World Cup Discussion Thread

[Kylearan]

Hi,

The Italians clearly dominated in my opinion;

Of course I'm biased, but I don't think they "clearly dominated". They played marginally better than Germany, yes, and I have to say their victory was deserved in the end. But we played nearly as good. Our defense was very strong, and the Italians didn't have that many chances to score a goal as well. I think it was a duel on equal footing, and with a little bit of luck, or if they would have been the ones making a small mistake, the match could have easily ended the other way around. Ah well.

But I'm glad the match was decided by a regular goal, as I don't like penalty shootouts. I realize they are necessary in a tournament, but they have not much to do with the match.

Still, it shows how defence is proeminent in modern football.

Yes, unfortunately. Although I was to surprised to see that the Italians played a lot more offensively than they usually do, which is a good thing in my opinion.


Several weeks ago, nobody would have believed that our team would be able to reach the semi-finals, so I'm not too saddened that we're out. What Klinsmann had achieved with renovating German soccer is very impressive, and I hope it's only the beginning. Our team and his style of working with it has a lot of potential, and I think we will be a world-class team again in one or two years if he's allowed (and willing to) continue his work.

-Kylearan