Re: Ze German Thread

[RealGunner]

two Arsenal Legends in making

[Onyx]

No Julian Draxler?

Does he not play much at Schalke?

[rwo power]

No Julian Draxler?

Does he not play much at Schalke?

Julian Draxler is out injured for probably 4-5 weeks still as he broke his arm when he was fouled in the CL match against Montpellier.

Also out injured are Mario Gómez, Mats Hummels, Ilkay Gündogan and Lars+Sven Bender. Philipp Lahm is suspended for the first of the matches. Joachim Löw will have to be creative with the German defense. He already called up Heiko Westermann as a replacement for Hummels.

[urbaNRoots]

According to Bild: Podolski could start as a lone striker against Ireland.

„Ob ich vorne drin, links oder rechts spiele. Wichtig ist, dass man seine Leistung bringt, da wo man eingesetzt wird. Sogar als linker Verteidiger.“

Poldi said that he would play as left-back if Löw asked him to.

[RealGunner]

I will play him as a left back in my fifa team soon :I'munoriginal:

[rwo power]

Well, Poldi was in today's press conference of the DFB. If you understand German - there were some really funny comments there. ^^





Full PK: http://tv.dfb.de/index.php?view=5100

[juventus101]

Poldi as a lone striker is actually a good idea in my opinion, with Ozil, Kroos/Muller, and Gotze/Reus behind him.

[rwo power]

Germany U21 is taking on Switzerland U21 right now. W00t!
(Match is shown on Eurosport)

Germany U21: Leno - Jantschke, Kirchhoff, Sobiech, S. Jung - Rudy, Leitner - Holtby (c) - Beister, Esswein - Mlapa

Switzerland U21: Bürki (c) - Widmer, Affolter, Schär, Daprela - Wiss, Abrash - Kasami, Toko, Zuber - Seferovic

[Toffer Harley]

the left-back position is giving me headache. i don't like schmelzer and well there is nobody else atm. jansen should have a chance if he converts back to a left-back, which he is better at anyway i think

[rwo power]

Maybe Löw could try Gonzalo Castro again? Marcel Schmelzer is a liability for Germany, I think he really needs Kevin Großkreutz to actually work.

I shall watch Tony Jantschke atm in the U21 match (he can play both RB and LB after all)...

[rwo power]

Bernd Leno

That should have been the Germany U21 0:1 Switzerland U21, but Bernd Leno saved us!

And now it should have been the 1:0 for Germany, if it hadn't been for a likewise fantastic save by Roman Bürki!

Two very talented GKs on show here!

82.) 1:0 - Sebastian Rudy (PK after a foul at Polter)
87.) 1:1 - Josip Drmic

FT - Germany U21 1:1 Switzerland U21

[Toffer Harley]

eventho he wasn't tested today, good stuff by schmelzer. also nice to see schweinsteiger etc. cheer him up, not just the dortmund guys

[Onyx]

Reus.

Was Lahm injured or something?

[rwo power]

Philipp Lahm was suspended as he got too many yellow cards. ^^

[VivaStPauli]

The commentator said it was the first suspension of Lahms career, but it was probably false, since Bela Réthy said it...

[rwo power]

Actually I can't remember Philipp Lahm getting many yellow since rather recently, so it well may have been his first suspension.

[rwo power]

So, the second leg of the U21 Euro qualification play-off is up and running. The first leg in Germany ended 1:1.

Switzerland U21
Bürki - Widmer, Affolter, R. Koch, Daprela - Abrashi, Wiss - Zuber, Kasami - Drmic, Toko

Germany U21
Leno - S. Jung, Sobiech, Thesker, Jantschke - Rudy, Moritz - Holtby - Beister, Bellarabi - Polter

08.) 0:1 - Lewis Holtby (direct FK)
20.) 0:2 - Lasse Sobiech (assist by Lewis Holtby)
45.) 0:3 - Sebastian Polter (assist by Karim Bellarabi)
75.) 1:3 - Josip Drmic (assist by Oliver Buff)

FT Switzerland 1:3 Germany (2:4 on aggregate)

That means Germany U21 will be at the Euro 2013 in Israel!

[rwo power]

World Cup 2014 qualifier Germany - Sweden in the Olympiastadion Berlin is coming up. After the U21, the big boys are called to work on getting a starting place inthe next big tournament.

Germany:
Neuer - Boateng, Mertesacker, Badstuber, Lahm - Kroos, Schweinsteiger - T. Müller, Özil, Reus - Klose

Sweden:
Isaksson - Lustig, Granqvist, Olsson, Safari - Wernbloom, Elm - Larsson Ibrahimovic, Holmen, - Elmander


Marcel Schmelzer had to decline playing today as he suffers from a foot injury, thus Jogi Löw decided to start Philipp Lahm on the left side again and Jérôme Boateng on the right.

[halamadrid2]

Olsson is ill and Kallstrom and Svensson are on the bench somehow.

This is the real line-up according to Hamren(coach)

Isaksson-Lustig, Graqvist, Olsson, Safari-Wernbloom, Elm, Larsson, Holmen, Ibra-Elmander

[rwo power]

Thanks for the correction! I shall update it in my former post, too, then.

[halamadrid2]

no problem, how good is Boateng as a RB?? is he better than schmelzer??

[rwo power]

Well, IMO Boa at RB is better than Schmelzer as LB (for the NT, that is). In Dortmund, Marcel Schmelzer is really pretty good as LB, while for Bayern, Jérôme Boateng usually plays as CB nowadays.

[halamadrid2]

wait doesn't Schmelzer play as a RB for Bayer Leverkusen, or am i thinking of someone with a similar name to him. i say that because i have watched them lately and that name rings a bell in my mind.

just realised i read it wrong, Boa is playing LB and Lahm RB no?? now i know what confused me

It will be hard to get past the two fullback, hopefully Sweden can exploit set pieces and counters

[VivaStPauli]

Nono, Schmelzer got injured, so Lahm shifted to the left, and Boateng plays RB;
Schmelzer has been with Dortmund for ages, for Leverkusen there's Kadlec and Castro as fullbacks.

And Boateng is pretty good, for the NT he's better than Schmelzer, and matches like this one show, he might actually get to be a pretty good fullback with enough practice, though I'm pretty sure he prefers CB.

It's just that he's a decent paster and fast as hell, those are nice attributes to have as a FB, and his tackling is great. His decision making is lacking, though, so he tends to get carded, or get shaken off by his mark.

[The Messiah]

Loew must drop Badstuber if Germany are to rise up to expectation and win something.

it's getting embarrassing now

[halamadrid2]

didn't you protect him against the "trolls"???

Also thansk Viva think i was thinking about Schwabb, just remembered his name now

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