The Borussia Dortmund defender admitted that there were few plusses against Switzerland when his side lost 5-3 in Basel this Saturday.
The centre-back had a torrid time as Germany took on Switzerland in an international friendly at the St. Jakob-Park on Saturday in Basel. The visitors were outclassed by the hosts as the match ended with a 5-3 scoreline with Eren
Derdiyok scoring a sensational hat-trick.
Joachim Low has a lot of thinking to do as his back four put in a disappointing performance against a side that has failed to even qualify for the European championship. Per Mertesacker and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mats-Hummels-c24767 looked out of sorts as Die
Mannschaft suffered the setback 10 days prior to the start of the Euro 2012.
Hummels expressed his disappointment on the loss and admitted that Germany were way below par in the game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016. The player admitted that there were a lot of mistakes made and is confident that the team will return
stronger when they take on Israel later this week.
The Borussia Dortmund player feels that there was a lack of understanding on many occasions with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Per-Mertesacker-c29680 and stressed that the players will learn from the mistakes made. He is eager to perform in the second international
friendly on Thursday as Germany look to return to winning ways.
“Very little worked, in truth. When you concede five goals, then clearly you made mistakes. There was too much imprecision, a lack of understanding and you could see we are not a settled team. This is a test game and it's better
to happen now than in a few weeks time,” the centre-back was quoted as saying.
On the other hand, Die Mannschaft boss Joachim Low stressed that there is still a lot of work to be done before the championship starts next month. He stated that the players need to step up and warned them against complacency.
“I have a lot to show to the team as there were lots of mistakes, so we have a lot to work on,” the boss added.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Israel-c2925 in Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena on Thursday, May 31.
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