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This feels like a fever dream, one year ago this guy barely had any goals in the second Bundesliga and now he scores a goal for Germany in the world cup.
Yeah, even if I genuinely dislike Anfang a lot, him (and the management) protecting Füllkrug was probably the best move he did during his time in Bremen
If Anfang weren’t an anti-vaxxer, Werder would still be stuck in the second league and Füllkrug would have never made it to the World Cup, meaning Germany would have lost the match tonight.
Sometimes I think these genius Coaches have a little bit of tunnel vision.
Like mate are you that uninterested in this guy you prefer to play Muller as a striker?!
that’s my issue, its fairly obvious that muller thrives off playing with an actual 9 next to him , why keep putting him on an island????
the guy is a proven international player, and i don’t think flick is getting the most out of him
>the guy is a proven international player
Makes it sound like he's the LB of Argentina or such when he is the active player with the most goals at WCs.
Not like he spent the last decade perfecting his game as a second striker, setting up the 9 like no one else in the world
Müller can't overpower a child nevermind a world class center back and his top speed is at best a brisk trot, sending him out as a 9 is bizarre
If Flick doesn't start Füllkrug against Costa Rica, just sack him at the half
And Muller had his most prolific assisting period of his career with Flick as the head coach of Bayern, so its not like its an alien concept to Flick anyway
Wtf is he doing playing Muller as the #9?
I dont know why Our coaches cant get their Heads out of their Asses... Löw should have Taken kruse or terrode already but Flick not playing Torpedoschuh is simply outerageous right now
What suspending does to a MF.
For those not knowing: in the beginning of last season Füllkrug didn't score in like 5 games, played like shit, had a loud disagreement with our higher ups (supposedly insults were thrown) , was suspended for a game and came back just banging them in and assisting left and right. Hasn't stopped until now.
He's always been a Bundesliga level player imo. He struggled a lot with injury though so he was never really the main man. The one full season he played in the Bundesliga he scored 14 for a Hannover team that finished 13th which is quite good, then he was injured on and off for the next 3 seasons. When Werder got relegated we started Josh Sargent almost every game and our other options were Yuya Osako who was never good and Davie Selke who hasn't been good in years because Lücke wasn't fit. Last season he was fit throughout and this season too, that's why he is showing his worth now.
For Sure one of the best Box strikers in history. Just Look at all of his goals for the NT - I think he scored only one if not none at all outside of the Box - I dont think he would Translate well Into todays game tbh - he was the right type of Player for the right era of football
https://youtu.be/mrp_Luf8rbM - the amount of headers he scored is absurd - even taking some balls that could easily be shot with the head xD
I have to strongly disagree with this one. Yes, Klose was an old school type of box striker but he was also technically good enough to play as a false nine. Which is why he was perfect for Löws system who was really obsessed with playing a false nine. He combined the best traits of both a classic forward and a false nine. He started out as a clinical finisher roaming through the box and waiting for his chances. But he developed his game over the years and in the later stages of his career he was also really good at dropping down, playing link up and setting up his teammates. The trio of him, Özil and Müller was short-lived but they were a fucking joy to watch. Reducing Klose to just a box striker is to underrate his technical abilities on the ball which were on a good level, especially in terms of link up play. He would easily translate into today's game. Germany have been missing a striker like him since he retired.
Since 2014 Germany has totally been unable to replace two key players. Lahm and Klose. And Klose is the more irreplaceable. He wasn't the most talented player but he worked hard and created space and time for other players and finished chances when presented them. Man was a monster in a Germany kit. didn't Germany have an unreal record of never losing a game when Klose scored or something? I know they only failed to make a major tournament semifinals once while he was playing and he was injured in that tournament as well.
Flick should now learn the same lesson Nagelsmann learned with Choupo-Moting. You give them the chance (they take it). Start them in every match and watch the n.9 magic happen.
because it would be silly to start a guy who was playing the second division last year over an 80m wonder boy or an attacking midfielder.
