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Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

LongHopCassidy

LongHopCassidy

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BoyBrumby said:
It's pretty obvious Jerry hasn't had the rub of the green so far, but that notwithstanding given the difference in their performances is so marked I can't help but wonder if Oz really are just that horrible?

Not trolling, I hasten to add. Genuinely want(ed) to see them qualify.
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Has a whole lot to do with morale, IMO. Obviously, it's less of an issue with better teams in knockout stages because their players have had theirs tested enough at the highest level for club and country, you'd think.

Tournaments like these have terribly mercurial performances, especially from relative minnows. Given that South Korea more or less humiliated Greece, who then proceeded to beat Nigeria (who, in turn, had performed more than creditably against the Argies), it's been less a test of technical skills/planning as just, well, variables and how itchy the ref's card-finger is. Not really a coincidence that sendings-off have without exception turned the tide of the game so far, much more than the simple logistics of just being a man down would.

Fully expected Australia to lose to Germany, but the dominant view before the game was that what we lacked in attacking flair we made up for in midfield doughtiness et cetera and that we'd move to damage control soon enough to stop the bleeding. When Podolski netted the first after less than ten minutes you could just see their heads drop, since (I think) it was Germany's first shot on goal as well. It was by far the worst Australian performance I've seen and personally I'd like to write it off as an aberration, specially in light of other teams dropping the ball (:ph34r:) unexpectedly. Frankly, I reckon it's in the spirit of the tournament thus far.

Although I will gladly recant if Australia turn in an equally piss-poor showing tomorrow night.
 
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benchmark00

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Yeah, result had absolutely no bearing on us really. The moment we lost 4-0 meant that we needed to win our last two games.
 
Nate

Nate

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Ghana centre-backs apparently struggling with injury. Will take what we can get.
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

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Tbh, we needed to win both remaining games to guarantee qualification before this match and that is still the case
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Not if Gemany won all their games. If they did, we'd only need to beat Ghana and get a point against Serbia. We still had to beat Ghana either way, but this result means we have to beat Serbia in the last game too.

Of course, that would have been the case if Ghana won the last game too, but this definitely makes it far less likely that we'll qualify, for whatever that's worth.
 
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