Looking at the results, the opening match at Euro 2012 ended as Germany wanted.
Germany beat Portugal but showed many shortcomings in attack, especially in the positions of Mueller (white shirt) and Podolski.
One of Germany’s painful problems when facing Portugal is that they have too few finishing opportunities.
The two most underrated positions in attack are Thomas Muller and Lukas Podolski.
Reurs was among the rising stars of the Bundesliga last season.
The friendly match against Israel 2-0 in the last practice session before leaving for Ukraine – Poland is proof of the freshness that Schuerrle can bring to Germany.
If replaced by Podolski – who has only scored three goals for Germany in the past two years, Schuerrle (right) can bring new momentum that the German offense lacks.
‘I just want to play as much as possible, but this must be in the interests of the team.
And after the disappointments that Mueller and Podolski have shown, perhaps it is time to give Schuerrle and Reus a chance.