Podolsiki

With Miroslav Klose sent off, I think Podolski will still get the chance to play, there were only Podolski and Gomez left in front, while Cacau and Kiessling are too inexperienced. Or maybe Gomez will play as a lone striker, that means Loeb should add an extra midfielder or winger. The point is, the win against Ghana is a must now.

It is easy to point the finger at Podolski for the defeat. To me, the person to bring the downfall for the germans is none other than the referee. I think he had a poor game and is too eager to flash out the cards. I mean, look at the 2nd yellow that he gave Klose. That is hardly a yellow card offence. With a man down, the german will find it hard to breakdown the serbia defence, which is very sound. But should the serbian qualify for the next round, they will have to be careful. Their defence had been conceding unneccessary penalties. They are just lucky that the germans did not punish them for it.

I think Podolski has had a poor season this year with his club. But he still looked really sharp in both the matches, though his finishing in the second match was poor. I think he plays very well when linking with Klose, but up alone he falls slightly flat. I do not think Gomez or other strikers are good enough to replace Podolski though for the next match, so he will definitely start. Cheers! Ram

jagjit273, In the first place, soccer is a team sport and such I would not say that Podolski is the main culprit for the German defeat. Let's be fair that the Germans really had a bad game since the kickoff and the whole team is being affected by the erratic card happy pedantic Spanish referee who would be flashing every single card he can find. For the start, the German's confidence was already shaken since their having to loose their captain Michael Ballack through a freak injury picked up during the final phase of training for this tournament. When they came into this match, you can see that there were already some players being affected by the referee's decisions and card happy act. First on the list is Mueller who was playing like a school kid having the first touch of the soccer ball - none of his crosses hit the mark or found the mark. Coach Low should be the other culprit, who really should have played the same line up that played Australia right to the book against Serbia- Mueller was really feeling out of sort at his position. Then, when Klose got the red card, the whole German confidence got sent off to the changing room as well. None of them - including the captain Phillip Lahm - bothered to shout instructions. Podolski, would definitely be a bunch of nerve as the rest of the teams scoring is solely left on his shoulders. So, how could he not have the stress and pressure? But, I just could not understand how he was allowed to take the spot kick when the next best person would be Bastian Schweinsteiger. So, I would blame the referee and the whole German team including the coach for the lost. They could have at least picked up a point, and alas they only have themselves to blame.

Hi jagjit you are right in pointing out that Podolski missed several chances and even a penalty and the Germans payed for it.However you should not blame Podolksi alone.The entire team failed to deliver and the turning point of the game was the red card to Klose.While criticising the Germans we are forgetting one thing that even with ten men the Germans managed to get a penalty against the Serbs and it would have been great had Podolksi managed to score.As far as fielding Podolksi in the next game is concerned i think Loew will most definitely field Podolksi and maybe with a few goals he will be able to redeem himself as quite often we have seen in football that a villain on a particular day can turn out to be a hero on another day and vice versa.

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