But that's exactly the problem, when it comes to the big picture and the ability to control the pace of the game, he is not as good as Xavi, Alonso and Pirlo, and when it comes to passing fineness, he is not as good as Xavi and Busquets, but he has the kind of dribbling ability, defensive ability and excellent physical and running ability that these players don't have.

His type of midfielder is actually very interesting, and if he plays well, he can play well in any position, but when he has a problem and needs to be great in a certain area, he probably can't.

Playing the Czech Republic actually violently revealed his control of the game situation, the gap in the control of the rhythm of the game, at least throughout the first half, the rhythm of the German team was obviously out of control, it seemed to be pressing the Czech Republic a fat beating, but in fact, it was pressing the Czech Republic's stubborn defense tighter and tighter, and their defense was pressed more and more firmly.

When encountering such a stubborn team, experienced and capable playmakers will adjust the rhythm according to the situation on the field, and disrupt the pace of the Czech team's defense by dividing the ball left and right, through appropriate retraction, and by deliberately slowing down the tempo, so that the opponent's defense loses predictability.

Everyone knows that once the defense loses its predictability, it is too slow to wait until the moment the opponent attacks!

But throughout the first half, Schweinsteiger was clearly caught up in the team's overall rhythm, rather than controlling the team's rhythm!

This situation was not improved until Tony and Klos came on the field, so that the German team's ball distribution and field control when deliberately slowing down the pace and suddenly speeding up have been greatly improved, and his overall situation, scheduling ability and ability to distribute the ball have been released, especially in the ability to switch between attack and defense and quickly and accurately transfer the ball to the front court, which completely fills a major gap in the German midfield. …,

So it can be seen that after Tony and Klos came on in the second half, the whole offensive situation of the German team changed.

In this way, Toniklos has also solved a big bottleneck for the German team, but it has also brought trouble to Yang Cheng.

"Rafa, don't you think that things in this world are really? No"

Yang Cheng watched the players on the court happily celebrating, and he himself stood aside, patting his head, looking very headache and annoyance, at least from his face, he couldn't see the joy of beating the Czech team.

Frankly speaking, he took this game for granted, and it was strange that he couldn't take it down, but the whole process of the game made him gain but also worried, among which he now began to feel that the most troublesome thing was the configuration of the midfield.

After beating the Czech Republic and reaching the semi-finals, the German team will face the winner of Italy and England next time, and no matter which team it is, the strength is not something that the Czech team can play against, and they must have seen how the Czech team defended the German attack in this game.

As long as tactics are embodied on the football field, in the eyes of professionals, there can be no secrets!

After listening to Yang Cheng's complaints, Benitez also smiled bitterly, and he also felt that it was very difficult to do, because whether it was Toniklos or Schweinsteiger, they all belonged to the kind of players who were very troublesome, or they all belonged to the kind of feeling that was a little high or low.

"If you want to completely eradicate the problem of midfield operation and offensive and defensive transitions, Schweinsteiger and Toniklos work best, the two form a duo similar to Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta, and can play a stronger effect, but the defense in the midfield is a problem."

After Yang Cheng listened, he nodded and said: "So, there is a defender behind them, Sven, and Bender are the most suitable, but there are three in the midfield, a striker in front, and a Toma Muller, so there is one position left!" ”

The reason why there must be Thomas Ohler is because the latter is very active up front and covers a very large area, but more importantly he plays with intelligence and a sense of coordination.

When Klose retreats or moves laterally, Thomas Muller is always the first to react, and actively accelerates to insert into the gap pulled out by Klose, catching the opponent off guard, and his calmness and solid basic skills make him have a very high shooting rate in the penalty area.

"Haven't you always wanted to try Tony, Klos, Thomas and Mesut Ozil? Now with the midfield triangle of Schweinsteiger, Toniklos and Svind, I think you can give it a try! Benitez said with a smile.

Yang Cheng had tried a style of play in training before, the position was similar to 4321, but it was an irregular position, but he always felt that Toniklos was not ready, and the performance of the other players was also very good, so he temporarily suppressed it, and now that Benitez said this, he was a little moved.

"You kid can be very light, next is the semi-finals of the European Cup!" But soon, Yang Cheng began to hesitate a little again.