From: Raja, The Great on
On Aug 9, 8:40 am, Binder Dundat <dun...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Denmark usually beats Germany it seems?
>
> Germany
> Tor: Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
>
> Verteidigung: Andreas Beck (1899 Hoffenheim), Jerome Boateng
> (Manchester City), Sascha Riether (VfL Wolfsburg), Marcel Schäfer (VfL
> Wolfsburg), Christian Schulz (Hannover 96), Serdar Tasci (VfB
> Stuttgart)
>
> Mittelfeld: Christian Gentner (VfB Stuttgart), Thomas Hitzlsperger
> (West Ham United), Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen), Toni Kroos (Bayern
> München), Marko Marin (Werder Bremen), Marco Reus (Borussia
> Mönchengladbach), Christian Träsch (VfB Stuttgart)
>
> Angriff: Mario Gomez (Bayern München), Patrick Helmes (Bayer
> Leverkusen)
>
> Outside of Boateng and Neuer none of these guys really played in the
> World Cup ( Kroos, Marin and Gomez subbed on a few times) Jogi Love is
> still sticking with Gomez (This would of been a good time to give
> Kiessling a chance to play a full game.) and Hitzlesberger gets a
> recall but most of the other players are relatively new. Players whom
> I think should have a good chance of playing for the national team at
> some point are Beck, Genter and Kroos.
>
> Denmark
>
> I believe this is Rommedahl's 100th cap
>
> Tor: Stephan Andersen (Bröndby IF), Thomas Sörensen (Stoke City)
>
> Abwehr: Daniel Agger (FC Liverpool), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn Rovers),
> William Kvist Jörgensen (FC Kopenhagen), Simon Kjaer (VfL Wolfsburg),
> Per Kröldrup (AC Florenz), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar)
>
> Mittelfeld: Mikkel Beckmann (Randers FC), Thomas Enevoldsen (FC
> Groningen), Christian D. Eriksen (Ajax Amsterdam), Christian Poulsen
> (Juventus Turin), Michael Silberbauer (FC Utrecht), Johnny Thomsen
> (Sönderjysk Elitesport)
>
> Angriff: Johan Absalonsen (Odense BK), Mads Junker (Roda JC Kerkrade),
> Michael Krohn-Dehli (Bröndby IF), Nicklas Pedersen (FC Groningen),
> Dennis Rommedahl (Olympiakos Piräus), Lasse Schöne (NEC Nijmegen)

Is it me or this is the end of German soccer?
From: Bruce D. Scott on
Binder Dundat (dundat(a)gmail.com) wrote:
: On Aug 9, 12:31=A0pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
: > Binder Dundat (dun...(a)gmail.com) wrote:
: >
: > : Angriff: Mario Gomez (Bayern M=3DFCnchen), Patrick Helmes (Bayer
: > : Leverkusen)
: >
: > How many chances does Super Mario need before he finally takes one?
: > (I mean games, not goals, actually...)

: He gets plenty of games in my opinion. I would give Ashkan Dejagah or
: Sandro Wagner a cap before Gomez at this point.
: But then again nobody misses an open net from 2 metres out like Super
: Mario!
: Of course he will score 3 goals and become the best striker in Germany
: after this game.

The way he was playing against those poor Winter Stars in the benefit
match really showed how frustrated he is. LvG should not have put
hungry players into that match; it made them look bad. Ribery on the
other hand played his part (entertain the crowd) well.

--
ciao,
Bruce

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