Germany:San Marino 02.06.07 [R]

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Wonder how much are we going to score this time! :eek:

Gerald Asamoah suffered a hamstring injury, so he is not fit to play. It will be interesting to see what Loew does to Klose, its a good possibility that he will be dropped. Sami Khedira of Stuttgart, 20 jahre, is also considered a possibility.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Also, Bastian Schweinsteiger is out as well with a knee problem.

[Hendrik]

Löw has clearly stated he won't drop Klose no matter what (similar to Podolski's treatment) so the only question is who's gonna be his partner. That should be Kuranyi, Gomez isn't fully fit yet.

Missing Schweinsteiger certainly doesn't weaken the team. Borowski is out, too, Hitzlsperger should be starting in left mid.

I hope Löw continues to play the fullback duo Lahm-Jansen.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Squad for the matches against San Marino and Slovakia


Tor
12 Timo Hildebrand 05.04.1979 VfB Stuttgart 5 -
1 Jens Lehmann 10.11.1969 Arsenal London 44 -

Abwehr
35 Gonzalo Castro 11.06.1987 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 -
24 Manuel Friedrich 13.09.1979 1. FSV Mainz 05 7 1
27 Clemens Fritz 07.12.1980 Werder Bremen 5 -
2 Marcell Jansen 04.11.1985 Bor. Mönchengladbach 14 -
16 Philipp Lahm 11.11.1983 FC Bayern München 32 2
17 Per Mertesacker 29.09.1984 Werder Bremen 31 1
21 Christoph Metzelder 05.11.1980 Borussia Dortmund 30 -

Mittelfeld
13 Michael Ballack 26.09.1976 FC Chelsea London 77 35
8 Torsten Frings 22.11.1976 Werder Bremen 66 9
34 Roberto Hilbert 16.10.1984 VfB Stuttgart 1 -
15 Thomas Hitzlsperger 05.04.1982 VfB Stuttgart 23 2
38 Simon Rolfes 21.01.1982 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 -
29 Jan Schlaudraff 18.07.1983 Alemannia Aachen 3 -
19 Bernd Schneider 17.11.1973 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 76 3
28 Piotr Trochowski 22.03.1984 Hamburger SV 3 -

Angriff
32 Mario Gomez 10.07.1985 VfB Stuttgart 1 1
37 Patrick Helmes 01.03.1984 1. FC Köln 1 -
11 Miroslav Klose 09.06.1978 Werder Bremen 67 33
31 Kevin Kuranyi 02.03.1982 FC Schalke 04 38 17

I guess the lineup for these 2 Euro qualifiers will be this:

-------------Lehmann--------------
Lahm---Metze------Merte-----Lahm
--------------Frings----------------
Schneider/Hilbert--------Hitzlsperger
-----------Ballack/Schneider
------Klose---------Kuranyi

[IASocFan]

...

I guess the lineup for these 2 Euro qualifiers will be this:

-------------Lehmann--------------
Lahm---Metze------Merte-----Lahm
--------------Frings----------------
Schneider/Hilbert--------Hitzlsperger
-----------Ballack/Schneider
------Klose---------Kuranyi

Lahm will be busy playing both outside backs! :eek:

[The Old Lady Hertha]

:p

Jansen instead of Lahm ;)

[ForeverRed]

That line up is about right and is very strong.

I'd like to see Castro, Trochowski and Helmes get some time if we're leading comfortably...something like 7:0 :D

[klinsi]

Hello everyone

Although I am a newbie in this site, but I had been supported Germany for a pretty long time so I want to say despite the odds is good, never ever underestimated any team, especially for Germany
Cuz we don't had any player like C Ronaldo, Rv Nistelrooy, S Gerrard, Kaka or Messi who can scored any goal very easily so never let the guard down even against team like Marino

Germany must use this golden opportunity to maximize used of lethal finishing touch that become the biggest weakness for Germany
Use every opportunity with optimal & show the world that Deutsch nationalmanschaft still can compete in world class competition
As long as Germany win with superior margin, the line up is not a problem:D

[squidward123]

Hello everyone
Although I am a newbie in this site, but I had been supported Germany for a pretty long time so I want to say despite the odds is good, never ever underestimated any team, especially for Germany


yes, no one should ever underestimate anyone


Cuz we don't had any player like C Ronaldo, Rv Nistelrooy, S Gerrard, Kaka or Messi who can scored any goal very easily so never let the guard down even against team like Marino


:rolleyes:

sorry it's your first post but that couldn't be let passed


Use every opportunity with optimal & show the world that Deutsch nationalmanschaft still can compete in world class competition


I think since we played the first game of the world cup, till the last game against the czechs, we've proven we can more than compete.

[squidward123]

where's arne friedrich?

[The Old Lady Hertha]

injured.

[squidward123]

actually on cnnsi it said friedrich and odonkor weren't picked because of a lack of match practice after long injuries

[IlTedesco]

actually on cnnsi it said friedrich and odonkor weren't picked because of a lack of match practice after long injuries

Yep, although I think A. Friedrich has been playing with an injury throughout the past weeks. Either way, wouldn't have made sense to nominate them...

[IlTedesco]

I'd like to see Castro, Trochowski and Helmes get some time if we're leading comfortably...something like 7:0 :D

Yes, me too!

:)

Although Trochowski doesn't really deserve it. My prediction is: If Helmes plays at least 45 minutes against SM he'll score a minimum of 2 goals...

:D

[squidward123]

let's give toni kroos a game against san marino..hee hee

[Leinad]

let's give toni kroos a game against san marino..hee hee

if Erikson would coach our team there might be a chacne for it. :o

[prymetyme]

That line up is about right and is very strong.

I'd like to see Castro, Trochowski and Helmes get some time if we're leading comfortably...something like 7:0 :D

don't be rash. we should wait at least until the 60th minute to bring them in. :D

I wish Odonkor was in this squad.

[Chelsea8-0Manu]

Expected lineup

........Kuranyi.........Klose
Hitzlsperger...Ballack.....Frings.....Scneider
Jensen.........Metzelder....Mertesacker....Lahm
..........................Lehmann

[squidward123]

tim borowski is missing that's a shame

it would have been good to see him starting 2 games

[IlTedesco]

tim borowski is missing that's a shame

it would have been good to see him starting 2 games

Not in his current condition...

:D

...since he's injured!

;)