The 52-year old has been accused of altering his team’s style of play to keep clean sheets.
Germany went into the European Championship on the back of two defeats and a poor win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Israel-c2925. They conceded seven goals in three matches and there were widespread concerns about the Mannschaft defence.
Joachim Low took drastic measures and dropped the first choice centre-back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 defender was struggling to make an impact after his return from a long term injury, which forced him to miss most of the Gunners’
domestic campaign.
In his place he decided to play the young centre-half pairing of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 kept a clean sheet against Portugal and managed to keep the Dutch at bay. Hummels got rave
reviews from the press and experts, and likened him to the Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer.
After watching DFB eleven play in the group stages, it is obvious that the 52-year old tactician’s centre-backs have done a great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 but many suggest that the Nationalelf has become more cautious and have lost their attacking
spark.
Their head coach believes his side has not become negative; they are just trying to address the problems they encountered in the friendlies. In his opinion a team cannot always thread passes into the opposing team’s penalty area;
they have to play it in their own half at times to keep the possession.
"This does mean our philosophy of attacking has changed at the end of the day. You cannot always send every third or fourth ball into the penalty area. We beat Holland and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 after learning from conceding five against the
Swiss that we had to find the right balance between defence and a strong attack,” Low is quoted as saying in an interview.
The manager insists his team has never parked the bus and has always created a lot of chances. Jogi’s men have always gone out to play football, while a lot of opposing teams have refused to come out of their own penalty areas.
He suggests his team will stay true to their attacking philosophy, by finding the right balance.
"There has been no wall-building here and we have been creating chances. Our attack remains our priority, but you have to find the right balance," he added
On Friday Germany face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908, a team which has a reputation of frustrating its opponents by sitting back and defending in numbers. The game will be a real test of Die Mannschaft’s resolve as they haven’t encountered a team so
far in this tournament that refuses to play football likes to base its game on defence.
Tags: