I thought overall klinsmann did a good job. Belgium is as talented as any team in the final 8. They may not have a messi, mueller, or a Neymar jr, but they are very talented. they can bring healthy premier league strikers off their bench to score goals you know that they are a special team overall. We were up against it and some how dramatically we almost came through in the most clutch moments. Did we deserve to win? No therefore I can't bash anyone. I was surprised beckerman didn't play too, but he did play vs Germany and we had the same type of game when matched against superior midfielders. I don't think that would have made a whole lot of difference but it might have. I think klinsmann had to try something. I think the Fabian Johnson injury put his substitution plans in a bind. He eluded to wanting to bring on green earlier but had to wait because of Johnson. He also said today that he wanted his team to be more aggressive than they were and that they still showed too much respect for some of their opponents. So I have to wonder if the game plan was one way and the result was another. Overall we have to be better technically. Ruud And ballack made good points after the game. Our midfielders just don't have the technical ability to match the top teams and our defender sag too much into Howard allowing players to run at them. They also struggle to bring the ball up into people and connect with midfielders and forwards. When you watch the top teams they do this consistently and they attack rather than fade back.
