FIFA Women's World Cup

[canefan]

I can't believe how low energy and inaccurate the Germans have been in a must win game. Koreans going all out with aggressive pressing. It will be interesting to see how long they can keep it up

[MiketheSnow]

Morocco score just before half time to go 1-0 up

At this stage Germany are out

[Chris B.]

@canefan Germany looked clueless at the start and not surprising Korea scored.
They've grown into the game and dominating possession, while looking a bit ponderous.

Probably deserved to be all square, but you could easily see the Koreans pouncing on a loose pass at the back, while Germany are playing among themselves.

If the Germans start winning a few corners they might be able to use their size to do what Sweden did to Italy.

[canefan]

@MiketheSnow said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

Morocco score just before half time to go 1-0 up

At this stage Germany are out

That should light a fire under them. Like the US before them though, Germany are struggling to dominate possession and aren't creating a lot of quality chances out of it, so far anyway. Another team lacking cutting edge

[Chris B.]

I blame Herr Deinz, coach of Wolfsburg!

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

I blame Herr Deinz, coach of Wolfsburg!

This germam team are like a football version of the cantablacks...

[canefan]

Germany denied by VAR

[canefan]

The longer this goes on, the tighter and more prone to a mistake will Germany get. Two midfielders come on, don't they want to bring on some attackers?

[canefan]

Germany only seem to be looking for their aerial attack via the captain Popp. They have 20 minutes to unlock a Korean team who have parked the bus, but I can't recall a shot on goal, just a few headers

[canefan]

The Germans starting to smell the stench of historic failure

I can't believe the German coach isn't throwing everything at the Koreans now. Or maybe this is all they've got?

[canefan]

Striker on, 6 regulation minutes left

[canefan]

The Germans are on the brink. 9 added minutes, otherwise it's auf weidersehen

[canefan]

Koreans have a free kick on the edge of the box, their players are making a meal of every knock which I don't like. A couple of minutes left now

[canefan]

Midfield sub Lohmann decides to turn and run in, strikes it wide. Finally some assertive attack, but might be too little too late

[MiketheSnow]

Germany out
Huge

[canefan]

Germany out. What a toothless display until the last 10 minutes. How can the #2 team in the world only play route 1 football with no plan B? It could easily have been USA out too, playing a similar brand of prehistoric football

[Chris B.]

Germans will be gutted.

Beat Morocco 6-0, but the Colombians and Koreans have conspired to thwart them by conceding 6 points to Morocco and only allowing the Germans 1.

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

Germans will be gutted.

Beat Morocco 6-0, but the Colombians and Koreans have conspired to thwart them by conceding 6 points to Morocco and only allowing the Germans 1.

Another superpower who failed to break down a lesser team that packed tight in defence. Popp let no one down. But where was the pace? Where was the trickery and skill on the ball? Lacking

[Chris B.]

@canefan Yeah - I thought they should have been trying to force more corners all through the second half. Get more dangerous aerial balls in.

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

@canefan Yeah - I thought they should have been trying to force more corners all through the second half. Get more dangerous aerial balls in.

That's all they had. And yet there was far too much lateral and backward passing. Until Lohmann came on, I barely remember a daring attacking run at goal.

Ironic that NZ and Germany were both undone by VAR and a lack of cutting edge