World Cup: Group F: South Korea vs. Germany, Mexico vs. Sweden; 6/27/2018

[NyQuil]

Will Löw get another manager job after he gets fired/quits? Well, maybe like the last huge failure Jupp Derwall, he gets a gig in Turkey or NT's of some Middle Eastern countries.

As for players, apart from neuer, I don't think many of the 2014 champions will feature for Germany NT any more.

If he's smart, he'll resign.

Have some dignity.

In fact, resign now. Get it over with.

 

[c9777666]

Germany got five extra minutes vs Sweden and now they get six? Is Alex Ferguson on staff?

No, because if he was, Germany’s offense would look more like peak Man U

 

[NyQuil]

No, because if he was, Germany’s offense would look more like peak Man U

Fergie knew when to retire. He's no fool.

Low didn't.

 

[NyQuil]

Oh well, time to get back on the England bandwagon for my Dad.

 

[KJS14]

We may have very different definitions of "high level" scoring chances. The number of unforced giveaways easily outweighed his "creation" of said chances. He was crap. I'll probably give you that he wasn't as crap as Müller today, but that's about it.

Maybe if your definition is limited to setting up tap-ins, then yes.

1) 50' high-level chance to Werner after playing a beautiful 1-2 with Reus.
2) 86' high-level chance to Hummels which was an open header 7 yards from goal.

Also had that opportunity that he laid off to Kroos and Tony proceeded to shoot it wide straight into Goretzka.

 

[IamNotADancer]

I see the seven they got in their own backyard still hurts. Grace in defeat! 4 years later...

To be fair, what goes around comes around. Ideally you show grace in defeat but more often than not Germans and German media outlet are very quick to laugh at other teams or nations misfortune. Is it really a surprise here that it's coming back around to the Germans? There are sore losers, then there are sore winners. There is a reason why team Germany is disliked by many around the world and it isn't just because of jealousy/success.

 

[Suiteness]

Werner could have single-handedly changed the outcome of this tournament for Germany but he blew chances after chances after chances in both defeats.

 

[NyQuil]

Werner could have single-handedly changed the outcome of this tournament for Germany but he blew chances after chances after chances in both defeats.

Yeah, he was very poor. He was kept under wraps pretty well by a single defender virtually every time he had a 1 on 1 situation.

 

[Vipers31]

Maybe if your definition is limited to setting up tap-ins, then yes.

1) 50' high-level chance to Werner after playing a beautiful 1-2 with Reus.
2) 86' high-level chance to Hummels which was an open header 7 yards from goal.

Also had that opportunity that he laid off to Kroos and Tony proceeded to shoot it wide straight into Goretzka.

Alright, he did help create that Werner chance pretty nicely, fair enough. I guess it's fair enough to count that as a high-level chance. A header like that isn't really a high-level chance on an average chip/cross, IMO. He gave away so many more possessions than he furthered remotely like that. In that kind of position, on a team with that kind of possession, that type of end result just isn't remotely good enough.

 

[Alex Jones]

Werner and Reus were totally invisible. Reus was so uninvolved I almost forgot he was playing. Was Ozil at his best? No, but he was not the problem

 

[Suiteness]

This colossal meltdown by Mexico will now surely give them a second round date with Brazil. Brutal.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

Don't really care about soccer, but I've always hated Germany's coach and his cheesy haircut, good riddance.

 

[Suiteness]

Low won't be sacked after early exit - DFB chief

The president of the German Football Association has said Germany coach Joachim Low will not be sacked following the defending champion's group-stage exit from the 2018 World Cup and instead will be kept on to oversee "a transition" in the national team.

I'm sorry guys.

 

[koyvoo]

He’ll step down

 

[Vipers31]

Werner and Reus were totally invisible. Reus was so uninvolved I almost forgot he was playing. Was Ozil at his best? No, but he was not the problem

Just to reiterate that: I'm not saying Özil was the problem. The entire team (minus Süle, maybe Neuer) was. But he was still bad and wouldn't deserve to escape criticism, either.

