German Fraulein National Team 2020 & beyond

This Switzerland team will get beat by Portugal, even if they get Walti and Crnogorcevic back, I'm calling it.

 

Hold on... just realized Bühl's scored 3 goals lol...

 

Lohmann comes into the match as a wide forward.... Again... just leave Dallmann at home, and take Nüsken. This squad is not balanced for a 4-3-3...

EDIT: And now Popp replaces Schüller too.

 

what's the attendance?

 

Stadium is far from capacity...

 

And Dallmann scores

And a Dallmann assist for Brand. 6:0

 

Good passing sequence, and Dallmann makes it 5-0. This is all very flattering for an otherwise very mediocre display lol

What I'm watching isn't reflective of the quality of Germany's play. They're not even using a system anymore lol, simply doing what they want with ZERO resistance.

Portugal and Serbia much tougher than this fraudulent display from Switzerland...

 

And Brand makes it 6-0....

 

Switzerland making people believe MVT a genius level coach...

 

LOHMANN!

 

And now it's 7-0. Another ridiculous defensive error...

 

I understand building confidence... but wow... that was nonsense lol. I just felt like Germany were being trolled.

 

@Batfink you don't need a genius when choosing for a send off game an opponent very well known by your coach. If the case was to give morale boost before EURO then this game served it purpose.

 

This team needs a lot more than a morale boost lol, with false confidence sometimes being as bad, or even worse, than a inflated sense of ability. I don't think we learned anything about this team again, or saw them showcase potential of more to come..

But hey, now they head to the Euro's believing their on the right path, having just been provided an opponent completely unwilling to try lol. It's was like watching a rusty boxer hit a heavy bag. You can see positives alongside technical flaws, but won't know how they'll react in the ring until someone smashes them in the face lol.

Germany's been taking A LOT of heavy shots with MVT, and never looked like being able to come back. Then we see them face a heavy bag called Switzerland, and that's supposed to turn everything around...

 

Welcome back Hegering, and well done to Bühl... but I don't know what else to say lol. I'm honestly just more baffled with everything I saw from Switzerland... WTF are they doing in these Euro finals...

Even if that was them in warm up mode, that performance was so appalling, the only way it could be justified now, is Germany wining the tournament. And even then, I think they shouldn't be losing like that as a top 20 FIFA ranked wnt.

 

Seriously... are teams that bad in the Euro's now... or did Switzerland just troll everyone...?

Having seen lower ranked Serbia and Portugal facing Germany, I'm not willing to believe Germany significantly improved, or Switzerland that bad.

 

I looked back at Switzerland's past results... and lets just say it probably wasn't a coincidence this was the only match Germany would schedule pre Euro's, or see the match end with Germany winning comfortably lol.

While Denmark's scheduled matches against Austria and Brazil, Germany chose the easy way out, facing a highly inconsistent Swiss wnt, who couldn't even bother to try over 95 mins...

 

Watch the game, acknowledge the luck in what Bühl accomplished today, then talk to us about how she needs to take charge of fate again...

Yeah... why are Danish fans excited to see their women play, and why would Germany's crowds continue to underwhelm...

 

Last match before tournaments (not more than 1 month before tournament)
1991: GER - CHN 2:0 (Euro winner)
1995: GER - CHN 3:1 (World Cup finalist)
1996: GER - ISL 3:0 (Olympic Games group stage)
1997: NOR - GER 3:0 (Euro winner)
1999: GER-NED 2:0 (World Cup quarterfinal)
2000: GER - DEN 7:0 (Olympic Games Bronze)
2001: GER - CAN 7:1 (Euro winner)
2003: GER - ENG 4:0 (World Cup winner)
2004: GER - NGA 3:1 (Olympic Games Bronze)
2007: GER - NOR 2:2 (World Cup winner)
2008: NOR - GER 2:0 (Olympic Games Bronze)
2009: GER - RUS 3:1 (Euro winner)
2011: GER - NOR 3:0 (World Cup quarterfinal)
2013: GER - JPN 4:2 (Euro winner)
2015: SUI - GER 1:3 (World Cup fourth)
2016: GER - GHA 11:0 (Olympic Games Gold)
2017: GER - BRA 3:1 (Euro quarterfinal)
2019: GER - CHI 2:0 (World Cup quarterfinal)
2022: GER -SUI 7:0 (Euro ?)

 

OK... so due to my attention initially being split between various tasks, I went back to give the entire match a second viewing.... and I feel the second half definitely raises some genuine question for MVT headed into the Euro's opener Vs Denmark.

One of these questions for me being Däbritz, or Lattwein. As good as Däbritz can be, it's Lattwein's quick one and two touch style that clearly appears more beneficial for MVT's side lacking genuine pivot.

With the other question arising here, the nature of the main striker for this team. Popp recently suggested her conversations with MVT identified her as a potential striker again; and on the back of what I know, and seeing the match with the Swiss wnt, I think she might be 100% correct on this...

 

While Schüller's runs aren't always seen, or just completely ignored, Popp provides off ball movement in areas of field that simply allows more attacks to flow with far greater efficiency.

Popp's general superior all around ability, definitely provides this team with a better forward option than the more static Schüller. But it's seeing her off ball movement again, where she's intelligently opening spaces for others, that I see as a major decision for MVT now.

It's why I've previously stated liking Popp as a forward for the wnt, as we again witnessed her mobility in this match allowing others like Brand, Lohmann, Dallmann, to all attack spaces that would normally be occupied by defenders.