The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 international believes that the star midfielder is past his best and might lose his place in the national side, despite being a crucial player for both teams.
Former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374 already has his glory days behind him. He insisted that the Bavarian giants’ central midfielder is past his best, even though the veteran
player remains a key figure for both club and country in the last couple of years.
The 46-year-old claimed that the influential midfielder will just decline as he does not possess the pace he used to have earlier in his career. He stated that you require speed and aggressiveness for the central midfield role,
but admitted that Schweinsteiger has been in good run of form this season.
"Schweinsteiger is a player who will only further decline simply because he no longer has the speed from before," he added.
The former legend suggested that the player is excelling at other areas and can maintain top quality performances until the 2014 FIFA World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858. Moreover, he said that Bastian might follow in the footsteps of Michael
Ballack with the national team.
"You need speed and aggressivity in his position, although I have to admit that Schweini is doing a good http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684. He is showing other qualities and could perhaps stay at this level until the 2014 World Cup,” he mused.
The former World Cup winner further added that Der FCB star is mostly playing short passes and has lost the pace to beat his opposing player.
"After that, he will probably follow the same path as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Ballack-c25270 with the national team. It could even [be] sooner. Schweini's mainly playing simple vertical passes and cannot beat his man anymore. Borussia Dortmund's [Ilkay] Gundogan brings more to the
table at the moment," he said.
On the other hand, Thon said that Borussia Dortmund’s Ilkay Gundogan brings more versatile quality to Die Mannschaft currently. The reigning German champions’ star player put in an amazing performance when he replaced Schweinsteiger
in his side’s 2-1 friendly victory over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 in mid-week.
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