Quote (fender @ 16 Jun 2017 21:19)
only looking at individual player quality - however, they lack one of the most important things in football: chemistry. they haven't played together, they haven't trained together much, i fully expect quality teams like chile or portugal (should we even make it out of the group) to school this squad of randoms.
that being said though, i'm 100% fine with that - for once i agree with löw and would have done the exact same thing: give your stars a break and give some 2nd and 3rd row players the chance to make a name for themselves in this rather irrelevant tournament.
also, i think it's awesome that the other teams basically sent their best squads from what i read - that way it will be a REAL test for the boys. should this tournament go as i expect, it will probably lead to other teams underestimating us in the world cup next year - and that never hurts...
indeed but you havent checked the game vs denmark
that was pretty good stuff for a newbie team