autumn世界杯欧洲杯英格兰队再遇德国
是时候擦掉眼泪，准备干翻德国队了。自从1966年世界杯决赛比赛以来，英格兰队在重要赛事的淘汰赛中，四次面对德国人，全部都被击败。英格兰患上了“恐德症”。
虽然，这可能不是一支传统的德国球队，虽然，英格兰在国际足联排名上，比他们的老对手高出8位，但当勒夫的球队被确认为英格兰16强对手时，英格兰上下，还是有一种全国性的恐惧感。
如果没有那些烦人的历史数据对比，仅仅看国际足联现在的排名，似乎加雷斯·索斯盖特的球队应该能赢得16强的淘汰赛。
英格兰主帅索斯盖特在96年欧洲杯半决赛对德国队的比赛中错失点球
但是英格兰队在上周五与苏格兰队的那场糟糕的无球平局后，他们认识到自己的球队没有想象中的那么强大，此番面对老冤家德国队，英格兰被历史重演的恐惧所困扰。
作为1970年墨西哥世界杯的世界杯卫冕冠军，英格兰队在四分之一决赛中以0:2的比分输给了西德队。
英格兰有55年没有在大赛淘汰赛击败德国了
然后，在意大利90世界杯和96欧洲杯，两场点球大战的失利，让英格兰彻底患上了“恐德症”。卡佩罗执教的英格兰队在2010年世界杯16强，以1比4惨败于勒夫执教的德国队，这与下周二在温布利的比赛极其相似。
自从夺得世界杯以来，三狮军团已经四次在世界大淘汰赛中被对手击败
你可能还记得弗兰克·兰帕德的“鬼魅进球”，那球撞到了横梁下边沿，掉到了球门内弹了出来，结果被判没有进球。可是慢镜头回放，看得清清楚楚。
自1966年以来，英格兰队在一次锦标赛中取得了一场胜利，那就是在2000年欧洲杯小组赛中1:0获胜，两队在淘汰赛阶段都被淘汰。
2020欧洲杯淘汰赛对阵图
但是，在那年世界杯预选赛的最后一场国际比赛中，德国队战胜了英格兰，迫使主教练凯文·基冈在厕所里收到了自己的辞退信息。
England tossed away a 2-0 lead to lose to West Germany in the quarter-finals in 1972
德国人在2000年后，启动国家足球战略。同时，英格兰队却任命埃里克森为国家队教练，继续没有明确目标、乱晃乱撞一样的各种打法尝试。在埃里克森2001年的蜜月期间，发生了英格兰对德国人的历史上第二大胜利——慕尼黑世界杯预选赛，惊人胜利——“5-1，连赫斯基都进球了！”
点球大战的失利，让三狮军团在1990年世界杯和96年欧锦赛主场都付出了代价
然而德国队打进了世界杯的决赛，而英格兰队则在四分之一决赛阶段打道回府，就像在埃里克森时代，每次都会发生的事一样。
本世纪，英格兰在德国本土又赢得了两场胜利——最令人难忘的是，在2016年欧锦赛的备战中，在罗伊·霍奇森的带领下，英格兰队从2:0落后的状态，最终在柏林以3:2取胜。但我们都知道三狮军团最后的结局。
时间回到2020年，这次可能会有所不同。英格兰队在九场比赛中只丢了一个球，德国队却陷入了变阵带来的混乱中，球队面临转型的迷茫。勒夫宣布在欧洲杯后，将离开工作了15年的国家队。
德国队在3月份的世界杯预选赛中主场被北马其顿队击败，去年在国家联赛中被西班牙队以6:0大败，球队没有了以往德国霸主的气概。有一句老话说，德国人总是在比赛中能够齐心协力。但事情并不总是如此他们在上一届世界杯小组赛中就被淘汰出局。
在欧洲杯揭幕战1比0输给法国之后，4比2又大败给卫冕冠军葡萄牙，这意味着德国队这届欧洲杯，面对英格兰可能会迎来一场比赛。
德国队的阵中，有三个欧冠冠军队员，维尔纳、哈弗茨、吕迪格，在面对曼城时，年轻的22岁德国人哈弗茨打入制胜球。诺伊尔、哈默尔斯、克罗斯和穆勒等老将都是2014年世界杯冠军的成员，他们大赛经验比英格兰丰富。
2010年世界杯，兰帕德的进球之谜
但是，这一次，英格兰将将拥有主场优势，更高的排名，更有效的防守，以及场上最强大的前锋哈里·凯恩。似乎英格兰更加被看好。
原文：
FOR BETTER OR WURST England set up Germany Euro 2020 showdown and it’s time to end years of tears since 1966 cheers
SINCE a certain match in 1966, England have faced the Germans four times in the knockout stages of a major tournament — and been defeated every time.
