Germany's Loew is expecting a rough ride
BERLIN - Germany may have the pedigree of having won three World Cup titles but Joachim Loew's side will not have an easy ride against Australia, Ghana and Serbia in Group D. Germany dominated their qualifying group on the road to South Africa, humbling Russia home and away, but each of their Group D rivals also finished top of their qualifying groups. Having reached the final of Euro 2008, Germany have largely been untested since losing 1-0 to Spain in the final nearly two years ago but have a balance of promising talent and seasoned veterans, even without the injured Michael Ballack. Germany tend to cope well with the pressure of the knockout stages and have won all four penalty shoot-outs they have faced at previous World Cups. But Loew is taking nothing for granted and his side will be fully prepared. "I wouldn't say we were too lucky with the draw," said Loew, whose side faced Australia in its opening game on June 13 in Durban. "It's not going to be an easy section but it's certainly not beyond us. "Serbia were fantastic in qualifying and they have some extremely good players, likewise we will have to be careful against Australia. "Ghana are going to very difficult to play against due to their physical strength." Having been the only African side to reach the knock-out rounds of the last World Cup on their tournament debut, Ghana are arguably Germany's biggest rivals in the group. Under coach Milovan Rajevac, the Black Stars easily navigated the final round of African qualification. But Ghana have been equally hard hit by injury with midfield dynamo Michael Essien, Ballack's Chelsea teammate, failing to recover from a knee injury sustained last January. Ghana are now captained by veteran Stephen Appiah and can call on another Italy-based midfielder in Sulley Muntari from Inter Milan. "Germany are a quality team, Serbia too, but I'm convinced we can match them," said coach Rajevac. About Author We are very professional supplier of selling Nike shoes such as Nike or more AirShox,AirMax,Air Jordan,Air Force 1 and so on, We offer grade A quality product only. Our products are authentic quality with original box.And all products displayed on our website are available and have stocks here. We offer very special prices to our customer (price depends on your quantity).Very fast and safety delivery by TNT, DHL OR EMS, we can delivery within 24 hours upon receiving your payment. It is very safe door to door service, never get problems with customs. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. We accept small orders! Thank you very much ! fail information, please kindly visit our website: www.footwearfile.com www.yannikeshoes.com www.pickfashion.com Disclaimer: Article submitters are solely responsible for the content of their articles. ArtiLib can't be held liable for the contents of the articles. Report Abuse | Browse By Category |
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