I Need to Rant About Germany

Brief Summary

In this video, NickRTFM expresses his frustrations regarding the performance of the German national team during the World Cup, particularly after their loss to Ecuador. He shares his mixed feelings as someone with German heritage, offering both critiques of the team's players and praise for Ecuador's efforts. Key points include:

  • A strong criticism of the German team's style of play and inadequate performance.
  • Speculation about the coaching decisions of Julian Nagelsmann and how they negatively impact the team's success.
  • Acknowledgment of Ecuador's determination and skill, which led to their victory over Germany.

Introduction

NickRTFM begins the video by emphasizing his surprise at breaking his tweet record as he reacts to the shocking defeat of Germany by Ecuador. He reflects on his connection to Germany, given that his father’s family is German, while also highlighting his allegiance to the US national team. The focus here is on criticizing the German team for their poor performance and praising Ecuador's achievement.

Germany vs. Ecuador: A Disappointment

NickRTFM shares his disappointment with Germany’s lackluster play against Ecuador, expressing that the German players didn’t play with the intensity expected in a World Cup setting. He emphasizes that despite Germany being through to the next stage, they should display more commitment. He points out the poor performance of individual players, suggesting that they are comfortable rather than fighting hard for the badge.

Critique of German Players

The video gets specific about several German players, including Sane and Haver's underwhelming contributions. Nick criticizes Haver's physical presence and plays, noting he does not fit into the team's style. He questions Nagelsmann's decisions on team selection, implying a preference for certain players over those who might perform better.

Referee Decisions and Game Flow

Nick discusses controversial referee decisions that affected the game flow, criticizing a penalty given to Germany and suspected bias in officiating. He underlines the importance of referees making just calls, insinuating that their mistakes contributed to Germany's disappointing overall performance in the match.

Comparison with Historical Performance

He reflects on the stark contrast between the current German team and the success of the past, lamenting the decline in quality and passion over the years. Nick expresses a feeling of disgrace regarding the team's current standing and compares it unfavorably to strong footballing nations like Brazil and France.

Ecuador’s Rise and Potential

Nick praises Ecuador for their performance, noting their skillful play and determination. He highlights their exceptional defensive record leading into the tournament and emphasizes that they are a serious contender, capable of causing problems for stronger teams like England in the knockout stages.

The Future of the German Team

In the conclusion, Nick articulates his skepticism about Germany's ability to advance far in the tournament, reflecting on coach Nagelsmann's decisions that may hinder the team. Despite being a fan, he conveys that his hope for the team's success is clouded by their current performance and suggests that unless they make significant changes, they may not achieve their tournament goals.

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0:00 There's no way. There's no way I'm not making a video because I think I just broke my all-time tweet record in a in a game ever. I think I just tweeted 12 times. Germany absolutely disgusted me, man. As somebody that is not maybe German like you guys that are living in Germany and you're the ultra diehard fans. My entire father's family is German. I grew up watching two teams, Germany and the US national team. And I'm not here to claim about being a fan. I'm just going to talk about the team and I speak my opinions. And you know what? A lot of you guys in the comments have been giving me a lot of stick that I got certain opinions because I come out there and I say things that people don't like. That's what it is, right? And they disgust me. They Where do I even start with Germany today? Well, you know what? I'm going to start this video with a positive. Congratulations to my Ecuadorian followers, viewers. You guys

0:48 deserve it. You know what? And I made you guys a massive pick to go to the round of 16. And everybody was throwing you guys in the same boat as Turkey and throwing you guys everywhere that you were a bust. And you know what? You went into the last game. You went into the last game today and you beat Germany cuz you weren't scared of the challenge. You knew. You knew what it meant to play South American football. And people don't like that I say that on this channel that these Europeans are all luxury football. And you know what? There's some truth to that. Tell me how many German players there were, oh, we're already through. But we're just play the damn game the way it's supposed to be played. You're at a World Cup. I don't care if you're through. You're selected in a lineup. You're selected to represent your national team. You

1:34 represent your national team. I tweeted out today, Germany got these blue kits on. Not only do they look like Fiji, they're playing like Fiji, too. All right. What the hell was that? And and you know what? I said this many times and someone was chirping me on Twitter saying, "Bro, you're just being negative about Germany." No, I'm speaking facts. Okay? Investigate Nagelsman. He needs to be investigated. What are the What is going on with this guy and Sane? Okay. And that stupid goal that Sane scored today. The first time I seen a guy hit a side netting shot in his last 20 games, this stupid goal. And now because the referee, guys, I I don't there was two offenses. The the uh what was it? Pavlovich. He put his foot higher than the other dude's head. And I'm pretty sure I seen the foot hit the head. Two offenses. How does it get all the way to VAR and then the referee doesn't call it

