What to expect from Germany in the European Championship in 2012
Joachim Low’s German national team has been one of the most exciting teams in international football in the recent past. The country has produced some of the most brilliant and talented players in world football over the past decade
and judging from the current situation, there is still more to come.
Die Mannschaft, currently ranked third in the World rankings behind the likes of Netherlands and Spain, have been one of the most consistent performers at the international stage along with Spain in the last five years. The next
year’s European Championships will play a very important part in the country’s football future and will determine where the team stands after a third place finish in the last year’s FIFA World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
The team’s success has been brilliant and noteworthy in the past few years which can surely be witnessed from the runners-up finish in the Euro 2008 and a bonze medal in the last year’s World Cup. However, the country could have
achieved even more if Spain would have not been there. To the misery of the German faithful, they have been knocked-out by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 in both the Euro 208 and the World Cup 2010. They lost the final to La Roja in 2008 and the semi-final last year.
It looks highly likely that it will again be a battle of Spain and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 next year. The consistency and quality both sides have shown in the qualifiers stage has been sensational. Germany has gone on to
win all seven of their qualifying clashes in Group A and is the only side along with Spain and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 to achieve the feat. However, the other two teams have still played lesser matches.
The turning point for German football has surely been the appointment of manager Joachim Low in 2006. The tactician has revolutionized German football and with a mix of experience and youth achieved huge success. When he took over
the team, nobody could have predicted that the team would develop so quickly and become a commanding force in World football.
Low has had his prime focus in developing the youth and for that the German Football Association should be lauded. The DFB’s decision, a decade ago, to build football academies at the club level and financial restrictions on the
teams looked to be a decision which would destroy the Bundesliga. But the decision has paid off big time as the Bundesliga has now surpassed the Serie A in the UEFA co-efficient ranking meaning the German League will have four teams in the Champions League
in the next campaign.
Germany will face tough competition from Spain and Netherlands to win the Euro 2012 but the team still stands a huge chance as it has some brilliant young players in their ranks. The emergence of the likes of Mario Gotze, Andre
Schurrle and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mats-Hummels-c24767 in the past few years proves that there is much to look forward to in German football.
Die Mannschaft has some World-class players and have what it requires to lift the Championship. One of the best goalkeeper’s in the world in the name of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Philipp-Lahm-c29929 and a top goal
scorer in Mario Gomez could well be what it takes to lift the trophy next year.
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