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Commodore wrote:No way Löw is playing Khedira as the more defensive minded CM.

As far as I recall, whenever Khedira and Kroos ever played for the same team on the same pitch, Khedira was always the more defensive player.

Commodore wrote:Where's this graphic from by the way (it's obviously not the official line up more than two hours before the game)?

It's Bild's prediction.

Should be an easy match tonight, but you never know. We could be walking on soap on this particular day.

Hope I'm wrong though.

The problem is that both of them play the offensive part of a double pivot partnership in their respective clubs. For Khedira that is actually his best position and role, and for Kroos he has been forced to play there due to our lacking squad depth in the past which we have discussed ad infinitum. I don't recall a lot of matches where we played both of them together on these positions, but when we did we looked atrociously in the DM space in front of our back-4.

Last Friday Khedira played the lone #6 against the Färöer Islands and didn't look too well either in this role, which is defensive by definition.

The @DFB_Team has released the lineup. Pretty much the same one that Mutu posted.

http://twitpic.com/atkdos

Schmelzer at LB! Finally! Kid deserves his chance.

We'll see at least one major f*ckup from him.

No live chat?

BayernLove wrote:Schmelzer at LB! Finally! Kid deserves his chance.

Finally playing with two real fullbacks. Schmelzer might not be as good as Lahm but you can't convince me that a CB is gonna do a better job than him at LB.

Live chat???

Aaand Jazeera is already trolling.
ANND A MISSED CHIP.

walter wrote:Live chat???

Opened.

Jesus F*cking Christ. Already the first major mistake.

Khedira dropping super deep when we have the ball, making us attack in a 3-5-2. That's a wee bit complacent if you ask me, and can backfire easily (and almost has).