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After Spain's victory over Costa Rica and Germany's surprise defeat to Japan in the first round, the group is now in the final.
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The dynamic originally started to fall into disarray, but after the second round of the tournament, Germany still had the
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Spain in the first round of the World Cup in the beginning of the waist Rodri put in the center back position, and let Asensio play in the forward position as a pseudo 9, Enrique this configuration is very successful, first of all Rodri in the center back of the matter, can let the last line of defense has a very high ball and ball control ability, and then the entire Spanish defense can go forward to control the situation, plus Busquets also forward to the front position to distribute the ball, and Asensio has a very good short pass ability in front of the field, this will create a Spain can surround the opponent outside the box as much as six people pass. Busquets also forward to the front waist position to distribute the ball, at the same time, Asensio in the front field has a very good short pass ability, this will create Spain in the siege of the opponent attack can be as high as six people outside the penalty area passing position, the opponent will be very difficult to break free to play counterattack!
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Germany has been controlled by Spain in the first half, the last game they were not fast enough because of the guards to turn around, resulting in Japan to increase the speed of the side of the hard attack and lost, this game Germany paid attention to the protection behind the guards, but Spain's overall siege when it is very difficult for Germany to counter-attack, even the Gnabry and Musiala was forced to retreat, the center of the Gündo?an in the middle of the road will often be Spain's players pincer attack and play out of shape, along with Müller is also like invisible, along with Spain's siege is too effective, it is difficult for Germany to play counterattack. Gündo?an in the center would often be caught in the middle by Spanish players and couldn't get out of shape, and Müller was also invisible, there was no orthodox center forward to serve as a pivot point, and Spain's siege was so effective that it was hard for Germany to counterattack, and they couldn't control the ball in front of the ball and wait for their teammates to go up. However, on the Spanish side, because FerranTorres could not find the feeling of shooting, his running and passing were fine, but he didn't seem to have any certainty of shooting, Spain missed the first half of the match, and the goal was not as good as it should be. Spain missed the chance to take the lead in the first half.
After the second half, Germany changed their tactics to a high press, with a total of 5 players up front to interfere with Spain's possession of the ball, which did have an effect, including Rodri, even Jordi Alba and Busquets were very difficult to comfortably get the ball out of the game, especially in the waist position had a feeling of being destroyed, as a result, Enrique immediately replaced Asensio at 54:00 with Morata, who was the only one in the game who was able to hold the ball. Spain's ability to hold the ball in front of the field was greatly strengthened after the appearance of the orthodox center forward. Although Spain's possession status was reduced due to Germany's high press, the threat in front of the field began to increase.
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In the 62nd minute, Spain controlled the ball again, Busquets saw a chance in the middle and passed to the left, where Olmo and JordiAlba had a chance. JordiAlba passed the ball to the center of the left penalty area, Morata saw the chance and rushed forward, and hit the ball into the top corner of the near post with the back of his right foot before Süle did, which was a very good goal. It's a beautiful goal.
In order to catch up with the score, Germany quickly replaced Sané, Füllkrug and Klostermann, all three are strong attacking players, then Musiala moved to the right, Sané also leaned as far as possible to the right, and attacked Jordi Alba, who was older and had a hard time defending, Germany removed Müller, Gündo?an and Kehrer, which meant taking the center out of the game. Germany took out Müller, Gündo?an and Kehrer, which meant taking the center out of the game and moving as quickly as possible to the flanks and then into the center for Füllkrug to shoot at.
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Spain has been trying to beat Germany's counterattack but failed, and Germany's substitutions were more effective than Spain's, the increasing pressure on both flanks made Spain's backs finally spread to both sides of the support, and in the 82nd minute Sané caught a chance to cross the ball forward when he was carrying the ball back to the middle of the field from the right side, and Musiala and Füllkrug rushed out to get the ball at the same time, and Musiala immediately flicked the ball to him as soon as he saw Füllkrug, and he shot the ball into the top corner from the right 8-yard box. As soon as Musiala saw Füllkrug, he flicked the ball to him and Füllkrug fired a powerful shot into the top corner of the Spanish goal from the right side of the eight-yard box.
Schlotterbeck, who came on for Germany, made a good pass to Sané from the left, but before that he had a serious delay of his own which caused Morata to almost score for Spain. For Germany, who are having problems in defense now, Schlotterbeck might not be able to hold on to his position as the starting left back so easily, and both teams showed the importance of an orthodox center forward to score in the game. In fact, both teams showed the importance of the orthodox center forward's scoring in this game.
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In the end, the two teams drew, and although Germany is at the bottom of the group, they have already passed the biggest hurdle, and they only need to win against Costa Rica in the final round, and then they will be able to get through to the final round.
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As Japan will have a hard time beating Spain, and they have already lost to Costa Rica, this group will probably end up looking like a mess, but in the end it will still be Spain and Germany.
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