*OR WOULD IT?*
And all of our other players (Müller, Musiala, Sane) work far better when they're playing off of a proper striker. Having any kind of decent striker upfront (doesn't have to be world class) is necessary to
unlock their true potential. Same story as with Bayern and Choupo-Moting.
And it doesn't hurt that the form Fullkrug is in he's playing like a world-class striker. We don't need him to be World Class for 10 years or even 10 weeks. We need him to play like a world-class striker for a month. That's it.
They lose they go into the next match with atleast -2 GD, and Japan with 0 GD. They'd need to absolutely destroy Costa Rica because Japan is probably gonna play with 10 defenders
EDIT: "confidently defeat Costa Rica" is what I meant. For Germany to score more than 2 goals they'll need to absolutely dominate. But that's irrelevant now either way
Imagine what would happen if Flick starts Müller under Füllkrug. Exactly, imagine because thats all we will get. Müller as a striker is dumb and has always been. Müller with a real striker and a real midfield is a real nightmare for opponents. Müller rauming, Musiala feeding, Füllkrug banging = winner material.
I feel so happy for him. Been screaming at the TV for Flick to start him since the 1st half of the Japan match. I swear I will lose my shit if he doesn't start against Costa Rica.
It's on the day exactly 1 year ago, that Füllkrug scored his 4th goal of the season in his 14th match in the 2nd devision in a losing effort against Holstein Kiel. It's totally bonkers that he just scored against Spain at the world cup.
Hansi, play this man in the starting 11 for the remaining of the tournament ffs! Havertz is useless and while Muller is always a hard worker (he did a lot of fantastic high pressing tonight), he doesn't have that killer instinct anymore.
Sane was great as a sub as well, hopefully next game he can play at least 45 minutes to get in better shape.
Mousiala was the man of the match though, that kid has moves and speed!
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What a finish
ABSOLUTE THUNDERCUNT
NIKLAS GOATKRUG
Slapped that ball so hard the next generation of kids in Spain will feel it.
never go Füll Krug
Germany was going Halfkrug before Füllkrug got subbed in.
Oh wow you put a striker in and he scores **FOR BOTH TEAMS**
Naturally if you sub in a goalkeeper at 2’, they won’t concede
Spain already had carvajal , they still did
Is that why Morocco changed Bono with Munir? 🤔
It’s not just a striker… it’s Niclas Goat Lücke fucking Füllkrug!
This feels like a fever dream, one year ago this guy barely had any goals in the second Bundesliga and now he scores a goal for Germany in the world cup.
What surprised me is how high he can jump
Just wait until you see his headers.
On top he’s physical as fuck and knows how to use his strength at perfect timing. Pure power this guy!
white man can jump
Man I teared up here a little. So many injuries, so many doubts... he made it. And now he gifted us this second breath.
Had goosebumps when I saw it was him
I was just thinking about how it looked like he might be gone after that altercation with staff. Hard to imagine a better 18 months.
Yeah, even if I genuinely dislike Anfang a lot, him (and the management) protecting Füllkrug was probably the best move he did during his time in Bremen
2nd to faking his vaccine.
If Anfang weren’t an anti-vaxxer, Werder would still be stuck in the second league and Füllkrug would have never made it to the World Cup, meaning Germany would have lost the match tonight.
When's the last time a Bremen player scored in the WC tho?
Everyone is forgetting Augustinsson 2018!
Two different Bremen players scored in a World Cup since the last Bayern player scored a goal? Wow
That would be Ludwig Augustinsson for Sweden in 3-0 win against Mexico at 2018 World Cup
+ it‘s against spain
Duksch als nächstes?
