If were not moving lahm to RB.. Then give me this. Neuer Boateng Hummels merte KG Bastian lahm Kroos Ozil muller gotze Schurrle 60th ozil Klose 75th muller/gotze Khedira 75th bastian This really is going to be do or die now. We flopped our chance to lock group now and it's up to 3rd game. Now what would the best result be for us between USA and Portugal? I am thinking draw would do us good
Am I the only one content with the Ghana result? I thought we would lose and we showed excellent resolve today relative to historic record, recent short notice change, type of opponent, among others.
So your saying will have a better game vs the USA? I the biggest difference to us kicking it up a few gears was the addition of bastian. If he's 90% heLthy he needs to start over khedira. Kroos bastian lahm can be our best midfield.
I don't know if we will or won't. It's a new challenge. Technically weaker team but their spirit allowed them to beat Ghana by defending well. We should be able to expose them but who knows what can happen. This formation can yield all kinds of surprises. I don't mind Schweinsteiger starting if he is fit. This game doesn't necessarily require Khedira.
Durm for KG at LB. I think Durm attacks better. We need to construct better attacks because USA would sit deep
There's only one result I'm interested in, and that is a comprehensive victory in the final match. Treat today as a wake up call, and make necessary adjustments. I don't expect miracles from Löw, but this is a game we should take. A bit of humility is good. It shows where we are and what needs improvement. Ghana posed a challenge to us, and played against our weaknesses. But despite all that it ended in a draw and we could have still won with some late chances. This has been an unpredictable tournament overall. What's important for the upcoming match is we need to refocus our team objectives and regain our composure. Take control early, dictate the flow of the game, and just play to our ability.
Yeah. If we beat USA with convincing display, it will settle my spirit. Let's hope for a US portugal draw.
Just playing the numbers game, having a poor 2nd game is not really the worst thing. Every streak is meant to be broken and if you're carrying to big a win streak into the knockout rounds, you're more likely to finally drop one there. Now we 'just' need to win 5 in a row rather than carry on a 7 game win streak or whatever it was.
--------------------Neuer ---Boateng--Merte---Hummels--Durm ---------------------Lahm -------------Schweini---Kroos -----Oezil--------Mueller------Schuerrle
At this WC I don't think it depends too much "who" you are playing, but "when (daytime)" and "where" you are playing. At the early match time you could see a lot of favorites struggle, even Argentine had yesterday problems with the Iranian wall. Loew needs to sort the team and the bosses on the pitch must finally lead the other players. Khedira and Lahm both had a horrible day yesterday, but these guy are ask to adjust a match plan.