Euro 2016 Semi-Final Germany vs France, Thursday 7th July 20:00, RTE2

SlickRic

Boskowski wrote: »

I think in a way Germany have become a victim of their own quality. Teams adapt of course and no longer afford them the space that automatically translates great quick passing into goals. So you need to be able to break them down and score regardless. We have failed to do that. So in that way I totally agree with Ric.
If you compared it to golf its like the lament of the great ball strikers of the past like Hogan who wanted the hole made bigger cos they felt it unfair when an opponent with a clearly inferior swing out-chipped and out-putted them. It doesn't mean a thing if you have the most beautiful swing in the world and can flush a 3 iron 240 yards every time. Cos thats not the goal of the game. It helps of course, but the goal is to get that bloody ball into the hole.

Same with footie, we didn't get the ball into the net. But we will adapt too, we're not done yet. We had the lowest average age of all teams in the competition and while for some players like Schweini its coming to the end I don't fear the future.

This is the mature and correct way to handle last night's loss. the golf illustration is also perfect.

it's no biggie. it happens. and Germany need to learn from it. and there's no other country that I would expect to learn quicker than Germany.

iroced

Pure class from Ozil :cool:.