*Weiser
Damn playing a proper 9 seems to be a good idea
What having a ST does to a mf'er
damn it flick, start this man every match from now on
Huh, Flick finds out what playing a striker gives you
Sometimes I think these genius Coaches have a little bit of tunnel vision. Like mate are you that uninterested in this guy you prefer to play Muller as a striker?!
also: imagine how much better Müller could be with a proper striker up top to play off of???
that’s my issue, its fairly obvious that muller thrives off playing with an actual 9 next to him , why keep putting him on an island???? the guy is a proven international player, and i don’t think flick is getting the most out of him
>the guy is a proven international player Makes it sound like he's the LB of Argentina or such when he is the active player with the most goals at WCs.
yeah ahahah realized it sounded weird but i meant more so that he performs even better internationally
Not like he spent the last decade perfecting his game as a second striker, setting up the 9 like no one else in the world Müller can't overpower a child nevermind a world class center back and his top speed is at best a brisk trot, sending him out as a 9 is bizarre If Flick doesn't start Füllkrug against Costa Rica, just sack him at the half
And Muller had his most prolific assisting period of his career with Flick as the head coach of Bayern, so its not like its an alien concept to Flick anyway Wtf is he doing playing Muller as the #9?
That's an interesting idea, somebody should try that and see what happens.
Southgate must be a genius because he doesn't play Phil Foden.
You've summarised this game from the POV of both coaches
Also sane has been really good despite some brain fart
Sane really turned the game around, aside from a really bad pass he has created so much after his sub
That's what you get for basically playing the Bayern clone ttack against the Barca clone team.
>some brain fart Spot on
Last chance kinda sums him up. Instead of just taking the shot, we germans always gotta play it out like it's 2010.
Except Gundogan and Musiala who should have made the extra Pass...
Ehh, Musiala just needed to not hit the keeper
We've been saying that all the time. This dude is scoring for fun in the league while playing at a mediocre team
I dont know why Our coaches cant get their Heads out of their Asses... Löw should have Taken kruse or terrode already but Flick not playing Torpedoschuh is simply outerageous right now
Torpedoschuh is a 10/10 nickname.
What suspending does to a MF. For those not knowing: in the beginning of last season Füllkrug didn't score in like 5 games, played like shit, had a loud disagreement with our higher ups (supposedly insults were thrown) , was suspended for a game and came back just banging them in and assisting left and right. Hasn't stopped until now.
incredible. he was playing 2.Buli only 6 months ago
He's always been a Bundesliga level player imo. He struggled a lot with injury though so he was never really the main man. The one full season he played in the Bundesliga he scored 14 for a Hannover team that finished 13th which is quite good, then he was injured on and off for the next 3 seasons. When Werder got relegated we started Josh Sargent almost every game and our other options were Yuya Osako who was never good and Davie Selke who hasn't been good in years because Lücke wasn't fit. Last season he was fit throughout and this season too, that's why he is showing his worth now.
You can't blame Flick. Müller as a striker only looked shit the last 20 times, how could he know it wouldn't work?
Can’t blame Flick, he’s never managed Muller before… wait
Pep Guardiola played without a striker for one season and every NT thought it was the meta
Germany has been stuck in this scenario since 8 years now
Every Germany game since they won in 2014 has further convinced me that Miroslav Klose was the greatest player ever.
For Sure one of the best Box strikers in history. Just Look at all of his goals for the NT - I think he scored only one if not none at all outside of the Box - I dont think he would Translate well Into todays game tbh - he was the right type of Player for the right era of football https://youtu.be/mrp_Luf8rbM - the amount of headers he scored is absurd - even taking some balls that could easily be shot with the head xD
I have to strongly disagree with this one. Yes, Klose was an old school type of box striker but he was also technically good enough to play as a false nine. Which is why he was perfect for Löws system who was really obsessed with playing a false nine. He combined the best traits of both a classic forward and a false nine. He started out as a clinical finisher roaming through the box and waiting for his chances. But he developed his game over the years and in the later stages of his career he was also really good at dropping down, playing link up and setting up his teammates. The trio of him, Özil and Müller was short-lived but they were a fucking joy to watch. Reducing Klose to just a box striker is to underrate his technical abilities on the ball which were on a good level, especially in terms of link up play. He would easily translate into today's game. Germany have been missing a striker like him since he retired.
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One season? You forgetting a part of his career or something lol, even fir man City it was 2 seasons lol.
Musiala + Füllkrug = Musiala + Choupo The whole nation saw this, but not Flick. Ffs Löw level of coaching
You mean Sane?
