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I think he should play in the next game, Khedira needs to book a flight home.Youngsters Goretzka and Rudy are the 1:1 replacements, no clue why Löw didn't bring one of them when the midfield had proven to be nonexistent, they couldn't have made it worse.
Yeah, most of our problems came from the weak CM where Khedira, Kroos, and, in parts, Özil couldn't keep the ball, let alone stop a Mexican counter. I can't wrap my mind around how throwing on every offensive player we have was supposed to help.
Costa Rica will beat Serbia
1/2And Brazil game will be a draw.
That's what most big teams do nowadays. There's this tendency to get caught up in the initial formations and think that's how the team is supposed to look like throughout the game. Nobody plays a fixed formation in football anymore. Germany's problem was the Khedira-Kroos combination not doing its job defensively, and losing too many stupid balls in general as a team.You were right. Can only see it as arrogant to think you can play a right back as a right winger in a back four.
Germany was way to predictable with every attack going over the right side trying to get Kimmich to do everything and we consistently exposed our right defensive side which Lozano exploited time and time again. To call this a tactically naive performance would be a compliment for Löw and his team. It also didn't help that Özil and Draxler might as well not have been on the pitch and Plattenhardt was completely ignored on the left. On top of that I can really understand Hummels being pissed at him and Boateng constantly being left without protection against two or three Mexican attacking players. All in all a really weak performance from our team.Germany looked tired and leggy from the first whistle. they also lack an attacking outlet, they have no focal point. its like a needle with a blunt tip. Sane was a mistake, bringing players like Brandt on to late was mistake and playing Werner for most of the game was a mistake. Mexico played very well especially first half. Pressing was relentless and counter attacking was fast and direct, just a shame they couldnt find the quality to finish it earlier. They Needed to take those chances and be more cut throat. In ghe second half they showed great discipline, determination and passion. They defended their position with hard work and passion. congrats to them.
p.s gotta love chicharito
I haven't seen that formation in many games. They were a back four that changed to a back three with a midfielder dropping in when their full backs disappeared up the pitch IIRC. Maybe in a back 5 you see such abandonment of both full back positions but not a back 3 with only one midfielder left in.That's what most big teams do nowadays. There's this tendency to get caught up in the initial formations and think that's how the team is supposed to look like throughout the game. Nobody plays a fixed formation in football anymore. Germany's problem was the Khedira-Kroos combination not doing its job defensively, and losing too many stupid balls in general as a team.
And also Mexico being in unreal physical shape
Have you seen Marcelo play for Real? Kimmich for Bayern? It's actually harder to find a team that doesn't rely on its FBs to provide width. It's the lack of cover that was the problem, not Kimmich's role. Had Kroos/Khedira stayed back as an anchor things would've been a lot more stable.You were right. Can only see it as arrogant to think you can play a right back as a right winger in a back four.
Yes, their positioning was all over the place. But apparently that was indeed the plan, to push kimmich really far up and have plattenhart stay a bit further behind so he could tuck in and form a back 3, with Khedira for cover.I haven't seen that formation in many games. They were a back four that changed to a back three with a midfielder dropping in when their full backs disappeared up the pitch IIRC. Maybe in a back 5 you see such abandonment of both full back positions but not a back 3 with only one midfielder left in.
He also started trying to claim for a penalty that wasn't whilst Mexico attacked down his wing and nearly scored. Can't blame the coach for that.Asking the fullbacks to be pushing so far up and then only Kroos and Khedira as cover was bound to end up in disaster against this Mexico team. They needed one more midfielder.
This one was on Low but Kimmich has to adapt throughout the game too, if he's constantly too far up to be able to recover for the counters then he needs to be more careful too, don't think it's really fair to not blame him at all and claim he was just following the coach's instructions.
On the other hand, Brazil had never faced a team as tough as this Swiss squad before according to FIFA ranking for the last 28 years. In addition, not always was our victory fair and square. We took advantage of refereeing mistakes which assured our first 3 points in some matches like Spain'86 and Turkey'02. Not that I'm turning a blind eye on the Brazilian performance and think that everything's fine, but we must analyse the whole context firstly.I'm not sure I follow all of the 'brazil always starts slow' or 'brazil always starts tournaments like this'. They may not always play well but they ALWAYS win their first match of a World Cup. At least as far back as 1998 if not longer. They usually find a way to win even if its a tight game. Today was just not good enough. They have work to do if they want to top the group. They can certainly get out of it but Tite is going to have to make some changes.
I thought Gabriel Jesus was rubbish, he is very overrated overall. No idea why Firnino doesn’t start ahead of him.