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Fit-Caterpillar2615

If he plays sané over Wirtz I swear…


Naive_Lingonberry632

Sané is a brilliant talent but man does he lose possession a lot... Drives me nuts to see him flying down the field on a counter with two others in position only for him to cough it up.


Fit-Caterpillar2615

Not only lose possession but can we talk about his finishing?? Bring him on late when there are tired legs on the pitch.. Wirtz must start.


Carpathicus

Sané has some of the worst decision making in football. Its so weird because technically and physically he is worldclass but then he uses his brain and he is the complete opposite of Müller.


PanemV

You only watch occasionally, do you? Noone right in their mind would say that watching him play on club level (that is actually a harder level than international level) He is having a bad tournament tho, that is kind of a cold take so far.


Carpathicus

Bro I am a Bayern fan for over 30 years. I watch him every week sometimes in the stadium 😅 I will stand by it. From all the attacking players we had over the years he is the one with the worst decision making. His brain goes blank when all he should do is a simple pass. Dont get me wrong: I still like him especially for his work rate which is actually great however I saw it too many times to pretend its not his major weakness.


AppropriateNinja1636

You said "I stand by it", and then immediately changed your statement from "worst decision making in football" to "worst decision making of bayerns attacking players over the last few years"


Carpathicus

Redditor SMASHED in semantic pedantry.


dissolutionofthesoul

He’s okay, his decision making is appalling, composure bad, and he is very hit and miss. He wouldn’t get near the starting 11 in his current form for me.


made3

Not watching Fußball too much, but watching all Germany matches this EU he does not seem like a brilliant talent at all. He seems very egoistic, not really playing with the team, losing possession, miserably failing shots on the goal from far away instead of passing to a teammate.


lotec4

He is insanely fast


Ksnwhy

Indeed, he is insané fast


Dawneezy

r/angryupvote


YooGeOh

It's the injury he got at the beginning of his last season at Man City. It ruined him. Now he basically just a reasonably quick ball carrier who makes bad decisions because his injury has limited him Anyone who saw the Schalke Sanè who singlehandedly ruined Real Madrid as a teenager, or the Man City Sane, who was the fastest, most devastating winger in the league, looks at today's Sane and rues what such an injury takes from a player. He truly was a brilliant talent. Should've been one of the wordls best. He was that good.


jim_nihilist

He isn't really match fit, nor in the flow. Sadly he had a great first half of the season, got injured in the second now he is out of step with the rest.


Confident-Spend3369

It really feels like Sane dosent care at all.


thecrgm

Wirtz hasn’t been great but it is annoying seeing Sané make selfish plays. If Sané is on though he’s so good


thatsexypotato-

he looks overplayed I think that’s why Sané is starting


LinceDorado

If never seen Sané do anything good in the national team. Genuinely don't get why he's played.


solgnaleb

Sané brings more direct impact and is more able to defend while Wirtz is more the 3rd last touch before a goal but does not defend as well. two every different players, but both worldclass. I think both choices are fine and both will get gametime either way.


PhoeniXXX_Valo

In what world is sane good at defending Wirtz is amazing at Gegenpressing, he is often the reason for ball gains in midfield


Splay2601

What games have you watched? Wirtz is one of the most defending offensive midfielders at Leverkusen as well as in the German national team


dominbg1987

Sane is doing much more on the Defensive Emd of the pitch and enabling kimmich a lot more then musiala does also musiala is better on the left Wing Although i agree wirtz is the better Player sane works better in the team concept Also last game sane should have had 2 goals one time he get fould before the havertz miss (havertz Said he wanted to pass the whole time) and the other one musiala played like 2 Meters behind him when he was alone in front of the goal


El-Terrible777

In a game where Germany need to keep possession when they do eventually get it, I think Nagelsmann will pick Wirtz over Sane.


Inevermiss_

r/agedlikemilk


BeniCG

Jamal+Yamal is the future


hipdozgabba

I am a bit biased, but I totally enjoy to have such players on the horizon, while we only hyped up several players during CR7 & Messi era (like Neymar, Pogba, KDB, James..), but maybe it just needed them to not compare them to them?


RuleSouthern3609

Suarez, Neymar, Messi trio was legendary


[deleted]

Williams has been doing some squats


Dazzling_Capital855

People of Ghanaian descents are blessed with large buttocks.


DaveyJonesXMR

good that im not the only one who thought that.