Sane was injured. He will play now
Imagine playing our only real striker from the beginning..
and putting musiala on the 10 man can only dream
From the German 2nd division to saving Germany's World Cup ass
True goat
FÜLL THE KRUG
He has been fantastic today
Why the HELL was Flick messing around with Strikerless-Müller stuff again this entire time
Didnt work for 10 years after 2014…
Our footballing nation was literally build on Klose's shoulders and its been downhill ever since lol.
Since 2014 Germany has totally been unable to replace two key players. Lahm and Klose. And Klose is the more irreplaceable. He wasn't the most talented player but he worked hard and created space and time for other players and finished chances when presented them. Man was a monster in a Germany kit. didn't Germany have an unreal record of never losing a game when Klose scored or something? I know they only failed to make a major tournament semifinals once while he was playing and he was injured in that tournament as well.
Idk how successfull yall were with Schweinsteiger but he was an absolute treat to watch as a spectator.
Don’t forget Poldi and Schweini
And Mario Gómez
https://www.tomnash.eu/gomez-button.html
The value of having an actual 9
The Choupo-effect
This MF looks like he's just come off a longboat and is about to go raid some villages
and he did
the prince that was promised
Badass name
He needs to start, drop Gnabry for Costa Rica. He’s been incredibly underwhelming
Halfkrug wasn’t getting it done. Needed FULLKRUG!
Start him as 9
Flick should now learn the same lesson Nagelsmann learned with Choupo-Moting. You give them the chance (they take it). Start them in every match and watch the n.9 magic happen.
HOW THE F IS HE NOT THE STARTER YET JFC
because it would be silly to start a guy who was playing the second division last year over an 80m wonder boy or an attacking midfielder. *OR WOULD IT?*
What a powerkrug he is.
Full mast
Hope Hansi starts that man now. He is not Klose or the other great ones in the past. But he is still better than Havertz or Müller upfront.
And all of our other players (Müller, Musiala, Sane) work far better when they're playing off of a proper striker. Having any kind of decent striker upfront (doesn't have to be world class) is necessary to unlock their true potential. Same story as with Bayern and Choupo-Moting.
And it doesn't hurt that the form Fullkrug is in he's playing like a world-class striker. We don't need him to be World Class for 10 years or even 10 weeks. We need him to play like a world-class striker for a month. That's it.
OH THIS GROUP AINT FINISHED BABY
Costa Rica to top the group with 2 shots on target
The Costa Rican way
Tico Taka baby
if Japan loses then costa rica only needs to tie, so they only actually need one shot on target
Even if Germany loses its not finished, no? They’d just need Japan to lose and to beat Costa Rica with a higher GD
They lose they go into the next match with atleast -2 GD, and Japan with 0 GD. They'd need to absolutely destroy Costa Rica because Japan is probably gonna play with 10 defenders EDIT: "confidently defeat Costa Rica" is what I meant. For Germany to score more than 2 goals they'll need to absolutely dominate. But that's irrelevant now either way
No? If they beat Costa Rica 2-0 and Japan loses 1-0 they have the better GD
Proper thundercunt that
Musiala deuting the Raum.
Just to Füll the Krug
Mut zur Lücke!
Say that to Hansi! He should start him
Leave no raum undeuted
Should have deutet the raum when she shot straight at the keeper instead of passing to füllkrug
Why doesn't he start??
Because Flick loves Müller
he can start both though muller works so much better with a real #9
To be fair, who doesn’t.
Barca
A lot of Non-Bayern-Fans
Barca fan
Me
Muller : “Because…. “
Barcelona will pay for it next season
LÜCKEEEEE
THE MAN. THE MYTH. THE LEGEND.
LÜCKE YOU SEXY MOTHERFUCKER FUCK
Goat debate settled
What a moment for him
Going to be an exciting 10/15 minutes
Honestly love the added time. Matches shouldn’t be 80 minutes
Who was the cb that needlessly went out of position with the ball? Laporte? Ran like a headless chicken trying to recover too leaving his mark.
He has done it over and over again this game. Germany players were exploiting it and kept running into the spaces Laporte made.
