PBP: WC 2010 Quarter Final - Deutschland gg. Argentinien 03.07.2010 [R]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=264119&cc=3888&ver=global

Interesting.

 

Thanks, dude. I'm heading over there on Wednesday, because my usual game destination is Phoenix Landing, and I'm 0-for-2 in Germany games there.

Can someone give me a job so I can afford an away Oezil shirt? Pleeeeeze?

 

What did I tell everybody? Germany was going to dominate. I knew it! We have the dream team right now as well as the dream story. Everybody came into this tournament with Brazil, England, Argentina etc. as favourites, and look at how we thrash those who stand in our way.

This is why I didn't mind when we landed in the harder side of the tournament tree. It's MUCH better witnessing the victory of Germany over teams that are supposed to be "favourites".

Next up - Germany vs Spain : 3-1 for GERMANY.

 

Yeah, I just read that. Apparently, he has twins, like me!!!

 

Congratulations on the win. I will always consider 2006 a lucky win for you guys, but this time you left no doubt. I only regret that you didn't do this in the friendly to show Maradona for what he is before it was too late!

I will look forward to facing this team when we are at our best, with a good coach and some good tactics, and Messi playing in the correct position with a good midfield to support him. That will be one hell of a game. Your team being so young will also improve a lot in that time and it will be a great battle I'm sure.

 

All German-Americans have been granted a sick-day by Angela Merkal & Obama.

 

This is Messi's heat map yesterday. He spent such a large portion of his playing time inside his own half/deep yesterday. Not what one would expect from a player like Messi.

 

What an Epic WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Props to LVG for unleashing the Mad Potential inside Schweinsteiger..The guy has become our most Valuable player even ahead of the likes of Ozil and Lahm.

No more exits from the SemiFinals/Finals,Let's just go on and win the Whole Bloody thing

Arne Friedrich Scored.Need I say more?

 

Am watching the highlights over and over...speechless, we played with such authority and everybody was having fun on the pitch...a picture perfect of a true team that has come together and has one identity....btw any up-dates regarding maradonas NOSE?? am sure in a matter of hours it will fall off and they have to order a plastic one for him...funny how the so called "BALL BOY" & THE "NERVOUS & SCARED" kid taught mr.maradona a valuable lesson in life that will be passed along from generation to generation....i hope KROOS can step it up....i wish muller wasent booked,i know kroos is arogant and good enough to pick it up ...but still am a bit worried

 

well yea, that's what happens when he's victim to a poor tactical plan. First of all the midfield was poorly put together. Mascherano is the only players capable of doing midfield work as Di Maria and Rodriguez are wide players who like to run. There was absolutely no creative play through the middle because of Veron's absense and it forced Messi to constantly drop back.

It was also a combination of our midfielders and defense to press high. They did that fantastic and as much as Messi turned some players and had his chances he was forced to play outside his comfort zone without support.

 

Look at the arrow, the arrow indicates the direction of attack.

Otherwise someone like Neuer would have been completely in the opponent box all the time.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/players/player=228912/heatmap.html

 

what was he scared of with veron? What was the downside of having veron there as opposed to maxi?

 

Thanx.

Apparently, Löw just bluffed Maradona in Munich ... knowing that we'd face each other at the WC again. This time, it was Mr. Löw who tactically clearly outplayed Diegito.

Kudos to him & the young team (which we can be very proud of), I'm still speechless. Who'd have just dared dreaming of such a shocking result against a squad like Argentina (not even conceding 1 goal against their top strikers)? And it's not just the result but also the way we dominated them for 60 minutes. To be honest, I never thought this would be possible ... but well, as we know our guys can be pretty crap on a bad day, but also outstanding on a good day. When I saw the video clip with them leaving the last training session singing, I knew they might have a good day ... nevertheless, only the most optimistic Germany fans could have believed in what happened later on. Simply incredible!

 

germany played the best football ever seen on this planet!
especially the first 10 min. were unbelievable.
my all time fav. player is bastian schweinsteiger.

 

As much as maradona made a total idiot out of imself...i felt bad for him trying to get passed by the fans with cameras flashing into his dropped jaw and face...he suddenly seems so timid and hapless

 

That was simply amazing.
I'm still almost speechless.

4:1 against England, 4:0 against Argentina.

I mean if you think about it, even our greatest German teams haven't managed that!!!


No matter what happens next, everyone should really just enjoy this for once and
stop whining.

Stuff like this doesn't happen very often.

 

I agree with every word here.

 

I have in the past complained and made fun of Bastian Schweinsteiger (mainly at Equilibrium's expense), but I can't help but be amazed by his maturity, consistency and leadership skills. My hat is off to him and I am officially eating crow.

 

Yeah, and I don't know why but I thought I'd say this here that I listed to rafael honigstein on the guardian podcast after the match. Usually I like his analyses and especially his feet on the ground tone, but this time he went too far, by saying never before has Germany seen a team that entertained and won at the same time. Has he forgotten the 60s and the 70s? I can understand people who can only remember the 90s and 2000s but this is too far, when those were the signature german teams that put themselves on the map for the DFB.

 

*sigh* yeah, I apologize to EQ lol Schweini played really well this season but after this tournament he has become world class.
I guess I can now start hating on Kroos
EDIT: Dude squid, why the ******** do you listen to Honigstein? You should know by now that he's a friggin British puppet. He might sound like an "uber analyst of German football" to everbody else but really anybody who follows German football should see straight through him; he just gets his facts continuously wrong.

 

Every critique that was directed at Schweini and Loew's selections were correct. They just overcame them, the possibility of which was always there as well. Keep on doing it is all I say!

 

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBKfG8g7oCw"]YouTube- Maradona's reaction to four Germany goals[/ame]

 

I don't know, he wrote a really good piece on the state of the team right before the WM began. His usual guardian pieces are also funny and good. But he does get some facts wrong, and even the guys on the podcast were taking his comments with a grain of salt in this case.

 

Spot on!! Well said.

I saw the arrow. Compare Messi to an Oezil or a Mueller and you will see that Messi has spent much larger tracts of time in his own half than the other two. He is more comparable to Iniesta (against Paraguay) and Iniesta is the one who is generally slated to play behind the CAM. He plays behind Messi in Barca. So, that's an indication of things going wrong for the Argentines.