Just in case anyone is wondering why I didn't write anything about last weekend's round of Bundesliga matches, well, I didn't really feel like writing anything about it because nothing special happened. At least nothing which I thought was worth mentioning. So instead I will write a little something about last night's international friendly between Switzerland and Germany. Switzerland of course being the co-hosts of this year's Euro championship weren't very convincing in their last outings and they weren't any better yesterday. Although this first half was rather boring Germany went ahead 1-0 and then outclassed their opponents the the second half by scoring three times. Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez was brilliant and everywhere, while the rest of the team was rather uninspired. There were flashes of that fine play that brought Germany into the World Cup semis and to the Euro, but they weren't nearly as dominating as the used to be. And this might be because of some players really delaying the game by playing too selfishly. The prime example is Bastian Schweinsteiger who, on a good day, can play a wonderful left midfielder. But most of the time he just tries to run head first into a wall of defenders. I can't quite see why coach Joachim Löw is still holding on to him when there wáre alternatives like Podolski, Lahm or Jansen.
There will be no more matches before the final line up is announced and there is no doubt that Schweinsteiger will be in it. But I do hope that he either gets his stuff together or that the coaching staff will put him on the bench if he doesn't.
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