So while this may not be a vintage German team, and while England are eight places higher than their old foes in the Fifa rankings, there was a sense of national dread when Joachim Low’s men were confirmed as England’s last-16 opponents.
If England play the match, rather than the occasion of a great historic rivalry, those rankings suggest Gareth Southgate’s men should win.
But England played the occasion rather than the match in their God-awful goalless draw against Scotland last Friday, so they must learn from that experience.
Because, as it is Germany, we are gripped by a fear of history repeating itself.
As defending world champions in Mexico in 1970, England tossed away a 2-0 lead to lose to West Germany in the quarter-finals — Gordon Banks suffering food poisoning and Peter Bonetti having a stinker in goal.
Then, those two penalty shootout defeats which abruptly halted the oh-so-nearly golden summers of Italia 90 and Euro 96.
Most recently, Fabio Capello’s England were hammered 4-1 by Low’s Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup — at the same last-16 stage as next Tuesday’s Wembley meeting.
You may recall the Frank Lampard ‘ghost goal’ which crashed against the underside of the bar and fell way over the line, only to be missed by a myopic Uruguayan linesman.
There has been one English win at a tournament since 1966 — a 1-0 group-stage victory at Euro 2000, where both teams were eliminated before the knockout stages.
Although, later that year, the Germans won the final international match at the old Wembley in a World Cup qualifier, forcing manager Kevin Keegan to quit in the toilets.
The Germans rebooted their entire national football strategy after 2000.
While the English appointed Sven-Goran Eriksson and headed down the Posh and Becks WAGs circus approach instead.
During Eriksson’s honeymoon period in 2001, the Swede presided over England’s second-greatest victory over the Germans — an astonishing World Cup qualifying victory in Munich — ‘Five-one, even Heskey scored!’
And yet Germany reached the final of that World Cup, while England went home at the quarter-final stage, as they always did under Eriksson.
There have been two more English wins on German soil this century — most memorably a comeback from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in Berlin under Roy Hodgson in the build-up to Euro 2016. But we all know how that tournament ended for the Three Lions.
Still, this time could be different. England have conceded just one goal in nine games and the Germans went into this tournament in some disarray.
Low announced the Euros would be the end of his 15-year reign and the team is certainly in transition.
Germany were beaten at home by North Macedonia in a World Cup qualifier in March and had been handed a 6-0 gubbing by Spain in the Nations League last autumn.
Yet there is an old adage that the Germans always get their act together at a tournament — often, but not always, true as they were eliminated in the group stages of the last World Cup.
And after a narrow 1-0 defeat by France in their Euros opener, an impressive 4-2 victory over reigning champions Portugal hinted that there could yet be a glorious last hurrah for Low.
The Germans boast three Chelsea Champions League winners in Kai Havertz, who scored the winner against Manchester City in Porto, Timo Werner and that teak-tough defender, Antonio Rudiger.
Old hands such as Manuel Neuer, Mats Hummels, Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos and the restored Thomas Muller — all veterans of the 2014 World Cup triumph — will give them the edge over England in terms of big-match experience.
But, for once, England will not head into this grudge match as underdogs.
They will have home advantage, a higher ranking, a meaner defence and the most potent striker on the pitch in Harry Kane.
