Germany's Quest to Not Embarrass Itself, the WC26+NL24-25 Thread

LB Brown assists ex BVB Knauff for the 1-0 vs Barca!!!!
https://streamin.me/v/grn5laaf

WOW, what an AMAZING GOAL!!!!
that steal and solo run by Brown and that Knauff run, speed and finish.

Brown is one of our MANY promising next gen LB and Knauff I prefer him over a LOT of the older players we keep calling up.

 

sadly, I bet Nagelsmann won't play Karl in XI and that it would be Woltemade, Gnabry or Sane, Musiala and Wirtz, LULZ.


WOW, didn't notice he scored that great goal with his weak foot!!!!!
Lennart Karl on his goal: “I worked a lot to improve my right foot - today I was rewarded. It was a perfect touch with the left and then the volley with the right. It worked out.”

Karl, on whether he expects a message from Julian Nagelsmann tonight: “I don’t think so, no (laughs).”

 

not watching but Brown is getting praised for taking out Yamal from the match so far.

with him and Raum we are set at LB for now. The German LB wave of next gen is ALL from 03-onwards players too.

glad that we perm capped him before USA got to poach him, LOL.

 

I mean didn't BVB sell him for like $5M, LULZ.

funny to think how much they would have made if they had actually dev them fully themselves. Very short sighted and sacrificed for Reyna too.

shame that BVB couldn't play with Beier, Adeyemi, Knauff all together.

BVB continues to push OUT all their German talents. Funniest part is that big chunk all ending up in 1BL too.

at this stage, BVB is struggling to dev/sell anyone, whether Germans (who they always screw) or the non-Germans. Must piss off Zorc and co that they can't make any $$$ from dev/sell. Now reports that Bellingham Jr might get Winter loan after not managing to breakthrough, management spent $30+M on him, YIKES.

next up from Germans will they screw Kabar (looks headed OUT in Winter), Watjen and Kaba. Nevermind the U17-U19 talents.

 

its pretty interesting that LOADS of people in media and Germany fans used to SHIT HARD on German 02-03s as being terrible or meh or whatever.

I always thought our more interesting talents started from 02-onwards too.

now we see
Urbig, Atobolu, Brown, Knauff, Beier, Adeyemi, Musiala, Wirtz, Woltemade, Lemperle, Asllani (poached) etc all making real progress and almost everyone listed plays at top club too. Atobolu, Lemperle, Asllani who don't are all linked with bigger clubs.

also 02-03s made U21 Euro Final after having 0 media or fanfare and dispatching all the rival countries too on route to the final. Winning U21 Euro is overall irrelevant what matters is showing oneself and showing real potential.

another note, a TON of 02-03 GKs are #1s in 1BL-2BL level, how long until they end up in 1BL?
02-03s looking like especially 03 the biggest GK Pool of players who are breakingthrough 1BL-2BL #1s.

that list doesn't include any Ms because ALL of our most promising Ms talents are from 04-onwards age groups, like ALLLLLLLL of them.

 

Messi was 18 y/o at his first WC in WC06, 20 years ago.
Good experience he got to cry and see his team get dispatched by Germany, in the first of 3 back to back OUT, what a HUGE GIGANTIC HONOR!!!!! Making history as first team to get knocked out by same country in 3 back to back tourneys, LMAO. Your Welcome, Messi likely was celebrating Germany being terrible from 2018-2022 as otherwise would have been hilarious if Germany kept him out of WC trophy in every iteration, LULZ.

20 years later, Karl will be 18 y/o and likely his first WC at WC26.
yeah brokethrough XI of one of the biggest clubs in world and continues to be a major difference maker.

 

The UEFA technical observers group explains why Karl Lennart was named man of the match:
"He consistently posed an offensive threat, creating chances and displaying a high pass success rate, while scoring a goal that demonstrates his exceptional technical level. His ability to receive between the lines and play forward also demonstrated Karl's football intelligence, while he proved his defensive value by recovering balls and winning 55% of his ground duels."

Joshua Kimmich on the possible selection of Lennart #Karl for the national team:
"His good performances at Bayern Munich speak for themselves. A regular starter for FC Bayern has a place in the national team."

Vincent Kompany on Lennart Karl's performance:
"If I'm very objective, Lenny has already played better matches for us. But I take my hat off to him, because he is always dangerous. It's remarkable to be so threatening at his age without even having played his best match. He defends and tracks back in defense with the team. It's a nice progression, but there's even better to come."

YUP, Karl whether
Bayern U17, Germany YNT, Bayern 1st team, EVEN when he has a bad or mediocre game (he was neither of those 2 things today tbc) he's still VERY VERY VERY dangerous, LULZ. That is a rare thing to find in any player, usually when players are having an okay-to-bad game they do nothing all match but Karl always has that difference maker quality that activates at any time. More reason why he needs to be in SNT, we need more such players who can make a difference.

LOL, the Argentinian Karl.

