After the start of the second half, Germany began to attack fiercely.
The Italian side continued to block in the midfield as they did in the first half, even if they exhausted each other's energy with the opponent, it would prevent Germany from advancing smoothly.
When the opponent occasionally created opportunities through personal breakthroughs, the Italians complied with Pan Yi's instructions and did not hesitate to use fouls to block the opponent's attack.
Since the two sides struggled more in the midfield, even if Germany was given a free kick, they could only take it and continue to attack, but could not use the free kick to create good scoring opportunities.
"Hell!" Seeing that the German team's offense was repeatedly blocked, Loew, who was anxious on the sidelines, cursed in a muffled voice, and then slammed the seat of the bench.
Now they are still two goals behind. If he is not anxious, who is?
Soon, Brandt, Royce, and the strikers including Gomez were all sent out by Loew to warm up.
The biggest problem of the German team at present is that the offense cannot be scored and the score is falling behind. Of course, Loew needs to strengthen the front line.
After a few more minutes of observation, Loew finally decided to make a substitution, and he replaced two people directly.
Both Draxler and Muller were replaced, replaced by Brandt and Reus.
Germany currently lacks players who can break through from the wing. Loew hopes that Brandt and Reus can help the team open up the situation.
However, the Italian team was indeed well prepared.
As soon as these two people came up, they were immediately targeted by De Sciglio and Spinazzola, and then they quickly fell into various physical confrontations.
"Now it seems that Germany really has quite a lot of problems." Evani said next to him.
Although Italy uses intensive defense tactics, a strong team like Germany will inevitably face the opponent's intensive defense. Normally, it is experienced.
For example, in the qualifying stage, almost every team had to defend when they met Germany, but didn't Germany average more than four goals per game?
Whether it can break through the opponent's iron barrel formation can explain the strength of this team from the side.
But today, Germany has not even had a relatively effective attack so far. Most of the time they just pass the ball back and forth without much threat.
On the one hand, this is because the Italian team's defense is really difficult to break under Pan Yi's construction. On the other hand, it is also because of the Germans' own problems. They are too persistent in keeping the ball at their feet, and the rhythm becomes extremely slow. It's easy to defend.
Germany sometimes wanted to change the speed and use personal breakthroughs to advance, but Italy was heavily defensive in the middle, preventing them from advancing at all.
As for grabbing points in front of the goal, with Werner's size, trying to grab points over Bonucci and Chiellini when Italy recycles its defense is really difficult!
At this time Vialli also said with a smile: "We were also very lucky today. We only had three or four good opportunities and we seized them. After falling behind by two goals, their mentality also changed. Otherwise, if they had been patient If we attack, I’m afraid we won’t be able to defend it so easily.”
Pan Yi nodded and agreed with the two assistants' remarks, but kept his eyes on the court: "Stay steady, hold still for a while, they won't be able to do it."
Sure enough, when Germany's continuous attacks failed to penetrate Italy's penalty area, their offense began to look more impatient.
Kroos has obviously increased his long-range shots, and his accuracy is indeed good, which also poses a threat to Italy's goal. However, Donnarumma performed very steadily and did not let the ball get into his own goal.
Seeing that almost half an hour had passed in the second half, but still unable to do anything against the opponent's tight defense, Loew finally used up the third substitution.
This time, he replaced midfielder Goretzka with center Gomez to let go and strengthen the offense!
At this time, the German team's formation also changed to an aggressive 4-2-4, with Reus, Brandt, Werner, and Gomez all firing!
It was only then that Pan Yi had time to change the first person.
He replaced Scamacca with Balotelli.
After making this substitution, the Italian players retreated further, leaving only Balotelli in front, while Insigne and Chiesa moved back to the full-back position.
Coupled with three midfielders, four defenders and a goalkeeper, the spectacle of ten people on the field participating in defense made Germany hate it, but they still had no way to deal with Italy, which was unable to retreat.
This is why Scamacca has to be replaced. Balotelli's speed is obviously more useful on the premise of leaving only one forward.
Once there is an opportunity to play a long pass and play a high ball, although Balotelli is not as advantageous as Scamacca in the high-altitude competition, he is still better than those who usually play wingers such as Shalawi and Raspadori. Much easier to use.
Now, Italy is really driving a bus in front of its door!
Seeing this, the German fans at the scene let out an overwhelming boo.
To this, Italian fans responded with disdain and sang:
"We're ahead, we're two goals ahead, blah blah blah..."
Yes, defense is written in the DNA of the Italians, and they have no dissatisfaction with their team playing defensive football.
This kind of support also allows the Italian internationals on the field to defend with more peace of mind.
The understanding and support of fans is actually very important.
In some teams, especially big club teams, if the team's style of play is too defensive, the fans will have objections and may even boo their players and coaches.
Under such pressure, some teams are sometimes forced to force an offense, even if the offense may not be suitable for the situation on the field at that time.
