Germany vs mexico

[bastian]

this is the probable line up :

kahn-friedrich,huth,mertesacker,schneider-deisler,frings,balla,the pig-kuranyi,podolski

[TheNameOfTheG..]

4-2 for Germany.

[ACBerb]

I think Germany will win, I'm saying 3-1. They have the extra day rest and will be out to redeem themselfs after the Brazil loss on home soil. When Germany beats (notice the when and not if ;) ) Mexico I will say then that this tournie has been a success for them. Lossing one game to Brazil the whole tournament is nothing to be sad about. In fact had Germany won it all with no losses, they might have got a little too over confident for next years WC. One more thing... Ultimate Hero your teams goin' down :moon

[ACBerb]

Ultimate "Queero" Hero your teams goin' down :moon Hope you removed your strap-on long enough to watch this game!

[Aequitas]

Germany would leave with a very pale image if they lose, they are playing at home! This would be too much.

[TheNameOfTheG..]

Germany would leave with a very pale image if they lose, they are playing at home! This would be too much.

I can not agree with you because this is very young team which will (I asume) give its best for 3, 4, 5 or even more years. From now on they can only be better :USA_Blue
Yes they still didnt won against big team but I am sure they will before next WC.

[TZI]

Draw, Germany to win on pens

[el mero mero]

I think Germany will win, but not by a huge margin. It's their home and they will be looking to at least get third, but don't underestimate Mexico's ability.

[AlexDel2002]

what a stupid poll...obviously people gona say germany as most of u are germans or support a german team!!! ...but anyway id say mexico 2-1

[Timonator]

what a stupid poll...obviously people gona say germany as most of u are germans or support a german team!!! ...but anyway id say mexico 2-1

There're tons of polls like this in other forums too :rolleyes: Just go the Argentina forum...


Anyway, I say we'll win 3-1. I have respect of Mexico...the won against Brazil, but I think our team will win this :drinkbeer

[IBES]

I think most of the players wont care and some prefer to be in mexico right now playing for their club.

Germany win

[Switchblade]

what a stupid poll...obviously people gona say germany as most of u are germans or support a german team!!! ...but anyway id say mexico 2-1
:laugh :laugh :laugh

Germany will win simply because they are better. And you may use Brazil's defeat as an example, but that is oe of the most undeserved wins I've ever seen...

[mejulian]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

Germany will win simply because they are better. And you may use Brazil's defeat as an example, but that is oe of the most undeserved wins I've ever seen...
I wasn't expecting such a biased reply from you. Your beef against Mexican football is frankly pathetic. :rolleyes:

I predict a tie with a German win in over time.

[Faram|R]

Germany to take the third-place with 3-0 win!

[TZI]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

Germany will win simply because they are better. And you may use Brazil's defeat as an example, but that is oe of the most undeserved wins I've ever seen...

I don't agree with that, Mexico currently are better IMO

[Gerry_BMG]

2:1 at halftime and I have to say its only a decent game. Mexice continues to impress me with their tactical/perseverance skills. Podolski is IMO playing great... well to judge Podolski you have to count the opportunities he had to do something great. And counting them you have 2 out of 3. You cant judge Podolski on how he plays overall although he would still be decent, you have to check what he does when it comes to almost scoring a goal and there he is brilliant. Deisler plays good too. Huth struggles and Ballack and Schweinsteiger had better days. Schneider had a brilliant scene near the nend, this guy is a tremendous player when he is in form. But that is not that often the case.
Hinkel did great assisting the 2nd goal. He has the stuff to annihilate Friedrich, but for that he has to be more consistent in the coming season.

Summary: I love Podolski for being himself and not doing much more in this game than to assist and score. :drinkbeer:drinkbeer:drinkbeer:drinkbeer:drinkbeer :drinkbeer

[TheNameOfTheG..]

I think Mexicans are more skillful than Brasilians :USA_Blue

Podolski is grat alredy (how many times did I said that?).

