I'm not hard on the German team, I just try to be realistic. After the qualification that they won with flying flags everybody was saiyng "This is europe'S best team". I say it is one of the two best teams. They still have not shown the level in the tournament that they have shown in the qualification, they play slower. Spain plays the same kind of football like Germany now, but it seems the Spaniards still are a tick more agile and surprising, although they also are still not in top form. And I recall that Germany easily struggles if either you stand on the German'S feet everywhere and leave them no space to breath, or when you sett up two 5-men-lkines in the backyard in front of the goal and play defensively and only try to destroy the match. Itz'S okay if the Greeks do thgat, since they lack the technical means for any other tctic, it is not okay if a team like Spain or Russia would do like that, they have more technical class. Germany does not like to play against such destructively oriented teams, it finds it difficult to find a solution for how to crack open such a tactic.
After all there is a reason why the Greeks survived the first round. And I think their motivation is skyrocketing, they will play with fever. It is not just any team they play against, it is the team of the great tormentor of their homeland. If you read the Greek press, the headlines, a bit, you know what I mean. Currently the Greek press looks like the British yellow press before a match England-Germany. War-references. Martial rethoric. And the inevitable link to politics. Can't say I like that tone. Glad to say that German press deals with it much more sober.
Anyway, this evening I will do - by hand - one of my famous hand-made tasty tasty yum yum pizzas that the world envies me for, and see what happens.
If the germans show a jump in performance level and improve their overall speed, and if they can score early, they have good chances then.