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PARIS — Unbeaten at last year's World Cup on the way to the gold medal. Unbeaten so far at the Paris Olympics. No team in this tournament has better defensive numbers, either. And Germany doesn't care if anyone notices that, either. The Germans — both last summer at the World Cup and this summer at the Paris Games — play like they have copious chips on all their shoulders. They're brash, they're tough, they're confident and they're already assured of their best showing ever at an Olympics. Now, they want more.
