The answer was soon revealed, the heart of the German team's attack was Reuss!

In the 25th minute of the first half, the German team played a quick counter-attack on the wing.

Reus dribbled the ball from the back, evaded the interception of the Spanish frontcourt players, and strode along the flank towards the opposition half.

Compared with Xu Sanduo, Royce's footwork is more delicate, with excellent speed, dribbling, passing, grabbing points, and long-range shooting.

The only drawback is probably that there are many injuries, so it is jokingly called by fans to charge for two hours and work for two minutes.

The Spanish players knew that Reuss was a huge threat, so they leaned towards him as soon as possible, trying to block him on the flanks and not give him the opportunity to cut inside or pass the ball.

However, one of the main reasons why Reus was able to replace Mesut Ozil in the starting position was that his creativity up front was not lost to Mesut Ozil.

Seeing that the opponent was focused on himself, Reuss relied on his wide vision and immediately shifted the ball to the right in a wide area.

The 21-year-old arrived and smashed a decisive cross before the opposition defender could get closer.

Outflanked in front of goal, Gomez dived and headed the ball towards goal.

Normally, a header from this distance would be unstoppable, but Gomez's header was straight and hit Casillas.

However, the ball was so powerful that Casillas was caught off guard and didn't hold the ball at the first time, and the ball bounced back.

Ramos saw the ball fall in front of him, picked up his foot and was about to clear the ball with a big foot.

However, just as he tried to clear the siege, a ghostly figure flashed in front of him and stabbed the ball out with his toes.

The opponent's follow-up shot was too fast, Casillas didn't have time to react, and the ball was stabbed into the goal.

A deafening uproar erupted at the scene, and the German fans in the stands were all crazy waving various slogans and scarves in their hands after seeing the goal scored, shouting and celebrating wildly.

The ball came too suddenly, and I felt like I had been slapped with happiness, and I was completely defenseless.

Seeing the football roll into the goal, the German player who made the rebound got up from the ground excitedly, waved his right hand, and roared angrily.

Ramos didn't see clearly who this person was until the opponent stood up - the striker of the German team, Thomas Müller!

When did this guy run behind him?

Ramos has a question in his head!

The excitement and joy of the German players was no less than that of Muller, who scored the goal, and they rushed to Muller's side with excitement to hug and high-five Muller to celebrate the crucial goal.

"Well passed, Kimmich!"

Upon seeing Kimmich, Müller gave him a thumbs up.

Although this goal is not a direct assist from Kimmich, if it wasn't for his cross just now, Muller would not have had such a good chance to follow-up.

"It's Brother Royce!"

Kimmich was praised by the big man in the team and was very happy, but he did not take credit for himself, but gave the credit to Royce very modestly.

This attacking opportunity was indeed created by Reuss, and if he hadn't broken through the opponent's first line of defense at the back and created a quick counter-attack, the German team would not have followed up this series of attacks.

And Royce can see the opportunity on the right side when he is forced by many opponents, and successfully pass the ball, this skill, Kimmich admires very much.

"Hehe, it's still your last cross that is good, if it weren't for the opponent's goalkeeper standing too well, Gomez's header would have been the goal!"

Royce was like a sunny boy with a big smile on his face.

Because of injuries, Reuss has rarely played in major tournaments for the German national team.

Especially missing the World Cup two years ago, which is a lifelong regret for Royce.

So for Royce, he doesn't care who scores, as long as he can help the team, even if he doesn't have the limelight at all, it doesn't matter.

"Okay, don't be modest, let's keep up the good work and try to score another one before the end of the first half!"

Muller put his arm around Reuss and Kimmich's shoulders and shouted encouragement to his teammates.

The morale of the team is high, if you don't take this opportunity to extend the advantage, how long will it be?

……

In the coach's box, the coach of the German team, Loew, was still a little worried.

Conceding a goal too early disrupted his pre-match plan and directly affected the team's morale.

