Dirk
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Lighten up. I hadn't teased you about losing to Austria yet.
Haha!
, ok, now I got it
I can't see Germany defending their title to be honest.
me neither tbh. All the odds are against us this time: Defending a World Cup title happens very seldom and didn't happen during my lifetime . We tried it 3-times and failed (but we are in good company, not even England could do that in 1970 ).
The Confed Cup Winner (we, in 2017) never won the World Cup the following year
All their class players are that bit older
yeah, but we got fresh ones too (like Kimmich, Süle, Werner, Goretzka), all in their early 20's and none of the experienced are yet too old
their keeper has been out for a long time and is that bit older
Neuer is 32 that's not too old for a goalie. And yes, I've stated it that he's out for a long time but he's vastly experienced and should compensate the lack of actual competitive matches. And we have Marc Andre ter Stegen another World Class Goalie and only 26. The Goalie positiion was never a problem for Germany in tournaments, other than England.
But as I wrote I am with you that we won't defend our title (although I really would like it to get the 5th star and reach Brazil in titles (we already overtrumped them in Semi-finals reached, Finals reached (but not in Finals won)
Look no further than France or Spain for me.
These were (and, in case of Spain, still are) my favourites, too. Both impressed me the most when they played against us (although it was only friendlies). Meanwhile I am not so sure anymore about France but they still have an awesome team.
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