Spain Vs Germany

[VAN BASTEN]

Squad

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Jens Lehmann (Borussia Dortmund)

Defenders: Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Carsten Ramelow (Bayer Leverkusen), Tobias Rau (VfL Wolfsburg), Marko Rehmer (Hertha Berlin), Christian Woerns (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich), Joerg Boehme (Schalke 04), Torsten Frings (Borussia Dortmund), Jens Jeremies (Bayern Munich), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen)

Forwards: Fredi Bobic (Hannover 96), Paul Freier (VfL Bochum), Miroslav Klose (Kaiserslautern), Benjamin Lauth (TSV 1860 Munich), Oliver Neuville (Bayer Leverkusen)

[VAN BASTEN]

Out injured are Carsten Jancker, Jens Nowotny, Christian Ziege and Gerald Asamoah.

Do you guys rate Asamoah? I think he's a very poor player

[FloZi]

Originally posted by VAN BASTEN
Out injured are Carsten Jancker, Jens Nowotny, Christian Ziege and Gerald Asamoah.

Do you guys rate Asamoah? I think he's a very poor player

I agree with you I think he's alot worse than his number of caps makes him appear. He lacks finesse and is very inconsistent in his performances.

[Robledo]

Originally posted by FloZi
I agree with you I think he's alot worse than his number of caps makes him appear. He lacks finesse and is very inconsistent in his performances.

Agreed ! Was he the 1st black player to play for Germany btw? I also remember you had a Brasilian striker playing for you - Paolo Rink. I think he's at Wolfsburg now

[Robledo]

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Santiago Canizares (Valencia);

Defenders: Raul Bravo (Leeds), Carles Pujol (Barcelona), Agustin Aranzabal (Real Sociedad), Cesar Martin (Deportivo La Coruna), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid);

Midfielders: Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), Joaquin Sanchez (Betis), Ivan Helguera (Real Madrid), Josep Etxeberria (Athletic Bilbao), Ruben Baraja, David Albelda and Vicente Rodriguez (Valencia).

Forwards; Jose Mari Romero (Atletico Madrid), Diego Tristan (Deportivo La Coruna), Jose Maria 'Guti' Gutierrez and Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid)

[FloZi]

Originally posted by Robledo
Agreed ! Was he the 1st black player to play for Germany btw? I also remember you had a Brasilian striker playing for you - Paolo Rink. I think he's at Wolfsburg now

He was the first African-born player! We lready had a coloured player in Jimmy Hartwig.
You're right in that Paolo Rink used to be a national player (God knows why) but after littel more than half a season in Nuremberg. He wennt to Cottbus for free. However there is a former Leverkusen Brasilian at Wolfsburg his name is RObson Ponte.

[Robledo]

Spain 3 - Germany 1

Raul became Spain's record goalscorer (surpassing Hierro) with 2 goals tonight , Guti scored the last. I wonder if Bobic knew anything about his goal? It was quite lucky ;)

And Jeremies almost chipped Iker Cassilas from very far out ,but hit the crossbar! I didn't think that was in Jeremies' game :D

[FloZi]

Yeah, that Jeremies chip was beautiful, but our game was better than the result makes it look. We were in the game, till we subbed us out of the game changing the system with every substitution. However it was good to see Tobias Rau, Hanno Balitsch and especially Benny Lauth make their debut.

[Robledo]

Originally posted by FloZi
Yeah, that Jeremies chip was beautiful, but our game was better than the result makes it look. We were in the game, till we subbed us out of the game changing the system with every substitution. However it was good to see Tobias Rau, Hanno Balitsch and especially Benny Lauth make their debut.

Yeah Benny Lauth almost scored a great solo goal as well ! Who does he play for btw?

[FloZi]

Originally posted by Robledo
Yeah Benny Lauth almost scored a great solo goal as well ! Who does he play for btw?

Man, that was quite a solo, I thought, boy, you're not nervous are you?
He plays for 1860 Munich and has scored 10 goals so far this seasson.