SAP helped Germany thrash Brazil 7-1 in World Cup - Times of India: How do you say Hana helped Germany win the World Cup?
Hana analytics helped map other teams and their styles of play over the previous two years. Before each game, every German player looked at the player he was playing against — what they had tactically done on the playground, their patterns of behaviour. I connected with the then German captain Philipp Lahm later and told him we were all scared to death when the Brazilians attacked us hard for the first ten minutes (the game in which Germany went on to thrash Brazil 7-1). Lahm said they were totally relaxed. He said, "We knew this was exactly what they would do in the first ten minutes, so we were prepared. Secondly, we had analysed the problems of their defence line, we knew our left and right wingers were very strong, and we knew that if we played forward really fast with a long kick from our goalie, this would be a big win." I said you are kidding, and he said No.
Hana analytics helped map other teams and their styles of play over the previous two years. Before each game, every German player looked at the player he was playing against — what they had tactically done on the playground, their patterns of behaviour. I connected with the then German captain Philipp Lahm later and told him we were all scared to death when the Brazilians attacked us hard for the first ten minutes (the game in which Germany went on to thrash Brazil 7-1). Lahm said they were totally relaxed. He said, "We knew this was exactly what they would do in the first ten minutes, so we were prepared. Secondly, we had analysed the problems of their defence line, we knew our left and right wingers were very strong, and we knew that if we played forward really fast with a long kick from our goalie, this would be a big win." I said you are kidding, and he said No.