 

[The Noot]

And now let's watch Brazil lose against Serbia

 

[Vipers31]

Low won't be sacked after early exit - DFB chief



I'm sorry guys.

We basically knew that much. The guys in charge of him have zero balls. It was always going to come down to whether:

He’ll step down

Which he says he'll sleep on.

I'd guess he won't, though.

 

[Evilo]

Wasn't there a mutiny on the team that year as well? I seem to recall some unrest between the players and the coach, similar to what was reported in Argentina this year.

No, that's 2010.

 

[maclean]

Actually in my defense I did predict Mexico would finish 2nd in the group and face Brazil in the round of 16 so I have that going for me...

Brazil's not there yet

 

[HanSolo]

Imagine Mexico losing 3-0 and still qualifying over the reigning champion and number one ranked country in the world.

Holy shit I did not see this coming for a second. I was guessing it would be Germany going in as the leader with Mexico in tow.

Huge result for South Korea.

 

[Nalens Oga]

At least Jogi Low will be fired, awful inept slow coach. He has one of the best sides in the world playing super-slow football but doesn't even bother to get them to do any proper movement off the ball, just shitty crosses. I won't get into the lineup selections (they weren't that bad today outside of Khedira starting and having Ozil start on the wing instead of middle which constantly forced Werner to come out wide). Just the way he sets up his team tactically to play a horizontal instead of vertical game is wrong, like he's missing some basic fundamental that coaches should be able to.

f*** Joachim Low. He's cost this German team Euro 2016 and probably cost them World Cup 2018.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Imagine Mexico losing 3-0 and still qualifying over the reigning champion and number one ranked country in the world.

Holy **** I did not see this coming for a second. I was guessing it would be Germany going in as the leader with Mexico in tow.

Huge result for South Korea.

That's the best part, IMO. Even with their win it wasn't enough to get out of the group stage.....but it was enough to finish ahead of the defending champions.

I'm still hoping Japan makes it through, just to give Asia a sliver of hope that they won't go home empty-handed here.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

At least Jogi Low will be fired, awful inept slow coach. He has one of the best sides in the world playing super-slow football but doesn't even bother to get them to do any proper movement off the ball, just ****ty crosses. I won't get into the lineup selections (they weren't that bad today outside of Khedira starting and having Ozil start on the wing instead of middle which constantly forced Werner to come out wide). Just the way he sets up his team tactically to play a horizontal instead of vertical game is wrong, like he's missing some basic fundamental that coaches should be able to.

**** Joachim Low. He's cost this German team Euro 2016 and probably cost them World Cup 2018.

Those dame Latins cheated again.

@John Pedro

 

[HanSolo]

That's the best part, IMO. Even with their win it wasn't enough to get out of the group stage.....but it was enough to finish ahead of the defending champions.

I'm still hoping Japan makes it through, just to give Asia a sliver of hope that they won't go home empty-handed here.

I think that's as much as you can hope to achieve if you fail to qualify for the group stage. If it had been the US that had been in this position I'd be pretty proud of the achievement. Should give South Korea the confidence to go forward with their development to strive for higher heights in the next tournament.

 

[Bure80]

At least Jogi Low will be fired, awful inept slow coach. He has one of the best sides in the world playing super-slow football but doesn't even bother to get them to do any proper movement off the ball, just ****ty crosses. I won't get into the lineup selections (they weren't that bad today outside of Khedira starting and having Ozil start on the wing instead of middle which constantly forced Werner to come out wide). Just the way he sets up his team tactically to play a horizontal instead of vertical game is wrong, like he's missing some basic fundamental that coaches should be able to.

**** Joachim Low. He's cost this German team Euro 2016 and probably cost them World Cup 2018.

I think the lineup was bad today, How he can play a double 6, in a game against Korea, Germany has to win?
Hope this was Löws last tournament. To bad the next generation isnt that strong.
Was in Czech after the game. Even there its a big theme