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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 238627" data-attributes="member: 635">Ridley's Cohort has responded fairly well on my behalf, but I'll add a bit more to the mix.  Most of the German fans I've spoken with agree that this team has been very mediocre overall, and is one of the poorer semifinalists in recent World Cup memory.  Kahn has been superb in goal, and the defense limits opportunities quite well, but this is no juggernaut squad we're discussing.The US could have won that game last week just as easily as they lost -- and I'd certainly say the extra goalkeeper's save qualifies as lucky.  Perhaps Germany still prevails if the USA ties the score, but we can only speculate.  I didn't see more than 1/3 of today's game unfortunately, and I can't say who played the better match.  Germany has advanced, and doing just enough to win is a formula that seems to be working for them right now.  You'll have to forgive me, though, if I'm not overly impressed or excited about their style of play.Three final points:1) The team will ABSOLUTELY miss Ballack, and you're being foolishly optimistic to think otherwise.  Outside of Kahn (who's proving to be the best Keeper in the world right now), he's been arguably Germany's MVP along with Klose.2) There was no need to attack anyone else's national team track record in your comments (BTW, the USA does quite well for itself thank you!!).  I didn't attack Germany (or their teams) and I'm not Korean or a Korean supporter, so you were barking up the wrong tree anyhow.  Even if I were, what relevance does their historical performance in worldwide sporting events have to the 2002 World Cup?!?3) There will certainly always be losers who cannot take their team's failures well, but you are a perfect example of a very poor winner.</blockquote>

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