Ballack is just as much guilty as the rest of our team...including the coach who showed he is incompetent of such high profile games...
Just like the rest of the german team with the exception of Frings, Lahm, and Schweinsteiger, the rest didn't play at all. We may have a chance of qualifying thanks to playing a country that is ranked 92nd in the world, but this team does not deserve to win. Portugal will humiliate us completely. We put too much faith on the Bierhoff propaganda, without demanding results. Now the captain comes out to say "DON"T EXPECT MUCH OF ME IN EURO2008. I never thought our contry would accept a loser philosophy, playing to win a game, instead of becoming champions...
Loser do their best, Winners become Champions...
LOew is not the right man for the job...Too much talk too little football...SO while the rest of you will cheers against Austria, I will only say that I will believe in this team, if they reach the semifinal. That is the test Loew, Ballack and Co. have to pass to prove their are a team worth supporting and not a bunch of drama queens who simply enjoy 5 star hotels and undeserved honor at home.
Yes Michael Ballack was very lackluster during the Croatia game. All he did was complain to the referee rather than rallying his teamates. For me Germany approached the game in the wrong. There is room for improvement though. As the game with Austria will be do or die for them.
My intention was not to blame Ballack for the final score, only to highlight the fact that he could have made a big difference to a very ordinary Germany performance had he been on his game. The result was not Ballack's fault but the fact that Germany couldn't respond falls mainly at the capitan's feet.
I do not think it is fair to blame Ballack for the final score,which is the result of the team performance.Croatia was a very smart team,with neither confussion nor doubts, about what to do with the ball at foot,quite on the contrary to the german team.
Just like the rest of the german team with the exception of Frings, Lahm, and Schweinsteiger, the rest didn't play at all. We may have a chance of qualifying thanks to playing a country that is ranked 92nd in the world, but this team does not deserve to win. Portugal will humiliate us completely. We put too much faith on the Bierhoff propaganda, without demanding results. Now the captain comes out to say "DON"T EXPECT MUCH OF ME IN EURO2008. I never thought our contry would accept a loser philosophy, playing to win a game, instead of becoming champions...
Loser do their best, Winners become Champions...
LOew is not the right man for the job...Too much talk too little football...SO while the rest of you will cheers against Austria, I will only say that I will believe in this team, if they reach the semifinal. That is the test Loew, Ballack and Co. have to pass to prove their are a team worth supporting and not a bunch of drama queens who simply enjoy 5 star hotels and undeserved honor at home.
Nick.