Germany to the finals by Turkish recipe - Euro2008

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June 26, 2008

German football national team after missing the 3-2 win against Turkey on Wednesday evening only a stage on the way to the “Summit victory” in the EURO 2008. “It was a crazy Fight with an incredible drama,” said DFB team manager Joachim Loew. After the late, “not easy wegzusteckenden” 2:2 compensate for the Turks in the final phase, Philipp Lahm but post in the 90th Minute for a German ensured a happy ending.

“The fact that we are back again speaks for our morale,” said Loew on Thursday. In the cabin, the mood was then, of course, as on the playing field after the game extremely well. “We are enormously satisfied, it was a great feeling in the cabin,” reported the German coach. And to break because of cuts above the eye, with six stitches sewn, replacement Simon Rolfes (Loew: “I assume that it is operational on Sunday”), added: “We were all very pleased and relieved of course . ”

Lange, exuberant celebrations were taboo, the full concentration is already the final on Sunday in Vienna. For this lot must have the DFB Elf, the newly included in a 4-2-3-1-formation einlief but surely increase, if it is against the winner of Thursday’s game-Spain v Russia. “We had some ball early losses in construction, so we were quickly insecure. We have also not so good in the two battles done, so it was difficult to get the game to get to grips with,” Loew ortete also many weaknesses. In the final count but the efficiency. “And we have had,” said Loew.

It should in any case “a victory hartumkämpfter an effort”, was opposed to Turkey, a very, very good tournament played. “The Turks have a big fight delivered the game stood until the end on the edge of a precipice,” said Loew. Why the need playful gloss on the DFB-Eleven missing, the ex-Austria and Tyrol coach at the lack of game rhythm back. “All teams which have a longer break had had problems. That was when the Dutch, Croats and Portuguese also noted,” remarked the 48-year-old. It was in such a tournament is hugely important, the rhythm of three to four days to maintain.

But even on this point Loew was positive. “For many teams was the consistency is not there with us, it was also so that we do not permanently at a high level of play. But it is also important, such durchzustehen games,” said national coach. “The records the team.”

On Thursday and Friday are now in the last two training sessions in Tenero the regeneration and technical exercises in the foreground. “The training is now almost no place more emphasis,” said Loew. In the final round was now the great pressure off. “The players can enjoy the match with fun and joy acceptable”, noted Loew.

By the final catchment have Michael Ballack and Co., now, purses full, but the big payday could for the German football team and its players association have yet to come. Each DFB European Championship after the player has Zittersieg on Turkey already 150,000 euros as premium. This is the highest amount in the history of the German federation was ever paid.

The peak amount was previously at 100,000 euros for the World Cup semi-finals 2006. But not only the professionals can look forward to a rich holiday pay pleased, even in the DFB fund rings are more than ever. The association has the final participation of 19 million euros and will ensure the bottom line is a profit-EM two to three million euros in membership, in which the Bundesliga again participate.

Even more would Players Association and the National profit of the fourth European Championship title after 1972, 1980 and 1996 absahnen. The DFB has a record premium of 250,000 per man, and organized by a final success its own revenue to 22 million euros hochschrauben. “The peak football encounters in ever new dimensions. It is quite normal for them to participate, based on the square,” said DFB president Theo Zwanziger.

He thinks the sums are justified. “It’s entertainment artists, 80 million Germans can not. What Jauch and Gottschalk, can not everybody.” 3.45 million euros in premiums is the DFB been the success of his “show master” cost.

Muten of Appeal against the 50,000 euros while the German football federation of women’s plus a couple of FIFA funds for the World Championship title a year ago, but the international EM-competition deserves some more so than the “Poldi” and “Schweini” . For example, the premium kings from Russia and alone for the semi-finals catchment more than five times as much deserve as the German soccer before. “If I see that the Croats for the quarter-finals, only 300,000 euros per man have paid, then the 250,000 euros title modest premium, even if it is for the young volunteers unimaginable amount of money,” said Zwanziger.

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