Three goals behind in the first half, this situation is obviously not what people expected before the game, and most of the Belgian team leads, it is not a surprise, from the first half of the game, Belgium completely occupies the initiative, the German team has been exhausted, and finally before the end of the first half, the whole line collapsed, conceded two goals in a row, and was beaten by Belgium 3:0!

"This is unforgivable!"

In the locker room, Loew completely broke out, he was not satisfied with all the details of the first half of the team, he was not satisfied at all, the tactics he formulated were not played at all, in his eyes, the team he had worked hard for two years was completely a chronic suicide.

"Schweinsteiger! I don't know what you were doing in the first half, what was it about that exploding head that appealed to you so much, even more than the team's victory! ”

"Barak! You're the captain of the team, but I don't see you taking responsibility at all! ”

"Mertesacker, Friedrich, Metzelde, are you guys playing on the pitch? Finishing from the group will satisfy you, right? Our forbidden area has completely become the back garden of that Brazilian! ”

While Loew was furious, the atmosphere in the Belgian dressing room was very lively, and Antienes had already told the team about some of the problems that had arisen in the first half, and it was Digan's turn to come on.

"Guys! We made the Germans cry, we blinded everyone, some people thought before the game that the European Championship was over for us, but now we let them know that Belgian football is not humiliating! What do we do next? ”

"Completely bury the Germans!"

"Let them leave the field crying!"

"Excellent! That's right! "The game is not over yet, and I don't think the Germans are going to give up, what they like to do most is to show their tenacity in a very unfavorable situation, but this time, we are not going to give them this opportunity, kill them completely, let them know that the era of belonging to the Germans is completely over!" ”

After the start of the second half, Belgium surprisingly did not choose to defend, they were still attacking, and the attack was more fierce than in the first half.

The Germans were indeed very tenacious, while desperately defending, they also recovered a goal in the 63rd minute of the second half, Klose won the ball in the penalty area, ready to turn and shoot, only to be blocked by Kompany first, but the football did not fly far, was picked up by Ballack outside the box, and then scored with a long shot.

The Germans seemed to see hope again, but the game then went completely off their intended script and just five minutes later, Belgium scored again, again from Degan, who fired a shot from the left flank straight into the far corner of the German goal.

４：１！

In the ensuing game, although the German team scored a counterattack and scored with a header by Klose in the 82nd minute to make the score 2:4, the tide was gone, and in the end they could only accept a defeat.

When the referee's whistle blew, the Belgian players, coaches, and other staff members who had been waiting on the sidelines rushed into the stadium to celebrate the victory.

The Belgian fans in the stands kept cheering, chanting the names of each player, and were reluctant to leave for a long time.

With his hands held high, surrounded by his teammates like a king, enjoying the cheers of the fans, no Belgian player will feel jealous at this time, and everything that Degan is getting now is a matter of course.

Three goals!

It took only one game for Degan to move himself to second place in the scorer charts for this tournament, ahead of him and now with only one Villa left.

It was up to the time that Villa would be the top scorer at the tournament, but now Deegan has told everyone that no one has a say in the rankings of goals until he speaks.

The Belgians cheered and celebrated, while the Germans were devastated and sad.

After the race, the sad Barak did not show up at all, but went straight to the bus, and Hitzelsberg became the plenipotentiary of their group of sad generations.

For the 2:4 result, Frings said that he was not sorry, he said: "This is a big gift to our opponent, this is our fault, we did not implement the tactics of high pressure at the beginning, let the opponent get too many opportunities, and then our midfield had to turn the center to defense, the support for the strikers was reduced accordingly, the more we played, the more passive we became, how could we not lose?" ”

In the post-match press conference, Loew began by saying, "I did my best!" ”

Indeed, although after being eliminated, Loew will definitely face a lot of harsh criticism, but in this game, he really tried his best, and the German team lost not because of luck, but at the level of strength, to be precise, the Germans lack a super striker like Degan.

In the final moments of the game, Loew replaced Podolski with Gomez, and the German team changed to a double striker and played the last card, with the aim of using Gomez's height of 191CM to strengthen the impact on the Belgian defense and save the defeat.

But it's a pity that although Loew's wishful thinking is loud, Gomez is too uncompromising, the Bundesliga silver boot last season in the ten minutes he played, he actually handed in a blank sheet, zero shots, zero passes, useless.

