Unless This happens: Germany draw, Serbia draw (Ghana, Germany are thru respectively), Germany are either thru at 1st or out of the tournament. Now, 2 BIG QUESTION MARKS: 1) Who'll start at Klose's CF position? 2) Should Badstuber start? I realize Ghana's RW Ayew is pretty agile n fast as well, so a towering defender like Badstuber may hv similar problem as he had VS Serbia *Podolski's confidence level is pretty close to zero, but we all know that Loew wont abandon him for inexpereinced players like Jansen n Kroos at LW *Based on jornalists, Kiessling has been doing terribly in the training camp; not to mention his inexperience n poor showing against Malta in the friendly match.........I dun see him as an option at CF *Thomas Mueller at CF is an option. He is perhaps skinny, but he definitely has better positioning, "nose for goal"(killer instinct), off-the-ball movement, chemistry with teammates n composure than most other forwards we have. He always shows up in the right place at the right time, thats something special inside him Cacau can be the impact player off the bench or if Mueller cant play well there. My team: -------------------------Neuer ---Lahm---Mertesacker---------Friedrich-----Jansen ----------Schweinsteiger--------Khedira ---Oezil-----------------Kroos--------------Podolski -------------------------Mueller
Too many changes... It will be the same team, and Cacau will start. Also, fgs forget about Kroos at number 10.
I agree thats too many changes and somewhat unecessary ones. Ghana is a team that leaves far more space to play. Something we need in order for our game to work. Id like to see someone else than Badstuber on the left, but from the interviews it seems that Löw has gotten himself a new pet. The logical substitution would be obviously Cacau in for Klose.
Cacau at CF + Mueller at RW = Mueller at CF + Marin at RW Either way, it doesnt make a huge difference. Marin is more creative n has better passing/crossing than Mueller's. But apparently, Mueller's positioning inside the penalty box, "killer instinct", hustle, composure n off-the-ball make him valuable if the team swtiches to 4-3-3 when attack. Mueller cant cross on the flank, thats pretty obvious. A 4-4-2 like this is also ok: ------------------Neuer -Lahm--Mertesacker---Friedrich--Jansen/Badstuber -----------Schweini---Khedira ---Oezil--------------------------Podolski ------------Mueller----Cacau
Not exactly, in an interview Loew specifically points out Badstuber for his poor performance against the Serbian Jansen is no LB either. but he is more experienced, faster n more agile to handle Ayew. To be honest, he cant be worse than Badstuber at LB anyway. N i think his experience is somewhat needed in this team. I have absolutely no idea who are we gonna play at LB, if we're playing against Argentina (Messi), Holland (Robben) n Spain (David Silva) at RW.
I do agree that against a very fast Ghana team, Jansen would be far more adequate, since Badstuber is so awfully slow. However, it has been quite some time since Jansen has been used as a LB it could backfire. Isnt Aogo a LB as well?
Jansen is an absolute disaster at leftback. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmPgTXAFsA"]YouTube- CROATIA - GERMANY 2:1 euro2008 fans and goals[/ame] Boateng kept Robben in his pocket last season, he can be a good defensive fullback but he is so damn inconsistent and a card magnet.
Jansen is not worse than Badstuber at LB Post those highlights of the Bayern -Man Utd CL match, u'll understand what i m talking about. Holger didnt play well at all in the Ger-Serbia match too
Just noticed that our last group game (against the Czechs) at the EC 2004 took place on a Wednesday, 23 June as well (we also needed a win). http://www.fussballdaten.de/em/2004/endrunde/finalrunde/grupped/deutschland-tschechien/ Anybody superstitious here? )
Ghana only needs a draw to go through which is kind of bad news, but on the other hand they have not been convinsing so far -2 games, both they were a man up, and they scored twice from the penalty spot. Regarding tactics, I'd like to see Jansen in Podolski's place but I doubt this will happen. I am not sure if Cacau is the most appropriate choice for this game but again the best option imo would be Kiessling, and there is no way Low will start him in such a crucial match. Either way, the German team is entering a series of do-or-die matches, the Ghana match is the first one; if they win they go thtough, if they fail they go home. Exciting and stressful at the same time.
Initially, I thought that the results from direct duels are decisive (as being the case at the EC) for advancing with the same amount of points ... but it seems that FIFA prefers the goal difference, so we could even go through with a draw (being 2nd in the group and thus avoiding Argentina in a possible 1/4 final) if Serbia doesn't manage to defeat the Aussies. I'm not keen on relying on this scenario, though. Gute N8
If we get through, I'm pretty confident against anyone. Im impressed by the way we reacted to the red card and the serbian defence in this game. Nothing at all like the croatia match at klangenfurt
I have literally lost all joy out of the World Cup at the moment, I skipped a match, watched half of another and surfed through the web during the exciting Cameroon match. I've always watched with tension and excitement after Germany gets eliminated for the other teams, however after last match for us I lost all appeal. Hopefully we qualify.
EQ stay positive mate. All we need to do is score 1 then park the bus and not let Ghana through. If a 10 man Australian side can hold them to 1 score we definitely can- granted Lowe pulls his head out.
So what's the consensus on who starts at Left-Back? Netzer on Bild says that that's an area of concern for Loew for the next game and that Badstuber is more fitted for the CB role, which has been obvious to all of us for some time. He says that swapping Lahm to the left and bringing in Boateng for the right spot is an option. Anyone read anything else in the media as to which way Loew is leaning?
I know it is unlikely, but i really would like to see Lahm going back to LB, where he imho made his best games. This said, there would be two options: Number one. Same players, different position... Friedrich RB, Mertesacker CB, Badstuber CB, Lahm LB Number two. Bring in the brothers. Boateng RB, Mertesacker CB, Friedrich CB, Lahm LB
I like the idea of doing brother against brother. I really think this could be a switch the ignites the side. But either way, I think when we play against stronger sides with strong RW, I dont mind putting Lahm on the left, and Friedrich on the right. But i say bring on Boetang at some point during the match.
And where exactly is the creativity in the middle going to come from? The only thing that made the team unpredictable with the 4-2-3-1 is that Ozil was in the middle, it's like seeing a downgraded Bayern 4-2-2-2, but with wingers that aren't as good or influential.
Ghana played a very similar 4-2-3-1, pretty much the same tactical formation that germany played the last two matches. If both are going to play on with that, it's likely that there will be almost no space in midfield. 4-4-2 may create more space in midfield and prevent, that the forward is left alone up front. If Cacau starts in a 4-2-3-1 most of the time there would be no single forward in the center of the attacking area, because he will move back into midfield many times, to receive the ball. This style is good to revive a match when lethargy sets in and nothing's really going well. Cacau is usually a great player coming from the bench... I would rather not start with Cacau in a 4-2-3-1.
I hate this 4-2-3-1. And I am so bored of these crosses coming over and swept off by defenders again and again except in the case of Germany. Germany would be going into this match with a goal down. We should expect less from strikers, there's no good targetman available other than Muller. I'd play Kroos but it's too risky. We have to stretch them apart and make space in the midfield. I'd like the 2-2-2-2-2 formation. Schweini and Khedira, both should take turns attacking and defending. We need Schweini.
Germany 2 - 0 Ghana , you heard it first here I just dont want to see GOMEZ in the line-up, i think kiesseling should get a chance to play