Chapter 32 Switzerland?Austria European Cup Opening
Ascona, a small lakeside town in Switzerland, has a historic castle listed as a world cultural heritage site. The German team will soon be staying in Gia at the European Championships.
Although the dino hotel is not an old castle, it is also fascinating. As its name suggests, it is like a dream garden, with the entire main building covered with plants grown beside the walls, especially in spring and summer, the magnolia and camellia in the garden blooming together.
The hotel is designed by the famous interior decoration master Lampach, and all rooms are full of rich Mediterranean style. As a pioneer in interior decoration, Lampach is creative but not strange. He uses red and green colors at the same time in the same room, but creates a wonderful color experience. The hotel has 54 standard rooms and 16 suites. Near the hotel, 5 apartments have been set up. The bathrooms of all rooms here are paved with marble, allowing people to enjoy noble and comfortable.
Like other five-star hotels, you can also enjoy leisure and relaxation such as spa and golf. It is worth mentioning that the hotel also provides a Roman bath, which is also the most popular item for guests.
The guys from the German national team all had smiles on their faces when they first entered here, and they were obviously very satisfied with this.
Come to gia
After the dino hotel, the German national team first had a group dinner, and then started to rest and recuperate.
As the German national team arrived at the hotel they collapsed, other European Cup teams arrived at the hotel they issued, and for a moment, they looked like a storm.
At this moment, major European media were warming up for the upcoming European Cup in Switzerland and Austria and reporting on news about the European Cup.
At this time, the German national team's "Boy" immediately made such a report: the tricks of group b are highlighted, and the German national team has the most championship appearance.
In their report, it is written:
Sometimes, I really wonder if there is a pair of mysterious hands behind the lottery ceremony, which is controlling everything. If you carefully study the teams in Group B, this doubt will undoubtedly deepen and strengthen - the four teams with their own characteristics and deep historical origins will eventually be drawn into Group B.
The most champion team - the German national team.
The German national team showed very strong strength in the qualifiers. They were the first team to advance to the final stage of this European Cup through the qualifiers. Moreover, the head coaches and players of the German national team are both strong. From all aspects, the German national team is indeed the strongest team and the most champion team.
The most dark horse-like team - Poland.
There was a famous "Danish fairy tale" in the 1992 European Championship. Four years ago, Greece won the championship in an uproar and wrote the "Greek Myth". Is there another dark horse emerging in this European Championship?
Like the Greek team four years ago, this Polish team also has an excellent head coach - Dutch Leo Benhack. He started his coaching career in 1967, coaching national teams such as Spain, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and many Premier League giants. After the 2006 World Cup, Benhack slowly brought Poland out of the trough. In the European Championship qualifiers, the performance of the Polish team was impressive and he first showed a dark horse.
Benhack himself is quite confident about the prospect of the team's first European Championship journey. He once said in an interview: "We don't have stars, but we are a strong team. We are strong in will and well-organized. We are playing football as a real team. That's our strength. So, please believe us, we will surprise our opponents."
The weakest host team - Austria.
This is the first time that the Austrian team has entered the finals of the European Championship. With Austria's current strength, under normal circumstances, if they did not rely on the host's advantage, they would still miss the finals of the European Championship.
No. 101, such FIFA rankings do not seem to be the ranking of a European team at all, but this is indeed Austria's latest ranking on the FIFA rankings. Therefore, Austria is also considered the weakest host team in the history of the European Championship. It is precisely because of the gap in strength that Austria is likely to drag the hosts of the European Championships. Looking at previous European Cup events, except for the Belgian team in 2000, the top four are the bottom line of the hosts' results.
As for the other team, Croatia, it seems a bit modest, but it is really not difficult to see the tricks of drawing lots from here.
German media reported crazy that the German national team was the most champion team, and the media of other teams would certainly not admit it. At this time, France's "Team News" compiled a report that dissatisfied the German national team.
The French "Team" reported this: the record of twelve runner-up is unattainable, and the German country is the team with the most runner-up appearance.
In their report, it was said: Although Barack's skills are not as good as Zidane and Ronaldo, and Barack's achievements are not as high as Beckenbauer and Mattus. But there is at least one record that the German captain is the best. The achievements of winning the runner-up in a total of 12 times may not only overshadow the superstars of other teams, but there is probably no such precedent in history. Barack is worthy of the title of "King of Runner-up". His career has not yet ended, and it seems that only Barack himself can break this record. However, Barack, who is currently preparing for the European Cup with Germany, swore to win the championship in an interview a few days ago. Before that, let's review Barack's 12 runner-ups.
