The German striker who has played a pivotal role for them in the starting line up ever since the 2006 FIFA World Cup has come out and defended his team’s quality after they lost to Switzerland on the previous weekend in a friendly
encounter...
Germany’s 5-3 loss to Switzerland came as a shock to everyone as the Bavarian giants were considered a superior side to the Swiss on paper before the match. However Podolski has taken it upon himself to clarify the situation and
iterate that Germany are still a side which is filled with quality players and gunning to compete at the 2012 EUROs.
Germany’s defeat to Switzerland came just a week after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toni-Kroos-c35425 and Lahm
competing in the UFEA Champions League final it is quite possible that they were suffering from fatigue but Podolski is adamant that Germany will be strong as ever come the European Championships.
In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Germans reached the semi-finals only to lose out to the eventual World Champions http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011. Germany also lost out to Spain in the 2008 European Championships’ final as well and thus this makes things interesting
for the upcoming tournament tin http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
Podolski stated, "There is no doubt that with the eight Bayern players here, the quality improves. They are top guys and we have missed them. It has been the same in previous years, when we lost 4-1 to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 (in 2006), for example."
He added, "Of course defeats like this shouldn't happen and they hurt, and losing 5-3 to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984). We have got to live with
the criticism."
It will be interesting to see how http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 fare at the European Championships this summer, as a side which is traditionally quite strong in the international arena the Bavarian giants are expected to at least reach the semi-finals
given their squad strength and their fantastic coordination on the counter attack.
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