German Captain Micheal Ballack has admitted to the press that the German players had a private, no coaches team meeting that they felt was necessary to “clear the air”.

After putting in a good 2-nil win over Poland in their opening match, Germany fell to Croatia 2-1 in a match that left them in trouble and fighting to get out of Group B.

Anytime a team decides to have this type of meeting I can tell you there’s trouble brewing.  If the team felt confident about where they were in the big scheme of things, a loss to Croatia wouldn’t be the straw broken to force themselves into a meeting like that ahead of their final game against Austria.

And why would Ballack admit this to the press at this point in the campaign?

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