Das Reboot and the Road to UEFA Nations League & EC2020

Rudy shouldn't even be in the NT, just another Low fav, he bombed at Bayern/Schalke and was still being called up. Can needs to get his club career straightened out 1st. Low calling Can up because he promised him he would last season is dumb and shows how backwards this coach is.

and he's not calling up anyone, Low is the type that would rather have an empty spot than give a chance to someone else.

 

Neuer on replacements for Süle: "It’s not clear yet whether Niklas Süle will be back for the tournament. We have to try and find the back line that works best for us and defend well as a unit. We want to keep clean sheets and that will give us confidence." pic.twitter.com/lOVGGhZJ6H

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) November 13, 2019

not only Sule, Rudiger/Kehrer are also currently out.....no problem the DM Can who flopped hard vs Estonia will save us in CB!!!!

 

Joachim Loew about ...
... the status quo: We still have two steps to the door. Of course, we want to win both games in order to have a positive conclusion in the European Championship qualification. We are in a process, our job is to find solutions. I am glad that Toni Kroos, Leon Goretzka and Matthias Ginter are back. These are players who stabilize the team. We are well prepared.

... computational games: The constellation is clear. We know that Northern Ireland still has a chance. That was not the topic for us. Northern Ireland does not interest us, we have to take our own steps. We want three points on Saturday, and then you can see how the constellation is.

... the lineup: Manuel Neuer plays against Belarus tomorrow, Marc-André ter Stegen will play against Northern Ireland. We will play with two central defenders because Belarus will probably muster a nominal top. Matthias Ginter will play in any case as well. Although he came from an injury, but has done well in Mönchengladbach. If he played with us, he has always done his job very, very well. Jonathan Tah injured himself on Tuesday and will return to training today. I would like to see him and Niklas Stark in training this evening. Stark did not train for five days, so he will not be in the starting line tomorrow. Tah actually has enough games in his legs, because two days off do not make too much. In the midfield, I will definitely call on Joshua Kimmich, Ilkay Gündogan and Toni Kroos, ahead Serge Gnabry. We still have to wait for the other positions. Timo Werner is in good shape, Julian Brandt has been improved a lot recently, has taken a step forward. Of course, I'm still waiting to see what the final set-up looks like.

... the favorite role against Belarus: In Belarus it was not so easy, they have some good footballers in their ranks. Since their coaching change after the first leg, they are now defensively even more structured and organized. You also have to break the resistance first. If we bring our strengths to the fore and focus on things, we will win this game.

... the atmosphere in the team: I got a good impression on and off the pitch. The mood is very, very good. You can feel a high level of discipline, the players are fully involved, very ambitious, they really want to develop in the direction of the European Championship. But they are also easy, because they understand each other very well. The energy in the team is very positive. Older players such as Manuel Neuer, Toni Kroos or Ilkay Gündogan also deal with young players who are new to the game. You can feel: the team wants to implement things.

... the prospects ahead of the EURO: How such a tournament is going is hard to estimate. As of today we have a very talented, ambitious, hungry team with many opportunities - comparable to the team for the World Cup 2010. But we will not be among the absolute top favorites. For this, many players would have to be even further in their development. In tournaments, however, much is possible, we work on it. The team already have great qualities, the guys are really good, we have a good base - but to play a title is incredibly difficult.

... tactical changes: Of course there are things we have changed. We have new tasks, new ideas for our game. We have to differentiate between games in qualifying and well-known opponents. We often had a lot of possession, and we will not have that against other opponents. We have been very, very well-rehearsed for years, because our automatisms worked. We had some focus on Argentina, we had brought in other tactical elements. For us now the ball win and the Umschaltspiel are an issue. That was also the case against the Netherlands and France. The focus is not just on possession. You can not expect this team to play their game for 90 minutes.

... a possible return from Niklas Süle: No idea how it will look in four to six months. The most important thing is that the player gets 100 percent healthy again and nothing is left behind. Such an injury is also a traumatic experience, you have to feel safe again afterwards in the duels. No one knows what that will look like. You should not pressure him.

 

Germany XI against Belarus:

Neuer (c) -
Klostermann, Ginter, Koch, Schulz -
Gündogan, Kimmich, Goretzka, Kroos -
Gnabry, Werner.#GERBLR pic.twitter.com/nWDjVpWTlF

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) November 16, 2019

 

wtf am I watching here? lol.

 

type of game Sane would have been useful.

 

lol should be 1-1, Neuer saved Germany's asses. And once again Gnabry with the assist for the 1-0.