Germany team manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oliver-c28477 Bierhoff, has urged his team not to approach any game with arrogance.
Die Mannschaft looked unbeatable at the European Championships; they eased in to the last eight of the tournament. On their way to the quarter-finals they made easy work of the Group of death, after picking
three consecutive wins from their three group games against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884.
Joachim Low's route to the last four was rather easy as they convincingly won against a below par http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 side. The confidence in the German camp was sky high and many of their players discounted their semi-final
opponents Italy, and instead fantasized about a dream 2012 European Championship final against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
Podolski, for instance, reportedly claimed that his side will not fear Italy and will break the hoodoo. The Italian used all this talk to their advantage and handed the Nationalelf the beating of their lives.
Sometimes hunger for success can portray you as arrogant in front of the world. Oliver Bierhoff believes he sensed some arrogance in his young players, and warned his about the negative impacts of arrogance
on ones performance.
"We must be careful not to show any arrogance," he is quoted as saying in an interview.
He reckons that weeks before the tournament had kicked off; his side was praised for its leadership and strong mentality. Wins against some of the world football’s powerhouses like Brazil and Netherlands got
to the players’ heads and they could not keep their feet on the ground.
“There was praise for our dynamism, the leadership and the power of our side - Because our qualification was outstanding, and because of the friendly victories over Netherlands and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858, perhaps our heads
got too big," he added.
Bierhoff revealed that Low will analyse Mannschaft’s recent loss to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926, and he has the ability to identify strategies for future developments.
"Low will analyse the game against Italy, and he will find the best way to go forward. I don't worry. It's a strength of Jogi's that he makes unpopular decisions," he further added.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 resume competitive football in September, as they hope to seal World Cup qualification early on. DFB eleven does not need wholesale changes as it is the tactics that let Joachim Low’s team down in
the Euro 2012 semi-final.
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