Cat and I have been looking forward to this one as playing Germany in soccer is the Big League. USA and Germany had the same record going into the game so this set up a fairly-even contest.
The USA allowed only one goal so I'm calling their defense pretty impressive, particularly playing against a team with the calibre of Germany. Müller and Klose were the names that were most dangerous in the box. USA could not keep control of the ball as well as Germany but the defense was good at preventing goals. They didn't have what they needed to bring the ball back to Germany's goal but that power will grow over time.
Congratulations to Germany after a final score of 0:1 which makes it a good win. If Germany had scored a great many goals then that would have been humiliating but that isn't what happened so I'm well-pleased with the game. It would have been better to win it but the game was good and I'm very pleased USA can make a credible showing at the world level in soccer.
Software note:
Watching the game was via the BBC which is disallowed in the U.S. but this can be defeated by software called TunnelBear. The software runs on all platforms and is very easy to use. Set the country for which you wish to appear to be originating and then turn it on. You can get a free gigabyte of data transfer per month and this was barely enough to cover ninety minutes plus half time for the game. For unlimited access, it's necessary to subscribe for $4.99 a month. This has substantial merit as I've been frustrated multiple times by copyright restrictions on viewing videos because many are restricted by country. I'm reluctant to take an ongoing expense of any kind at any price but this could have quite good value.
It is also possible to watch the game for free legally via UniVision but the commentary will be in Spanish.
The USA allowed only one goal so I'm calling their defense pretty impressive, particularly playing against a team with the calibre of Germany. Müller and Klose were the names that were most dangerous in the box. USA could not keep control of the ball as well as Germany but the defense was good at preventing goals. They didn't have what they needed to bring the ball back to Germany's goal but that power will grow over time.
Congratulations to Germany after a final score of 0:1 which makes it a good win. If Germany had scored a great many goals then that would have been humiliating but that isn't what happened so I'm well-pleased with the game. It would have been better to win it but the game was good and I'm very pleased USA can make a credible showing at the world level in soccer.
Software note:
Watching the game was via the BBC which is disallowed in the U.S. but this can be defeated by software called TunnelBear. The software runs on all platforms and is very easy to use. Set the country for which you wish to appear to be originating and then turn it on. You can get a free gigabyte of data transfer per month and this was barely enough to cover ninety minutes plus half time for the game. For unlimited access, it's necessary to subscribe for $4.99 a month. This has substantial merit as I've been frustrated multiple times by copyright restrictions on viewing videos because many are restricted by country. I'm reluctant to take an ongoing expense of any kind at any price but this could have quite good value.
It is also possible to watch the game for free legally via UniVision but the commentary will be in Spanish.
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