Great Duels: The German Goalkeeper vs. German the Goalkeeper
By: Jan | November 5th, 2007
Here’s Valencia’s goalkeeper and German international Timo Hildebrand and RCD Mallorca’s goalkeeper German Lux – who is Argentine, and actually played for Argentina in the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany.
The two stood on opposite sides of the pitch this Saturday, and the German by birth clinched this round against the German by name. Hildebrand kept a clean sheet and denied Mallorca a couple of good chances. German Lux’s performance on the other hand wasn’t too bright, as he misread a cross, that ultimately led to Valencia’s first goal.
Whether the two will be drawn against each other again next year isn’t clear though, as German is just second choice behind Miguel Moya. Timo Hildebrand’s performance was a strong statement in favour of more regular first team playing time.
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Comments
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Germany does seem to have a dearth of top class keepers with maybe the best nine or ten (yeah that many) be able to walk into the England team. Don’t know how they train them out here but it certainly works.
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The German football monthly 11Freunde has a cover story that tries to tackle the question, why Germany seems to be producing so many good goalkeepers.
http://www.11freunde.de/dasheft
I haven’t bought the mag yet though, so I can’t explain this phenomenon yet.
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While I might still cry quietly at the sight of Hildebrand in his Valencia jersey (Stuttgart neeeeeeeeeeds you, Timo), it is very nice to hear that he’s doing well in Spain. Especially with the Great National Team Goalie Debate still unresolved. (Let’s be honest: it will never be resolved. We just have too many good ones.)
(PS Online Sports Guy, _dearth_ means “lack of”. I don’t think that’s what you meant?)
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