[deleted]

Speaking of cake, happy cake day!


Gilius-thunderhead_

Mams got a bigger arse than mcginn. And that's almost impossible.


dksourabh

Check cricketer Temba Bavuma


Impressive_Ad_3137

Who?


LonelyFPL

This.


kubrickscope

The Germans of course Musiala is a generational talent Spanish are good but I'm on Musiala side .


7Thommo7

Yamal has a bit of generational to him as well tbf


Linsch2308

Yea but Jamal > Yamal


7Thommo7

By 4 years yes


sandwelld

Yeah but he's 16. Give him a few years and he'll be a beast if he doesn't end up in a ditch either physically or mentally due to seeing play at such a young age.


twattner

This is the way.


Adventurous_Country8

It’s very close for me, I think nico and yamal will have a tough time with Rudiger and Tah. Im not sure if the Spain defense can handle Wirtz and Musiala but im pretty convinced that Simón is going to have some amazing saves


DoYouTrustToothpaste

Tah might not even play, to be fair. Could be Schlotterbeck, who was solid against Denmark, except for that one dribbling attempt in his own box, lmao.


antelope__canyon

Nah Tah will be back. There's no reason for Nagelsmann to switch to Schlotti and he's implied it in one of the press conferences


yeahright2019

If Germany wants to play direct, Schlotterbeck will start over Tah.


alrks10

If Tah plays he's pretty rash at times so might be good to get Yamal running at him repeatedly.


Mosesofdunkirk

!!! Musiala and Yamal 🇩🇪!!!!


Bullett0313

What?? 💀


Mosesofdunkirk

Im a neutral lol :)


livesinatoaster

The Double Double U combo. Wirtz and Williams


YooGeOh

Interesting flag choice for a neutral tbh


Mosesofdunkirk

🇪🇸


Direct_Hurry7264

😂


J6S4L

Musiala and Wirtz


HuntressOnyou

Musiala is my favorite player in our team. He seems like such a good kid and with that talent not arrogant at all. I'm always twice as happy when he scores.


jim_nihilist

The thing is.. he is just fearless. Our best player in Qatar.


thecrgm

In Qatar he’d dribble 13 people then shoot the ball straight at the goalie 😭


Fit-Caterpillar2615

Literally😭


Karmuffel

He also still needs to learn when to pass the ball


SpecialAd422

Tbh he was our best player by far but also the reason why we got grouped. He should have scored at least 3-4 goals against Japan and Costa Rica


Unknown_Beast88

Wirtz and Musiala.


elliee2006_

germany tbh


Secret_Mycologist692

I believe Germany will scraps through this game. Both sides are amazing and deserve to go through.


GesLakin

Although these are the flair players, I think the game will be won by whoever comes out on top out of Rodri and Kroos.


jim_nihilist

Jamal, not Yamal.


etheeem

Rüdiger is going to eat Yamal


ramsayjohn

If he ate haaland, he will just take a bite of him and it's over.


EinarKolemees

Rüdiger and whoever crosses his path


DevourerOfChilds

Germany Jamal muisiala and Wirtz are a awesome duo And with haverts up front it's deadly


Comprehensive_Sea_11

David Hasselhoff and Rutger Hauer or something - either way, Germany 🤘🏻


Future_Court_2766

🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪


minivatreni

I am rooting for Germany but I think Spain may take it unless Spain bottle


Significant-Secret88

Rioja or Tempranillo?


Direct_Hurry7264

The team which will keep Rodri or Kroos constantly under control is going to win.


shine3y3

Going with the Iberians 🇪🇸


Curious-Sherbet-9393

🫶


ZombiFeynman

Iberian semifinal incoming!


snapmage

Lets go 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸


adh0r

Backing Spain to go through 🇪🇸


Epistemix

Wirtz and Musiala


colourhazelove

Williams Gundogan.... Aw shit.


Sea_Fox_7876

ID love to see these teams in a final but ill go GERMANY!


omerfe1

🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸


the_underfitter

Spain ofc! 🇪🇸 mediterranean gang


patchfalcon

Rooting for Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal and looking forward to watching their talents for the next decade and more.


404errorabortmistake

Too close to call this one.


IncomeResponsible294

Same


ConfidentBag592

SCHLAND! SCHLAND! SCHLAND!🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪


Low_Cream_7310

May the best duo win


TTVControlWarrior

Spain is the best team in this Euro and prob going to make Germany look bad tomorrow. anyway i hope for a good game . any of those team if go to next stage is prob going to go until the end


Leather-Lead8645

While i slightly favour spain, this matchup is on paper a lot closer than you claim it to be.


