http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukas-Podolski-c22896 all praise for the German national side
Duo Philipp Lahm and Lukas Podolski heaped praise on the performances of the German national side and claimed that the team has a brilliant future ahead of the European Championships in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 next year.
Die Mannschaft have qualified for Euro 2012 next year after winning all eight matches in the qualifying stage. They became the first team to make their place in the competition apart from the hosts. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Austria-c2844 6-2
at the Veltins-Arena on Friday to achieve qualification with a sensational display in front of the home fans.
Philipp Lahm, the captain of the national side hailed his side’s performances over the past few months and claimed that there is immense quality in the squad. He heaped praise on young players such as Mario Gotze and Andre Schurrle
and insisted that the squad has a lot of depth.
“Mario Gotze comes off the bench and scores a goal - we simply have many options on offence. Lukas Podolski also returned to form. Our team at the moment is very unpredictable,” the skipper was quoted as saying in an interview.
Lahm’s teammate and FC Koln winger Lukas Podolski also expressed his delight on qualification. He stated that winning all the eight games played has given the players huge confidence and everybody is determined to perform in the
upcoming fixtures.
The former Bayern Munich attacker remains confident that Germany is surely one of the favourites to achieve Euro glory next year if performances like against Brazil and Austria are repeated.
“When you have eight wins in eight games, you get a certain self confidence. For example, when you play such a great team like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858, your confidence is very high. We just play very good football. And when we reach our full potential,
it is very hard to beat us,” the winger added.
Die Mannschaft still have to play two more European Championship qualifiers next month against Turkey and Belgium. The clashes will be of huge importance to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 and Belgium as both are separated by only one point. However, the
Turkish have a home game whereas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850 will have to travel to the Esprit Arena for a tough test against the Group leaders.
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