Although Pan Yi is not very affected by external factors, he still likes this kind of support.
In the next ten minutes, Pan Yi also made substitutions one after another, but they were all in opposite positions.
Shaaraoui and Raspadori came on, replacing Insigne and Chiesa.
This is mainly because after comprehensive defense, the two wingers actually play the position of full midfielders. They have a greater running distance on both wings and consume more physical energy.
By replacing them, new forces with better physical strength can be used to continue to support the defense on both sides.
In the 85th minute, Italy, which seemed to have been passively defensive, scored again!
First, an attack by the German team was disrupted, and Germany won a direct free kick nearly thirty meters away from the goal.
But Kroos's free kick was blocked by Donnarumma with one hand. De Sciglio took the ball from the wing and handed it to Verratti. Verratti dribbled the ball forward and passed it straight to the left side of the penalty area. Spey inserted it. Nazola made a pass. Raspadori received the ball from the back and shot less than 20 meters away from the goal, but Neuer blocked it!
However, the ball flew back to Raspadori's feet. The youngster immediately passed the ball again. Shalawi followed up in the middle and scored from close range!
"3:0! Italy has completely sealed the victory! There will be no more suspense in this game. Maybe what Germany has to do is to score a goal in the next game to save some face..."
Lineker teased the German national team, while Loew sighed in disappointment and sat back in his seat.
Twelve years ago, in the 2006 World Cup held in Germany, Loew was still the assistant coach of the German team. He watched his team be beaten 0:2 by Italy at home and failed to enter the finals.
Then in 2012, this time in the semi-finals of the European Cup, the German team was already coached by Loew, but Balotelli's god came down to earth again to help Italy defeat Germany 2:0, leaving Germany unable to do anything again. Attack the final.
And this time, the Germans were severely punished by the Italians!
What if the German team can score a goal? Losing is already inevitable...
Loew lost confidence, and so did the German players on the field.
What does it mean to be three goals behind against Pan Yi's team? Everyone knows this, especially players who have played against Pan Yi.
In the next few minutes, the two sides entered a melee. Germany's offensive efficiency became worse and worse. In the remaining time, their shots either missed or were blocked by defenders. In the end, the referee blew the whistle. When the whistle sounded to end the game, the score was fixed at 3:0!
Three goals to defeat Germany! Italy scored a brilliant victory in the first game of this World Cup group stage!
Loew didn't stand up until the end of the game and went to Pan Yi to shake hands.
He lost this game and had nothing to say. Italy played very well and had good luck, but his team was always unable to show its true strength...
Now Loew also understands, why can't the German team perform? It's because Pan Yi was constrained in every way tactically.
Compared with Pan Yi, I am still too young...
After exchanging pleasantries with Loew, Pan Yi began to smile and high-five the Italian players one by one to celebrate this good victory.
If this game is won, at least in the group stage, the Italian team will become more comfortable.
More importantly, the Italian players performed very well against a strong team like Germany, which also gave everyone strong confidence that under the leadership of Pan Yi, this Italian team might really be able to win in the competition. Make a difference in this World Cup!
Of course, the outside world was quite shocked by the result of this game.
After all, this was a dialogue between the strong and the weak, but the result was a score that seemed to clearly distinguish between strong and weak.
In contrast, none of the strong teams that played in the past few days actually took advantage.
For example, the French team only relied on an own goal at the last moment of the game to defeat Australia 2:1.
Another example is the Argentina team, which was also tied 1:1 against the Iceland team.
Five-star Brazil also had a 1:1 draw with the Swiss team and was yet to win.
But the Italian team, which stumbled in the qualifying stage, directly won a 3-0 victory against the previous champion Germany!
The Italian team's state is astonishing, and more people have seen Italy's overall improvement at the tactical level under the leadership of Pan Yi.
Of course, if you are a neutral fan watching this game on TV, you may not think this is a wonderful game - although there were three goals in the game.
Germany's offense was extremely messy. Except for Italy's aggressive attack at the beginning, it was basically defensive. Two counterattacks extended the lead to three to zero.
Most fans may first be interested in Italy's fierce attack in the opening goal, and then immediately become drowsy by the boring game.
Just when they thought they were going into halftime, Italy's counterattack goal cheered them up again, and then there was another long lethargic period.
Then Italy's third counterattack made them prepare to concentrate until the end, but unfortunately, there were no exciting shots to stimulate them...
However, in the eyes of professionals, including experienced football coaches, this game is a classic.
No one can say that Italy is stronger than Germany. In fact, overall, the real strength of Italian players is actually not as good as Germany.
However, Germany's head coach Loew was almost led by Pan Yi throughout the game. His solid defense coupled with fierce counterattacks resulted in a seemingly impossible 3:0 score.
Of course, for Italian fans, the enjoyment and professionalism are not important. What is important is that their team defeated the Germans with three goals and gained an advantage in the group!
