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Jack Lambert said:The game ends 2-2. Germany ended the game with 10 whites on the pitch. Ozil played absolutely terrible in the 2nd half, even the announcers saw and admitted this. Schweinsteiger was an instant upgrade over Sami Khedira, who looked really slow out there today. Germany immediately looked way better on the attack when Schweinsteiger and Klose came in.
The German defense looked really slow out there today... Hummels was about the only defender who played great; Howedes didn't do too bad either.
If Loew doesn't bench Khedira now, he never will.
After watching that match against Germany, I’ll concede the fact that Ghana is surely a quality squad, probably the best African team I’ve ever seen. During that game, they seemed to have slightly more endurance than our guys, especially 80-90 minutes into the contest. Ghana has played good defense and created scoring chances in these World Cup Finals, so they’re a dangerous team for Portugal to face. Portugal will need a miracle to advance, but it’s possible if the U.S. loses to Germany by a large margin and Portugal beats Ghana by a large margin to make up the goal differential.
Klose’s record-tying goal, which came a mere 2 minutes after subbing in for Götze, was a magical moment that both saved Germany and may have compromised Team Jew-S-A’s chances of advancing (hopefully). His instincts in tight spaces around the goal are marvelous and I hope he continues to prove his quality, even at age 36, against the U.S. on 6/26 and beyond...
With Khedira (knee strain) and Boateng (thigh) supposedly injured, the perma-struggling Mesut Ozil could be the only non-white starter for Germany against the U.S. Khedira’s injury is a ligament, so hopefully his tournament is in jeopardy and he’s permanently replaced by Schweinsteiger. Ideally, Ozil would be replaced by Andre Schürrle, who could sub-in as he did against Portugal (where he instantly set up a nice goal). To Jerome Boateng’s credit, no goals were surrendered against Ghana when he was in the game. Let’s hope his tournament is also in jeopardy…
Boateng suffered a strain in his left thigh and failed to come out for the second-half of Germany's 2-2 draw with Ghana on Saturday in Group G.
Khedira strained a ligament in his left knee in the draw and the pair were both treated at Germany's World Cup base on Sunday and missed training.
Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff said Khedira should be fit to face former German national team boss Jurgen Klinsmann's Stars and Stripes in Recife and it is hoped the pair will be able to train on Monday.
It’s a shame what happened to Bosnia against Nigeria. Moving forward, this seems like the “best case scenario” for our teams in each group…
Group A: Croatia defeats Mexico and gets through.
Group B: Spain and Australia already eliminated.
Group C: Japan loses to Colombia, Greece defeats the Ivory Coast tomorrow and gets through.
Group D: Only 1 of our teams - Italy and Uruguay – can qualify. I'm torn between who I'd like to see.
Group E: Switzerland defeats Honduras, France loses of Ecuador. I would'nt be too heartbroken if Switzerland failed to make it through...but they're better than the other teams in this group.
Group F: Iran will need to defeat Bosnia (unfortunately) to advance ahead of Nigeria.
Group G: Portugal blows-out Ghana, advances along with Germany.
Group H: Russia defeats Algeria, Korea loses to Belgium, Russia goes through.
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