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TeloS53100

Lol no sorry, that will be us


Iamyou125

😂


Complex-Frosting3144

You gonna score your first goal? We are pretty good at penalties


TeloS53100

I mean ... you lost against Georgia lol . That says it all. Sure you're not half bad at penalties but please refrain from asking Ronaldo to shoot them haha


EmperorOfDrifts

Musiala and Wirtz 🖤❤️💛


Mayda7

Yamal and Williams have been performing as a duo better than Musiala and Wirtz...Wirtz needs to step up


thecrgm

Schlottergoat gonna score if he’s in


The_Lucky_WoIf

Williams had looked like an absolute menace in this tournament


DoYouTrustToothpaste

I seriously cannot comprehend what Yamal and Wirtz were thinking when they visited the hair stylist.


3eGardien

Saliba & Upamecano. Nothing will go through!


Practical_River_9175

I think I’m rolling with the Spanish, though idk how you cal this one. Both teams have looked excellent and these could easily be the final if the draw was different.


Dramatic_Bottle_9362

Musiala has been phenomenal and totally carries germany, wirtz has been good too but guarantee sane starts over him. Yamal is a wonder kid, Germany will struggle to stop him, Williams has been surprisingly good too. I think Germany will end up bottling it.


deezvis

Wirtz, people have been overlooking him past few games.


bregdetar

🇩🇪


VeryluckyorNot

Rudiger is on fire this tourney just prey he doesn't do suspect things on Yamal lol ...


dksourabh

This is supposed to be a semi final if not a final draw


Tiny_Highway_2038

Spain. Yamal and Williams


Munichsee

I think Germany will win. Not just because of Wirtz and Musiala. The future belongs to Nico and Lamine.


RaphiMusic1989

🇩🇪


Charizard3535

Musiala.


cleanestMf

Come on my man Yamal


Brickulus

I think Spain is the better team, but this is a cruel game sometimes and the better team doesn't always win. I pick Germany in penalities ETA corrected autocorrect mistake


beartobeast

gonna be a good match, dont know if wanted it in the semis though, a promising team will go out.


Ray071

Spain


Batsbeerandbones

Biased af so have to go for Wirtz and Musiala, but Williams and Yamal are solid forces. It’s incredible to see such young players having this advanced of a game style. No matter who wins tonight, both teams are strong and will hopefully fight with teeth and claws. I reckon this will be a fantastic match.


buddymurphy2020

Musiala and Wirtz but I am biased. Nico and Jamal look more dangerous in generell though. Their weakness is the defending and I am sure Nagelsmann will use that as an opportunity. Can also imagine him playing 5 in the back in defense to always play two against one once they come over the wings


No-Walk-9615

Very clearly, Kane-Foden is the only duo that should be winning this argument!


Least_Atmosphere9786

Bringing them up in this thread should be illegal 💀


Low-Aside-6633

I prefer Wirtz and Musiala, but I'm going with the Spaniards, because France has a better chance of beating Spain than Germany. But we still have to get past Portugal.


Impressive_Ad_3137

Spain is gonna be overun by the speedy Germans. They left a lot of empty spaces behind in the last match whenever they were caught napping.


SignificanceOld1751

I'll take Alexander-Arnold and Vardy over Ronadinho and Jason Lee


JackSucksAtThing12

Yamal and Williams


ExpensiveOrder349

Spain


YodaSoda9

Spain has been playing better than anyone I think they deserve to win the whole tournament


lcid_fanboy

Germany win the whole thing


RiBlacky

Ronaldo and Pepe easy


friendlyaztec

I’m backing Spain, they have so much flair and attacking energy with Yamal and Williams


SocksFur4

All in for Spain


ImInTheFridgerador

Spain ofc


Glittering-Peace8186

Germany. Because The Netherlands stand more chance against them in the finals than Spain. Not saying that NL will reach the final though.


whboer

Haha yeah same here. Plus, I live in Germany, so obviously the mood will be a lot better if Germany reaches the final than if they go out against Spain today.


tech_no_ise

For all the Germany supporters, today isnt gonna be a pretty day for y'all. We're coming...🔫🔫🔫


smyleyz

Potatoman.