1999-2000 season, Leverkusen, Bundesliga runner-up. 2001-2002 season, Leverkusen, Bundesliga runner-up. 2001-2002 season, Leverkusen, German Cup runner-up. 2001-2002 season, Leverkusen, Champions League runner-up. 2002, World Cup runner-up. 2003-2004 season, Bayern, Bundesliga runner-up. 2006, Chelsea, Community Shield runner-up. 2006-2007 season, Chelsea, Premier League runner-up. 2007-2008 season, Chelsea, League runner-up. 2007-2008 season, Chelsea, Premier League runner-up. 2007-2008 season, Chelsea, Champions League runner-up.
I have to say that the record of Barak’s twelve kings is unprecedented, and it is very likely that he is still a future generation. He is such a tragic guy.
This newspaper from France's "February" has made the German national team feel bad. Of course, the captain and leader of the German national team, Mr. Barack, was shot purely while lying down.
At this time, news came out of England's Sun: Lehmann officially joined the former Bundesliga champion, the Gunners, and returned to compete in the Toto Cup.
They wrote in the report: Stuttgart Club has finally officially announced that after the expiration of its contract with Premier League powerhouse Arsenal, Germany's No. 1 goalkeeper Lehman returns to the Bundesliga to play for Stuttgart Club.
Lehman, 38, has played 329 games in the Bundesliga. He has played for Schalke 04 from 1988 to 1998. He transferred to AC Milan in 1998 to 1999, returned to Dortmund the following year, and transferred to Arsenal again in 2003. However, with the rise of Amunia this season, Lehman has lost his club.
The main position of the club has been publicly complained to the media many times.
Gunners coach Wenger finally lost his patience and gave up the contract renewal negotiations with the best German goalkeeper after Kahn. In fact, Lehmann himself no longer wants to continue playing for Arsenal. It was previously rumored that he would return to the Bundesliga and had a series of scandals with Wolfsburg and Dortmund, but Lehmann chose to join Stuttgart.
It is reported that he will sign a one-year working contract with Stuttgart Club and will definitely assume the team's main goalkeeper position next season.
Although the Sun claims that Lehman will definitely become Stuttgart's main goalkeeper next season, this is not reliable. Because Lehman has been questioned in Germany recently, and his continuous conceding of goals in the game also shows that Lehman's condition has declined very well.
Fortunately, Loew and the German national team still trust him very much and give him a chance. Whether Lehman can become Stuttgart's main goalkeeper next season depends on whether Lehman can prove himself on the stage of the European Cup.
At this time, the German national team was still questioned very much, especially the German national team's Gong Zheng and head coach Löw.
German Football Association Chairman Beckenbauer stood up at this time to relieve pressure on the team and the head coach. He said in an interview with reporters: "In my opinion, the German team's training camp in Mallorca is very effective. Now we are making the final preparations for the competition. Because the players have just finished the league, you can't expect them to be too good. But we hope to restore them to their best competitive state through various training. Barack performed outstandingly against Serbia, Flins also recovered from injury, Klose was active and eye-catching in the training camp, and we are trying to wake up from the loss of Schneider. Gong Zheng is very young, but he has the strength to score goals, and he has the strength to stay in the German national team. Metzeld did not perform well on the field, but I also heard that he is getting better and better day by day. When facing Lan, we will definitely be strong and terrifying."
And when asked about Loeff’s question, Beckenbauer said: “Loeff deserves our praise and support. He knows how we can improve while effectively controlling the team.”
On the second day after arriving in Switzerland, the German national team started training, conducting all recovery training, and occasionally arranged teams to compete in group competition. Lou hoped that his team could find their state as soon as possible. Cups and leagues were different. Cups and cups required better teams. The team must enter the state from the beginning, because each game was related to the life and death of the team, while the league was different.
During these days of training, Gong Zheng performed very well and was very eye-catching. He was still in shape and often scored goals in group confrontations. By this time, Gomez's injury had healed and he performed very well in recovery training. Metzeld gradually found the feeling of the game, and Lehmann was also adapting to the new European Cup use. For the German national team, everything is developing towards a good place.
In this situation, Switzerland, Austria, Europe 2008 opened the opening match of Switzerland, Austria officially started on June 7, and the two sides against the hosts Switzerland and the Czech team. In Group A, in addition to these two teams, there are Portugal and Turkey. It is obvious that in this group, Portugal is the strongest, and the other three teams are very close, so they should have the chance to qualify. These three teams should compete for a qualifying place.
As one of the hosts, Switzerland has their advantages, and they also hope to catch the home advantage and advance to the next round of the game and enter the quarterfinals, so this first game is very important to them, and they hope to win the opponent.
However, after the start of the game, the Swiss national team did not have any advantage, but was suppressed by the Czech team, and in the 50th minute of the game, the Czech national team scored a goal. In the end, the Swiss national team lost to the Czech national team with a score of zero to one in the opening game of the 2008 Swiss-Austrian European Cup.
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