Frings Frings Frings :handbags
Why not Borowski (how many times did I said that?)?

Defence is still pretty shaky.

[IBES]

kikin finally scored....unfortunately a bit too late. cant see it as Univision decided to relegate the game to Galavision (there are 3 channels just in case u ask)

[IBES]

2-2 now

how did hanke get the red card?

[palmerq]

ohhh is huth the hero?
3-2 now I think.

[The Southern Dandy]

3-2 Germany. Huth scores.

[DvA]

3-3 Jared Borgetti, this guy is amazing in headers, how can Mejulian dislike him

[Pat Murphy]

Borgetti again

[TheNameOfTheG..]

Great game!

Stupid red card by Hanke.

[mejulian]

3-3 Jared Borgetti, this guy is amazing in headers, how can Mejulian dislike him
Because is the only thinh he does. He is as amazing with headers as is bad with his feet, and the problem with that is the we have the risk of becoming a team which sends crosses all day waiting for a header, like certain European team.;)

Anyway, I hope the team does ok. They're doing good and I have high hopes for 2006. :USA_Blue :bowing

[IBES]

Borgetti is the best in that dept

[IBES]

what was the starting lineup for Mexico?

[Mertesacker]

He reminds me of Bierhoff that Borghetti.

[TZI]

Finished 4-3, sounds like Mexico should have gotten it to 4-4 at the death though

[mejulian]

Good tournament for Mexico. We lost two games of four, but the team looks good for next year. I am already looking forward to returning to Germany next year. :bowing :bowing :bowing

[bastian]

very good game ...ballack was impressive since the second half started, poldi great goal and great pass to hinkel in the second goal.... hinkel as gerry said has the stuff to be in the starting elf instead friedrich he's more skilled but consistency is his problem, huth was good i liked the way he played today although has still to improve.....kurany lives in the floor......schneider was good he is so versatile....frings ooh dear torsten... out of form erns should replace him . although we scored 15 goals in 5 games which is quite impressive i have to say our main problem is defence we are conceding a lot of goals. we conceded 11 in the whole tournament we have to work that out soon . overall a great game with a lot of goals , gongrats for da mexicans they have a very good team :clap :clap

[Timonator]

Wow, that was a wonderful game. Didn't expect such a fight for the 3rd place!

The first minutes were kind of slow from our team...but after a time it became better and better :clap

Podolskis goal was just amazing, as was Scheinis goal (congrats also to Hinkel, 80% of that goal belongs to him :clap)

I'm happy for Robby! Huth that he scored, played very good today. After all the critic he deserved that goal :laugh Everytime he touched the ball, the people screamed HUUUUUUUTTTTTTHHHHHH, HUUUUUUUTTTTTTHHHHH, HUUUUUUUTTTTTHHHHHH :D that was great...

And Ballack was the leader we needed at the end. He was everywhere and helped the team to organize. He did the "Ronaldinhio"...amazing goal from him :laugh

I love this new german team :clap They were fighting, and they never gave up...great teamspirit. We even played with just 10 men! Just great! I can't remember the last time where we scored so many beautiful goals :clap

I don't care about the defence ATM...great football :clap

*isclappingtoomuch:D*

[jordankhamra]

It was a good game. As others have already pointed out, Podolski's goal was amazing. He will be one the best in the World in a couple of years. Hinkel was very impressive in the first half even though he faded in the second half. I thought Hanke did well. Good ball control and movement on and off the ball even though I thought he was very stupid in getting sent off. I was also impressed by Fabian Ernst. He had a couple of great shot/chances.

The defence is VERY weak. Too many goals, too many bad passes and terrible on set pieces. A lot of work is needed. Kuryani continues to dissapoint me. He did little with his time on the pitch, lost the ball a lot and did little of anything. I did not like Asamoah's play either. I think they both are not NT type players. Schneider was great even though he was responsilbe for the first goal. Overall a first half and great fighting spirit in 2nd half and overtime.

