The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 strike force.
Germany head coach Joachim Low suggested that his inferior team were on the wrong side of things after the red card of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ron-Robert-Zieler-c31761 in the 3-1 beating, and faced difficulty in tackling with the South American's superb attack.
Die Mannschaft started off well in the friendly encounter and looked good until a red card was shown to the Hannover goalkeeper for a professional tackle on Jose Sosa and then the national team had to pay the price for the costly
mistake. After that they were not able to recover.
The coach added that they played good in the early parts of the game and were shocked by the red card and then the following own goal by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325.
The boss maintained that being a man down against a great team like Argentina is suicidal especially when they have highly-gifted strikers such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, Gonzalo Higuain and Angel Di Maria.
"We had 20, 25 very good minutes. But the red card took us by surprise and then also the goal. After that it was difficult for us against world-class people like Messi, [Gonzalo] Higuain or [Angel] Di Maria,” he was quoted as saying
in an interview.
The tactician believed that Germany were at fault with crucial mistakes but the players gave their maximum efforts. The squad was unable to handle the rival team in these circumstances.
"We made some tactical errors, but the players gave their all. It is difficult to disrupt the opponent when you are outnumbered. In the first 20 minutes, we did it, but not later," he stated.
"This result is ultimately deserved. But with a little luck, we could have got a draw. I'm sorry for the own goal. It was the first one I ever scored," he finally concluded.
The German misery started with Sami Khedira’s own goal. Khedira added that they could have secured a draw and was apologetic to score his first ever own goal.
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