Would you say Germany are the international version of Arsenal?

by abhinav14 Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:00 am

- Faith in youth
- Dedicated philosophy
- Free flowing attacking football
- Underachievers
- Losing a 4 goal lead (

)

But in all seriousness, rather than Spain and Barcelona, I feel Arsenal and Germany are very similar.

Arsenal and Barcelona are often likened in footballing style, but Arsenal move the ball forward more quickly—Arsene Wenger’s best sides played with pace rather than hoarding the ball like Barca do. - Michael Cox.

by Sushi Master Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:04 am

Nope, the Netherlands are.

by CrazyBoy Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:17 am

The same arsenal which were a one man team last season or more? Bullshit observation from Cox, apart from Germans suffering from inexperience nothing matches between them and Arsenal.

by abhinav14 Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:21 am

Wouldn't say one man team - we had 17 different goalscorers and 25 out of van Persie's 37 goals were handed to him on a platter by Gervinho, Song, Theo etc. We were overdependent on RvP for goals though, yes.