DON LEO DAY 8/6: Austria v Croatia & Germany v Poland

Jetzt gehts los!

Are both matches on BBC One?

All are on BBC 1

Hrvatska

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=lfK2OIqfsoY

DD wrote:All are on BBC 1

Good, ITV's coverage yesterday was AWEFUL.

G. Neville.

f@ck of with your $h!t Boro players, they are $h!t so far!!!

Come on Republika Hrvatska!!!

Do it for Eddy!

So what's the latest from Germany?

----------------Jens-----------------
Lahm----------M&M---------Jansen
Fritz-----Frings---Ballack-----Poldi
----------Klose----Gomes----------

oder?

Wonder what tactics Don Leo will pick. Damn sure, he has a plan that will break all cunningness records.

Could 1 of our Polish friends provide us with some info on the likely Polish starters?

Seconded.

Slavan Bilic is also a really likeable manager as well, so they have my support for today.

Don Leo wrote:So what's the latest from Germany?

----------------Jens-----------------
Lahm----------M&M---------Jansen
Fritz-----Frings---Ballack-----Poldi
----------Klose----Gomes----------

oder?

Neisse ?

Hope Croatia do well too.

They've got great players & can play some good footy (& Bilic is OK too; good to see a manager with an earring). Apart from that I've Srna and Petric (c) in my FF team. A trashing of Austria would set me up nicely.

Croatia v Germany (2nd matchday) could be a great match. Hope the Croats still have the German's number (they got it the 1998 WC).

Axeslammer wrote:

Don Leo wrote:So what's the latest from Germany?

----------------Jens-----------------
Lahm----------M&M---------Jansen
Fritz-----Frings---Ballack-----Poldi
----------Klose----Gomes----------

oder?

Neisse ?

ja, auch weiblich

Rhein Main Inn Neckar Nil Po

Das Bild urges Germany to get their first win at a European Championship since 1996.

Poldi spielt! Schweini zittert!

Löw hat sich im linken Mittelfeld entschieden. Rechts kämpfen Fritz und Schweini um den letzten Platz für das Polen-Spiel

Welche Elf soll Deutschland den 1. Sieg bei einer EM seit dem Finale 1996 schenken (zuletzt 3 Pleiten und 3 Remis)? Sorgen haben wir in der Abwehr, aber keine Alternativen. Was macht Jogi Löw (48) gegen Polen im Mittelfeld?

Lukas Podolski (23) spielt – und zwar im linken Mittelfeld! Löw gestern Nachmittag: „Poldi ist in sehr guter Verfassung. Er ist eine Variante von Beginn an.“

Poldi auf links, davor Klose und Gomez! Eine mutige Entscheidung von Löw, der im ersten Gruppenspiel Risiko geht.

Die große Frage: Wer darf im rechten Mittelfeld ran? Der eher defensive Bremer Clemens Fritz (27) oder der trickreiche Poldi-Kumpel Bastian Schweinsteiger (23)?


Eigentlich war alles klar, dass Fritz die besten Karten auf rechts hatte. Doch Schweini hat sich in den letzten Tagen im Training aufgedrängt.

Beim Geheimtraining am Freitag deutete sich Schweinis Einsatz bereits an. Er durfte Freistöße üben. Während Fritz als Statist herumstand ...


muss da seinNach der letzten Einheit gestern lobte Löw besonders Bayern-Star Schweinsteiger: „Bastian hat in den letzten Tagen klare Fortschritte gemacht im Vergleich zu Anfang der Woche.“ Und: Er hat freiwillige Extraschichten gemacht. Hat sich Schweini im letzten Moment doch noch von der Bank weggekämpft?

Löw muss sich entscheiden: Spielt er volle Attacke – also mit Poldi UND Schweini. Oder „nur“ normale Attacke – mit Fritz rechts und Poldi links.

Löw: „Das ist das härteste Turnier der Welt. Alle sind fit. Wir werden selbstbewusst, voller Überzeugung und mit einer gewissen Frechheit ins Spiel gehen.“ Poldis Auftritt im linken Mittelfeld ist auf jeden Fall frech...

