Joachim Low delighted as Germany beat Brazil after 18 years – International news
German national team coach Joachim Low has expressed delight after leading his side to a long awaited victory over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 on Wednesday. Both the sides met in an international friendly at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena on August 10, and played a hard fought game
that saw all its goals coming in the second half.
Borussia Dortmund’s Mario Gotze earned a place in the starting XI and also scored his first international goal for his country.
Low was pleased to see his side dominate for most of the 90 minutes. He praised the efforts of his entire team and congratulated Gotze on opening his account for Germany. Both teams went scoreless at the end of the the first half but the Germans dominated
the entire 45 minutes. The Brazilians were forced on to the back foot for most part and were found defending.
Gotze, along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374, was relentless throughout the game and never let the visitors settle in front of a jam packed stadium.
The deadlock was finally broken in the 61st minute when Schweinsteiger converted a spot-kick. Gotze made it 2-0 six minutes later, scoring his first goal for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robinho-c31382 in the 71st minute, off
a penalty kick, but Andre Schurrle registered his name on the score sheet for Germany, making the score line read 3-1.
The Brazilians continued to fight and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 made it 3-2 on the 90th
minute mark. The score line remained intact after that as Germany defeated Brazil for the first time since 1993.
Germany coach, Low, in an interview to a local newspaper, applauded the efforts of his side and further enthused, “The name of the game now is to work even more. We had excellent showings in tournaments in both 2008 and 2010. We now have an excellent squad,
which is full of quality. We need to take the next step and win a trophy.”
“Personally, I am glad that I have so many options to choose from. We began the game well, with a good tempo. We also combined very well in the second period. If you see the joy and desire, which the players have displayed, we were strong.” He concluded.
Germany doesn’t have any major international fixture coming up which means that the players can now focus on their respective leagues.
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