Per Mertesacker during his performance has begun to decline due to injury, the German national team did not have trouble finding a replacement in the
Euro 2012. Der Panzer now have a 'fortress' new self-Mats Hummels.
Not many people know before Borussia Dortmund Hummels figure success in the last two seasons in the Bundesliga. Although he graduated from the academy Bayern Munich, but Hummels difficult to get a place there and decided to move the summer of 2009.
Together with Dortmund which incidentally is the main rival Bayern Hummels looks exactly booming. Neven Subotic be a duet with a sturdy wall to Die Borussien.
Typical style of the German defender-defender Hummels which was held good in terms of tackling, positioning and composure. As a result he was quickly recognized by the public and became the target of many big European clubs.
Ciamik performance at club level Joachim Loew summoned him to the national team in May 2010. Could not compete with the senior on defense kind Mertesacker, Arne Friedrich or even Jerome Boateng and Holger Badstuber the same age as himself.
However, at this time Polish-Ukrainian Loew could not turn the eyes of Hummels and 23-year-old defender joined in the squad Die Mannschaft. One place in the starting line-up was not separated from him.
Hummels was done while diving in an international tournament debut against Portugal in the opening match of Group B. Have opponents such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani or Raul Meireles, making Hummels have to work hard throughout the match.
Hummels did so with no awkward and pretty much throughout the game he performed almost flawlessly. Tekelnya so perfect, able to man marking with either air or a duel with the opposing players, plus too many times to leave his post dribble.
Reporting from WhoScored, the defender plays the body was 191 cm is the most players do intercept, ie six times and 10 times with seven efficient clearance.
Not only that Hummels so the German player who most often touched the ball 95 times with an accuracy as high as 89 percent of the feed. A note is made has been named as a Man of The Match versions of sites that used to process these statistics (although UEFA chose Mesut Ozil).
"I was very pleased when everything went well and we started this tournament a success. Now we are in an excellent position in this difficult group," said collectors of 15 caps and one goal in UEFA's official site.
Hummels now "only" went live performance apiknya in two games later, against the Netherlands and Denmark. If that is capable of doing, then Hummels fitting called a "fortress" new Germany.
