Michael Ballack's Quest for Captaincy (UEFA Euro 2008)

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Game: UEFA Euro 2008
Difficulty: Professional
Half Length: 10 Minutes

Captain Your Country Players
Player One: Michael Ballack (me)
Player Two: Miroslav Klose (CPU)
Player Three: Bastian Schweinsteiger (CPU)
Player Four: Christoph Metzelder (CPU)

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Euro 2008 Qualification Groups

Group A
Portugal
Poland
Serbia
Belgium
Finland
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan

Group B
France
Italy
Ukraine
Scotland
Lithuania
Georgia
Faroe Islands

Group C
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hungary
Moldova
Malta

Group D
Czech Republic
Germany
Slovakia
Republic of Ireland
Wales
Cyprus
San Marino

Group E
England
Croatia
Russia
Israel
Estonia
Macedonia
Andorra

Group F
Spain
Sweden
Denmark
Latvia
Iceland
Northern Ireland
Liechtenstein

Group G
Netherlands
Romania
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Albania
Belarus
Luxembourg

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Fixtures

Friendlies
7/30/06 - vs Hungary
8/02/06 - @ Israel
8/16/06 - @ Spain
9/20/06 - vs Russia
11/08/06 - vs Faroe Islands
2/17/07 - vs France

Qualifications
9/02/06 - vs Republic of Ireland
9/06/06 - @ San Marino
10/11/06 - @ Slovakia
11/15/06 - @ Cyprus
3/24/07 - @ Czech Republic
6/02/07 - vs San Marino
6/06/07 - vs Slovakia
9/08/07 - @ Wales
10/13/07 - @ Republic of Ireland
10/17/07 - vs Czech Republic
11/17/07 - vs Cyprus
11/21/07 - vs Wales

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Germany 3, Hungary 0

Man of the Match

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Starting XI
4-1-2-1-2
----------------Neuer--------------
Tasci-----Castro-----Metzelder-----Pander
--------------Schweinsteiger-------------
Schlaudraff---------------------Hitzlsperger
------------------Ballack-----------------
---------Klose--------Asamoah----------

Michael Ballack
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 7/10 (70%)
Passes Completed: 52/58 (89%)
Dribbles Completed: 42/46 (91%)
Tackles Won: 5
Positional Play: 10
Match Rating: 9.3

Miroslav Klose
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 1/2 (50%)
Passes Completed: 18/21 (85%)
Dribbles Completed: 7/7 (100%)
Tackles Won: 3
Positional Play: 7
Match Rating: 7.8

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 1/1 (100%)
Passes Completed: 32/35 (91%)
Dribbles Completed: 15/15 (100%)
Tackles Won: 4
Positional Play: 8
Match Rating: 9.4, Man of the Match

Christoph Metzelder
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 0/0
Passes Completed: 7/10 (70%)
Dribbles Completed: 2/2 (100%)
Tackles Won: 0
Positional Play: 6
Match Rating: 6.2


16' Klose
66' Clemens Fritz -> Jan Schlaudraff
66' Kevin Kuranyi -> Gerald Asamoah
66' Arne Friedrich -> Serdar Tasci
66' Tim Borowski -> Gonzalo Castro
76' Klose
87' Ballack


66' Laszlo Eger -> Balazs Dzsudzsak
66' Zoltan Gera -> Attila Filkor
66' Krisztian Vadocz -> Andras Horvath

[Psyblast]

I don't know much about soccer, but 42 out of 46 dribbles sounds ridiculous.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Psyblast

I don't know much about soccer, but 42 out of 46 dribbles sounds ridiculous.

Basically if I made a move while holding possession of the ball. So I was just on the ball a lot moving around.

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Israel 3, Germany 2

Man of the Match

Michael Ballack

Starting XI
4-1-2-1-2
----------------Neuer--------------
Tasci-----Castro-----Metzelder-----Pander
--------------Schweinsteiger-------------
Schlaudraff---------------------Hitzlsperger
------------------Ballack-----------------
---------Klose--------Asamoah----------

Michael Ballack
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Shots on Target: 7/12 (58%)
Passes Completed: 42/51 (82%)
Dribbles Completed: 35/45 (77%)
Tackles Won: 4
Positional Play: 10
Match Rating: 8.8, Man of the Match

Miroslav Klose
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 1/1 (100%)
Passes Completed: 16/19 (84%)
Dribbles Completed: 13/13 (100%)
Tackles Won: 1
Positional Play: 9
Match Rating: 6.0

Bastian Schweinsteiger (C)
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 0/0
Passes Completed: 28/29 (96%)
Dribbles Completed: 13/13 (100%)
Tackles Won: 3
Positional Play: 10
Match Rating: 8.5

Christoph Metzelder
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 0/0
Passes Completed: 6/6 (100%)
Dribbles Completed: 0/0
Tackles Won: 0
Positional Play: 9
Match Rating: 3.9


28' Ziv
32' Ziv
57' Walid Badir -> Eyal Meshumar
58' Rahamin Klemi Saban -> Avi Strool
63' Aviram Bruchian -> Moshe Ohayon
66' Ben-Yosef
78' Salim Toama -> Idan Tal
88' Gal Alberman -> Dedi


11' Asamoah
25' Asamoah
57' Arne Friedrich -> Gonzalo Castro
58' Clemens Fritz -> Jan Schlaudraff
78' Kevin Kuranyi -> Gerald Asamoah
83' Tim Borowski -> Thomas Hitzlsperger
83' Simon Rolfes -> Christian Pander
83' Piotr Trochowski -> Serdar Tasci

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Germany 1, Spain 0

Man of the Match

Xavi

Starting XI
4-1-2-1-2
----------------Lehmann--------------
Lahm-----Mertesacker-----Metzelder-----Jansen
------------------Frings--------------------
Schneider---------------------Schweinsteiger
------------------Ballack-----------------
---------Klose--------Podolski----------

Michael Ballack
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 4/5 (80%)
Passes Completed: 32/42 (76%)
Dribbles Completed: 28/37 (75%)
Tackles Won: 4
Positional Play: 10
Match Rating: 9.0

Miroslav Klose
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Shots on Target: 0/3 (0%)
Passes Completed: 21/24 (87%)
Dribbles Completed: 16/17 (94%)
Tackles Won: 3
Positional Play: 7
Match Rating: 7.3

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 0/0
Passes Completed: 14/17 (82%)
Dribbles Completed: 8/8 (100%)
Tackles Won: 1
Positional Play: 8
Match Rating: 7.3

Christoph Metzelder
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots on Target: 0/0
Passes Completed: 6/10 (60%)
Dribbles Completed: 1/1 (100%)
Tackles Won: 3
Positional Play: 7
Match Rating: 8.0


61' Albelda -> Marchena
90' Iniesta -> Xavi
90' Xabi Alonso -> Cesc Fabregas


61' Kevin Kuranyi -> Lukas Podolski
61' Arne Friedrich -> Philipp Lahm
67' Ballack
90' Simon Rolfes -> Torsten Frings