OT: USA Men and Germany OMG

[RockyMTblue2]

1-1 USA pressing in second half and German defender finally gave up and fell on the ball hugging it with both arms!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

US now playing for a tie and it won't work!

 

[Husky25]

US now playing for a tie and it won't work!

You're watching a different match than I am, it seems.

 

[Husky25]

US now playing for a tie and it won't work!

I stand corrected. You were right. US tied Germany 2-1. Wait...Huh?!?!

(US outplayed Germany for the last 30+ minutes of the match.)

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I stand corrected. You were right. US tied Germany 2-1. Wait...Huh?!?!

(US outplayed Germany for the last 30+ minutes of the match.)

When I was watching the US had pretty much retreated to a goal line stance - sorta a maginot line (bad pun intended), and they continued that approach for quite a while. The second goal was a quick offensive thrust and a brilliant individual play. What could have happened is illustrated by the Germans' hitting the crossbar with less than a minute to play in the "make up" time. But I do see the humor. While I would like to claim a reverse karma intent with my prediction, I did expect the maginot line to be as effective as the real one the German Army faced.

 

[triaddukefan]

We beat them in two World Wars... bout time we beat them in soccer

 

[stamfordhusky]

What could have happened is illustrated by the Germans' hitting the crossbar with less than a minute to play in the "make up" time.

Had that ball - which hit high on the crossbar - been fully below the crossbar, Guzan might well have got his hand on it and tipped it out.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Had that ball - which hit high on the crossbar - been fully below the crossbar, Guzan might well have got his hand on it and tipped it out.

Yup. And he probably would have had that chance had the defender not also made contact with Guzan's header, or maybe it would have gone in just to the left of his outstretched hand just under the bar. My point was nothing is foreordained by asserted "playing better" and particularly when you are playing a superb team like Germany and have decided to pull back, clog it up and wait it out. That was a superb effort by the Germans in the waning moments and exposed the US to the tie they seemed to be content with late in the first half.

 

[meyers7]

Had that ball - which hit high on the crossbar - been fully below the crossbar, Guzan might well have got his hand on it and tipped it out.

It looked like it deflected off Alvarado's head also.

 

[meyers7]

We beat them in two World Wars... bout time we beat them in soccer

It think it was Grant Wahl who tweeted (or retweeted) something like "last time we beat Germany on German soil was in May 1945".

 

[triaddukefan]

It think it was Grant Wahl who tweeted (or retweeted) something like "last time we beat Germany on German soil was in May 1945".