Tangles
International Vice-Captain
And yet they didn't tire in the heat like England did vs Italy.
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Group G: Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA
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Tom Halsey
International Coach
It's not about that so much as it's about how a side gels together. This is true at club level as well but it's a far bigger deal at international level because the players spend far less time with each other gaining cohesion as a team. There have been a lot of international sides over the years who have either contained a lot of stars but fared relatively poorly or contained few stars but put together good results. I think in international football in particular looking at the actual results of a side is a far better way to measure them than just looking at the players. The USA for a while now have been a very good example of a side that on paper looks poor but usually do OK at tournaments.
Plus also what Tangles said. I was also going to add that Ghana and Portugal < Italy and particularly Uruguay as well but whilst I think that is true there isn't enough in it to make it a particularly relevant point.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Yeah I thought of him. I'm not Hart's biggest fan by a long way but I think he is better than Howard. Howard would be in the squad though I suppose.
Yeah they did. Think some of them looked pretty ****ed against Ghana
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Yeah England vs Italy was the most physically shot I've seen any team so far tbh. Disclaimer is I haven't watched every game but they were certainly way more shot than the Americans.
Tangles
International Vice-Captain
The US comms said they thought the MLS players would have experienced similar heat and humidity at games in Houston. Playing game 1 there gave Italy and England the opportunity to acclimatize if they went early enough.
Given what happened to Italy and England the next game the recovery time could hurt the US vs Germany.
Given what happened to Italy and England the next game the recovery time could hurt the US vs Germany.
Thought you were talking about the Germans.
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Muntari was suspended for today and Boateng hasn't been quite first-choice, or very good when he has played. So the players aren't so big a miss, but it suggests such major problems in the squad that you'd think they're done anyway.
Is this good for USA? Ghana don't have to make up a big goal differential like Portugal do, so they were kind of the bigger threat, but now a thrashing seems more likely.
Is this good for USA? Ghana don't have to make up a big goal differential like Portugal do, so they were kind of the bigger threat, but now a thrashing seems more likely.
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
It would have to be a huge blowout though, right? I suspect that Portugal has to go all out for the attack to make up the difference so I think they'll give up some goals too. Or at least I hope.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yea...trying to watch both at the same time...
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Man Germany just seems like a whole different class....
