German Fraulein National Team 2020 & beyond

here is the replay of the 2016 Olympic gold medal game


will give my thoughts after watching the whole thing

 

Popp allready had an sizeable rep as an 'diving artist'( the Arjen Robben of woso); prior to the WC, the influencial coach of Chelsea, Emma Hayes, publicly called her an "dirty player" & who can forget how Julia Simic once reacted


so got the feeling the Euro ref all ready knew about Popp & was watching out for her

I remember batfink & blue/white 1860 couldn't stand Sasic. But the problem was; playing the 4-2-3-1/ While it worked against 3rd tier countries, it hardly generated offence vs the top ranked squads. That's why Germany couldn't never win the SBC(even France vs England won it, as the US players are usually out of season with the NWSL). MVT has switched to the 4-3-3, Horst H used at least 2 fwds. Getting rid of the 2 DM's(so much used under Neid/Jones) is the best thing that could of happened to Germany. The only player that generated much offense from an DM was Kessler(who's now been gone for nearly 6 years). Now at least you got 3 attacking options on counters. While the mid area might be light, it's reminding you; move the ball faster upfield(I mean, both woso & broso WC's were won by quick transition teams that didn't mess around battling for the midfield

 

Marozsan & gf, Bouhaddi might be moving to the US this summer to play for the Utah Royals. She's currently leads the French league in assists as well as 5th leading scorer, but often seems invisible when playing for the German NT(hasn't scored in 2 & half years), so this would a really good move on her part as the NWSL is way more balanced & Utah last year only managed 6th place out of 9 teams. With tougher competition will make her a better player for the GE NT.

Here's the info though you'll need the google translater
Sport | Sarah Bouhaddi and Dzsenifer Marozsan leaving for the United States

 

the more replaceable Bouhaddi was all ready rumoured to want to leave the club & they are a couple, so could of be cuz of

 

the surprise is their going to Utah rather than the Seattle Reign(which Lyon club bought). But median house price in SLK is an moderate $334K, whereas Seattle's $750K.

Tried to check on Lyon's housing market, but couldn't find an definite answer, Lyon is apparently one of the most expensive cities in France with an whopping 4500 Euros per sq meter(which guessing would make it something like 2 million Euros/$1.8 mil for 1500 square ft house or codno?, lol).

In the meantime, the newest rumour is that Lucy Bronze(rated 2nd best player in the world by some soccer orgs) wants to leave Lyon & move back with her girlfriend, Keira Walsh(who lives & plays in Man City). So guessing Covid-19 making a lot of players homesick as well

 

I'm a hetro male, but to get more info & links on international woso, I occasionally check in this at forum;
scroll down the first post & they 'out' players,(check under Germany & France)
The L Chat -> International Women's Football - Part II
go halfway down to this page as they discuss Maro & Bouhaddi & their alleged move to the Utah Royals(the posters thought Maro was straight until only recently)
The L Chat -> International Women's Football - Part II

 

though from the horrid Stefi Jones era, one of the best half's ever as they beat Netherlands 4-1 in the first half. Hard to believe the Dutch would within 8 months turn around & become dominant Euro 2017 champs. Mandy Islacker proved to be a top striker in this one but her career seemed to tank along side Jones. Demann & Hendrich made a strong CB combo in this one

 

I just saw the replay on FIFA’s YouTube channel. I wasn’t into woso back then, so this match seems like worlds apart to today where the game much more advanced/technical minded. I mean the Brazilians looked so basic—-they’re players just dribble/drove all the way from back of the midfield line in trying to penetrate the defense. Germans often were clumsy whether miss tackling or when moving upwards, but we’re physically & athletically better & hurry pace did win them a world championship.

So got to ask; why did Neid decide to change her tactics so drastically to the more, possession obsessed, short passing game that really slowed the attacks to a crawl???(especially when her FB’s become the furthest players upfield at times)

guess I can answer this myself, either two reasons;

1) the same hurried pace that won the 2007 WC, ultimately failed in 2011(didn’t watch either back then)

2) Jorgie Low’s total futebol tactics became the standard for all German NT’s, men & women

 

and here is the list, hopefully just for the 2 Euro qualifiers, Ireland & Montenegro and not for the England friendly in late October. Noticeably absent, Klara Buhl, who underwent surgery(which can be scary that a bothced knee surgery ruined Nadine Kessler's career)


on the alternate list are Elsig, Bremer & Simon as well as my projected prediction of Kumbregel. Glad to see Wassmuth on there, but she made the list last year, but didn't see any playing time. Take it Demann back in demand, but why Hegering?(still remember how she screwed up the Sweden WC quarters of last year) & honestly, what is lil Leo still doing on here?; she gets little to no playing time on Arsenal these days

 

Any news on when Klara Buhl will return? I’ll still say she’s the most promising cuz MVT is going to use Oberdorf every which way but loose, when what she really needs is a stability which hopefully WOB will allow to stay as an consistent AM