Why Germany Great?

Classic duel on Sunday (27 / 6) and between Germany and England is not simply a battle for the team to perdelapan final determination. Moreover, the games being held in the city of Bloemfontein is also presented differences in ideology and culture between two great football nations, which is always the eternal rivals in various major international tournaments. The question then is, why Germany is more superior?

Since the submission of West Germany in the semi-finals of World Cup 1990 in Italy, English football has a commercial revolution that made the Premier League being the richest in the world.

This happened after the club handed over control of asset management English Football Association (FA) to the manager of English Premier League in 1992. Manager of English Premier League club ownership rules also create a more loosely to allow the foreigners to invest and become millionaires club's new owner.

With a fresh cash injection, English clubs freely buy foreign players and high paying the star club. No wonder if the English clubs achievements come up and proved the most consistent performance in the Champions League in the last decade.

The presence of foreign players really made the competition to attract the English League. Premiership were packed into an entertainment industry. Racing clubs and the FA to build a new stadium to enjoy a large income from television broadcasting rights.

The stage for foreign
Yet, ironically, at the same time, the condition of the English national team just kept going down. It seems more glamor English Premier League gave the stage for foreign players have a negative impact on the health of the England team.

On the other hand, the German team just seemed to get stronger. Although since 1990, Germany was never again win the World Cup, they still appear consistent. Minimal worst result they reached the last eight.

In another tournament, the German national team is also talking a lot. In 1996, they were European champions in the soil of England. At Euro 2008, they also reached the final before losing to Spain 0-1.

At junior level, the German national team performance is also an achievement. Germany U-19 national team champions at the European championships in 2009. Recently, U-21 national team they also appear as the champion in the European championships.

In Bundesliga
Similar to other European countries, the quality of the German team also did not escape the liganya quality. German League or the Bundesliga, including one of the richest league in Europe. Although still inferior to the English League, the Bundesliga has a value of up to 500 million pounds of investment.

Of the total of the money, approximately 20 million pounds are used to build the system academies involving 18 young players club. Compared with the English League, the approach of financial management rules and the ownership of clubs in the German League is more stringent. No person or entity can own more than 49 percent of the shares of the club.

In addition, there are other rules that set, 51 percent of shares must be owned by club member club. Debt levels are also restricted club may only reach 30 million pounds. Compare with the UK which reached 3.3 billion pounds. Clubs also may not pledge their assets to obtain loans.

All these policies are intended to avoid the club from bankruptcy or sold at any time club owner who only think about secure investment in the club. The key words, the existence of the club must stand or sustainable. Without the club, no coaching players and even threatened that the competition can also estuary to England. Therefore, the German Football Federation (Deutscher Fussball Bund / DFB) remains the club with strict financial controls. These powers are not handed over to the league manager.

Team building
With a balance and division of authority between the DFB and the Bundesliga, allowing them to put the wider interests than just the league competition. They end up thinking about the program can be much higher, namely how to build a strong national team squad.

For example, the DFB and the Bundesliga are very concerned with the number of local players in each club. They require the club to use at least 12 local players from the 25 players who registered for the competition. This condition is different from the UK which requires only eight local players from the 25 players who registered for the competition. What standards apply English League, but ultimately the policy did not provide ample opportunity for local players.

In the last decade, the German soccer academy system average of 5000 to educate players aged 12-18 each year. This system turned out to give Germany the consequences of increasing the number of players whose age was under 23 years of regular competition to play in the Bundesliga, which is about 15 percent or an increase of 6 percent compared with the previous decade.

These conditions are reflected in the German national team that competed in South Africa. This team is a team of young players most of the previous German teams in the World Cup, since 1934. Average player in the German team is now 25 years old. Comparing with the England team who average 28 years of age players. This England team and even become a team with an average age of the oldest players, from the previous England teams.

DFB general secretary Wolfgang Niersbach in an interview with the BBC revealed that Germany had begun the key to success is good cooperation between the DFB and the Bundesliga. It all started from the club, before talking about building a team.

"That's why we're always working together and of course there is always a discussion. However, at the end of all that, we always try to make the right decision for the club that ends well for the interests of the German national team, "said Niersbach.

German legend Franz Beckenbauer, said the lack of recess is one reason why the UK seemed "burned out". England now is the time of evaluation.

source : worldcup.kompas.com