German Fraulein National Team 2020 & beyond

Germany still holding tight at #3 in FIFA's latest rankings. My condolences to Blissett who sees his Italian squad falls an notch, but at least his beloved Nakeshiko's at #13 but don't falter any further) Not so good for Dutch fans as they give away to France for #4 & #5 spots
https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women?dateId=ranking_20211210


Guardians top 100 list is final, just sticking with Europe since we got Euros coming
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...100-best-female-footballers-in-the-world-2021
1. France ....11 players
2. Spain ......10(including 4 in the top ten)
3. Sweden.. 10.(two players higher ranked than any Germans)
4. Germany..10(highest; Magull but tops off at only #26)
5 England....,.9
6 Holland.......5(though Miedema & Martens still in the top 10)

case for Germany;
pro side; several players went under the raider as Buhl, Brand & current Champions League scoring leader, Wassmuth didn't make the list

con side; well...it's coached by MVT!

 

Merry Christmas to the German NT & a present n the form of Jule Brand & her almost like supernatural abilities as shown in these highlgihts


guess all the matters now is how much MVT likes playing with your new toy!

 

Just saw the Arnold Cup roster; strong lineup for mid/fwds including the debut of Selina Cerci while missing usual suspects Marozsan, Knaak, Petermann

defense missing Hegering & Maier(an plus in my view) but do have both Doursoon & Feldcamp(both had terrible club matches this last weekend)

so only thing that can mess things up now is MVT’s coaching!

 

Full list.fit for Arnold Cup

GK
Frohms
Berger
Schult

CB’s;
Kleineheme
Oberdorf
Doursoon
Feldcamp

FB’s;
Rall
Rauch
Hendrich
Gwinn

MID’s
Dabritz
Nuskin
Lattwrein
Dallmann
Magull
Dongus

WINGERS
Buhl
Brand
Huth
Wassmuth
Anyomi

STRIKERS;
Schuller
Freigang
Cerci

 

I figure it be Hagel that will get the nod. Otherwise my next pick would of been Senss(SGS Essen), but MVT needed a more physical player to replace the missing Lattwein(as well as Popp) which is what Hagel fills compared to the more playmaker skills of Senss(which we still got Dabritz, Dallmann & Magull).

Kayikici is an surprise as she’s a reminder of a Stefi Jones horrid days as coach. I would of thought either Petermann, Linder, Martinez, Endermann might been better choices for winger , but MVT might of gone with Kayikici due to her way more experience.

still surprised that MVT hasn’t reached out to either Wedemeyer, Elsig or even maybe Barth(Potsdam) for extra CB. But 3 out by Sunday, who knows how many more can’t make it by Thursday(or is there an deadline for replacements?)

 

so now Nusken got Covid, no info as of yet who'll take her place

 

OMG now Hendrich & Wassmuth can’t make it do to Covid. Replacements(including for Nusken);

Linder, Petzlebeger(Aston Villa) & lil Leo

edit; just read Wolfsburg’s Roord, Jansen & Wilms have Covid too(thus will not join the Dutch NT this week)

 

looking at some of the stats of the newbies

Petzleberger(holding mid?) got 1 goal, 1 assist in 935 minutes in 10 starts out of 14 playing for Aston Villa, which is currently in 9th place in the WSL

Maier got 1 goal 0 assists in 535 minutes in only 7 starts out of 13 starts for Everton, a club that’s shockingly in relegation/11th place despite a host of well known names on their roster

Linder got 2 goals 1 assist in 763 minutes for HOF

Hagel got 3 goals 4 assists in 864 minutes for HOF, starting in 10 out of 14 league games, but she’ll be remembered most of those 2 quick goals vs Arsenal

it’s fair to say that HOF spends half it’s time passing the ball back to Tufekovic, who might just be the most ‘passed to’ player in the Bundesliga despite just being an goalkeeper!
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With two ‘long’ days to go vs an Spain who most likely will start 7-8 Barca players, what will MVT’s lineup be? I’m just predicting what MVT will start(if nobody else cancels due to Covid)