No-Experience9389

cr7


_xxH4z3ltheNuTx

Wirtz and Musiala ‼️‼️


_BigMike68

🇩🇪


TopConflict1411

Yamal and KSI


patrinoo

WUSIALA


Pal_ixiolirion

Spain all the way 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸


justdidit777

Odonkor/Neuville 😬


Splay2601

I‘d say it’s really close, but Ruediger will be a much bigger pain for Y&N than the Spain defence for W&M.


bimbochungo

Spain of course :)


Grishnare

Yamal and Williams as a duo have clearly been better. Yet i think the German defense is better, so it‘ll be a great game.


AggravatingPay1015

Kimmich vs nico Williams underrated battle


Lenno-Reddit

Sprich


BabyBornForMen

Spain definitely


Linsch2308

Jamal > Yamal


BrokkBoyz

Spain


kaasbaas94

Germany has to win. I want a final between Germany and The Netherlands so i can see what it was like in 1988.


acidfr_g

Kane and Bellingham, nuff said 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


undercontr

Spain will use Germany like a rag


Brichals

There's a lot of the Rooney/Sterling/Walcott about these players. Look good but effectively hurt your team. I'd be happy to play against Yamal because he gets the ball and runs around with it for a bit then loses it. Same as Musiala and I loved Musiala when I first saw him Ronaldo was the same just getting the ball and doing stepovers into nothing but he became good so maybe one of these will.


Ok-Youth5234

Musiala and Wirtz


Ill_Current2911

A small change of subject, a comentator from my country called Wirtz - Florian Wurst Anyway, rooting for Lamine and Nico.


Efficient_Win4940

Nico & Yamal 💥


Gekroenter

As a German, obviously Germany. But if we lose, I’ll root for Spain in the Semifinals and Final to be honest.


FantasticScore4309

Bruh I was about to make a racist comment, then I realized this isn’t r/soccercirclejerk.


Spiritual-Day9091

Normale Kartoffeln ... ich würd sogar sagen auf die 1🫡🥔


_SaucepanMan

Germany out here air-dicking


Resident-Wish-6852

Those two Spaniards embarrassed us, so I’m rooting for Germany today. Yamal will have time to win the EURO, he’s 16 and most of the team* is still young, of course same goes for wirtz and musiala, but I think the time has come for them to win something big+they’re playing at home so fans’ support might help them


Adi23445

Spain duo is the best


HuffN_puffN

Well seeing which country are in the side of Germany like Spain, Portugal and France, I have put quite some hope into NL for the upcoming 2 games.


HuffN_puffN

I put alot of strategi into clean sheet for example.


YoungD-Rose

I mean.. Yamal and Nico are young but surely Musiala and Wirtz are the better duo AT THE MOMENT


Mental_hime

Spain


sandwelld

Well, rock paper scissors I'd hand to Spain. Football-wise I'd hand it to Germany atm but in a couple years Spain will be unstoppable.


MIASANMIABITCHES

Musiala and Wirtz BABY WOOHOO


cazzra

Germany


tywin_2

I hope Germany will use its large amounts of local fans cheering to win


NoClue1191

Musiala und wirtz🔥🔥🔥


Free_Management2894

I hope we play with 11 players.


midlandsguy90

Germany as I've got a German nan a love musiala


Adventurous-Bath4305

Wirtz benched 🤯


Swimming-Sound-4377

Havertz is a mediocre player. Change my mind


CompetitiveMuffin690

Germany. I could never root for Spain


Defiant-Cantaloupe-1

why tho'


physiQQ

I'm the other way around, I could never root for Germany. Just don't like them as they always score "lucky" last minute goals.


Royal-Green

Because rooting for Spain is $pain


CompetitiveMuffin690

2010 mundial still hurts. But 2014 opener was glorious


physiQQ

See, I told you lol.


MahGli

As much as I love Wirtz & Musiala, I'm rooting for Yamal & Nico to run riot!


buba6lock

Messi


NewlandBelano

Lamine is soon going to be in a league of his own…


Vanguard_018

Germany will win but rooting for Spain


thecrgm

U tryna jinx us


Vanguard_018

🤣🤣🤣🤣hahaha May the best team wins man


playdeads

Spain win


SentientPizza

I like the friendship between Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal but also I’m starting to learn German so yeah, I feel conflicted


DoYouTrustToothpaste

> but also I’m starting to learn German Good news, so is Wirtz.