The Soccer Crusader

Germany 4-2 Greece, The Battle of the Bailout

As expected by most of us, there was no bailout for Greece this time. The “total defense strategy” is a thing of the past. Trying to play the same cards, again and again, defending a “Fortress Europe”, accepting the “siege”, so deep in your territory that you could hardly counteract, can only lead to one result – defeat. Unless you are Chelsea this season or Inter Milan a couple of years ago, you shouldn’t even consider it. And even for them, success required a lot of good luck.

Germany was a delight to watch, in most of the moments. Although it’s very hard to break a team playing the style of Greece, they proved they have tools to do it. Their Free flow Scoring is working with different team configurations, but some weakness in defense is still there. Like Spain, they are not unbeatable! The other teams must have noticed it too. From now on, don’t expect it to be it as easy!

A final thought, Germany’s 16-year draught for a major trophy looks closer to an end than ever before.

Filed under: EURO 2012 | Tagged: euro 2012, EURO2012, Football, Soccer, sports, UEFA |