Could be like the last time we played the opening game of a tournament in ‘98, narrow defeat. Going to be somewhere in Munich watching it so hope it’s not a trouncing. We really need to tighten up.
Our standard performance is opening defeat, bounce back with a good performance in the 2nd game to give ourselves a chance, then disappointment in the 3rd game. If we play like we can, take our chances and defend a bit better…If we do lose to Germany, even if it’s a bad one we have to just write it off and refocus on the other two games, maybe it’s better to get the Germany game out of the way first.