Congrats Germany a much deserved win.
We never had a chance to win from the very start of the game when we lined up with no strikers and using Cahill (A makeshift at best) up front alone. No Kewell no Bresciano and an untried untested lineup.
The tactics we used were horrible, a high defensive line and containment with NO pressure what so ever on the ballplayer. Germany raped us because of this and were allowed so much space to shine and tore us to pieces with speed and fine one touch passing and deadly through balls. Mix this in with bad defensive decisions and the end product is a thrashing at the hands of a very solid, capable & world class unit such as Germany.
Our defense got stretched wide like jenna jammison, we had no chance to do aything using these bad tactics. After the game many pundits echoed my exact same thoughts, so I'm glad I'm not the only one who realises where we went wrong.
We had some chances in attack but were not confident to lay that final ball or get that extra man forward, we did look good crossing the ball into the box but Germany had solid positioning and handled everything we threw at them. Our most clear cut chance was early in the game and it was not taken, you don't get many more chances when you play against a team like Germany.
For now we gotta chalk it off as a loss and move on, we must win both games against Ghana and Serbia, a possibility if we get the right personel in and go back to our original tactics. Against Ghana we must sit deeper as they have speed and get forward fast on the counter and fucking close them down... anyway thats another day.
Good Game Germany.
