I think you've just outlined Italys best players. I kind of think this squad is nowhere near as good as 2006 to be frank. Lets see if Italy can find someone brilliant enough to overtake pirlo.
Stielike said it best, they just weren't used to trailing. They rarely went behind in qualifying and at any time during the tournament until Balotelli's first. That's a mentality issue, they struggle to respond to unfamiliar scenarios and circumstances. When they're not in their comfort zone they are fazed, thats why they are always vulnerable on the break, thats why they struggle when they're chasing a game, thats why they struggle with different and sudden tactical changes. It's a symptom of immaturity and mental fragility.
I remember reading an interview with Löw a day or two before the game and he said no one will know until the team meeting which is around 3 hours before the game so the changes would have been on very short notice but I imagine they went through them in training as well. Either way, I don't think the changes alone are what caused us the loss.
Well If you are all beeing hypothetical about this, then Germany could have scored twice in the first 15 minutes. They simply didn´t and Italy also didn´t score 4 goals. End of story.
Another one joins in with idiocy..... It could've been 2-0 before Italy scored their goals too... Why do people seem to make it as if Germany just sat back for 90mins scared little puppies and big bad Italy was just outclassing them the whole game... We were going at them before they scored on us, then they got 2 quick counter goals. We kept going at them.. 2nd half we were relentlessly attacking them and Italy was sitting back fighting for dear life, but they managed to make several great counter attacks that could've cost us even worse. We had everyone forward too... Were people watching the same game or is it just a hate thing going on,.,
Lol...I am guessing that when you tuned in to the watch the match, Italy were already ahead 2-0, right? If Italy could have scored 4...then Germany could have scored 2 before Balotelli's header. It didn't happen...2-1 final result for Italy. Gongrats...now GTFO!
I think a lot of people just hate the german team because of all the praise they have been getting since 2010. Some people can't cope with that and just hate for the sake of hating... They don't know our slump we went through since 1998-2010, before we started seeing a new golden age for Germany.. 2002 we went to the final with one of the worst teams overall and easiest routes to the final.. 2008 euro we had a mix of new generation and old guards.
I was actually supporting Germany as they were favourites to win the Euro. I was really shocked when I saw Low's line-up with Muller and Reus missing. I could not believe Podolski started again even though (IMO) he played like shit in all of Germany's matches. Italy played a great match though.
Yes, everything you wrote is probably true and was discussed here for a while. But it seems like some trending is going all over this forum, that Italy outshined the German team over 90 minutes by far, Germany had no chance to score whatsoever and were dominated by Italy over the whole game and more then lucky to gome home with that score and not a 5 or 6 nill as I read in another forum. Simply not true at all and I wonder what game those people watched.
I think Germany would have done a far better job than Italy against Spain. I am still in shock as to how Loew made such a tactical error. The first thing I posted here was that Reus should have started.
Not at all. Neuer is as old school a DFB product as any of the stars of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Pure grit. Ditto Khedira, Oezil and Lahm.
Have to agree. I see that old school mentality in Khedira, Neuer, Hummels, and Mueller. I'm not impressed with Oezil. Personally I think he is a mercenary.
I don't. I think the kid is humble and an all around good kid. I loved this interview. http://crinkly-ears.livejournal.com/65026.html
According to Sammer, kids that were bred and indoctrinated by the DFB are divided into 3 categories at a young age: leaders, team players and creative individualists. Currently, I see Neuer, Hummels, Höwedes, Khedira, Müller and maybe some others (not Schweinsteiger) fitting the leader group. Özil would be part of the individualists, though that mostly applies in actual footballing terms. He's definitely not a leader type though.