Pre-match: (EURO 2012 - Group Stage - Match 3) Denmark vs. Germany 06.17.2012 [R]

Last game of the group stage.. The boys already have one leg and a half in the next stage. But we will need to win or draw this game to guarantee the top spot so we dont face a top form Russia. I believe its doable and this on paper look the "easiest" game in the group.

prediction: 3-0 with Germany playing more attacking football than what we saw in the first two games.


suspensions: Boateng for receiving a second yellow. But i believe we have enough quality defense to replace him

Lets go Germany! we got this!

Rest Schweinsteiger, Gomez and Podolski, and still get a 2-0 win.

Maybe if the game is settled we can finally give reus and schurrle some match action?

And maybe we can rest piggy? Or someone who needs it.

I think the Danes are NOT to be underestimated. They beat the Dutch, they could've easily tied the Portuguese who wre up by 2-0 for crying out loud.

They are disciplined, hungry and passionate. It's not going to be a walk in the park I think, because they are looking to win this game.

I also can see why Loew doesn't want to make any major changes or subs. This group is so tight and so close. I mean the difference between 1st and elimination is as thin as red C hair
He doesn't want to risk it and be knocked out of the group all together, but on the other hand we have to get our rising stars match experience.

I hoping we sub some players next game and get our squad more involved.

oh God .. not this again ...


England should not be underestimated !
Argentina should not be underestimated!
Portugal should not be underestimated !
Holland should not be underestimated!
and now Denes..

do you see a pattern here? if we cant win or at LEAST tie in this game then we dont deserve to go thru. period.

First and foremost, I hope we "rest" Podolski. I also think we should rest him a couple of games after that, as well.

Other than that, I hope Löw doesn't make too many major changes - the Danes are playing well and we need at least a draw to guarantee top spot, I don't think we can go into this one with the B-team.

I agree we should "rest" Podolski.

Other than that Bender to replace the suspended Boateng and leave everything else the same.

I certainly hope Carballo's been told to reign it in a bit - I definitely don't want to see another Spanish ref almost ruin our tournament. On the other hand, we have played in a fairly clean manner thus far (both Portugal and Holland committed more fouls in our games than us), so if we continue like that, we may not have much to worry about either way.

It's always better to be cautious and respect your opponent, then thinking we can beat them easily.

Every game and team we play, we have to play as if they can beat us. That way we play our hardest for 9mins and concentrate fully.

If you see the previous big wins we had, our guys played their heart out, with full concentration and discipline.

Well, the Danes are 9th in the FIFA world ranking (ok, it is the FIFA world ranking where in the past even "football dyslexic" teams have been in the top 10), but still our team must work to get a good result.

I'll expect lots of yellow cards from that ref and one of them will bite us in the arse in the quarter final when important player XY receives another yellow and gets suspended for the game vs Spain/Italy/France.

Podolski

That would require to show up on the field and actually attempt a tackle.

This pattern of the past 3 tournaments is getting quite old. Luckily we have more talent this time, but a loss of Hummels or Badstuber for a match against Spain/Italy/France would be massive.

I said important.

How can the UEFA give this idiot a second match? For his performance at Poland - Greece he got the worst possible mark by international sport press.

cursing loew.. starting NOW!

That bastard I hate him, he needs to be fired!!

Something like that

I agree with Löw, for the most part - especially about not making too many changes. I heartily disagree about Poldi, though, but we all know he loves Poldi and is loathe to bench him. Hope he's at least ready to sub the Prinz if he doesn't perform for the third game in a row...

As I said before, that is the reason Podolski plays ahead of Schurrle/Reus. He tracks back a lot. He is very very underrated in that aspect. Before he wasnt good defensively but he's improved in the last 2-3 years.