Why GERMANY can win this FIFA worldcup 2014 ??? ⇒ Germany have, in recent years, cultivated technically brilliant football but have lacked what might be termed those traditional Teutonic qualities which served teams of the past so well. Willpower and determination are elements which Bastian Schweinsteiger in particular has identified as essential for tournament football. If we develop a good team spirit, then demonstrate our footballing quality and recapture the typical German virtues, then we will play a very good tournament, Schweinsteiger told Bild this week. The will to win the title is there. We have become technically perfect footballers in Germany. But without the passion and the will, our typical German virtues, we will not win anything in Brazil. It is a tournament of willpower. Germanys chief gameplan involves dominating the ball so Low can be reasonably confident that his fragile back-line will not be confronted all that often. Look elsewhere in the squad and Germany are possessed of an embarrassment of riches. This squad contains, perhaps, the strongest lineup of attacking talent ever sent by a German team to a World Cup. The Germans scored 36 times in 10 undefeated qualification matches. Although veteran Miroslav Klose is, on paper, the only out-and-out striker in the 23-man squad, Low uses the Lazio man as only one option of many in his playbook. The German attack is multifaceted, experienced and capable. Lukas Podolski and Andre Schurrle made their cases for starting berths thanks to their second-half showing against Cameroon in Monchengladbach last week. Thomas Muller, four years on from winning the Golden Boot in South Africa, is older and wiser. Mario Gotze is developing well and is a favourite of Low who likes to use the Bayern Munich playmaker in a withdrawn striker role. Stitching it all together is Mesut Ozil who, after an indifferent season at Arsenal, is aiming to impress in South America. If Plan A is not working for Low, he can go to B, C or D. No nation heading to Brazil can match their strength in depth up top. Strength in depth in other areas of the field is enviable too and necessarily so. Germany have been hit by an injury crisis at the worst possible time, the latest being the ankle injury suffered on Friday night by Marco Reus. However, just as Rene Adler and Michael Ballacks injuries on the eve of World Cup 2010 opened the door to Manuel Neuer and Sami Khedira, there is a new, eager bunch ready to seize their chances. In the place of Reus could come Julian Draxler, who is ready to come of age. Germany should have no trouble avoiding defeat against Portugal in their first match given the injury trouble to their key man Cristiano Ronaldo while Ghana and USA will be peremptorily dispatch by a side far better. With the lessons learned by the coach at Euro 2012 and enriched by his key players experience in both success and failure at club level since then, this German unit goes to Brazil as a more fortified, mature one.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 07:24:40 +0000
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