With the German youth, everything is more or less clear here, as well as their entire soccer system, team game is based on an aggressive attack. We saw that a few days ago in the match against the Poles, when the defense was sloppy, but the offense took care of things, as it did earlier this fall. Maybe not the most talented youth is playing here at the u20 level, but there are still players from the first/second Bundesliga, there are players with Champions League experience, strong offensive/defensive players, especially in such u20 matches. Ghana is a bit mystical here, even the Germans don't really know what to expect from the visitors, as it's unclear what they've brought with them. However, this generation already had a Eurotrip and twice suffered heavy defeats against Belgian club youth. They complained that due to visa issues, they couldn't bring their leaders and so on, typical African soccer problems. One thing that is clear with Ghana is that at the same youth level, like most teams from that region, they don't play in a tidy, disciplined manner, starting from the defense. They rely more on speed, physicality, which causes problems for the Europeans. I think we will see a similar situation today, a style mismatch that should result in goals.
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