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Wirtz drew PK for the 1-0 Winner vs Inter Milan!!!

 

Looks like Sporting coach said after the game that Karl was extremely difficult to defend against.

Always great to see Germans take records from rival countries, LOL.

Lennart Karl smashed Kylian Mbappé's record of being the youngest player to score in three consecutive Champions League matches ✨ pic.twitter.com/j7VWAowJ0v

— OneFootball (@OneFootball) December 9, 2025

Also,
"He was involved in almost every dangerous action," FC Bayern sports director Christoph Freund.


yeah whenever Karl is in XI, the attack almost always revolves around him. Exciting future, just hope he never gets injured.

 

Lennart Karl vs Sporting CP (H)

17 years oldhttps://t.co/ZyLHtL87MY

— Marwan (@CallMeMarooo) December 9, 2025

its funny reactions that Musiala, Wirtz, Karl can't play together because they are AMs.
LOL, are we gonna pretend that we didn't win a WC with
-Gotze Main Position=AM
-Ozil Main Position=AM
-Muller Main Position=SS/AM
-Draxler Main Position=AM
-Podolski Main Position=CF-2 Man CF
-Schurrle Main Position=W

didn't the ALWAYS injured Reus's main position ALSO AM, LMAO.

LULZ, who gives a shit about Main Positions, almost every German player is excessively flexible. They can all be used in numerous positions.

we won a WC with ONLY 1 Winger, LULZ, rest of the attackers were all MIDDLE players.

in any case, I don't rate these next gen German AM/Ws anyways. For Germany, VAST MAJORITY of our most promising AM/W talents are ALL in that 04-onwards.

They got NOTHING on players like Draxler, Odonkor, Sane, Gnabry, Leweling, Amiri, etc. LOL.

on topic of next gen
-Matthaus seems very high on GK Urbig and thinks he has MORE Potential than Nubel. That Bayern trusted him to play a top game vs Stuttgart shows the confidence in the player.
-Ribery thinks if your good enough your old enough when it comes to Karl getting SNT call up
-Littbarski looks to be very high on El Mala

pretty interesting lineup
-Littbarski+Mattaus=2/2 WC90 Winners and Ribery WC finalist
-Urbig is seen as BIGGEST Koln GK talent since WC90 Bodo Illgner.
-Littbarski is also a ex Koln player while El Mala is a current Koln player

with Karl fully integrated at Bayern now.
we need Urbig, Bischof, Wisdom to be next in terms of FULL ON breakthrough. Wait and see on Aseko+Kiala.

 

“A player that I really like, Musiala,” Pedri said. “I love him. Right now he’s injured, but he’ll recover. He’s very good.”

LOL, we'll take the compliment but ignore the commentator, nobody likes Spanish players. Never forget that Knauff won Best Young Player for EL as Frankfurt lifted the trophy beating out Pedri to the title!!!!

 

Which is more hilarious

1BL HSV M Remberg for NT.

Mittlerweile ist das auch kein Hottake mehr. Wenn es nach Leistungsprinzip gehen soll, gehört er beim nächsten Lehrgang ganz klar in den Kader der deutschen Nationalmannschaft. Punkt. #HSV pic.twitter.com/VOBnjkAPMQ

— ~ 🅽 (@nic_haesvau) December 7, 2025

vs

2BL S04 Defensive Jack of All Trades Matriciani.

Mittlerweile ist das auch kein Hottake mehr. Wenn es nach Leistungsprinzip gehen soll, gehört er beim nächsten Lehrgang ganz klar in den Kader der deutschen Nationalmannschaft. Punkt. #S04 https://t.co/kzHQRdOwO4 pic.twitter.com/b2TTmsyLq8

— Max1904 | Becker² SZN (@MaxFCS1904) December 8, 2025

LOL, Matriciani is a mediocre player, poor man's Howedes. If people get TRIGGERED by Tah, Rudiger, Anton, Koch etc, you'd go crazy with Matriciani. He was also given free pass to 2021 U21 Euro where he played MAJOR role in our GS Exit, LOL.

And Remberg does anyone think with next gen Ms of
Pavlovic, Bischof, Ouedraogo, Eichhorn, Lenz, Watjen, Aseko, Kemlein, Kaba, Is,Hofmeister, Ulrich etc all emerging that someone like Remberg a decent a best late bloomer will be relevant, LMAO. We are seeing more and more Ms breakthrough 1BL-2BL by the month, LULZ. Remberg is the type that won't win you anything. You need real quality in M to make a difference and M play major role in winning any trophy and you need that M domination. The youngsters have that promising quality....

 

🚨Kai Havertz is set to be first choice striker when he returns, which is expected before Christmas. Arsenal are very excited and view him as a regular goal supplier and match winner.

Mikel Arteta will find another role for him in the side when not striker.

[@IsaanKhan_] pic.twitter.com/XeJJUjFIoK

— now.arsenal (@now_arsenaI) December 8, 2025