A tactical question

[Paradigm]

The Eastern European sites play as physical as Germans but have something Germans dont have, technical skills.... explains some of the above.
on the other note: Blazevics croatia of 98 was a dream team in all aspects.... every team struggled against them.....

Adesor jaan this German team is diverse; they have two Turkish players, one Middle Easterner (Sami Khedira), one Brazilian (Cacao), one mix with African (Boateng), one Serbian (Marco Marin), and a few of the Polish decent.

They are not as big and physical as the Germany's 2002 team. Apparently the Eastern European sides which can handle them are mainly Croatia and Serbia, and I think more than anything else, their secret is mentality and psychology.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Adesor jaan this German team is diverse; they have two Turkish players, one Middle Easterner (Sami Khedira), one Brazilian (Cacao), one mix with African (Boateng), one Serbian (Marco Marin), and a few of the Polish decent.
They are not as big and physical as the Germany's 2002 team. Apparently the Eastern European sides which can handle them are mainly Croatia and Serbia, and I think more than anything else, their secret is mentality and psychology.

well, I personally feel after watching them that they played "Un-German" if you like, no fight back, no run or die, as I used to enjoy watching them.... perhaps the influence of soo many diversity as you rightly say affects them...

There was always this saying: "Germans dont play football, they fight football" in that they have been great and brave! But now it seems they try to "play" and faced a superior technical team...

above are just my impressions ..... as someone who adored German Fighting Spirit throughout the years...!