Manchester United legend

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England played against the German team. The German team is no longer the strong team that swept Europe in the 90s.

After the team's disastrous defeat in the 98 World Cup, most of the old players in the team withdrew from the national team.

The German team also had a bad start in the European Cup qualifiers. The German team’s first qualifier was an away game against Turkey. In front of more than 2 fans, the German team was able to take the initiative at first, but after the initial passivity, the Turks gradually took the initiative on the field and created a lot of scoring opportunities. In the end, the Turkish team relied on Hakan Suk’s chaos in the penalty area to force an own goal scored by Kahn to win at home.

The defeat in Turkey was painful. Except for Bierhoff and Kahn, who were at their peak, this German team was embarrassing.

During the following qualifiers, Matthaus, who withdrew from the national team after the 98 World Cup and was already 38 years old, returned to the team. In the remaining games, the German team won six out of seven games and finally reached the final stage of the 2000 European Championship.

During the training camp before the final stage, players from Bayern Munich and Leverkusen planned to launch a "mutiny" to dismiss Ribeck midway and let Matthaus replace him.

But this plan was aborted due to Matthaeus' refusal, and Ribeck still directed the failed cup as a coach.

Matthaus, the 39-year-old "perpetual midfielder", the oldest player in this European Championship, still participated in the game as the main sweeper of the German team using outdated free man tactics.

In the first match against Romania in the group stage of the main match, the old German team had a bad start. The seemingly solid defense line was advanced by the weakest opponent in the group stage in the first 5 minutes. It only managed to score a point with Sauer's world wave at the front of the penalty area.

Before the second group match against England, both teams were under unprecedented pressure. The Three Lions lost a good game in the first round of the group match. England and Portugal staged the most exciting scene since the start of the match. England led 2:0, but was reversed by Portugal.If Jost hadn't had a flash of inspiration and closed his eyes to score an equalizer, England would have become the saddest team.

In the game between England and Germany, the British took the initiative. England has been storming the goal of the German team. The German team is the oldest team in this European Cup and is struggling in England's stormy attack.

Although Kahn performed well in this game, frequently high-blocking and low-blocking to resolve England's offense, the "Titan" still could not stop Shearer's header, and it was Jost's cross that made Shearer overwhelm the German defender and score the only goal in the previous game.

The Germans had to swallow the bitter pill of losing to their sworn enemy.England relied on Shearer's goal to defeat the arch-enemy Germany and avenged the German team's elimination at home in the last European Championship.

The German team is only theoretically possible to qualify.

In the last game of the group stage, the German team continued to be sad. Although Portugal sent substitutes, they still took the initiative on the field. A disastrous 3-0, which made Sergio Conceicao a famous hat-trick, destroyed the dream of the Germans entering the next knockout stage.

What is even more tragic is that England defeated the Romanian team in the last round, which meant that the German team completely lost the chance to advance.

After this tragic game, the assistant coach Hrubesch sitting on the bench, the leader of the European champion in 1980, the symbol of German fighting spirit and ambition, could only ask the sky at a 45° angle.

Ribeck has always been very sad. He dismissed get out of class in Leverkusen two years ago. He was not the first head coach to replace Vogts. He recruited Matthaus, who was 39 years old and played for the New York Metro Star at the time, instead of other young players, which caused great controversy.

To sum up the fiasco of the German team in the 2000 European Championship, the positive factor is that the German Football Association finally understands that after a brilliant decade, they have to pay attention to the development of the German youth football training system.It is the disastrous defeat of the German team in the 10 European Championship that finally detonated a football reform plan.After that, the German team began to pay attention to youth training, and the talent began to blow out.

Speaking of the England team, after England defeated the German team, they faced their old opponent Romania in the 98 World Cup. It was in the 98 World Cup that Romania defeated the England team, making England the second in the group.

Before this game, the Romanian soul captain Haji was suspended, but the Romanians are as fierce as a Balkan eagle. There are old guys like Petlescu, Popescu, and Iliyer nicknamed "Viper". How can Romanian fighters be fished by mermaids?
The fact is also true. The Romanian rookie Chivu scored a Haji-like zero-angle goal. At that time, Chivu was still a childish child with a sunny smile. Although he was in a different position from Haji, they had the same taste.

If this successor is not authentic, then Mutu is the one who is born to be compared with Haji.

The [-]-year-old Mutu looks like he is not afraid of anything, and the "rogue" is surprising.

Chivu played well in this game. His guarding on the left side made Beckham, who has been doing well in this European Cup, lose his temper. In an interview after the game, Beckham said that he never wanted to meet this annoying guy.

Romania led England 1-0 with the goal of the rookie. England woke up like a dream after being hit with a sap, and launched frequent attacks. Then Shearer's header and Owen's quick counterattack tied the two cities, and England overtook the score 2:1.

The England team, which overtook the score, began to defend blindly, and failed to seize several opportunities for quick counterattacks, giving Romania a chance.

In the second half, Mutu of Romania passed Campbell's penalty area and crossed the middle. Montoya rushed to the horse and succeeded in an easy push. Romania, who equalized the score, did not stop there, because Romania must beat England to qualify for the group stage, and England can qualify for a tie.

In the 89th minute of the whole game, Mutu passed Neville Jr. in the penalty area again. Neville Jr. got hot and put a shovel in the penalty area.

(End of this chapter)