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our coach gets ready for argentina!!!
lol, this isn't going to be easy for anybody.
our coach gets ready for argentina!!!
so far it's definitely looked easy for Brazil + Argentina. Vs. Germany will be a little tougher, but not much more.
Agree with DAF... at this stage in the compe ion, every game is hard as .
That said, the expectation going in was that this Argentina team would suck a whole lot and might not even get out of the group stage, so everything past that right now is pure gravy.
goddam that video is disgusting. nasty germans
Argentina's D is weaker, Germany is playing a better football but Argentina has Messi, Tevez and Higuain. 50/50.
germany can live with the underdog role!
its a little bit like the spurs where several years ago: dont like to be the favs too much, but work well as a team to be stronger than people think (the usual "bla bla bla...equals more than the sum of its parts" thing). if I had to bet on a team, I'd take argentina, but not by much. argentina's defense is shaky (demichelis plays for the german national champion and is kind of the laughing stock there) and if germany can hit them early via good, fast attacks (like they did in previous games), they have a nice chance to win it.
when seeing a team, people tend to only see the offense...and that is argentinas weakness (germany didn't look that good in this regard as well)...I'm pretty sure, we will see a lot of goals in this one (over/under is at 2.5 and you are insane, if you take the under!)
and if germany is out, you can bet I'm for the maradona squad!
Germany FTW
I'm not sold our defense is weaker at all when we're playing 4 guys at the back.
I think that thought has been overly exaggerated. Demichelis so far has been basically the only liability, and adding Samuel should make the defense even more solid. What is really thin for Argentina is the midfield, but after watching all 5 games, I'm starting to get convinced that it's by design, so we move quickly from defense to attack, seeing that we've very quick guys upfront.
Demichelis should sit down and let Samuel play now that he recovered. Also, whoever scores first is going to have a huge advantage.
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If Maradona puts Otamendi, Burdisso, Samuel and Heinze on the back I'll be more than comfortable with our defensive line.
well, i saw Heinze play this year in France and he's a liability against speedy player. Ozil, Lahm... will give him trouble.
I'm a big time Heinze hater but I gotta admit he has been playing really well during this WC.
argentinas right side defense is pretty weak, but we don't have dribblers for that side (Lahm, Müller are on the right attack side and özil is in the center...most of the time tending to be a little further right as well)...on our left side podolsky can light up the scoreboard but nothing more.
the whole strategie of the german team (aside from counter attacks) is to load the right attack side and have poldy "spacing the other side"...problem is: most opposing teams have the better defenders on that exact same side!
That was true when Gutierrez was playing as a right back, now with Otamendi is another thing, he has been our best player in the last two games we've played (the only two he has played).
My only concern in the back is Demic is, I hope Maradona realizes this and subs him.
as I said: the right defensive side wont be challenged at all...in germany everybody loves Podolski but we also know, that he has only one skill: shooting...and even there he didnt look that good vs. Serbia.
good thing if Demichelis plays: Lahm, Müller, Klose, Schweinsteiger, Podolski know him from Bayern Munich (of course vice versa too)...so basically oll of our attack knows where the weakness is.
It's going to be very interesting indeed... Podolski played almost as a full back against England, and he shouldn't need to stay that far back against Argentina. On the other hand, Lahm is going to have to be careful going up with Di Maria playing on his back.
Well, if I were Argentine, I would cringe at Demichelis possibly playing. But the Germans have had their shaky moments on the defensive end as well. And the left back will probably be a weakness, no matter who Löw is going to trot out.
Well, should be an interesting game. But I see Argentina taking it.
Germanys defense is pretty weak on its left side (behind Podolski) Badstuber didnt look good and Boateng also isnt that great (we basically dont have a left back aside from Jnsen, which hasnt played a game for 3-4 months now)...after out first few games, everybody told Poldi to help there and that makes sense for me, as he will be on his prefered offensive position (hanging a little behind on the left sid) in time.
Another problem might be Mertesacker...He probably is our best full back, but dindt look well the least few games. Schweinsteiger will have to help a lot.
I have friends on both sides, so I'll just hope for a good game, and may the best team win.
Germany 3-2
lol italy.
Dude, what, c'mon lol
in argentina.
for germany:
klose- born in poland, polish parents
podolski- born in poland, polish parents
cacau- born in brazil, brazilian parents
sure, they chose to nationalize. I'm not saying germany forced them. but I'll be very impressed if you find me a single player not born in brazil/argentina to have played for them. Italy, Germany, holland, france have more than a few.
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