Ebenso wie der Bundestrainer ist auch die Mannschaft heiß – und optimistisch.

Torsten Frings: „Ich glaube, dass wir Europameister werden können! Sonst wären wir hier fehl am Platz.“

Don Leo wrote:So what's the latest from Germany?

----------------Jens-----------------
Lahm----------M&M---------Jansen
Fritz-----Frings---Ballack-----Poldi
----------Klose----Gomes----------

oder?

Wonder what tactics Don Leo will pick. Damn sure, he has a plan that will break all cunningness records.

Could 1 of our Polish friends provide us with some info on the likely Polish starters?

Certainly, well at least this is the line up I would predict

Boruc

Golanski-Bak-Jop-Dudka

Lobodzinski-Guerreiro-Lewandowski-Krzynowek

Smolarek-Zurawski

That should leave us with a balanced enough team with a solid back 4 + keeper, a DM and a more AM along with the two wingers. Of the front two Zurawski will drop back aiming to provide a more creative touch while Ebi bombs forward, hopefully using his pace to good effect.

The alternative is that we put Dudka into central midfield to protect the back 4 even more and slot Wawrzyniak in at left-back. All depends really on whether we're going to attack Germany or sit back and hopefully scrape a point.

I've paid heavily for Poldi & Klose in my FF team, so your boys better deliver tonight Otto !

If they can't deliver against the Poles (who don't have any players left because you've already stolen all the good ones) you'd better shut up forever

PERSONALLY

I would think 16 times about Poldi or Klose

a Pole would only have to think once



at the World Cup both players mysteriously failed to convert excellent chances

I would not complain , if Loew played BAM and the LISPY WASP up front

hope to be proven wrong though

Eurottomeister wrote: I would not complain , if Loew played BAM and the LISPY WASP up front

hope to be proven wrong though

I didn't notice that one the other day. Seriously Otto, you might need to put a bit more thought into some of these names!

Don Leo wrote:

Das Bild urges Germany to get their first win at a European Championship since 1996.

Sig worthy

Eurottomeister wrote:PERSONALLY

I would think 16 times about Poldi or Klose

First you hype them to high heavens, then when someone calls you on it you're making excuses before a single ball has been kicked....


How very surprising

it's not easy

at Germany 2006 Klose and Poldi missed excellent chances against the Poles

they were CLEARLY inhibited

HOWEVER

the MONSTER HAS to start

play him alongside BESSER ALS MESSI (BAM) is a good compromise

the PRINZ, allegedly , is on fire in training and undroppable on current form

ONE Pole only at the front is a good solution

I spent 40 or more minutes writing a post about our players and formation and I was mercilessly logged out.
Bad omen says I

Deutschland vs Polen

has HISTORY

in 1974, at the World Cup in Germany, the countries met in the SEMI-FINAL

"die WASSSERSCHLACHT" (the water battle)

http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a2128/l1/l0/F.html#featuredEntry

We're going to use some some defensive formation. 4-5-1 or something like 4-2-3-1.

----------Boruc---------

Wasilewski-Bąk-Żewłakow-Golański/Wawrzyniak
------------Dudka-Lewandowski------------
Łobodziński ----------------------Smolarek
--------------Krzynówek----------------
--------------Żurawski -------------------

Erfolg dank niederländischer Entwicklungshilfe

http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,558226,00.html

In Leo Legchopper we trust!!

Lothar Matthaus predicts: Germany 2-0 Poland

"Two years ago Germany showed they were a better side than Poland at the World Cup - Poland simply were not at the races and allowed Germany to dominate the game for the entire 90 minutes even if the end result - a 1-0 win - did not exactly show that.

Germany are boosted by having two players in their side with Polish links - Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose - who know their opponents well.

But Poland should not be underestimated, and they have a fantastic coach in Leo Beenhakker who has already achieved a great deal on the international stage and is always good for a few surprises.

It won't be an easy game because the Polish will defend deep and try to hit Germany on the break. They are not able to dominate possession against a team of Germany's class - Germany will be left to enjoy far more of the ball and I believe with the striker's they have, goals are inevitable."