Golden Greenery

The Pregolia River flows through Kaliningrad and empties into the Baltic Sea.

Slightly west of the city center, the Pregolia River suddenly splits, like a divorced couple going their separate ways. But after nine kilometers, perhaps remembering the mutual affection flowing all the way from the mountains, the rivers impatiently merged into one again, and they remarried.

Therefore, during this nine-kilometer break, four or five small islands were designated, the largest of which was called October Island, and the newly built Kaliningrad Stadium is located on October Island.

Next to October Island is the famous Kant Island, because Kant is buried in the church on the island. "There are two things that make me admire and awe, one is the vast and brilliant starry sky above our heads, and the other is the lofty moral law in our hearts." Immanuel Kant, the founder of classical rationalist philosophy, had Kaliningrad as his hometown.

Kant Island is one of the six holy places of love in Russia, so like other holy places, it is full of all kinds of locks.

Today there are more than 10,000 fans in the stadium, half of whom are German and half of whom are Chinese. There are not many local residents.

There are almost no Germans in the local residents of Kaliningrad, because after the Soviet Union gained power, they drove half of the Germans in Königsberg back to Germany, and the other half who could not be driven away were all sent to Siberia for logging and mining - this half later Not many people survived, and the city was filled with Russian-speaking Russians.

The German fans present today all came from Germany, after all, they are very close together, while the Chinese fans, composed of an expedition group and Chinese in Europe, also came here. This is also the reason why Kaliningrad is willing to host this warm-up match. These people just stay one night and have two meals, and they all make a lot of money.

Expect fans from Croatia and Nigeria to spend money in the group stage? It's really crazy.

Four years ago, in the World Cup quarter-finals, the Chinese team lost to Germany 3:5 with great fanfare. During the game, Germany was even forced to launch a defensive counterattack. Those ninety minutes were one of the most classic matches of the World Cup in Brazil.

But there is no grudge between the two sides, let alone people like Zhuo Yang, Lao Ye and Xiao Zhu. Germany winning in Brazil is the outcome that the Chinese team wants to see most. After all, being eliminated by the final champion is not a loss.

In the five games played four years ago, the Chinese team had three wins and two losses. Except for Germany, it also lost to the later runner-up Argentina in the group stage, and that was it.

Compared with four years ago, the overall strength of the Chinese team has naturally improved, and the roster has been completely determined. The purpose of today's game is to adapt to the World Cup atmosphere and adjust the team's status.

Zhuo Yougao, Zhe Lika, Dong Dan Jiang Ma, and Yan played with the main lineup of the Chinese team, which had neither revenge nor fear against Germany.

Germany's strength has definitely not increased compared to four years ago, because it was already number one in the world four years ago. Where can it increase? The team's several undecided candidates are mainly concentrated in the midfield and frontcourt, so the purpose of Germany's game is still to inspect.

Neuer, Boateng, Hu Mei, Lao Ye, Kimmich, Akuan, Helian, Can, Sane, Draxler, Peterson. Pigs always rest first.

The 30-year-old Niels Peterson can be considered a late bloomer. Six years ago, he served as the bottom fourth center at Bayern for Miroslav Klose, Jorge Olic, and Klose. He was able to go to Bayern because he won the Bundesliga top scorer in Cottbus in his first season.

After failing to perform well at Bayern, Petersen was thrown to Freiburg. After a few years of ups and downs, he scored 15 goals in the Bundesliga this season. Don't underestimate 15. This is already the second highest scorer after Lewandowski.

Peterson, like Sane, is under investigation today.

Peterson has a wide range of activities;

Although all forward skills are not top-notch, they are valuable in comprehensiveness. He is a bit like a poor version of Harry Kane, who works as an invisible center on the front end.

Sane's position is similar to the left midfielder. To be honest, it's not like he can't play. He has never eaten pork and has never seen a pig run. Moreover, Loew also threw James behind him, who has poor defensive ability, and he has taken care of it.

In Loew's formation, Sane and Rocket Draxler are the real attack points.

So, Zhuoyang said to Maro and Kadasi: Just drive him to the side and don't let him cut the ribs.

Sane is a wizard on the left wing. His offensive ability in the ribs is very good. Even if he does not go to the ribs, he still has two brushes for assists from the wing. But for assists, you have to have someone in the middle to eat the pie, but Peterson is a fake.

Peterson is good at all kinds of martial arts, but he needs Royce, a second child, or Sane who can cut into the ribs and make waves.

And if Sane is paired with a troll Gomez in the middle, I am afraid the effect will be much better.

So because Zhuoyang is extremely familiar with Sane, the Chinese team directly targeted Germany's offensive weakness, and Sane and Peterson were eliminated at the same time.

This is due to the three former "Milan South American Three Young Masters" of right back Maro, right midfielder Kadasi and right midfielder You Deshui. Their cooperation on the right side is both tacit and quite dominant. At least after the start, they can compete with Senne, Can and Kimmich on the left side of the German team.

The strength of Boateng, Akuan and Little Rocket on the right side is more skewed than that on the left side, but Zhuo Yang also often moves on this side. He just leads C Zhe and Masedong to do it.

In terms of overall strength, Germany definitely has the upper hand, there is no doubt about this. However, precisely because of several awkward personnel arrangements, Germany has nothing to do with the Chinese team.

"It feels like your strength has improved significantly." Taking advantage of the dead ball time, Grandpa and Zhuo Yang chatted for a while.

"You know, eight were naturalized."

"It's not a big deal." Grandpa said, "Who wouldn't be naturalized these days?"

A dozen or twenty years ago, Grandpa Mo might still be curious, but now there is no one in the world who has not become a naturalized person. Not to mention, in today's German team, Boateng, Hernandez, Gundogan, Sane, Rudiger, Can, and Peterson are also naturalized players in a sense.

Grandpa Mo's Dortmund has not been very energetic this season, especially after the winter window lost the United States Sheep who can compete with Lewandowski as the top scorer. Although the loaned Batshuayi can score a few goals, the team's forward line is basically full. Supported by Royce's small frame.

In the second half of the schedule, the Hornets' record declined, and they even went eight rounds without a win. By the end of the season, they were only ranked fifth and had to play in the Champions League play-offs.

Peter Botts, the Dutch coach who took office at the beginning of the season, resigned midway through the get out of class. Acting head coach Baum was not yet the same material. As soon as the season ended, Dortmund announced that Swiss Lucien Favre would become the team coach in the new season instead. Tuchel returns.

2. In the blink of an eye, Grandpa Mo has been with the Hornets for nine years, accompanying Uncle Zha and Tuchel through Dortmund's rebirth and rise.

Now that Bumblebee is on the verge of falling into underestimation and turmoil, Grandpa Mo sighed.

"Grandpa, if you really can't do it, just leave."