Gomez's performance was so pale, although there was a tactical problem that Germany had lost their fighting spirit at that time and did not go all out to cross and give full play to Gomez's header advantage, but more importantly, Gomez's own form was too low.

In fact, it's not the first time Gomez has disappeared at this European Championship. In the three group stage games, Gomez, as the starting striker of the German team, not only did not score a goal, but also frequently wasted opportunities, repeatedly kicking shots in the small penalty area wide.

Especially in the third game of the group stage against Austria, Gomez actually kicked the ball high from a meter in front of goal, and it is hard to imagine how he did it.

Gomez's slump not only undermined Germany's attack, but also affected the performance of the rest of Germany's players, so after entering the knockout round, Loew had to put him on the bench.

Before the knockout round, a British media selected the "top ten parallel goods" of this European Cup, and Gomez was impressively listed. The Englishman described the German as a star of hope who always kept the German tank in "10 men", and his only contribution was to clear the ball in front of goal.

Such a description is mean, but Gomez has no way to fight back, and his performance is really unreasonable. The match was supposed to be a chance for Gomez to prove himself again, but he used his weakest performance to nail his European Championship into a humiliating memory.

Although the German legend Mateus excused Gomez, saying: "Gomez's problem is psychological, he is too young and inexperienced. ”

But in any case, this can't change the reality that Gomez is dragging Germany back, you know, in the entire European Championship, Gomez did not score a single goal, and even hit the goal range of the goal, which is simply incredible for a top striker.

Of course, Gomez is not Germany's only sluggish centre-forward, with Kulanyi alongside him, who has not even threatened the opposition goalkeeper once at this tournament.

Such a pair of strikers was a waste of precious places, but fortunately, the other two German strikers Podolski and Klose played consistently, so the German tank was able to stumble into the knockout round, but there was no way to make up for the weakness of the Belgian center forward in this game.

If you look at history, you will find that the German team has always achieved good results in the World Series, almost inseparable from the performance of super strikers. In the 70s of the last century, Gad. Müller was instrumental in Germany's World and European Championship victories; Rummenigge was the winner of the 1980 European Championship; In the 90s, two bombers, Klinsmann and Bierhoff, successively supported the German front, and it can be said that it is under the leadership of an excellent center forward that Germany can continue to move from victory to victory.

In this European Cup, although Klose and Podolski's performance is good, the Germans will still feel ashamed, because Klose and Podolski are actually Poles, that is to say, the pure German striker failed to score a goal for the German team, relying on "foreigners" to destroy the city for themselves, how can such a Germany regain its former glory.

The only thing that gives the Germans something to look forward to is that although Gomez failed to make his debut at this European Championship, he is still young after all, he is not yet 23 years old, and the future is still bright. And although Gomez is also of Spanish descent, he was born in Germany after all, and Gomez is much more "German" than Klose and Podolski.

There is hope for Germany's future, but for some, this is the last time they will play in the German jersey at an international tournament, such as the 38-year-old Lehmann, who was once the superstar of the German team, and even the lion king Kahn was pushed to the bench by him, but in today's game, he was pierced by the Belgian four times in a row, and after the game, Lehmann's disappointment was overflowing: "I am very disappointed with the result of the final, and I will feel a faint pain in the coming days, months, and even years." ”

For Lehmann, it was his last major appearance, perhaps his last for Germany: "It was definitely my last European Championship and it was hard for me to not qualify for the semi-finals. ”

Lehmann and Kahn have been competing for years to become Germany's number one goalkeeper, and Lehmann was finally recognized by his former head coach Jurgen Klinsmann in the 2006 World Cup, helping Germany to a third-place finish, especially in the penalty shoot-out between Germany and Argentina in the quarter-finals.

Kahn withdrew from the national team after the World Cup, and Lehmann's position was strengthened, but this time, he was not able to lead the German team further.

The championship seems to have become an unbearable burden for the lives of the Germans.

In this game, in addition to Lehmann, there is another person who may be even more disappointed, and the German captain Ballack, who came on the field with an injury, has impressed fans all over the world.

The German tough guy fought until the last minute despite being bled with a cracked right eyebrow bone during the match. At the final whistle, Ballack stood in place, looking up at the sky, the scene was very moving, as the captain of the pre-match favorite, as a fighter with high hopes from the Germans, Ballack was destined to become the tragic hero of this European Championship.

