You still have the consolation tournament to worry about. Its hard to have a "must win" game and expect so much from the players. The GS advantage was there for Germany but the GDP really hurt us. Then again, if we did guess correctly that game might be closer.
We tried to qualify for the worlds last season but last chance qualifiers are always tough. No need to apologize, just keep things in perspective. We beat Uruguay rather easily and I think we will do fairly well in the consolation round. I haven't seen all the players but I know this team will perform better. Germany just got us at the right time.