Therefore, Loew has been worried about whether the morale of the team and the state of the players will be affected since the goal was conceded, Spain is a top team, and if the German team is not in good form, it is likely to be robbed by the opponent.

However, all these worries disappeared without a trace after seeing Muller's goal.

At this point, the two sides are back on the same page, and the German team proved that their tactical play works with the goal they have just scored.

Now, let's see who can take advantage of the opportunity faster and score the second goal!

……

Although the lead was gone, Bosque was not nervous.

As long as Lin Quan can be seen on the court, Bosque feels full of security in his heart.

However, the situation at this time was indeed not very favorable to the Spanish team, and after the German team equalized, their morale was greatly boosted, and they temporarily suppressed the Spanish team with this momentum.

At this time, in the midfield battle, Spain has fallen into the inferior.

The opponent has a large number of people in the middle and has a clear physical advantage.

They obviously know that their skills are not as delicate as those of the Spanish players, so they prefer to use their strong bodies to take the initiative against the Spanish players.

Spain's midfielders are generally not tall and not very physical.

Physical confrontation ability is their weakness, so there is no surprise, and in this kind of hand-to-hand combat, they quickly fall to the disadvantage.

After losing control of the midfield, Germany's attacking threat began to mount.

In this European Cup, the German team is one of the 24 participating teams with the most luxurious midfield lineup.

Even stronger than Spain!

In this game, the German team's midfield configuration has a clear division of labor.

Kroos was in the middle and controlled the pace of the game.

With his strong body and abundant physical energy, Khedira strangled the opponent's midfield.

Kimmich and Hector on either side are the kind of players who are fit, fast and have a lot of range.

In attack, they moved forward and became two wingers, which broadened the width of the German attack and greatly increased the difficulty of the opponent's defense.

When defending, depending on the situation, they either intercept on the flanks or shrink to the middle to participate in the strangulation of the middle.

You can act as a midfielder or drop back to the backline to make your own formation 541.

In this game, the German team seemed to have a formation with three central defenders, which made people think that they did not have full-backs.

But in reality they have full-backs, it's just not at full-backs!

Under Kroos's command, the German team's offensive became more and more fierce and threatening.

With his wide vision and keen ability to control opportunities, he can always observe Spain's defensive holes on the pitch, and frequently attack Spain's weak side with precise long balls.

And the frontcourt of Reus, Muller and Gomez, with the assistance of Hector and Kimmich, have also attacked the Spanish backline again and again.

The situation was very unfavorable for the Spanish team, and the German fans in the stands were already singing their praises in high spirits.

In their opinion, as long as they continue to play according to this trend, the final winner must be the German team!

"The German team is quite capable of running!"

German players value fitness, and Bosque has been hearing about it for a long time.

But he didn't expect Loew to line up like this, giving up some of the more famous stars and boldly bringing in some less famous players who were more in line with his tactical requirements, and even outright newcomers like Kimmich.

From this it can be seen that Loew is well prepared for this match.

If it had been two years ago, the Spanish team would not have been afraid of this style of play.

But not necessarily now, after all, the average age of the squad is here.

In terms of fitness and distance, they really can't compare to the Germans.

Since this is the case, it is even more impossible to fall into the rhythm of the other party.

If the German team is allowed to keep speeding up the pace of the game, it won't be long before the Spanish group of old arms and legs will be broken up by the opponent.

Thinking of this, Bosque made a gesture and motioned for the team to change tactics.

On the court, after Lin Quan and David Silva saw the coach's tactical gestures, they glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and began to move back.

Soon, the Germans on the opposite side noticed that the Spanish formation was different.

They have more people in the midfield and fewer people up front.

The formation changed from 433 to 451, and the two wingers took a step back to become two wing-backs.

Loew frowned and looked at it for a while, and this 451 change of formation in Spain surprised him a little.

It's not that I didn't expect Bosque to do this, it's just that I didn't expect the other party to be so decisive.

The outside world has the impression that the Spanish players are delicate at the feet and have strong passing ability.