Ballack's injury occurred in the 76th minute of the second half, when he hit his right eyebrow bone while battling Kompany's header, and immediately bled all over his face.

The referee stopped the game in time and Ballack went to the sidelines for emergency treatment and was back on the pitch just three minutes later. As the bleeding did not stop, two minutes later, Ballack was forced to go back to the sidelines for treatment. After two treatments, the tough guy is back on the pitch. Ballack did his best, but unfortunately, the injury apparently prevented him from giving it his all.

The final whistle blew, and in the face of a score of 2:4, the German captain had to look up to the sky and sigh.

Ballack's fate of missing out on the championship continues, and this time, he is even further away from the championship, he even fell on the door of the semi-finals, and he didn't get a chance to compete, why didn't he have a championship life?

After the game, Ballack, who had a serious face, did not answer directly: "I'm sorry that we didn't win the championship, but everyone did our best, and the German team did their best." ”

In his post-match press conference, Germany coach Loew refused to analyse the reasons for Germany's defeat, instead praising Belgium for their technical excellence and believing they deserved to win.

'The Belgians were very technically good, they created more chances than us in the game and the win should be theirs. I'm not going to analyse the game, I think in a few days, wait for the game to be a little bit farther away, and then look back when everyone calms down, it will be better than the analysis now, and everyone is in a mess now. ”

Despite his anxious appearance, Loew regained his composure in his post-match press conference: "Of course we were disappointed at the end of the game and didn't qualify for the semi-finals, but overall I'm still happy with the whole team's performance throughout the tournament, we enjoyed the game together, the whole team was full of fighting spirit, even though we lost today and we admit defeat, but that's what motivates us to keep fighting and improving, and our next goal is to get a ticket to the World Cup." ”

Loew also admitted that this European Championship can see what the German team needs to improve: "We do need to improve because we don't always play at the level we should have, our opponents have been consistent in this game, from start to finish, at a high level, that's why they won, Belgium had more chances than us today, especially in the first half than we did, especially Degan, I have only one sentence about him, he is phenomenal!" ”

On the Belgian side, Antienes appeared at the press conference with Digan, and was very excited about the victory: "Yes! We did it, it was unbelievable, but when it was over, I took it for granted, my players did their best on the pitch and they deserved the win, for my opponents, all I can say is that Germany are a great team, but today they didn't play very well, especially in the first half, they didn't play their style at all, although in the second half they got two goals back, but it was too late, I want to thank my players, for everyone who loves Belgian football, gave a great game, of course, I should be more grateful to Rode, it was he who brought the victory, three goals, I think he is great! ”

Being praised by Antienes like this, Degan was a little embarrassed: "Yes! It was a great game, we had a great victory, but it wasn't a one-man thing, all the players we played really well today, like Marouane Fellaini, he completely controlled Schweinsteiger and made it impossible for Germany to form a more threatening attack, which was the key to our victory, to be able to complete a hat-trick, of course I'm happy, but what makes me even happier is that the team has qualified, I don't think anyone thinks we're here to mess around at the Euros, then we'll move on. Until the end! ”

In the semi-finals, Belgium will face a lack of major generals Turkey, although in the group stage, Turkey have beaten Belgium, but at that time Belgium lacked the absolute core of Degan.

Now that the two teams meet in the semi-finals, Turkey has only five or six substitutes due to injuries and bans, and even before the start of the game.

The Germans' European Cup is over, and even the German media pessimistic after the game said that a dynasty has been completely destroyed, as the winner of the three-time European Championship, before the start of the competition, the Germans are the favorites who are unanimously optimistic about winning the championship, but in the end the Germans can only end their 2008 European Cup journey with such an embarrassing result as the quarterfinals.

The Germans, who represent the old forces, have fallen, and Belgium, which represents the emerging forces, have taken the opportunity to rise, and the replacement of the old and the new is not only happening in one team, but also in the world of European football, which is also vigorously carrying out a battle for renewal.

How long can Belgium with Digan go, no one dares to judge casually, just like the Belgian media said, the Belgian team with Digan has unlimited possibilities.

Maybe before the game, people will scoff and still hope that the Germans will take out Belgium and douse the arrogance of the Belgians, but now, looking at Degan's wonderful performance, maybe only the championship is their only goal.