In fact, this year's Germany and Italy have not reached their own strong period, the team lineup, the two teams actually have no obvious shortcomings, the defense has world-class players, the midfield is not lacking in masters, and the forwards are also very big brother-level players. But there are always all sorts of minor problems, and the coach is not the most suitable person.

However, it is normal for Germany to lose to Italy from a certain point of view, first of all, international football basically knows that Italy is definitely Germany's nemesis.

What was German football like in the 90s? Let's tell a story, one day Little C shouted that Little A went out to play, and Little A couldn't live or die, saying that he was watching a football game. Little C asked who played with whom, how many to many. Little A replied: "Germany is 0:2 behind." Little C continued: "What's there to see, Lao De can't lose. Let's go, you don't have to watch this game to know the approximate result."

That's right, once upon a time German football was the face of reversals and turnarounds, and the Bern miracle is engraved in the blood of this country's players. Do you think, the 02 World Cup semi-sassy German final still dares to be tough with the peak Brazil. But when it comes to Italy, the Germans really have their brains cracked. The two teams have met so many times that Lao German has never won an official match.

In fact, in my opinion, the most important point is the defense of the Italians. Many teams in Europe are good at playing defense, Greece, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, etc., but the defense of these teams is like a wall. There is always a time when it is smashed through by the opponent, and the Italian defense is different, the so-called reinforced concrete defense line, which means that the Italians have strong defensive toughness and elastic defense.

A defensive team like Switzerland, as long as you find that point, the whole wall is ruined. Italy is completely different, and the Italian backline that is often seen playing in the game is in danger, but it can't score a goal. The most similar defense to the Italian team is the South American Paraguay team, which is also a tough nut to crack.

In the past two years, there has been a team that has played this style to the extreme, but it is not a national team. It is estimated that some people have already guessed the result, and the correct solution is Real Madrid. As an aside, in the just-concluded Champions League final, look at Liverpool's crazy 24 shots on goal, still being cut down by Real Madrid.

To put it simply, the game between Germany and Italy, many times is worn to death little by little, think about the classic 0:2 in the semifinals of the 06 German World Cup, which is definitely one of the masterpieces of Italy's German statement. So looking back at Germany's loss to Italy, it can be summed up in two words – the loss is not a loss.

The day after Italy qualified, Argentina and England finally met each other. The Pampas Eagles are still the same lineup from the last game against Paraguay:

3-5-2

Goalkeeper: Roa

Defenders: Ayala, Chamot, Zanetti

Defenders: Redondo, Almeida

Forwards: Veron, Maradona, Gallardo

Forwards: Batistuta, Crespo

Gallardo secured the starting line-up with a game, and Ortega, the little donkey, completely lost his place because of his stupidity. Even if the opponent is England, the Argentines have boldly lined up with a back three, what is their confidence? The answer is: a Maradona at the pinnacle. Aside from Lee Berne, only the Argentine players in the world know the secret. What the old horse has done in front of this World Cup is only what an excellent midfielder can do, this guy has been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger! When you have a healthy and peak player on your team, everyone will become confident and invincible!

England had just endured a miserable game, and despite the elimination of their opponents, the whole team was clearly in their hearts at the moment. Especially goalkeeper David. Sea-Man, on the surface, looks like nothing, but no one knows that his heart has been crushed by the goal that was blown away by Lee Byrne. In addition, after the game, FIFA imposed additional penalties on Campbell, who pushed Peng Weiguo, and suspended him for two games. This also led to the lack of their own anchor in England's backline in this game, and I don't know if Capello will adjust accordingly on this point. Finally, the starting line-up for England was also announced:

4-4-1-1

Goalkeeper: David. Seaman

Defender: Le. Sox, Southgate, Adams, Gary. Neville

Midfielders: McManaman, David. Barty, Paul. Ince, Beckham

Striker: Paul Scholes

Forward: Robbie. Fowler

After the match with the Chinese team, in the face of Argentina, which was in full swing in this Cup, Capello put away his pride and played directly as a single striker. First, considering the team's physical reserves, the other is likely to put the outcome of the game in the second half. This kind of play is indeed a lot safer. However, when Capello saw Argentina's back three start, he struggled to convince himself to keep his current tactics the same.

It's just that Capello, or the whole world, didn't expect that the god of 12 years ago would come back. The Argentine midfielders of Redondo, Almeida, Veron and Gallardo seem to have set up a power station for the old horse, and the king of the ball has played more easily with the cooperation of these four passers.

The Argentines took the lead in the 14th minute of the first half. David. The back of Barty and Ince was completely powerless to intercept Maradona. The Argentine midfielder tore through the barrier in front of the England defender line with a few passes, the old horse received a straight plug from Gallardo, used the cover of Batistuta in front of him, and a simple croquette passed Adams, and then before Neville could fill in, the old horse had already burst into the corner of the small penalty area, and pulled the ball to the left foot while faking the far corner with his right foot, and stabbed He-Man's ten fingers from the near point.

At this time, Capello did not realize the horror of the old horse, and kept shouting on the sidelines to pay attention to the players to cut off the connection between Maradona and his teammates.

Soon the Englishman was brought back to that World Cup game in '86 by the performance of the old horse. In the 28th minute of the first half, England's attack failed, Argentina launched a quick counterattack, Roa's hand threw the ball accurately to Maradona on the right outside the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Lao Ma first pulled the ball back and changed its direction past David. Barty, then feint on the centre circle to Veron, who was on the wing, and suddenly started forward to shake off Scholes' defence.

When the old horse got up, the English people panicked inexplicably, and they seemed to remember the game in which the old horse was crowned god. After Maradona nimblely flashed McManaman, Adams on the back line couldn't hold his breath and shouted loudly to stop Maradona!

Strangle. Sox flanked the old horse from the wing and Ince in the middle, but was almost unable to find his way by the continuous small movements at the opponent's feet. When Sox turned 360 degrees to regain his center of gravity, the old horse suddenly rushed out of the encirclement from the former's side, and this time he directly shook off the defense of Ince and Sox, plus David in front. Batty, Paul Scholes and McManaman, Maradona's fifth England player in a row.

Just as the old horse was about to pass the ball to Gallardo on the left side, he was brought to the ground by Sokes with a scissor kick from behind, and the England left-back was sent off with a red card, while Argentina also won a free-kick in a good position up front. Obviously, Sox was scared, he didn't want to be the backdrop for the old horse's highlights, like his predecessors did 12 years ago.

Capello on the sidelines scolded angrily, this stupid defender, he ruined his well-designed tactics, there is one less person, why do you let me take the game behind?!

Argentina took 60 minutes to end the game, and the final score was fixed at 3:1, Maradona scored twice, and Crespo sealed the victory in the 63rd minute after Gallardo's overhead ball. England scored a face-saving goal in the 72nd minute of the second half through substitute Gascoigne.

Argentina and Italy meet in the final!