[bastian]

Schneider was great even though he was responsilbe for the first goal.


the main responsible for the first goal was torsten frings.....

[Gerry_BMG]

Wow, that was a wonderful game. Didn't expect such a fight for the 3rd place!

The first minutes were kind of slow from our team...but after a time it became better and better :clap

Podolskis goal was just amazing, as was Scheinis goal (congrats also to Hinkel, 80% of that goal belongs to him :clap)

I'm happy for Robby! Huth that he scored, played very good today. After all the critic he deserved that goal :laugh Everytime he touched the ball, the people screamed HUUUUUUUTTTTTTHHHHHH, HUUUUUUUTTTTTTHHHHH, HUUUUUUUTTTTTHHHHHH :D that was great...
take a deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath and relax dude. Its all good

[Timonator]

Sorry Gerry...drank too much :laugh I thought it was a good game, if you think that they fought almost till death in a pointless match :drinkbeer that's good teamspirit

haha and Brazil 4:1 ATM :laugh now where is Aequitas?!? At least we lost in a good way against Brazil...but Argentina shows almost no reaction...

[TheNameOfTheG..]

Zvonimir Boban comentated the game after and he said that German aproach to the world championship must be without big expetations like "we must win it" because this German team is not strong like other big German teams in the past. If that would be aproach he said then maybe Germany could win it. He said that this German team has luck of talent except Ballack and Schweini. Also he said that Huth is very average player.
Hm.

Is Borowski defensive midfielder?

[The Southern Dandy]

Boban sounds like an idiot.

[TheNameOfTheG..]

I think he doesnt watch German football enough. I doubt he new for Podolski before this game.

[DeutscheBong]

Zvonimir Boban comentated the game after and he said that German aproach to the world championship must be without big expetations like "we must win it" because this German team is not strong like other big German teams in the past. If that would be aproach he said then maybe Germany could win it. He said that this German team has luck of talent except Ballack and Schweini.


Zvonimir is clearly an imbecile.

[el mero mero]

Good game, really enjoyable to watch and I'm not disappointed about the result. We came close to at the very end, but the shot missed. But it's a 3rd/4th place game, and they played seriously. Congratulations guys!

[bastian]

I think he doesnt watch German football enough. I doubt he new for Podolski before this game.

yeah u r right , and that's why suckers like him shouldnt talk crap if they dont really know german soccer.....

[TheNameOfTheG..]

yeah u r right , and that's why suckers like him shouldnt talk crap if they dont really know german soccer.....

But he need to say something that is the reason why they call him in the studio :D

To be honest he said if you can say that one german team isnt talented then it is this team :D so he advised that Germany plays with team spirit, dicipline bla bla

[TheNameOfTheG..]

I think he is just without info about German football. For Lukas, Merte and plenty of others he probably dont know or he knows a little.

[Timonator]

Good game, really enjoyable to watch and I'm not disappointed about the result. We came close to at the very end, but the shot missed. But it's a 3rd/4th place game, and they played seriously. Congratulations guys!
Congrats to you too :clap Mexico played very good, they always came back and didn't give up! All in all it was a great match by both teams.

:drinkbeer

[ACBerb]

I think Germany will win, I'm saying 3-1.

What a smart guy, and it would have been 3-1 had that Australian ref not red carded Hanke. It was a yellow at best, guess the ref was still bitter about the world class whoopin' Germany layed on his country men! :P I was very impressed to see Germany retake the lead not once but twice being down a man, not an easy task. All and all still very happy with this tournie, I see better things to come from Germany in the WC next year. Oh and Congrats to Brazil for winning the whole thing, :bowing P.S. If ya wanna know how to beat the Mexicans you just have to ask! :drinkbeer

[elmubarak]

that was a great game. once again the attack was very2 nice from both team. however, i dun think hanke shld be redcarded. yellow tops. however, it wasnt very smart of him to charge a player like that after we're playin nicely at that time.
i think we could now have a realistic target of winning WC06 judging by our wonderful performance in this tournament

