Die Nationalelf head coach insisted that the national team did well in the current year, and came back strongly after their woeful performance against Sweden in their World Cup qualifier last month
The Germany national team trainer stressed that his side played well and ended 2012 on a good note. He was positive after convincing displays from the German defenders in their game against the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753. The national side were
hugely criticised after letting in four goals in a space of half-hour against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 three weeks ago.
Therefore, the manager’s priority was to straighten Die Mannschaft’s defence and he succeeded in that, as they did not allow the Flying Dutchmen any chance to score. However, the stalemate was a disappointment for the travelling
fans. Low’s side started with 4-6-0 formation and did not have any forward in the team.
Borussia Dortmund star Mario Gotze deputised as a false-nine, but they were able to keep a clean sheet at the Amsterdam Arena. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 dominated the game and made more goalscoring chances than the home side. Louis van Gaal lined
up a defensive approach and his players did not provide any real threat to the visitor’s goal.
Low claimed that he did not expect the Oranje to play like that, and added that the home side was intimidated by them. He said they were aware of Germany’s counter-attacking play so they decided to sit back in front of their goal.
"I was a bit surprised by the way they played - maybe they were a bit scared of us countering them so they sat deep and you don't usually expect that from Holland. We had two or three chances to score and win the game," he added.
"We had a good Euros, then there was the negative against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 and the very negative experience against Sweden, but we are top of our (World Cup qualifying) group and everything is in our own hands. I have picked up some good
pointers in view of 2014," he finally concluded.
The 52-year-old suggested that Germany enjoyed a productive year as they did well in the 2012 European Championships and the World Cup qualifiers until now.
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