As the European Group A tournament comes to a close, Germany hosts Switzerland in a crucial battle for the top spot. Although Germany has already won twice in this year's tournament, the team has not completely relaxed in order to keep the top position. The coach has carefully set up a formation with the intention of defeating Switzerland through the Gaussian tactics, in order to strive for a win. It seems that Germany will go all out to win this match. (Stay tuned to Now 618, Monday at 3:00am, the excitement is not to be missed!)
Germany have made a strong start to this year's European tournament, having won two consecutive matches to become the first team to secure a place in the qualifying rounds, clearing the gloom of previous World Cup qualifiers. However, Germany will need to be wary of potential challenges in the knockout rounds. If they manage to lock up first place, their Round of 16 opponents will be the second in Group C, possibly Slovenia, Denmark or Serbia, which will be relatively easy to deal with. If they are unlucky enough to finish second, they will face the second in Group B, which will be a tough matchup.
Although Germany is regarded as the favorite to win the championship, the team's traditional strengths seem to have been shaken after a series of defeats. As the hosts, the German team is eager to show some fierce battles at home to rebuild the strong team style and make the fans happy. This emotional factor cannot be ignored. Looking back to the 2006 World Cup, Germany, with the advantage of the host, all the way to the third place. At that time, the German coach decisively renewed the contract of Gossevin, although not excluding personnel rotation, but the rotation strategy of five consecutive games seems to be too radical.
Switzerland won and drew their first two rounds of matches and still had a chance to advance with four points if they were unlucky enough to lose. However, judging from the 1-1 draw with Scotland, Switzerland's performance was slightly disappointing. Faced with Scotland's tightening grip, the Swiss looked a bit flustered. Despite the victory over Hungary in the first round, the Swiss have gradually lost their momentum in the past three matches, and the prospect of facing the hosts like Germany, who are like a tiger, does not look promising for the Swiss.
There are several details that fans need to pay attention to in the Jockey Club Halftime Quickfire game. Such as the number of corners in the first half (Germany vs. Scotland), the number of yellow cards (Hungary vs. Switzerland), the number of player movements (Poland vs. the Netherlands), the number of goals scored at halftime (Romania vs. Ukraine), the number of players' jersey numbers (Belgium vs. Slovakia), the oops goal (Germany vs. Hungary), the time of the goal (Turkey vs. Georgia), the referee's identity (Slovakia vs. Ukraine), the number of penalty kicks (Georgia vs. Czech Republic), time of extra time (Turkey vs. Portugal), etc. With these details, fans can get a more accurate picture of tonight's match between Germany and Switzerland.
Fans will also need to keep an eye on details such as offside situations, the number of VAR interventions, the number of red cards and the total number of goals scored in the first half to get a full picture of how the game is progressing.
