Yes, that was my point. Nothing against Cacao, but there should be a certain age in the rulesJollyGood said:You could argue that someone who changed his nationality after a certain date, let's say at age 16 or 18 or whatever shoulnd't be allowed to play for his "new" country.
JollyGood said:The whole discussion is really strange. No one questioned Zidane playing for France or is questioning Benzema now. Or Balotelli, he got the italian nationality when he turned 18. Should he play for Ghana? Of course not. I really think it's shocking that it's such a big deal for so many people with the german nationalteam - you find that stupid argument about Özil, Khedira, etc. not being "real germans" in every football board I visited since the world cup 2010.
Ruhr said:Yes, that was my point. Nothing against Cacao, but there should be a certain age in the rulesJollyGood said:You could argue that someone who changed his nationality after a certain date, let's say at age 16 or 18 or whatever shoulnd't be allowed to play for his "new" country.
JollyGood said:The whole discussion is really strange. No one questioned Zidane playing for France or is questioning Benzema now. Or Balotelli, he got the italian nationality when he turned 18. Should he play for Ghana? Of course not. I really think it's shocking that it's such a big deal for so many people with the german nationalteam - you find that stupid argument about Özil, Khedira, etc. not being "real germans" in every football board I visited since the world cup 2010.
i find it quite funny, when people outside germany have a bigger problem with the german team being not blond and blue-eyed than the germans themselves
hideniton said:Well, that wasn't quite what I expected.
Dortmund rested Hummels, Reus and Bender with Götze and Piszczek injured. Reus and Bender came on later.
Bayern with excessive changes to their usual starting lineup. The only players from their usual starting 11 were Neuer, Boateng and Alaba. Müller came on as a sub.
After seeing how Dortmund struggled against Bayerns second string (who were down to ten men from minute 65 onwards) while pretty much playing their best eleven currently available I can't help but feel they'll get hammered in the CL final. There's that much of a gap between the Bayern I saw yesterday and the Bayern I saw against Barcelona and Juventus. No matter how much of a tactical genius Klopp may be, I don't think they'll be able tu pull one on Bayern this time. This years CL got Bayern written all over it. Lost it at home to a club from London to win it in London one year later. The perfect plot.
hideniton said:Well, that wasn't quite what I expected.
Dortmund rested Hummels, Reus and Bender with Götze and Piszczek injured. Reus and Bender came on later.
Bayern with excessive changes to their usual starting lineup. The only players from their usual starting 11 were Neuer, Boateng and Alaba. Müller came on as a sub.
After seeing how Dortmund struggled against Bayerns second string (who were down to ten men from minute 65 onwards) while pretty much playing their best eleven currently available I can't help but feel they'll get hammered in the CL final. There's that much of a gap between the Bayern I saw yesterday and the Bayern I saw against Barcelona and Juventus. No matter how much of a tactical genius Klopp may be, I don't think they'll be able tu pull one on Bayern this time. This years CL got Bayern written all over it. Lost it at home to a club from London to win it in London one year later. The perfect plot.
BlueAnorak said:They played each other in the League yesterday and what a fiery affair. Deliberate trips, elbows and other snide challenges all the way through the game.
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I expect the CL final will be equally ill-tempered, with the team that keeps more players on the pitch probably winning it.