Quote from: DanWalker on Today at 03:41:59 PM

Quote from: Cryptmuster on Today at 05:05:42 AM

Germany played very weakly in attack, and their defense also was not the best. Nagelsmann is trying to refresh the squad, but his experiment has not yet brought the expected result. Slovakia are not the most difficult opponent, but they did not give the ball away to Germany, the game was equal, maybe the reason was that it was an away match, but I did not expect Germany to lose. The Netherlands at home also could not beat Poland, and considering that Poland have recently been in poor form, I did not think they were capable of getting a draw.

We have been seeing such a bad performance from germany for a long time. Even when we were able to win a match, we saw them fight hard. Germany's performance against SLovakia was very disappointing. Many gamblers had bet on Germany winning. But Germany lost 2 - 0. Germany's players dominated the match with 70 % ball possession. Despite having a total of 14 shots, they were not able to score a single goal. This is really sad. We did not expect to see such a bad performance from a giant team like Germany.

A very impressive defensive game from Slovakia, more than the failure of Germany, I'd like to appreciate how good of Slovakia is. Germany had 70% ball control but they had lesser number of shots on target than Slovakia. It's a home ground for Slovakia so Germany might be looking to win on the next leg but considering other teams in the group, Slovakia would surely go for the playoffs even if they don't get the direct entry to the world cup.
Germany looked less composed during their attacks. Baumann is a good keeper but both of the goals were nearly impossible for him to stop specially the second one which could be one of the best goals of this year.