In another match in the first round of the group stage, Long Guo and Mexico fought hard for 90 minutes without any results, and the two sides tied at 0:0!
In this game, Lippi obviously knew that there was a gap in strength between his team and Mexico, so he also learned from Pan Yi and set up a big bus formation to defend. As a result, the players of the Dragon Kingdom team were united and really defended. At the end!
This is not a good result for Mexico, but it is of epoch-making significance in the history of Dragon Country football.
Because this is the first point scored by the Dragon Country team in the World Cup!
"Score a goal, score a point, win a game."
Unexpectedly, this advanced goal of the year was achieved first by "scoring one point".
This draw also means that as long as the Italian team defeats Mexico in the second round, it will be able to qualify from this group one round ahead of schedule.
Although Mexico has never been easy to pinch, they have been guaranteed to at least qualify from the group stage in every competition since the 1986 local World Cup!
But now Pan Yi's team is full of morale. It can defeat Germany 3:0, but can't it win against a small Mexico?
After celebrating the big victory in the first game, the Italian media and fans basically reached an agreement, that is, to pursue the victory and use the second victory to gain the right to qualify for the group and prepare for the knockout stage in advance!
Even within Italy, the players think the same way.
They may not know why they won the game against Germany so easily, but the victory in this game completely boosted the morale of all the players. This is a fact.
However, in the face of such high voices in Italy, Pan Yi remains cautiously optimistic.
"Beat Mexico and qualify early? But don't forget, our record against Mexico in history is worse than against Germany..."
Of course, what Pan Yi refers to as "bad" does not mean that Italy often loses to Mexico, but at least it does not win.
As early as the 1994 World Cup group stage, Italy was placed in a group with Mexico. As a result, their group created an interesting story of a tie in world football.
They had a record of one win, one draw and one loss with each team against Norway and Ireland, and then all four teams had the same points. After calculating the goal difference and goal difference, the unlucky Norway team was eliminated, while the Italian team Fortunately, he advanced as third in the group.
In the direct dialogue with Mexico, Italy drew 1:1 with its opponent.
Then there is the more famous game in the 2002 World Cup. At that time, Italy also fought with Mexico 1:1, and Mexican forward Borgetti turned his head to look at the moon and broke the goal guarded by Buffon, which can also be regarded as World Cup history. A classic moment.
In short, Pan Yi believes that a team like Mexico may not even be able to win against the Dragons when they are not playing well, but once they go crazy, no team in the world can claim to have won them.
Or it can be said that in Pan Yi's mind, Mexico is actually more difficult to deal with than Germany, because at least they are a whole, while Germany fights independently.
A team like Mexico, which does not have top superstars, but does not lack capable players and is united as one, is the real hard nut to crack! ——
Soon, the first round of the World Cup group stage ended.
In addition to the game between Germany and Italy, there is also a strong dialogue in the first round, that is the Iberian Peninsula derby between Portugal and Spain.
In the end, with Ronaldo's hat trick, Portugal and Spain drew 3:3.
Of course, there are many famous scenes in this game, such as Ramos almost going to celebrate with Ronaldo after he scored, Nacho's flying fairy, etc., but the most famous one is the "Wandering Dragon" position.
In other games, "Poland was not surprised". Poland lost to Senegal 1:2, and Japan defeated Colombia 2:1. This is not an upset.
Including Belgium and England both winning, it is also reasonable.
Therefore, the Italian team led by Pan Yi was the most popular in the first round.
After a big victory over Germany, the Italian team, which was originally ranked ninth in terms of odds of winning, suddenly jumped to second place, second only to the Brazilian team, which is the favorite to win every tournament.
The previous champion Germany, which was originally ranked second, dropped to seventh place, which is equivalent to England.
Judging from the odds offered by bookmakers, those who have the hope of winning this World Cup are, of course, the traditional strong teams.
Brazil, Germany, Spain, France, Argentina, Belgium, England, Portugal, and Italy are the nine most promising teams.
Although teams such as Croatia, Uruguay, Colombia, and the host Russia have certain strengths, they can at most act as spoilers and have difficulty in winning the championship.
However, more people also believe that the World Cup has just begun and one game cannot prove too many things.
Just like the 2010 World Cup group stage, the Spanish team lost to the Swiss team at the beginning, but in the end, didn't they win consecutively and win the championship?
Therefore, even if the German team was defeated miserably in the first round, it is possible for them to make a counterattack after regrouping.
As for the Italian team, it remains to be seen. After all, in the history of the World Cup, there are many teams that won a big victory but ended up doing nothing.
In such a tournament-based world competition, stable performance is the biggest factor that determines results!
In Group F, the interval between the first and second rounds is five days, and these five days pass very quickly.
Soon, the second round of competition began!
I'm sick, the update is late today, sorry
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