Yep always a donkey.
He had the gall to look at Balde. Ran like a headless chicken when he was allready back on Fullkrug then gets himself into no-man’s land
Yep, we don't have other choice. All of our cbs are like that.
Man said I'll take that thank you very much
Spain is sleeping, Musiala not starting through the middle for germany is a crime against football
Imagine what would happen if Flick starts Müller under Füllkrug. Exactly, imagine because thats all we will get. Müller as a striker is dumb and has always been. Müller with a real striker and a real midfield is a real nightmare for opponents. Müller rauming, Musiala feeding, Füllkrug banging = winner material.
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I really thought he was going to be offside when he did that
Looks like had Musiala touched it again he might have been. The timing of that takeover was perfect.
For real lol
Somebody else would have gotten it wrong
I didn't come hear to feel sad. RIP Mordin...
What the fuck does this man have to do to start over Havertz and Müller at striker fuck my life
Well now, this is interesting What a bloody finish too
FÜLLKRUGGGG
Absolutely Twatted it into the net
LÜÜÜCKEEEEE Sein Blick zur Bank nach dem Treffer hat Hansi getötet
Love how he pushes Musiala out of the way lol this one's mine
"Step aside Bambi, I got this!"
Pep Guardiola actually ruined football by popularizing playing with a false 9.
Evidenced by both teams subbing in real 9s instead of false 9s and both scored!!
This is so true!! There are so many teams following this and it leads to so many 0-0 draws and boring football. You should have far more upvotes.
WHY ISNT THIS GUY STARTING THE GAME
SOWAS PASSIERT WENN MAN EIN STÜRMER SPIELT FLICK DU HUND
Fullkrug should be a starter. Feels like the missing piece for the team.
Sane changed the game
If he is fit he should clearly start. Always running a riot against Barca and Spain.
WHAT A GOAL WHAT A TOUCH BY MUSIALA
Fucking play a striker
Cracking finish
That was definitely not a pass by Musiala, but I don’t think he’s gonna complain
Cunt that one in, musiala first touch was amazing too
LÜCKE
The big fella. Strikers are back baby
Musiala is one of the silkiest dribblers in the game right now.
That was a clean goal. Germany really needed it.
Hope is restored. Füllkrug hattrick next match
UNSER BREMER JUNG
How shocking what having a proper striker does
Hahahahaha Alba gets subbed off and Germany immediately go down Spain's left flank and score
Laporte went on a stroll for no reason. Created all the space Germany needed. Not a good game of him today.
Thats a strikers finish
See? This is what happens if Germany actually use a striker up front.
Turns out playing with a striker is actually a good idea if you want to score a goal
Holy shit
🎶 Füllkrug's on fire 🎶
Had to take it away from Musiala this time
He should be starting
This is what happens when Germany has a real striker instead of fucking Kai Havertz.
That finish
Thundercunt
Breaking: Centre-forward can score goals for team. Germany fans are shocked. More news at 11.
> ~~Germany fans are~~Hansi is shocked. FTFY
FUCKING KNEW IT
Musiala is fucking incredible
Had to be him
Best player in the world, obv not biased
Aa a Chelsea fan it makes me sad to say this, but Fullkrug should be starting over Kai every match
What playing a real striker does to a team.
I feel so happy for him. Been screaming at the TV for Flick to start him since the 1st half of the Japan match. I swear I will lose my shit if he doesn't start against Costa Rica.
It's on the day exactly 1 year ago, that Füllkrug scored his 4th goal of the season in his 14th match in the 2nd devision in a losing effort against Holstein Kiel. It's totally bonkers that he just scored against Spain at the world cup.
🐐
Hansi, play this man in the starting 11 for the remaining of the tournament ffs! Havertz is useless and while Muller is always a hard worker (he did a lot of fantastic high pressing tonight), he doesn't have that killer instinct anymore. Sane was great as a sub as well, hopefully next game he can play at least 45 minutes to get in better shape. Mousiala was the man of the match though, that kid has moves and speed!
Start him at the 9, please.
Insane finish