Former Bayern Munich defender Paul http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 after Euro 2012 qualification
Former Bayern Munich defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 next year. He claimed that Die Mannschaft is riding high on success and the players
are more confident than ever.
Germany are currently ranked third in the FIFA World Rankings and are behind last year’s World Cup finalists http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 and Spain. The Team has also qualified for the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament in Ukraine and Poland last week
when they defeated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Austria-c2844 to make it eight wins out of eight in the campaign.
Breitner claimed that Joachim Low’s side are high on confidence and are playing some brilliant football nowadays. He stated that all the teams fear Germany which is an excellent sign.
“A healthy self-confidence, which is almost at the point of arrogance, this brings trophies. [Sides] are scared when facing our team - as before,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The former Real Madrid player added that Die Mannschaft play some terrific attacking football which is similar to the way http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 play. He insisted that the team is at ease and the players gel and coordinate well in every match.
“Finally, our team does not play the football that is stereotyped as typically German. We're now [playing] with ease, playing football that is similar to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078,” he continued.
However, the legendary footballer claimed that Germany will face some tough competition from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 to win the European Championship next year. He admitted that the Germans have to close in on the small gap and mentally prepare
themselves to beat the likes of Spain and Netherlands.
“Spain are the great favourites for the championship title. We are in the chasing group, but close to closing the gap and finally what is most important, we are closer than the Netherlands or http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749,” he concluded.
Paul Breitner made 48 appearances for West Germany and scored ten goals in the process. He won the European Championship with West Germany in 1972 and was named the German Footballer of the Year in 1981.
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