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Chapter 594 Chapter 590: The reason why the Germanic chariot was crushed!

The pinnacle battle between Germany and Spain ended with Spain winning, but no one thought that the Germanic chariot, which was so powerful before, was completely suppressed by the Spanish matador.

This caused heated discussions in the media.

The German Bild newspaper found fifteen reasons for Germany's defeat:

1. The German team made too many mistakes in the game: pass errors, positioning errors, blind big-foot clearances, and aimless crosses from the wing. Many players were too nervous to perform at a normal level.

2. Not vicious enough against the Spaniard: There was no yellow card in the game!None of the German team members fought fiercely, and the game did not have any smell of gunpowder.With this kind of performance, you can win the Nobel Peace Prize, but you have no chance to enter the finals.

3. Substitutions have no effect: I believe everyone will ask Loew after the game, why is Gomez always replaced at the last moment?Why doesn't he choose another striker, Gomez does nothing on the field.

4. Lahm is restricted: Iniesta keeps Lahm busy on defense and has no time to attack.Although there were several pressure assists, these were nothing compared to the previous England and Argentina games.

5. The German team's fatal mistake in the game: When Spain scored a 1-0 goal, all German players stayed near the penalty spot and ignored Puyol who came in from behind.Puyol relied on the run-up to jump higher than the German players who took off from the spot. If Puyol could be noticed, conceding the ball could be avoided.

6. Puyol scored the winning goal by relying on a corner kick. The German team rarely conceded a set kick, and the Spanish team did not score many corner kicks. Because the header has little advantage, they often choose short corner kick tactics.

7. The German team's poor ability to seize opportunities: 5 minutes before the Spanish goal, the German team Kroos had an excellent opportunity to take the lead for the German team, but failed to grasp it.

8. The Spanish team has basically no mistakes: the defense is solid, there are no unnecessary fouls and dangerous pass errors.Did not leave any opportunity for the German team.

9. Germany's offense is too dependent on Ozil.In the game against Spain, Ozil was completely blocked by the Spaniards, and the Germans' offense was also muted. The German team lacked players who could share the burden of Ozil's midfield and jointly complete the midfield organization tasks.

10. Müller's suspension: The impact of Müller's suspension is obvious. Without Müller on the field, the German team not only lost a lot of threats on the right, but also lost a lot of unexpected surprises in the frontcourt.

11. Lack of luck: Sometimes the German team can rely on luck to win even if the German team does not perform well, but yesterday Ozil was brought down in the penalty area by Ramos, but the referee ignored it.

12. Set-pieces: If they can't beat the Spaniard in the game, the Germans should at least try to rely on set-piece opportunities to create goals.But yesterday the German team had only a few set-piece opportunities, and the six corner kicks failed to create any threats.

13. Not enough pressure on the opponent: The German team did not have enough offensive pressure. Only after Spain took the lead and took the initiative to recover, the German team had a chance to press out and organize the attack, but it was too late.

14. Frightened by the momentum of the Spaniards.Villa and Puyol of the Spanish team won two excellent scoring opportunities shortly after the opening, and these opportunities stopped the unsteady German players.In the following games, the German players basically sacrificed their offense and played a defensive counterattack, and the audience was passive.

15. The strength of the Spanish team is superior: Germany's strength is not enough to beat Spain, they are the best team in the world!

L'Equipe looked for the reasons for Germany's defeat from another side:

4：0胜澳大利亚，4：1胜英格兰，4：0胜阿根廷……

Just when people thought that the "German Chariot" would continue this almost crazy performance and continue to run over Spain to advance to the final, they were completely overwhelmed by the "Matador" in the semi-finals and lost this game that was supposed to revenge for the 2008 European Cup final.

Germany had its first decent shot in more than 30 minutes after the start of the game, which was in stark contrast to the previous goals.

What caused such a big change in the German team?
In addition to on-court factors, we should probably also look outside the court.

Just before the start of the German-Spanish war, the former captain of the German team, Ballack, left the camp and returned home. The reason for his departure was that some people in the team did not want him to stay there. Perhaps this kind of internal strife before the war was the key to the failure of the German team.

Ballack was kicked out of training camp!
What happened seemed sudden: in a rather ordinary interview before the semi-final, the current German captain Lahm claimed that even if Ballack returned to the national team, he would not hand over the captain's armband to him.

As soon as this remark came out, the German media was in an uproar. At this critical moment when the World Cup semi-finals were about to start, there was such a discordant voice in the team, which had an obvious impact on the team's preparations.

But Lahm's refusal to hand over the captain's armband was just the beginning. Almost at the same time as Lahm said these words, Ballack, who was injured but had been cheering for the team with the German team in the stands, soon left the national team training base. He didn't even want to watch the semi-final between Germany and Spain.

Later, the British "Sun" revealed that Ballack was actually kicked out of the base by the German team because the team doctor told him that they had no time to treat his ankle injury.This statement was later confirmed by the German coach Joachim Loew.

What made the "fire" grow bigger and bigger was the scene at the pre-match press conference.

Knowing that internal conflicts have become the focus, "Little Pig" Schweinsteiger said unabashedly: "Barack didn't have that close contact with the players in the team, and he didn't integrate well with everyone."

Hearing that the South African base camp has become a mess, the former German international footballer Effenberg shook his head and sighed: "It is a tragedy that this kind of thing happened at this point in time, and it will cause riots in the team."

Sure enough, first Ballack was driven home, and soon the entire German team was going home.

The infighting team did not end well!

As the internal strife in the German team became more and more violent, the German domestic media also untimely launched a big discussion of "do we need Ballack".

Seeing this situation, the football emperor Beckenbauer was very anxious. Having experienced many battles, he knew very well that this bad sign might ruin the "German chariot".

So he quickly wrote an article in the German media and pointed out: The discussion about Ballack's future came at a completely inappropriate time. Before the semi-final against Spain, who should be the captain after the World Cup should not be a topic of discussion for the German team.

Beckenbauer said: "We need Ballack, but only if he remains at his peak and it doesn't matter if he continues as captain."

Look at the end of those teams that played infighting in this World Cup. The German team is simply looking for a dead end.

In the group match, the French striker Anelka insulted the coach and was expelled from the team. Then the team collectively stopped training, which led to the last cup runner-up France returning home after the group match.The failure of the Italian team to qualify is also due to internal divisions.

After Italy's 1:1 draw with New Zealand, Lippi revealed that the players did not obey the command, and the players were dissatisfied with Lippi's tactics, and Totti even broke the news that there were serious gangs in Italy.

Argentina's exit was due to Carlos Tevez's dissatisfaction with Messi, and Brazil's dissatisfaction with Kaka and Robinho's dissatisfaction with Dunga, not to mention England's disappointment in this World Cup. Terry, who is no longer the captain, even challenged Capello's authority in public.

And the endings of these strong teams are so similar, they all left the World Cup stage early.This time, it was Germany's turn. The German chariot with cracks inside could only bow down in front of the Spanish matador. "

(End of this chapter)