2:19 off? She's against Ecuador theor half. Kai Havers goes flopping like a fish out of water to start the second half. She gives them a pen. So look, people were happy that I went on Twitter and I said, "Can we replace this referee midame?" And I said, "Because it was a woman. What the hell you guys want me to say? It's a woman. You want me to call a woman a he? It's a It's a woman." Okay, we got to investigate her. Is she getting the same wire transfers that Sonn's giving Nagelsman that Kai Haberts is giving Nagelsman? Does Nagelsman just play Kai Haberts because oh he plays for Arsenal. You know, I hate that crap. I hate that crap to these managers do. You should play the the best damn players. You give Unaf 20 minutes a game and a guy got three goals and two assists in like 50 minutes in his tournaments. What the hell has Kai Hberts done? He's farming against Karako. He doesn't fit

3:05 the German play style in that position. Tai Rudy, they got no outlet. So what do they do under this pressure of the South Americans who are bleeding for the badge getting ready to literally die out there? Long ball. Kai Hberts is standing there like, you know, he just stands there like a pencil. He stands like a pencil, bro. You got Pacho behind you, you know, eating you for breakfast, bro. And the ball, you're not even trying to dig down with your quads. No advanced positioning. And his head's in La La Land. He's not a striker. I'm sorry. He's not a striker. I don't care how many goals. I know he's scoring these goals in UCL finals. He's not a striker for this system and how they want to play. I've seen Unundav comes in in the last 20 minutes and Unav is already igniting two attacks already. the sharpness you could tell and finally Vitz looks at Nagelsman in the eyes like yo man thanks for finally giving me

3:51 somebody else up here who could play football because sane sane man I'm telling you I'm so mad that that goal counted cuz it shouldn't have stood and now Nagelsman is going to be like literally justified that he's going to play sane every game there's only one good statistics I've seen with son this whole tournament is that he just sprints more than everybody I call him a sprint merchant tell me what else he does for Germany he gets on the ball he loses the ball look how many times he lost the ball today okay Musiala he's not been himself self either, but I'm not going to hate cuz he had a broken leg. All right. And at that point, I've already ranted about two other players that are healthy. What are we going to do? Scrap the whole front three. So, I don't even know. Veritz, he's doing what he can up there. He's not been the the best, but he's been okay. All right. I mean, just like I'm I'm watching his German team, and I'm thinking about 10 years ago, what it would have meant to wear a German national team badge. The

4:38 quality, the the grit, the grind, the passion. Where was it? Even Kimish today looked like he was asleep. Neuer has been looking really inconsistent the last few months specifically. It's like the first time I've really seen him in his career kind of look like we're, you know, he's like in his 40s now. What's going on? Okay, that's not helping. Schlaughterbeck is a massive miss because Lord knows what's happened to Rudy in the last year or two. I I don't know. He's not the same. So Schlatterbeck, I mean, he even gave him that corner goal against Ivory Coast. And I said this today, there's no character in this German team. None. They go out there playing luxury football and they're damn lucky they got this guy Felix Nemeta in the team because he's been the star of the show for the tournament. The only other guy I really got to say positive stuff about is David Ram. I mean David Ram without him today they wouldn't even have had

5:24 service. He played I mean about five or six magnificent balls into the box. So they got to figure out you know going forward. But I'm sure he's not on Nagelsman's bankroll, right? And I I look, I like Nagelsman, but I'm getting tired. I'm getting tired of this guy because he's clearly playing his favorites. And it's not helping a national team. It's not. And when I look at Ecuador versus Germany, right, when I look at the two teams today, what I saw was a difference in level. They cared. And I don't give a crap if Germany's advanced. You're playing in a World Cup. Okay? Ecuador, did they score anything beautiful, anything pretty? Bro, they just wanted it more. They found a way to will the ball into the back of the net. Okay, and so that's why I tweeted later on, whoever the hell is playing Ecuador is in a lot of trouble. Okay, I had Ecuador, I think, going on a run to the round of 16. I'm getting cooked in my

6:10 comments and now they're going to be in a knockout rounds, guys. So, take it easy, you little idiots, okay? Cuz Ecuador, Turkeyy's going to let me down two tournaments in a row. Ecuador is not letting me down, guys. They defeat the Germans to go through. I mean, you talk about Wow. And guys, this is the reason I have Germany in that 10 to 15 region. I'm sorry. I don't believe in this team. I want to I'm telling you I'm German, but I don't believe in this team. I don't. I don't. And I never thought I would sit here and make a statement saying that the United States of America are playing better football than the German Deutseland De Man national team. What? It It's such a let down. I don't even know where to start. And you know, don't tell me I'm getting overreactionary because Germany got knocked out of another World Cup. Guys, when you think of national teams, you

