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i see. i'm not so much concerned about qualification (heh, my country is elsewhere) but about how managers are shaping their teams at this point. i think that's where the fun is right now (e.g., what will conte do?).

low fielded a bunch of newbs against scotland: howedes (ok he's now a "world cup veteran" but still he's not so great), sturm and drang… ha ha no, not those… rudy and durm, as fullbacks. one is from hoffenheim and the other from dortmund-- i've never seen/noticed them but there they are. lahm retired is such a weird absence, and with hummels injured, holes everywhere. scotland gave them some worries for sure.