"Playing passively, without fighting spirit, I'm not telling you to play like that, defensively! Defend! Fucking defensive! ”

In the locker room, Loew burst into foul language.

He was very emotional, and he was quite angry about the game, and the players did not do their own orders, and they were all confused, and they played even more hesitantly.

Just as Loew angrily scolded the players, Ballack finally couldn't help it.

"Isn't that the tactic you want? Don't blame the players for everything, you also have to think about your own problems, wasn't it an accident that Schweinsteiger was red carded in the last game? Is there a chance that we can avoid this? ”

"Yes! You want to defend, but it also depends on who the opponent is! ”

"Isn't Croatia's performance in the European Championship qualifiers and in the first round of the group stage clear enough? Those players who put themselves in a defensive formation with them, one by one, what is the end, knowing that it is a pit, why do you still want to jump in? ”

The more Barack thought about it, the more angry he became; "We're Germany, we've got a much more glorious history, and against a Croatia we have to play defensively, so what? Against teams like Spain, the Netherlands and Italy, do we have to squeeze all into the penalty area? ”

A barrage of words left Loew speechless.

Barak said in a deep voice: "Sir, I am not disrespecting you, but respect is mutual, and you must also understand our demands!" ”

With that, Barak turned his head and shouted; "Do you want to play defensively?"

Hearing this, the German players fell silent.

Lyman said suddenly; "Who doesn't want to attack! This will also be a little less stressful. ”

The other players saw that the two big brothers had expressed their positions and began to express their opinions.

"I don't know what to do? I'm confused! ”

"It's the European Cup! I want to play better. ”

Ram pursed his lips; "I just want to win!"

Barak turned to look at Loew; "Their attitude is clear."

"I know what the situation is now, I also know what you want, I will resolutely obey your tactical arrangement in the second half, no matter what decision you make, if you fail, please 'respect' us!"

Barak's eyes were filled with anger.

Loew's face was gloomy, but he also understood that in terms of the right to speak in the dressing room, he, the newly appointed manager, was not as heavy as Ballack!

Loew held back his anger and said; "Now let's start laying out the tactics for the second half."

The German locker room finally fell silent.

It's just that the atmosphere is still very subtle.

On the other side, in the dressing room in Croatia.

"I feel like Germany is playing in such a mess!"

"Some people want to attack, some people want to defend, and then each runs its own way, can it not be messy?"

"Infighting?"

"I can't say, after all, there is a tradition, Beckenbauer combined the players to override the head coach, and that was also the season when they won the World Cup!"

"Barak has the courage? If it were Karn, I'd still believe it. ”

The Croatian players were talking.

The main reason is that the first half was played too smoothly and smoothly to the extent that they didn't understand.

Germany weren't supposed to be at this level, but they did play badly.

In the first round against Austria, the opponent was too weak and the problem was not exposed.

Now in the face of them, these Germans are a little more difficult to perform.

"Are we too strong?"

Dujmovich said with a look of relief; "It's just that we're too strong."

"Strong or not, what does it have to do with you, you are a substitute!"

Dujmovich pointed at Pranic and scolded: "You are also a rotating goods, not much better than me!" ”

Luka Modric sat with Suker.

The two were also discussing the matter.

"Germany played poorly in the first half, can they recover in the second half?"

"Then it's up to them to see if anyone bows their heads, but." Suke wiped his sweat and said; 'It's a big difference, in the second half we played defensive counter-attack, if Germany continued to defend in the first half, we dragged it out, and if they switched to attacking, it would be a head-on hit in our trap.'

"It's not a trap!" Modric touched his chin; "I don't think Germany has a chance!"

Suke nodded; "As long as stupid mistakes are not made, Germany will not have a chance!"

"Mistakes in the first half, they can only pay with one defeat!"

"The players from both sides started to walk out of the tunnel and after the first half of the game, Croatia are currently 2-0 ahead of Germany!"

"We were very surprised by the whole first half of the game, on the one hand, Croatia's performance in this European Championship, this new generation of Croatian internationals showed more fighting than the previous Plaid Army, even if they were as strong as the German team, they would be suppressed by Croatia, and even conceded two goals in the first half!"

"Let's see if Germany can turn the tide in the second half!"

Having said that, the German commentators are not very confident.

The main thing is that Croatia are playing too hard, and this is not a group of pure young people, many of whom have experience in major tournaments.

There are also Champions League-winning players like Suker and Luka Modric.

That's the most important reason.

The problem with young teams is that they can't stop the car after attacking.

But Croatia is different, they say stop, stop.

Just like now.

Croatia, which was still bombarded in the first half, turned into a defender after entering the second half.

The central midfield retreated as a whole.

The two wings also had frequent dropbacks, leaving only one Mandzukic at the front.

"Croatia is really, this tactical execution!"

The German narrator covered his head and felt a headache.

You say that when he attacked, he screamed and rushed one by one.

But when defending, these guys are like robots, blocking all channels and keeping the defense line airtight.

Barak and Podolsky were blocked several times in their solo runs.

Gomez had no choice but to retreat, but there was too little space left for Germany to shoot with his feet.

"Pass it to me!"

Ballack yelled, received the ball, took a small step forward, and directly shook off his right foot and shot long.

Bang!

The ball flew past Vukojevic and Kovac.

A precise hit bounced off the crossbar.

"Nima!"

Suke grinned slightly.

This Ballack began to try long-range shots again.

The most important thing is that this guy's long-range shot is a big threat.

At this point, the game time enters 55 minutes.

Germany made a substitution at the same time as Croatia.

Germany made two changes in a row.

Marcel. Janssen and Fritz are off.

Odon Cole and Kuranyi come on.

It's really an increase in offensive power.

And the Croatian side.

Mandzukic goes off.

Dujmovic comes on.

"I'm coming! I'm coming! Pass it to me and watch me a squirt! ”

Dujmović came running up with a thud.

"The coach made me shoot from distance."

Dujmovich said to Suke; "He told me to shoot whatever I wanted, or shoot it in the stands!"

Suke could feel Dujmovic's expectant mentality.

This guy's performance is influenced by mood.

The reason why I can't play against the wind is because the pressure is too great and I can't bear it psychologically.

But if it is in an advantageous situation, this guy is definitely a big weapon to continue to open the score.

"Got it!"

Suke nodded.

Dujmovic blinked: "This time I will shoot directly into it, and I won't give you a chance to make up shots." ”

Suker shrugged; "Who knows."

Anyway, he will pick up the leaks, after all, with Mandzukic down, Suker is the center.

"It's changed again!"

Ballack watched Suker run to the center position, and his head hurt.

It's bad enough, but Croatia's change of formation has made them feel uncomfortable.

The most crucial thing is that Suker was too close to goal.

This guy is more dangerous in the center position.

However, the Germans cannot afford to let these things slow down their attack.

The only way out now is to attack.

Losing this game will leave them in contention for a place in the second place in the group.

In the next 35 minutes, Croatia and Germany had different tactical arrangements, but they had the same goal, to win!

It was also from this moment that the German team began to fight hard.

They had to defend against Croatia's counter-attacks on the one hand, and score goals on the other.

(End of chapter)