The Mannschaft players have been accused of not singing the national anthem, unlike their Italian counterparts.
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the Group stages.
Joachim Low side eased into the quarter-finals where they faced a defensive Greek side, which they thrashed convincingly. Their real test awaited them in the semi-finals. The Azzurri were unbeaten against the Germans in the previous
seven matches of a major tournament.
The pressure was on the Nationalelf who were heavily tipped to beat Italy. Cesare Prandelli’s side, on the other hand, relished the underdogs’ tag. When the two sides met, the Germans were handed their first defeat of the Euro
2012, after being given a footballing lesson.
DFB eleven looked out of their depth and did not show the fighting spirit after finding themselves 2-0 down.
Felix Magath the Wolfsburg coach revealed he was shocked to see the players not singing the national anthem. He reckons from the way in which the Italians were singing their national anthem, he knew how passionate Cesare Prandelli’s
men would be throughout the match.
"I missed this audible commitment, this readiness to want to give all, in the German team," he is quoted as saying in an interview.
A conservative law maker Hans-Peter Uhl believed it was shameful to see the players not singing along with anthem. The Germans’ inability to sing their national anthem made him doubt their commitment.
"It is downright shameful that not all our players sing along with our anthem," he was quoted as saying in an interview.
Germany and Bayern Munich legend Franz Beckenbauer was far from impressed as he believed singing the national with pride along with other teammates before the match helps build team spirit
"Ardor must begin before kickoff - and singing loudly together helps with that," Der Kaiser is quoted as saying in an interview.
People have blamed Germany’s loss to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 on several things, ranging from lack of fighting spirit to tactical ineptness.
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