Xinhua News Agency Hohhot, June 13 New Media Special Telegram Title: Hello, Germany! Goodbye, Brazil!
Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Chunyan Beri Khan
Brazil are out again, this time in the centennial Copa America group stage.
The shadow of the world cup home defeat two years ago is still lingering, a year ago Chile's Copa America was still fresh in the memory, and now in the absence of the core Neymar, Brazil has once again "brushed the lower limit" in the centennial Copa America - for the first time since 1987, it has failed to break through from the group stage, and the once kingly temperament has obviously been "out of sight".
Earlier in Beijing time, in Lille, France, the World Cup champion Germany defeated Ukraine 2:0 at the beginning of the European Championship, starting the "German chariot" France journey with a victory.
From 2014 to 2016, the German team and the Brazilian team from the head-to-head confrontation 2 years ago to the current air encounter, the German team is still the German team, and the Brazilian team is still the Brazilian team.
Speaking of which, this time Brazil's encounter is a bit unjust, on the one hand, in the case that Barcelona only agreed to let Brazil's star Neymar participate in a tournament, Brazil left Neymar to the Rio Olympics; on the other hand, Brazil was defeated by a controversial suspected handball of the opponent in the final round of the group stage as long as they could qualify with Peru, thus missing the knockout round.
Is the Brazilian team wronged? injustice! But this is in any case the Brazilian team that we do not want to see and cannot imagine. In contrast to the World Cup champions Germany, who competed in the European Championships, Mustafi won the lead for Germany in the 19th minute. Germany then blocked Ukraine's strong counter-attack and took over the game in full in the second half. In the final stoppage time, the "piglet" who came on as a substitute Götze sealed the victory for the German team with a clean push and kick in a counterattack.
Although the European Championship debut of the "German Tank" also exposed some problems in the back line, its control of the race and the cooperation of the clouds still showed the level of a first-class strong team.
The performance of the two established powerhouses on different platforms is very different. In the past two years, the gorgeous, unrestrained style of play that "Five Star Brazil" once proud of is disappearing little by little, and the original samba football seems to be fading away. The German team is striding on the road to achieve the "continuous zhuang" of the competition: on the one hand, the performance of the Germans in the European Championship has always been "steady", on the other hand, the current German team has a complete framework for its world championship lineup, and the stars such as Thomas Müller, Ozil, Götze, Hummels, neuer and so on are in the year of playing, and it is absolutely possible to replicate the victory of the 2014 World Cup.
Brazil's decline is staggering, while Germany's rise is convincing. The triumphant progress of the "Germanic chariot" declares that in the ever-changing world of football, seeking innovation and change is the only constant thing. And the Brazilian team, which has lacked novelty since 2014, has also heard alarm bells in the ears, if it is self-contained, people may say "goodbye" to the football kingdom again and again in the future. (End)