How to adapt to the artificial grass to become the biggest problem faced by the German team

The German team, the most talked about not Hiddink and his Russian team, but Moss Kolwezi Day Nicky Stadium piece of artificial grass. German internationals are accustomed to playing on natural turf this very strange, even the battle-hardened captain Michael Ballack said: "I do not have the artificial grass playing football, in the above, the number of training rarely."

How to adapt to the artificial grass to become the biggest problem faced by the German team coach Joachim Loew admitted: "Of course, this is a big change, we will have to adapt to this environment with the fastest speed." German team "moved" Mainz Bruch Road Stadium, where the artificial grass to find the state Tuesday afternoon, they kicked Mainz amateur team game "secret warm-up match to find the feeling.

This is not an official warm-up match, every 10 minutes or so, Loew will stop the match, according to the field in a timely manner and make new deployment. In order to adequately simulate the atmosphere of the Moscow decisive battle, Lufkin also require more turf watering, because he clearly when the Russian team will use this means to accelerate the running speed of the ball, so that the German team is difficult to control the strike. Whether it is the main, or substitute, get the opportunity to adapt to the venue.

However, just as the United States because of Mainz coach Tu Heer said: "only three days to adapt to this change is very difficult." Warm-up match, the German team pass the ball success rate is not too high, slippery venues, the ball becomes quickly. Time with Barak pass to Podolski, although known for its speed, Polti still could not catch up with the ball, let sidelines Loew looked straight frown, but his attitude is very firm: We must adapt to this change! "At the same time, he also pointed out that the German team to solve the two problems must be solved: both offensively and defensively, we must pursue passing accuracy as well as good control of the ball impact point."

Barak is still winning hand

33-year-old Barak will not forget, when he was able to lay a core position in the German team, the perfect performance of the two rounds of the 2002 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Ukraine contributed, and now he is facing from the former Soviet Union team severe test, and this time, he may not want to relive the experience of a playoff. Russia coach Guus Hiddink, Ballack is no stranger.

Chelsea during the two have worked for months to this battle, they did little to fight the "war of words". Last week, Hiddink suddenly appeared in London, was kind enough to Barak had a conversation. Barak explained: "This is a time not planned talks, nothing special and we talk about some chores, of course, due to Saturday's game, we have each other to open a bit of a joke, and we all know this the importance of the game. "Hiddink's coaching ability, Barak knows it, he is definitely a fox-like cunning coach.