Comments on: Germany – Norway Lineups & Formations

By: Sind

Sind — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:06:23 +0000

As a Norwegian this was an amazing match. to come from a year long streak of not winning a single match most ppl weren’t expecting much from the B-team that was sent to Germany. But it was truly an incredible match. the defense was set up right against the style Germany played as our hero Drillo used his research to find the flaws in the German team. The Norwegian side did not play a perfect match, but that doesnt really matter as long as they won. Must say that i was not to impressed by the German team. They should have known what we would do when our trainer from the 90’s made his comeback.

By: diana

diana — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:37:49 +0000

Nick, considering not many of the regulars were actually avaliable for Norway, this is a credible result for them. Not since 1936 have they registered a win over Germany. That is 73 years. I did remembered about the Denmark result, but given that match was not shown here then, I cannot make comparisons with that and this match.

Hope to read your recap soon. I did watched the match, but I need to watch a re-cap of the match to re-evaluate what really happened (that is the thing with me, I need to watch a match more than once to really form my opinions of the match). I did saw the eventual only goal though.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:31:01 +0000

All in all a 55% performance against a Norway B-Team, feels like the Denmark loss. Of course Gomez and Westermann had some responsibility. Recap later. I was wrong about Hinkel, but right about Loew. Good Frings I like Norway!

Final Tyskland 0 : Norge 1

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:35:32 +0000

It turns out the last time Germany and Norway met in 99 it was decided by Mehmet Scholl. Maybe it will be Özil this time. I’m sure glad we have gotten a lot better since then!

Speaking of which, the last and only time Germany lost to Norway was in 1936. If it was not for that loss, would football in Germany be the same today? Stay tuned!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:21:13 +0000

I saw that on BILD too, I gave Jogi too much credit. It’ll be Klose & Gomez until either we lose something big, Gomez scores, or Podolski gets back. The formations we play simply are not for Gomez. In any event Adler is number one for Jogi until at least the U21 in Sweden is over. I guess the U21 needs Neuer and it definitely needs the rest of their team back judging by the Irland U21 play right now. They look shaky defensively among other things.

By: diana

diana — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:00:49 +0000

‘I am glad Oezil made the choice he wanted to.’
Same sentiments, Nick. It was his choice and only his. It has been tough for him recently. I was like thinking after the call-up was made, ‘leave the boy alone’.

Regarding the strike pairing, if there is anything I had picked up from what Jogi was saying at the press conference, it looks like Klose and Gomez will start up front. And also based on what I read, the coach is sticking with Adler in goal.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:57:22 +0000

Otto how exactly do you get DSF in Bulgarien?

By: Otto

Otto — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:36:16 +0000

Anyone else planning to watch today’s U21?

This is your starting eleven btw:

Manuel Neuer
Daniel Schwaab, Matthias Jaissle, Jerome Boateng, Dennis Aogo –
Patrick Ebert, Sami Khedira, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ben-Hatira –
Daniel Halfar, Sandro Wagner

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:30:18 +0000

@Caroline – Norge !

@Jan, wasn’t one of the U21 reserves linked with Manchester United or someone as a reserve keeper? Or is that someone else? I think Neuer should be given a shot, he has shown the most talent and presence both on his line and off. Nonetheless, he’s young like Adler so also prone to mistakes. Adler really needs to be more aggressive in the penalty box, but that probably comes with experience. In any event it’s between those two really and Adler needs to step up unless he wants to be the next official backup keeper. Wiese has gotten a lot better recently and certainly now “looks” like a German keeper, but I still would not make him number 1. As for Enke he just reminds me of the 1999-2001 German team too much.

@Diana. It’s better this way so we can have the best and most motivated keeper for the WM. I am glad Oezil made the choice he wanted to. In the end, was it really a surprise that he chose the side that did not pressure and guilt him into it. Finally Kiessling won’t get enough time to play to do anything probably. We can’t bench Klose either for fear of knocking him out-of-form psychologically. The strike pairing from now on is probably Klose-Helmes and Gomez-Kiessling anyway. Let’s hope it works because it probably won’t change much.

By: diana

diana — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:48:11 +0000

‘Rene Adler has become a bit error prone recently BTW.’
The recent match where Leverkusen was hosting Stuttgart is one of those too, I suppose Jan? If based on what I had read, he had an off-day then. The match was not shown here at where I am actually.

And so, the goalkeeper issue on the national team is back on…again.