Buhl…….Schuller…..Brand
..……..Dallmann
……Dabritz…..Magull
Rauch..Kleineheme..Oberdorf..Gwinn
.. …….Frohms

I venture to guess MVT will play pretty much conservatively, trying to hold on to the ball with an experienced lineup that knows each other(which is exactly Spain’s game plan), so not sure if even Brand will start.
Wasn’t impressed with Bayern’s offense the other day vs the underwhelmed Freiburg squad, but MVT probably expects an low scoring game anyways


naturally I would prefer a way more physical lineup with the likes of Freigang & Rall, but then they would be playing out of position since the real change needs to be at the 3 central mids(as I cannot imagining Dabritz Dallmann & Magull being physically enough to disrupt the passing flow of Barca’s trio; Putellas Bonmati & Patri. And of course the other scary part; will Oberdorf or Kleineheme go on those solo runs, leaving the other to fend off quick counters by themselves?

 

from another statement I read from a few days ago, something about that Oberdorf & Rauch were tested negative for Covid(so an good thing) but remain in isolation so not even sure if they can compete yet/or at least vs Spain. Maybe Lohmann knows more info on that situation?/ no new updates as of yet today from the DBF Facebook page(where I get my info from)

I guess MVT has her excuse now if she flops badly(but let’s remember Stefi Jones did get fired after loosing to France with an hefty score line, 0-3).

I was kinda of hoping Brand would be kept under wraps till the Euros(I mean play her a few sub minutes at this Arnold Cup), but now word has come out that Chelsea did offer her an substantial contract(before she decided to sign with Wolfsburg instead). So yeah, everybody already knows on her as an potential future superstar

that’s Merle Frohms, she’s currently at Frankfurt, plus MVT’s fav at starting NT. Her style kinda reminds me of Hope Solo as she’ll try to make any soft shot into an spectacular, flying leap save. So not sure if she’s really Germany’s safest or best GK

 

I’m really not good in judging GK’s. For instance Batfink mentioned Leitzig, but she had to make zero saves in her last game for Bayern vs helpless Freiburg(so how can I judge her performance?)

I’m not mad at Wolfsburg or Bayern for wanting to recruit the best players around, just disappointed that the other 10 Bundi clubs don’t want to step up, financial wise & counter those two clubs & keep their players especially now when there’s that extra incentive for an third league club will make into the Champions League(both 3rd & 4th place HOF & Frankfurt are giving up heir most popular player in Brand & Frohms).

 

looks like no new Covid cases reported. My busy schedule prevents me from watching the Spain match in real time, but if it’s geo blocked, I read this site is where you can watch if

FA player(just google search)

no fee or spam involved but you got to register

from viewing some of the action yesterday; Germany’s upcoming Euro/group; Finland got destroyed by France 5-0, Denmark lost to Italy 1-0. From watching the Danes play; while they were missing Harder & Nadim, it felt like they just don’t go deep enough for anybody to take their place. Twice they got behind Italy’s defense, only to flub their final shot(both should of been for sure goals). And then interesting enough, it was Svava that was their main creative force(yet the same Svava that flopped at Wolfsburg)

another interesting match; #10 ranked Norway loosing to Portugal, 2-0. Here again shows an squad that they just don’t go deep enough if their two main stars were missing(Hansen & Hegerberg). Meantime it’s fair to say ‘direct soccer’ has finally arrived in Europe!(or what was I watching the last 20 minutes of the game?)/Jessica Silva’s speed was phenomenal in this one. But Germany’s 3-1 win over Portugal then does seem impressive in comparison(though Silva did get the PK call in that one)

and finally poor Dutch, as Miedema & Groenen have apparently lost their mojo for good(Miedema hasn’t scored in ages:Groenen don’t even start for Man U anymore)
But luckily saved from defeat by……Beerensteyn(of all people!)