Round of 8 (AKA The Quarter-Finals)

[Drico]

Can understand Sane because you need pace and directness but what in gods name is Emre Can doing on the team sheet?

I can't understand Sane EVER. He nearly cost them a goal there at the end. He's not up to it at this level. Can is way out of this depth.

Spain look far superior to me and have evolved from being the team with most pointless possession to the team that creates most chances. Germany have had twice as many passes as them in this half - but most of those were in their own half as they can't break the Spanish press.

 

[the golden visionary]

Kane would have gota pen for that

 

[PeregrineT]

FIFA and UEFA shrugged at Xhaka and Shaqiri making an Albanian nationalist gesture at the Serbian bench six years ago. I don't think we can call the adjudication fair or consistent, here. The message is, "We don't like the Serbs, we don't like the Turks and we definitely don't like Turkish right-wing politics." That may be true, but it's not a good message to send.

Hypocrisy like this just provides oxygen to the ultra-right nonsense. They'll see racism and religion, where reality is dollar signs more often than not.

Sorry, what similarity is there in celebrating the flag of the actual COUNTRY where ones parents are from, and a violent extremist political organization?

What a bizzare take. The albanian flag is offensive and its representation should be banned from Fifa?

 

[TheBigIguana]

I can't understand Sane EVER. He nearly cost them a goal there at the end. He's not up to it at this level. Can is way out of this depth.

Spain look far superior to me and have evolved from being the team with most pointless possession to the team that creates most chances. Germany have had twice as many passes as them in this half - but most of those were in their own half as they can't break the Spanish press.

Can has actually done really well for me and I can see why he’s in. Sane was garbage. Wirtz now.

 

[Billy Dean]

Weird I thought you can only make subs in the 80th minute

 

[Martin Alvito]

I can't understand Sane EVER. He nearly cost them a goal there at the end. He's not up to it at this level. Can is way out of this depth.

Spain look far superior to me and have evolved from being the team with most pointless possession to the team that creates most chances. Germany have had twice as many passes as them in this half - but most of those were in their own half as they can't break the Spanish press.

Looks like Nagelsmann agrees with you, hooked them both.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Andrich on now. Mohawk dyed purple?

That's beyond kitsch.

 

[carolinablue232]

Love seeing managers make proactive changes at half.

 

[stipe]

Sane was garbage whole season for Bayern and continued to play his own selfish style in previous two games.
Why the hell he put him from the first minute is one of those ridiculous decisions only manager could understand.
Especially over someone like Wirtz.

 

[carolinablue232]

Sane was garbage whole season for Bayern and continued to play his own selfish style in previous two games.
Why the hell he put him from the first minute is one of those ridiculous decisions only manager could understand.
Especially over someone like Wirtz.

My best guess is Naglesman was thinking he could keep Cucurella honest and get behind if he did press to far up. But idk. At least he acknowledged Sane wasn’t up to it rather than persisting

 

[Nymzee]

Olmooooo

 

[Rita_Poon]

nice goal. spain 1 nil.

 

[wm02]

Very nice

 

[Martin Alvito]

Lovely centering ball. Nothing for the keeper to do.

 

[PeregrineT]

Good goal, seemed all nice and simple