The national team boss accepts errors were committed in the last year but is looking forward to the New Year and hopes that his side will show a more determined effort this time around
Germany national side head coach Joachim Low has asked his team members to get past their disappointments encountered in 2012, and demonstrate all of their potential in the New Year. He stressed that the players will need to fully
concentrate and learn from their previous mistakes in order to have a successful 2013.
Die Nationalelf were hugely praised because of their style of play in the past year. They enjoyed a great run in the 2012 European championships’ qualifying matches and managed to stay unbeaten. However, they suffered a humiliating
2-1 loss to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in the semi-final of the tournament.
Moreover, Die Mannschaft also threw away a four-goal lead to draw 4-4 with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 in October in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying game. The trainer spoke about his team plans for the future and admitted that the backbone of the
side needs to get better.
Nevertheless, he claimed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in hand and everyone needs to improve their performance from the previous year.
"[2013 will be] the year of concentration. We have to get a few more percent out of this team,” the former FC Schonau and Eintracht Freiburg youth academy player was quoted as saying in an interview.
"We must do everything to improve our resilience, and by doing this, Germany can look forward to World Cup 2014," the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 and Eintracht Frankfurt player added.
"If something unexpected happens, we have often had a problem [dealing with it]. We've had our hand caught on the hot stove and it's burned us," the former Fenerbahce SK team trainer mused.
Low suggested that his side will have to work even harder to compete with the top European teams. Furthermore, he vowed that they need to show resilient strength under stressful situations unlike last year when they succumbed to
pressure.
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