6:56 think of Brazil, you think of Germany, France, Spain. Now, maybe you think more about Argentina, right? Come on, it's Germany. Why does everybody put the same same standards on Brazil, but I'm not I'm not able to lash out at Germany because it's Germany, bro. This is a team. Check the amount of stars these guys got, okay? And they're out there acting like it's not that big of a deal, right? I don't know if it's something in the blue kits. I don't know. I don't know why that's bothering so much. But it it it's really it's really disgraceful to be honest, okay? Because let me say this, they got lucky, okay? They should have lost two nothing today. The referee made horrible decisions this game. She made horrible decisions, okay? They got lucky times two. Why? They open the tournament struggling against Kurasau for the first 40 minutes.

7:43 Kurasaw. Okay, hopefully I said that right. They open up with this magic of confidence that they score seven goals against Kurissell. Then Ivory Coast could beat them 2-1. Play completely level with them all game. Pass a amazing chance first time in the 89th minute, 88th minute, whatever minute it was to take a touch, lose the ball, and then Germany gets lucky and they score at the end. Okay, that was luck. Today was luck that they were even in the game. So ultimately, I'm looking at Germany going into the knockouts and unless they get this predicted bracket I've seen where Argentina plays absolutely nobody. I don't know. I don't know. I don't buy this team. If they face anyone like Ecuador, we've learned today that Germany's probably not going to get up for it. And I'm listening to Landon Donovan on the on the on the on the

8:28 commentary and he starts talking about how well, you know, Germany, they might just be a little bit more chill because they might play a couple percentages lower than they're going to play because they know they're through. Okay, you give me 5% more of effort in this German team. And is it going to be good enough to go on a tournament run? I don't think so. So, look, there's a lot of problems with Germany. There's a lot there's been a lot of problems. They did a lot better at the Euro, you know, they they a Cucarella handball away, but the regression of what I'm seeing, I know they're on six points. I don't like it. I don't like it one bit. And, you know, a huge congratulations to Ecuador. There are some guys in that team. I got to say, match ratings aside, that guy Kaisedto, what a what a player to control a football game, proper footballer. You got guys in a team like Plata. Oh my

9:14 gosh, guys. The way that those guys are dribbling and moving with the ball. I'm telling you, man, you like it's just insane to see how some of these South Americans can play on the ball football. You know, we we talk about these European players. Like look, for example, obviously we've seen tapes and stuff of Mousiala and Vitz, but just watch some of these Ecuadorians like what they're doing on the ball. I mean, they they start walking around on the ball like they look like they're moonwalking like Michael Jackson, bro. And you know what? They dig deep. They got passion. They're coming into the tournament one of the best defensive teams in the tournament, guys. They only conceded five goals in 18 matches coming into this in qualifying. What? Okay. So, they beat Germany 2-1 today. And their question mark is, look, Ecuador's destiny in this tournament is if they can get goals because they're going to lock up pretty much everybody guaranteed outside of France. So, I'm

9:59 already looking at it and apparently they're going to be playing England in the round of 32. Let me tell you something, bro. If I am watching this channel and I'm British, I'm I'm like, yo, I'm not I'm logging off for today because we just saw what was England's weakness, right? lowb block Ghana like you know you have 80% of the ball and Ecuador is going to give you way more on a counter and they're going to have way more cohesion than Ghana. They're like Ghana on steroids because this team's not going to be conceding a lot of goals. So if they can score it's a problem. I'm so disappointed in Germany today. I don't even have anything else to say. Um Nagelsman is is turning into a fraud by the minute for me. Um I don't know what kind of illegal activities he has going on in his bank account. Um, surely now he's going to start sane for the next 20 games because he scored a goal today that shouldn't have even counted. And you know, even Sane in the

10:44 second half, he has a legit chance. He's threw on goal. And guess what he does? He kicks the ball to the keeper slower than I kicked the ball in preschool playing kickball at recess. So that's enough, man. I've seen enough. You know, Unav is getting treatment and uh it's just a disgrace. It's the German national team. It's the German national team, bro. Okay. And they're playing with this level. You know, Kimish looks like he forgot how to defend. It's a mess. It's a mess. And and I gotta say, I'm not the guy who's gonna be on this channel always telling you guys I told you so because I know I get stuff wrong. I know I said Turkey was going to win the group, but let me say this. I've been ranting about Germany this whole tournament. They have been one of the frauds on six points. So, let's see what they do in the knockouts to prove me wrong. And I'm again, I'm rooting for them. I'm German. I want Germany to do

11:31 well, but it's it's I don't have delusion in my head. I look at the game and the truth hurts people.

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