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One can easily make or cumbersome. The German national football team considers it currently preferred with the latter variant. Sure, in the end was the duty fulfilled on Sunday evening: the ticket for the European Championships next year in France has been solved. But the way how that happened at 2: 1 victory against Georgia, which also meant winning the group, was not a glorious chapter for Joachim Löw and his team
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Author: Christian Kamp, sports editor
On the contrary, the presence of the world champion displeased the audience in Leipzig with increasing playing time more and more. In the beginning it was still pretty fast looked like the Germans combined and earned a lot of good chances. But because they again struggled with the actual goal of the game, the scoring, they were caught in a situation that no one could have imagined: that they had in the meantime even bang a bit and were able to thank New at goalkeeper Manuel that it not worse came.
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Thomas Müller took the selection of the German Football Association shortly after the break with a penalty kick in the lead (50 minutes), Jaba Kankawa possible for Georgia from (53). Only substitute Max Kruse calmed his side’s lead to 2: 1 (79) the German nerves. It was the overall disappointing finale under a qualification which, although not without further ado went, everything was handled in all but unchallenged. “This is not our standard, how we played,” said Loew in TV station RTL. “We can sing the same song as against Ireland.”
After the – understandable – teething problems after the World Cup the team was initially quite fast a mode in which the tasks without any major difficulties were overcome. That then the first right dropout, the 0: 1 on Thursday in Dublin, again took care of a little unwanted respite en route to France, was really nothing that had to worry Löw and his team basically
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Please give a face to our chances! Germany coach Joachim Loew Photogallery
It was but a warning – and once again threw a spotlight on a German deficit, which “like a red thread through the entire qualification”, as the national coach complained in Leipzig: the efficiency. Six major opportunities, so it counted before Loew before the Georgia game from the statistics, need for his team to score. At this rate, he stressed, it was necessary with a view to France to work urgently.
If he had expected improvement against Georgia, he was disappointed. Loew had hoped until game day, that he might Bastian Schweinsteiger would be able to use. But then the groin Captain prevented as in Dublin a competitive operation. To replace the national coach had also Mario Götze – the role fell to the man who had tried already on Thursday: André Schürrle
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For the alignment of the game this Personal had no special significance. The Germans began the game as one might expect: with a lot of dominance and the unique effort to achieve an early goal as possible, so as not to allow re-emergence of frustration – so Löw had described the risk. On occasions it was not lacking. But Marco Reus had in the first half four good chances, but mostly he was in the Georgian goalkeeper Rewischwili his master – once, when the best, he aimed too high
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There were other attacks that promised success in the neck, but somehow it was not purposeful, what the Germans did. Partly because it simply exaggerated with ball Stafetten who wanted simply find no destination and no end. Partly because they did not have the sharpness in the financial statements to make several good shot opportunities countable. In the 27th minute it took then already a very first good deed of Neuer to prevent with a shot from Okriaschwili the Georgian leadership.
After the break seemed then quickly clarified everything: as Kankawa the penalty area Özil took the box, and Müller converted the penalty safely. But basically started from there on a shaky phase in which the Georgians suddenly sensed their chance. Even after the compensation by Kankawa they dived, twice dangerous before the German goal, and it took again a wide-awake New to prevent worse. Kruse presented the matter then from a German perspective nor properly.
But all in all was the last match in the qualifying round just a perfect illustration of What the coach had referenced earlier – only the other way, as he had imagined. The theme of efficiency, there is no doubt, will be therefore more in all facets to the tournament, which begins on June 10 next year, and exactly one month later ends with the final in Paris. So, as they recently presented, the German team has to be an attraction in any case, the stuff in France – with the risk, however, that the beautiful game does not necessarily have to be successful at the end
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