The German national team manager has played down claims that his side is the favourite to win the Euro 2012.
Die Mannschaft, along with Netherlands and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, are being touted by the bookmakers to win the Euro 2012 this time around. The team has been in sensational form throughout the qualifying round and ended with a perfect campaign,
winning ten games out of ten.
Low has played down claims that Germany is the favourite team to win the competition. He insisted that the players will keep the focus on one game at a time and is currently looking forward to the clash against Portugal.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 manager stated that the players are determined to perform and are eager to play their first game. He remained confident that this side will have a successful tournament and hailed the quality in the squad.
“In a tournament, we must think step by step. That is why our only focus has to be on the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. The players are very focused and willing to win. The closer it gets to the tournament, the calmer I become,” he was
quoted as saying in an interview.
The coach revealed that skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Philipp-Lahm-c29929 will play on the left side of defence for the national side despite being a natural right-back. He added that Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng may start on the right but also voiced his
admiration for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lars-Bender-c21663.
Low claimed that Bender has been doing really well in training and he could be an option for the right-back position.
“Lahm will start on the left side, like he did during the last matches. For the national team it is good to have him there. On the right side of the defence we have Jerome Boateng, but Lars Bender has made impressive progress and
left a good impression during our trainings sessions,” he concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 are expected to make it to the next round from Group B but Portugal are a huge threat for the
two sides.
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