Except def 4 it was pretty much the A squad

With Boateng still missing, it wasn't as easy building up for Germany. And after seeing how it worked out yesterday, Löw will hopefully also re-evaluate Can / Rüdiger. Both had lots of abysmal passes and hopeless dribbling tries.

Hummels only played 1 half and Kane was basically invisible as long as he was there to organize the back 4 or 5. It only got chaotic after he was replaced by the most overrated CB in recent Bundesliga history, Tah.

With Hummels being busy keeping those 3 other clowns in place in defense and Boateng missing, it's no wonder the offensive line didn't get the chance to shine really. Especially Boateng with a long ball or two could have been deadly to England pressuring that high on the pitch.

Excuses excuses like always

Yes, of course.

In your world of imagination, trying to analyze why a certain team didn't perform as well as expected, is now equal to finding "excuses excuses like always".

yep, but that def was all the more horrible

I decided to make some XI's for some of the strongest teams competing in the Euro. I think I'd field these, although it's kind of out of the top of my head.

Germany:

Gomez
Reus---------------Müller
Kroos
Gundogan - Khedira
Schmelzer - Hummels - Boateng - Durm
Neuer


Italy:

Eder
Candreva ---------- Insigne
Marchisio - Verratti
Jorginho
Antonelli - Chielini - Bonnucci - De Silvestri
Buffon


France:

Benzema
Coman --------- Griezmann
Pogba
Lass - Kanté
Kurzawa - Koscielny - Varane - Sagna
Lloris


Belgium:

Lukaku
FerreiraCarrasco - Hazard - De Bruyne
Witsel - Radja
Verthongen - Lombaerts - Kompany - Alderweireld
Courtois


England:

Kane - Sturridge
Alli - Barkley
Dier - Drinkwater
Rose - Shawcross - Smalling - Clyne
Hart


Portugal:

Cristiano - Moreira
A. Silva
A.Gomes - Moutinho
W.Carvalho
Coentrao - Carriço - Pepe - Almeida
Rui Patricio

This post was edited by zarkadon on Mar 27 2016 08:01am

I like the Belgium team you posted zark.

I prefer mertens overs Carrasco as for now, Dries plays great for us (plus hes from my school so biased )

Also I prefer someone else instead of Lombaerts. I like him but hes too slow and hasnt played alot at Zenit this season

Never really rated Mertens tbh, although idk how he's doing for Belgium. I included Ferreira-Carrasco because he positively surprised me this season, easily one of La Liga's best signings.

About Lombaerts... tbh idk how he's doing at Zenit. It's just that I don't see Verm fit to play as a starter, so I just went with Lombaerts.

nice germany team zark, would like that one a lot