Five reasons to fear the germans

[joffmiester]

They don’t even need to play Gomez or Podolski to qualify for the semis

There were ripples of discontent when the German team-sheet was handed in without the names Mario Gomez, Lukas Podolski or Thomas Muller on it and there was talk of the Greeks upsetting the weakened Germans. However, four goals later and the talk was all about Germany’s astonishing strength in depth. Bring on your second highest goalscorer of all time? Yeah, that’ll do. Germany have nothing to fear from injuries it seems.



Mezut Ozil is back on form

The diminutive German didn’t sparkle in the group stages but came alive tonight. He prodded, probed and tested the Greek defence time and time again. Ozil set up Klose’s goal and was heavily involved for Reus’ fourth. His lightning feet were too quick for Greece, can Italy or England tame him in the semis?



Five reasons to be afraid of the Germans
They don’t even need to play Gomez or Podolski to qualify for the semis

There were ripples of discontent when the German team-sheet was handed in without the names Mario Gomez, Lukas Podolski or Thomas Muller on it and there was talk of the Greeks upsetting the weakened Germans. However, four goals later and the talk was all about Germany’s astonishing strength in depth. Bring on your second highest goalscorer of all time? Yeah, that’ll do. Germany have nothing to fear from injuries it seems.



Mezut Ozil is back on form

The diminutive German didn’t sparkle in the group stages but came alive tonight. He prodded, probed and tested the Greek defence time and time again. Ozil set up Klose’s goal and was heavily involved for Reus’ fourth. His lightning feet were too quick for Greece, can Italy or England tame him in the semis?





Ozil the moon: Germany's playmaker is back on form



Anyone can score from anywhere

Anyone who thought that it’s only Mario Gomez who can put them away is sadly mistaken. Left-back Lahm opened the scoring from outside the box, defensive midfielder Khedira scored with a scorching volley, Klose buried a header and Reus lashed one in from the edge of the box. We’ve had a goal from a defender, three from midfielders and five from strikers so there’s danger wherever you turn. Apart from Neuer. Get your act together lad.



They are on a ridiculous run of form

15 wins in their last 15 competitive games. Not even a draw in 15 matches. That’s 1350 minutes of not losing. And that includes three games in the so-called Group of Death. They say winning is a habit, and it is one they will not be looking to break any time soon.



They are brutally organized but beautifully free

You know those clubs with the burly bouncers who tell you that it’s a one-in-one-out system? That’s pretty much how the Germans operate. See a gap? Fill it. Another gap has been created? Fill it. And so on. All over the pitch, players slot in wherever required in a system that hasn’t flown so well since the days of the originators of Total Football- Cruyff’s Netherlands. Greece weren’t able to get near Ozil, Schweinsteiger and Khedira as the trio swapped places like they were playing musical chairs. Any opposition midfield has to sort out a method of defending against the German’s movement, and we haven’t seen anyone who has come close yet.

[Dodge]

Football made simple .......

1. DONT LET THE OPPOSITION SCORE A GOAL.

2. SCORE MORE GOALS THAN THE OPPOSITION.


Easy

[joffmiester]

perfect !! dodge

[joffmiester]

[Dodge]

Thank crappity smack we dont have to face the Germans !

Proper turd tonight , first decent team we have faced and yet again are totally out of our depth 

Getting to the quarter final was an achievement ...... better teams than England didnt get that far