Chapter 961: Goal: Champion!

The poet Heine once commented on our nation as such, "The German nation is not a triumphant nation. Once he has embarked on any path, he will persevere in taking this path to the end."
In the past ten years or so, German football has been in a state of decline. Even in the last two competitions, they have entered the finals, but all German fans who support this team will not Thinking that German football has revived, they will always say that this German team is on the road to rejuvenation.
Some people blame the cause of the decline of German football on technology. They think that the technology of German players is obviously not keeping up with the times and lags behind other European teams. Behind.
But in my understanding, even in the heyday of German football, we are still inferior to our opponents in terms of technology and tactics, but why can we beat our opponents again and again to get the championship and glory? ?
I think Yang Cheng is right. Football is never just a contest on the technical and tactical level. Players are humans, not robots without feelings, emotions, and fluctuations. They are living people. They have their own ideas and With their own feelings and their own ideas, they are independent individuals.
How to unite these independent individuals into a force?
Rely on technology? Rely on tactics?
Far from enough!
History tells us that the most powerful combat weapon in German football is never technology or tactics, but on the basis of technology and tactics, relying on an unremitting pursuit of victory, the battle will be decided at the last minute of the game The spiritual power that does not give up is this power that condenses all our players into a fighting power, a whole, a strong whole!
I have interviewed many people over the years, and I have asked Summer. I asked Matteus, Netzer, and I had the opportunity to ask Fritz Walter, when they mentioned German football to me. Everyone has said a very similar thing one after another, that is, the strength of the German players, there is no more!
I can feel the deep disappointment in their hearts from their eyes, from their expressions, and even from their sighs. This disappointment is not because today's football world does not need this Power. It is because when we need this power most, we choose to give it up!
I asked Klinsmann, is the team's traditional spirit important, or is it important in technical and tactical? The answer he gave me was traditional spirit!
I also asked Loew, is the team's traditional spirit important, or is it important for technical and tactical? The answer he gave me was technical and tactical!
I also asked Yang Cheng with the same question. Is the traditional spirit of the team important, or the technical and tactical important?
The answer he gave me is that both are equally important!
I am strange. Why is Yang Cheng's answer so unexpected?
Thought for a long time, I went to read his book, I think he believes a little. People are animals controlled by emotions, thoughts, and emotions, so he believes that the most basic thing for the birth of any strong team is the soul of this team. No team without a soul can become a one. A strong team.
So, what is the soul?
Is the spirit! It is a team spirit recognized by all players in the team!
This kind of teamwork does not necessarily have to be when the player joins the team. It can be influenced by ears, or it can be passed on by word and example. But he must make all players recognize and accept, and want to do his best to maintain.
So after taking office, Yang Cheng said that he should do his best to cultivate the team spirit of the team on the basis of ensuring the team's technical and tactical skills, so that all players can regain the traditional spirit of German football. Let German football re-learn to use their most important and powerful weapons to challenge and defeat their opponents.
After the German team lost to Spain, Netzer called him and he happily asked me over the phone, hey Gran, you saw the first game of the European Cup group stage. No? Did you read it?
I was at the Lviv Stadium at that time, and I was standing among the people who stood up high, I was silently in the crowd, looking at the players on the court who were desperate, I stopped applauding because of the phone call, I believe Netze Er was also on the scene at that time, because we all heard the same applause from each other's mobile phones.
When Barak came out of the bench, the first time I applauded, my heart was completely understood.
I understand why Yang Cheng should stand out from the crowd and just leave Barak; I also understand why Yang Cheng had to lead a team to visit Auschwitz concentration camp in such a turbulent situation; I also finally Understand why Yang Cheng would say that traditional spirit is as important as technical tactics.
Because from this game, I believe that all fans should understand that technology is never the best, and tactics are always competing against each other, but only the spirit in the bones is the key source of maintaining a strong team's combat effectiveness.
At the moment when the applause of Barak sounded, I saw the revival of the German spirit. For the first time, I truly felt that we had the opportunity and we had the hope that this European Cup will belong to our Germans!
Because, we finally found our spirit!
So, in Netzel ’s shouting, which was obviously out of control, saying that this was the most combative game he had seen in recent years, I nodded without hesitation, and I told him, I also hoped Through this column, tell all German fans not to give up your faith and support for the team because of this defeat.
This will be the starting point for us to conquer Europe and conquer world football!
And we, will witness this great historical moment!
