Group D

[Stefan]

Fancy ghana and germany to advance after today. Ghana should have enough to beat australia especially with cahill out.

Serbia were disappointing with ghana was good imho.

Germany were excellent. Especially ozil.

 

[Efrain21C]

The commentator here said Muntari sustained a small thigh injury and normally is a starter.

Look when was the last international game for Muntari

 

[Wallace]

Wonder if this crop of new German generations have what it takes to win the World Cup. Interestingly Ballack's injury seemed to have no effect to this German side in this game. Ozil only got one year contract left with Bremen, maybe we could snatch him to Inter. :drool:

Extremely disappointed by Serbia's display, guess they are gonna repeat last WC all over again, very good in qualification and utterly useless in the real thing. Ghana totally controlled the game and Serbia rarely threatened.

 

[Kraits]

can we not wait until his contract end and sign him already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:frustrat::frustrat::frustrat:

 

[lonewolf19]

Finally a large score margin for WC!! Too bad I missed it last night

 

[Choppin Onions]

Impressive display from the Germans. They have the right idea and one Italy could learn from: integrating youth into their squad. They only have 3 players over the age of 30 compared to the Azzurri who have a whopping 9. And only 1 of those over-30's started for Germany.

Not so impressive from the Serbs. They have a reasonably good squad on paper (except for the forward corps) but they're in a bit of trouble now.

 

[Hammoudi]

Germany had a passing accuracy of 91%!!! That's unheard of, the way they were dissecting the Aussie team wide open with those passes was marvelous. The Aussie team was really dirty though, they probably thought it was some rugby game although Cahill's red was kind of ridiculous.

Agreed on Ozil being a star playmaker, definitely the type we can use in our team. He can dribble but he is also efficient with his passes that cut through compact teams, that can be handy in Serie A. I also liked how the two German DM's (Khedira and Swei) lined up, I'd have one of them along with Cambiasso over Masc any day.

 

[Fitzy]

I can't say the result was too suprising. Australia just aren't anywhere near good enough to challenge the Germans.

 

[Ziyad]

I think the Australians went in with the Hiddink era mentality but without the tactics.They thought they were on par with the Germans and kept trying that atrocious offside trap which Germany raped time and time again.Germany on the other hand were brilliant in timing those passes but i would still like to see the German defence against a stronger offensve.

I have got to hand it to Australia though for going into this heavyweight fight like Rocky,getting hit but fighting back.I didnt like their fouls,especially the one in the back by their captain but i definately think the red card was harsh on Cahill.Now he might not play because of a stupid refereeing decision.

Best thing about Germany's performance is that they are showing the English how it should be done..As much the English commentators hate them it was wonderful to see them give respect to that German team.You can see the pain in their eyes and hear it in the tone of voice,it was brilliant...

 

[Besnik]

Germany had a passing accuracy of 91%!!! That's unheard of, the way they were dissecting the Aussie team wide open with those passes was marvelous. The Aussie team was really dirty though, they probably thought it was some rugby game although Cahill's red was kind of ridiculous.

Agreed on Ozil being a star playmaker, definitely the type we can use in our team. He can dribble but he is also efficient with his passes that cut through compact teams, that can be handy in Serie A. I also liked how the two German DM's (Khedira and Swei) lined up, I'd have one of them along with Cambiasso over Masc any day.

I agree, completely.

Btw, as I said before.. Ozil is my primary choice over Silva and others, but since we are not linked with him, then I wouldn't mind any other player like Silva. But last night Ozil proved us with his quality, he is just 21 years old, and from now he is the brain of the Germany's tactic. Really great performanceby him.

 

[FCBarca]

Nice comments from Khedira:

Khedira's own identity is very much defined by growing up in southwest Germany. "I feel Swabian," he said, in reference to the region's strong work ethos. A key moment in his career came as a teenager when he turned up late for the team bus and was left stranded. He's always been punctual since. "You'll never get beyond a certain level as a professional athlete if you're sloppy," he said.

As if closing down spaces in front of the back four, running more than any teammate and joining attacks weren't enough tasks for him, Khedira is also in charge of the music in the changing room. He has inherited the position of team deejay from former Germany international Gerald Asamoah and chosen a morale-boosting song called "Fackeln im Wind" (torches in the wind) for this tournament. It's by rapper Bushido, a German-Tunisian, like Khedira.

"The song was written specifically for the German national team," Khedira told the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. "It's a song that deals with the topic of integration. That's why I got involved with it. Bushido has foreign roots, like many in our team, but he identifies 100 percent with our country."

 

[Campione]

Germany versus Serbia today. Serbia desperately needs points if they want to pass the group stage and the germans are in excellent shape so this match should be very very interesting.

 

[Besnik]

Germany versus Serbia today. Serbia desperately needs points if they want to pass the group stage and the germans are in excellent shape so this match should be very very interesting.

Yeah, it will be great match, at least I expect.

I hope Germany will win once again.. they had great performance against Australia, but now it's another history, Serbia has some great players and they can be so dangerous. Personally, I consider this match as the best of the group stages.

 

[FCBarca]

Just woke up to see Germany are down a goal and a man (Klose)...Commentators are pointing fingers to a poor job from Spanish ref, Mallenco...A ref who is actually one of the best in Spain (Which is really not a great compliment, to be fair).

It would be surprising to me, though, if he bottled it....He's usually a very in control ref but isn't afraid to book

 

[Batman]

i think serbia goal is BADstuber mistake..Santon is better than him..

 

[Nero Indigo]

The ref's throwing out all the yellows in this match. Nothing like first warnings and such - just straight yellows that's how it is. Even for back bumps he'd give yellows and that's how Klose got sent off. Very strict*

 

[YgYgYg]

Is it just me? Why are Serbian players just jogging around the same spot. They seemed all so tired and can't even sprint 10 metres.

 

[FCBarca]

I only caught the 2nd half, it was called tight but I saw nothing poor from Mallenco...Low, on the other hand, deserves criticism for leaving Podolski out there when it was obvious it was not his day...He had no less than 3 glorious chances for goal and blew them all...And he subbed off Ozil instead who was actually spraying passes all in the final third??

 

[Jnr]

Great! Another favorite defeated..its getting interesting now Referee was hilarious, like Negrozzurri pointed out, only yellows for that fella..

 

[Besnik]

I feel sorry for Germans, they were so unlucky. But shame on Klose for his fouls, they were childish fouls. Why the hell should he foul opponent players in the midfield? Isn't his job to stay in the first attack line? Lame. I'm really pissed-of.. Germany also had a great chance to score from penalty with Podolski, but he lost his great chance.

Also I can say that Ozil failed in this match.. I expected much more from him, but he wasn't in the same level that he was against Australia.

And also I should say that Batstuber was really poor, he was Krasic's victim in almost every duel between them. This match was a huge fail for some important players of Germany..