Germany were not challenged in a comfortable 3-0 (2-0) victory at Kazakhstan in their World Cup Group C qualifier on Friday. Bastian Schweinsteiger opened the scoring after 20 minutes and Mario Götze doubled the lead in the 22nd before Thomas Müller finished off the Kazakhs with his score to make it 3-0 in the 74th minute.
The win gives Germany 13 points from five matches in the qualifying group while Kazakhstan have one point.…
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Germany, top of 2014 World Cup qualifying Group C on 10 points from four games, will be looking to get all three points in Astana and will most likely try to do it without a designated forward.
With their last trophy dating back to 1996, the three-times world and European champions are eager to mould a team that can challenge for the biggest crown of all in Brazil next year and coach Joachim Loew is ready to try everything.
In what is likely to be the latest shift from the traditional German style of play, Löw could deploy “a fake nine” as a centre forward with offensive midfielder Mario Goetze looking set to start ahead of forward Mario Gomez.…
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Germany registered their first win over France in 26 years with goals from Thomas Müller and Sami Khedira in an entertaining 2-1 win at the Stade de France.
Both second-half goals came from the France left-back Patrice Evra’s side of the defence as Germany fought back after Mathieu Valbuena had opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time.
Valbuena, 5ft 4in, headed home from close range in the 44th minute after Karim Benzema’s free-kick bounced off the bar. But Müller slotted past Hugo Lloris early in the second half and Khedira wrapped it up from Mesut Ozil’s pass with 17 minutes left.…
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Germany will be without striker Miroslav Klose and Borussia Dortmund trio Marcel Schmelzer, Marco Reus and Mario Goetze when they visit France in a friendly on Wednesday looking to end a 26-year wait for a win over Les Bleus.
Klose, who has 126 caps and is one short of Gerd Mueller’s German record of 68 international goals, was ruled out on Monday after medical checks revealed a partial ligament tear sustained in Lazio’s 3-2 defeat at Genoa in Italy’s Serie A on Sunday.…
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Argentina exacted a revenge of sorts over Germany, winning 3-1 in a friendly – thanks in part to an unfortunate own goal. Playing much of the match with only 10 men, Germany answered back just once.
Argentina were keen to take some vengeance for their 4-0 defeat to Germany at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. As it turned out, they eased past an undermanned but determined home side in Frankfurt.
The result will do little to ease coach Joachim Löw’s frustration with the raft of criticism that has followed the national side’s defeat to Italy at Euro 2012. The squad was accused of lacking leadership, being too pampered and failing to sing the national anthem with sufficient vigor.…
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Germany coach Joachim Low wants to move on from his side’s Euro 2012 heartache with a strong performance in Wednesday’s international friendly against Argentina.
Germany’s defeat to Italy in the semi-finals in Poland and Ukraine triggered widespread criticism of the team’s performance, but Low says that one game will not define his tenure. Instead, he hit back at the critics and said he will not be changing his or his team’s ways.…
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Marco Reus has been named as Germany’s footballer of the year in a poll conducted by Kicker magazine.
The Germany international picked up 217 votes from selected football writers in Germany, beating his new Borussia Dortmund team-mates Mats Hummels, Robert Lewandowski and Shinji Kagawa to the prize, which has been awarded annually since 1960. Second-placed Hummels receive less than half that tally.
Dortmund’s Jurgen Klopp was the overwhelming choice as coach of the year, ahead of Borussia Monchengladbach’s Lucien Favre and Christian Streich of Freiburg.…
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Coach Joachim Loew was on Monday given the backing of the country’s football federation, nearly six weeks after his side was knocked out of the Euro 2012 semi-finals.
“We have heard a very convincing analysis of the Euros,” said the president of the DFB Wolfgang Niersbach after meeting Loew in the western city of Frankfurt, where the coach gave his assessment of the Mannschaft’s performance during the tournament.
“We absolutely agree with the sporting staff to say that the path chosen was the right one,” he added.
Germany were beaten 2-1 by Italy in the semi-final in Warsaw, leading to criticisms of Loew’s tactics and selections.
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