And that's exactly what happened!

Spain's two wingers, who seem to be wingers, are actually midfielders at all.

Their organisational skills are even stronger than the midfield core of some teams, especially Lin Quan.

After dropping their positions, the Spanish midfield suddenly deepened a lot.

Players have more options and safer balls when passing from one player to another.

This made the pressing and trapping tactics on the German side gradually lose their effectiveness, and in the past they mainly surrounded Xiaofa and Iniesta.

As long as these two people are restricted, the Spanish players in front of them can't catch the ball, so they naturally become decorations and lose their threat.

But now, this set doesn't work.

After Lin Quan and David Silva returned, the Spanish midfield quint, in addition to Busquets, frequently rotated and changed.

If it's just a reversal, it will cause some disruption to the German team's defenders, but it won't have much impact.

But the crux of the matter is that all four of them have excellent creativity and have a high degree of cooperation with each other.

As long as they are given a certain amount of space, they can play dizzying and dazzling passing and cutting combinations.

This greatly increases the difficulty of the German team's defense!

In the past, relying on the advantages of physical fitness and physical fitness, they could take advantage of one-on-one defense, but now they are at a disadvantage when defending two-on-two or even two-on-three, and they are even unable to limit the opponent at all.

The Germans grabbed fiercely, but the more this happened, the more empty the defense became.

In just a few minutes, the situation on the field was completely reversed.

was originally aggressive, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity of their own morale to defeat Spain's German team in one go, but after the opponent changed formations, they gradually lost the initiative and became passive.

For a while, the flames of war quickly burned to the German team's half, and the Spanish team began to take the initiative again and began to threaten the German team's goal.

The German fans in the stands looked at each other, a little confused.

Shouldn't the opponent's removal of two strikers greatly weaken their offensive strength?

But why did Spain's attacking threat become more so great?

Ordinary fans can't figure it out, but German coach Loew understands it at a glance.

The Spanish players are not strong in physical confrontation, which is why they lose control of the midfield in the fierce physical confrontation.

Bosque obviously saw this, so he took the initiative to withdraw Lin Quan and David Silva's positions.

This would not only avoid the multiple packs of the German team, but also increase the number of people in the midfield and reduce the defensive pressure on the midfield.

Loew can't put the back line up, so the number of people who can participate in the midfield strangulation is limited.

The other party can put in five people, and he can put in a maximum of six people.

The numerical advantage is not obvious, at least compared to the previous advantage of six grabbing three.

And Muller's position is not in the midfield, he is a shadow striker, and the position is too far back to show his power.

And Reuss, although he works hard, is the offensive core of the team, and it is impossible to give him too many defensive tasks.

As a result, the German team's numerical advantage in the midfield is gone, and it naturally loses control of the midfield.

So, how can this situation be resolved?

Loew used his brain and thought quickly.

Bosque's hand is retreating, but it has created a big problem for him!

…………

In a box in the stands, Mourinho and Mendes were watching the game.

Mendes originally wanted to bring Ronaldo with him, but Ronaldo had a somewhat unpleasant relationship with him because of the transfer, and after Portugal advanced to the semifinals, Ronaldo paid more attention to training, so he didn't come.

Mendes and Jose Mourinho watched the game while chatting.

"Royce has been doing very well and if there are no injuries, I can consider buying it!"

Mendes suggested to Mourinho after Reus had instigated Germany's equaliser.

Mourinho glanced at the other party and knew that it was Mendes who had moved to dig into the wall.

Reuss's agent is not a big name agent, he has a bit of influence in the Bundesliga, and he can only be said to be average in the whole of Europe.

And Mendes belongs to the predators in the agent world, and if he can be signed, it will be of great help to the future of the player, so many players are happy to cooperate with Mendes.

"He's really more well-rounded than Juan Mata, but Dortmund won't let him go, and you know, those bastards at the top of Manchester United, they only buy the expensive ones, they don't buy the right ones, and they won't listen to my advice!"

(End of chapter)