Thursday, May 31, 2012

Loew: Germany Less Sharply

Germany to achieve positive results in test match with a 2-0 victory of Israel. Although Germany's Joachim Loew to assess his team is less sharp in front of the opponent's goal. In a match played at Red Bull Arena, Friday (06/01/2012) pm dawn, Der Panzer lowered his best lineup. Manuel Neuer et al. controlled the game with ball control that was 64%.



In the game, Germany recorded 24 shots off the lead to seven of these targets. However, only two were able to convert into goals, each by Mario Gomez and Andre Schurrle. When compared with Germany's 3-5 defeat of Switzerland, Loew said he was happy with his side this time. However, this 52-year-old coach was less than satisfied with the performance of the German front line in the last test match before the Polish-Ukrainian.

"It was a good final test for us, it will give us momentum. Not everything goes well, we could have scored more goals, but the victory is good for us," said Loew said. "The organization runs the game better than against Switzerland, but there are still to be done," he concluded. In Euro 2012, Germany joined in Group B along with the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark. Germany will start the tournament with a win over Portugal on June 9.