The Menacing Young German Team

Do you see anything different in the German national team in the World Cup 2010? That's right. They  consist of young players, yet they are menacing. So far until the quarterfinal, they have scored 13 goals in the tournament and they have only conceded 2 goals. It's a remarkable statistics, isn't it?. How can they become such a productive and menacing team? Now let's take a closer look into this team.

Let's begin from the back. The goalkeeper, Michael Neuer, is only 22 years old but his performance looks promising. The Schalke goalkeeper has shown that he deserves to be the right person under the crossbar.  In front of the goalkeeper, they have Arne Friedrich and Per Mertesacker as centerback and Phillip Lahm and Jerome Boateng as full back. Except Boateng, the others are senior and experienced players who have won a lot caps for the German national team. They are very solid at the back.

In midefield, they have young squad. Bastian Schweinsteiger is only 25 years old. Sami Khedira is only 23 years old and so is Mesut Ozil. Schweinsteiger and Khedira play very well as holding midfielders and Ozil functions as an attacking midfielder behind the three strikers. All of them are harworking players in midfiled.

Upfront, they have Thomas Mueller, a twenty-year-old striker from Bayern Munich, accompanied by two senior strikers, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski. This combination of young and senior players are lethal. They can work together very well and score many goals.

So, after looking at the profile of the German team, I think you've got the picture why this team consisting of young players can be so menacing to other teams in this tournament. They are solid at the back, strong in midfield and productive upfront. Consequently, I don't feel surprised if finally, this young German team become the Champion of the World Cup 2010.