day 10 ------ germany vs. austria and poland vs. croatia

Fey wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Batman wrote:Austria playing some good football

So far i have been very impressed with them. they have shown alot of fight and they create several chances despite having less quality then most teams. just goes to show that you dont have to park the bus to get a result.

They have less quality then Switzerland, but they make up with it by working very hard. Im impressed by them, they can be proud of themselves if they get knocked out. They deserved more in the other games, but just cant score!

Exactly they work hard but unlike other teams they create several chances while others struggle to get a few. look at the greeks who hasnt done a damn thing. if Austria had a quality striker i think they would have two wins now.

Germany look so ordinary. Making even players like Ballack and Lahm look bad.

kas wrote:I think Gomez is:

1. Trying too hard to prove himself with the pressure on him.

2. Not as comfortable on the left as Podolski was.

3. A very limited footballer

4........

Gomez is bad, but I think you are being too harsh with Germany. Atleast they are creating some chances

Juligen wrote:Gomez is bad, but I think you are being too harsh with Germany. Atleast they are creating some chances

you are getting germany and austria mixed up. its easy to do i know.

I'm not going to judge him on the back of internationals, but so far in this tournament Gomez has looked like a donkey... only with less ball control.

Parks lives wrote:Germany look so ordinary. Making even players like Ballack and Lahm look bad.

To be fair Ballack does a good job of that on his own.

Rosicky wrote:

kas wrote:I think Gomez is:

1. Trying too hard to prove himself with the pressure on him.

2. Not as comfortable on the left as Podolski was.

3. $h!t.

Austria's are toying with the Germans, especially with Poldolski, sooner or later one of them must lash out.

Juligen wrote:Gomez is bad, but I think you are being too harsh with Germany. Atleast they are creating some chances

That is to be expected when they meet Austria. their best chances has been when a bad Austria defence has struggled to pass the ball out of defence and make silly mistakes.
Gomez has been poor but still looks a quality player in my eyes so i wont judge him only on these 3 games.

Have Germany settled for a 0-0

Super Madrid wrote:

Juligen wrote:Gomez is bad, but I think you are being too harsh with Germany. Atleast they are creating some chances

That is to be expected when they meet Austria. their best chances has been when a bad Austria defence has struggled to pass the ball out of defence and make silly mistakes.
Gomez has been poor but still looks a quality player in my eyes so i wont judge him only on these 3 games.

strange, i dont see you doing the same with other massively over-hyped players. ie ronaldo.

I'm not going to write off Gomez like many others, but so far I can certainly say that his "Better than Messi" nickname is spectacularly wrong, considering the fact that Messi controls a ball like he has glue on his feet, whereas Gomez doesn't come across as a skilful, technical player.

kas wrote:I'm not going to write off Gomez like many others, but so far I can certainly say that his "Better than Messi" nickname is spectacularly wrong

You needed three games to say that

Rosicky wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Juligen wrote:Gomez is bad, but I think you are being too harsh with Germany. Atleast they are creating some chances

That is to be expected when they meet Austria. their best chances has been when a bad Austria defence has struggled to pass the ball out of defence and make silly mistakes.
Gomez has been poor but still looks a quality player in my eyes so i wont judge him only on these 3 games.

strange, i dont see you doing the same with other massively over-hyped players. ie ronaldo.

When have i judged Ronaldo on a few games? I have watched very few games with Gomez but look good when i saw him. I have seen many man utd matches though as they show them rather often here whereas the bundesliga is not shown that much.anyway lets not turn this into a Ronaldo thread but focus on the game at hand.

Austria are all over Germany here. 10 WC players + Gomez and the easiest group all time of the EC may prove to much for the Germans

Managers sent off

whats going on here?

has loew been sent to the stands?

Both have been sent off

Both coaches get sent off!
Good stuff here. Austria deserve to be ahead. if only they had a better striker or at least some players with a more decent touch.

The referee has ejected both managers...

Great entertainment!

That was never a foul on Metzelder btw.

What did they get sent off for?

Historicus wrote:What did they get sent off for?

For Gomez being shite

Angela Merkel shaking Low's hand and saluting him.

Historicus wrote:What did they get sent off for?

They were arguing from what i understand then after they get sent off they shake hands as if it wasnt serious.
funny scenes with Loew talking with Merkel in the stands looking as if he had to explain himself.

Can he take off Merkel from the stands as well?

If Austrian players didn't think they could do it im sure they do now.

Frings

Germany will probably score now.