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<blockquote data-quote="Yuan-Ti" data-source="post: 235004" data-attributes="member: 4483">Hey, for the record, I never said that Germany was a bad team or played poorly and I certainly didn't say that they did not deserve to get this far. I did, however, say that they will go down in history as the worst team to ever reach the final, and I stand by that. Not that they are bad, just the worst to ever make it that far. There IS a difference.As for their play, well I think they play up to their potential which is clearly not very high. But the defense seems to be good and a little bit lucky in that they frustrate opposing offenses so they don't get a ton of chances. And then, between Kahn and some luck they have managed to keep opponents from scoring. On top of that, they have a couple of good sturmers who can score when they do manage to get a chance. This is a recipe for a lot of 1-0 and 1-1 games. Which will take you far. (I want to add that I think Völler deserves more credit than he is getting... he and his coaches have after all designed an ugly system that so far has worked.)I also stand by my earlier comment: this German team will go down in history as the team that beat nobody to reach the finals: Paraguay, USA, South Korea. Not to say these teams did not play well during the tournament or against Germany. They just aren't teams you expect to see go that far. And, Lord Melkor--if that is your real name--I am not saying the German team sucks. They just aren't world class. No offense. Just my opinion.Edit: a little mistake</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yuan-Ti, post: 235004, member: 4483"] Hey, for the record, I never said that Germany was a bad team or played poorly and I certainly didn't say that they did not deserve to get this far. I did, however, say that they will go down in history as the worst team to ever reach the final, and I stand by that. Not that they are bad, just the worst to ever make it that far. There IS a difference. As for their play, well I think they play up to their potential which is clearly not very high. But the defense seems to be good and a little bit lucky in that they frustrate opposing offenses so they don't get a ton of chances. And then, between Kahn and some luck they have managed to keep opponents from scoring. On top of that, they have a couple of good sturmers who can score when they do manage to get a chance. This is a recipe for a lot of 1-0 and 1-1 games. Which will take you far. (I want to add that I think Völler deserves more credit than he is getting... he and his coaches have after all designed an ugly system that so far has worked.) I also stand by my earlier comment: this German team will go down in history as the team that beat nobody to reach the finals: Paraguay, USA, South Korea. Not to say these teams did not play well during the tournament or against Germany. They just aren't teams you expect to see go that far. And, Lord Melkor--if that [I]is[/I] your real name--I am not saying the German team sucks. They just aren't world class. No offense. Just my opinion. Edit: a little mistake [/QUOTE]

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