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First let's see Germany beat Sweden..
I'll be surprised if they dont manage to beat sweden, that would be a new loew
First let's see Germany beat Sweden..
I'll be surprised if they dont manage to beat sweden, that would be a new loew
Boateng Hummels look seriously off pace.. khedira even worse.
And who picks Mario Gomez!!!
Many coaches have made stupid decisions by dropping some good players icardi, naingolan, rabiot etc but dropping Sane is the worst imo.
If germany doesnt get better drastically Brazil will avenge the 7-1 and then some
Fantastic half by Mexico.. the first real 'team' this world cup.. every attacking move has been super fluid and planned. A rarity for national teams.
Also German defence is atrocious - I guess this is what happens when you have a defence based entirely in the Bundesliga.
Boateng Hummels look seriously off pace.. khedira even worse.
And who picks Mario Gomez!!!
Many coaches have made stupid decisions by dropping some good players icardi, naingolan, rabiot etc but dropping Sane is the worst imo.
If germany doesnt get better drastically Brazil will avenge the 7-1 and then some
Dropping Sane was a bad decision, but no decision is remotely as bad as dropping Icardi. That's just incredible arrogance.
Dropping Sane was a bad decision, but no decision is remotely as bad as dropping Icardi. That's just incredible arrogance.
Horrendous game today. Boateng looked exhausted and took like forever to give a 3 meter pass. Wouldn't be surprised if Süle starts next game. Also Hümmels slow as fuck.
No strong personality, no leader on the pitch... We miss Schweinsteiger.
On one hand, Germany is known to grow into a tournament, they never convince in the group stages. On the other hand, this squad lacks quality (?), experience and pace. They are a team in transition, a new generation is coming so we'll see what they can do in the next world cup. This one won't be ours, that's for sure.
Anyway, this was a wake up call.. but then again, we do participate
L for Loew
imagine dropping sane for ozil and drax who arent even on form, and then starting both with kroos and khedira to get run over by mexico.
when germany won the wc, the midfield looked like this
Khedira Bastian
Muller Kroos Ozil
3 cms, all players on form.
mexico should finish first, germany will get ko'd by brazil.
Tbh they should have defeated mexico with the team they started with today... Mexico were in a awful form coming to this match... denmark defeated them 2-0 comfortably last week.. a friendly but still.
Germany came to this match with arrogance, as if they could easily win. They need to sort out their mentality first and foremost
agreed, dropping sane is criminal, +1 on the brazil bit as well.
the first step would be to play 3 cms and drop both drax and ozil
khedira rudy/goretzka
muller kroos reus
werner
sane is a far better player than icardi and provides something germany dont have, pace and directness.
icardi is another choker who isnt a better striker than aguero, and doesn't have the link up play higuain has.
argentina's problems aren't in the attacking department, it's the horrible midfield and defense.
I would agree, but i read somewhere that was more due to him being not in Messi’s circle. Not much a coach can do then as they are mostly Messi’s bitches
Dropping Sane was a bad decision, but no decision is remotely as bad as dropping Icardi. That's just incredible arrogance.
Oh well another Bundesfan on RnB.That's why Germany won the world cup in 2014 with mainly Höwedes (Schalke 04), Boateng (BM), Hümmels (BM) and Lahm (BM)
backups were Grosskreutz (Dortmund), Durm (Dortmund), Mertesacker (Arsenal - who even played most of his career in Hannover and Bremen) and Mustafi (Sampdoria).
My God, the things you read on this forum. Gold!
should just keep one thread
Multiple threads of course. Next the commodersi ask all Milan games to be in one thread.