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This is a column commentary from the picture newspaper after playing the Spanish game. The writer was Gran? Nack, but at this moment it was curled up in a circle, and was grasped tightly by a slender arm, and At this moment, the master of the arm was holding the arm of the newspaper high in the crowd, and hissed.
"Germany! Germany !!! Germany !!!"
"Caesar! Caesar !!! Caesar !!!"
The 9-year-old little fan shouted little, he was carried on his shoulders by his father, his expression looked very excited, his voice was a little hoarse, but he still followed all the scene People shouted.
This scene took place at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, where more than 500,000 German fans gathered. There are big and small, old and young, but they only come here for one purpose, that is to cheer for the team they support and love.
From the beginning of the game. They were shouting. Until now, the shouting has not stopped on this road. They applauded, cheered, cheered for the team in an orderly manner, and even many fans waved their flags in their hands. It's as if I'm watching the ball at the Lviv Stadium now.
I heard that the referee on the big screen finally put the whistle in his mouth and looked at the watch in his hand. This scene made hundreds of thousands of fans on the scene jump up and shouted more loudly one by one. Became more excited and more fanatical.
When that crazy whistle sounded clearly, it was quickly covered up by the crazy roar of the scene. No one can remain calm during such intense emotions, and no one can remain sensible during such extreme excitement.
Lost to Spain, they once thought it was over. They once thought that even Yang Cheng could not save this team, so they were all disappointed, but they still came here to cheer for the team, they chose to believe in the appeal and expectation of Gran? To my surprise, Yang Cheng did not disappoint them.
2-0 victory over Portugal, the situation of the German team's qualifying team became clear again, and all fans also rekindled the fire of hope, but they were still a bit worried. Because they played against France in the last game, they worried that the team would collapse again, just as they lost to Spain in the past.
But Yang Cheng is Yang Cheng. He has completely defeated the French team from the technical and tactical level and from the mental outlook of leading the team. From the beginning, he completely transformed the French team into a piece of fat on his chopping board, allowing him to slaughter.
4: 0, a score, also created the biggest gap so far in this European Cup.
This made the German fans in front of the Brandenburg Gate one by one ecstatic, everyone shouted in the mouth, long live! Long live! ! Long live! ! !
They never imagined that they thought it would be a hard game, but in the end it became such a complete victory, a big victory, an almost iconic one-sided victory!
This victory not only allowed the German team to obtain the group qualifying rights, but also allowed all German fans to rekindle their tireless pursuit of victory and championship, because they have been away from the championship for more than ten years, they have waited for a championship , Almost crazy.
With the whistle of the head referee, everything was finally settled.
But I believe that at the Brandenburg Gate, at the Lviv Stadium, there are still countless fans all over the world who still ca n’t believe it, because the team they support has defeated France, and it is almost impossible The big score of victory wins.
Both Klose and Thomas Mueller staged the score twice, they became the heroes of the team's victory, and also became the heroes of all fans, their performance is worthy of the praise given by the fans , They are good ... At the post-match press conference at Lviv Stadium, Yang Cheng faced the reporter's proposal. After winning a big game and getting the group qualifying right, the future goal of the German team At what point, he seemed inexplicably confident.
"I was very clear from the beginning, we must be able to get the qualifying right from the group, and we have only one goal, that is the championship! So no matter how much difficulty and failure setbacks encountered in the group, my players and I never We have changed our goals and plans. "
"Now qualifying from the group strengthens our confidence and hope for the championship. We will play one game after another. We will beat one opponent after another. In the end, we will stand at the top of European football. , I am very confident about this, and I believe my players are too! "
This is Yang Cheng's first time, so naked shouting to compete for the championship in the European Cup, because in this situation, the German team should definitely shout to fight for the championship, to continue to maintain this good momentum of the team.
If the team's momentum is so good, the players are getting better and better, and more and more desperately, you are blindly conservative and blindly tolerant. In the end, it will only reduce the morale of the team and the enthusiasm of the players. In this case, it is better to set the goal a little more far.
This also justified a sentence. When setting goals, don't enlarge your ambitions, when will you enlarge them?
"Mr. Yang Cheng, the performance of the German team in this game is very good, and it has laid the lead from the beginning. What do you think is the reason for this almost one-sided situation. What is it?" A reporter asked with his hand raised Road.
Yang Cheng smiled slightly, won the ball, and his mood was better.
