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For English people, I'm afraid there is an impulse to cut short in the face of Germany, because the Germans have made England gnash their teeth several times in intercontinental competitions such as the World Cup and the European Cup.
The last World Cup match between the two teams was 1990. In the semi-final, Old Robson led England into a collision with beckenbauer's West Germany, and the two sides ended in a civil war of 1 ratio 1 in 20 minutes. Finally, the Germans won the penalty shootout and won the championship of that competition. The most regrettable defeat of the English people was 1996 European Cup semi-final. The host country, England, has a strong momentum, but it happened that it met a different deadly enemy. Shearer's goal once put Britain in the lead, but the tenacious German equalized the score by Kuntz. In the end, the story is exactly the same: at the doorstep of England, the Germans once again became the winners with a penalty shootout.
In contrast, the English people's victory was either too long (1966 final 4-2), or they were all won in qualifiers, group matches and other occasions. The most exciting victory was 5438+0 (World Cup preliminaries) in Munich in 2006, 5- 1. In addition, in the group stage of European Championship in 2000, England also had 65438.
This time, the two teams met again in the knockout round of the competition. The Germans won the first two times. For the British, there is a spell that scares them, and that is penalty. England and Germany are almost like two extremes before the penalty spot. Germany is the strongest team in the world, and England will almost lose at the penalty spot (1990 World Cup, 1996 World Cup, 1998 World Cup, 2004 World Cup, 2006 World Cup). It can even be said that if England wants to destroy Germany,
England also has its own psychological comfort in this confrontation with Germany, that is Capello. Italians are quite good at breaking the psychological shadow brought by past confrontation records. In the World Cup qualifiers, England met Croatia and blocked themselves from the final of the European Championship. The result was 4- 1 and 5- 1. Capello also got the nicknames "Ghost Catcher" (referring to psychological shadow) and "Curse Remover" from the British media. This time playing Germany, Capello had the opportunity to verify his name again and actually became a member of the English team.