ramsej84 wrote:MatZam wrote:I can only hope that that tame display was entirely to avoid the risk of injuries.
Does anyone else find it weird that we are the only major European nation that played against another nation also in the World Cup? Spain, Italy (and France and England, if you consider the major) didn't.
Portugal played Greece and Nederlands are playing Ghana next Wed
envagyokazapad wrote:After today I'd prefer to play this
Klose
Reus Götze Müller
Kroos Lahm
Höwedes Hummels Merte Boateng
Neuer
I think this team would work fine with tactics similar to what Löw tried to play today.
envagyokazapad wrote:KG wouldn't have done any better today than Boateng...he was constantly singled out because he had no support at all from the midfield. Additionally he moved up a lot to help attacks especially when Germany fell behind. I'd always choose Boateng for RB there over KG.
envagyokazapad wrote:I see the main issue being the attackers not willing to defend at all.
Kalev wrote:- I think Durm was solid. None of goals was his fault. He don't have to shine in his first national team game. He just needs some more time.
- Özil was a dissapointment. He has been poor over the whole season in Arsenal so this is not a surprise and I think he is not gonna find a new breathing. 2010 WC Özil would have definently scored in 3th minute. I'd like to see on Friday game without Özil.
- Müller was Müller. He just plays for the team. Makes good runs, finds some space and has a good goal instinct.
ramsej84 wrote:Kalev wrote:- I think Durm was solid. None of goals was his fault. He don't have to shine in his first national team game. He just needs some more time.
- Özil was a dissapointment. He has been poor over the whole season in Arsenal so this is not a surprise and I think he is not gonna find a new breathing. 2010 WC Özil would have definently scored in 3th minute. I'd like to see on Friday game without Özil.
- Müller was Müller. He just plays for the team. Makes good runs, finds some space and has a good goal instinct.
Whom are Germany playing next Fri?
Mia san Bayern wrote:envagyokazapad wrote:KG wouldn't have done any better today than Boateng...he was constantly singled out because he had no support at all from the midfield. Additionally he moved up a lot to help attacks especially when Germany fell behind. I'd always choose Boateng for RB there over KG.
Well actually KG has proven to be solid there when he played for Dortmund there and at times I thought today that Boateng was in a position where he shouldn't have been. And it isn't the first time that Boateng has looked unstable defensively as a RB (Italy 2012 comes to mind). This is why I think KG should play there instead of him. No question about Lahm, we desperately need him at midfield.envagyokazapad wrote:I see the main issue being the attackers not willing to defend at all.
Definetely. I think why they've done that is because they don't want to get tired and risk any injuries before the WC but that doesn't excuse the midfield for not helping to defend today.
Cameroon were physically strong today and fought for every ball unlike Germany who just tried to not risk any injuries today which is why I think this match ended in a draw. If Germany wanted to win, it seems that only Muller wanted to win today tough, then they would have tried to score a third goal but they didn't try.
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