JollyGood said:
Shaqiri? Pretty decent back up for the left wing if you ask me. They had no backup for Kroos, that's why the formation changes when he's missing. Alaba can do a pretty good job on the left wing as well, if necessary. Robben played left wing a few times for Bayern and he was pretty great on the left side at Chelsea too.
Ribery, Robben, Müller, Shaqiri, Alaba can play left wing
Robben, Müller, Shaqiri can play right wing - even Rafinha (maybe tomorrow)
Kroos, Müller and Shaqiri can play CAM (and Schweinsteiger or even Pizarro)
Götze can slide into any of this positions, too. But he probably will take over the CAM-position. I am not thinking it will be a false 9 position for him - we are in Germany not in Spain. Although - it certainly ain't wrong to have a very mobile striker so Götze and Müller can switch places with him.
It is not that there is no backup for Kroos - you just have other interpretations of that role with different players. The shadow striker version with Müller that worked very well against Juve and Barcelona. A more defensive version with Schweinsteiger as CAM and Gustavo and Martinez in defensive midfield - against Barcelona after Gomez got subbed and Müller/Pizarro played striker. At the weekend - in the 6:1 in Hannover Pizarro played CAM. And Shaqiri has played it a couple of times this season, too.