(Int'l Friendly) The Netherlands vs Germany 11.14.2012 [R]

Discussion in 'Germany: National Teams' started by Hendrik, Nov 9, 2012.

  1. Hendrik

    Hendrik Member+

    Aug 27, 2005
    Deutschland
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Tor: Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Rene Adler (Hamburger SV)

    Abwehr: Philipp Lahm (Bayern München), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke 04), Per Mertesacker (FC Arsenal), Heiko Westermann (Hamburger SV), Sebastian Jung (Eintracht Frankfurt)

    Mittelfeld: Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Sven Bender, Mario Götze, Ilkay Gündogan, Marco Reus (alle Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler, Roman Neustädter (beide Schalke 04), Thomas Müller (Bayern München), Lukas Podolski (FC Arsenal), Andre Schürrle (Bayer Leverkusen), Lewis Holtby (Schalke 04)

    Angriff: -
     
  2. timh19

    timh19 Member+

    Jul 26, 2011
    Apart from Westermann and Podolski, Loew has picked the right players.Neustaedter is very very good and deserved that call up.Draxler can't get in Schalke's starting eleven anymore because Affelay is a great player but still he is a very promising talent.
     
  3. SirManchester

    SirManchester Member+

    Apr 14, 2004
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Incredible. No matter how poor Podolski's form, he continues to get called up...
     
  4. Dhajj

    Dhajj Member+

    Nov 25, 2010
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I didn't think they would take this seriously. I guess after the Argentina loss and the Sweden fiasco, maybe they have a point to prove?
     
  5. odd1234

    odd1234 Member

    Mar 2, 2011
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    I don't mind him getting called up, he has experience is a celebrated figure in germany. As long as he doesn't start. Reus, as usual - should start no matter what.
     
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  6. Hendrik

    Hendrik Member+

    Aug 27, 2005
    Deutschland
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
     
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  7. ForeverRed

    ForeverRed Member+

    Aug 18, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Curious if he nominates any replacements.
     
  8. Dr Faust

    Dr Faust Member+

    Jul 12, 2010
    Germany
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Neuer - Höwedes, Hummels, Mertesacker, Lahm - Bender, Gündogan - Müller, Özil, Reus - Klose

    Subs:
    Adler for Neuer
    Neustädter for Bender or Gündogan
    Schürrle/Götze/Draxler/Podolski for the front 4

    Still a decent squad even without all those missing players, however, Jogi might want to call up another defender and maybe another DM.
     
  9. Hendrik

    Hendrik Member+

    Aug 27, 2005
    Deutschland
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Jung and S. Bender have been called up.
     
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  10. Dage

    Dage Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    come on..
     
  11. Dhajj

    Dhajj Member+

    Nov 25, 2010
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I hope we can do something with that lineup... Missing a lot of players there..
     
  12. Rosebud

    Rosebud Member+

    Aug 5, 2012
    Chicago, IL, USA
    Club:
    Union Berlin
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Still a lot of talent. Big chance for Gundogan to stake his claim as our future Schweini replacement.
     
  13. ForeverRed

    ForeverRed Member+

    Aug 18, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I'd like to see Löw step completely out of his comfort zone and try an all new XI.

    ------------------------Adler-------------------

    Jung---------Höwedes-------Hummels-----Lahm

    ----------------S. Bender------L. Bender-------------

    -------------------------Gündogan---------------------

    -Götze/Müller-------Reus/Müller---------Schürrle---
     
  14. odd1234

    odd1234 Member

    Mar 2, 2011
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    ^^ Never happening.
     
  15. Dage

    Dage Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    And why should he? That would be a disaster.
     
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  16. Hendrik

    Hendrik Member+

    Aug 27, 2005
    Deutschland
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Klose and Özil have also pulled out of the squad.
     
  17. bayern15

    bayern15 Member

    Jan 18, 2006
    holtby called as replacement
     
  18. bayern15

    bayern15 Member

    Jan 18, 2006
    Wish Sam wouldnt have opted for Nigeria, this would have been a great opportunity to try him and lock him for the future.
     
  19. Lemonade

    Lemonade Member

    Jun 29, 2010
    At this point the game has no relevance for the NT.
     
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  20. timh19

    timh19 Member+

    Jul 26, 2011
    Van Persie is out for this game too.

    So it looks like we will be playing without our 4 best midfielders(Khedira,Schweini, Kroos and Oezil), our two best and only strikers(Klose and Gomez) and two of our top 5 defenders(Boateng and Badstuber).

    It would be great to see the twins playing together in central midfield.
    However, if Loew does not trust Jung which is normal, he should play Lars at right back. Neustaedter has been great and deserves to start over the injury ravaged Sven.

    My starting eleven would be :
    ---------------------Neuer---------------------
    Lars------Mertesacker----Hummels---Lahm
    -----------Neustaedter---Guendogan--------
    Mueller-------------Goetze----------Schuerrle (or Draxler)
    ---------------------Reus-----------------------

    But knowing Loew, he will play Podolski as the striker and he will be useless because his movement is...... well............non existent.
     
  21. Kirsten19

    Kirsten19 Member

    Apr 1, 2008
    Newport Beach, CA
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Prefer Mueller up top. Mueller can really score and his off-the-ball movement and positioning is simply amazing
     
  22. ForeverRed

    ForeverRed Member+

    Aug 18, 2005
    NYC
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Nah, it could work very well.
     
  23. nekkibasara

    nekkibasara Member+

    Apr 12, 2004
    Fairfax, Virginia
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Instead of just dismissing his statement, why not tell us your reasoning for thinking this experiment will work well.

    For the record Loew said that there will be no experimentation in this match.
     
  24. matrix666777

    matrix666777 Member

    May 31, 2008
    Tirana
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I would like to see something like this:

    -----------------------------------Neuer----------------------------------
    -----------------Howedes--------Hummels-----------Lahm------------
    ---L. Bender--------Neustadter------S. Bender----------Draxler-------
    ----------------------Muller-------Gotze-----------Reus----------------
     
  25. SirManchester

    SirManchester Member+

    Apr 14, 2004
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    ????

    What about it couldn't work?

    It's not that radical considering the players we have at our disposal.
     

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