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German media not impressed
16 June 2005
by AFP
Germany may have won their opening FIFA Confederations Cup match but the
knives came out in the country's media after Wednesday's 4-3 triumph over
Australia.
"To lift the world title there is a lot more required," headlined the Bild
daily. "The fans in Frankfurt were world class but Germany were far from it."
Germany twice took the lead only for Australia to peg them back at the
Waldstadion and the German defence, in particular Chelsea defender Robert
Huth, came in for some strong criticism.
"A difficult baptism," concluded the Frankfurter Rundschau. "The defence
stood out again for all the wrong reasons."
" Huth flattened (John) Aloisi to concede the free-kick which led to the
first goal, and was then undone again for standing too far away from Aloisi."
Huth dumped Aloisi in the 20th minute - receiving a yellow card for his
bodycheck - and Josip Skoko drilled a free-kick under a woeful German
defensive wall.
Then in the 31st minute Osasuna striker Aloisi got in behind Huth again and
fired a left-footed shot past Oliver Kahn to level at 2-2.
A penalty from Michael Ballack and a Lukas Podolski strike secured victory
but Jurgen Klinsmann's target of winning this competition and the World Cup a
year later looks a long way off sight.
"We will not win the World Cup with performances such as this," declared
Bild. "Just to win the Confederations Cup we need to improve a lot."
Klinsmann acknowledged there was a lot of work to do on the training pitch
but put a protective arm around his youthful backline.
"There were problems at the back but we have a young defence and they are
going to make mistakes," countered Klinsmann. "It is important the midfield
provides cover too and at times this did not happen."
With criticism still ringing in their ears, Germany face Tunisia on Saturday
in Cologne and former Bayern Munich manager Ottmar Hitzfeld, who turned down
the German national job, advised Klinsmann to ignore the media.
"I would advise him to carry on with what he is doing," Hitzfeld told Kicker
magazine. "He has to be positive and not read many German newspapers."
German defenders would be well advised to follow suit.
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