Theoretically, a united team could have been an even stronger force than each of the separate ones, but German coach Sepp Herberger had little time and very few matches to prepare and merge the very different styles of play and attitude.
Teoretski, ujedinjena momčad mogla je biti jača od obje pojedinačno, ali njemački trener Sepp Herberger imao je malo vremena i vrlo malo utakmica za pripremu i spajanje vrlo različitih stilova igre.