"I think it's an exaggeration to say that at least the French team had a lot of recovery in the second half and caused us a lot of trouble. I think this game can be taken down. One of the important reasons is that our players have With a stronger desire to win, we have more energy in the game. We show more fighting spirit. "
When Yang Cheng said this, he was obviously starving at Blanco, and nodded, at least from the game. Everyone in the German team struggles, but the French team is not doing enough at this point, it can even be said to be very poor.
The only one who is desperate is Ribery, but in the end, Scarface alone failed to drive the entire team.
"Mr. Yang Cheng, from the beginning, many people regarded the German team as a hot team to win the championship, so you now say that if you want to fight for the championship again, there should be no objections, but if you are faced with Spain again in the final, Do you have confidence to break this nightmare? You know. In the three major competitions, the German team met Spain three times, and they lost all three times, and all lost 1: 0. Many people say that this is a curse. You What do you think? "
Yang Cheng nodded, "Spain is indeed the most powerful national team in football today. We have indeed lost to each other in the past three games, but I never thought it was a curse, but because of our skills. It ’s not as good as ours. We did not do well enough in many aspects, which led us to lose.

"If I encounter Spain again, I have the confidence to challenge this team. I firmly believe that if we can meet Spain again, the team that takes away the European Cup will definitely be our German team!"
Yang Chengxin ’s heartfelt remarks also became the front page headlines of the larger media in Europe and the world the next day, even covering up the past in Spain ’s 1-0 victory over Portugal. Because of Yang Cheng ’s To some people, the remarks are indeed a bit excessive.
Of course, it is not impossible.
According to the schedule, Spain won the group first with three consecutive victories, he was divided into the second half, but the German team was divided into the first half with the group second, if the two teams want to encounter again, then only It could be in the final.
After the German team came out of the group, the first opponent of the top 8 knockout match encountered was the first group A group, which is the Czech team. This team is not as good as the German team in overall strength, but it is not completely lacking combat power, so It should not be underestimated.
And with the fierce battle of the European Cup, the competition of each group has gradually become clear.
Another group of matchups in the first half should be Italy and England. The two teams' matchups, the winners will encounter the winners of the German and Czech teams and play in the semifinals.
Therefore, for the German team, playing the Czech Republic in the top 8 knockout is a relief to the nervousness of the team. At least they do n’t have to be like Italy and England. After they have made it out of the group, they still have to fight hard. The field is knocking.
However, the team they belong to is obviously not as good as the death team of the German team, so the schedule is fairly fair to both parties. The only pity is the Portuguese and French teams. If they were originally divided into other groups, they might be able to take To the right to qualify, but now has been assigned to the death group.
Is also precisely because of the death of the group, so that the European Cup entered the group stage from the , especially the group B these few strong dialogues, that makes fans all over the world hooked, especially the German team.
With the group stage victory over the French team, everyone is optimistic about the German team, thinking that this team is more and more champions, more and more powerful, especially in defense, more and more stable.
With the excellent performance of the second game of the group, Humels played the French team in the third game and continued to start. The performance was still outstanding, so that Benzema even had only one chance to start the game, but did not play the right angle. .
Ram, Kyle, Hummels and Jerome Boateng, this back line of the German team can be said to be more and more solid, plus Bad Steubel came off the bench to perform well, Merte Sack's strength does not need to be doubted. Schweinsteiger, Sven? Bend and Hedira are in front, so the German team's defense line can be regarded as stronger and stronger.
This is also the most praised place for everyone to Yang Cheng. He believes that he can organize such a solid defense line with few hands in his hand. It can be described as commendable and shows the level of top-level handsome coaches. No one dares to say that Yang Cheng is not good at training defense.
What is even more rare is that the German team's offense has not fallen at all under the condition of solid defense. The open defensive counterattack tactics are becoming more and more skilled and changing in the hands of Yang Cheng. The game against Portugal can only be said Yes, but when it comes to playing the French team, it almost makes the French team a sieve.
This also made everyone more and more optimistic about the German team, the odds of the gaming company is also rising, after the group qualifying, overwhelmed Italy and England, and returned to the second place, second only to Spain.
And in another guess, everyone is also very optimistic about the German team reaching the finals and encountering Spain again.
But Beckenbauer also issued a reminder, asking the German team to be careful of Italy, because since 1995, the German team has never beaten Italy, this team can be described as the German team ’s bitter master, had to defend!
In an interview, Yang Cheng kept calling on the team to be cautious. The game needs to be played one by one, and every game must be arrogant and restless, and do its utmost! (To be continued)