Chapter 2242: The Premier League has had VAR for a long time, but shouldn’t it be criticized as it s
"Germany deployed a 433 formation today, with all the main players on the field!"
"The goalkeeper is Neuer."
"Left back Plattenhardt, double centre backs Hummels and Boateng, right back Kimmich."
"The three midfielders are Khedira, Toni Kroos and Wang Chu."
"Left winger Draxler, forward Ye Chen, right winger Thomas Muller!"
If this lineup was put in four years ago, everyone would think it was awesome.
But now looking at it...it's just so-so.
Muller is four years older, but he is past his prime and has been in mediocre form recently.
Draxler currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain and is a substitute for Martial. He doesn't have many opportunities to play!
Wang Chu and Kroos in the middle are top-notch, but why was Khedira allowed to leave Real Madrid for free and join Juventus?
After all, the strength is not enough!
As for left-back Plattenhart, I believe many people have never heard of his name...
In July 2014, Hertha Berlin bought him from Nuremberg for 7.
The current transfer price is 1500 million euros.
There is no doubt that he will be the biggest weakness of Germany's defense.
In fact, it’s not that Löw wants to take risks, but there is really no one available.
The left back is broken...
In the past, Ram could go to the left or the right.
Now Lahm is cheering for Germany in the stands.
Time is always an athlete’s biggest enemy!
"The Mexican side is in a 4231 formation!"
"Goalkeeper Ochoa."
"Jesus at left back, Moreno and Ayala as double center backs, and Carlos Salcedo as right back!"
"Guardado and Héctor Herrera are the double midfielders."
"Left winger Rossano, attacking midfielder Bella, right winger Layun."
"Forward Chicharito Hernandez!"
Fans who watch football regularly should be quite familiar with Mexican players.
After all, these are players who have been playing in the top five leagues for many years.
Bella first played for Arsenal and joined Real Sociedad in 12. He is very talented.
Layun previously played at Watford but now goes to Porto.
Of course, for this game, Löw has only one goal: to win it steadily.
It has been 36 years since the last time the German team lost in the first round.
Moreover, since Brazil successfully defended the World Cup title in 1962, no team has been able to defend the title in the past 56 years.
So the German team has a great goal this year - to defend the title.
If we stumble in the group stage, there's no point in playing in the knockout stage!
"Beep!"
The game officially started with the whistle of Iranian referee Fagani.
But many Chinese fans have already started to criticize.
"This Faghani is really haunting us. We can see him everywhere!"
"Damn it, every time he referees the Chinese national football team's games, he criticizes them ridiculously. I hope Germany won't be criticized!"
"It shouldn't be black with VAR, right?"
"The Premier League has had VAR for a long time, so shouldn't they still be criticized?"
"..."
Fans have already started chatting.
And the competition has officially begun!
Because it was the first World Cup match for both teams, everyone was very cautious at the beginning and did not play too aggressively.
Ye Chen on the field also actively retreated to the middle to connect the players.
Germany obviously doesn't want to speed up the pace too much at the beginning.
4 minutes 14 seconds.
Mexico's left throw-in.
Left-back Jesus did not kick the ball directly, but instead indicated that he was going to throw the ball with force.
At this time, Mexico's central defenders also ran up.
But when everyone arrived, Jesus passed the ball to the left winger Rossano.
After getting the ball, Rossano pretended to go to the bottom line, but it was a return pass, returning the ball to Jesus who was running back to the court.
Jesus took the ball and cut inside!
Muller rushed forward to interfere, but was easily passed by the opponent!
At this time, the German team was full of people.
But Jesus didn't even kick the ball, instead he passed it to Layun who was in the open space on the right.
Everyone was busy defending in the penalty area, and no one was watching Layun near the penalty area line.
As for Germany's left back Plattenhardt, he was at the near post...
"Oh!"
The moment he received the ball, Layun shot decisively!
The football flew along the grass to the far corner of the penalty area!
The German players in the penalty area stretched out their legs to intercept, but they blocked in vain...
"Shh!"
Neuer in the penalty area was obviously a beat slower.
He fell to the ground quickly but didn't touch the football...
"Goooooooooooal!!!"
The foreign commentator at the scene has already started yelling.
He Wei was stunned for a moment, "This ball actually went in!"
"The goal was scored by right winger Layun!"
"With the German team heavily guarding the penalty area, Layun on the right was completely left alone, with no one to interfere!"
"There are huge problems with the German team's defensive arrangement!"
The German fans at the scene didn't react either.
In their hearts, Germany is the defending champion!
Although there is a curse or something like that, as a world champion, what strong team have you not played against and won against?
But why did we lose the ball now?
"Mexico gets off to a dream start!"
"Germany's defense is useless!"
"Oh, yes... there is no one protecting the top of the arc... there is something wrong with Löw's defensive arrangement!" Zhang Lu kept shaking his head.
Ye Chen in the front court saw this scene and shook his head helplessly.
No way, no way...
How come this ball was lost so easily?
But as the captain, he can't just throw his hands up like B Fee at this time, right?
So he had to comfort the players...
Layun, who scored the goal, slid on his knees in a handsome manner, and the Mexican fans at the scene celebrated wildly.
For Mexican fans, losing doesn't matter, a draw is a big win, and as for winning - that is an option they have never thought of.
Even the most fanatical Mexican fans don’t dare to say that they can beat Germany!
The game continues.
Mexico, which took the lead, retreated slightly.
The German team, like a wounded beast, began to seek breakthroughs on the flanks.
Germany is not good at breaking through on the right, so they go directly to the left.
But when left winger Draxler wanted to break through Salcedo, he accidentally touched the ball out of bounds.
This immediately caused countless Mexican fans at the scene to laugh.
However, Löw on the sidelines frowned. Something was wrong with this situation!
Ye Chen also felt that the situation was a bit bad...
It seems that the German players are not in good shape today.
Could it be that the last game was too far away, so he wasn’t in good shape?
Ye Chen frowned. He felt that he had to work harder to tie the score first and stabilize the morale of the troops!
10 minutes 49 seconds.
Salcedo and Herrera pressed together and snatched the ball from Djokovic again.
Then I would go find Bella in the middle.
But the ball was predicted by Kroos in the middle and intercepted.
After the steal, Kroos almost instinctively passed the ball directly to Ye Chen!
Ye Chen got the ball, with Moreno and Araya in front of him!
But Ye Chen turned around and swung his right foot to shoot...
"Oh!"
Shot with the outside of the right foot!
The football turned into a scimitar.
First he rushed between the two defenders...
Ochoa in front of the goal also dived sideways instantly!
Because he was shocked to find that the ball could actually turn a corner!
