The former West Germany international has insisted that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mats-Hummels-c24767 deserves a place in the starting line-up in the European championship.
Die Mannschaft have had defensive problems recently and there have been question marks on whether http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Per-Mertesacker-c29680 or Mats Hummels would start alongside Holger Badstuber in the heart of defence. Germany suffered a humiliating 5-3
defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 in an international friendly last week and have been widely criticised for their defensive capability.
Joachim Low tried the Hummels-Mertesacker combination in the absence of Badstuber, who was rested after a tiring season, but the decision backfired.
Netzer feels that Hummels deserves a chance alongside Badstuber in the starting line-up for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. He insisted that the Borussia Dortmund man has had a terrific season,
winning the Bundesliga and the German Cup, which is why he will be http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Blooming-c38649 with confidence.
The former Borussia Monchengladbach player added that Hummels’ displays for his club have been brilliant as the defender played a vital role in the club’s success and hailed his consistency throughout the course of the previous
season.
Netzer added that Mertesacker is yet to prove himself of late and stressed that the player has been inconsistent even at club level with Arsenal. The towering defender has put in a series of inconsistent performances for the London
side and had been restricted to a bench role in the latter stages of the campaign.
“For me, (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 defender) Per Mertesacker is the biggest question mark. I would say that the Dortmund defender is more suited to partner Holger Badstuber in the centre of the defence. Mertesacker has yet to prove that he is in
better form than Hummels,” he was quoted as saying in an interview to Kicker magazine.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Philipp-Lahm-c29929 is expected to play on the left side of defence whereas Benedikt Howedes will start on the right. Despite widespread criticism, Low is still expected to team Mertesacker and Badstuber for the European championship
games. Another option would be to bring in Howedes in the heart of defence with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcel-Schmelzer-c23530 taking the role of the right-back.
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