jones wrote:
I've heard nothing of the sort, looks like English media trying to stir shit again. The only one who criticised him was Matthäus and that was for some joke reason like him not singing the national anthem.
Matthäus is such a bloody prat. No wonder Effenberg couldn't stand him. Wasn't he tearing into Mertesacker too recently for some deranged reason?
Özil didn't have a particularly good game against Mexico, but he was easily one of the best Germans on the pitch:
I'm genuinely wondering how much of a factor ethnicity is when it comes to some of the criticism he gets. The way they try to analyse his body language to find uncharacteristically German traits like laziness is such bullshit. He always works hard on the pitch, especially off the ball. That shit is indispensable to any team. "He looks disinterested" or "he has no passion" is the most useless fucking observation I've ever heard in my life.
I just had to listen to the 'expert' Alexander Axén in the swedish studio who mentioned Matthäus's criticism and talked about how he wasn't sure what Özil is good at on the pitch, and it's just... really? We let any fucking dross have an opinion on national tv now? You're starting to see why he's been fired from every manager job he's ever had within a year or two.
