The central defender has urged his side to step up after the disappointing 5-3 defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 on Saturday.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 central defender has admitted that Germany have to go a long way after their disappointing display against Switzerland on Saturday, May 26, at the St. Jakob-Park. The visitors suffered a shock 5-3 loss at the hands
of the Swiss, who have failed to qualify for the upcoming European championship.
Mertesacker claimed that it was a poor display from the Germans and has called for improvement in the game against Israel later this week. The defender admitted that Die Mannschaft cannot afford a repeat of this performance if
they want to win the competition and has urged his teammates not to repeat the mistakes made.
The former Werder Bremen man is confident that the team will make a strong comeback when they take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Israel-c2925 in the second international friendly and stressed that the side will be back to winning ways before Europe’s premier international
competition starts next month.
“Yesterday was very disappointing for us but we're looking forward to the tournament. It's in two weeks and we'll be in good shape I think. This was a valuable test. We had a few problems harmonising and we saw it was not working
well. But the whole team had problems, not just the defence,” the player was quoted as saying in an interview.
The 27-year old admitted that it will not be a walk in the park for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884. He is confident that the team will capitalize
on the stunning qualifying campaign and will end the competition as champions.
“It's the toughest group in the Euros but we have great experience in the last few tournaments therefore we are very confident and hopefully we can do a good http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684,” he concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mats-Hummels-c24767 for a starting place in the team. Holger Badstuber is likely to retain his place as the other central defender.
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