Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany

I cannot believe the amount of people on this site that­ don't understand this wonderful game we call­ football. Tha's right, friendlies are the only way­ for a coach to establish his team's style and­ tactics while giving priceless experience to each of­ them. Sometimes losses can be a great motivator and­ certainly the best place finalise improvements. This­ should not be seen as an excuse to rate teams in any­ way. As a matter of fact, anyone that rates a team on­ the basis of a friendly, knows nothing about football,­ and should probably take up another sport like swimming­ perhaps. The pressures on the coaches in this modern­ era are phenomenal to say the least. The good old days­ of achieving a result any which way is just history­ now. The fans expect to see entertaining football to­ instill a sense of pride in your nation, and winning­ actually comes a close second to this. This is not­ easy to achieve. Furthermore, I don't believe­ historical outcomes have any bearing on what happens­ tomorrow or beyond. As for Scott. There is no hope­ for you matey. You are a dimm whitted, thick as two­ planks, old fashioned racist idiot. If you have­ something constructive to say about football (and this­ is a site for comments in reation to football), please­ present it to us. If not, go and do us all a favour­ and do the dishes or mop the floor or something. I am­ German, and am married to an English lady and am deeply­ offended by your comments. Fortunately, you represent­ a small percentage of people and will always be left in­ the rearview mirrors of decent people's lives. ­ Erik.

With Germany it;s all about confidence, belief and in­ some cases arrogance. So yes all these bad results in­ friendlies and with Bayern Munich (which make up most­ of the team) is actually bad for them and they have­ been admitting this recently. Look at Klose he a­ totally different footballer for Germany and you will­ know what I mean.

you are so wrong if you think that was real­ Germany,don't forget 8 player were not there which­ at 5 of them will play in the first team,,if look at­ Germany friendly games,they lost most of it,friendly­ games for German is to test new players new tactic and­ to find their weakness,not like some other teams whos­ they win all their friendly games but lose almost all­ of tourment games or they get knocked out in the group­ stage.

I bet those biased german commentators are doing there­ nut.the term screaming hun springs to mind

Where was the Swine - steiger trying to find the­ President to try to shake his hand. lol

Clearly there are some idiots here. First of all­ Germany did not have 7 or 8 players that play for­ Bayern Munchen. Second, this is a friendly, not a­ competitive match. They didn't want to risk­ injuring any of the players with the Euro's less­ than 2 weeks away. And Laslty, whomever said Schweis­ was a mediocre team, well that just shows how much they­ know about football. Are you forgeting Switzerland were­ the only team to beat Spain in the WC 2010. They have a­ strong defense, and as I was watching this match,­ everytime Germany had a corner kick, the whole Swiss­ team was in the defense helping out in the back, even­ the strikers. Germany didnt put in a strong performance­ today, and they left a wide gap in the back sending to­ many players forward. Hopefully this is a lesson to be­ learned, but your mistaken if you think Germany is­ going to go down easy. Their only threat is Spain and­ the Netherlands. If they can knock both of these teams­ out then your looking at the future European­ Champions!!

if u look at it switzerland do have a great­ squad.especially at the midfield. they are like­ belgium.so underrated

Hahahaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!

I agree totally with FB and un_too_slow, some people­ need to grow up than coming out with stupid and­ childish statements and talk about the football only.­ I'm half English and am not a fan of Merkel but I­ would go on a political forum to talk about that.­ I'm not a big fan of Germany as a football team­ either but even I was surprised by this result. But as­ I said it could be just a ploy by playing a group of­ tired and demotivated players just to play down their­ ratings for the upcoming tournament. I know for sure­ you can never write Germany off in any big tournament.­ I think England fans have got more to worry about­ because most of the best players are old and past it­ even though Hodgson is a good manager and will launch a­ few youngsters.

I hope that the Dutch, Portuguese and danish had their­ onlookers here. True friendlies never really give the­ full picture. I think we play too many of them, in the­ case of England I think it is just a way of helping to­ fund Wembley stadium plc. If a player gets injured now,­ that's it for the Euros 2012. I agree, this forum­ is for football, which has nothing to do with the­ events of 1939-45. Here is one England fan who would­ like to keep it that way.

Well that's what friendlies are for. What I got out­ of it: 1. Gundokan and Gotze are not ready for the­ national side. Too weak, their passes are poor and not­ powerful enough which slows the game down. The BVB­ players overall lack discipline and their positioning­ is poor. Ter Stegen is not quite ready to be a 2nd­ keeper. Reus must defenitely start with Klose and­ Poldi. The guy is pure energy. Schurle is a good back­ up but not a starter ahead of Reus and Muller. Was­ hoping to see more of Draxler but not enough time to­ really see what the kid can offer to this team this­ time around. All in all, I think Loew got some answers,­ and plenty of work over the coming week. Nice to see­ general Hitzfield though. He has done great job with­ the Swiss youth, and hope to see them in the WC 2014.­ Wish he had never left Bayern. Still miss him

Wtf do wars have anything to do with football? Typical­ bs comment from englishmen who were not even alive.­ What do the players wearing jerseys have anything to do­ with something that happened before they were born?­ Only a sick desperate english mind that needs to put­ other people down to hide its own mediocrity can come­ up with things like this. This is a football site. Want­ to argue wars, I am sure there are german nationalists­ as sick as you on some blog somewhere who wouldn't­ mind discussing popularity contests between the­ nations. Here we talk football, and more specifically­ about this game. If you have nothing to analyze, move­ on to the english news section and write how great­ Terry and Lampard are. After all, news has it they won­ a cup recently with one not playing at all, and the­ other a spectator in the field.

@Mike and Kristy haha england unpopular ? yer cause 2­ world wars have made germany everyone's best­ friend, laughing stock of europe yet its germany who­ put all their money into greece hahahaha smart ,­ comments of a man from the nation with the least sense­ of humor lighten up and last but not least why shoot­ your self im sure theres 1 or 2 active gas chambers­ around

The Swiss have just made Emmenthal out of the German­ defence. I would be worried if I were Loew, 5 goals are­ a lot ot concede for a side with a defensive­ reputation. Though this is not like the traditional­ Germany sides of before which used to stop the­ opposition from scoring by all means. Shocking day or­ the system is not working? Certainly they won't be­ one of the favourites after this result or maybe its­ just a ploy....

funny germany 1st real game was 5-3 vs the swiss at the­ same ground

Angry!! furious!! loew get a grip!! This was rubbish i­ feel let down today, at least we know our team, looking­ foward to the euros!

Disappointed by BVB players. What I feared. They lack­ discipline, and their positioning is very poor. Germany­ can't play reckless football like that. Borussia­ clearly doesn't care about its international­ football, and it shows on their players. Very­ disappointed with Hummels's positioning skills.­ Expected better. His strength and goal scoring appetite­ is not enough to give him a starting XI with such poor­ CB performance. Schmeltzer definitely not starting side­ material.

goghan inlet is top notch he should play in england

he might be good for chelsea, just not good enough for­ the national side. We have too many players in that­ position and Marin is not at their level. He has been­ tried before, and not convincing enough. Perhaps you­ should watch bundesliga more often and not think so­ highly of the players that come in england as if­ england sets the standard for football.