So here we are: another fine team performance, and yet another major tournament semi-final. Fifteen competitive victories in a row, and two away from a record-extending fourth European Championship title. The worst thing now will be the waiting.
Following the Nationalmannschaft’s third group phase victory against Denmark, there would be much talk about the eleven would start the quarter-final against Greece. Most of us expected the same team that had taken to the field against both Portugal and
At the end of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, Germany beat Uruguay 3-2 to clinch third place. Since then, they have played a further thirteen competitive matches, winning them all. Ten from ten in qualifying for the
So to Danzig, and yet another experiment from Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw. Having sent Mesut Özil, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Manuel Neuer back home, one expected a number of changes for the Poland game, but perhaps more surprising was the experimental 4-1-4-1
Having watched the Austria game for a third time this afternoon, I thought I’d keep things up to date with the latest team news for the friendly international against Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland in Danzig/Gdańsk on Tuesday.