Scotland? I believe that most German fans see this name and must respond with a "huh". Another classic fancy hanging, the German chariot sat on three points and easily retreated from the Glasgow stadium, laughing at Poland and Ireland continuing to chase behind them. If you look at it from the first ten minutes, it seems that this is indeed the case.
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Germany had an overwhelming advantage in possession, with shots also far ahead, Müller scored the best of the game with two shots and one pass, and Gundogan, the hero of the goal, but the two centre-backs and Neuer scored low points for conceding the ball. For Scotland, goal-scoring hero MacArthur scored the team's highest score.
Trusted sir
It's Mueller again! In Germany's European preliminaries, it was Thomas Müller who broke the deadlock for the team's opening record. In the match against Scotland, Müller scored 2 goals and assisted 1 time, almost single-handedly helping the team to a 3-2 victory away from home. Müller, who has become more and more outstanding at key moments, has been dubbed "Mr. Trustworthy" by the German media, and with today's two goals he has also risen to the second place in the European preliminary top scorers list, behind his Bayern teammate Lewandowski. In addition, Müller has scored 30 goals in 65 national team matches, which is amazingly efficient, and he has also risen to 15th place in Germany's all-time top scorer list.
Scoring 2 goals and assisting 1 in this game, Müller is undoubtedly the best player of the game, and the more critical the more outstanding the attacker has been called "Mr. Trustworthy" by the German media. With two goals in this game, Müller has scored eight goals in this European preliminary round, and he has already reached the second place in the European preliminary top scorer list, behind the Polish striker and Bayern teammate Lewandowski, who scored 10 goals. It is worth noting that Müller was extremely efficient in this game, scoring 2 goals in 3 shots on goal. You know, Müller has only completed 27 shots so far in the European Preliminaries, 15 of which hit the target and scored 8 goals.
With two goals in this game, Müller scored 30 goals (65 games) in Germany, and he also surpassed Andreas Müller, who scored 29 goals (85 games), to become the 15th in Germany's all-time top scorer list. You know, in the last two European preliminary rounds, Mueller has scored consecutive goals, and he has just risen to the 16th position in the last game, and now he is about to make progress. There are now 14 players in front of Mueller waiting for him to overtake, and in the next game, Mueller can almost break through the team's all-time top scorer list just by scoring a goal. The most goalscoring currently in the Active Germany international is Podolski, who has scored 48 goals in 126 national team matches. The German national team's goal record is maintained by Klose, who scored 71 goals in 137 appearances. Judging by Mueller's efficiency, he is expected to break this record.
Manchester United can't buy hundreds of millions
In fact, this summer, the news about Mueller's departure has been hyped up by the outside world. But Bayern's attitude is very clear, Müller is not a product. As the team's current third captain, Mueller may even take over the captain's armband as the team's flag in the future. Moreover, Bayern executives also believe that Müller can completely become a member of the management after playing for the team until he retires.
According to the news revealed by club president Rummenigge, Premier League powerhouse Manchester United offered another £60 million to introduce Müller after taking Schweinstegger, but Bayern decisively refused. Club president Rummenigge said, "Sell muller? No, no, no, that must be crazy. Thomas is a priceless treasure and a non-selling product of the club. In addition to Rummenigge's statement, head coach Guardiola and captain Ram have expressed similar positions on several occasions - Mueller is not for sale. Some Bayern fans believe that "no player can be as flexible as Mueller on the offensive line, this is simply a stupid question, Mueller will stay at Bayern forever, his contract only expired in 2017, and if the bid of other teams is less than 200 million, don't talk about it!" Bayern, who are not short of money, will obviously not consider the idea of selling Mueller for a large transfer fee at all, unless Mueller himself wants to go.
The Final Circle of the British 4 team will be difficult to reproduce
The expansion of the European Championship has given The United Kingdom hope that four teams will meet the final round of the European Championship for the first time in history, and England, Wales, which has beaten Belgium, and Northern Ireland, which has performed steadily, have also given great hope. But after successive defeats to Georgia and Germany, Scotland, which had been in third place with a strong start, dropped the chain overnight, and the team's qualifying situation was precarious, and whether it could participate in the European Championship depended on the game of Britain's sworn enemy Ireland. In history, the final round of the British Four-Team Meeting Competition has only been held once, in the 1958 World Cup. Judging from the current situation, 2016 is probably difficult to replicate the glory of the past.
The expansion of the European Championship has allowed the British media to begin to imagine the scene of the British Empire's four teams meeting in the European Cup. Judging from the results of the European preliminaries, it seems that there is also such a possibility. England soared to become the first team to advance to the final round of the European Championship through qualifiers, Wales under the leadership of Bale to beat the golden generation of Belgium to the top of the group, and Northern Ireland, which has been unable to qualify for the competition due to poor grouping conditions in the past few years, has accumulated 16 points with the top Romania in the case of one less round. Only Scotland, the team in the original situation of the qualifier situation in the cold and lost to Georgia to bury a good game, with a 4-point difference behind the United Kingdom's old rival Ireland, dragging its legs.
I have to say that the expansion of the European Championship has made it possible for the four teams in the United Kingdom to meet for the first time in the final circle of the European Cup, and the performance of the four teams in the opening stage is also very good, which makes the British media full of expectations. But over time, the Scottish strongmen with a single play and lack of change have gradually dropped the chain, and although the team has an excellent record at home (3 wins and 1 draw), all the team's victories have appeared at home, and the excessive dependence on home field advantage is also a hidden danger. Sure enough, Scotland lost 1-0 in last weekend's match against underdog Georgia, and the 0-shot performance in the whole game was even more disappointing. Now, the fate of the British four teams will be in the hands of their sworn enemy Ireland.
Columnist: Wei Xiaodao
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