Thursday, October 13, 2005

We have to wake up

Do you want to win the World Cup?
i know the main objective is the Euro in 2008. Reasonable too, considering we are rebuilding our team. But have you realised that we are actually equipped to win the World Cup too? You can't deny that we have the quality. in terms of points, the best qualifier from europe. by the way, fifa, you should put us as one of the top seeds. this might not happen if you use your system. and frankly speaking, i think it's an insult that england could be seeded ahead of us under your system. In any case, yes we do have the quality to win.

The problem is, we need to want to win. We have talent. For God's sake, use it! We can't draw at home with Macedonia. That makes us winless against them in this campaign. Unacceptable. Come on. Win.

and i watched France hammer Cyprus 4-0. Giuly's goal was a beauty, a team goal, brilliantly crafted. and zidane's cut the ball back for Giuly was very very nice and unselfish. i thought he could have gone for goal, but he saw giuly coming, and laid it into giuly's path. dhorasoo's goal was oso exquisite, right outstep flickin the ball beyond the keeper after being put through. so is france back? too early to say; its cyprus after all.

but maybe no team so far has shown themselves to be perfect. even holland hasnt played well in a few games and dropped points; brazil, argentina and mexico are guilty of that. but still, i would say that the teams that look in best shape at the moment are holland, brazil and argentina.

and i watched germany play quite a terrible first half against china. after frings' penalty, i just switched off. i was wondering if klinnsmann had gone too far by putting schweinsteiger at leftback. why why why? the only point i see is that he wants to accomodate schneider and a two-man strike force. if so, schneider can play as leftback. i think it would be more stable. unless he wants schweinsteiger to learn to defend. or to hone his attacking skills by understanding a defender's psyche. maybe. but deisler is showing glimpses of his brilliance. nevertheless, what i have seen was disappointing. though the first few minutes of the 2nd half which i watched was a vast improvement, all i can say is that i have seen better. surely ballack is not that indispensible. and what of borowski? you have got class, show it please.

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