I can really see Germany losing this one. I'm not convinced by the team this year. To many of the offense players look like their not in their best form. Goetze, Schuerrle and even Mueller have not played that well. I'm also not a fan of Oezil. I know he is always able to set up a goal, but I did not like him 2014 and I do not like him until now in this tourney. To many easy turnovers and missed passes.
Defense with Hummels, Boateng and Neuer in goal is very good, but even they looked shaky against Ukraine and Poland. But I'm not sold on our attack. So, maybe it is the pessimist in me, but I can really see Slovakia getting a goal and then defend for the rest of the game and shutting us out.
Why even bother? Mesut is our best player, of course he'll be criticized irrationally.
Ozil was my favourite player until he switched to Arsenal, I absolutely love him, but no way is he Germany's best player. Neuer, Boateng, Muller, and Kroos all over him. Arguably Hummels as well.
I don't have any trust issues with Löw. If it happened once, it could happen twice, right?
Germany will beat France again, and after that it's a formality.
Unfortunately either Italy or Spain would wait in the QF first. And I don't like our chances against either.
Really? I think we match up well with spain, we're the one team who can beat them in the midfield. Italy I'm much more nervous about given their style of play and our history against them.
I don't see us beating Spain in midfield with our current setup of only Kroos and Khedira. And I don't think we're clinical enough to beat them with us chasing the ball for most of the time.
Wonder if Kimmich draws back in.