The Netherlands and Schalke striker has expressed his desire to beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 and wants to avenge their friendly defeat from last year.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 wants to beat Germany in the upcoming Euro 2012 and wants to avenge his team’s friendly defeat at the hands of Joachim Low’s men.
The DFB eleven defeated Netherlands for the first-time in the country’s history in a friendly game last year.
Germany and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884. The striker feels that Clockwork Oranje will have to beat the in-form Germany to become strong contenders for the title.
Huntelaar admitted that qualification to the next round will be extremely difficult as they are placed in an extremely tough group. The Dutchman has targeted the European crown, and wants to beat Germany before progressing to the
quarter-finals.
While talking to Bild, the 28-year-old further added:
"We want to become European champions. Therefore, we must get past the Germans. Although there are two more teams in our group, I want to win against Germany. The defeat in November was so painful. That was not a nice feeling and
should not be repeated. But we have learned."
The former Real Madrid star also expressed his desire to win the Bundesliga and the Golden Boot award in the ongoing campaign. Huntelaar has scored 15 league goals from 16 appearances so far, and is only one goal behind the current
top scorer, Mario Gomez.
The striker reckons that Schalke have a great opportunity to dethrone Bayern from the top spot, and he is confident of closing the gap on top of the table.
"And even if Bayern are a very good team - if you consider, Schalke are just three points behind them at the winter break, we can make up for those three points in the second half of the season." He mentioned.
The Veltins-Arena outfit is currently placed third in the league standings with 34 points from 17 games, three points adrift of leaders, Bayern Munich.
Huub Stevens’ men will return to action against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 on Saturday, January 21.
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