[jordankhamra]

that was a great game. once again the attack was very2 nice from both team. however, i dun think hanke shld be redcarded. yellow tops. however, it wasnt very smart of him to charge a player like that after we're playin nicely at that time.
i think we could now have a realistic target of winning WC06 judging by our wonderful performance in this tournament

A lot of work ahead of us before we can dream of being World Champions. We have to fix the defence and get Podolski a decent strike partner. With a bit of improvement, I think we can be a top European team again but we are still far behind Brazil and Argentina. We did well against both teams but it was obvious to me that they are a step ahead. Brazil outplayed us for most of the game even though the end result was flatering. We did score a lot of goals but I really feel that our midfield play has to improve to compete. Our offense revolves around passing, finding the open man and lot of areial balls. A good defense can handle that. We need 2 true ball dribblers who can create havoc on defences and unlock them. I think we have that in Lahm and Hinkel and I look for them to play that role.

If we fix the defense, unleash Hinkel and Lahm, find Podolski a good strike partner, we will be World Champios again. That is easier said that done. Great performance and a great confidence booster for us.

[Guday]

Brazil outplayed us for most of the game even though the end result was flatering.

I disagree bud, in fact Germany is the one who had control of game for most the time.

[ACBerb]

I disagree bud, in fact Germany is the one who had control of game for most the time.

Excuse me...Sorry...? I must be hallucinating it almost sounded like you're paying Germany a complement! :woot

[mejulian]

I predict a tie with a German win in over time.
:cool

[Coldplay]

[QUOTE=jordankhamra] We have to fix the defence and get Podolski a decent strike partner. [QUOTE]

Yeah, we definitely need Metzelder, Lahm, Worns in the team in order to enhance our defensive line. Both Mertesacker and Huth are not Klinsi's first choice CBs i think, if Metzelder and Worns are available, i think Klinsi will pick them at anytime. He delibrately left out Worns before the tournament, and i think moving Friedrich to the CB may be an option as well. Seems like everyone has forgotten about F.Baumann, but i think the chance of him getting back to our NT is slim.

Right now, Podolski is not Klinsi's first choice striker as well. That's Kuranyi, he is trying to find someone who can partner him. But i m sure after this tournament, Podolski will be Germany's no.1 striker. his partner may be Lauth, Kuranyi, Asamoah, Hanke, Neuville, Klose or even Hunt and Delura(where they may have much better chance of playing in Hannover)....
But still, i hope Lauth and Klose can get back to their old form soon. they are very good players indeed

My own choice of 5 strikers will be: Lauth, Podolski, Klose, Kuranyi, Asamoah

[Guday]

Excuse me...Sorry...? I must be hallucinating it almost sounded like you're paying Germany a complement! :woot

That's bit of low blow, Aceberb bud, I hope you are feelin okay these days, in spite of those sleepless nights, thank to yr new arrival.

Well yes and no - put it this way I am trying to view of both sides of things, and ..well at least I am trying unlike many people.

Hmm...things that I have to do...to avoid being excommunicated! :laugh:laugh

[scorpion2a]

It looks like I missed a hell of match! I had to work late :(
Anyway, goodluck for the German NT and congratulations. I hope it motivates us to move forwards and keep faith in the youngsters.
Klinsmann.. we needed your vision. U have a new approach and I admire it.

[IBES]

:cool

que suerte ;)

[ACBerb]

That's bit of low blow, Aceberb bud, I hope you are feelin okay these days, in spite of those sleepless nights, thank to yr new arrival.

:cool Just messin' wit' ya, you have to learn to only take about 10% of what I say seriously! Oh ya and with the sleep deprivation better make that 5%

Hmm...things that I have to do...to avoid being excommunicated! :laugh:laugh

Well now no chance of that, we need all the Ballack supporters we can get in this forum! :woot