“For us, pressure feels great.” Thomas Müller, quoted before their jaw dropping, dizzying tizzying game against the Swedes. The stadium seemed overwhelmingly canary yellow last evening with the Germans facing a possible humiliating first round exit in the 2018 World Cup. I couldn't breathe for quite a bit of the beautiful game last evening. The first half had me in shatters - Khedira and my beloved Ozil benched... I will admit they were playing harder than their 0-1 loss to Mexico but again being down a goal in the first half had me shaking. The second half was sombre. You could feel the change in the wind, the ball was pretty much dribbling in between the legs of all players largely on the Swedish side so I'll give Germans points for playing a fabulous attack game in the second half and also acknowledge the superb defence of the Yellow. They really held on well until the very end. The 95th minute though - pure GOLD. That has to be declared the goal of the World Cup. Reus' fabulous assist a few away from the corner, the better angle given for Kroos to get the ball in... Whataaaaaa GOOAALLLL!!!!
Müller, it turned out, had been correct all along. The pressure really did feel great!
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