Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Match: Loew-team collects embarrassing defeat against Australia

In the afternoon the past was in the team hotel of the German national team to host. She has completed 98 missions in the patriotic service, but grave doubts may exist as to whether in the future even more will happen - in the adoption does not matter that this personalized history named Michael Ballack in the presence of still officially captain of the elite selection of the German Football Association (DFB) is.

For that, the Germany coach Joachim Loew also currently holds in fact for the best, with five wins from five qualifiers clearly on track for the European Championships, which will be held in 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. And in positions behind the starting eleven Löw has in mind other than Ballack.

The paid yesterday but the old fellow a visit and was - in any case, the DFB said it up officially - welcomed by Loew. But was kicked off as the evening the Test match against Australia, as played back only other - as debutant Sven Bender, means a 21 year old perspective force in defensive midfield, only the first last human argument, so the coach now can do without Ballack and is .

The 1:2 (1:0) against the world number-21. Australia - should not be discussed further at this point of sense and nonsense of the Fifa rankings - brought very inadequate to express how great the variety is now at a high level. On eight positions Loew had changed the starting lineup against the 4-0 in the qualifier on Saturday in Kaiserslautern against Kazakhstan.

Of those who had since started now remained only Thomas Müller, Lukas Podolski and captain Bastian Schweinsteiger left, including the national coach had nominated a completely new back four and indulged Tim Wiese in place of Manuel Neuer whose fourth international match. They had "played together yet so often and are the most in this formation and do not too often," defender-subject Mats Hummels was the would-be German champions Borussia Dortmund: "Nevertheless, it may not be that we as a play almost without had opportunities of the opponent give away.

"The fact that his own" the game in the second half, given out of hand, "also criticized Loew. "In the first half we had the game well in hand, as the boys have implemented the requirements well." But hardly had the chance unusually formed ensemble of gifted bad problems, developing a functional interaction.

Most were from well-meaning balls played a bit too sharp or steep. But when it worked once and a similarly good performance as recently at his club 1 FSV Mainz 05 Andre tried Schürrle the ball to Mario Gomez spitzelte since completed these forward promptly with a high-placed shot into the left corner (26th minute).

And otherwise straight through one? Mile Jedinak headed home after a series of corner kicks from nine meters Tim Wiese in the beginning of military force (43). strokes with a scoring chance like this ever went over there in the cabins, and as the teams returned after a quarter hour on the lawn in the very quiet atmosphere Borussia-Park, as did the unexpected.

For Loew did not use now the moment to further experiments, the first after 64 minutes, he led the rejuvenation of this young team still continues, brought Toni Kroos (21) for Schweinsteiger (26) and Mario Idol (18) Mueller (21). The fact that they came into a team that had conceded just because not only compensation, but even lagging behind was - it was this an equally unexpected turn of events as undeserved.

Well, by a 1-1 left-back David Carney - the total 1000th Goal in the long history match of the DFB - was preceded by a chain of errors. That was allowed but only about 180 seconds later studs right-back Luke Wilkshire humorless a penalty kick in the middle of the goal net, resulted from a quirk of French referee Stephane Lannoy.

The offense worthy of sanction to Träsch Kewell had only seen it. Loew took his almost infallible Joker: Miroslav Klose. He came to FC Bayern Munich striker guessed again reserve track after 73 minutes for his club in the preferred rival Gomez. In the 108th International match of his career, which Klose equaling to Juergen Klinsmann and the DFB-ranking now only the record international Lothar Matthäus (150) before him, could the 32-year-old but the gap to only even better scorer Gerd Müller shrink .

Said he was not a lack of effort. Once he pushed the ball to the energetic solo run right past the gate (78). And when he came in the final minute of normal time in the penalty area at the ball in the grass, as sensed Lannoy drew a swallow and yellow. "The opponent has admitted that he touched me," complained Klose.

"I've also felt like I had no chance to take the ball." As of end of the day, surprisingly, the first defeat of the German national team at the World Cup in South Africa against Spain.

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