World Cup GDT: July 4th - Semifinals

[PIMking]

Deustchland with a 4 2 3 1 lineup with Klose at striker and Lahm back where he should be at RB

[SuperMatt18]

Nah I agree with you Fotze.

If you have the ball in the box you should be getting a shooting chance out of it.

[GirlySports]

It's not just you. I'm soccer fan and think thats stupid too. I like direct play. Like that German goal

[Itse]

HUMMELS <3

Originally Posted by fotze

shots on the net.

Doesn't usually work in soccer. Generally goalies take the shots that can be taken. There's a reason they don't count sv% in soccer.

[SuperMatt18]

That was a great header, and that guy is a Center Back.

[Itse]

German defense looks vastly better with Hummels in and Lahm in his proper position.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Pretty uneventful game outside the goal which has to bode well for Germany. France getting very little attack going so far.

[vennegoor of hesselink]

When did Klose start flopping like Robben? Thats twice now.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Pretty uneventful game outside the goal which has to bode well for Germany. France getting very little attack going so far.

Surprisingly one-sided so far. Germany has the game in control.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by fotze

When he realized there is nothing but upside to flopping.

That was Müller, he's a diver.

Klose didn't dive, clear push from the back.

[SuperMatt18]

Neuer is good

[Ark2]

Wow, I can't stand Muller. Plus he looks like Grendel from Beowulf.

[vennegoor of hesselink]

Originally Posted by Itse

That was Müller, he's a diver.

Klose didn't dive, clear push from the back.

Klose dove in the box and totally embelleshed the push in the back.

Muller has gone down easy a couple times as well.

[Magnum PEI]

Just to add, Germany's goal came from a Kroos dive.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by vennegoor of hesselink

Klose dove in the box and totally embelleshed the push in the back.

Irrelevant, the point is that there was a clear strong push from the back which stopped Klose from running for the ball properly. Clear foul and absolutely PK worthy. But those are rarely called, because they're almost impossible to see for the ref.

Muller has gone down easy a couple times as well.

Yeah Müller is Müller. Great player, but he's a diver and a bit of a whiner.

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by Itse

Yeah Müller is Müller. Great player, but he's a diver and a bit of a whiner.

A bit? I can't think of a player in this tournament who has whined more than him...

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Ark2

A bit? I can't think of a player in this tournament who has whined more than him...

Hmm, admitted

[Itse]

I guess Müllers diving doesn't really bother me as much as Robbens, because Müller just sucks at it

He's just way too obvious, and the expressions and handwaving are so over the the top that mostly he's just a clown out there. And he pretty rarely gets anything from the ref for it.

(After saying that he probably flops a PK for Germany, but still.)

That's not to say that it doesn't bother me at all, but he just fails to infuriate me like Robben.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by Itse

I guess Müllers diving doesn't really bother me as much as Robbens, because Müller just sucks at it

Or maybe it could be as simple as you not liking the Dutch and liking the Germans?

Both embellishing cheats.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Or maybe it could be as simple as you not liking the Dutch and liking the Germans?

Both embellishing cheats.

There's probably a bit of that, but I also watch them play for the same team, Bayern Münich, and it's the same thing there. When I watch Robben (or Ribery), he pisses me off. Müller, he just makes me laugh. The amount of respect isn't any greater, but it's a different type of a reaction.

And I don't like that team.