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Originally Posted by Locke
Germany sat back way too much, they let Spain have the possession, and they did it well, I mean, Spain generated basically little to nothing with all that possession.
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This. It is one thing for the Swiss etc to just sit back and let the Spanish attack them but completely different for the Germans to play this way.
Germany got to this point in the tournament by attacking, while still playing responsible D. To sit back with 10 men was just unexpected from them and they played the game right into Spains hands.
Once Spain got the 1-0 goal and Germany started to finally push and attack they actually started to carry the play a little.
Muller was a huge loss for Germany today though and it is a shame he had to miss this game with what was a pretty weak yellow card last game. However German fans should be excited for the future as they are probably the real early favourites for 2014, aside from the Hosts Brazil.